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Newspaper
The Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1873
Page
1
Report details attacks on surveyors along the frontier with killings raising tensions and the prospect of summer conflict. Commentary notes Congressmen debate postal cars and back pay while Creswell discusses transportation and policy.
The article reviews the New York press coverage of gold price increases. It notes market optimism, investor activity, and reports from financial desks about the surge and its potential economic impact.
Madrid reports government names Gen Villaide to command Barcelona garrison replacing Gen Contreas as fear of wider revolt grows. Citizens in Barcelona organize vigilance committees to curb Carlist agents with similar actions spreading to other major cities in the province.
Washington reports suggest Secretary Belknap foresees possible Indian war this summer. Sherman doubts smooth season, while Delano believes most tribes can be restrained though some bands may trouble. observations aim to judge the need for more military force in the Southwest.
A key congressional committee, aimed at cheap Western to Eastern transport, presses for road control limits. Railroad interests oppose, with President Hinckley of the Philadelphia Wilmington Baltimore railroad invited to testify next Tuesday in Newark. The panel’s findings could shape interior transportation lines and future federal measures.
Police questioned unknown men who said a Spaniard boarding with them at a Bowery lodging might be the murderer of Goodrich. A detective arrested a man named Charles Delzen and brought him to Brooklyn Police Headquarters for questioning.
In New York Syracuse April 1 a heavy flood washed out tracks on the Auburn branch near Geneva. The Western Express derailed as water undermined an abutment. The engineer and fireman were killed. the forward sleeping car stopped at the brink. No westbound trains have run since Saturday. four feet of water covers the Newark Clyde stretch.
The Board of Fire Underwriters representing local Boston companies has raised premiums by forty five percent on brick stone and iron buildings and their contents including hay French or Mansard roofs not made of metal or other fire resistant materials.
A heavy storm disrupts building work as Frederick Knapp, nephew of a rich Oak Park family, is found hanged in a stable. Lt Frederick Grant arrives to join General Sheridan’s staff. Election day brews with assessors and constables race amid low interest. Funeral notes report two injured in Singer building skylight fall died. another injured. Illinois Central Railroad reports last year earnings of 6.6 million with 2.1 million net after expenses and taxes.
Four government surveyors from Arkansas City vanish after leaving camp on March 10. Their bodies are found buried in sand nine miles downriver. Eight hundred Cheyennes camp nearby as two more parties search for the men. A relief party leaves Arkansas City with supplies to warn and protect the region’s surveying teams. Settlers vow retaliation.
An April 1 report says the St John’s Church accident was caused by a broken kneeling board not the gallery collapse. Panic led to trampling of women and children as mourners fled through doors and windows. Wounded include Mrs Juliane, Mrs Maggie Maloney, Mrs Bridget Cook, Mrs Callahan, Mrs and Miss Despere, Mrs Benj Stokes, Rosa Evans and child. two children unnamed are badly injured. no deaths reported.
Paul Gies, last county treasurer, did not deliver about $100,000 in county funds by January. The County Auditor warned his bondsmen that action would be taken if the amount is not restored immediately.
In Brooklyn on April 1, James Montgomery aged 11 of Remsen Street hanged himself while playing with his brother. The rope attached to the ceiling was the cause. he died before medical aid arrived.
The Weather Bureau reports storm movement from Arkansas into Tennessee and the South Atlantic states with rain risk in Gulf states and Lake Michigan region, while the middle and New England areas show varied barometer and wind changes. Urbana Republicans nominate a city ticket including Marshal John Sanderson and City Solicitor L H Long with several other posts as listed.
Commissioner Van Nort of New York bought 155 acres on the Croton river middle branch for a new reservoir. Negotiations are under way for several other tracts. the reservoir is planned to cover about 500 acres with a capacity of four thousand million gallons.
The report covers bills on private lunacy regulation, road law changes, cemetery land sales, land exchanges for schools, repeal of a metropolitan police act, and capital punishment abolition debates. It notes committee meetings, tied to bribery allegations, and quotes remarks by Pillars Bell Berkstresser Milligan Mann and others. It also includes a piece on cisterns and rainwater use on farms with practical farmer testimony.
A Kentucky Legislature session adjourned sine die on April 15 after adopting the measure. Bills referred include amending the Big Sandy Valley Railroad charter and reorganizing Adjutant General and Quartermaster General offices with a substitute proposing no Adjutant General salary. Local bills passed as the House adjourned at 9 20 P M.
Train age undecided and postal cars not withdrawn. Sioux prepare raids in Wyoming Territory while Albany rumors flag no new winter for New York this session. Two freight trains collide near Harrisburg with deaths and fire. An Anti Chinese Labor League forms in Beaver Falls. Mountain districts report permits for 163 burnt buildings in Boston. Michigan tightens gambling and prostitution laws.
Dispatches from Barcelona report Berga was burned by Carlists after being captured on Friday with petroleum used to set multiple buildings alight. The blaze incited crowds in Barcelona and authorities warned of potential clergy reprisals. Berga housed a hospital seven convents and about six thousand residents. ARIS says Austria invites President Thiers to Vienna Exposition as France bolsters frontier garrisons.
A newly organized Orthodox church near the water of the highlands spans 1,200 miles and marks the first church of its kind in New Guinea, with Bishop Resees presiding over the Moose Episcopal district.
A Country Gentleman article urges breeders to keep young stock thriving through healthy dams and sires, generous feed, and careful care. Emphasizes the dam’s milk as the primary food for the young for weeks, with comfort and shelter ensuring rapid, sustained growth and eventual market readiness.
Mr Beecher began his course of lectures on Pastoral Yi in the Theological School of Yale College New Haven on Thursday in March. The event marks the start of a series led by a noted preacher at the area’s prominent academic institution.
Messrs Vanduren and Tift imported two antique Spanish cannons from Brooklyn along with fifty seven pieces from Mexico. The 15 foot guns have 12 inch muzzles and six inch bore, bearing inscriptions for Louis Auguste de Bourbon and a 1726 date. Previously valued at $2,000, the artifacts attracted local attention at the Dayton Short Line depot.
The Planters' House was closed yesterday as residents in the West End complain about insufficient lighting with more gasoline lamps needed at night. Mayor's court saw one case. Amos Shinkle, a commissioner on the Government building site panel, returned after four weeks away and opposes the majority decision.
The April Galaxy reviews Justin McCarthy’s article on Joseph Arch and English emancipation, plus fiction, poetry, and portraits. It highlights Harper's Magazine’s new stories and Bliss travel volume, illustrations in the issue, and notes subscription agents in Cincinnati and New York.
Members of the Newsboys Union will convene at Apait hall on Race Street this Sunday the 6th to decide whether to hold a Retate exhibition. Meeting time is 31¢ P.M.
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