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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1872
Page
1
Telegraph dispatches report the steamer Tripoli sinking and German authorities expelling the Jesuits. A major revenue decision looms amid maritime and diplomatic tensions as the Royal Kingston is damaged in a burning incident during the Great Sengerfest in St. Louis.
The steamer Tripoli ran ashore on South rock Tuscar on the Irish coast during the night of the 16th. The after portion sank, while the fore part remains stranded on the rock. In Germany the Federal Council adopted a bill to expel the Jesuits from the empire.
Spanish officials, based on representations by United States Minister Sickles, anticipate releasing Dr. Howard held in Cuba. It is officially stated that orders will be sent to Cuban authorities by King Amadeus to effect the release.
The Treasury reported currency holdings of 7,070,859 dollars and coin 86,312,070 dollars with coin certificates at 25,140,500 dollars. Reports cite Congress leavings for Long Branch as the President travels and Secretary Boutwell heads to Massachusetts for about ten days.
A blaze at Solomon Wilde's cotton mill at French and Adams streets in Frankfort yesterday noon consumed one brick and one stone building, both three stories high, totaling about 50 by 100 feet. Fire companies arrived but could not stop the spread, with losses estimated at 50,000 dollars. Insurance details are not yet known.
The Japanese Embassy arrived in New York aboard the Chauncey Wibbard from New York at 11 45 P M Several members stay at West Point Hotel others at Cozzen s Hotel A review and battalion drill occurred yesterday morning with the Embassy in attendance Officials expect a tour of inspection of the grounds and buildings to follow soon June 12 not dated exact year.
Hon Sir Thomas of London spoke to the Board of Trade while Chicago sees multiple fatal accidents in 36 hours. The Bigelow block, valued at 1 250 000 dollars, is eyed as a post office site. A northside fire damages 12 000 dollars. two firemen injured and a fire engine overturned. Aldermanic trials shift to Lake County. McCauley and Busse acquitted. Powell and Whittaker continua with witness issues.
A Buffalo report claims printers are not on strike and are at work. The Commercial says a union committee issued a circular proposing a wage scale with a Monday effective rise and inviting employer conferences to settle objections amicably.
In St Louis on June 12 preparations for the Sengerfest are described as the grandest yet. Fifteen miles of decorated streets with trees evergreens flags and arches. About one hundred fifty thousand dollars reportedly spent on decorations. Forty singing societies with five hundred members arrived from major cities. Franz Abt arrived and was warmly welcomed amid large crowds. A public reception is planned and about thirty thousand visitors attended yesterday.
Royal Mail steamer Kingston burned to water’s edge twelve miles above Brookville Ontario. Deck hand and a passenger woman drowned with total loss of freight. Kingston noted as one of the line’s finest vessels.
Weather data from Washington reports clear and variable conditions across regions with winds from the west to north and south to west in various areas. Seafaring crews face temperance measures, with subsidies to theaters to offset ticket-price cuts for sailors. A murder mystery from 1871 resurfaces with a newly found clue through a domestic dispute arrest and recovered valuables. Senate committee findings on charges deemed unsustained.
Secretary Fish travels for recreation. Hayti and San Domingo expect war. Secretary Boutwell also travels. Venezuela’s revolution ends again. The President and family left Washington for Long Branch. West Point tunneling begins for West Shore railroad. Mexican revolutionaries recapture Monterey and march toward Matamoras. Libbie Garrabrant in Paterson faces death sentence while insane. State Fair halls at Mansfield completed. Pacific railroad traffic heavy. California travel surges. Tobacco exports may be reduced in warehouse. Illinois Central freight train derails near Makinda. no injuries. YMCA convention preparations under way in Lowell. Indiana courthouse cornerstone laid. brick stone and iron, 276 feet, $600,000. Gen. David L. Stanton indicted for embezzlement. bailed $25,000. Democrats discuss Greeley nomination and straight ticket. Vanderbilt vs. Boston Hartford & Erie suit pays interest. Liberal Republicans to meet in Cleveland June 2. 1850 butter pail discovered 22 years later in Union City well. Ohio Geological Corps forms to finish survey. Colorado irrigation may make rainless period obsolete. Andrew App killed at Schaffer Son’s flax mill. Missouri river bridge at Atchison project advances. $1.2 million bonds issued. John Patterson manslaughter verdict in Enon murder case. Burglar gang trial to start tomorrow.
The article recalls a husband who tended his insane wife for twenty years until her death and asks how loyalty tests the pledge of marriage. It cites Mrs Currie of Washington Garden, whose behavior frightened customers yet drew patient sympathy from her husband. The piece reflects on steadfast devotion amid mental illness.
A crowded Wood’s evening featured Paul Martinetti among top clowns and Huntley’s banjo solo. Josie Jones’s concert at Pike’s Opera House was financially and artistically successful and she plans to study in Italy before returning famed. Jas E Murdoch’s Louisville reading drew strong notices with a second recital.
The latest building permits authorize A W Osler to add a one story frame house on Betts street between John and Central avenue. John Bricket plans a three story brick on Court and Kossuth. Frank Losh seeks a one story brick on Vine north of Mulberry. Pied Nordman Co plans a two and a half story brick on Hughes and Mulberry. B C Warrender to build a two story brick on Wade between Dennison and Dalton. Wm Egelhof to erect a two story brick on Poplar between Western and Dalton. Wm Eickhoff to build a three story brick on Noble Court between Linn and Baymiller. S Bishop to add a two story brick on Western between Bank and Harrison road. Charles Juniam to build a two story brick kitchen on Bremen between Fifteenth and Liberty.
A man falsely selling a hay-fork patent defrauds agents for 500 dollars and fledg to the First National Bank. Constable Longfellow searches for the suspect around Middletown. Floral Sunday observed at the Universalist church with a strong program. German groups depart for Sengerfest in Cincinnati. probate judge race narrows to Cochran, Thomas, or Warwick. Saloons see knockdowns, council debates gas lighting at 45 dollars per year, and street work contracts progress on East Ludlow and Main Street improvements.
Sioux City report says private Bianchi of the 17th Infantry was shot while fishing near the Cheyenne River Agency Dakota. An arrow pierced his neck. he survives. Indians reportedly restless and rumors of a general war linger as a Philadelphia council at the agency sparks threats against the Northern Pacific railroad and whites. Fort Berthold updates are lacking.
The Sengerfest special train from Cincinnati arrived in St Louis at 7 15 this morning after leaving Cincinnati yesterday at 4 30 P M via the Indianapolis Cincinati and Lafayette railroad. J M Keilty general traffic agent L and R R R Long Branch N J reports President Grant Mrs Grant and Mr Dent arrived there yesterday evening from Washington
Indianapolis reports Thomas H. Hendricks nominated for governor by acclamation. Memphis notes J M Fookes, Cincinnati furniture maker, attempted suicide by jumping into the river this forenoon but was rescued. reduced circumstances given as cause.
MEMPHIS June 12 Arrived Bismarck St Louis Mary Miller White River City of Helena Vicksburg Departed Bismarck New Orleans City of Helena St Louis Weather clear and hot River rose six inches
Ed George, Nich Felix, Leonard Freund, Henry Cordes, Henry Schonberger and Wm Prus faced assault with intent to kill charges after a March 14 incident at Arbeiter Hall. Passauer testified Schonberger struck him at the ball, felling him unconscious. Schonberger bound over to Common Pleas Court while others discharged.
Change time market report shows flour receipts 981, buns 1,123, wheat 427 bush notations, corn 8,300 bush receipts, rye 1,322 bush, barley dull, pork quiet, bulk meats shoulders and lard steady, hogs at 34 to 34 1/2, cattle 4 6c, sheep 4 5c, cotton middlings 2 53c, whiskey decline, sales including oats and rye samples, bulk meat totals 60,000 lbs.
LIVERPOOL June 12 1 P M Wheat Winter 12s 8d Milwaukee 12s 1 12s 44 California white as 9d 1%s Corn Vs 9d Pork 49s Beef 65s Bacon 29s Lard 393 Tallow 433 6d
Cotton and grain mixed with dull to steady tones. Distant prices show Liverpool cotton at 10,600 bales with Upland around 113 to 113 1 2, Orleans at 11 1 2, London Consols 21 for money, New York steady with Gold at 1 per cotton value, sales totaling 509 bales and receipts about 2,150. Local agricultural prices for corn, oats, and hogs noted with varying demand and nominal values.
In Indianapolis on June 11 delegates to the Democratic State Convention expected tomorrow arrive in large numbers. Hotels are crowded as an immense gathering looms with Hendricks seen as likely Governor nominee. The Marion County Courthouse cornerstone was laid at 3 pm with city, county, state officers, firemen, military and benevolent societies participating in a grand procession.
McEmpass dispatches list river traffic with arrivals from St Louis and departures to Arkansas river destinations. Vicksburg and Crescent City barges traverse the waters as the river rises four inches. Weather is described as clear and warm.
On Thursday June 13 the Glendale Female College will hold its annual graduating exercises. Seven graduates are listed with Ada M. Johnson of Sandusky Ohio giving the Latin salutatory and Belle Cort of Denver delivering the English salutatory. Elizabeth R. Monfort of Greensburg Indiana wrote the valedictory essay, and Lida Gano of Sharon Ohio will address the alumni after the rites.
Henry Shinkel, a sixteen year old described as insane, left his home on May street Walnut Hills this morning. He wears a light blue roundabout with checkered pants, dark hair and eyes, and sharp features. Anyone with information should contact the nearest police officer.
A Idaho correspondent claims the territory hosts more beavers than anywhere else with streams clogged by their dams. The writer details remarkable Portneuf canyon structures, beaver diets, seasonal feeding habits, and reported tree damage along the Yellowstone and Bear rivers.
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