The Pope Reported Worse Again
The report notes the Pope's health deteriorated once more while reports from Europe reference unrest, labor councils, and regulatory shifts affecting postal services amid ongoing upheaval.
11 Apr 1873
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Newspaper
The Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1873
Page
1
The report notes the Pope's health deteriorated once more while reports from Europe reference unrest, labor councils, and regulatory shifts affecting postal services amid ongoing upheaval.
Rome reports the Holy Father again seriously ill on April 11 as doctors fear for his condition and monitor his health closely amid renewed concerns.
London reports the Bank of England forgery case shows Austin Bidwell remains in custody at Havana while Geo. McDonnell, Geo. Bidwell, and Noyes face examination in New York Edinburgh and were remanded to Newgate after court appearance.
In Barcelona April 11 reports show Gov ernment troops reestablished discipline under General Villarde who disarmed mutineers and prepares for court martial. In Puycerda Carlist batteries bombard walls as government defenses rise. town half in flames and surrender of troops looming unless reinforcements arrive.
report from Washington states the President will appoint General Lafayete McLaws as United States Marshal for Georgia. McLaws, a former Confederate officer, is described as a Democrat and West Point classmate of General Grant, with a long friendship lasting into the army era. The appointment is said to carry no political significance.
Meachem warns that bad whites fuel Indian distrust while Peace Commissioners and military work to quell fears and guard prisoners of war on government reservations. The National Executive Committee of the United Workingmen of America reports growth in organizing efforts and pamphlet production. The Postal Regulations announce new postage for newspapers after June 30 1873, with rates by frequency and weight.
April 11 report details the Shepard building disaster in Middletown. Six killed and thirteen injured as wreckage was cleared and inquest heard safety faults by owner and contractors. Several narrowly escaped and a widow died from shock after learning of the accident.
A Monticello and Port Jervis railroad landslide near Ruble's north of town killed one worker who was swept from the track. A separate incident toppled a thirty ton boulder on the same line, blocking the road and striking the tracks.
The handsome sailor car now under the Harvard University Boat Club will row in fall races with a crew from each class, and the winning class will hold it until defeated. Eight Massachusetts Medical Society members are summoned to a Board of Trial to answer charges of conduct unbecoming and adopting homeopathy as a treatment doctrine.
An enthusiastic reformer in OsaGe IA proposes a city council ban on carsets to ladies, arguing they harm health, raise doctors' bills, reduce husband and children's company, and hinder infant care. The measure receives favor and may be considered by the city fathers.
Canada. Disastrous flood hits Thamesville on April 11 in the greatest flood in fifty years. Three quarters of the village submerged forcing families to move and seek refuge in upper stories. Warehouses inundated. animals struggle to safety. Water four feet deep on the main street. post office and stores reachable only by boats. Four bridges on the Grand river between Brantford and Onondaga carried away.
Clarke county Iowa exposes revolting cruelty as Daniel Sams United Brethren near Smyrna faces trial for beating starving the child Oglesby. Witnesses recount freezing out doors and scorching flesh with a heated poker. Justice delays bond. Sams fled the country. victim sent to a Wayne county sister for care.
Reports of a street clash in Olonne with nine dead and several injured. Irish island suffering famine with sheep starving and relief subscriptions opened. Belgian quarrymen, 2000 strong, strike for higher pay. police disperse gatherings. A Cambridge ship shelling injures crew. no details given. Sugar duty cuts to start next month in Britain. Arkwright Mill sale in Rhode Island at 108000 dollars. Washington church awarded damages over railway track. U S mint delays silver coins due to new dies. German trials on firearms including revolvers and mitrailleuses. London coal price rise spurs a Consumers Association effort to secure affordable coal.
A Hamilton County dispute over lunatic asylum funding dominates debate as House screens bills. Measures authorize marital estate purchases with separate funds, land swaps for schools, and selling church and school lands. The lottery bill, education transfers, and the general appropriation bill progress amid dissent on county burden shares.
Frankfort April 10 act amends third Lunatic Asylum location and erection. Senate votes 18 to 11. liquor sales to minors in Covington addressed. House reconsiders salaries chapter raising Adjutant General pay to 1200 per annum. governor veto on Southern Kentucky railroad charter sustained. Monument funding for E L Van Winkle rejected. Attention to statewide education for colored children paused at adjournment.
Various brief items: bullion in the Bank of England fell £548,000. Bank of France gold decreased £250,000. meningitis cases in Sidney Ohio. Illinois Chief Justice Lawrence seeks re election. Connecticut returns show Democrat governor lead of 2,996. Senator Cattell entertained by Philadelphia bankers. a donor gave £25,000 to MIT. potential U S Marshal for Georgia named Lafayette McLawie. Texas reports crop losses and planting restarts. Pennsylvania adjourns sine die. P B eros elected Speaker of Senate. 92 herd cattle sold in Illinois for $45,600. St Louis to Kansas City train accident with no fatalities. Tweed and Jay Gould face contempt in Erie matter. Horace Greeley life insurance payout $100000. New York charter progress noted.
A Cincinnati bus driver George Bellville died after a beating and alleged cerebro spinal meningitis. Reporters pursue why police and hospital staff found no bruises, while his mother and others reveal a brutal attack aftermath and possible police connections.
Coroner’s inquest heard testimonies about a fatal barroom confrontation on Front Street between Leonard and Gleason. Witnesses described a struggle, a watchman knocked down, and Gleason firing at Leonard as the fight moved through the room.
The article praises self-made wealth among New York millionaires. It notes William B. Astor as rare for inheritance growth, and recounts rise stories: Cornelius Vanderbilt from a market cart to vast wealth, Cornelius Stewart starting with cheap laces, Daniel Drew from cattle driving to 25 to 30 million, George Law from dock worker to about 10 million, and Horace Greeley’s era riches, with fortunes of 4 to 15 million cited, illustrating humble beginnings and rising success.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, holds more than half of the nation’s glass factories. In eight years the number has grown from forty, highlighting a sharp expansion in the local glass industry.
In Manchester England a fragment mentions an explosion claim that cannot be checked until the entire contents were consumed. The text hints at an unresolved incident with no clear details or confirmation.
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