25 Feb 1874
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Daily Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1874
Page
1
The piece rails against the Peace policy and War Department control, noting Indian wars like the Modocs and Sioux persist despite the policy promises. It urges keeping frontier security with the War Department and criticizes the Peace Commissioners for blocking transfer of tribal oversight.
Streets debate desirability of flats beyond the jail as fair grounds with river straightening to curb floods and improve access for visitors and potential exposition funding. A newspaper urges public input on the proposal. In New York a resident is shot by policemen entering a house while the alarm raised over police violence prompts calls for penalties.
A special dispatch from Calcutta via London reports a terrible famine in Tirpoor and Bagli poor districts of Bengal Presidency. Two hundred thousand people are said to suffer from hunger, with aid preventing a still higher death toll.
Latest dispatches report about a hundred fishermen still stranded on a lake ice floe. Several small groups escaped across fractured ice, but many remain in a perilous position awaiting rescue.
By a 57 to 73 vote the Maine House refused to concur in the Senate bill abolishing the death penalty, keeping capital punishment in force.
A report from Lowpoxs says a day long battle at Coomasse between Ashantees and General Garnet Wolsey ended with no decisive result. British losses reach 300 with many officers among them and Highlanders suffering 150 killed or wounded. Wolsey reportedly needs reinforcements fifteen miles away.
In a dramatic appearance before the City Supervisors, Mayor Otis proposed retirement from his office. The remarks referenced weariness and a desire to step down, signaling a potential end to his tenure amid ongoing political tension.
A Great Bend Pa pastor raising funds to rebuild a burned Methodist church is duped by a pair of con artists in Broadway. He returns home with nothing as the scheme collapses and construction stalls while creditors push for payment.
The Senate considered a liquor traffic commissioners bill and referred a land act amendment for Michigan. A naval affairs report seeks to keep Rear Admiral Lands on active duty. Commercial notes show flour and wheat prices down in Texpo and Detroit. corn and oats mixed with barley steady. clover seed active in Detroit trading.
At Morris town on Monday a youth acting as barkeeper in the Freeland Lodge of Good Fellows rehearsal of "Three Years in a Man Trap" was shot dead. Abraham L. Hunsycker, 18, son of Rev. H A Hunsycker, died in the incident.
Kansas City dispatch details McNutt and Winner planning a Wichita murder to claim a five thousand dollar life policy. They intoxicated and burned victim Saviers, staged a robbery, and fled by train after setting fire to the shop. The confession exposes the brutal scheme and motives. In New Castle, a jail break frees Frazer and other convicts aided by a gang using jack screws.
Telegraph dispatch from Burra dated February 25 reports wheat dull with 500 bushels No 1 Milwaukee club sold at 150 dollars. Corn selling slowly in small lots, oats, rye and barley quoted with notable demand for barley. No 3 Chicago around 180 dollars.
The Fulton Street Prayer Meeting prayed for temperance and an end to drunkenness. The National Colombian Society held its annual exhibition with about 500 pigeons shown. A police report cites 300 New Tare communalete and notes unity among German Irish and French groups. A meeting speaker demanded heads of city thieves and warned of using petroleum as in Paris to enforce justice.
The Secretary of War asks Congress for funds to improve the mouth of the Mississippi River and the Rio Grande at Fort Brown for the next fiscal year, estimating $10,000 needed.
Notice records a board vote to collect ten percent installments on Vital Stock, with payments due March 15 1874 to Bowser firm and Worthington for collections. Also a Summit City Building Loan and Savings Association stockholders meeting announced March 2 1874 to elect nine directors.
Money rates steady with no loans. 4 4? per cent. Governments and state bonds active and lower. Stocks mixed with dull blocks. Western Union Telegraph and Pacific 2080 Wabash noted. Flour and wheat prices mix. pork steady. receipts around 3,000.
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