14 May 1872
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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1872
Page
1
Multiple fires sweep New York and surrounding areas with destructive blazes in Suffolk and Queens woods. A Moosic powder mill blast near Scranton kills no one but devastates buildings. Violent crime includes a fatal stabbing in a tenement on Wells Street and a burglary suspect arrested.
A May 13 Brooklyn blaze on Thorpe Avenue destroyed fifteen three story frame houses worth about 60000. Most owners were insured. The next morning a fire at 166 Fulton Street damaged Fogg’s bedding room causing losses of 8000, insured. adjoining tea store loss 2000. building damage 3000.
In Philadelphia on May 14 laborers Patrick McShay and Michael Hussey fought. A beaten policeman shot Hussey in the back, likely fatally. Earlier, William Hungervill and John Rau exchanged shots on Marshall Street. Rau died shortly after. Hungervill is in custody. Frank Jones was wounded in the head.
More than 125 ships lie outside Buffalo harbor as ice stretches six to eight miles offshore. Navigation is likely blocked for three to four days or longer. No vessel has entered port in the last thirty hours. The weather remains pleasant but cool.
In Kenosha Wisconsin on May 14 a murder at Mr Mumford’s son’s house stirs locals. A German laborer Richard Kempskie is arrested in Racine with Mumford’s watch and sixty one dollars. He claims two men choked him and stole 3200 dollars. Fire reports follow in nearby counties with a 13 year old girl among the victims. The lakeshore forests burn across Michigan and Wisconsin.
A Marquette dispatch reports the Sault St. Marie canal opened Sunday morning and six steamers arrived today, restoring full navigation on Lake Superior. In Buffalo area ice gorges on Lake Erie trap about fifteen miles of ice and seventy five vessels, but several strong propellers broke through.
Memphis dispatch reports yesterday's violence with one fatal shooting between Black men and another fatality in a country melee. A third fight left a man beaten to death with a club, and today two Black men exchanged shots in a southern city area, one man wounded in the left arm.
The Houghton County sheriff telegraphed that rioters had rescued prisoners and demanded more troops. Governor requests a detachment from Gen. Cooke and, failing that, asks Washington to detach regulars from Buffalo for temporary service in the riotous district via Chicago.
On May 13 at 7 30 P M probabilities favor a falling barometer with southerly to easterly winds and increasing clouds from the Western Gulf to the lakes with rain likely from the Missouri valley to the upper lakes. An rising barometer brings clear pleasant weather with westerly to northerly winds from Florida to New England, shifting to easterly and southerly over the lower lake region. An area of low pressure moves east toward the northwest. Dangerous winds are not expected except possibly over lakes Superior and Michigan on Tuesday.
May 14 fire at Stanton's manufactory on Front street consumed the factory and Fisher and Son's wholesale dry goods store and Harris residence. Stanton losses about 20000 with 6750 insured. Smith's factory 20000 loss. Fisher & Son about 1500 loss, Harris & Son 5000. Partial insurance on several properties.
Large crowd attends Lexington races with lively betting and several close finishes. Planetarium wins the mile and a half sweepstakes over Bazaine and Juryee while Maltia and Planetarium place in other events. The Statesman office in Lexington is sold to a joint stock company and will continue Republican under new auspices.
Evansville fire losses estimated at 12000 dollars. Brookville trial of McDonald Cheek begun yesterday. Franklin county delinquent tax list for 1871 shows 15347.82. Lafayette opera house contract awarded for 30 dollars to a local architect. Thurman the horse thief in Vanderburgh jail awaiting New Jersey requisition. Fish catch in past days around 5000 per day. Evansville gains a new hotel company. subscriptions total 60000 dollars. Terre Haute boy earns 6200 dollars through small financial efforts. Juvenile thieves raid Greensburg outbuildings without authority restraint. Indianapolis City Council re elected Eli Thompson Chief of Police Daniel Glazier Chief Fire Officer and John Ross colored chosen for City exton. Charges against Rev Curran moral instructor at prison. Information sought on Patrick Small who moved to Indiana in 1861 for railroad contract. Ft Wayne & Rochester railway company articles filed. route Fort Wayne to Rochester via Springfield Whitley Silver Lake Fulton about 55 miles. capital stock 200000 dollars.
Voltaire praised the famed Haller but learned he seldom speaks well of Voltaire. The exchange turns playful as Voltaire suggests they may both be mistaken. Judge Thread in New Orleans yesterday granted restored ownership to the heirs of the late John Siddell.
The Court of Claims has adjourned till November. Prof. Watson of Ann Arbor reports another asteroid discovery. The National Union will meet pareves on Thursday the 16th. Nashville hosts a successful National exhibition. House Appropriations panel to report a postal telegraph bill. Casey's New Orleans successor delayed. Rumor says Greeley backed by Breckinridge and Reeder Johnson. Keithsburg resident John Calhoun drowns on the 12th. Chicago man Munsford murdered in Kenosha home. $100 and a watch stolen. German farmhand suspected. Four men capsized near Erie. one died, others missing.
A two day snipe hunting trip along the Connecticut river is recounted with details of spring migration, dog work, and gun actions. The writers describe early flight, bracing shots, and the haul of 162 birds on day one and 27 on day two, ending with memories of a successful outing.
The Madras government quinologist Broughton reports a new cinchona variety yielding higher quinine, developed from seeds from the Andes Loxa district. Cultivation in India has expanded with thousands of trees planted, aided by favorable climate and skilled labor.
Real estate transfers dated May 12 list G H and I Fendias executors of N G Pendleton dec d selling parcels on Keck Drake and Front streets among others. Transfers include John H Rawlings paying 98 75 for 110 feet and 116 for a lot on Keck Street and 1 136 for multiple Front Street parcels along with other conveyances to William Engberson Henry Achsber Ann Fabish Peter Kunz and George W Jones estate parcels in Carsville and North Bend.
A child of James H. Herbert drowned yesterday evening after falling into a cistern on Madison street between Eleventh and Twelfth. Mrs. Jemima Coleman died suddenly near the depot from alleged heart disease after a 3 PM illness while en route to Covington. The City Council approved an agreement with Short Line railroad for one daily train into Covington with city and railroad payments totaling 10,000 dollars plus 200 dollars monthly for road use and staff. Burglars stole about fifty dollars in silverware from N. P. Bartlett’s West Boars Street residence. A Covington railmill worker named James Dunnavan suffered a serious leg fracture from a workplace fall.
General Gibson visits St Louis with Captain Benham temporarily in command at Newport Barracks. Surveyors for the Kentucky and Great Eastern railroad were seen at Stepstone Pendleton County yesterday. George Clothes arrested for alleged assault. trial set before the Mayor this afternoon. Judge Boyd’s filly Planetarium won the Lexington race with a $200 purse. Coal price unchanged at $5 per load.
Henry Stanbery Temple of Honor to hold a public meeting Wednesday evening in Dayton. Hon. Henry Stanbery to attend. Phenix Insurance opens Dayton office with resident agent William Tieman Jr. described as a good and well represented company.
The report lists Gio Grueninger and Frank Sauerkamp fined for disorderly conduct while August Fischer is jailed for petit larceny. Ino Cloran faces court on wife maltreatment and Leopold Hess awaits further disorderly conduct inquiry. The Serisy v. School Board case lingers in District Court with a potential election tie influence. A church concert raised funds for debt and a new Short Line depot reaches sixteen feet in height.
Dispatches from Maprain report French frontier authorities seized five Carlist leaders and a band of about 200 rebels. The prisoners are held while Spain's government determines its stance. France faces accusations of harboring fugitives aiding escape toward Switzerland.
Officer John Leslie suffered serious injuries last night after a butcher’s cleaver attack by Adolph Laible. Wounds were feared fatal earlier, but recovery is expected. Market notes include cotton prices: quiet. low middlings 231¢, middlings 23½¢.
The President will transmit a message to Congress with a committee report examining measures to protect immigration. The House conference on naval appropriations reported concurrence in 19 of 32 Senate amendments, with recommendations agreed to and the bill recommitted. Tariff bill debate resumed in the Committee of the Whole on a proposal to cut wool duties by ten percent.
Arrivals include John Kyle from St Louis and Thompson Dean from New Orleans. Departures show John Kyle to New Orleans and Thompson Dean to St Louis, carrying 3000 bare railroad iron and 200 tons freight. Weather is cloudy and cool. The tow boat Alps with barges loaded with ice passed down as the river fell eight inches.
Mr G Turner and Judge Peters of Mt Sterling spoke at a noon meeting on Change about building a railroad from a Kentucky Central line to Cumberland Gap. Turner said the route would run 212 to 223 miles, pass rich mineral regions with iron and coal, reach the Goose Creek salt basin with 200 wells producing 35 000 bushels of salt, and benefit Cincinnati and regional trade. They urged Cincinnati merchants to fund surveys and suggested property owners would donate land anticipating future profit. A committee was formed with the Board of Trade to appoint a tour of inspection along the proposed line.
The site committee and U S Supervising Architect Mullett met in Judge Taft's room and plan to report to the Treasury Secretary that current funds are insufficient. They urge a site at least half a square, boost appropriation from 300000 to 500000, and urge action on property acquisitions noting the lack of a suitable site and submitting proposals from owners.
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