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Newspaper
Alton Review
Location
Alton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1884
Page
1
The Dutch Gap Canal linked to General Butler’s war record reduces navigation distance from Richmond to City Point by about seven miles. When Butler halted work, the canal’s depth was five to six feet. it now measures ten feet at low tide.
The 4,000,000 francs pledged by the European public charity for Casamicciola earthquake survivors last July remain undisbursed. The Naples central committee holds the funds and provides no accounting of their use.
Manitoba threatens separation if Ottawa fails to fund provincial administration. Premier voices a plan to withdraw and manage revenue locally, while Manitoba’s governor and officers would receive annual provision from Washington and prompt Treasury payments.
The English papers highlight Cincinnati riots and note no executions since 1866. The London Echo argues juror corruption, praises the Lynch Code claiming public opinion rarely errs in judging criminals, and cites lynching based on imperfect evidence versus honest courts.
Cantos Aguero, a Cuban revolutionary leader from Puerto Principe, is a medium height man weighing about 115 pounds. He has black curling hair and a small upturned mustache. Known for grim smiles and fierce expression, he is considered harmless in appearance but very brave in action against Spanish rule.
George Dunbar, a noted overreacher, was arrested in Peoria for an elaborate gas fraud. He bought a building with gas fixtures, moved it to another site, connected mains to his own fixtures, and used kerosene lamps to fake gas flames. A detective investigation exposed the deception after the employer’s suspicions grew.
Congress faces six pending bills to permit wealthy corporations to lay tracks through Indian Territory connecting Texas to the Northwest and Colorado. Three measures have favorable committee reports and may pass before adjournment. tribes express fear of extermination and protest, while congress leans toward white interests over treaty obstacles.
Telegrams report six Louisville families sickened by cake from a confectioner with arsenic detected in tests. One child died and ten others were severely affected but recovering, while the source of contamination remains unexplained.
Massachusetts prison accounts show a 12000 dollar deficit. Near Newcastle Ohio Mrs Solomon Horn shot at her husband and then herself in a failed murder suicide. Min e Junction railway agent Turner returns to settle. Groras Coates sets fire to Jerre Green home killing four children. William Austin in Kentucky killed his two children while his wife escaped with one child.
The Methodist church in Saginaw City burned on Sunday with losses around 10000 and insurance of 5000. Fitchville mills in Connecticut burned Thursday, losses over 100000. Belleville moulding shops and Utica cotton warehouse suffered fires with substantial losses. Europe, a Canadian propeller, burned at St. Catherine with 16000 loss and 10000 insured. Ada elevator in Minnesota burned with wheat loss not stated. Northern Texas frost damaged corn and cotton. Sarah Bollman died suddenly after a quarrel. Wattsburg wedding cannon injured William Cooper. Dallas colored church storm damaged with 32 children injured. one fatally. Cincinnati tannery fire left 45000 hides lost, insured 800000. Newark celluloid brush factory fire caused 200000 damage. Sagamore Mill No 1 fire described with tower destroyed.
A fire at the Sagamore cotton mill, built in 1878, destroyed the interior and caused a total loss estimated at $600,000. The blaze climbed an elevator shaft to upper floors, with the roof and south wall collapsing into the furnace area. About 600 workers were employed, with a weekly payroll of roughly $3,000, and insurance of $500,000 held by fourteen mutual companies. The Sagamore was among the spinners' strike targets twelve weeks prior, yet operations continued despite the dispute.
Mrs Hancock wife of General Han cock hosts in Washington with General and Mrs Pike Graham. The house sees petitions urging prompt action to raise arms funding from 200000 to 600000 for militia. Reports detail flour beef and wheat export declines, andwar department updates on relief efforts south of Natchez. Senate and House procedures cover pensions, labor statistics bureau, and naval appropriations with debates on tariff timing.
Dispatches describe cotton worm reappearing in Egypt, Gordon inquiry in Britain, possible Cairo financial conference, Aguero isolated in Cuba, refugees from Shendy attack, a French Swiss cold wave crippling crops, with massive vine damage and Francs losses in the Sanre valley.
A breezy feature notes oversized bustles deforming the female silhouette this spring. Designers showcase exaggerated back fullness as a trend, with silhouettes shifting toward dramatic profiles and sculptural lines.
Washington April 21 The Senate quickly passed the Postal Appropriation Bill after debating a raised total of 3 499 500 to yield 49 725 400 in aggregate appropriations The bill removes a 5 percent reduction clause for railroads and notes a projected 20 percent rise in sealed letters for 1885 due to last year’s two cent rate The measure forecasts postal revenues near 48 000 000 with a $1 700 000 deficit to be covered from general revenue An amendment adds 25 000 to steamboat routes bringing that item to 650 800
Local residents near Knuottville in Grafton, West Virginia report a monster snake, about fourteen feet long and two feet above the ground, dirty clay color. David Baker and companions glimpsed it in woods and tracked past sightings dating back thirty years, with locals planning to capture the creature dead or alive.
A compilation notes poems and hints of romance in St Louis, horticultural rambles in Mississippi, a New York tobacco claim that cigarettes fell in 1883, and a host of curiosities from Ottawa to California. It includes civic gallery life, a Belgian ocean route plan, and a Pullman car dialogue on San Francisco earthquakes.
A historical note describes how the U S House of Representatives created private gallery sections to limit crowds of objectionable loiterers. Families of representatives and designated guests gained access through cards issued by members. One member recalled the decision as a response to gallery disorder.
In Philadelphia Call style, the dialogue uncovers a 1m murder by a desperado who claims to have killed Colonel Rich after luring him on a lonely road. The case questions the horse’s fate and hints at justice for horse theft. Prince Leopold testifies at Bow Street, recounting the queen affair witnessed by his mother and presented with clarity.
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