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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1872
Page
2
Washington advices refute claim that General Baker will retire from the Pension Office and be replaced by General Roward as General Walker reshapes the Indian Bureau. Chicago Relief Bill passes after amendment exempting lumber from the free list to aid Saginaw region lumbermen at reduced prices.
The legislature debates a bill to curb kerosene hazards with strict penalties. Proponents cite daily fires endangering women and children and urge enforcement to prevent powder magazine dangers in poor households.
A fragmentary analysis notes the Democratic Party’s restraint and evolving coalitions, citing figures like Tammany, Greeley, Conkling, and Forney. It describes careful, strategic maneuvering to avoid premature moves while seeking a viable, multiple-candidate coalition to ensure success at the looming convention and elections.
A chaotic assembly at College Hall ends in mass exit as lawmakers, legal youths, and municipal figures clash over plans, with resolutions read and funds pledged only to see attendees drift away. The piece mocks the ineffectiveness of main actors, noting the dog and tail metaphor and a limp public response.
In Columbus on March 28 the Senate discussed a bill to fund Civil War monuments to Generals Harrison and Hamer and consider a Kenton tribute at Urbana. The chamber also reviewed laws on public office ineligibility and a plan to study prison labor, with a call of the Senate and a third reading that ended in pass or loss on various measures.
The notice indicates Paulding County plans to authorize a levy to raise funds for ponds and improvements. It outlines the authority and process for the tax measure and lists the county as the governing body.
Congress debated duties on tea and coffee and a broad reduction of internal taxes. Amendments by Scott and Sherman sparked clashes over whether to tax or exempt income and other levies. The bill passed the Senate amid confusion and heads to the House for concurrence, with rail and relief measures also discussed.
Fragmentary report recounts a blockade probe and a draft bill debate in New York era House proceedings. It includes a dramatic account of an attempted shooting among troops, an execution order at Pantheon, and a London clown story about Delpini who mispronounces a famous line to roaring applause.
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