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Newspaper
Friendship Weekly Register
Location
Friendship, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1889
Page
3
The Register notes England has 3,500,000,000 invested in railways and that a new Arctic expedition is organized. It reports English residents in New York doubt the Crown’s longevity beyond the Prince of Wales, while clergymen in Cincinnati largely oppose children sermon projects. It adds many British officers train as interpreters, Russians prominent, and quotes the New York Voice calling Cuba a plague spot threatening the region.
Siam has for the first time issued paper money in denominations of one five and ten taels, each tael equaling sixty cents of American money. The new currency marks a historical shift in the country’s monetary system and may affect trade and pricing in the region.
The record shows daily interests reaching 3 billion dollars while the nation’s total banking capital is about 971 million. This highlights a stark gap between daily credit activity and the size of bankable capital in the country.
In early 1889 the city saw 1500 new joint-stock companies formed and registered, with total capital of 575 million dollars.
Charles M. Reed of Erie proposes paying off the city debt totaling 1.1 million dollars in exchange for control of the water works. Revenue from the water service last year was about 874 thousand dollars.
The Chicago Sun reports a rapid surge of brick works lumber yards foundries saw mills flour and grist mills and planning mills rising across the South. The revival is described as almost alarming never seen before in the region.
The Angelus by Millet, purchased in Paris by an American, will cost 150969 dollars after duty. The painting measures 221 inches by 25 inches and implies a cost of 3500 dollars per square inch.
The Charleston News and Courier notes watermelon could supply syrup alongside sugar cane and beets. It finds watermelon syrup tastes excellent and comments on colleges receiving gifts totaling 3 million dollars while Yale Harvard and Columbia face large funding gaps, with Yale needing 2 million, Harvard similar, and Columbia about 6 million.
The Pether fdoyd notes that strikes occur where labor is well paid in France Boglandt and the United Austrians. A postage stamp factory in New York is transferring to Philadelphia after Charles F Breele submitted the lowest bid. The plant will employ about two hundred workers with an annual output near 140 million sheets.
Reports from the War Department test the knapsack burden transfer device with 80 favorable outcomes prompting a two thousand unit production order. European liners seek to curb passenger gambling as rules tighten at sea, while a Boston paper jokes about probability and tells of a duck catching tomcat that misjudged a greenhead drake.
The six day session of the International Workers Congress in Paris drew 491 delegates from France plus representatives from America and several European countries. The gathering debated eight hour workday, child labor bans, international labor laws, and proposed an International Correspondence Bureau.
The article describes a grand naval review at Spithead in honor of the German Emperor William II. It notes three five mile lines of battleships, the imperial yacht Hohenzollern and escort vessels, and salutes as the fleet passes. It mentions attendees including diplomats, Lords, MPs, press, and city representatives, plus elaborate ceremonies aboard.
A chaotic 1888 era summary reports James Quinn’s fatal axe blow in Coxsackie and a Pennsylvanian mining blast death. It notes Boston wool firm Brown Steese Clark collapse, the Fort E end and Grand Street Railroad forgery case, and Harrison’s Bar Harbor visit with Blaine. Also mentions Miss Mary CushMax elected Tax Collector and a Syracuse collision near Columbus, Indiana.
Secretary Winpow orders all government bonds bought since July 1 directed to the sinking fund until the current year’s requirements of about 47 million dollars are met with 3.963 million already applied. War Department to stop paying excess telegraph bills per Postmaster General guidance. Acting General Land Commissioner Stowe reports 425,016 acres certified to railroad grants for the year ending June 30, 1889, a decrease of 404,110 acres. Railway mail mileage rose by 6,340 miles in fiscal 1889, led by Nebraska Alabama Kansas and Kentucky. Francis MESERVE appointed superintendent of Haskell Indian Institute at Lawrence Kansas. Secretary Nosle asks War Department to prevent intrusions on the Sioux Reservation amid settler rush expectations.
The British House of Commons passed the Royal Grants bill authorizing Victoria to receive additional funds she requested. Reports note major rains in Japan with districts like Anisgi and Huta suffering widespread destruction and fatalities. A violent riot in Siam killed hundreds of Chinese coolies, while a Pacific fleet responded to a seizure at Behring Sea. Meantime, General Philippovic of Bosnia died in Prague. Privy Councilor Kruger was arrested in Berlin amid navy corruption probes. Crete tensions rose with Moslems arming, and a clash at Heraclion left many dead and wounded. Twenty prisoners were killed in a revolt at San Juanillo, Mexico, and Mrs Maybrick was found guilty of murder in London. William of Germany reviewed 30,000 troops at Aldershot as Emin Pacha neared Zanzibar with ivory. Governor Bou Lancer’s Paris trial loomed, and Italian statesman Siegor Brenenetto Carol is dead.
In Mount Sterling Kentucky a dispatch reports James Combs Jesse Barnett and Charles Wall were arrested on suspicion of murdering John A Rose ten days earlier in Powell County. Combs confessed and Barnett followed. He says Goodloe Combs deputy sheriff and cousin to James Combs hired them to kill Rose and promised pistols and 500 dollars each. Hall brother of Rose allegedly connected to the money.
News item catalogs scattered updates on teams selling players and releasing personnel, with remarks on Wilkes-Barre, Chicago, Kansas City, and Philadelphia. It highlights pitchers Keefe Haddock and Ferson, releases of Esterbrook and Geiss, and notes on leaders like Derxy and May.
A blaze destroyed Spokane Falls wiping out about twenty five blocks and causing an estimated loss of fourteen million dollars. The fire began at a lodging house on Railroad Avenue at 7 p.m. and spread rapidly as winds rose. Firefighters struggled with limited water pressure and fuel shortages while the city council organized relief. Charles Davis died from burns after leaping from an Arlington hotel window. the disaster left only the Crescent block standing in the central business district and prompted militia deployment and access restrictions for residents.
The President announced appointments including Edward Hobart of New Mexico as Sart 5 T New Mexico. Joseph Clars of Maine named Pension Agent in Augusta. Calvin Townsend of Michigan named Principal Clerk Public Lands. Isaac Conwell of Indiana Principal Clerk Private Land Claims. Barris of Massachusetts Commissioner of Education. Hart of Indiana Third Auditor Treasury. Hankin of Pennsylvania Deputy Auditor Treasury for Post Office. Kibkey to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Territory of Arizona. Jolly of Kentucky Attorney United States for district of Kentucky. Grant of Louisiana United States Attorney for eastern district. Williams of Florida Marshal for southern district. Walter Johnson of Georgia Collector Internal Revenue district of Georgia. Webster of South Carolina Collector Internal Revenue district of South Carolina. Benedict of Vermont Collector Customs district of Vermont. Hebing of New York Collector Customs district of New York. Wimbish of Georgia Surveyor of Customs port of Atlanta. Patty of Louisiana Naval Officer of Customs district of New Orleans. Ingle Supervising Inspector of Steam Vessels Sixth District Louisville. An invention using electricity to discharge cartridges is noted for its potential military impact. The Legislative Assembly of New South Wales passed a bill establishing yearly salaries for members.
On a riverfront at East Buffalo New York the yacht Cedar Ridge owned by L E Crocker caught fire after two explosions as the boiler was heated with naptha. Ethel Lamay Crocker and Howard Crocker died aboard and the boy Crocker burned. Carpenter John Rugentstein perished clinging to a rafter, leaving a widow and five children. Crocker, superintendent of the New York Central stock yields, is father to the three children killed.
A failed uprising in Honolulu led by two half white Hawaiians Wilcox and Boyd with 230 rioters. They attacked the royal palace at dawn, fought with rifles and field pieces, and surrendered after a dynamite bomb attack. Seven rebels were killed and twelve wounded. letters implicate 800 natives and whites.
A syndicate of Dakota capitalists including a dozen Bismarck and Grand Forks residents has formed to drill a canal reclaiming about 5,000 acres in North Dakota. The proposed route from the Missouri river near Bincare to Traverse and High Stone Lake would cross both Dakotas, provide irrigation, lift land values, and possibly extend to St. Paul Minneapolis and beyond. Estimated cost is 4,000,900 dollars.
Reports detail sharp declines in debts and unions while crises spread from Persia to Palestine. Iran trade terms wobble, Indian church membership rises, and Canada’s debt nears 285 million dollars. Weather, crops, floods, crimes, iron mining, and heat waves dominate daily dispatches.
A chaotic jumble reports disasters and crimes from Johnstown to Pittsburg and Greensburg. Explosions, drownings, murders and legal shifts span Ohio Pennsylvania Oregon Montana and beyond with officials, police and governors contending with rising tensions and unsettling events.
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