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Newspaper
The Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1872
Page
2
The Evening Star cites Tate and Wrar Publishing to warn that ocean commerce is slipping away from U S hands. Data for the year ending May 31 1872 show 20 386 entries and clearances at Boston ports with only 10 506 American and 10 784 foreign vessels. Tonnage remains similar as half the port’s ocean commerce operates under foreign flags.
The Cincinnati Evening Star reports on a rowdy Liberal meeting praising a supposed victory while lampooning Wright and a “splendid defeat” Then it mocks Toew Warbut’s claim about FreMon campaign loss and notes England’s arbitration with Portugal led by Thiers The piece satirizes Hassaweek’s taste and the Liberal Republican label, contrasting Democratic and Whig names and ends with a math of compounding interest as folly.
Our dispatches from Saturday night through Sunday reveal losses in Boston approaching 100 million dollars with about 60 million covered by insurance. Foreign policies may account for roughly 20 million. Major firms face the impact, yet Boston’s solvency and capital strength are cited to permit rapid rebuilding and return to business.
In a lecture before the New York Liberal Club last Friday, Mr Groom of the Mercantile Journal argued against specie payments and praised fiat currency. He proposed that legal tender notes, if exchangeable for government bonds, would be near perfect money and mocked gold and silver as barbaric relics. He suggested Gotham would benefit from such a transformation and hinted at a future greenback era.
An 19th century editorial denounces a group calling itself the Federal Republican Committee of Spain seeking American donations to fund a war in Spain. The piece rebukes Europeans for inflaming American sentiment, asserts the US should mind its own affairs, and warns against using the United States as a tool for foreign conflicts.
A Cincinnati reader objects to past Star notices labeling Pat Burns as an Irish loafer and demands removal of nationality from offense notices. The Star admits the lapse was inadvertent and apologizes, pledging no repeat of the offensive designation while preserving Irish vendor origins.
A list of United States Senators whose terms end with the Forty-second Congress and whose successors will be chosen in the next state legislatures. States named include Alabama Arkansas Florida Illinois New York Indiana North Carolina Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Kansas Louisiana Missouri Nevada Wisconsin California and Iowa with the party affiliations mainly Administration Liberal Republican and noted replacements.
In New Orleans on November 12 a fire damaged the roof of A. Contin's wholesale wine importing house on Natchez Street. Estimated loss stands at $20,000. Also reported is a tragic poisoning case as Col. Lewis lamented the death of his infant son after he ingested a concentrated lye prepared by a servant. The child died after a night of agony.
The Chicago piece notes financial circles hopeful yet cautious after a city fire. Mayor Medill asks Common Council for measures including larger patent fire extinguishers and river cisterns, plus expanded patrols to curb crime and bolster protection.
New York reports Manhattan Market opening last evening as Boston fire prompts public lessons on Mansard buildings. Merchants speculate wool and leather trades will rise in price. trains bring Boston sufferers and finance men discuss impact. Authorities note no panic, subscriptions possible for Boston relief.
Pat Sullivan watchman on Sixth street was injured by a cattle drover. Seeking revenge he returned to the scene but drank first, becoming rioting and drunken. A man named Skinner restrained him and gave a thorough drub bing. He appeared in Police Court this morning.
A rapid spread of a horse disease floods city stables and halts transit. Dozens of horse owners report sickness across routes on Fourth, Vine, and Central avenues with 125 sick at Pendleton stables and car lines forced to withdraw service. Coal deliveries loom uncertain as over two hundred drag and carriage horses are affected.
A large Bethel Fair preparation meeting at the Board of Trade discussed church participation and donations. Reports include a $1,000 donation from David Linton and various gifts. churches listed may staff tables, lunch stands, or both for the fair’s first week in October. A committee was appointed to recruit nonparticipants and a ticket price review suggests reducing season tickets from $2 to $1.
Police Court reports 18 cases this morning. Drunk and disorderly defendants receive fines and jail days while several assault and battery, family abuse, and vagrancy charges are dismissed. Names include Brull Cunningham Higging Fagan Detmer Rodgers Harrison Suttle Sullivan Ridge Hesse Casey Frazier Richter Fisher Tising McCloni Smith.
Property deeds list multiple transfers including Mowpay residents to Ann Connor on Baum Poe street area. heirs of John Shannon to J. Lavin on Second Street. G N Leighton to W Looker on Brook Fair Street. Ephraim Masters to Emeline Bush on Walnut Street. Ravines to Joseph Zoz in St Peterstown. Zoz family transfers in Warsaw area. J Maeceer to Seely Wood in Aryondale. W Johnson to Fuller on Bank Street and Garrard vicinity.
Market reports to 1:00 P. M. November 9 show modest demand for flour with prices steady. Wheat firm and unchanged, corn lighter receipts with mixed ear prices around 65c, oats steady around 65c, barley little demand with unchanged prices, cotton about 17 cents for low middlings, whisky firm near 79 to 81 cents, meats quiet with moderate rib and shoulder values, sugar cured hams steady, general bulk sales limited.
Across Liverpool Chicago New Orleans and New York trading rooms report mixed Wheat prices with gains and declines. Milwaukee California wheat futures drift while flour and lard hold firmer levels. hogs and cattle show moderate firmness in early session. fiber and molasses prices edge within narrow ranges amid steady demand.
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