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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1897
Page
2
Hundreds of theatergoers hissed and demanded bare heads at Sousa’s El Capitan opening in the Columbia Theater Chicago forcing nearly all women to remove hats before the curtain. The uproar began before the first act and lasted into the opera with hats dropping from parquette to dress circle amid cries of hats off.
R G Dun Weekly Review notes the country’s fastest growth and prosperity since 1879 after months of disappointment from specie resumption. It cites steady money markets, rising loans, more work, and a larger workforce. The tone credits prudent business judgment and warns against high prices as demand stabilizes.
J B Bender reports Kaffir corn fed to milch cows caused butter taint in Lyon County. Farmers had used naffir corn locally, and complaints rose as butter taste worsened. Dairy Association will address the issue at its next meeting and warn against using Kaffir corn in cattle feed.
At a Canton conference between President-elect McKinley and Senator John Sherman on Friday it was confirmed that Sherman has been offered and accepted the premiership of the incoming administration. The Major's Canton home hosted the talks and Sherman stated he had accepted the State portfolio.
News Nuggets reports John Singer Sargent elected as academician and Alfred Parsons as associate academician by the British Royal Academy.
The Lynn Massachusetts pe building contract was awarded to L L Leach and Sons of Chicago for sixty nine thousand dollars. Ex Queen Liliuokalani reacted with hysteria upon seeing Niagara Falls calling it the greatest sight of her life. Four men died at the Wadesville colliery after a rope broke and caused a collapse. A Chester woman had a unique operation in Philadelphia where a finger was amputated and grafted onto her nose for cancer. Koch Dreyfus and Co New York watch and diamond dealers face over 200000 in liabilities. The Baltimore and Norfolk Line steamer Howard returned with flag at half mast after Captain John B K Taylor killed himself following a collision with the tug Job Wilson.
Olga Nethersole lies ill in Columbus while Swift & Co plans to buy St Joseph stockyards and Moran packing plant for 420000. Kansas inaugurates Populist officers in Topeka with Gov Morrill pardoning a Sumner County killer. Abel the San Francisco grain inspector dies by gas as Seattle Savings Bank fails. National monetary conference opens in Indianapolis with Western absence. Scott, Kansas mourns John H. Couch overdose suicide. Missouri Gov Stone pardons Jing French as Detectives seek Wrench and others across multiple states. A Pittsburgh joint stock plan to build an iron and steel plant at Port Angeles with 1200 stockholders, and land grants from Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
Rich Jordan and Riley Walker colored were said to be sentenced for life for murder but escaped a lynch mob near Montgomery Alabama. Major Jacob Crosthwait who died in Harrison County Kentucky left a silver monument base inscribed Free silver at 16 to 1. Thirteen jailbreakers fled Stantington West Virginia after looting a hardware store. A posse pursues them amid expected trouble. William Divine and Mat Lewis face arrest for Ida Divine murder near Sheltertown Kentucky. An inquest suggests possible duplication of a previous murder as Robert Laughlin was hanged. Charles Taylor jailed in Frankfort Kentucky for kidnapping Nellie Stephens confesses on condition of relocation to Lexington. Circuit Judge Cantrill orders sheriff to protect the prisoner with a posse that includes judges and officials. Chicago Drainage Board trustees move toward a three year delay and nearly 8 million more funding with a paid lobbyist. Original plan foresaw completion in 1890s with 30 million needed for the sanitary ditch.
United States funding measure dies in the House with Yeas 102 Nays 168. Papal delegate Archbishop Martinei reports rebel actions in Manila with priests seized or killed. Civil service suspension pressure grows as President-elect McKinley faces patronage demands and spoils concerns.
A collage of brief overseas items reports on a severe forehead contusion in a carriage at Westminster, calls for a gunboat at Bangkok after an assault on the American vice-consul general, and a £1,000,000 Franco Brazilian Bank credit. It notes the Durham City steamer in distress near Canso, the Buenos Ayres grounding but not damaged, Cuban revolutionaries in Rio Janeiro, and a London sentencing of the Countess Emma Ugolini for lace theft. Other items cover German budget plans for 1900 Paris exposition, a divorce case in Perry Oklahoma, sacking of villages by Turkish troops, a counterfeit $20 note, Tucuman sugar taxes, and reductions in Argentina’s budget with $10,000,000 in mortgage bonds for distressed farmers. A Manila dock workers’ strike and British gunboat rescue efforts are also described.
Regional market summaries for cattle hogs and sheep with price ranges by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York and notes on grains and butter eggs and rye No. 2 grades and prices across a broad geographic spread. Details reflect shipping and local comparable values for cattle hogs and sheep.
Report from Bombay indicates plague remains severe with no near relief. Official data mask the danger as thousands flee toward coastal villages to escape the outbreak and safeguard themselves from a feared massacre linked to the queen's statue incident. Crowds hurry to steamers despite warnings of remaining hours before departure.
Colorado Governor Alva Adams and Maj. Gen. Brooks arrive in Leadville to seek arbitration amid a seven month mining strike that has paralyzed the camp and cost the state about a quarter million dollars for guard expenses. Adj-Gen. Moses orders uniforms for 500 militia from Columbus, signaling withdrawal of non resident militiamen.
District Court at Denver rules gold contracts valid. Oklahoma territory reports 373757 revenue, 9585 over expenses, 48000 bonded debt. Reports claim Maximo Gomez captures Santa Clara and 18000 insurgents march on Havana. Battle fatalities include General Bandess. Chiladelphia society figures Hy Cavalier Smith and Mrs G C Pinkley Norris elope for Japan. Norris accused of deserting two children. Smith father of five. Civil service exam for expert horticulturist in USDA offices in Washington and other cities. Missouri House shelves Piper resolution on St Louis police investigation. Football on Thanksgiving and baseball on Sundays banned by bills. Missouri travelers group seeks 2 cents per mile rail fare. London dispatch from Brass reports Boisragon and Consular Officer Locke saved after Benin City mission. 20 native carriers return. Valparaiso paper Heraldo lauds U S England arbitration treaty as Monroe Doctrine alliance. Missouri College allotment error corrected. 24000 acres allowed. land valued around 20000. Gen J B Douglass notes land value. Col W E Craig dies at 46 in Staunton, Virginia. Pittsburg streetcar wreck injures five seriously, more than thirty others hurt.
The House and Senate engaged in a day of heated debate and key votes. Johnson and Maguire traded charges over Hearst remarks, while the Senate tackled free homestead legislation and Pacific railroad debt settlement proposals. A broad oleomargarine bill faced party-line division as the House debated interstate commerce implications. The day closed with private pension bills advancing and a proposed Pacific Cable Company subsidy under review.
A Thursday night fire destroyed the famous old stone barn opposite the General Wayne Hotel in Narberth, Pa. The barn long a landmark. General Washingtons troops were quartered there during the revolutionary war. All the live stock was saved.
Adelina Patti is reported anxious to secure the decoration of the Legion of Honor.
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