06 May 1872
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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1872
Page
1
Reports indicate renewed clashes between Carlists and Royalists in renewed hostilities. The Alabama case gains new complications amid evolving legal battles. The Society of the Potomac meets regarding the Cincinnati Convention. A Marshalltown Iowa fire injures several firemen. the Metropolitan Hotel in New York is burned with multiple casualties.
A nine hour engagement near Carraro in Navarre ends in a decisive government victory under General Palacio. Carlist forces suffer heavy losses with their center surrendering as Don Carlos is reported a prisoner, sparking nationwide excitement.
St Petersburg May 6 authorities deny the circulation that Chancellor Gortschakoff’s resignation was presented to and accepted by the Emperor. It is indicated his withdrawal is temporary and he was allowed to travel for health reasons.
A Copenhagen dispatch reports the President and Treasurer of the International Society were arrested on Saturday evening and will be tried soon on charges of conspiring against the government.
Paris May 6 report: Generals Wimpffen and Ulrichs are to stand trial by court martial on charges linked to their conduct in the recent Franco Prussian war. The decision signals a push to accountability for senior officers involved in the conflict.
The Hague May 6 the Dutch cabinet resigned a day before yesterday following an adverse vote in the States General on the income tax issue.
In New York a wide debate on Greeley's possible Democratic endorsement and possible labor support. tensions over tariff and Pacific subsidies. a mass painters strike forms at Demitt's Hall. A blaze at the Metropolian Hotel, affecting Niblo's Garden area, with fears of total loss and fatalities.
Iowa City dispatch details planned troop shifts along the upper Missouri. Six Sixth Infantry companies will post at Buford relieving Seventeenth Regiment companies. Seventeenth units move by boat to Fort Benton and Fort Shaw, Montana. Second Sixth detachment positions include Northern Pacific crossing, Fort Stephenson, and Fort Rice. Third detachment arrives June and mid month movements continue.
In Jersey City on May 5 James Cooney and Robert Gallagher fought during a quarrel. Cooney drew a knife and stabbed Gallagher wounding him in the stomach with intestines protruding and slashed his face. Gallagher was taken to a station house in a hoping condition. Cooney was arrested.
Weather report from Washington notes a low barometer moving east across the upper lake region with brisk winds. Increasing cloudiness may bring threatening weather toward the Missouri River valley and Great Lakes, with southwest winds and possible rain, as conditions shift toward the southern plains.
Senator Trumbull announces support for Greeley and Brown and others pledge to adhere to the ticket. Britain declines a proposed indirect damages settlement, keeping the Geneva claims path. Missing Buell records linked to Gen Badeau life volume raise questions as testimony describes mutilated papers seen by a Union veteran.
The county Democratic Convention elected delegates to the State Convention meeting in Nashville on the 9th. A motion to instruct delegates on the National Convention was voted down. Governors’ nomination by acclamation is expected with no opposition. The Cincinnati delegation returned today from the West Tennessee region and parts of Mississippi and Arkansas.
A Saturday blaze in Marshalltown Iowa began in Stanley's elevator and, driven by high winds, consumed five grain elevators the railroad depot two hotels a woolen mill four lumber yards five stores and several residences. Loss put at about a quarter of a million dollars as nearby fire brigades attended.
A dead man identified as John Kopp, believed from Louisville, was found on the Indiana shore near Reno with gunshot wounds to the heart. A six dollar and sixty five cent wallet and papers were recovered, prompting a missing-person alert to Louisville authorities and the city police chief Col. Jenkins.
Senate discussed a distinction in public schools in Washington on account of color. An appropriation bill came up but saw no action. Multiple speeches were read or filed for printing as members listened and lingered.
The writer recounts a crowded train trip from Cincinnati to St Louis aboard the Vandalia route. A passenger complains of being robbed while a conductor settles the fare. A talkative passenger keeps others awake and wheat crops look poor with cattle lean from a harsh winter. Newsboys announce Greeley nomination amid tepid crowd near the Democratic Bulletin board.
A correspondent travels from LaBinze Pass to Galveston, detailing a paddle steamer trip, beach scenery, and the Sabine Pass harbor. He notes the shallow Galveston bar, the deeper Sabine Pass navigation, and argues Eastern Texas rail growth would unlock cotton and lumber markets with a revived rail link toward New Orleans.
A pair of men from New York quarrelled over an alleged service injury, became belligerent, and fought on two sound legs before police intervened to separate them.
A wide mix of reports from unrest in Navarre to political shifts in New York, and social crime across the United States. Navy visits, suicide of public figures, shipwrecks, fires, and tariff debates appear alongside local accidents, labor rumors, and a spurting of transportation hazards in Pittsburg and Memphis. The piece also notes a bishop consecration, a mass arrest in Indiana, and a farmer’s note on horse overreach remedies.
May 6 reports describe a blaze at Niblo's Theater starting in the dome and spreading by sparks to the orchestra and auditorium. Fire Commissioner Hennessey calls it incendiary with a gas explosion blowing out a rear wall. Four firefighters were trapped. two seriously burned. Captain Clinchy injured. Nearby properties including Helmbold's drug store, the Lalla Rookh, and the Metropolitan Hotel suffered major losses.
A Second Edition note reports police took in and cared for 25 males and females in the past two days. It records 104 deaths the previous week, only ten from smallpox, plus local civic items and new officers installed at Liberty Lodge.
John Church & Co unveils Ave Vernon a sacred solo by Dr. Henry G Wiesel dedicated to Prof. Joseph R Wering praised as one of Wielsels best and already selling well to Catholic churches Also new pieces include A Little Story by Berthold Tours One Little Lock of Hair with words by T C Harbaugh and music by A C Miller Lelia Waltz arranged by Gustav Siebel Sweet Kittie and the Angels Pray a chorus song by Geo T Ristine and L Schloenbach Dolly Varden a serio comic by G W Morris sales cited as strong at present
Wheat firm and higher on cash and May futures with slight gains in some contracts. Corn steady to firm with mixed cash bids and June prices around parity. Hog and pork markets show limited improvement while lard remains firm amid bear pressure. Local rail line stories note capital stock of 3 million dollars for regional lines.
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