Legislative and fiscal notes from the session era
The 16th to 19th saw debates on the appropriation bill, Senate ratified a Spain friendship treaty, pension and urgent deficiency bills passed, and customs cuts on Philippine imports proposed. The pure food bill cleared the House 72 to 21, while President Crum’s Charleston port appointment faced scrutiny. Oil refineries planned near Marion, labor tensions at General Electric, and mail cargo to Santa Claus overwhelmed the post office.
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Various 1872 Election Bets and Public Notices
A collection of brief items: Owen McCarton, a reclusive Oceanic NJ resident, vowed to stay indoors except at night if Grant won in 1872. Rail tariffs push iron and steel prices up 10 percent. Henry Frick to lead the steel trust from January, amid Union Steel & Co. deal payback. Chicago to host a large tobacco plant making union-made products. Indiana turkey market controlled by corner promoters with 500000 pounds stored. New York Democratic club funds coal for the poor. Deportation order for 1200 Chinese unregistered workers. Dr Lorenz clinics at Cornell University aid crippled children with police help. Mary C Goucher dies, founder of Baltimore’s Woman’s College and Indian schools. Italian Antonio Taddai acquitted in Reading court after July 4 street incident. Pneumonia rise linked to coal famine in Washington. Brooklyn hospital patient Eli Hyman dies. scrip and wealth found in clothing. Nevada monitor trial off Massachusetts coast. speed close to contract. Miners killed in Inman VA mine. several injured in Weehawken NJ trolley crash. Burglars blow safe in Miller’s drug store at Valley Junction. $3,000 seized. Chicago garment firms threaten lockout Dec 26 without arbitration. Severe snow blockade disrupts northwestern Nebraska rail lines. Robbery attempt at White River bank Loogeotee thwarted. dynamite charge thwarted. Methodist fund drive reaches $20,000,000. National Manufacturers Association urges organization. labor federation concerns. Papal appointments: Quigley to Chicago archbishop. Cangesin to Pittsburgh coadjutor bishop. Congress adjourns to January 5.
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Venezuela Crisis Escalates With Venezuela and U S Moves
Washington reports dispatches to Admiral Dewey ordering a torpedo boat destroyer to Caracas and assigning Van Duren as Bowen's assistant. Bowen to act freely for Venezuela, with German naval actions at Maracaibo drawing protest as French note hints international arbitration. The British announce a blockade of La Guaira and adjacent ports to curb rebel advances near Caracas.
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Tragedies In Iowa and Nebraska Supreme Court Ruling
Keokuk Indiana December 20 City Marshal Coulter and Justice Musgrave were fatally wounded at Farmington by deputy sheriff Geo Stillwell who was killed by a posse. The assailant shot after a warrant for disrupting the peace. In Lincoln Nebraska the supreme court upheld common law marriage statutes, ruling a marriage void for short interval after divorce is legal if couple cohabited after the statutory period.
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Roosevelt Possible Arbiter in Venezuelan Dispute
Caracas reports President Castro accepts Roosevelt as arbiter in the Venezuela crisis. London and Washington share secrecy on negotiations while officials anticipate a formal submission and a move toward a peaceful settlement. Blockades affect La Guaira and local labor as European fleets press for a pacific solution.
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Worst storm in years ties up Colorado railroads
Blizzard across eastern Colorado Wyoming and western Kansas Nebraska suspended traffic on Union Pacific and Burlington lines for 24 hours or more. Kansas Pacific branch trains were delayed. Denver and Alliance Burlington service to Black Hills was halted with snow drifts. A relief train carried fuel and provisions to stranded passengers in Mercer Nebraska.
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Roosevelt praised as a man in peace effort
Chicago readers heard Samuel M. Jones of Toledo extol Theodore Roosevelt as a man over politics for a rational settlement of the coal region conflict. He urged resistance to war and condemned killing in battle as murder, while Syracuse officials reported a carload Christmas mail burned en route to the West.
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Famine in Finland Shrinks Crops Across the Nation
A November report from St. Petersburg details Finland's severe crop failure due to late spring rains and early frost. The north faces near destitution with 194 parishes, 106 lacking food beyond Christmas. Relief plans include public works, grain purchases, cottage-industry funding, and a large voluntary drive. Emigration rises as 20,155 leave via Hango by November 17, with more Finns moving to Sweden.
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Feeling Her Way Col Scruggs Sees Germany Pressing Monroe Doctrine
Atlanta Dee 22 Col William L Scruggs former US minister to Venezuela discusses the Venezuelan dispute with Germany’s aim to test the Monroe Doctrine He warns Germany may force the US to modify or assume responsibility for acts of South American nations and suggests a peaceable arbitration could avoid wider conflict The interview outlines possible choices if European powers seek territorial gains in South America and the US must respond with either modified doctrine or suzerainty.
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Surveys finished for Jones & Laughlin railroad project
Pittsburg reports surveys for the Pittsburg to Geneva Harbor line by Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. are complete after eighteen months. President Kelones says no further details will be released for two or three months while the final construction plan is prepared. Rural note: Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee secures a $200000 endowment and scholarships from northern donors, announced by President Larry.
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Sharkey Convicted of Manslaughter in New York
The jury found Thomas J Sharkey guilty of manslaughter in the second degree for the murder of banker Nicholas Fish. The verdict also recommended mercy be shown in sentencing by the court.
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Thomas J Sharkey
Nicholas Fish
Convicted Attorneys in Columbus Conspiracy Case
In Columbus on December 20 the jury found Attorney Thomas E. Steele and Mrs Anns Miller guilty of conspiring to use the mail to extort money from prominent citizens. Steele is a leading Columbus lawyer and Mrs Miller is wife of merchant tailor Joseph Miller. Her husband and Ivor Hughes, a high standing attorney and former Odd Fellows grand master, face similar indictments.
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Gen Henry M Cist Dies in Rome at 63
Cincinnati mourns Gen Henry M Cist a long time lawyer and Civil War veteran who reached breveted major general. The author of The Army of the Cumberland he authored articles for periodicals and died in Rome while traveling for health with wife and daughter.
Toledo Political Figure Charles P. Griffin Dies
Toledo report says Hon. Charles P. Griffin longtime politician and four term state legislator died Thursday from heart neuralgia. Born 1842 in Lorain County, he taught in Iowa Missouri and Oberlin College then settled in Toledo in 1868 where he gained prominence in business and politics leaving a wife a son and two daughters.
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Lorain County
Iowa
Missouri
Oberlin
Woman murdered in Lithopolis linked to debt lawsuit
Mrs Charles Wheeler was murdered in Lithopolis Tuesday night. Her body was found Wednesday morning and her husband, a Columbus pump manufacturer who recently sued her for 700 dollars, was placed under arrest as crowds threatened lynching. The case drew heavy guard at the lockup amid great excitement.
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Wheeler
Columbus
Inquest Continues Over Tunnel Horror Near Crib 3
Deputy Coroner West presided as the inquest into the latest tunnel disaster near crib 3 continued. Superintendent Murphy testified he ordered lockkeeper John Powers to tell the engineer to start the air compressor, an order that allegedly was never delivered, and he argued that if given, the fire damp could have been expelled preventing the explosion.
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Nagell Found Guilty of Murder in First Degree
In Upper Sandusky on December 19 Philip Nagell was convicted of murder in the first degree without mercy and faces the death sentence for killing William Wade. The motive was robbery as Wade carried about $50, the savings from a season’s work as a farm hand. Nagell and Wade had been close friends.
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Fugitive from Justice Surrenders in Columbus
Columbus December 18 Frank Beatty arrested days ago for drunkenness confesses to police he is a fugitive from justice. He escaped from Covington Indiana jail while under murder indictment 28 years ago. Beatty says a man named Jacob Galvin was shot and killed and that he was accused. he claims the shooting was accidental.
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Harbor attack leaves Murphy injured in river rescue
In Awhtabula on Wednesday night Daniel J. Murphy was assaulted by highwaymen who broke his arm during a struggle, robbed him of $20, and threw him into the river. He was rescued shortly after. the robbers missed a $100 sum in his vest pocket.
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State Senator George Wilhelm Dies Suddenly in Canton
Canton December 19 reports the unexpected death of State Senator George W Wilhelm of this county from heart failure. He served twice in the Ohio House and twice in the Senate and was widely known across the state.
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Wages Increase For Cincinnati Southern Railroad Workers
Cincinnati December 19 an announced wage hike raises pay 5 to 10 percent effective December 1 affecting 1500 to 1800 employees of the Cincinnati Southern railroad.
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Henry Wathey Dies After Blood Poisoning in Alliance
Henry Wathey, a long established business leader in Alliance, died Tuesday night from blood poisoning at about 65. The obituary notes his prominence in the city and his decades of local business work.
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Mysterious Morphine Poisoning Hit Columbus Couple
Harry Dean a mantle setter and his wife were found unconscious in bed Friday morning. Doctors say symptoms indicate morphine poisoning though no drug is found at the home. The couple remain unresponsive and likely to die. William Clark, Mrs. Deans brother, rose early and left for work.
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Harry Dean
William Clark
Dynamite Wrecks Granville Postoffice Safe Heist
Newark reports the Granville postoffice safe dynamited early Tuesday by two or more men who fled in a stolen rig from Nailey's barn. They used two blasts to wreck the safe and escaped with plunder, the amount of which Postmaster Austin would not disclose but is believed large.
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