18 Jul 1874
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Times
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1874
Page
1
A brief item notes plans for tomorrow evening with expectations of blue skies. The notice hints at an event or activity tied to the race but lacks concrete details or names to confirm specifics.
The report covers court remarks on preserving favorites and temperance references, Mrs General Wood settling Telegraph stock suits, Embery Park’s growing water supply and 15 Cincinnati families, a ten day camp meeting starting Tuesday the 28th with 4 PM services on the square, Montgomery County voting splits, German Township population note, Dayton council dissatisfaction with Holly system, water quality for drinking, Soldiers Home Nine vs Pastime Base Ball Club game at 4 PM, and a promenade concert at the Home at 6 PM.
Fragmented remarks from the Brooklyn Eagle recount Beecher advising Mrs Tilton on leaving her husband if she cannot reclaim him. The piece hints a broader scandal involving Tilton and two other women, noting Beecher’s role and the expected future actions.
Reports from Fort Fetterman Wyoming and New Des Moines detail clashes with masked Indians near Deer Mouth and near Lawrence Kansas. Accounts describe three hour battles with heavy losses on both sides, troop shortages, and concerns over white trade intrusion and agency policy. The Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs discusses Miles’s dispatch and urges cautious action to restore quiet.
Colonel Carpenter reports a severe engagement with the Indians in the territory. Sixty one cavalrymen are reported wounded with heavy casualties and additional Indian atrocities alleged, details unclear but emphasis on brutal clashes and frontier violence.
A July 18 gathering in Beckett Hall convened by J Hargit and chaired by Jacob Kemp descended into chaos as delegates were chosen and committees formed. Fist fights and profanity filled the room, a Middletown agitator threatened to “whip” anyone challenging him, yet no serious injuries occurred before adjournment for dinner.
A head on crash a mile east of Canaseraga involving eastward express and westward train kills baggage master Atkins and injures several, including a passenger from Philadelphia with a broken arm. Eastward engine plunged through the scene, mail cars wrecked, crews blame wrong right of way and new engineer. Train did not wait at Burns station. sharp curves reduced visibility. Passengers report jolting crash and scattered wreckage.
Garrard blames Yale for the collision while Yale is favored by general testimony. Wesleyan claims a foul as anxiety and dispute spread through spectators. The race ends with Yale leading then Harvard and Columbia in a tense finish. Final referee decision awaited at Congress Hall.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times reports on a judge delaying a termination for an aged married lady with a $59,000 estate as sixty witnesses are summoned. A Brookville saloon case remains unresolved while Williams transcripts are quashed. Mrs. Will, mother of Professor Will, is severely burned in an oil lamp accident, and Perry Ryan, six, is crushed while helping his father unload lumber, sustaining critical injuries.
Reported tensions in the French Ministry over general policy, as Interior Minister tensions persist and proposals of cabinet change surface. Observers say a reshuffle could occur before the end of MacMahon’s term, with mention of Magne’s seasick affair and resignations as triggering factors.
In Glouceston Mass on July 18 Miss Lucy Carliss, chief pesistant at the High School, was injured when a rock from a blast struck her while she and another were riding a wagon near the foot of a hill. The article fragment notes the accident occurred during a school outing and mentions the wagon and rocks from a blast near the ride.
A certificate incorporating the Linwood Building and Loan Association of Linwood with four hundred thousand dollars capital was filed today. Papers show an increase of capital stock in the Cincinnati and Baltimore Railway Company by four hundred fifty thousand dollars.
Bradford Seeley, a wealthy stock trader with extensive estate near Venipg, was found unconscious and dying on Colerain Pike after driving two wagons toward the market. The skull injury suggests foul play or accident. his death remains under coroner review with witnesses describing his age as 75 and assets between $300,000 and $400,000.
July 18. Will C Miller eight years old son of Charles Miller of Miller Patterson Co was drowned this noon in Paint Creek. He was with two other boys washing a buggy when the horse resisted depth and upset the buggy trapping him underwater.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times from Pittsburg reports John Doe Alive Alien the bank swindler was sentenced this morning in the Criminal Court to five years imprisonment in the Western Penitentiary for extensive operations throughout the West.
Dispatch from Pittsborg reports the sunken steamer Gladiola carried insurance totaling 1,500 in several Pittsburgh firms. Allegheny, People's, and Pittsburg each held 3,000, with the Boat company at 1,500. The July 14 date is noted from the Daily Times dispatch.
The Board of Indian Peace Commissioners met at the Interior Department with Sibley Fisk Jancerts and Smith present. An Executive Committee and a Purchasing Committee were formed. The session addressed bank note redemptions and rate reductions, postal conventions, and military policy discussions.
Oliver Charlick and Hugh Gardiner posted bail of 1000 dollars each for three additional interments on election law charges. James Winslow of Window Lanier Co. bank died suddenly today of pneumonia in New York on July 18.
Vice-President Wilson arrived in Washington and plans to depart for home tonight. He states he has improved enough in health that if Congress meets tomorrow he would be prepared to resume his role as presiding officer of the Senate.
New York July 17 bank statement and Weather Bureau notes for Commerce and Agriculture. Cincinnati July 18 205 AM observations list stations in Missouri Nebraska Ohio Tennessee Lake Region Northwest with partly cloudy skies. Washington DC July 18 10 50 AM forecast for Tennessee Ohio Valley Lake Region and Northwest calls for partly cloudy skies warmer temps and winds turning southeast and southwest with increasing clouds and falling barometer through Saturday night or Sunday.
A man named John Kafer, a tanner by trade, collapsed and died while walking Browne Street near Colerain Pike this morning around 10 o'clock. The report notes an unclear moment of death and mentions the incident occurred in Cincinnati. In other news, music publisher F W Helmick released songs by Adal Richmond, praised for her work with Josh Hurt's Variety Company at Wood's Theatre, including the number Oh Isn't He a Tease.
The death of Dr. Rex Goodrich, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Cleveland since 1595, after a long absence in Lausanne, Switzerland, causes deep sorrow. A widow, a 15 year old girl, and medical staff face a chloroform operation of a needle extraction that ended fatally for the patient. The coroner's jury finds death from chloroform causing heart complications.
At a July 18 meeting the Common Council adopted resolutions to direct the Board of Public Works to secure a larger water supply for fire protection and to require removal of all wooden buildings within city limits. It called for sap s and miners to aid in fire suppression and building removal if deemed necessary by the Fire Marshal. The Chicoks Boaks Undergirlers group urged a rapid, radical reorganization of the Fire Department with more officers, manpower, and powerful steamers, or risk insurance protection withdrawal.
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