28 Feb 1889
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Newspaper
Geneseo News
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1889
Page
4
A brief note highlights the latest intelligence received from distant lands and homefront updates. It promises dreamlike, comprehensive news gathered from every quarter of the globe and headline-worthy developments around the world.
The weekly trade review from Tt. G. Dan & Co notes little improvement, with interior reports showing quiet or weak trade. Clearing house gains contrast with rising failures, while earnings dip due to losses across Northwestern railroads and a glut in production despite rising January consumption.
The Northern Central train derailed after a broken rail near Ralston and Roaring Branch Pennsylvania. The rear coach plunged 20 feet into a stream on a sharp curve. All occupants were injured. Listed injured include Conductor William Dale Elmira and several others from Elmira Philadelphia Osnton Watkins New York Williamsport Woodstock Canada.
Eight men suffered severe burns in a natural gas explosion at the Lake Erie works in Cleveland. The workers, driven from the tunnel, were returning down an eighty five foot shaft when the blast hurled them and the cage to the surface. Injured include James Welch Philipacy Emerson Smith Gus Hester William Longstreet John McTigue Patrick MacNulty and John English.
Joseph H. Lexgant serves as supreme receiver of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and dies at his Meadville Pennsylvania home from congestion of the lungs. A pioneer of the order since 1872, Lexgant leaves a legacy in the fraternal community.
The Civil Court and the Tribunal of Commerce dispute jurisdiction over the Panama Canal Company and refer the matter to the Appeal Court. The menantimo proceedings seek determination of which body may annul or uphold actions under their authority.
The Senate and House pass and concur amendments on a treaty with the Creek Nation of Indians for removal and settlement of lands ceded to the United States. They address appropriations, census timing, and staff pay while memorials for James N. Tunes are read before adjournment.
Fragmented report references a wedding in Milwaukee with a Jewish faith context and a church figure, a separate note on a Stevens Point murder case where the Carrans receive a venue change to Waupaca County, plus a brief line about the National Electric Light Association.
The Chicago meeting adjourned after electing officers for the year. Ed ward R. Weeks heads the association with A J De Camp as first vice president. A grand San Diego flume celebration featured a 50 mile route from Cuyamaca Mountain with 9000000 feet of lumber and nine thousand bridges. Montana signs a gambling bill banning most games of chance. A Columbus Indiana man is jailed for stealing thirty five cents worth of meat, and Topeka fire damages a five story building belonging to George W Crane Publishing Company with losses around 250000 dollars and insured for 6300000.
After a partisan roll call in Charleston John E Kenna Democrat wins re election to the United States Senate with forty six votes The 61 year old former Confederate Army veteran born in Virginia has held national office across multiple Congresses and now returns to the Senate seated in 1900.
Indictment arrest in Newark surrounds C H and D Road under Ives Stayner. Hartford furnishes a catastrophe as Park Central Hotel boiler explodes. Building collapses, dozens killed or missing, including hotel proprietor wife and several guests. rescue dashes amid rain and steam as bodies and survivors are recovered.
A cyclone in Banka County wrecked Ibomnas Jerengon and Stevenson’s houses, killing Stevenson and a companion who were hurled into a tree. The rest of the family suffered serious injuries. William Meadows’s house near Py was demolished and his wife killed. Twelve others died from falling timbers at Nicholson. about four dozen houses were destroyed. In Clermont Millie Maryland excitement rose over a mistaken Catholic wedding between Inez September Mins Hannah and Catherine Beall. both women reportedly disappeared after the priest misread the Calder woman’s gender. Seven inches of snow fell in Atlanta district. Hoov es noted in Austin, Texas.
Reports from Chicago show over 300 present at the National Tariff Reform meeting as Democrats gain seats in the next House. Certificates for many members arrive in Washington, with Virginia and Tennessee Republicans among missing names. A Democratic gain in West Virginia and potential shifts from the planned admission of North and South Dakota Montana. President Cleveland retires to the House with a message on Des Moines river lands relief. Kansas House approves alien land holding bill tied to intent of citizenship and six year requirement.
A conference report outlines a bill admitting Washington, North Dakota, and South Dakota to statehood with division along the 47th parallel. Delegates to conventions elected May 1 meet July 4, and voters decide on constitutions for each state and for the Sioux Falls area. The measure sets representation in Congress and process for admittion by presidential proclamation if the constitutions are ratified.
The article reviews Senate and House actions on diverse measures during mid April including sundry civil and post office funding, lighthouse appropriations, statues for Sheridan and Logan, and bridges for Leavenworth and Missouri River. It notes nominations debates and a pending executive session, with discussion of territorial and public land bills and a centennial celebration planning.
The readable fragment hints at a named person and an event but lacks clear context or legible details to identify place date or outcome. Entities are unreadable, making precise summary impossible from the fragment.
Illinois lawmakers advanced and amended a raft of bills including a four year term for the Commission of Claims, tightened coroner and pharmacy provisions, and rules for stockyard charges. The House moved a drainage bill, while the Senate tabbed a constitutional amendment on voting qualifications and the right to vote for long-standing residents.
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