08 Dec 1893
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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1893
Page
1
Treasury Secretary Carlisle studies options to raise government revenue without immediate coinage by issuing silver certificates based on bullion seigniorage. Plans may involve bonds at lower rates and a gold reserve, while disputes over abandoned military and Indian lands persist in Congress.
In Washington on December 8 the senate passed a joint resolution authorizing use of monuments grounds for the Pythian conclave in August 1894. It also approved a private relief bill granting $8,000 for DC farm damages tied to Fort Sedgwick, and a pension for Gen. Corse’s widow, among three other private measures. After an executive session the senate adjourned until Monday.
The jury for Dr H C Meyer was formed after exams of 379 of 700 summoned on the week. Assistant District Attorney John F McIntyre opened the case, describing a brutal machine like crime and the defendant's alleged methods.
The body of W A Jones identified as the clerk on the steamer Harry D Knox was identified by Capt Summers. Jones suffered insanity after a head injury from a bucket of sand during a California railroad construction job. Family in Saratoga Wilson County N G notified. letter found on coat gave residence and bank funds instruction. River men protest alleged brutal treatment after fatal wound.
Chicago date December 8 police seek author of a bold circular urging 10,000 men to gather at daybreak December 12 on the lake front fully armed The document claims to come from a farmer near Wheaton Illinois and is part of a deep mystery A passerby on a Chicago Northwestern train delivered a copy to Chief Brennan
Senator David Hill signaled a major Senate showdown by saying he will call up the repeal of the federal election law and substitute the House passed bill before the extra session ends. The dispute centers on committee references and party lines as Hill seeks swift action Monday.
A Norfolk and Western line crash fifteen miles west of Ricusmoxth Virginia killed engineer W F Stocker and fireman W H Hain when their engine left the track on a steep grade and overturned a train segment detached during the descent one brakeman lost a foot in the accident.
Washington debates a potential record breaking executive document as the president prepares to send all 1881 to 1893 Hawaiian relations papers, Blount reports, and earlier Harrison era correspondence to Congress. The central question remains if the Willis instructions and related changes will be included in the response.
The Manchester Ship Canal directors opened the canal with a public ceremony planned for New Year’s Day. Construction began in 1887 after an 1888 parliamentary approval. The three locks at East Ham allow ships up to Teutonic size, about 10 000 tons, reducing cargo transfers from Liverpool to Manchester, which lies about 40 miles away.
Inspector Hereny of the U S customs arrested two Chinese men, Ing Dee Toong and Mon Too, on opium smuggling charges. Toong, ready to depart for Cincinnati, was caught at Dearborn Street depot with opium in his satchel. Mon Too was arrested at Chang Gee Way’s office, where eight cases of opium were found hidden among papers. both held at Central station.
New Orleans officials disclose a $5,000 verdict in the Abagnetto lynching case after a sealed decision. Six similar trials follow starting December 18 with expected verdicts, no appeal planned. In Kentucky, Frank P. Scearce confesses to forgery and receives ten years. London reports Professor Tyndall’s death ruled an accidental overdose by his wife.
The Ways and Means Committee faced sweeping delegations from across the nation seeking changes to the Wilson tariff bill. Democratic members closed access to the room as they prepared to send the bill to the House by December 18, with Harter proposing a one cent per pound raw sugar duty and abolition of the bounty to lift refined sugar to about one and a quarter cents.
In Chicago Judge Brentano hears Eugene Prendergast trial with jurors drawn from the business district South Side. Alfred Trude aids state. four veniremen sworn as panelists John Allen Alfred Wonder G E Reed and C W Hamilton. Other items note guards' winter maneuvers, elopement with a typewriter, Pauline Cushman funeral, a fatal gate gale in Japan, a Pa murder hanger, and a Alabama university fire loss.
A storm and damage sweep coastal areas while royalty and politics unfold. The Prince of Wales is named grand master of English Freemasons. Attacks in Springfield and Center follow deadly violence. Coal land syndicates form in West Virginia. Rome reports Crispi offered and declines presidency of the chamber. The Santuit sails from Sandy Hook with a Brazilian torpedo boat in tow. A Buckhannon man and youths are linked to a spree of robberies. George Gould hires Cochran over a $40,000 check dispute. Virginia Democrats nominate Hunton for short U.S. Senate term and Martin for the long term.
The markets page records dairy, oats, cattle, hogs, and lambs with varied demand. Prices range for hogs at select butcher levels, cattle good to choice around 8.60 to 23, and lambs listed 4.00 to 5.00 per unit amid general market steadying and dull wheat and oats activity.
A discussion traces the rise of bacteriology and germ theory, noting how unseen microbes challenge old ideas about contagion, and explaining that disease spread depends on factors beyond the germ. The text references air transmission, containment, and how environment influences infection outcomes.
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