14 Feb 1874
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Newspaper
Seymour Weekly Times
Location
Seymour, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1874
Page
1
Cuba declares state of siege and orders a draft as unrest spreads. British Columbia faces ministerial troubles amid peace talks with the Ashantees, with indemnity promised. England endures continued election rioting while the Prayinjz temperance movement grows in Ohio. Indian atrocities on the plains spark fears of a general uprising. Tillmols Railroads quietly adopt revised schedules.
Widespread European unrest reports include Berlin secession ceremonies, Ashantee peace terms, Irish violence, and Japanese student recalls. Domestically, temperance drives surge in Ohio and Massachusetts hotel prosecutions occur, while expeditions, elections, and Grange meetings shape political life across the United States.
Washington dispatch notes the Russian Minister refuted claims that Russia refused to send goods to the Centennial Exposition, stating the government never signaled such an intention. Judge Alfred Conkling, father of Senator Conkling, dies in Utica at eighty five. Siamese Twins bodies preserved. private exam with public report. Iowa Patrons of Husbandry urged to draft railroad regulation bill. Mrs. Hoag fatally burned after kerosene lamp blast. Colorado lands allegedly fraudulently pre-empted per land office agent. National Grange allocates 5000 to Iowa Grange for relief costs.
The period reports Senate and House proceedings with voting on committees for the District of Columbia investigation, bank ruptcy amendments, and various public works, land, and currency measures. Major items include the joint committee appointment, Mississippi River works bill, and the bank rupt bill amendments.
The markets report lists grain and livestock quotes across New York, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Cleveland, and Buffalo regions. It covers wheat, corn, barley, oats, rye, soy, pork, lard, Beef cattle, and sheep with bid ranges and price levels for live and dressed goods.
Three men A Rose Henry Von Wagner and Joseph Giroux were ice bound on the Niagara River after a sail boat capsized during a hunting trip. Giroux died, while Rose and Von Wagner were rescued after Captain Hartman raced to the scene amid fierce ice and a gale.
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