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Newspaper
Friendship Weekly Register
Location
Friendship, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1889
Page
1
The Register notes the U S population around 64,000,000 and cites a Belgian expulsion of British firms from South American wire fencing. The New York Tribune jests about the Elixir of Life as a substitute for capital punishment. It estimates nearly 200,000 Americans wear artificial limbs, per a leading manufacturer.
Of 247 Indian students sent home from Hampton Virginia in ten years only seventeen are living strictly as before. A planned seven mile railway line continues with four miles fully underground while the rest runs through cuttings and viaducts, following Lon Fosssas example of near build and under civilization.
A writer in The Railway Age predicts the Chicago to New York time, currently twenty four hours, will be reduced to ten hours. The report notes a Chicago limited train attaining fifty six miles an hour and sustaining it for a long stretch.
In England armorial bearings have long been taxed and M. Borie, a French Boulangist deputy, has introduced a bill to tax coats of arms and titles of nobility. The funds would be used to provide pensions for aged and infirm agricultural laborers.
A University of California professor asserts he has discovered a tanning method making leather nearly indestructible. With the U S spending about 800 million yearly on shoe leather, the news is intriguing though it may trouble boot and shoe manufacturers who fear unlimited wear.
England and France improve harvests over last year while Germany Italy and Spain expect average grain yields. Russia and Hungary forecast exportable grain as India reports a small crop and Australia imports wheat. United States anticipates a bountiful harvest in 1889 and a strong foreign market for surplus breadstuffs.
In 1887 New York hotel men formed a protective association led by president W D Garrison to shield guests from sneak thieves and deadbeat guests. The Astor House once paid fourteen gold watches in a raid before the group formed, but raids ceased and no watches were lost last year. The piece shifts to broader notes on government, English reforms, and Egyptian irrigation boosting prosperity and Nile river conditions.
An article cited in a Frn/ notes rapid rise of foreign residents in New England towns and cities. French Canadian families form a significant fraction, bringing the French language and culture into the local ports such as Manchester New Hampshire, where French speech remains strong though native populations thin.
A severe mine blaze in the Delaware and Hudson No 2 colliery at Olyphant near Scranton threatens large portions of anthracite. Gas and gas blasts complicate efforts as crews dig through 1 1/2 feet to reach water lines and cool the fire while risking deadly gas buildup.
Celia Jockner a nineteen year old German girl living with her widowed father on East Fourteenth Street died at Bellevue Hospital New York after taking Paris green in a personal crisis. She worked as a book binder in Williamsburg and received many visitors at night. Her father Joseph Jockner awoke to her groans. Dr Speiger and later Dr Williams treated her with a stomach pump but she died saying That is my secret and it will die with me.
Chief Bell reports Secret Service arrest of George W Williams and James H Clark at Alexander Station Kentucky for dealing in and making counterfeit silver dollars. A large quantity of counterfeit money and materials found. Williams a former riverboat operator with a plan to pass coins via Indiana partners Kull and Maxfield. Eighty one counterfeit jars recovered. Clark works as a trackman for Kentucky Central Railroad. Williams slipped and had a history of hiding and evading authorities.
In Malad City Idaho two young ranch partners Abraham Likes and Jude Springs quarrel over a woman Jennie Prants. A brookside duel ends with Springs fatally shooting Likes and both men dying shortly after. Elsewhere near Clinton Constable Robert Whitaker and deputies pursue Arthur Marley amid a Yazoo County murder warrant, Marley and York resisting with Winchester fire. Baker is wounded and York shot in the back before killer Marty flees to Jackson and surrenders.
A fragmentary report describes an accident at Bear Bar Russia injuring the Shah of Persialai when an embankment collapsed. The carriage toppled, causing injuries to the ruler and a companion, with repercussions on the journey.
Two fishermen from Lake Mestigan, Jon and Charles Blue, were among a trio involved in a sudden accident near Chivore. A later ceremony awarded Brocher for bravery as at least one drowned, though details remain unclear.
In Minneapolis representatives from national commercial bodies adopt a draft National Bank ruptcy Law for Congress. The measure establishes district court jurisdiction, appoints a referee to speed proceedings, and requires creditors with open accounts over sixty days to seek bankruptcy. Fraud prohibited. valid liens and good faith retained before division of estate.
The Alaska Fur Company delivered about one million sealskins, the year's catch, to England. Forty car loads passed Cheyenne recently via the Union Pacific, moving east from San Francisco. The total consignment is described as the entire year's catch, with a payment or agreement set for eighteen days from San Francisco.
Eastern and Middle States report shocks at a switchboard incident in New York City. Parades mark Lanon-Da and emigration to New York rises to 222,058 in eight months. Abolitionist reunion planned in Tremont Temple, Boston, September 23. Towns Naahoura and Sandwich celebrate 250th anniversaries. Goopae elected AAAS President. Pennsylvania Dems nominate Edward A. Bigler for State Treasurer. Massachusetts Prohibitionists name a full ticket led by John Blackman. General Leprime arrives in New York aboard Ward Ling steamer Manhattan. Old Log College anniversary features Harrison and Wanamaker. Boston sees over 200 longshoremen idle due to London strike.
A notorious live highwayman named Remounp HouzHay, who terrorized Northern Wisconsin by robbing trains stagecoaches and pedestrians, has been captured. He killed a stage passenger during a recent robbery and is 22, allegedly turned to crime from dime novels.
Reconstruction of a railroad through the Swin Emush Indian Reservation in Washington faces legal contention as authorities act without lawful authority. The piece lists political appointees and official shifts across federal posts, including district attorney appointments, and notes national finance figures with August receipts and expenditures. It also mentions a plan to station cavalry at Fort Sill to avert a Yiowa medicine dance and lists diplomatic and statutory appointments for 1925.
The report describes a tumultuous scene in England over a Catholic oath at Harbor pies and John Newton, a low mood affecting economy, and calls for compensation for seized vessels, protection in future actions, and swift settlement of a Behring Sea dispute amid shock of an earthquake.
The Federal Council of Switzerland condemns an illegal advance against five American citizens by Bern police and vows measures to prevent recurrence. Heavy floods devastate Tetevala Morelos and Tlacalula Selene. a bridge is swept away and fires erupt. A clash near Svakim between tribes and Dervishes ends in rout and slaughter. Trades Union Congress in Dundee hears an eight hour motion with 30,629 for and 69,883 against. A London dock striker is assaulted while obstructing loading of steamers. Behring Sea seals arrive at Victoria with 5500 fur skins. Ottawa cabinet discusses imperial non interference in Behring Sea.
A collage of brief biographical notes on figures from politics, science, and society. Includes Col onel North the nitrate king, yacht designer Epwamp Burcess of Boston, Edison at the Paris Exposition, and Queen Victoria with Kaiser Wilhelm, along with snippets on Gladstone’s missing fingers, Dickens, Parnell’s mother, and various judges and public figures.
A mixed 1890s style roundup reports a proposed Dyoxo trust, a booming cotton crop forecast for the American South, crowded Adirondack resorts, and the potato bug's emergence. Fever spreads in London, wartime crop notes and ice house fires in Indiana. Stagecoaches robbed in California and large celery profits in Kalama indicate frontier commerce. Petroleum flows in Baku vs US output, London murder prosecutions, vast amounts of human hair imported to France, and Texas business schemes near Galveston. A new Charleston Union Iron Works cruiser is mentioned amid general press chatter.
A massive explosion at the Corinleian cartridge factory near Antwerp sparked a fire that raged across two acres, destroying docks and petroleum stores and killing hundreds. Some 800 died and about 1000 were wounded as flames reached ships and warehouses while troops and volunteers battled the blaze. King Leopold sent sympathy as public anger grew that work continued despite prior condemnation.
The article surveys league standings and star players, noting Boston and New York series results, key hitters like Ryan Glasscock and Tiernan with 100 runs, and Cleveland's trial of losing three straight to one club. It covers attendance figures, umpire scheduling, and a Chicago injury incident to a pitcher named NeNertley.
A long list of late 19th century items includes a Boston treasurer’s embezzlement, New York Prohibitionists nominating a full state ticket headed by Jessa H. Griffin for Secretary of State, and a range of calamities from railroad accidents in Webster Pennsylvania to a cow struck near McKeesport. Reports cover notable deaths, political shifts, and disasters across cities including Hartsville Pennsylvania, Bethleham, Bourbon Indiana, and Antwerp Belgium with casualties and legal actions outlined. The aggregation reflects the era’s crime, public notices, and industrial accidents.
Carlisle D Graham, a young cooper, rode a barrel over Niagara Falls at about 7 A.M. with about fifty spectators watching. The barrel passed 200 feet from shore, swung into eddies, and was retrieved by Elmer Jones who pulled it to rocks. Graham, exhausted, was carried to his hotel for recovery and vowed not to return to the falls, though he refused to reveal his future plans.
A Greenwood sourced report describes a white suppression of a colored uprising in Leflore County Mississippi. Twenty two men killed as insurrectionists resist, leaders Joy and Oliver Cromwell captured. violence spreads to homes, stores, and farms. state figures and acts of retaliation cited alongside fear and mass desertions among laborers.
Fire at John Blanks saloon and lodging on Cottage Grove avenue raged around 1 am. Fifteen boarders on the second floor were awakened, some leaped from windows, others were carried to safety by firefighters. Blanks and family escaped. Blanks's mother was rescued by a police officer. Damages estimated about 8000 dollars.
An excursion train bound for Burlington collided with a stock train north of Middlebury. Eleven cars piled in a thirty five foot heap, ten or twelve stock cars wrecked, hogs killed. Engineer Emery, Pass Conductor Hiram Blodgett, and Fireman W Allen died. five others badly hurt.
A global survey notes rising union activity in labor, trade co operatives expand in Britain, new mills rise in Virginia, and Europe debates working hours. It cites the American Flint Glass Workers income, widespread carpentry unions, Irish and Italian labor ties, and Berlin and London wage reforms amid rapid urban growth.
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