Ten Cents per Week
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13 Jun 1872
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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1872
Page
1
A brief notice titled Ten Cents per Week appears in the Daily Evening Star indicating a price change or subscription detail for readers. Further context is limited in the OCR snippet.
The item lists multiple items including a conciliatory tone from the English cabinet, further Livingstone guidance, and notices of a funeral in Geneva for Jas Gordon Bennett. It also references the Saint Louis Sengerfest and a tornado event in Paterson New Jersey.
A Times correspondent Col Stanley reached Ujiji with letters from David Livingstone that detail his explorations in Central Africa during his disappearance. Livingstone, in good health, refused to join the relief expedition and planned to explore the underground region between Unjanyembe and Ayassa.
Berlin June 13 The final settlement of the long standing dispute over the San Juan boundary between England and the United States will be arranged soon. Emperor William as arbitrator has received both governments responses on the disputed point and will promptly render his decision.
Madrid June 30 radical members in the Cortes Juve issue a call for a session to decide and promulgate the future policy of the new ministry. In Geneva June 13 diplomats including Bancroft Davis Adams and Staemple arrive for the Geneva conference on Alabama claims with the meeting set for the 15th.
The Treasury Examining Board travels to New York to hold competitive exams to fill Custom House vacancies. Pensions for War of 1812 veterans and widows are finally acted on, with thousands of applications pending and new ones arriving daily. An important meeting of the National Republican Congressional Executive Committee drew large attendance at the Capitol.
The funeral service for the late James G Bennett is set for 10:30 AM at his mansion corner Avenue and Thirty eighth Street with Archbishop McCloskey and Dr Storrs officiating. Pallbearers include Childs Ledger Jast Brooks Bonner Dana Oncord Marble and others from major New York newspapers. The procession will pass Waverly Place to Broadway to Hamilton Ferry and to Green Wood. over 300 carriages expected.
St Louis on June 13 hosts a large Senger fest with 14,000 attendees at the reception concert. Governor Brown gives the welcome speech and Senator Schurz presents a German oration. The event features 163 musicians and a 900-voice choir.
Fire on Twenty second street at Louis and Ferguson planing mill destroys fifteen thousand dollars in property. A later blaze on Milwaukee avenue causes total losses near thirty five thousand dollars. A derrick accident on Desplaines street kills one man and injures another. Thirteen year old Kate Kousen is found dead by hanging at her home. Coroner reports death by own action. General Horace Porter arrives in Chicago amid political speculation and fear of personnel losses at government offices on Lasalle Street.
A fierce storm swept Paterson on June 13 with a westward hurricane of thick black clouds. The engine-house roof of Company No. 5 on Water Street was torn off and carried into the river. Merrells Flour Mill on Main Street had its windows blown in and roof torn, with machinery damaged. many other buildings suffered harm across the county.
McPherson commandant reports contractor John Burke and Frenchman Louis Brossane drowned when their boat with freight capsized crossing the North Platte river around ten o'clock yesterday morning. The river is flood high and Burke's bridge was swept away, forcing transfers by boat for Atchison.
The seventeenth international convention of the Young Men’s Christian Associations met at Lowell on the 12th. H. Jaebe of Cleveland was chosen chairman and several committees were appointed. The afternoon session began with devotional exercises and the Committee on Permanent Organization reported H Thane Miller of Cincinnati as president, who initially declined but accepted on solicitation.
Mayor J B Peabody welcomed delegates from various creeds, praising cooperation among Quakers Baptists and others. Indiana spring meeting drew turfmen with four pacing entries. Hoosier Tom won $300 in a 2:16 mile ahead of Harry and Evans. Today two $1 purses feature horses under 2:28 and 2:35 with six entries each.
The Sengerfest began in St Louis yesterday as American delegates go to Geneva. Reports note battles and casualties across cities including Monterey and Evansville, with leaders like General J R Hawley and Colonel Steel mentioned amid varied wartime events and political shifts.
Visitors note unusually aged residents at Charpentier and Como's plantation near Pattersonville. Josep Collin, age ninety two, walked 150 miles to Vermilionville and back, living in a self made wagon house before settling in a cabin. An elderly African couple, a centenarian preacher, and a century plus old woman are among long trusted dependents of the plantation owner.
A minister warns that children who love their parents yet disobey risk ruin. He recalls years ago a rise in disrespect for parental authority, urging youths to heed guidance and honor those who have shown them kindness and support.
James Gordon Bennett's funeral drew a crowded Fifth Avenue procession with about fifty carriages. Pallbearers included Horace Greeley and C A Dana among other notable editors. The Catholic service was held before the body was moved to Greenwood Cemetery via Broadway and the South Ferry.
The Board of Trustees met and prepared to present university claims to the Legislature. The Alumni meeting drew many Miami alumni with reminiscences and hopeful notes. An Alumni Society supper featured Tam O Shanter and Auld Lang Syne. Dr. Dorsey and Prof. Ellis awarded diplomas at the evening address. Commencement exercises continue on campus with a large crowd of attendees.
At Wes leyan Female College the chapel overflowed for commencement. Nine graduates entered in white as Bishop Wiley opened with prayer. Piano duets and solo pieces followed under Prof Carl Barns with selections by Littolf Bisbee Rast Czerny Verdi and others. Benediction closed the program.
United States Circuit Court Judge Swing presiding over United States v A P Williams et al. Captain H H Deviixey, local inspector, will inspect the new ferryboat Royal at Portsmouth at noon. The case and inspection are in progress.
Market reports show receipts in corn and wheat with fair demand and largely steady prices. Provisions and pork market activity noted with variable barrel sales while flour and corn futures show modest shifts and dull overall tone.
Yesterday's mining sales reached 150000 in Little Cottonwood Brig ham East Canon Camp Floyd and Tenth mining districts. High waters are abating rapidly and mountains are bare of snow as prospects for mining rise.
In New York on June 12 the gap between employees and workmen in principal trades on strike remains wide. Both sides insist on their stance and lack of a unified organization hinders eight hour league operations. Upholsterers report forty one of sixty four firms operating on an eight hour basis while the rest idle.
A correspondent from Idaho Territory describes beaver activity along Bear River and Portneuf Canon. He notes numerous dams, some petrified with water 50 to 60 feet long and center depths of three to four feet, encasing wood in a durable form. He observes increasing beaver numbers and their bark for food, noting beavers’ impact on cottonwood and grasses along streams.
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