20 Jan 1873
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Newspaper
The Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1873
Page
1
Late advices from Dr Livingstone and the debate over the German question strain relations with the United States. Reports discuss the tax on deposits in savings banks and a proposed removal effort. The Samana purchase is viewed as a step toward annexation as Chicago faces open defiance of the Sunday law.
The Russian Government declares mourning in honor of the late Ex-Emperor Rapoleos. Announcement made from St Petersburg on January 20. Officials state national period of mourning will proceed.
Reports from Zanzibar dated January indicate Professor Livingstone left Unyanyebe in August heading toward the Dronda Cafes to continue his exploration of central Africa.
Germany and the United States are unable to reach a satisfactory agreement on emigration terms, halting negotiations for a permanent treaty in Berlin.
France. President Thiers asserts the right to speak in the Assembly whenever needed. The Commission of Thirty may bar him without prior message, a point Thiers vows to appeal to the full Assembly if necessary. The Opinion report argues executive privilege to address parliamentary debates.
The will of the late 8 N Pike builder of the Grand Opera house in New York and the Cincinnati opera house was filed for probate. Estate valued at 3 million with 500,000 sworn in petition. real estate in Ohio and New York. Trust divided equally among four surviving children. minor son and daughters included. Executors named from Ohio and Cincinnati. witnesses listed with incomplete residences. Probate delay due to a deceased witness and a witness abroad. The Samana Bay Company seeks permanent organization and migration interest. extra steamer likely to improve communication. Fechter's Theatre on Fourteenth Street completed. opening planned for February 18 with Daly's Theatre debut to follow.
A performance titled The Secreta of New York or the Jesu ite in America was forbidden by police at Start Theater amid a crowded audience and disorder. A replacement play triggered further disturbances prompting a reserve police presence. Report cites priests and Catholics pressing suppression. Stadt Theater serves German patrons. An embezzling officer case follows: G F Dunning, former Superintendent of the United States Asset, arrested on government fund embezzlement charges. he previously fled court and was rearrested.
Washington January 20 The Senate Commerce Committee will likely report against the nomination of Joseph Nimmo Jr for supervising Inspector General of Steamboats, leaving the President to withdraw and choose another candidate. Also in brief: a push to repeal savings bank deposits tax seeks justice for the poor, and discussions on the Geneva Award and United States carrying trade plans continue amid opposition to monopolies.
Springfield on January 7 reports Meiers Smith Weson has secured a contract with the Russian Government to manufacture pistols. This marks the second such contract for the company within three months.
Small-pox cases fall in the city and Hampton with only five active in Hampton. Quarantine measures remain in place while severe cases are isolated. Public schools reopen today and the Supreme Court resumes sitting.
The January flood caused extensive property damage in Enton. Water levels since Friday night render the new depot useless, forcing passengers to be carted to reach the Pennsylvania side to continue travel South and West.
The new Boston Board of Health will issue an address Monday detailing sanitary reforms and asking for public help. Smallpox deaths for the week ending Saturday were ten fewer than the prior week. The ocean steamer Sir Francis ran ashore at Salisbury beach in Saturday's storm. cargo mostly removed and wreck fragments scattered on the beach.
Parker s Pennsylvania January 26 a Sunday fire quickly engulfed the Opera House saloon and spread along both street sides to a large building owned by Jas Morrison. Nearly thirty pulang e were burned and a suspected incendiary is blamed. Firefighting delays due to engine failure and shifting wind worsened damage while panic drove crowds from the lower town.
Mr Moore reported a pensions reform bill and the House passed it after discussion. A bill to quiet land titles in Iowa faced a vote under the previous question with yeas and nays recorded. The act clarifies U S ownership limits and excludes homesteads from the land grants linked to railroad projects to Davenport Iowa City Council Bluffs. A large number of private bills were disposed of before adjournment.
The Washington Chief Signal Office reports Monday outlooks across regions. New England expects clear skies with southerly winds and rising temperatures and light snow possible. The Middle States see falling barometer, warm-up, and snow likely in the north. The South Atlantic should have winds from west to south with rising temperatures and more clouds. From Tennessee to the Great Lakes, warmer air brings windy southerlies, cloudy skies and snow. Some moisture from the Midwest and Canada awaits telegraphic relays. Results limited by incomplete dispatches.
Curiaco Jan 2 reports widespread breaches of the Sunday saloon closing law amid a city- wide observance at Turner Hall proving gymnastic exercises addresses and drinking. Saloon keepers face possible arrests while savings depositors grow confident as currency shipments from New York arrive and money appears looser in the East portending easier conditions next week.
In Springfield on January 2 a rumor spread that former Governor and Senator Richard Yates was offered a Territorial Governor post by the Administration and is weighing the proposal. In Peoria on January 20 inmate McNulty, condemned wife-murderer, has exhausted appeals and faces execution on February 7 after counsel failed before the Supreme Court and governor.
Local narrative recounts Peter Schwab of Hamilton Ohio implicated in a bungled envelope theft tied to a past case. The piece details Saunders Williams Schwab and a St Nicholas Hotel meeting where 6000 dollars in greenbacks were placed in an envelope and mismanaged by Schwab.
Amusing notices from Wood's Theater promise Dominick Murray in a sensational new act and a transformed stage design at Fechter's Lyceum. The article details innovations including an immense concave sounding board, absence of footlights, and a gas-light free interior aimed at acoustic clarity and visual illusion.
Summary of civil actions including Goethe Lodge K P v Cincinnati Ex celsior and Damon Lodges K P on petition in error for hall rent. Sub contract payments priority ruling. Megrue v Loyd case noted. Felony assault verdict and alimony actions listed. Superior Court case on Megrue executor and veteran maintenance with verdict for plaintiff. Wreck of steamboat and related Baltimore and Ohio schedule noted.
Commissioners sign terms uniting the village of Cumminsville with Cincinnati. Provisions cover transfer of property and debts, continuation of school and utilities, district reorganization into wards and services, street and road adjustments, water and gas services, toll removal, cemetery protections, and a prohibition on reassessment due to annexation.
The river swells eight feet in twenty four hours with channel depth 28 feet 9 inches and rising. Ice moves but allows navigation. Potomac damaged by ice reached Green River mouth and was lightened and sent on. Towboats arrive with coal. John Kilgour ships to New Orleans. Buell remains on Madison bank with Lytle and United States stuck until river rises.
Police Court records show sentences for drunkenness vagrancy and larceny. Individuals named include Thomas Mond, Henry 5 as sault, John Dane, Maria Bessler, Josephine Moon, and John Lepert alias Humpy. Incorporation filings for William Tell Lodge and officers are noted, plus a stay of a woman’s case Tremaine.
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