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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1872
Page
2
Preeport Journal reports actor Edwin Forrest died in Philadelphia last week. The item notes the death of the famed performer and records a brief obituary in the local paper.
Speaker Blaine voluntarily appeared before the investigation committee Friday and testified under oath that he never received or owned any stock. He said Oakes Ames offered stock as an investment, but he declined to buy to avoid being compelled to vote on questions involving the stock.
A claim that last year's landing immigrants added 285 million dollars to national wealth is challenged. Statistics indicate 46 percent of male immigrants pursued varied occupations, half of whom are skilled laborers. The overall value of these workers to the nation is seen as incalculable.
Mr. Ethan Allen, chairman, admits failure of the Liberal National Committee. He says the defeat came from fighting a battle not sharpened by clear issues that drew lines between friends and foes. Critics accuse him of lacking principle and confessing the movement's baseless, selfish motives.
One Professor West of Dover Delaware planned a life insurance fraud by killing a colored man, burning him, and staging his own death to let his wife collect $25,000. The scheme failed and the murderer faces execution while his wife may mourn him soon.
Grant based his selection on strong recommendations for Judge Ward Hunt a long time New York jurist of high repute. Letters from Justice Seymour Kernan Denio and others urged Hunt fill the vacancy, suggesting broad support among New York’s appellate and supreme court jurists and cautioning critics to acknowledge past errors.
The swindler Philip Arnold, linked to a half million dollar theft, is identified as a wealthy Elizabethtown figure. Sheriff William Al. Lent seeks recovery of 359000 previously delivered under Arnold’s influence as Don Bristow and John M. Harlan take the case. Details appear inside of Gas number of February issue.
The article details France under Thiers facing a polarized Assembly split between monarchical and republican factions. It notes the Committee of Thirteen favorable to monarchy, rising republican sentiment, and the threat of dissolving the Assembly. It discusses the President’s precarious position amid Right and Left coalitions and the looming Committee report. Vicq President Colfax in Washington considers a potential editorship at the New York Tribune.
The disputed will and testament shows signs of insanity assertions while circumstantial evidence indicates it was signed while the tester was sane. Authorities hope the matter will settle without litigation.
In Aurora Nebraska a rumored startling appetite rapping sensation unsettled a church during evening service. A shutter near the pulpit suddenly opened and a bird popped in, having been trapped between wood and glass. Clergy and congregation eased by the feathery escape.
The Arizona diamond fraud is described as one of the era’s great swindles. A wide wild region was salted with gems to lure investors, totaling nearly three million dollars from California and New York financiers. The robbers Slack and Arnold disappeared, planning to cover tracks.
A New York writer expresses deep gratitude to the President for his respect shown at Horace Greeley’s death. The letter lauds the President’s attendance at the funeral and the dignified conduct, noting it softened political divides and showed enduring American regard for good public lives. Dated December 6, 1879, signed Sivciats Tovewy.
A massive blaze at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York killed eleven scrub-women and injured others, with guests unharmed. The fire started in the Twenty third street servant wing and spread rapidly via a wooden stair and laundry elevator. The morgue received bodies as crowds gathered. damage reached about $150,000 and many rooms were flooded.
Louisville December 15 Phil Arnold publishes a lengthy defence in the Courier Journal denying all charges from William Lent arising from a California diamond swindle. He asserts he never sold any property to Lent nor had any contract or money dealings with him. He denies the fields were salted but says the discovery was honestly made.
An evening Milwaukee and St. Paul train derailed fourteen miles from Milwaukee after a rail broke on a rotten tie. The wreck sent the locomotive tender baggage car and three passenger cars down a fourteen foot embankment killing two suspected fatally and injuring twenty more. The conductor asked Milwaukee for surgical aid and another train.
The Freeport Lyceum met at F K Ifill s office and adopted a unanimous resolution thanking the Board of Education for use of the high school room for public discussions. The society is organized and will host a public debate in a few weeks, says J R Haney, Secretary.
Mr. J. H. Miller departs Tuesday night for Florida driving two carloads of mares and horses.
A December report quotes Speaker Blaine denying any attempt to influence for the Union Pacific. He recalled Oakes Ames offering a $1,000 par certificate, which Blaine considered improper and declined. The piece notes Republican disapproval of the Soldiers' Island Bounty bill and concerns about land speculation along railroads. Other items report Louisiana officials urging reversal of presidential recognition in New Orleans disputes, immigration warnings about Italian emigrants, and political maneuvers in Washington and Montgomery with Senate debates looming.
In Denver on December 18 W C Alexander, Street Commissioner, invited County Superintendent J E Norman to ride with him. A frightened horse bolted tossing Alexander from the buggy and fatally injuring Norman, who died shortly after. Norman, 67, long served as Dubuque County Superintendent and was a respected local figure.
The Boonville Advertiser argues against Gen Blair returning to the Senate, saying he is a wreck of his former self and has outlived his usefulness, reflecting on a party that is likewise a wreck of its former self.
The Mineral Point Tribune reports the horse disease remains widespread in the city causing inconvenience to residents and impacting local business activity across the town.
The article surveys cholera spread from India through Asia to Europe, detailing routes via rivers and trade corridors. It discusses origin in Bengal districts, subsequent eastward and northward propagation, and rejects East Pacific and polar spread. It critiques pathological theories inclining to volcanic causes and outlines five proposed features of such theories.
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