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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1872
Page
2
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Kentucky Senate passes Mr Wrightson’s substitute amending the Southern railroad charter removing encumbrances except the freight tax. Congress hints tea and coffee on the free list. Presidential chances stir as Forney and Colfax are named as potential nominees in Washington while the President appears indifferent.
The Geneva Watch Company scheme drew arrests after a telegraphed inquiry from New York. The chief offender was not proven to have sold the watch personally, leaving the public without a remedy under New York law. The writer laments the lack of immigrant law options for rogues.
In a critique of distant corruption coverage the piece cites the Remington Arms Committee the Secretary Robeson Committee and the Mayor Hall trial as tedious filler. The author argues telegraph news fills space with little definite results and prefers more engaging material for readers.
A critique argues leaders from both parties refuse to credit opponents with patriotism and fairness. It warns that partisan conflict endangers foreign policy and may prevent the government from receiving proper support to act decisively.
A commentary warns against letting political demagogues push England and the United States toward conflict. It argues England may seek a swift naval clash to regain prestige, referencing the Trent affair, dockyard build ups, and the need for negotiations to avoid bloodshed and lasting bitterness.
Dispatches indicate Britain remains unwilling to concede on the Alabama dispute. Backing for ministers in Parliament supports a hard line, with concerns over Geneva Conference outcomes. The writer warns that a larger war could arise from minor claims and calls for an equitable understanding by statesmen.
A child cried in the street and a compassionate passerby asked his trouble. The boy said his mother gave him a penny and he had lost it. The lady offered another, but the boy cried out that without the first he would only have a halfpenny more.
The Senate debated land claims, homestead measures, and tariff changes with emphasis on soldier homesteads and railroad duties. Morrill and Windom clashed over tariff reductions while McCrary secured District of Columbia business time. A memorial from the National Board of Trade sought import modification for spirits.
The record lists several introduced bills by Mr. Wales on telegraph dispatch charges, by Mr. Smith on tolls for connected road systems, and by other members on civil judgments, county borrowing, infirmary control, school fund transfers, whistle blowing, and mining regulation. A governor’s nomination for Insurance Commissioner is read and confirmed. constitutional convention election timing and lunatic asylum district divisions are discussed.
A Paris dispatch notes daily shifts in the city. Pierre Bona nd and Victor Noir’s murderer history is recalled as Bona nd’s house in Auteuil sells for 1943 francs to settle a lumber debt. The attachment executor Dorlin, once exiled to Cayenne for Bonapartism, is among the victims mentioned.
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