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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1893
Page
3
Governor Pennoyer writes to President Cleveland urging Congress to enact silver currency laws. He argues reliance on gold causes business stagnation and widespread poverty in Oregon, appealing for immediate extra session and faithful adherence to party pledges.
Governor Waite issues a special session call for January 10 to address about 30 topics. The plan seeks legal tender silver dollars, prohibits gold payable debt trust deeds, and may create water related certificates and canal financing while repealing municipal bond authorizations.
A notice pinned at Rev. C. P. Frow’s home orders him to remove his African American tenants. The band previously terrorized the region, killing and driving citizens from the county over several months.
Marshall Michigan December 26 A jury returned a not guilty verdict in the trial of Conductor Scott charged with partial responsibility for the Grand Trunk disaster at Battle Creek. The jury deliberated about an hour.
The tug Edith W. arrives in New Orleans carrying the Viking ship from Chicago. The vessel's transit marks a notable crossing to the port, with preparation underway for further movement or display.
Washington report lists revenue losses by schedule under the Wilson bill for 1892. Items include chemicals and oils, earths and glassware, metals, wood products, sugar, tobacco, agricultural provisions, beverages, cotton and flax, wool, silk, pulps and papers, sun dries, and unenumerated articles with specific duty figures. also notes transfer to the free list and reciprocity section producing free revenue.
Official dispatches report Governor Mitchell will not permit the Corbett versus Mitchell prize fight to take place anywhere in Florida. He states he can stop it and has instructed the Duval sheriff to prevent it with state backing, including possible state troops if needed.
K C Pate owner and president of the Mexican race track says if Florida authorities refuse to permit the Corbett Mitchell fight he will stage the bout at his track with a 225000 purse.
Parsons Kan Dec 26 A daring eight man gang robbed a Missouri Pacific bound train near Seminole Indian Territory. They looted the mail and express cars and plundered passengers without resistance, as a posse rides the trail seeking the bandits.
Four pedestrians were struck by passenger engine No. 31 of the Pennsylvania line one quarter mile east of Greensburg, Pa. Three men died instantly. one survivor named John Scott escaped with scratches. Scott knew only Arthur Cavebaugh among the deceased. All were well dressed. one wore fine kid gloves. Officials remain reticent amid mystery.
Reports of depredations by tramps spread through Kansas railroads as freight crews report frequent trouble and threats. Tramps visit Governor Lewelling seeking money for food, and the governor declines further aid due to the burden.
In Galena Kansas on December 25 Joseph Belson and George Lake two veteran miners were working at the head of a drift connected to a pump shaft when water from an adjacent drift surged into the shaft flooding above the drift mouth. Both men are believed drowned with bodies not yet recovered and divers expect days to lower the water to recover them.
New Orleans reports that 11-year-old H Ray Shubert, son of the railroad foreman, was killed when dynamite exploded after he sat on a box by a railway track at Bellair plantation. Investigators found a large quantity of dynamite in the box.
Miss Frances Ewing daughter of Judge Ewing and niece of Vice President Stevenson married Bayliss Beecher a Memphis banker at St Peters church Baltimore. Ceremony by Rev F W Clampitt assisted by Bishop Paret. Bride given away by her uncle Vice President Stevenson. Maid of honor was Julia Stevenson. Attendees included Vice President and Mrs Stevenson Miss Julia Stevenson Mary Lettie Stevenson Mrs Scott Scott Wendling and others from Washington and Baltimore.
A Birmingham report to the Republic states a boiler at W C Nichols saw mill on the Tennessee River exploded. Engineer Benjamin Thomas and Fireman Amos Banks were killed instantly. Three laborers were said to be fatally wounded, names not yet known.
Government receipts through December total about 21.05 million while expenditures reach 26.243 million. Pensions account for 11.969 million of the outlays, signaling a monthly deficit between 6 and 7 million and a half year shortfall near 36 to 87 million dollars.
The Mariposa reached San Francisco from Honolulu, reporting the queen’s deposition as a dead issue and the provisional government still in place. The revenue cutter Corwin arrived with dispatches for Willis, and a naval officer said royalists have little chance to act.
Ex-President Harrison spoke at the thirteenth annual New England Society of Pennsylvania festival in Philadelphia. Leaders from oratory, literature, politics, and journalism attended a reception at the Continental hotel before the banquet where he delivered a felicitous address on the toast The President of the United States.
Denver dispatch reports the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe hauled Parson Az zle 1000 jack rabbits from Lamar at no charge. A special car carried the rabbits which were killed in a grand hunt. Half go to Denver and half to Pueblo for distribution to poor families.
New York exposes first hint of fraud at the suspended St Nicholas bank as an audit reveals a $42000 shortage in pay ing teller Lewis A Hill's accounts. Hill has been arrested amid the startling deficit discovery.
Mrs. Ann Stemson of Hancock New York died at age 106. Relatives attending the funeral discovered her true age from the family Bible listing birth and marriage dates in the record.
Fire in Kittaning Pennsylvania destroyed the stables at Keystone Stock farm owned by Bowser Bros Manor Township. Twenty two horses perished in the blaze some considered among the finest stock in the state.
Washington reports show Senator Barry of Arkansas backing repeal of election laws while Peffer pushes relief funding totaling 263 million dollars in silver. The House tightens pension hearings and approves travel and office expenses amid filibuster attempts. A holiday recess to Jan 3 is set by both chambers with minimal business conducted thereafter.
The canvass shows John P. Hopkins beating George B. Swift by 1 118 votes in the mayoral race. Swift picked up 28 votes on recount. affidavits of fraud from Republicans and warrants for police intimidation filed by Democrats against Lt Shippy and two other officers.
Detroit December 25 report that the Detroit Lansing and Northern and West Michigan railroads will resume the old wage scale January 1 after last August cuts. The general manager cites weak business but hopes higher labor zeal and increased activity will sustain the raise.
In Bennington Vermont on December 25 a string of fires destroyed The National Bank Hamilton's clothing store Estabrook's opera house and the Carpenter house and block in Manchester. Loss estimated at $100,000 with partial insurance coverage.
In Charlotte Michigan on December 22 Hon Hugh McCurdy grand master of the Knight Templars United States wed Miss Emma J Goodrich of Charlotte. The ceremony took place in the city with McCurdy a prominent Corunna figure.
A long roster lists Mrs Delia Sloan in Wooster Ohio and many prominent figures including General Datus E Coon in San Diego California ex mayor Andrew Lynch of Ottawa Illinois officer H O Cassel in Jacksonville Illinois businessman Harry Kariner of Champaign Illinois steamboat pioneer Paul Kerz Rev J B Cawley La Porte Indiana Colonel E Harrison Cawker Milwaukee George Magone New York publisher Daniel Sinclair ex consul J W Love Berlin editor Guttman Boston Rev W J Porter London Rt Hon Edward Stanhope London Sir George Elliott London Captain Charles Johnson Washington W L Ogden Chicago Deacon Albert Arms Kendall Michigan.
Joe Jefferson announced a temporary stage retirement after his Detroit lecture next month. Vienna reports Mgr Satolli named archbishop of Bologna. Delia Sloane, daughter of a former U S treasurer, died after clerical service in Washington. Ex-postmaster Chris Hanson of Poplar, Tenn., jailed for post office robbery in San Francisco.
The article reports on a new anti Tammany Democratic organization in New York led by ex Secretary Fairchild. It notes large speculative losses by Montreal buyers in Chicago and New York totaling over ten million dollars in a year. It mentions Bishop Wigner’s defiance of an order and a call for papal authority decisions affecting U S bishops. It also covers crimes in Mexico, a Duluth fire at Mason flats causing a hundred thousand dollar loss, and the bankruptcy of Schwartz and Graft of Philadelphia with liabilities 275000 and assets 800000. It ends with a wolf hunt near Anoka Minnesota where four wolves were killed and about twenty remaining at large.
W J Foust Thornton assis t postmaster arrested for embezzling 750. A B Angers Dominion minister of agriculture sues Ernest Pacaud for libel seeking 225000. Carl North Pierce county found guilty of embezzling 8000. Goodrich Chicago indicted for murder of Mrs Crow. William Dipple Detroit killed by freight in Newport. Detroit bonds bid up to 5 percent premium totaling 40005. Porte reinforces Turkish troops at Yusgat after riots. Baby of Mrs Dunsavage dies in Wilkes Barre court. Hundreds of Chinese crossing the Rio Grande into the United States.
John O Rourke killed by Panhandle freight train in Marion Indiana. Three fatal shootings in a week near Macon Georgia. Marvel Pollard run over by Chicago Burlington and Quincy train near Lewiston Illinois. George Alford arrested in Fairbury Illinois for forgery involving 1000 bushels corn. Rain at Yankton South Dakota for fifteen hours then freezing. J H Walkup fatally shot Henry Lewis near Fremont Nebraska after quarrel over straw. Abraham Smith missing from Lewis ton Illinois since Oct 30. Mansel Mitchell murdered at Ursito Landing Davis Bend by Willis Green who had blocked cotton shipment.
Dr W M Bair, medical director of Chicago Dispensaries, advertises free consultations in German or English for private and chronic diseases from offices on Clark Street and Fairfield. He promises location of diseases without questions and home examinations if unable to visit, with treatment available nationwide. References listed include several firms and bankers.
The Atlantic will feature a Philip and his Wife serial by Margaret Deland with contributions from Deland, Jewett, Catherwood, Harris, and Wivesin plus papers by Mahan Bancroft McMaster Shaler and Scudder. Florida Utah Canada nature sketches by Thomas Torrey Bolles Miller. Special attention to dramatic criticism. Subscriptions $4 yearly. portraits of Whitman Lowell Hawthorne Emerson Longfellow Bryant Holmes $5 each additional $1. Remittances by money order draft or registered letter to Houghton Mifflin & Company.
Good pay for honest workers Beginners taught 900 new outfits ready cost four years time and thousands of dollars worth all they cost the finest ever used We sell direct through our own salesmen No middle men No Tree Dealers Stark Bros Nurseries and Orchards Co Rockport Illinois
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