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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1872
Page
1
A report details an accident involving the steamer Memphis and its crew. Officials investigate causes while passengers are accounted for and local authorities coordinate aid and safety measures. Continuity of service is under review as the incident unfolds.
A severe thunderstorm in Liverpool caused the steamship Memphis from New Orleans to be struck by lightning and catch fire. Prompt actions kept the blaze from spreading to nearby vessels. The fire raged for hours before being controlled, and total losses are still not fully known.
Washington reports the agriculture bureau’s cotton crop estimate shows an acreage rise of more than one million acres from last year, averaging about 8.5 million bales, similar to 1870. If the favorable season continues, about 4 million acres of cotton could be expected.
Weather report from Washington notes clear to partly cloudy conditions with clearing winds. Brisk westerly winds shift to southerly along the lower lake region with potential threatening weather Wednesday. Atlantic coast and Middle Atlantic regions expected cloudy skies with light to fresh southeasterly winds.
A petition circulated at the Cotton Exchange seeks a meeting to close the Exchange July 3 to July 6. Reports from Rio de Janeiro note Grand Duke Alexis aboard the Seeltana with the Bagatire arriving, health good. Geneva talks continue between England and the United States on the Alabama claims with potential adjournment for faster telegraphs. Spanish affairs grow volatile with Republicans rising in Andalusia and King’s Conservative ministers under threat. Drake heirs push a claim to the estate. Labor moves show mixed progress with a hoped eight hour workday for machinists and metal workers within two weeks. An Evansville fatal rail car accident prompts an inquest. The Giles abortion trial proceeds with witness testimony. A Warren oil works explosion injures Michael Hanahan, with further damage. Longshoremen plan a fifty cent hourly strike, policing on alert. Two potential suicides noted in New York City with a violent incident in progress.
Workers accepted a proposed contract offering two dollars per day with eight hour shifts and twenty cents per hour for overtime, but the employers have not yet responded.
In Chicago on June 19 Judge E. Williams resumed a case by A C Calkins and others of Christ Church against Rev C E Cheney and church officers. The suit seeks an injunction to prevent church revenues from supporting Cheney as rector after his deposition by the Bishop. The case is billed as decisive. Meanwhile the aldermanic trials near completion as Montgomery and Glade are freed. thirteen of forty indicted have been tried with most found guilty.
The telegram reports four killed and twenty four seriously wounded in a railway accident near Paxton. Several others suffer injuries including Ezra Walt David Newman and John Krause with varying prognosis. A jury found no one at fault, calling it a grim butchery due to gross carelessness as a box car led the flat cars and obscured the track.
G. H. Parker, accused in the Maria Davis murder, was captured Tuesday evening between logs in a wood near Hamburg and is in custody. Erie Railroad workers strike in Buffalo yards demand 225 dollars per day, a 25 cent rise.
The trial of James Kavanagh and seven others for the April 13 assault on Robert Provence in a Bayonne saloon concluded with a verdict of acquittal after a two hour jury deliberation. The group was accused of trying to kill Provence and using his Orangeman status to incite violence.
In New Orleans on June 19 the Pinchback and O Custom-house groups plan separate conventions in Baton Rouge today. A fusion ticket seems likely as Warmoth backed by Liberal Republicans gears to merge with Democrats, shaping a campaign split between Grantites and Greeleyites.
The dated report notes June 19 in Boston with one hundred thousand strangers present for the German day of the Jubilee. Weather is fine and the crowd swells as major civic and international interest gathers in New England. Norman P. Judd is set to be collector of customs at Chicago after discussions with the President and Assistant Secretary Richardson.
Arrived Belle St. Louis from Vickenburg Nick Longworth Cincinnati Potomac New Orleans. Departed Potomac Cincinnati Belle St. Louis St. Louis Nick Longworth New Orleans. River fell two inches. Weather dry and hot.
At Aurora Indiana C F Graham a well known citizen drowned yesterday and his body arrived today at 10 45 am The death was ruled accidental by a coroner s inquest Graham worked for Geo Hall at Race Street The Rev Jeff Thompson s condition was reported improving as of noon with doctors hopeful for recovery The Reverend s father had given earlier conflicting statements about his son s mental state and injuries.
Codrafa Schneider was discharged with costs after assault arrest. Stella Lewis’s grand larceny and harboring lewd women case continued to Friday with bail set at 500 dollars. Saint Andre fined eight dollars plus costs for disturbing Squire Demmick’s house. Michael Corn jailed 30 days for stealing slippers. Jacob Nutto ten days and costs for assault on Mrs. Schimmelperry. Jacob and Barbara Baum each fined ten dollars and costs for disorderly conduct and resisting an officer. Francois Flanaway sentenced to 30 days Workhouse for coat theft two years prior. Harry Stratmeyer trial postponed to July 3. William Reaney trial postponed to Friday with bail 300 dollars.
In Kentucky Bourbon Madison and Clark counties committees and trustees met at No 7 Third Street to consult over the railroad right of way. Attendees included RS Henderson CB Brent F Kennedy J D Kennedy HT Wilson WH Wainwright GC One H M E M Alsin JG Hanson A Alex Rucker G Rucker W Holloway Tat Sea Wm H Rucker Colonel Wm M A O Ward J B McCreary P Walter N Jones H A Morin JG Janson Thes Bronsten John T Duncan Hon F Burnum and others as the discussion proceeded with confidence.
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Market notes from New York and New Orleans June 19 show mixed grains and meat prices. Sugar and coffee futures are steady while pork and beef hold firm. New Orleans reports dull corn at around 65 cents and bacon and lard firm at regional rates.
A call published today by over fifty prominent Rock Island Republicans urges the appointment of delegates to the forthcoming convention at Springfield. The document reflects organized Republican activity in Illinois politics.
The Bureau of Agricultural Cotton Report estimates this year's crop at four million bales. Delegates departed for London to attend the International Convention on Prison Reform on July 3.
New York on June 18 reports cotton quiet with prices for low middling and middling. Sharp stock market moves follow sudden railroad security declines. Bridge fight planned between Wm. Collins of Boston and Geo. Seddons for $2000 in Canada in September.
Walter B Wentworth formerly of Lowell Massachusetts went out boat riding near the Chicago breakwater when he rose in the craft drew a revolver and shot himself, then fell into the lake. His companion recovered him and brought him ashore where he died after confessing the act as willful. He had attempted suicide multiple times before. A Springfield dispatch notes the Democratic County Convention to elect delegates for the State Convention is set for tomorrow. Congressman candidate James C Robinson will address the meeting. Pub Rev Thompson rests well and shows signs of recovery with orders for quiet.
Anna Clifton Mary Jones Julia Bancroft Wo Buckner and others were arrested at 2 a m in a George street house after a noisy altercation at the bar. Fred Teche received 30 days and 30 dollars fine. others were fined 10 dollars and costs. Consindine Kinney Sullivan were tried for stealing lumber from Dr Newton and were fined. judge stayed part of the sentence. Burns Mullen and Hampton faced fines for improper conduct and fighting on Pendleton street cars. Howeny charged with goat theft from 1970. Dwyer Flanagan accused of stealing tobacco. Additional notes mention injunction against Pacific Drainage and smallpox outbreak in Dickcup.
The digest reports crops in nn and Western Texas thriving, a serenade reaction, and a New York meeting of the National Republicans. It notes Ohio Democrats renominating Charles N as a candidate, a drowning accident, and a Spanish government release. tobacco taxes and county tobacco production under a six cent rule. Apache unrest in Arizona. emancipation celebrations in Pittsburgh. a U.S. Senate vote results in New Homes. oats market manipulation collapse. a Cuban affairs report aboard the Tie Nius. a Louisville fire injuring a girl. Paxton railroad confusion. and Joseph J Earnshaw’s appointment as County Surveyor.
Obituary notice from Hughes Valley Junction Ohio dated June 18 1872 announcing the death of Dr Dowdel near Canton Kenton County. It notes his Ohio schooling medical training at Ohio Medical College Cincinnati two years in practice and his exemplary morals genial manners and dedication to his profession. A small circle of friends laments the loss and remembers his contributions.
The Pittsburg Leader reports a strange request from two young men seeking hard labor rather than easy tasks. They press for work that tests endurance, are said to be from the Moaqeeas Coat alabe area, and are connected to a development involving Coulter avVitt.
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