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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1892
Page
5
The Times reports Secretary Blaine, answering reporters and a physician, that the presidency would be exhausting and he could not accept if assured of nomination. He notes age sixty two, lack of substitute powers, and that lifetime labor would be a constructive death by action. The secretary speaks candidly to clarify his stance.
An Iowa holocaust tragedy at Fort Madlaun Fort Manion Indiana occurs when a two story building owned by S V Kitchen burns after 11 45 p m An explosion follows from likely powder kegs trapping residents inside The dead include S V Kreis age 30 his wife 20 Lipser Day 18 August Knemeyer 18 Samar Kitchen 20 Henry Knemeyer 17 and three Kitchen children aged 1 3 and 5 The adjacent John Knock dwelling is also lost but without casualties The fire's origin remains a mystery
New York April 10 United States Consul McCreery says Minister Patrick Egan declined both offers from Secretary Blaine to serve as minister to Paris or Pekin citing cost and distance concerns. Washington April 12 officials cannot confirm the tender was made or declined.
Complete returns from Rhode Island indicate Brown Republican leads Wardwell Democrat for governor by 186 votes. Bull elected lieutenant governor and Utter secretary of state. No statewide treasurer or attorney general. Legislature GOP by fourteen, securing Aldrich’s U.S. Senate seat. In New York a Chicago dispatch reports Republican leaders moving to renominate Harrigan with Allison, Sawyer, Blodgett, and Spaulding weighing in on cabinet and delegation considerations.
Philadelphia April 10 Shipping circles are anxious over the probable loss of three vessels with crews totaling forty eight and cargo valued at about two hundred forty eight thousand four hundred dollars. The Italian bark Immaco Ista disappeared after sailing Jan 28 from Havana for Philadelphia with sugar valued at sixty three thousand dollars and sixteen crew aboard. The German ship Alarich bound from Huelva to Philadelphia or New York has not been heard from since Feb 28 and twenty five crew are aboard. The schooner Taylor and Mathis from Norfolk to New York with lumber and seven crew vanished after March 2. The losses are linked to a two week spate of eastern gales. the British steamship Walby en route from Bermuda March 30 is also overdue.
Guards at the prison uncovered an underground passage from the murderers department enabling over 100 death-convicted inmates to escape. The dramatic breakout highlights security gaps as authorities scramble to locate the fugitives and restore order after the historic breach.
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