Constitutional Convention Bill Advances in House with April Delegates Election
The Judiciary Committee reports the Constitutional Convention bill, urging its passage. It provides for delegate elections on the first Monday of next April and a convention in Columbus on the second Monday in May. The House recesses at 11, the Senate adjourns until Monday. Alex Sands and W E Davis arrive with a substantial stock of groceries.
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Judiciary Committee
Star
House
Columbus
Senate
Alex. Sands
W. E. Davis
Riot in Lurgan as Orange men clash with police
A serious riot broke out in Lurgan, Ulster county, as Orangemen resisted police efforts to stop a parade. Several leaders were arrested, many blows exchanged, and crowds surged through the streets before authorities contained the disturbance. No serious injuries reported.
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Belfast
Lurgan
Ulster County
The Czarowitz Condition Improves But Remains Precarious
St Petersburg January 4 The Czarowitz condition shows gradual improvement yet remains precarious with eight physicians noting fever has abated but danger persists and a return to ecg will be through a lengthy interval.
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St. Petersburg
Czarowitz
A Slight Difference Between Secretary Belknap and Sherman
Washington reports discuss ongoing differences between Secretary Belknap and General Sherman over how orders are issued. Sherman seeks bureau heads as his staff. Belknap has Supreme Court backing. Schofield previously sided with Sherman, but acceded to Belknap’s view on later orders.
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Washington
Belknap
General Sherman
Supreme Court of the United States
Schofield
Sherman
War Department
Secretary of War
Pee
Poe
Whipple
Representatives of the press shuffled to White House reception
A New Year ceremony at the White House drew dense crowds of press representatives. Officials insist there was ample space for principal press associations and city papers, including several lady correspondents, with no incivility toward reporters. The piece also recalls military etiquette disputes involving General Scott and a Navy line and staff rank reconciliation at the Navy Department.
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White House
Babcock
Press Association
Daily City Papers
J. T. Wooster
Scott
Severey
NAVY
Congress
Navy Department
Stokes Trial Summary and Foggy Streets Report
Widespread coverage includes a Washington dispatch on the Zanzibar Muscat treaty issue and slave trade abatement efforts with Captain Ison and the Yantic. Also details Stokes murder case defense summation by Tremain, the Mansfields visit, and related court proceedings. Other items note dense New York fog, coal sale by Lackawanna & Western, a coroner verdict on Mrs Campbell, and Archbishop Hughes memorial mass.
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New York
Washington
Times
Ison
Yantic
Zanzibar
Muscat
Great Britain
Arabia
Persian Gulf
Wilsson
Ella C. Campbell
Ware, Lackawana & Western Renepany
Residence Fire Destroys Gov Dewey's Cassville Home
Dusvuagus Jan 4 A blaze gutted Gov Dewey's Cassville Wisconsin residence Thursday night. Loss estimated at 75000 with 35000 covered by insurance. Also Toronto Jan 4 a Grand Trunk railroad wreck on New Year's day near Widdar Cut killed two workers Doug lase and Wilkes. no passengers harmed.
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Dusvuagus
Dewey
Cassville
Wis
Toronto
Grand Trunk
Widdar Cut
Douglase
Wilkes
Bridge planned over Mississippi at Louisiana Mo to ease ice blocks
Jackson ville on January 4 reports repeated river ice interruptions delaying freight and passenger flow on the Missouri division of the Chicago and St Louis line. Managers announce a splendiferous bridge to span the Mississippi at Louisiana and begin work in spring. Unpaid laborers at Springfield and Illinois Southeastern railroad shops threaten strike over three months of wages. Engineers refuse to run a southbound express, delaying service by two hours until a master mechanic operates the train.
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Jacksonville
Mississippi
Louisiana
Missouri Division
Chicago & Saint Louis Railroad
Pana
Springfield & Illinois Southeastern Railroad
A Ray of Hope for the Oppressed Women A Suffrage Committee Appointed
In Boston on January 4, in the House of Representatives a motion passed to appoint a Joint Committee on Suffrage. The panel will include House and Senate members to study changing the Constitution and laws to allow women to vote and hold office. Also reported are the recovery of two bodies, including the second mate H. D. Ballard, from the wreck of the ship Peruvian.
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Boston
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Commonwealth
H. D. Ballard
Steam Condenser Burst Scalds Two Girls at Grand Rapids Laundry
In Grand Rapids on January 4, a barrel used as a steam condenser at Sweet's hotel laundry exploded. Mary Halloran and Margaret Shanahan were seriously scalded and may die. The blast caused by improper attachment of the drip cock to the escape pipe prevented excess steam from escaping.
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Sweet’s
Mary Halloran
Margaret Shanahan
Fire at Main Street Block in Buffalo Sees Major Losses
A fire at 12:30 in a five story brick building at 134 135 Main Street Buffalo spreads to a neighboring structure on the block to Washington Street. Ransom & Co. patent medicines lose 45000 in stock and 40000 in building value. Shindell Fisher & Co. lose stock and machinery worth about 20000, with one third insured. Six female workers escape from the upper story in danger.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Main Street
Washington Street
Ransom & Co
Ransom & Sons
Shindell, Fisher & Co
Woolen mill fire hits Detroit area with heavy losses
Detroit January report says Grand Rapids Cash and Reynolds woolen mill burned Wednesday night. Loss estimated at 20 000 to 25 000 with 76 000 insurance. Fire origin unknown. Also reports a Wyandotte mayoral scandal as mayor Jewell absconded with a young girl and returned to resign. Colburn election deemed invalid. mayoral succession in dispute. The victim’s family plans possible rescue efforts in Erie Pennsylvania.
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Detroit
Mica
Grand Rapids
Cash & Reynolds
Jewell
Wyandotte
Bittorf
Oliver Colburn
Colburn
Jewel
Gir
Erie, Pa
River Ice Breaks Off at Carondelet Causes Damage
River at St Louis remains unsettled as an ice gorge holds firm while an ice break at Carondelet late Thursday night damages barges. Several vessels carried into the river with three sunk, including a Wiggins ferry transfer with six cars and a large barge tied to Grand Tower iron works. The City of Pekin steamer hull also sunk.
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Wiggins
Eelony
Murder at Newark as Drunken Man Slays Mother in Law
A saloon keeper named Jack Murphy killed his mother in law Mary Ann Kane with a stove iron during a Thursday night fight in Newark. He attacked his wife after returning home drunk, struck Mrs. Kane when she intervened, and fled the scene as police investigated the grisly murder.
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Newark
Jnok
Train Jump Tragedy Near Blooming Prairie Injures Several
ST PAUL MINN Jan 4 A Milwaukee bound train via Mc Gregor leaving ST Paul yesterday ran off the tracks near Blooming Prairie in Steele county about 105 miles away. Three cars capsized injuring several passengers though no fatalities. Severely injured include J H Weed insurance agent Ole Borg Mrs to of Austin ankle finger broken Mr Johnson Minneapolis and Mr and Mrs H Smith Austin with bruises and sprains.
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ST. Pau
Minn
Milwaukee
McGregor
Blooming Prairie
Steele County
J.H. Weed
Ole Borg
Gold Hue County
Austin
Anklis
Winona
Mr. Johnson
Minneapolis
H. Smith
C. M
Self-made Men lecture by Frederick Douglass in Troy
A letter from Troy dated January 3 1873 notes renowned colored orator Frederick Douglass will speak on Self-made Men at Pearson's Hall as part of the Ladies Christian Association entertainments. The piece mentions planned visits by Mrs Livermore the Hutchinson Family and Griswold, a fire scare, sleighing turning to mud, and river ice thick enough for safe travel.
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Cincinnati Star
Troy
Frei. Douglass
Pearson’s Hall
Neen’s Christian Association
Religious Intelligence: Global Church Activities and Growth
A survey of church work across nations notes Baptists in England plan a weekly religious paper, US missions disburse about 10 million annually, and Germany shows rapid Methodist growth. It reports church counts, salaries, university efforts, and Vatican and episcopal moves, with data on missions in Japan and Catholic institutions.
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Baptists of England
Banherman Ramsey
John’s
Edinburg
Ead
United States
Kansas
Topeka
Brooklyn
Dr. Talmadge
Michigan
Methodist Church
M. H. Henderson
Emanuel Church
Athens
Memorial Baptish Church
Philadelphia
German Methodist Church
Germany
Chicago Standard
Boston
Liszt
Rome
Chattanooga
The
Sisters of All Saints
Sisters of the Poor
Baltimore
McCosh
Mission Board
Scottish United Presbyterian Church
Japan
General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church
Aring
New York
Legislative actions in Columbus Senate and House Jan 3
Bills introduced include repeal of the Boesel railroad law and mutual insurance asset substitution. Third reading on municipal rail shop control. various local bills from Allen, Darke, Miami, Belmont, and Noble counties. police, taxes, cemeteries, and university issues debated. Senate passes a bill to raise college trustees count.
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Jones
Trumbull
Reavis
Senate
Los
Pillars
Allen County
Stiles
Greenville
Darke County
Smith
Miami University
Armstrong
Commissioner’s
Belmont County
Titus
Wickerham
Montgomery
J. Spriggs
Noble County
Wilson
Hamilton
Hamilton Co
Oliver
Court of Common Pleas
Law Library Association of Cincinnati
Moore
Haag
Taft
Cincinnati
Congress
Stokes may be acquitted amid broad 1873 news
In Lexington Kentucky smallpox decline is noted while others report varied events including Bret Harte booking a lecture in Columbus and Woodhull and Claflin scheduling a Cooper Institute talk. A fatal cattle disease surfaces near Chillicothe Ohio and post office agents are renewed for 1873.
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Stokes
Lexington
Bret Harte
Opera House
Columbus
Woodhull
Claflin
Cooper Institute
Chillicote
Post-office Department
Hibler
Ft. Wayne
Salt Lake
Agricultural College
Barnum
Hudson River
Ferriage
Foreign News Items From London Dated Jan 3
The Times comments on King Kamehameha’s death and the potential American settlement of the Sandwich Islands as a Pacific corridor. It doubts annexation by force and notes Russian British diplomacy on Khiva and Afghanistan. Earl of Galloway dies at 72. Tempest reports from Queenstown and British ports describe a violent storm with lightning and sleet. The Lackawanna sails to Ceylon. kidnapping Polynesian natives is condemned in Melbourne.
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London
the Times
Kamehameha
Sandwich Islands
San Francisco
China
Australia
Queenstown
Birmingham
Southampton
Bismarck
Calcutta
United States
Lackawanna
Adorn
Ceylon
Melbourne
Cincinnati City Council Action on Streets and Markets
City council sessions discussed removing Spring Grove avenue streetcar tracks from sidewalks and extending Westward routes to Walker Mill road and Horse Shoe. They authorized advertising for newspaper circulation sworn statements, condemned widening Montgomery road, funded park labor with $10,000, debated Jones and Carson, contracted with Cincinnati Gazette for 1873 city reports, and approved a flower market on the Esplanade with a vetoed Wirth street market compromise.
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Stephens
Spring Grove Avenue
Walker Mill Road
Horn Street
Mill Creek
Tucker Alley
McLean Avenue
Finance Committee
Colonel Jones
Montgomery Road
Gilbert Avenue
Jones
E. T. Carson
Carson
Cincinnati Gazette Company
Cutter
Itzgerald
Esplanade
Reinhart
Bishop
Birnbryer
Connolly
DeLeck
Denton
Frintz
Goshorn
Godar
Hedger
Hogan
Hunt
Jenkins
Jonson
Loder
McLean
McCloud
McHugh
McIntyre
McAaffery
Meyer
Miller
Mulvihill
Ratterman
Remley
Robinson
Siefert
Springmeyer
Williams
Wolf
Woolley
Wulfeck
Ays
Ryan
Fitzgerald
Important Toll Decision Clarifies Private Road Rights
Justice True ruled in a case involving J. Schatz who refused to pay fifteen dollars toll to the Delhi Industry and Miami Turnpike Company. The court held that despite 1859 law declaring roads in corporate villages public property, roads remain private until formally condemned, granting the turnpike owners the right to collect tolls. Schatz must pay the claim and costs.
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Benjamin C. True
J. Schatz
Delhi, Industry and Miami Turnpike Company
Squire True
Schatz
Coporate
Delhi and
Miami
Mr. J. Schatz
Daytons Daylate Parish Notices and Street Accident
Rev Harry Spillman will preach at 11 AM and 7 PM on Sunday. Rev Belville of the M E Church will preach Sabbath, Sunday School at 9 AM. The city jail is ready for occupants and the mayor is urged to act against rowdies near churches. City Council meets Monday evening. Oyster supper by ICGLT drawn large crowd. another event planned tonight.
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Harry Spillman
Madison Street
Belville
M. E. Church
Syater
Hisonor
Chadwick
Dayton Tragedy Hits Festival Walkers and Driver
Jacob Helfrich dies after being struck by a train on the Short-line road while returning from a festival Tuesday night. The engineer was arrested. A telegram from Paul, Minnesota, reports the death of Frank De Graf, a Dayton gentleman, on New Year’s Day. Cothcart and another man who shot Foster remain hospitalized, while Foster and his partner Mowrey are free on bail.
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Jacob Helfrich
Miget
Paul
Minn
Frank de Graf
Cothcart
Foster
Mowrey
Court Report Summary of City Sewer Case and Damages
In Superior Court the city faced multiple actions. Wheeler v City claims damages from sewer cave-in where he worked. court overruled city demurrer. Ryan v City involved an assessment ordinance. demurrer sustained. Johns G. W. v Sickman cites misjoinder. demurrer sustained. Muttman v Niemeyer concerns land purchase and guaranteed return. demurrer. Pugh v DeHan alleges deceptive land trade while ill. demurrer overruled. Common Pleas covers struck jurors in a pay case. court held pay obligation and attendance.
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Isaac D. Wheeler
Eugene Band
Otis
Pasa T
Ryan
Ntiff
John G. W
Dietrich Sickman
James Muttman
Henry Niemeyer
Jane Pugh
J. J. DeHan
Common Pleas
McCormick
Aldine presents rare beauty and high artistry in Christmas number
The Aldine is praised as an unmatched American representative of beauty and execution. The January issue features thirteen illustrations, two full pages and one tinted, with contributions from leading American painters never before seen through wood engraving. Subscriptions include chromos and an illustrated free journal gift, with offers to form club premiums and a descriptive catalogue.
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Aldine
America
Seeas Lang
Alreay
James Sutton & Co
den Lane
N. Y
Painesville
Onis
Ohio
Unus
Weekly Star
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Ireland
Ohio Legislature
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Honolulu
General Schofield
Treasury
York
Lyman Tremain
Beach
Boardwan
Tremain
Fullerton
Tremaine
Mansfiel
Grand Central
Mansfield
Fisk
Hughes
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Archbishop McClosky
Bishop McNerney
Albany
Iowa
Canada
Illinois
ST. Louis
Carondelet
Jan
Jershy
ST. Paul
Religious Intelligence
Erie Eee
Commodore Vanderbilt
Morris P. Merrell
Rising Sun
Inna
Council Proceedings
Dayton, KY
Dayton
Court Report
Herald
Cerguyere
Mary Ann Lampley
Commercial Convention
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