19 May 1893
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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1893
Page
1
Readable items cover church see and archbishop, consul general changes, a man shot in January case dismissed, bank openings in Neola and Keosauqua, county finance blows and legal actions. A mad train intruder, fraud cases in Cunningham scheme, a school project contract, a fatal accident in Clarion, and a murder assault trial wrap up the page.
About half a dozen failures were reported on the 13th. A NY widow died suddenly at home on the 7th. Globadtonh offered poet laureate to John Rusillo. A denial order blocked White Mouse admission. A June marriage set for Pristpeny ConyyiAnn. A bank crisis hit Chicago with several failures on the 12th. The Arkansas convict lease system ended on the 7th transferring 700 convicts. The Carlyle W. Harris case ended with an electrocution after a wreck killed ten in Lafayette. Bank failures announced on the 11th included Columbia National of Chicago and Capital National of Indianapolis. Colonel Ward Lamon died in Martinsburg on the 7th. A Dublin quadrant bomb caused windows to shatter. An Austrian theater incident ended in a self-inflicted shooting. The World’s Fair directory planned open gates on the first Sunday. some exhibits closed per congress orders. The Chemical National Bank of Chicago failed on the 8th. deposits pledged to be made good. A farmer near Carthage, Mississippi killed thirty-five rattlesnakes. Pension frauds uncovered in Norfolk, Virginia, linked to W R Drewey. hundreds of pensions deemed fraudulent. Estimates of total frauds may reach 4100,000.
Inquiry by the justice department questions the board of directory’s Sunday opening plan for the exposition grounds. Officials note laws restricting government action and a $2.5 million souvenir coin appropriation. Attorney General Mey and other officials anticipate judicial review and potential clarification.
On the second day of the National League of Republican Clubs the first ballot for president gave De Young 406, Tracy 902, Hastings 415. Tracy’s election was made unanimous. The platform urged wage earners’ rights, arbitration, anti corruption laws, enforcement of laws, abolition of private detectives, suppression of gambling, women’s suffrage, and adherence to Harrison Blaine policy inclining to the Monroe doctrine. The convention adjourned after platform adoption and left secretary treasurer election to the committee.
A man arrested on charges of discharging a pistol in Downing Street and allegedly plotting to kill Prime Minister Gladstone was arraigned on the first charge. Townsend also faced accusations of sending a menacing letter read in court, with diary entries and a threatening note presented as evidence. he was committed to a trial.
Becomes incoherent after two weeks of confinement. Barthel, described as insane, drowned himself in a cell during a disturbance. Inmates, including John and Frank Hickey, fought, and a guard sustained injuries during the altercation amid the tense jail scene.
Explosions at the homes of John Mahin EM Kessinger and N Rosenberger destroyed lower floors and furniture, but no deaths occurred. A mass meeting raised $1500, with pledges to raise to $7000 8000 and a $3000 reward offered by the board of supervisors for the arrest and conviction of the guilty. Citizens unanimously condemn the crime and call for closing saloons and disorderly houses.
Boston reports progress on two large telescopes for Kenwood Observatory University of Chicago and Harvard College. The forty inch Jens telescope near completion with lenses larger than those at Lick. the stand is built in Cleveland. A second photographic telescope funded by Miss Bruce of New York for Harvard will use a compound object glass and be sent to Arequipa Peru after testing.
An earthquake alarm spread through Dakota towns causing homes to shake for about a minute. Residents reported fear but authorities indicated no damage or injuries. The event prompted rapid crowding of streets and a quick assessment by local officials.
Jon Daily, a machinist in Loves, Missouri, murdered his wife last night at their home on Chateau Avenue. He attacked while she and seven children slept, slashed her throat twice from ear to ear with a knife, crushed her head, then cut his own throat but survived. He was captured by an officer. the 1 month old babe lay in the slain mother's arms.
The schooner Esperance, under Captain Richard, sailing from Magdalene Island six weeks earlier on a sealing voyage in the Gulf of St Lawrence, was lost with all hands. Debris washed ashore at South Beach. likely crushed by ice on Columbian shoals near Strind Stone during a snowstorm on Easter Monday. Also notes concern for the Marie Ann from Little Honds dOr not heard of.
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