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Newspaper
The Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1872
Page
1
Edition by Telegraph to the Daily Evening Star notes the rift between M Thiers and the French Assembly. Reports Cuba advices from Diario de La Marina and discusses ongoing insurrection preventing reforms. Mentions the Darien Exploring Expedition as part of the era’s news.
In Paris the Right and Right Center factions in the Assembly endorsed the Legislative Committee report opposing Thiers stance. They call for safeguarding the Republic and preventing government collapse, while Thiers backers Marshal Mac Mahon and General L Admi rault push to restore confidence in his leadership.
The Mechanics and Workingmen's National Council held its second meeting in Washington. It organized permanently, electing N. E. Radstone as president with Lovelace and Merrill as vice presidents and Boteler as secretary. Delegates from U S labor associations will seats for ongoing biweekly sessions. The U S Hydrographic Office will provide foreign Arctic exploration publications. A naval board assessed vessels. many wartime-built ships are unfit. Smallpox is receding in the district. A new Pennsylvania railroad ticket office opens. Edmund Yates lectured at Lincoln Hall. Treasury balances showed currency and coin totals with legal tender deposits noted. Officers Schultz, Leutze, Moser, and Rhodes assigned to the Nicaragua Surveying Expedition.
The Board of Engineers will review surveys from two winter expeditions to pick the best Atlantic Pacific route for the Inter Oceanic Canal. Commander Selfrage promotes the Atrato river path on the Darien Isthmus as shortest with dual harbors. Commander Breeze has been detached from Plymouth and placed on waiting orders.
Reports from New York describe a police board meeting where former President Henry Smith resigned and Benjamin F. Manierra was elected. The Bailey bond was opened by default proceedings, with counsel granted time to respond. A deadly blasting accident on 147th Street killed Edward Foley and Nixon Ralph, among others, wounding several workers as rocks flew in all directions.
Boston report covers a special session where a bonds issuance bill in place of destroyed Commonwealth bonds was referred to Finance. It notes a dividend limit bill for joint stock insurers, and a revival bill allowing towns to form mutual insurers. It lists mayoral contenders and a possible citizen candidate, and reports a fatal fall on Salem street with 19 missing since the big fire. Dinners for the burnt-out poor are planned by relief groups as city departments close for the day.
The Direct Line railroad survey between San Diego and the Colorado sea finds the route practicable but easily. Official returns show Grant with a 13,600 vote majority in the state election.
New Orleans reports an epizooty outbreak with streetcar horse withdrawals. Havana dispatches state reform talks are halted while insurrection continues. Spanish ministers defend no concessions. Cuban patriots report village attacks and casualties. Paris brief notes political cabinet discussions and calm.
Prominent Gallia Lil businessmen A H Vander and M M Ford visit Chicago to obtain capital from the Board of Trade to restart Burned town operations. Loss exceeds 200000 with nominal insurance. The town lies about 150 miles from Chicago and was thriving before the disaster.
Michael Moore was executed in Bensburg Pennsylvania for the murder of his wife in March. A sombre procession moved to the gallows with the Sheriff the condemned man and a priest. Moore remained calm and refused to speak as his legs were bound and the bolt released. The drop lasted about 25 minutes before the body was lowered.
A Philadelphia meeting showed great enthusiasm as stock sold heavily. Zetlein from Troy, Holdeworth of Elizabeth Resolutes, and Malone and Mack of the Athletics signed to join the new club. They plan to challenge the Athletics in the coming season.
Weather report from Washington notes complex patterns. Lower lakes and New England to Middle States expect northerly to westerly winds, higher pressures, and clear skies. Tennessee to South Atlantic States see northeasterly winds with cloudy weather clearing. Northwest to Ohio valley and Michigan forecast southeasterly winds, diminishing pressures, partly cloudy and warmer conditions.
News briefs report Virginia Governor Walker refuses to issue a Thanksgiving proclamation amid widespread animal epizootic impacting horses in several states. Distemper outbreaks killing horses in Halifax and the Midwest halt streetcar service. A Chicago scaffold collapse fatally injures two workers. an accident in Dennison, Ohio kills engineer Jacob Gates as a Pan Handle Express collides with a freight section.
Lexington reports 125 smallpox cases while a Richmond tobacco firm ships 116000 dollars of product to Australia. Executed for murder, Michael Moore dies in Ebensburg. National politics show Alabama Grant electors 90272 to 79441 Greeley. Saltville Virginia yields 750000 bushels of salt with 300 workers. Milwaukee epizootic fades as streetcars resume. Carl Schurz speaks in Columbus to 200. Thanksgiving observance planned at Dayton Soldiers Home. Train accident kills engineer J H Gates near Coshocton. A Cincinnati stranger steals a Dayton driver’s watch after drunken ruse. Ballots hint U S Senate race between Vance and Merriam. Milwaukee depot foreman Lawrence Steitz dies from car coupling accident.
A local column extols Shakespeare and classical culture over sensational theatre. Readers are invited to witness a Sunday Vine Street visit to a lager beer concert saloon where a vaudeville style act and a decollete performer entertain amid beer and crowds, signaling a cultural shift.
A lively recap of a student performance featuring Dido, Nereus, and Venus in scant costumes. The review mocks period fashion and stage antics, noting a rooster impersonating ancient heroes and a chaotic yet entertaining array of tableaux amid a noisy ring and theatrical mishaps.
Mrs Macauley appears this evening in Gilberto in Frou-Frou with Wood's strong company. Counter-it draws well at the National. A College Hall chamber concert drew a large stylish crowd, featuring Beethoven to Saint Saens pieces. Lawrence Barrett plays in Indianapolis to crowded houses.
The Lancaster Ohio reform school will pause all work and study for Thanksgiving. Forty large turkeys, mince pies, and abundant fruit will grace the dining tables while morning religious services are held in the chapel. The observance is intended to support the boys’ general reform and is welcomed by the institution and community.
In Newport a breach of marriage promise suit between Mary Lewis and John Abbott was begun. The trial before the Mayor of William Jolly and William Kelfer yesterday involved disorderly conduct. Joseph Hoff, initially under arrest, was discharged. A circular from the Short Line Railroad president hints at major management changes.
Mrs. Goesler, about fifty, rushed into Koebler's tavern on Benson street and accused Billy Bunch of Greenwood of abducting her with a wagon blanket, threatening her with a knife. The suspected driver had taken a slow route from Cincinnati via Carthage and the Short Line railroad area before dark. A warrant was issued, and the community remains alarmed by similar past incidents.
The Avenue railroad runs three cars yesterday between Brighton and Cumminsville at half hour intervals to aid recovery from an epidemic. A proposal by a Cumminsville real estate figure to name the Marietta railroad station at Dane avenue Beechwood, distinct from Cumminsville Station, is praised. The Cumminsville Mennerchor plans an evening theater and musical entertainment at Strong's Hall with a tangkara fundraiser.
Hamilton updates reveal five horses died from epizootic illness and a hunter sustained an ankle sprain. A heavy list of uncalled letters follows with names from Abl to Whitman. Local business notices include J W Carnell’s drugstand, Knights of Pythias parade, and real estate purchases.
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