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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1893
Page
4
The article surveys 1891 murder and lynching totals, notes population growth, and mentions varied topics from a Mt Washington journalism colony to San Salvador female telephone students. It covers Prussia rail plans, jewel collections, and cholera transmission studies, plus rail expansion and ocean vessel speed claims.
The fleet from Hampton Roads led by the Dolphin with Secretary Herbert aboard reaches New York to begin a grand review. Russian flagship Dimitri Donskoi and Vice Admiral Kosnakoff arrive, saluting the Dolphin and Miantonomoh as harbor escorts guide the vessels into position for the ceremony.
The text records the Emancipation Proclamation dated January 1 1863 and a treaty of peace with Native Americans signed November 4 1682. It also cites a 1465 sale of blotting paper in England and December 7 1787 as Delaware's ratification of the U S Constitution.
In Springfield Illinois the Senate on April 21 22 and 26 debated bills on anti pool selling and election law changes. Senator Berry pushed his measure while Senator Coons sought limits on pool selling. Some bills advanced to second or third readings others failed. House actions included appropriations for state offices and bills on education reform and Sunday athletic ban.
Col. Clark E K Royce, treasurer of the California Veterans Home at Yountville, is reported short in his accounts by at least 20 000 and possibly 40 000. He was found unconscious in a hotel room after wounds to the head and admits attempting suicide to avoid exposure. The case bears mystery of possible foul play.
Jewelry fads emphasize enamel and precious stones. Old fashioned rings with prismatic stones are popular. A novel stick-pin features a ribbon bowl in enamel with a diamond pendant. New stick-pins come in four leaf clover, forget me not wreath, lily spray, and mistletoe twig designs.
In Sioux City on a Tuesday, D. T. Hedges president of Union Stock Yards and chair of the Union Loan & Trust company led mass assignments totaling about 2 million dollars. The Hedges Trust, various creditors, and executives like A. Garrettson and E. Burgess moved property to protect creditors as the Union Loan & Trust collapses. The event leaves 100 unemployed at Sioux City Stove Works while signaling a possible reorganization of the Union Stock Yards and impacts on local transit lines.
Curiaco reports the First regiment armory fire caused about 250000 dollars in losses with roughly 100000 dollars insured. At 2 p m Tuesday the bodies of George Halford and Walter Williams were recovered from the ruins. End of a Long Cruise notes the American ship Jabez Howes, Captain Henry, arrived in San Francisco from New York after a 106 day, 14000 mile voyage.
A runaway freight on the Somerset and Cambria Railroad near PrrissuncH Pennsylvania killed seven people. Engineer Neff and his son were severely burned. John E Pile his wife and daughter perished beneath the engine. The crash occurred Tuesday evening as the heavy stone cars collided at the foot of a steep incline.
The bronze Columbus statue by Howard Kretchmar was unveiled at 3 p.m. in Lake Front park opposite Congress Street. The ceremony included Kretchmer delivering the statue to the World’s Columbian Exposition committee, then to Ferdinand W. Peck, and finally accepted by Mayor Harrison. The 20-foot statue sits on a 30-foot pedestal with a base 4 feet above the lake, weighing fifteen tons as the largest bronze statue in the country.
Gen Robert Smith, veteran of two wars, died at his home near Cartharo aged 86. Born in Philadelphia August 2, 1833, he moved to Hancock county in 1833 and served in the Mexican and Civil Wars. He once led the Carthage jail guard during the Mormon killings and was wounded at Nauvoo in 1846.
A deadly cyclone ripped through Moone Oklahoma on Tuesday night killing ten to twenty people. J O Connor and five others perished, Banks and Henry Clements were killed, a Bateman infant died, Thomas Weaver broke an arm. Homes and barns were leveled, property losses are heavy, and communications are down near Norman with uncertain tolls.
The procaident releases a list of appointments including ministers to Brazil Colombia and Portugal with William E Shutt named as United States judge for the southern district of Illinois Also named are L F P McKinney to Colombia Thomas L Thompson to Brazil George W Caruth to Portugal and John M Wiley to Bordeaux A London bank collapse and a Michigan rescue are also noted in brief.
The article discusses Treasury Secretary Carlisle's stance on redeeming silver and maintaining parity, the high gold reserve with about 100 million awaiting potential export pressure to Europe, and private banker cooperation. It notes heavy monthly expenditures exceeding receipts by over 2 million, with net cash balance around 24.9 million.
Gen E F Beale dies at his Lafayette Square residence in Washington on April 24 after a long illness. He served in the Mexican War and Civil War era, declined a California appointment, and later served briefly as U S minister to Austria before resigning to devote himself to farming and supervising his properties. He was a close associate of Gen Grant and hosted Grant during visits to the capital.
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