Telegraph Wires Down Delay News Dispatches
Telegraph wires east and west were destroyed by last night’s storm, making dispatches impossible. Wires will be repaired before night and latest news will appear in the second and third editions.
25 Jun 1873
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Newspaper
The Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1873
Page
1
Telegraph wires east and west were destroyed by last night’s storm, making dispatches impossible. Wires will be repaired before night and latest news will appear in the second and third editions.
Pittsburg Morning Mail, once published in this city and suspended weeks ago, resumes as an evening paper in Allegheny on Monday.
In Concord on June 25 the special committee on female suffrage in school districts reported in favor of granting women the right to vote. The move aims to empower strong minded females in local education governance.
Evansville health officers report thirteen cholera cases since the outbreak began with seven resulting deaths. The notice carries a June 25 date and details the citywide investigation into the illness.
In Burlington twenty miles from St. Louis a band attempted to rob Mr. Roddy's store on Saturday. Roddy shot and killed two assailants named Joseph Baccus and Thomas Jefferson and severely wounded another, who is not expected to survive.
California dispatch reports a stage robbery near NCISCO. Masked intruders attacked onlookers. no injuries reported. Supervisors sustained a veto on the Chinese ordinances and the laundry tax provision noted.
A New York Central express train collided with a freight train one mile west of Schenectady. Romlin amlin was killed while J D Wicks and the passenger train crew suffered serious injuries. The crash disrupted service for the 5 40 P M westbound run.
In York City on June 25 the Walworth trial began with jurors from a panel of twelve. The courtroom was crowded and adjournment followed with proceedings set to resume today. Funeral rites for ex-Superintendent John A Kennedy were held yesterday with a large procession to Cypress Hill Cemetery. Two robbers attempted to blind cash boys on Wall Street but fled without success. Frank Haverstone died yesterday after a beating on the corner of Sixteenth Street and First Avenue. the suspect named Larkins remains at large.
The Postmaster General ordered free delivery with three carriers in Dubuque Iowa, to start July 1. Also noted is a critical paralysis case of R.8 Chew, chief clerk at the State Department, found insensible yesterday.
Controller of Currency demands bank condition statements for June to review U S financial health. Gauger earnings average 4 98 daily with city workers at 6. Butterfield cleared of blame in Montana war claims fraud probes. Agricultural Bureau notes cotton up nearly 12 percent from last year with varied regional gains and earlier crop delays due to wet cold weather. Worms and caterpillars threaten crops as corn planting slows nationwide.
Theron Hunt, son of Leigh Hunt, died at over sixty two. He spent years in politics and edited journals including The Constitutional The North Cheshire Reformer The Glasgow Argus and The Spectator. He authored an historical romance and edited his father’s autobiography published in 1850 and his correspondence published in 1862.
Berlin dispatch reports Emperor William has recovered from illness enough to dispel fears of a fatal outcome. No further details on his condition or medical status are provided.
Reports claim Carlists captured Gen Nouvellas while Nouvillas forces defeated Carlist bands with heavy losses. Spain debates debt terms as Cortes rejects debt relief. Lisbon hosts ex-queen and generals arriving. Paris refuses Shah reception funds directing Versailles festivities. Cortes debate delays. Castelar asserts responsibility for late cabinet acts. Grevy urged to draft opposition principles. Margall resigns ministry and seeks new cabinet with liberty order justice.
Reports describe various Tuesday actions including heavy rain and military movements in Michigan, a Boston man’s body recovered from the Atlantic wreck, a Memphis Masonic Temple cornerstone ceremony, new through trains to Hannibal, a St. Louis Mutual Life board resignation, East Lansing races postponed due to weather, Utah Masons public demonstration on St John’s Day, Boston Fire Department modernisation plans, and arrests tied to a Chillicothe bank incident.
The Ohio Constitutional Convention in Columbus discusses the Executive Department including appointments, terms, and powers. Amendments on lieutenant governor roles and vacancy rules are debated as the article presents the text of the proposed executive article and related motions.
Instructions describe making hard soap by boiling soda ash with lime to produce lye, then reacting with grease to yield ten gallons, with optional water adjustments if lye settles. Soft soap uses the same inputs but with double water, boiling two to four hours and cutting when cold.
In the Court of Common Pleas Benedict Frank case is continued to July due to illness of the prosecutor. Detectives trace missing billiard balls from the St Nicholas Hotel billiard room to Benedict Frank as a wider police corruption tale unfolds with key exchanges between Frank and detectives Wappenstein and Amptbauer.
Prosecutor’s records show stolen balls sent to James L. Ruffin at Charley Ray’s saloon and kept in a desk until Wednesday before being sent to Roth. Ruffin, a police commissioner, and Bayliss, a patrolman, face scrutiny as Blackburn and Wilson represent B. Frank in the trial.
A city reports a severe diarrheal outbreak in the Mueller household at 18 Fifteenth Street. William Philip Mueller, four, dies after his brother Charles, seven, perishes soon after. Henry Mueller, the father, dies the next day, while the mother shows illness but may recover.
A Sunday night altercation on West Third Street involving Willion Welch Barney Crane and families spawns multiple lawsuits. Three assault and battery cases by Barney Crane Ann Crane and Barney O Brien are continued to the 27th inst. If affidavits remain available the entire adult population of the Nineteenth Ward may be summoned.
Officer Spillman resides on Sloo street with his wife and a German woman named Fromano. The two women quarrel constantly, meeting about twenty five times daily, prompting a noisy revival that alarmed neighbors. Mr 8. arrested Fromann, but the case was dismissed in police court with no witness present.
Mesers, Neil & Son on Main Street trapped their porter William Rupp after months of small cash losses totaling over 200 dollars. They marked money in a room and found it missing when he returned. Rupp admitted nothing. at trial Judge Marchant sentenced him to six months in the Workhouse.
Mr William Kollies and his wife were arrested near Liberty Street on the charge of disorderly conduct after a picnic at Inwood Park ended in a clash with another family. The couple cried out loudly, drawing police attention, but the judge released them as the court deemed the punishment of confinement unnecessary.
A witness in a Police Court case testifies the defendant threatened to poison water and hang a dead cat on the plaintiff’s door knob. The intake drew a large crowd from Cumminsville, and the judge ordered the parties to clear out. The judge joked about the fluid extract of Gelseminum as a topic for Reichsern.
The resignation of Dr Miller, superintendent of the Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum, has been accepted by the Board of Trustees. The annual commencement of the High School last night saw 25 graduates, the largest class yet. The Mincohrod Sunday ordinances case will be settled today with the mayor's decision awaited. A large picnic party from Lima Wapak koneta Sidney and other stations visited the Soldiers Home yesterday.
In a Police Court session before Judge Marchant many defendants faced varied outcomes. Dismissals dominate the list while several cases prompt fines, terms, or continued hearings including murder in the second degree continued to the 28th and multiple assault and petty larceny entries pending further action.
The Police Court dismissed the case after Campbell did not testify. Major Blackburn defended the proprietress and a boarder. Judge Marchant criticized the officer and urged cleansing of the force to expose misconduct against women of ill repute.
At a late Board of Examiners meeting in Newport, certificates were issued to Miss L Wendt Miss R Siewers Miss F Strickey Miss L Lemonde Miss R Holmess J Koontz Miss E Waterce E Hawthorne and Mr F J Utton. Chancery Court will sit in Alexandria next term per Hon J W Menzies. Circuit Court denied a new trial in Reed v Swift's Iron and Steel Works. previously damages set at 3000 for plaintiff injured at the Works.
Anton Lochte paid sixty dollars to the city for keeping a tippling house and pleaded guilty. The U S Collector seized 95 barrels of whisky tied to Williams & Co. and 10 barrels to H K Lewis & Co. A man named Jacob te was found dead in custody after being detained for drunkenness. Coroner’s jury ruled death by intemperance. Frank Feltmaker jailed for 100 days for nonpayment of damages and fined for selling liquor to a minor. Mrs Henry Reisloh, described as crazy, has been missing from Pike Street near Main since Saturday morning.
A decree of divorce was granted to A. J. Bevis yesterday on grounds of neglect and adultery. no answer was made to the charges. Rev. D. J. Starr delivered the baccalaureate sermon at Xenia College on Sabbath. Rev. J. T. Bail of Monroe preached in the M E church. Butler County Agricultural Society directors granted the Fair Grounds to the Department and Printing Association for a July Fourth picnic. A farmer named Atherton near the river road cut his frail and fatally injured his young son when a reaper ran over him. Hamilton High School held its annual exhibition at the Opera-house Friday evening. graduates include Laura cat Emma Sweet, Lida Caldwell, and others. Pete fishyvin won top honors with Emma Sweet taking second.
A reader debates whether cow feed falls under stationery and if Morton’s pay for vegetable goods, including bran and soap, signals virtue or crime. The letter asks how municipal and state appropriations cover such items and questions the implying link between soap use and purity.
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