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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1893
Page
2
The piece notes about fifty applicants for two collectors of internal revenue in the state. It chides the legislature for wasting time. President Cleveland supports repealing the Sherman act for silver purchases. W L Greene, ex minister and lawyer, won 56 votes for U S Senate in Nebraska last Thursday.
The law nets about a million in extra revenue for the state from railroad business. Republicans and campaign speakers increasingly acknowledge the measure's value and potential fiscal impact.
The writeup hails Attorney General Alonzo G. Smith for his defense of the new tax law before the Supreme Court. It notes the court’s unanimous affirmation of his interpretation and criticizes anti corporal punishment sentiment as misguided. It also commends Patton’s prison administration as appropriate and effective.
Special offer valid January and February 1893 invites readers to form a three person club with three dollars to receive one year of The Twice a Week Republic free. Advert promotes earliest news and varied departments and asks to send for sample copies to St Louis.
The Pennsylvania System announced a freight ban except for coal coke and iron ore, while passenger engine crews were reassigned to Indianapolis and freight services were cancelled. Rumors linked the move to labor disputes, with claims of a strike and substitution of nonunion workers, as engines were sent to Pittsburgh to ease eastern blockades.
A note from Cincinnati Inc School No. 3 dated February 6 13 expresses mourning for Emmi Weaver. Teachers and pupils resolve to honor her memory and extend heartfelt sympathy to her family, asking a copy of the resolutions be sent to the deceaseds family.
Notice requests persons with business with the Secretary of the Board of Health in Greene County to call on or address Dr. Cook Soleberry in Indiana, 4514. The fragmentary text indicates official contact for health board matters.
Nebraska end of a long senatorial battle names Judge William V Allen of Madison County as U S senator replacing Paddock. Allen, born in Ohio and raised in Iowa, has a mixed party history from Democrat to Republican to Independent, with populist monetary views and tariff reform.
In Cheyenne and Toreka, tension rises as Representative Campbell of Stafford presses for a court test of the house stalemate before the session ends. The two houses clash over rules, while investigations flare in Cheyenne with bribery and drugging allegations amid a chaotic joint ballot process.
Springfield reports that Attorney General Moloney will sue ex Auditor Pavey and his bondsmen in the county circuit court seeking an accounting of all receipts and expenditures of the insurance department during Pavey’s term. A warrant will direct the sheriff to secure the missing books.
Washington Feb 7 Representative Townsend of Colorado introduces a bill taxing bank circulation ten percent unless backed by silver or gold bullion deposits or lawful money. He argues the tax would curb unsafe paper money and stabilize financial markets.
In Noblesville Indiana John P Frenzel banker testified about his familiarity with Senator McDonald and his handwriting. He said the carbon copy was shown at a hotel and he pronounced it genuine after examining the signatures. Several witnesses including Rexford Daniels and Danie ls backed the opinion that the signatures are genuine.
The president named Howell E. Jackson of Tennessee to fill the Lamar Supreme Court seat. Jackson, a former U.S. senator and circuit judge, will accept per Nashville telegrams. He was born in Paris Tennessee on April 4 1822 and had a long career in state and federal courts.
Mrs William C Whitney died after a slow decline lasting from Saturday morning She passed away at 3 oclock Sunday with Mr Whitney and a nurse present The deceased was Henry B Paynes daughter and Oliver Paynes sister from Standard Oil The death drew telegrams of condolence from President elect Cleveland and others Funeral at St Batholemews Church in New York included President elect Cleveland Don M Dickinson Cornelius Vanderbilt andJ Pierpont Morgan among many notables
A band of Indian cattle thieves led by Two Strikes killed Ed Calkins and five other cowboys near Mumphrey ranch. Indian police, led by First Sergeant Joe Bush, surrounded the band, killing Four-Two Strikes and his two sons. Two attackers surrendered. others escaped. Bush promoted for gallantry. Also reports on Presbyterian vote on Briggsism and biblical inerrancy, Griffin vs Murphy boxing, and Wabash postmaster race results.
Tuomas W Bennett former governor Ida Ho appears in Richmond Indiana. Louis Doxuest a leading German figure in southern Indiana is in Columbus Indiana. John M Steinpass a prominent Young man of Sheboygan Wisconsin. Tuomas F Withrow counsel for Chicago Rock Island and Pacific at Chicago. Dr George Jackson Fisher former president New York State Medical Society at New York. Edward Scudder of the prom courts New Jersey at Trenton New Jersey.
Since Pennsylvania Railroad began discharging Telor workers, observers foresee a general strike during the World’s Fair. Rail officials warn they will be ready for any emergency though denying threats. Engineers from Louisville and Nashville resist raises while firemen back them. about 1,000 workers may be involved.
The Senate insisted on amendments to the anti option bill and called for a conference with the House. Fortification and army appropriations were discussed and passed with amendments. The House debated the sundry civil bill and river and harbor funding, with votes to adjust the funding and related points of order. Extradition treaties with France and Sweden were considered, the French treaty ratified, Hawaiian resolution referred, and the District appropriation bill passed. The Senate debated silver measures, rail safety, and administrative bills, with filibuster activities noted and several pension and diplomatic appropriations approved.
A kaleidoscope of brief items reports a prospector finding a rich coal and silver vein in the New York mountains of Sir Bermmarding county California, deaths from a war disaster, marriages of unusual ages, political and legal notes, fires and accidents, and early 20th century concerns from officials in Ireland and America.
A rear-end crash on the Baltimore and Ohio lines at Williams Station left three men dead and several injured as the freight trains became unmanageable.
Quotations on grain and livestock prices dominate the page with notes on Wheat Corn Oats Pork Hogs and Cattle markets. Also reported are a string of violent crime details including a quadruple murder plan and named suspects with locations.
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