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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1893
Page
6
The Blofiten Banner in Blueston prints a public note from the publisher. The fragment lists the newspaper name and publisher line with blurred text. The readable portion confirms the paper’s identity and the notice format.
President Cleveland orders an extraordinary session of Congress for August 7 after cabinet deliberations and telegrams urging action. The move comes amid a threat of a Johnstown style flood near East Liverpool Ohio if a hillside reservoir wall fails, risking 3,000,000 gallons of water and nearby factories.
Treasury officials close the 1892 93 accounts with total receipts about 3 835 000 000 and expenditures about 3 383 000 000 leaving a surplus near 2 000 000 Secretary Foster had estimated a probable surplus for the year and the results confirm the forecast with round numbers shown and reported to Congress.
The Ohio Prohibition State Convention nominated Governor Gideon P. Macklin of Germantown, Lieutenant Governor S. H. Ellis of Warren County, Treasurer Abraham Ludlow of Springfield, Attorney-General S. E. Young of Portage, Supreme Court Judge J. A. Gallagher of Bellaire, Dairy Food Commissioner S. B. Todd of Wakeman, and Board of Public Works member E. H. Brosius of Stark County.
In Red Key Indiana Joe Wagner and his wife quarreled. Wagner obtained a bottle and after drinking urged his wife to drink. She died in convulsions soon after. Their young son was made to drink and is very low.
In Puebla State Penitentiary two inmates Cayetano Oliveres and Marcelino Garcia attacked fellow prisoners with shoe knives, killing three and wounding seven. Guards overpowered the assailants as authorities described them as insane.
A cyclone swept eastern Arkansas causing widespread destruction. Telegraph wires west of Memphis are down and property loss is reported as enormous. The storm struck Little Rock unroofing houses and wrecking buildings while wires were prostrated.
A private cablegram received at Drexel's banking house reports that A J Drexel died at Carlsbad Germany after a slight pleurisy attack, followed by a period of recovery and subsequent illness. The message notes he did not die from apoplexy.
John Berry the cowboy who arrived first at the Wild West show from Chadron Nebraska won the first prize of 1000 dollars awarded by the committee.
All of Muncie's glass factories and iron and steel mills have shut for a summer vacation, leaving about 4,000 workers unemployed.
Crop prospects report shows Indiana with large clover crops nearly all saved and wheat harvest begun. corn and other crops in good condition. Ohio reports showers improving corn and tobacco, with clover barley and wheat harvest progressing. rye ready and tobacco plants set. wheat harvest underway in the South. Michigan notes crops generally at standard, with wheat oats corn and rye improved and some wheat ready to cut.
Secretary Carlisle reported via cable that silver priced at 64 cents per ounce leaves the silver dollar bullion worth 53 cents. The text notes that silver at 68 cents per ounce would still make the silver dollar less valuable than when silver stood at 1.22 per ounce, yet it argues the United States credit remains tied to silver money.
The Tremont House in Fort Scott Kansas collapsed without warning trapping seventy five people and killing an estimated thirty five to forty. Rescue efforts led by the Mayor and Chief of Police mobilized volunteers as fire and police departments worked to save survivors and recover bodies amid bricks and debris.
A Cincinnati committee report states the present financial stress is forced and unnatural caused by distrust of silver currency. It calls Congress to repeal the Sherman silver act allow national banks to issue full-face bills backed by bonds and proposes replacing silver with gold backed coinage. It also urges forming a national trade board to press Congress on these reforms.
Four tramps were put off near Dowagiac Michigan on the Michigan Central Railroad. A fight followed and conductor Charles Foster was fatally wounded by a tramp who shot him. The tramps escaped. descriptions include a 5 7 black man in dark plaid, a 6 foot tall slim man in dark suit, and a 5 7 dark complexioned man with four fingers missing and a mustache. Foster has died.
A blaze originated in Adolph Adams livery barn in Union City Indiana and quickly overwhelmed a block including the Pythian Opera House. Losses included Ross Harney Carriage $15000, Adams barn $5000, Webb Lambert harness store $4000, J N Wallace saloon $2500, Wright furniture store $7000, Anderson Bros blacksmith $1000, with the Big Four dispatch office and several frame structures also destroyed and the K P lodge ruined. Catholic Church suffered fair related damage.
Dr. Metcalf notes weekly government circulars tracking cholera in Europe. He worries about smallpox entering Indiana and asserts the state is capable of handling outbreaks with current funds and board plans to prevent the plague.
Chicago dispatch reports the No-to-Bac proprietors boasting huge sales for their tobacco habit cure with an absolute guarantee. A syndicate offered $500,000 but was refused. The firm refunds money if No-to-Bac fails to cure.
Escoe and forces captured Sus town after a rout near Valparaiso during a general sale. The event details show a swift engagement with Escoe leading the pursuit and seizure of the town, signaling a significant strategic gain for allied forces.
In Knobnoster Missouri a search for 1 500 000 in gold said to be buried by Spaniards traveling from Mexico to New York was under way after wagon debris was found. Excavations began last week and continue vigorously though no treasure has yet been found. searchers remain convinced they are on the right track.
A milk train on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line hit a buggy carrying Mia Inhelson and her three children at the Millard avenue crossing. Two children died, a mother and one child were badly injured. Gatekeeper James Webster was arrested and jailed at Lawn Gate police station.
Jacob L Lyons of Greensburg Township shot his wife during a dispute then killed himself. He was known to be nervous and easily excited. Mrs Lyons survived the attack but is not expected to recover. the couple left a small family.
Governor Lewelling receives many letters from Western Kansas farmers asking for an extra legislative session to provide drought relief. He will not call a session unless a majority supports it. He believes voluntary subscriptions may be cheaper than funding a thirty day session. Railroads may be asked to assist.
The Mollie Gibson mine at Aspen, the state's largest silver producer, closes and will not reopen until silver prospects improve. About 500 workers are discharged as other mines cut staff. Denver will host a meeting of mine managers to address the situation while smelters halt new ore purchases.
A passenger train was halted near Brackenridge Texas and the fireman killed by robbers. Two passengers aboard were armed. one robber escaped to the brush while the other, identified as J D May, was captured by Conductor Steele.
Assistant Secretary Reynolds of the Interior Department approves pension decisions that will benefit many women who served as dietary nurses in hospitals during the late war. These nurses will be added to the pension rolls.
Gov Altgeld of Illinois says he is a U.S. citizen and explains his father was naturalized before his birth in Mansfield Ohio, countering charges raised since the anarchists were pardoned.
A new giant gas well at Redkey Indiana yields 3,500,000 cubic feet daily. It is the sixth large well in the area, increasing the town’s combined output to about twenty million feet per day.
Secretary Carlisle reports a telegram from Portland announcing the arrival of the Haytien Republic vessel carrying 500 Chinese. The ship was seized by United States treasury agents.
Haynes Spencer & Co of Richmond Indiana manufacturers of school and church furniture have made an assignment. Liabilities total 959 500 dollars and assets 60 000 dollars.
A description of the Ferris Wheel as the Exposition’s landmark. It notes its origin with George W. G. Ferris, its size, engineering challenges, and how cars are loaded for passengers across the successive wheels.
Rev Dr Thomas spoke to about 5000 in Festival Hall at the Columbian Exposition sermonizing on the verse That they may be one in us from St John He noted the aim of unity and the world believing Christ sent him with the Apollo Club of 500 providing the musical accompaniment.
The description details a massive Ferris wheel with a 32 inch thick iron axle 45 feet long and thirty six passenger cars. Each car holds forty chairs and weighs thirteen tons, totaling about 1200 tons for the wheel and cars. Two pyramidal iron towers support the structure and a 1000 horsepower steam engine controls the rotation.
The Cape Colony exhibit shows 40000 rough diamonds while crown faces of Italy boast 1800 year old specimens. Horticultural Building holds two orange tree groves and many oranges per tree. A model kindergarten fills 80 by 60 foot space in the Woman's Building. Canadian logs yield 1500 feet of lumber. The French collection includes a bronze ebony cabinet with Limoges enamel and a secret drawer labyrinth valued at 20000. Admission to Midway Plaisance costs 12 75 dollars in bare cost. Australia showcases a 3040 ounce gold nugget and a 45 foot astronomical clock. Mexico displays one million dollars worth of products. The Millionaire Z Chille of Dresden collected armor and weapons valued at one million, lent by the German Government. A marble bronze vase presented to the King of Wuerttemberg is insured at 25 dollars. Two iron vases valued at eighty thousand pounds are locked by the Spanish Commissioners. a Venice lace industry story shows 4000 lace workers. Venice lace house holds 40000 dollars worth of lace.
The Louisville Courier Journal argues that America's protective tariff blocks competition and that true free trade would boost exports. It cites Blaine era losses to Cuba Brazil and Mexico and urges abandoning reciprocity in favor of free commerce with all nations to restore equal markets and lower burdens for manufacturers and consumers.
A Dry Goods Economist argues the custom house serves manufacturers by enforcing high duties to prop up prices, while refunds of illegally collected duties burden the Treasury. The piece questions whether the system is run for private benefit and cites a quotation from a prominent advocate of protective policy.
A Chicago Exhibition catalogue notes Germany supplies about nine-tenths of world coloring matter. German aniline color exports reach nearly £15,000,000, with large shipments to the East Indies. A Nature article describes Elberfeld and Baden dye works employing many chemists, illustrating Europe’s science industry alliance and sparking debate on American protectionism.
The New York Press accuses the Chicago convention platform of opposing progress and harming prosperity. It notes Cleveland’s 1884 victory carried pluralities in Connecticut New York New Jersey Indiana Illinois Wisconsin and California and asserts Northern voters endorsed a protest against progress and war on prosperity.
A critique of tariffs and protectionism arguing duties raise prices for American consumers. The author contends safeguards favor foreign buyers and enable monopolies, urging Congress to pass a tariff bill that does not disadvantage U S manufacturers at home.
The Kansas Democrat argues the Republican Party, led by McKinley era protectionism, repeats history by abandoning popular will and losing elections. It claims new issues dethrone protectionism as farmers and workers reject free trade myths and the party’s era ends with its tombstone epitaph.
The Fairchild Commission hears that Assistant Appraiser Goode relied on plastering experience to value cotton, linen, rubber goods, and laces, with no grasp of market values or distinctions among goods. J Stanley Isaacs admits minimal knowledge of his division’s market prices and signs others’ invoices without review, prompting accusations of ignorance and fraud harming commerce and government revenue.
The article recalls early miniature art on ivory and vellum, then notes its decline with ambrotypes and photographs. It links the craft to historical charm and mentions Holbein and Hoskins as notable masters, contrasting with modern machine-made images. It also touches on tariffs affecting glove factories and Bryan’s call for an income tax as a fair, simpler levy.
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