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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1890
Page
2
Roswell P. Flower criticizes Republican tariff aims as protectionist and nearly prohibitory. A New York exchange describes Russian influenza symptoms including head pains vertigo chills nausea fever and coughing. cases mild but very uncomfortable with high fevers especially in infants.
A Atlanta bride elect visits shops to mark desired gifts and urges friends to buy them, avoiding duplicates. A land company led by Clinton Fisk buys 300000 acres in East Tennessee to build a manufacturing valley and health resort with absolute title prohibitions. A wealthier man questions death as he wills his home to wife and child, realizing too late there is no home beyond the grave. The house committee plans a clerk for every member of the House, despite past opposition. Mr Shaw notes support but blocks the bill.
The bureau spent about 72 million dollars for all purposes last year. The government total outlay was 267 million dollars. Funds spent on pensioners accounted for over thirty percent of the total federal expenditures.
Speaker Carlisle critiques American farmers facing heavy taxes and debt while protected industries grow rich. He argues protection has boosted farmers’ costs and urges relief to allow investment in land and education, noting Senator Cullom’s praise of protection’s benefits.
A bill before the senate committee on pensions would allow claimants whose U S pension applications were rejected by the secretary of the interior on appeal to file in federal district court for trial by jury. The measure enables the claimant or legal representative to present all evidence and documents from prior proceedings for use in district court.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin telegraphic canvass shows total wool on dealers' hands rising to 70,000,000 pounds domestic plus 15,000,000 foreign, up from 50,000,000 and 17,000,000 respectively last year. New York and Philadelphia stocks are down, Boston up 11,000,000 domestic, with smaller markets following. Imports of clothing wool abroad decline about 75 percent. LA GRIPPE review from the Lancet details incubation of two days, symptoms including fever to 105, types neurotic catarrhal and gastric, with complications such as herpes, erythema, roseola, urticaria, meningitic irritation and pneumonia cited. relapses after five to seven days noted.
A tunnel cave-in in the Hudson river tunnel yesterday trapped Christopher Nelson of Hoboken in an air lock while thirty men worked on an archway. He was severely injured and cannot recover as several tons of mud buried the area. Workmen delayed reentering the tunnel for hours before rescue attempts began.
A Washington special condemns the upper house as dominated by the wealthy, noting many new senators are multimillionaires who influence patronage and policy. It cites Dan Cameron, Farwell, Hale, Squire, Stanford, Payne, Plumb, Sawyer, and others as examples, arguing money drives elections and debates. It discusses the mix of brains and wealth and questions the Senate’s usefulness and integrity.
A New Year report notes Dom Pedro’s property confiscated by the Pro Vision administration. Values include silverware and jewelry totaling about £300,000 plus $1.0 million in empress and crown jewels, palace furniture, and coaches. About 100 palace cottages for paupers are listed with undetermined value. All royal silverware and jewels moved to Rio public treasury.
Reports describe a massive landslide ripping down a mountain side near Butte causing seven deaths among residents and visitors. Several homes and a church were destroyed, with ongoing fears of another massive snowbank failing and worsening the disaster.
In southern Illinois Duquoin faced an extreme storm as the new year arrived. An electrified wind and heavy rain swept through the town, toppling fences and signs, damaging property, and delaying trains. Fire alarm scares spurred further panic among residents as the storm raged for two hours.
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