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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1872
Page
1
A telegraph report transmitted to the Daily Evening Star via the American Press Association provides concise updates on events of the day. The summary notes key developments and official responses as wire service coverage continues.
Washington dispatches note foreign and domestic sentiment on Cuba while weather and debt discussions occupy the capital. Horace Maynard is listed as a candidate and Senate nominations proceed amid corruption cases and public warnings. A Japanese squad arrives.
February weather outlook shows snow bands from Texas to the Ohio Valley and unsettled Atlantic states with improving Missouri Valley conditions. Public debt statement notes 125 million in new bonds and a 200 million market placement. Treasury details explain timing and bond exchanges. Nominations include Granger Hoffmann Taggaeessor Lowery and others. Stamp bureau fraud claim denied. monthly accounts nearly balanced with minor clerical error.
A special grand jury convened in Chicago to hear cases of official corruption and is expected to indict more Common Council members. In a Criminal Court motion a dismissal of Rev. D. J. W. Rine's larceny case was debated with witnesses and potential testimony from Mary Brown. An advance guard of Japanese diplomats reached the city ahead of the rest of the embassy arriving tomorrow.
Madrid reports Captain General confirms insurgents near collapse as Spanish reinforcements of 2000 troops poised to aid currently operating forces on Cuba. Telegram details the situation and government stance amid ongoing island campaign.
The debate in the Senate features Sumner and Carpenter over anti discrimination provisions, intermarriage and constitutional authority. House actions include amnesty bill discussions, protection of federal rights, and pending elections adjournment after heated exchanges.
A fire in Brooklyn at 108 Broadway last night destroyed J Harris's window glass factory. Losses amount to 7000 with 4500 covered by insurance. Other losses were minor.
Markets by Telegraph from New York at 10 30 A M lists cotton values for ordinary good ordinary and middling grades with quoted prices for February March and May contracts. It notes futures sales of 5100 bales last evening and includes the day and time.
The Cincinnati Board of Education met with 26 members present. A report seeks rule changes to modernize grade labeling, German instruction, and teacher assignments, and to align rules with board actions. The session approved most changes except items striking Rules 201 204 and a proposed new Rule 201.
Weather turned from mild rain to rapid freezing. The river channel shows about 10 feet depth here while Pittsburg reports 22 inches. Search for Mary Daly continued without success at noon. Steward Andy Watkins died in Charleston, West Virginia last Friday. Big Sandy dinky steamers were crowded ashore by ice gorging below Catlettsburg after the river rise.
The St Patrick's Society ball at Odd Fellows Hall drew large crowds and passed off smoothly. A Newport Barracks flag was flown at half mast for Gen. Robert Anderson. The piece then surveys England's industrial output and lists various manufactured goods. It notes the Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons of New York will meet in Albany on February 6. Additional items mention Washington society wives, Bird Island sighting near Salem, and multiple local incidents in Falls, New York including hunting and lynx events.
The monarch’s address notes strain in Parliament over abdications and government stability while seeking friendly relations with foreign powers. It reports Britain’s note to the United States over indirect claims in the Geneva Conference and hopes obstacles to arbitration can be resolved. The rest covers Ireland, India, and a Russian Turkish alliance threat to British interests in the East.
Paris residents report a morning rumor that President Thiers was fired at near his residence by an unknown assailant. The tale stirs excitement but cannot be verified at present.
The State Department has been notified of Britain’s withdrawal from the agreement to arbitrate the Alabama claims. England left the arbitration question open on indirect damages, prompting official responses in Washington.
The Times and a Washington dispatch discuss Parliament as a forum for a possible partial settlement with England. The President remains calm, doubts war, and expects any British demand to be declined. Also noted is a prize fight setup between Thomas Kelly and George Rooke for 1000 dollars per side, at 154 pounds, near Detroit.
Rev Stephen Morgan faced petit larceny charges in Police Court after Public Librarian Wm F Pool identified stolen Theological Library books valued at 1 50 recovered by Detective Orr. Morgan admitted borrowing and returning some, denied four missing volumes, and pleaded mercy. Judge fined 25 and costs remit. County Commissioners approved relief and bridge payments.
Picrssurg reports river rising to 86 inches on the metal mark with rotten ice opposite. It has been raining since seven this morning as a west wind and a 29.14 barometer persist. Louisville notes three feet three inches in the canal and one foot three inches on the falls with continued rain and cold, while St. Louis records 27 degrees and an ice blockade that delays shipping as markets hold steady.
A scatter of brief items reports a church fire in Penn at 1 City, general weather disruption in St. Louis, Lehigh Valley pig iron output, Russia physicians numbers, Illinois temperance law celebration, a Fulton ferry sinking with no deaths, Virginia lash law on petty convicts, Halifax gale damage, a Fort Wayne sawmill fire, Empire Brewery losses, iron making in Ohio, Indianapolis rail ambitions, Nilsson Opera in Louisville, London Paris New York newspaper counts, Venango County poor house cost, Massachusetts women holding office petition, horse racing plans in New York, a Huntingdon church sect, a Platte City murder, Lehigh Valley accident verdict, a 40-mile walk with a baby, Washington township fire, a New Albany child buckshot death, Saginaw hoop poles journey, a Burlington dog incident watching a man on a ladder, fashionable marriages waning in New York city linked to wealth.
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