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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Times
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1871
Page
1
A chaotic summary of cross-Atlantic and domestic notes notes include ice and river conditions in Missouri and Ohio discussions, political consolidation votes in Boston Charlestown and Somerville, and international unrest with Paris revolution threats. Scattered items mention arrests, elections, and a rash of court, finance, and media activity.
Washington reports Secretary Boutwell's view that Union Pacific bonds must pay accrued interest. Government right to withhold half or whole freight funds under Hale’s salt bill is debated. Sumner’s removal from Foreign Affairs and Hale’s salt bill provoke party reactions. Martial law pending as Ku Klux clashes expand in York and Chester counties with militia defeated.
German residents in Cleveland held a meeting to complete arrangements and issued a proclamation calling all German people in Northern Ohio to join the celebration. German manufacturers and merchants were asked to close on Sunday night. The event is set for March 22 with a concert the night before.
The report notes a steady barometer rise and clearing weather over the Atlantic. An interior system moved eastward near Lake Butler and Lake Worth, with rain now prevalent in the region. Winds were high Wednesday. forecasts predict fair weather and fresh winds from the southwest, clearing up in the eastern states.
March report notes Mount Rainier near eruption warnings while the schooner Romp arrives with the season’s first codfish. It mentions a new steamer Live Mouse serving Hon-Chalmers New Zealand routes, with freight to Auckland and connections to Australia.
In the House of Lords the Chancellor defended releasing Fenian convicts while the Duke of Richmond denounced it as weak and unwise. In the Commons protests rose against abolishing the purchase system, with generals and officials weighing the army reorganization and effects. A China telegram reports calm in Pekin with no new outrages against foreigners.
France reports a protest over replacing the tri color with the red flag on the Column of July in Paris. Sailors were arrested and two Mobiles were wounded defending carriages with Peace Plenipotentiaries. France appoints plenipotentiaries to negotiate peace with Prussia and names ambassadors to St Petersburg and Constantinople. An official journal article favors a republic while urging calm. The Lille Echo a Nord protests a plebiscite petition among German officers.
A House Insurance Committee debate centers on preventing insurance companies from lowering rates once surplus capital hits a target. A joint conference with Senate Insurance committees is planned to resolve differences. If talks fail, committees may abandon the subject. The State Board of Equalization bill passed the Senate but faces constitutional concerns in the House, leading to filibuster fears and a push for a two thirds vote.
The Commissioner issues detailed instructions covering tax liability for dividends, surplus profits, and interest from corporations listed in sections 120 and 122. Dividends declared before August 1, 1870 face 5 percent tax, with various rules for prior profits and periods. Returns should be filed on Forms 62 and 68, and prior rulings revoked.
On March 9 1860 clergy across New York were urged to observe a special Sunday of prayer and a fundraising appeal for postwar relief. The Bishop urged parishes to collect nationwide on the second in March, with New York as almoner of the nation, to aid France and distressed regions, as ships already carry supplies and fears of famine and pestilence grow.
Fragmented excerpts recount a risqué Seville episode with lovers using a homemade funnel device in a window below and an onlookers’ chase. The second item discusses Washington political shifts over Sumner's chairmanship, Secretary Fish relations, and looming adjournment with national bank securities and new loan bonds notes.
A New York report on poets in love describing overwhelming passion as boundless and tormenting. The text then shifts to a St Paul incident where a man named Col. Ben T. Feller was involved in a shooting, with five shots fired and tales of danger surrounding the event.
In East St Louis a tornado yesterday afternoon killed seven people and seriously injured many more. The list names John Halpin Tim O Neill John Vogel Daniel Collins Timothy Drumm Isaac Evans John Bish and others. Damaged steamboats and wrecked railroad facilities are also reported along the river.
From Madrid comes word that the Spanish government has ordered the Duke de Montpensier to Minorca after he refused to take the military oath to support King Amadeus. A Times letter notes a rumored secret Russia Prussia treaty dating to the wartime period with provisions for intervention, counter moves against Austria, and limits on French alliances.
A city council meeting addressed by J C Campbell sparked debate over issuing six hundred thousand dollars in bonds to cover ordinary expenses and floating debt. A reporter reviewing the city cash balance found averages around 694 thousand over the past four months, with substantial funds remaining after sinking fund obligations.
Odo Russell retired to London yesterday and will attend a Cabinet meeting tomorrow. A disturbance near Paris on Wednesday involved battalions of the Paris Mobile Guard but was quelled without serious harm. A transport fleet sails to the Elbe to transport ninety thousand released prisoners home to France amid typhoid and plague among the horses in Paris yet the animals must be kept fit for food. The French Assembly is finally settled to meet at Versailles.
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