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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1889
Page
5
The readable text lists crops such as corn oats and wheat with February mentions and weights. It abruptly shifts to a violent incident describing an assault and a memory of a person, implying a harsh event amid the torn OCR passage.
House and Senate moves focus on a 100000 appropriation for Pagopago harbor Samoa and broader aim to protect U S interests. Discussions reference Secretary Whitney and potential use of Pacific mail steamers while Washington parties push firmer stance against German maneuvers in Samoa.
Reports from Washington and London detail sharp cabinet differences over Samoa, with Whitney and Dickinson urging firm measures and Bayard favoring caution. Blaine is tipped to take charge of state, while German naval movements in Samoa and Zanzibar heighten tensions and influence debates on U.S. readiness.
Bills authorize bridge construction across Cumberland and Caney Forks Tennessee. House and Senate pay respects for the late Representative Burnes. Diplomatic and pension bills move, plus measures on money orders, anti trust, and District of Columbia rail and zoo park. Evening session focused on Jonsian bills.
The senate not in session Saturday. The tariff bill referred to ways and means after debate. House adjourned 6 pm after sundry civil appropriations. Monday saw New Mexico memorial against statehood, Missouri bridge bills advanced, nurse pension set at 825 monthly, diplomatic appropriations discussed. House passed pension rise to 100 for veterans with both hands lost, electoral count plan adopted for Feb 13. Tuesday focused on diplomatic appropriations, ministers titled ambassadors, Samoa autonomy debate, Utah admission petition in House, sundry civil bill continued until adjournment.
Two thousand people gathered at Turner hall Chicago under the Central Labor union for an anarchists relief benefit. Prominent attendees included Mrs Schwab Fields Fischer and Miss Spies with portraits of the hanged men displayed and allegorical pictures featuring Gould.
A compilation notes Ossipee’s move to Aspinwall for U S protection, a Catholic colonization society formed in Pittsburgh, and gifts to Edwin Martin’s family from Cleveland insiders. Other items include a St Louis steamboat company, church thefts in Kentucky, Morton leasing Bell’s Washington home, Harrison planning a Helena paper, Iowa breweries seized, Ingersoll blackballed, moonshining conviction in Parkersburg, and gold prospectors in West Virginia. Also reported are illnesses from smoked sausages in Wisconsin, Kansas crop failures, a Memphis quarrel fatality, a New York steamer blast injury, two Dakota storm deaths, a Scanton boiler blast, a Plattsburg death, a Kentucky shooting, and labor and fire notices from across the era.
Senator-elect Higgins of Delaware travels to Indianapolis to press for Gen Jamies H Wilson of the state as secretary of war. Blaine and Alison reportedly offered cabinet posts. Fanny Davenport ill in Pittsburgh and Senator Beck improving in Cuba. John Wanamaker visited Gen Harrison. In Columbus Charles Barry dies after apoplexy while playing Col Carylon.
Cincinnati reports a wall cave in during demolishing at Fifth and Vine streets for Mabley and Carew’s building. One worker, William Alison, 45, fatally crushed. others injured include John Hope, Pat Cooney, Henry Nulty, George Burnett, and Charles Barrett. Senator Kenna renominated in Charleston.
Joseph Moore, financial correspondent for the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co of Hartford, confessed a defalcation of about 500000 pounds. Investigations reveal Moore and his trusted aides padded contractor bills by 15 to 24 percent on repairs and improvements, diverting thousands of dollars. The bookkeeper had long known of the scheme.
A telegraph digest reports multiple Indiana incidents including the shooting death of J Johnson by T J Peak at Teegarden and other tragedies. It notes Il state church news, suicides and drownings, a murder accusation, a city vote in Bedford, and a fatal train wreck near Rockport with injuries to Rev Ward and Dr. Basseye.
Late last night a disturbance at Patrick O’Neill’s residence in Indianapolis ended with O’Neill severely whipped. A dawsman of the area notes O’Neill’s drinking and violent behavior toward his family. In nearby towns a group of men faced arrest over a counterfeit money scheme. A gasoline fire injures Martin and Mrs Houseman near Englarm. The Indianapolis baseball club will quit the National League due to debt. The Lake Erie & Western strike ends with a wage gain for freight lake workers.
General James Longstreet visits Atlanta and Mahone in Petersburg before Washington. He hints at a cabinet role under Harrison and forecasts the solid South becoming a thing of the past within four years, suggesting Republican gains in the region.
Jan 23 Curiaco Colonel Wade commander of Fort Reus Indian Territory arrived with his sister at the Leland and says Pawnee Bill will not raid Oklahoma. He doubts any raid is planned and notes no proof of preparations despite reports in papers. Wade recalls a six year old episode with Capt. Paone and finds Wichita the rumored rendezvous unlikely.
A Star dispatch reports sixteen men and twenty horses drowned crossing Lake Redeau ice near Sunbury Ontario after the ice caved in. The incident occurred January 30 and highlights a severe ice hazard on the lake.
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