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Newspaper
Friendship Weekly Register
Location
Friendship, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1889
Page
1
A miscellany of reform talks and global curiosities reports on censuses voting rules and educational tests in Massachusetts, telephones in Honolulu, a planned London Crystal Palace exhibition, Pacific island speculation, doctor shortages in Tu, and a London shipyard forecast. It also notes shifts in fashion for armaments and a blackmail industry.
Editorial remarks on battles near a besieged Sudan town during the Mahdi conflict. Hundreds reportedly lost as uncertainty remains over the town’s fate and exact name, with readers unsure if it is Suskim or Spakin.
The 1485 echoef census shows state population rising from 789,676 to 824,070 by July, a gain of 34,509. Cook County gains 53,217, while the state outside Cook loses 28,017, indicating a population decline in the seat of the state as urban areas shrink and rural areas grow.
A reporter argues that Samoa's three years of happiness have ended with the king in exile and civil war, blaming Germany as the chief disruptor and criticizing Britain and the United States for unclear motives in the name of civilization and Christianity.
The Agriculture Department plans sending a writer to Chicago to document methods for preparing beef and pork for export and home use. The work will be issued as pamphlets at the Paris Exposition to attract European demand for American meat. Arbor Day in Nebraska spurred forest planting near 2 million acres and forest products value. The piece notes Oxford and Cambridge face funding woes while American learning prospers. A new Washington bootblack job is cited, with a Minneapolis boy impersonating a White House aide.
A chaotic dispatch details tensions in Samoa between factions led by Matsatsami Tameseo and others backed by German forces. A San Francisco arrival from Apot reports German moves and American casualties, while U S authorities monitor German actions and advise on consular responses. The Vandalsis steamer carries troops as the U S attempts to stabilize the region amid reports of clashes and shifts in authority.
The item lists a string of terse, fragmented reports across cities and nations. It mentions deaths in Danbury and Wetster Massachusetts, a Franklin anniversary dinner in New York, political indictments in Parkersburg, naval movements to Samoa, a Panama Canal debate, weather contrasts, and notable deaths in Europe and Canada.
Delaware legislatures elected Anthony Higgins of Wilmington to the United States Senate on the forty third ballot with sixteen votes. Higgins, son of Anthony M. Higgins of Red Lion Hundred, born in Red Lion Hundred, New Castle County, previously practiced law and served as attorney general of the state and as a Republican leader.
The Sarabat Valley in Asia Minor suffered extensive damage as an earthquake destroyed hundreds of houses. In Paris a campaign meeting turned violent with sticks and injuries amid cheers for General Boulanger.
U.S. Marshal Johnson led six prisoners from Granny Texas to a Weatherford jail as mob violence erupted. Four Marlows were killed or wounded during clashes with guards and bystanders, with two prisoners逃scaping, and the mob chasing them amid gunfire and arrest attempts.
The Pekin imperial palace burned for three days with vast destruction. The audience hall treasury and offices were destroyed while the Emperor and Empress Mother were moved to a fortress. The wedding preparations are postponed due to the disaster. The loss surpasses the English summer palace fire.
The House approved a bill to admit North Dakota South Dakota Montana and New Mexico with a vote of 4 to 3. the measure sets dates and conditions including state constitutions and presidential submission. The text outlines voter referendums for states and projections about the admission process and timing.
An aging furnace at the Oxford Tron Works is being torn down and moved toward a modern upgrade. The facility, erected over a century ago in New Jersey, supported local manufacturing and service during earlier eras.
A Panama Canal Company statement announces the assumption of a deputy position on January 4. Details are limited in the fragment, but the notice confirms a change in staffing or duties within the organization.
Reported lynchings depict a farmer, his son in law, and several others hanged by a mob after a planned murder and robbery scheme in Tennessee and nearby areas. Details describe arrests, accusations, and the swift vigilante action that ended in hangings.
Report describes the destruction of the German mission station at Tugu, fifteen miles west of Dar es Salaam. Eight missionaries massacred, one survivor, bodies mutilated. Arabs and slave traders rise in strength with Kilwa and Lindi links. Also notes 57 hangings in the United States last year.
The Senate continued discussion on the Tariff bill with amendments to the Un piste paragraph and a focus on a proposed bounty for sugar from beets sorghum and sugar cane grown in the United States. Key speakers included Reagan Mitchell Teller and Dawes while party lines held on the supratinty amendment. The finance committee's duty adjustments and other related measures were debated as Governor Swineford reported on the Alaska Commercial Company operations. A separate measure sought submersible patrol boats and actions on Lower California negotiations were noted amid calendar moves and procedural votes.
Mas Lasorny chronicles her life while Enwis Booth is valued at 10G. Italian opera wanes in this country as free press reports mix musical and dramatic gossip from London Madrid Antwerp and Budapest. John Lester Wallack’s widow Emily Mary Wallack named executrix. Worcester forbids a female whistle at a Sunday concert. Nat Goopwis declines largest American actor salary. New York Casino Company contemplates replacement of Francis Wilson.
Readable fragments report diverse topics from France wheat and California culture to Cincinnati crime, Berlin tram cars, American copper, and poultry yields. Mentions Nebraska, New York bankers, Massachusetts affairs, and Estonian hide imports. Contains scattered dates and place names with no clear single event.
Over the past year Brooklyn recorded 16 01 deaths, up 3 from the year before, giving an annual death rate of 22.7 per 1100 residents. Causes included phthisis 2056 1, mania 163, cholera infantum 1124, diphtheria 584. Births reached 12 600 and marriages 760, indicating broader demographic changes.
Elaborate preparations for the inaugural ball at the Pension Building in Washington are described with lavish floral garlands, drum-like globes, and a Ship of States centerpiece. The decor includes laurel, smilax, tropical plants, and elaborate gas fixtures.
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