14 Apr 1871
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Times
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1871
Page
1
A flood of items from Lenox to Kentucky, Philadelphia to Havana covers loan subscriptions in New York, a Michigan fire cost, a New York theater dispute, railway openings, and violent accidents. Names, places, and dates dominate the jittery digest with political, transportation, and social notes interwoven across regions.
Special Dispatch from Wasamotos details North Carolina Ku Klux influence in Cleveland County. Judge Logan of the Supreme Court is hindered from holding court, prompting calls for troops. Apparent political maneuvering in Washington includes Grant’s Pacific trip and Amnesty bill actions.
In the Ohio Senate a bill authorizing charitable commissions to receive bequests and gifts for erecting a soldiers' monument was approved, and a joint resolution for adjournment to the 25th was passed. The session also addressed defining the auditor of state duties and insurance company regulation.
Weather report from the Army signal office notes barometer rising slightly and tend to rise. Regions including lakes and valleys show mixed conditions with cloudy periods and some clear spells. Forecast mentions central and eastern areas with variable skies and unsettled weather.
Oe J D Allen of Bowling Green claims a pair of brass candlesticks from Pagland fine in a quirky local sale. The Titusville oil feature shows 419 and 468 barrels of porch shipments through March, reflecting regional trade notes.
Delegates of the Party of Conciliation have returned from Versailles and are silent on negotiations with the Thiers government. A tall report will reveal details. The note mentions plate seized in the Korean Ministry being converted to specie and Paris Store destruction plans. Neuilly reportedly fully occupied by the Commune, with a general Versailles army counterattack anticipated.
In New York on April 14 reports detail the arrival of the new German envoy to the North German Confederation replacing Baron Gerolt. Other items note a Supreme Court case over Santa Anna and a libel saga around Jenny Lind's marriage, plus updates on a Deficiency Appropriation bill and new port appraiser Wm A Darling taking office. The coverage reflects period diplomacy, legal actions, and political adjustments.
General Sherman with aide-de-camp Colonel McCoy and Tourtelutte depart for New Orleans en route to San Antonio and a wide inspection of posts north to the Union Pacific. General Marcy to join in New Orleans. A rail worker from Metamora died after being found injured beside a state line track near Ferguson Station. Irvin arrest pending for fatality. horse thefts in Cedar county prompt armed response. Internal Revenue revokes coupon book requirement for liquor dealers with May 1 effect and new forms due soon.
Reports detail a heated Senate session on federal protection for citizens especially freedmen, with discussion of centralism and imperialism of equal rights. Amendments, votes on repealing congressional meeting requirements, and remarks by Blair, Sawyer, and others are noted amid a sparse evening attendance. The piece ends with judicial, regional, and political reflections and a shift to other items.
The House considers petitions on Lincoln monument reimbursememt and local tax and governance issues. Several measures pass or are referred, including rail freight relief, cemetery taxes, village incorporation thresholds, school borrowing, and tax levies. a contigency for control office expenses is debated.
The city mourns Major Nathaniel McLean who died at his residence in McLean yesterday. He was among St Paul’s oldest and most respected residents as reported by telegraph. Market notes from Milwaukee and St Louis dated April 12 show wheat quiet, corn steady, and various prices for pork and flour across the week.
The joint session of the newly elected council and aldermen convened for the inaugural of the mayor and city officers. James F Blackburn won the city clerk post by ballot after a prior motion failed, and Frank Fortman then secured the sergeant-at-arms seat by acclamation. Mayor Torrence delivered his farewell message urging consolidation of departments and prudent debt policy.
A fragmented recount of a city council session discusses tax policy aimed at boosting prosperity and investment. It notes plans for the mayor to communicate with department heads, consider prior recommendations, and proceed with city beautification and public welfare. An election for City Auditor is reported with various names and procedural notes.
A London Daily News fragment recalls Charles Sumner as a fearless reformer who faced threats over anti slavery goals. It lauds his enduring integrity and scholarly rigor from Harvard to Congress, noting his influence on abolition and civil rights, despite party faults and strategic missteps.
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