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Newspaper
Reading Eagle
Location
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1869
Page
2
The Eagle Book Store Adler office Daily Eagle and Republican Gazette Democrat have moved to 542 Penn Street Schmucker House building opposite the Keystone House.
The notice states transient advertisements in the Danny Mare will cost ten cents per line for the first insertion and five cents per line for each additional insertion.
The editorial urges publishing Council Proceedings in the city’s largest circulation papers. It argues the Haax and Dispatch reach most taxpayers across parties and proposes comparing circulations to determine city printing rights. It claims their subscription base is much larger than Neutral papers.
The Journal of this morning editorializes on progress as a Democratic principle and asks its editors several questions. It inquires about corporate privileges for private enterprise, national banks, paying national debt, and views on Buchanan Pierce Jackson and Jefferson administrations. It also asks about Alaska purchase, Schuylkill Canal widening for Reading steamboats, a paid fire department, and ideal routes for a profitable passenger railway through Reading.
The piece presents Gen William McCandless in a 1869 letter to J Wanney Conarn noting magnanimity in politics. He states he would decline his own candidacy if General Hancock accepts the nomination and urges party unity, warning the Democrats against ignoring their active members to avoid defeat.
The passage argues against using John Brown as a heroic figure and questions legacy of his anti slavery acts while endorsing that slavery be ended in Spain. It also critiques Radical icons and ponders the introduction of Turkish baths in Reading as a profit and health measure.
The piece attacks paper money as a fraud and cites coin as stable. It notes the Dispatch newspaper’s early doubts and later success, mentions Buckwalter selling his stake for 4609 dollars, condemns debt to honor funerals, and questions sending 70000 dollars to European bondholders while urging Americans to pay taxes.
A critical view of Brownton claims persistent violence with frequent murders and outrages. In Memphis on the 6th inst a ball brawl left five men wounded one dangerously and two severely. one man received a slight injury.
Radical journals denounce Beast Burien for raising a disgraceful row in the House over counting Georgia's electoral vote. Jealous Radicals target Butler's notoriety as tensions rise among Americans in Paris following the Pereire disaster and passenger deaths.
Gey Senorieno urges retrenchment in military spending. He proposes consolidating the army and navy into a single department overseen by a civilian administrator to reduce costs.
The Ottawa gallows sentenced James Whalen, accused of killing Hon. Thomas D Arcy McGee, to death. Thousands gathered as Whalen ascended the scaffold, prayed with priests, and delivered a brief statement asking forgiveness and mercy before the 11 15 a.m. drop. His wife visited him and a written statement reportedly exists but has not been released.
The Treasury tables show 818 gaugers 1 004 storekeepers and 653 warehouses supported by the Government for whiskey distillers at an annual expense of nearly two million dollars. Distillers paid these expenses until July 1866 and there is talk of returning to the old system.
A roosting bird makes a dramatic show as it flaps wings and crows with heightened defiance, becoming a standout feature in the scene. Neighbors report the bird’s confident behavior during early mornings.
The Reading election shows a Democratic landslide with the city ticket and many ward officers carried. Voters favored white male governance, opposing Radicalism and Negro suffrage in a sizable turnout across nine wards.
Lamplighters in New York complain of only twenty five cents per lamp monthly while counterparts earn forty cents for identical work. Edgewater and Staten Island workers push for higher daily rates after April. Baltimore city staff seek higher salaries, noting twenty one hour duties and a seven month pay gap with eight hour city workers. Working Women’s Association proposes incorporation to aid education, employment, refuge programs with capital set at 100000 and potential expansion. New York clothing cutters, job printers, and sailors remain on strike.
In Senate and House actions, bills on justice in the Territories and public debt were debated. a Williams amendment to cap monthly currency conversion was rejected. The River and Harbor bill, and a prize fund for Winslow and the Kearsarge crew surfaced. Foreign dispatches report Weymouth’s and Guildford dungeon findings, Lam bertville vigilantes, Lopez’s retreat, and Cuban revolutionary prospects awaiting artillery and U S recognition.
A morning fire in Altoona originated about two o clock in the Vindicator newspaper building. It spread to the next property destroying a frame dwelling and the printing office of LALO Kerr and the frame store and dwelling of J Bitkowitz. The blaze believed to be incendiary. Loss set at $25 000 with insurance status not yet known.
Coroner's jury in Chaco convicts William A. Robinson of the murder of ex Senator McConnell in Jacksonville. He was seen entering McConnell's house on the morning of the crime and is said to owe McConnell four hundred dollars, completing the chain of evidence.
An Episcopal clergyman in gown and bands led the services in Spain with a small congregation including one or two priests. Pastor Ruet, the Algerine missionary, delivered the sermon and was attentively listened to.
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