15 Feb 1872
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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1872
Page
1
In France the Union of Parties reports General Sherman and Peace G. F. Randell & Co. affected by a blast and ensuing fire. A locomotive was burned out and another exploded in an incident linked to the unrest.
A large portion of the Methodist Book Concern in NAB HVILLE burned, starting in the bindery owned by John Locken. Losses include $20,000 in bindery machinery, $6,000–$8,000 in the stereotype department, and $10,000–$15,000 in composing room fixtures, with 60–75 workers left jobless. The rear book house building remained insured and unharmed.
Paris reports a documentary fusion plan among Legitimist and Orleanist deputies with sixty signatories so far. Across headlines, The Times notes moderated U.S. sentiment on Alabama claims and Sherman’s meeting with Victor Emmanuel in Rome. In New York, Treasury reform talk grows, while a Stokes indictments trial proceeds as bail set for two defendants and a fire causes $4,000 damage on Bank Street. Three Japanese students sail.
London reports Lord Chief Justice Cockburn supports the Gladstone Government refusal to admit indirect damages in the Alabama claim bill. A Providence circle notes no serious U S Britain treaty misinterpretation risk, with expectations of smooth adjustment. Parade plans emerge for Washington's Birthday with about five thousand men led by Dr. Johnson.
The Attorney General permits the steamer Hornet to travel to New York from Baltimore under a bond with sufficient surety to travel directly to New York and no other route. Other items include suicides, nominations for Deputy Postmasters, and weekly custom receipts.
A fire at G. F. Randell & Co. at 305 North Third Street gut the building and injured several employees. A young woman was rescued from the roof. Total loss estimated at 90 thousand dollars with 80 thousand insured in Royal Insurance and Franklin. Nearby firms 303 and 301i sustained water and smoke damage, all insured.
In Susquehanna Pennsylvania on Tuesday evening Erie locomotive 251 pushing a heavy freight train exploded its boiler killing one man and injuring eleven in a precarious condition. The engine detached and hurled forty feet down an embankment. The train had twenty five freight cars a caboose and three locomotives. The caboose wreckage caught fire with oil cars and a corn car burning. Relief arrived and victims were brought to the city for care. No cause is given.
Sioux City reports the libel action by Judge Porter against R H McBride editor of the Eldorado Ledger for 2000 damages in favor of the defendant after a three week trial with over sixty witnesses and extensive documentary evidence concerning 1870 Ledger articles. The defense relied on ground justification.
In Chicago February 15 a large audience at the Postillion performance suffered disappointment when tenor Wachtel fell ill with hoarseness and could not sing. The show was postponed a week and he is slated for the Hugenots Friday. A fire on West Madison Street caused an estimated $42,000 damage. The Chicago Opera House Association plans a new opera house near the Pacific Hotel with capital stock of $4,000,000.
William Singleton, at Shell Mound and Nashville Railroad, was shot five times by T. T. Johnson of Geneva Illinois, who said he came five hundred miles to kill him over alleged intimacy with Johnson's wife. Singleton is dying. Johnson was jailed in Chattanooga. A second incident reports Jennie Brown, an orphan, killed when struck by a speeding wagon on Murfreesboro Pike after being seen by the driver.
Congressional proceedings show Senator Sumner pushing an investigation into arms manufacture while factions clash over timing and preambles. The Senate debates political implications, with support for immediate inquiry contrasting with calls to defer until the Indian appropriation bill advances.
News item notes renewed lease terms related to Senator Davis and Count Chambord, with reference to a 2d Edition and a 4:30 O'clock timetable. It mentions extensive burglary of silks and coverage of steamboat news. The readable text centers on political-legal renewals and transport crime reportage.
Paris February 15. The question of uniting the Orleanists and Legitimists is to be submitted to Count Chambord, and it is expected he will approve.
In Washington on February 15 the Ways and Means Committee discussed salt and beer tax while Appropriations reviewed the deficiency of the Appropriation Bill with no definite result. Senator Davis is said to be out of danger. In New York on February 15 Stokes's trial proceeds as $16,500 worth of silks are stolen from Miller Myers & Co. bonded warehouse on Washington Street, most of which has been recovered.
The bulletin notes arrivals and departures on the river with vessels Commonwealth Kate P. Kountz Cairo Nick Longworth and Belmont. Weather is cloudy and cool with indications of snow as the river rose three inches.
In New York on February 15 flour steady, wheat firm at 159 161, corn quiet at 72?c, oats and oil prices unchanged, lard 94c, sugar and coffee dull, no Liverpool report. Chicago notes flour light, wheat 129 165, corn 42 45c, oats near 38 9c, pork active, lard 88c, cheese dull, butter 2c, hogs 30c. St Louis shows clear weather, river steady, wheat prices 159 173, corn 44 46c, pork 13, lard 84 9c.
Dispatches from Teheran report Persia faces a relentless famine with many deaths daily. England has raised five thousand pounds to fund an expedition in search of Dr. Livingstone. The Prince of Wales rests at Osborne with the Queen and royal family. London reports the U S note to Earl Granville reached Minister Schenck. John Evelyn Dennison is created Viscount Ossington and seated in the Lords. Rome hints at an encyclical on public instruction and church state ties. Eure elections descend into disorder amid clashes between factions.
A collection of quips and dialogues on weight testing walls buying eggs and party culture. A tableau about engagement gifts and a bachelor relative jokes about wives and social role reversals in a dated, humorous tone.
In an open letter from Valley Junction dated February 14 1872 B W Cumian defends the Board of State Charities. He laments plans to discontinue the agency and argues its reforms aid wards in infirmaries reformatories and prisons. He praises the board’s labor as unpaid and vital for Ohio society.
Samuel G Lund of Boston fined 6000 dollars for concealing smuggled goods in what appears to be a major customs enforcement action.
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