Steamer John Kyle Sinks After Striking Rocks
The steamer John Kyle en route from New Orleans to St. Louis struck rocks below Commerce Illinois last night and sank. She carried five hundred tons of freight valued at about 100000 dollars, insured for 75000 dollars. The Cincinnati built vessel, two years old, had a history of misfortune including a bad launch hog and a collision with an Ocean steamer in New Orleans.
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Caro
John Kyle
New Orleans
St. Louis
Commerce
Ilinois
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Kyle
Queen Victoria fears Fenian demonstration at royal thanksgiving
London reports intensified royal concern over the 27th inst Thanksgiving for the Prince of Wales recovery. Fenians in the city provoke anxiety with expected Tuesday protests to disrupt the procession, though authorities expect to quickly contain any disturbance.
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London
Queen Victoria
Prince of Wales
Delegations Visit Count De Chambord In Antwerp
French delegations continue arriving in Antwerp to pay respects to Count De Chambord. Among those visiting today were the Dukes De Thionville and De Rohan and Bishop Dupanloup.
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Antwerp
France
Count de Chambord
de Thionville
de Rohan
Dupanloup
Rumors and official moves across Washington in late February
A Washington special reports Gen Banks denies entering a diplomatic service and denies plans to go to St Petersburg. Philadelphia port collector bids by Jefferies and McMichael. a public choice to satisfy Republicans. Sickles may not return to Spain. Congressional printing costs rise to 744000 since 1862, with 298000 last year. Senator Morton forecasts a Sumner debate stretch. Ways and Means eyes Internal Revenue reform and a new tariff. Admiral Jenkins to relieve Rodgers in March. Norfolk court martial to conclude soon.
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New York
Washington
Evening Post
Gen. Banks
St. Petersburg
Philadelphia
E. Harper Jefferies
Wm. McMichael
Sickles
Spain
Joint Congressional Committee On Printing
Congressional Globe
Garret Davis
Kentucky
Admiral Jenkins
Admiral Rodgers
Norfolk
Capt. Stevens
United States
Guerriere
Italy
Robeson
Morton
Sumner
Ways and Means Committee
Capatas
Multiple Political and Court Developments In 1872 News
A bill allocates five million dollars and appoints commissioners to review claims. The Times and Sun editors face court summons with no attendance today. Susan B Anthony’s Revolution halts. a Tribune compositor Quackenbush’s death is ruled selfinflicted in Central Park.
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Yth
The
Sun
Times
Susan B. Anthony
H. Quackenbush
Tribune
Central Park
Paris
Ong
New York
Committee of Seventy
Kelso
Wm. Hennessy Cook
Haggerty
Balch
Richard H. Stoddard
the Aldine
St. James
Schuyler Colfax
United States
Shelton Mackenzie
Philadelphia Press
Philadelphia
Bayard Taylor
Mark Twain
John Hay
Julian, Hawthorne
Whitelaw Reid
Tammany Grand Sachem
Augustus Schell
Tammany
Democratic Party
Herald
Berlin
War Office
Versailles
Germany
France
Prussia
Thiers
New Times
Times Special
Washington
Fish
Adams
Great Britain
Casey
New Orleans
Packard
Louisiana
Vincent Collyer
Board of Indian Commissioners
Cabinet discusses Washington Treaty and Alabama claims
Secretary well orders March interest on ten forties paid Monday next. Cabinet session measures Europe opinions on the Treaty of Washington and Gladstone note. No final terms for the American reply. likely not dispatched before next week. H O Hoyt in Atlanta not the same as the city’s railroad associate. Low barometer moves east toward Indiana Michigan and the lower lakes with rain possible.
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Washington
Well
John Steiner
Indiana
W. J. Burton
Nebraska
Schenk
Chas
Francis Adams
Gladstone
Alabama
Mr. Adams
Europe
England
Congress
H. O. Hoyt
Atlanta
Coastal Weather Shifts Across Regions
Winds intensify with rain on the gulf coast Saturday while southeasterly winds and cloudy skies span from Georgia to Massachusetts. Friday night coastal Atlantic gales are unlikely. however northeast gales may hit Lake Superior and San Francisco may face a local severe storm.
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Gulf Coast
Georgia
Massachusetts
Atlantic Coast
Lake Superior
San Francisco
River Ice Weakens as Trains Slow on Blockade Day
Report from Iowa notes ice on the river growing weak with only a few trains crossing yesterday and none today. The ice bridge remains steady due to prompt repairs of sections. Freight from the West arrives, including tea silk and wool, with a total of one hundred cars since the blockade ended. Japanese forces are expected to reach the point Sunday morning and proceed in five Pullman Palace Sleepers with two dining cars, arriving in Chicago Monday around two o'clock.
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Pullman Palace
Chicago
Wisconsin adopts memorial opposing Duluth canal action
The Federal Relations Committee reported adversely a resolution endorsing Senator Sumner's one term for President amendment. A memorial to Congress praised the history of the Duluth Superior harbor dispute and protested the War Secretary's suspension of the injunction against opening the Duluth canal. It also urged filling the canal and removing the dyke. The memorial was unanimously adopted.
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Sumner
Federal Relations Committee
Congress
Duluth
Superior Harbor
Secretary of War
Minnesota Point
Noted Baltimore Minister Flees City Amid Scandal
Baltimore residents learned that Rev. D. D. Haston, a respected elocutionist preacher from a fashionable M E church, fled the city after ruining several young ladies in his congregation. He departed leaving wife and children.
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Baltimore
D. D. Haston
M. E
Beeler sues Stevens over breach of promise of marriage
Miss Sallie A. Beeler of Louisville filed a suit in Nashville Law Court against Isaac E. Stevens Quartermaster at the post for $10,000 damages alleging breach of promise of marriage.
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Nashville
Sallie A. Beeler
Louisville
Law Court
Isaac E. Stevens
Sallie A. Butler
Strength of Gibraltar a fortress of rock and gun
The article describes Gibraltar as an impregnable fortress hidden from ships. Land exploration reveals heavy sea walls, breech loaders, mortars, and three miles of galleries with embrasures and port-holes. It notes neutral ground between British and Spanish borders and continuous fortification work along the rock’s western and southern slopes.
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Gibraltar
Bay
Mediterranean
A Hundred Years Ago in North America and Europe
A San Francisco Bulletin item recalls 1760s Kentucky Ohio Indiana and Canada under French rule. It notes Boone’s 1767 move to Kentucky, early Ohio pioneers, Prussia’s Frederic, Washington as a Virginia colonel, and that a century ago the U S led the British Empire with few railroads or telegraphs and little global impact as events then foreshadowed the modern world.
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Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
America
Boone
North Carolina
Canada
France
Frederic
Prussia
Russia
Austria
Europe
Washington
Virginia
United States
World
Sible
San Francisco
Indiana Democrats set May 12 convention
Journal notes May 12 as the date for the Indiana Democratic Convention while reporting on multiple political and international items. It cites Japan’s embassy departure from Salt Lake, a Toronto execution, and various legislative motions in Ohio and Italy, plus a plan to reshape Rome’s Tiber area and Rome’s cultural concerns.
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Indiana
Salt Lake
John Travis
Toronto
Johnson
Pacific
Genattia
Ecumenical Council
National Catholic Temperance Union
Baltimore
Ohio Democratic
Onan
Kerr
Ohio River
United States
Yates
Dan- Grou
Jacksonville
McKee Barge Club
Pittsburg
Boston
John Mengel
Freedom
Pennsylvania
Fort Wayne
Rome
Eternal City
Tiber
London Thames
St. Angelo
Hadrian
St. Bartholomew
Catholic Telegraph
Foreign items from Europe and Asia spark imperial talk
Dispatches report Sherman in Naples and possible ambassadorial moves in Rome while Rome bishops press for Trent Council. Berlin notes talk of cheap postage unions and an assassination scare. Seward extols the Great Wall as costlier than U.S. railroads, illustrating vast empires and shifting politics.
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Sherman
Naples
M. Larouciere
Rome
Cissey
John Brighto
Traversy
Lord Northbrook
India
le Gaulois
L’ Armee
Paris
Count de Remusat
Vatican
Russia
Alabama
Times
Madrid
Carracas
Venezuela
Havana
Don Guzma
Berlin
22D
Ismarck
Ogg
Posen
Bismarck
Trent
Tyrol
Train Collision Near Elliston Station Injures Passengers
A Short Line Railroad bridge near Elliston's Station in Covington Kentucky collapsed under a Louisville to Cincinnati train. Many passengers were injured but none killed. A special train with surgeons departed at 1 49 PM to care for the wounded.
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Evening Star
CovinoTown
Cincinnati
Louisville
Short Line
Elliston
Washington and London clash over Alabama claims policy
The note from Earl Granville states Britain regrets the need to remind the United States that indirect damages fall outside the arbitrators remit under the Washington treaty. Secretary Fish plans a cabinet reply reaffirming the U S stance. A Naval Court of Inquiry will probe Captain Preble over the rebel Florida incident. A letter from Londonderry, Ireland, accompanies half of a three pound note for unpaid income tax.
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United States
Geneva
Fish
Chicago
Charles Francis
Adams
Alabama
Naval Court of Inquiry
Navy Department
Captain Preble
Florida
Mobile Bay
Secretary of the Treasury
Londonderry
Ireland
Tragedy in Columbia as two killed in shooting
In Columbia Tennessee on February 23 William P. Holcomb was shot and killed by his nephew Hal Holcomb at the latter's house. Holcomb's partner Ed Khan was shot and killed by Officer Frank Aydlott after firing into a crowd. No blame attaches to Hal Holcomb Khan or Aydlott.
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Columbia
Tenn
William P. Holcomb
Hal. Holcomb
Ed. Khan
Frank Aydiott
Hal
Holcomb
Aydloitt
Miss Sallie Butler sues for ten thousand in breach of promise
Miss Sallie A. Butler of Louisville sues E. Stevens, Quartermaster at this post, for ten thousand dollars damages alleging breach of promise of marriage.
Dayton KY Huge City Meeting Opposes Debts and New Legislation
Dayton Kentucky held its largest city gathering at Concert Hall with the city’s best men approving resolutions against further legislation and debt. A remonstrance signed by about 100 to 200 citizens addressed municipal control while tickets were named for council president J. M. McArthur and other posts. The Upper Enders met at Ehmer Hall appointing a rival ticket led by Wm. Hanon with L. P. Stone and others, and Hanon indicated he would not serve as president of council.
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J. M. McArthur
H. P. Brazee
Hy. Teiman
Geo
Maxey
Schoool Board
Daisy
Stamper
Tibbitts
Hanon and Jenck
Dayton
Capt
Wells
Third Ward
Upper Enders
Ehmer’s Hall
Wm. Hanon
H. Dasche
L. P. Stone
August Wenler
Chadwick
Vesse
Groene
Kessler
Hanon
Madisonville Musical and Oyster Supper Funds School Organ
A school house entertainment in Madisonville raised proceeds to buy an organ for the graded school. The event drew a large crowd, reflecting local public support for social and educational interests. Commissioner Douglass will rule today on the New York Central tax case, expected favorable to the road. Irish American citizens in New York plan a public dinner for Horace Seeley on St Patrick's Day.
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Madisonville
Douglass
New York Central
New York
Horace Seeley
St. Patrick’s Day
Local News Notes on Defalcation, Jail, Theft, and Rail Charters
Mr James M Blackburn former clerk of the United States Court remains jailed in Louisville as relatives fail to post $12 000. Capt Beggs the former U S Marshal also remains confined though hopes for liberty soon persist. A thief stole 42 dollars from Emanuel Wolfs Pike Street store Friday night. Dr E N Cushing warns Brooksville saloonkeepers he is an inebriate and will prosecute liquor sales to him. Warsaw and Gallatin county residents seek a legislature charter for a river route railroad from Ghent to Warsaw and Covington joining with existing lines Westport Ghent Carrollton. The planned line Louisville to Covington would run Warsaw to Covington and be known as the River route aiding regional development.
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James M. Blackburn
United States Court
Louisville
Capt. Beggs
United States
Emanuel Wolf
Pike Street
Washington
Russell
E. N. Cushing
Covington
Bracken County
Brooksville
Warsaw
Gallatin County
Ghent
Westport
Carrollton
River
Newport Ferry case lawyers near term end
The Newport Ferry case hearings wind up as the court term ends this evening. The Republican City Convention meets at the Court House with possible nominations for President of the Council M V Daly X Line for Clerk and Major Boden for Attorney. A fire at Robson and Co distillery Finchtown two miles south of Newport on the Licking river caused minor damage. loss under $300 insured. Republican primaries announce Ward council and school board nominees including Townsend Cummings Buchanan Weaver Britt Devere Pagan Duval Thompson Pickelman Stone Claussen Taylor.
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Court House
M. V. Daly
X. Line
Major Boden
Robson & Co
Finchtown
Newport
Licking River
Robert Townsend
J. P. Cummings
C. P. Buchanan
Second Ward
Adam Weaver
Peter Britt
John Devere
Third Ward
George Pagan
J. F. Duval
Job Thompson
George Pickelman
Fifth Ward
J. EK. Stone
Charles Claussen
Assesger
B. F. Taylor
Shin Fane Tonight and Royal Yeddo Troupe Next Week
Amusements note Shin Fane is repeated this evening for the last time. T G Riggs has won Cincinnati favor and strong patronage. Next week the Royal Yeddo Japanese troupe appears with celebrated tricks. Christie Johnstone on Wood's stage and Annie Hindle at Davis Varieties headline. Manning's Minstrels open at Pike's Opera Monday.
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Shin Fane
T. G. Riggs
Cincinnati
Wood
Christie Johnstone
C. D. Byron
Annie Hindle
Davis’ Varieties
Mrs Moulton Opens in Cincinnati With Notable Acclaim
A large Cincinnati audience welcomed Mrs Charles Moulton for her city debut at Pike's. Her stage presence and silk and velvet attire drew praise though some ballads lacked pathos. Wehb impressed at the piano while Fosatti and Brookhouse delivered strong performances. the ensemble earned tumultuous applause and a promising future.
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Charles Moulton
Pike
Nilsson
Parepa
Moulton
Cincinnati
Brookhouse
Bay of Biscay
Postal conference aimed at uniform cheap postage
It is reported that Bismarck urged nations to send delegates to a postal conference. The object would be to establish cheap and uniform postage rates across nations.
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Bismarck
Tobacco tax protest by manufacturers seeks uniform levy
The cam pep precturers of easels have adop e olation protes against the decision of the Committee on Ways and Means in recommending a tax of sixteen cents on smoking and twenty four cents on chewing tobaccos and urging a uniform tax on all manufactured tobacco.
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Committee On Ways and Means
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New York Times
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Jenkins
Rodgers
CATRO
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Iowa
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China
Seward
Pekin
Covington, KY
Washingtom
Washinorton
Earl Granville
Dayton, KY
Newport Ferry
Manning
Pike’s Opera House
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