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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1893
Page
4
The article notes that anyone who takes the paper regularly is responsible for payment. It cites court rulings that refusing delivery or leaving newspapers uncalled for is prima facie evidence of intent to commit fraud.
The pension commissioner extended the deadline to October 10 for pensioners with suspended pensions to prove their right to receive benefits. Figures from Kate Field's Washington show 13,179 Chinamen have registered while 96,821 have not. Seven hundred twelve Mongolians in Pennsylvania are among registrants.
William Hosea Baxor argues for a law to permit chloroforming of condemned persons and seeks Guy Flower's support. A host of topics follow, from Victoria's long reign to cable routes, water filtration projects, inoculations in India, Persian sheep imports, Wisconsin bank depots, Russia Germany trade, luxury hotel cars in Delaware, and a survey of tramps with notes on literacy and professions.
The Illinois board sets August 24 as Illinois Day at the World’s Fair with reduced rail rates for many travelers. A morning parade will showcase Midway Plaisance attractions followed by a second parade featuring Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and a grand reception to the governor and staff. The day will end with a large fireworks display and electric fountain exhibition. Train fares remain good for ten days to encourage weeklong attendance. Harvest season and Sweden-bound workers are noted, plus a local rescue after drowning at the Okaw River.
John Lynch a harvest laborer in St Clair county near Mascoutah suffocated by sun exposure and left in an isolated field for five days with no food or water. Found unconscious with a swollen face from mosquito bites, doctors feared he would not recover. Wounded for Defending His Wife in Scott County, Thomas Jones attacked Henry Hornbeck after Hornbeck defended his wife. Hornbeck left with a severe wound to the side and Jones jailed.
An old farming note emphasizes weight targets for Pekin ducks at eleven weeks, warns damp quarters cause rheumatism in Docus, and advises admitting Scussurse to the poultry house. It notes turkeys eat more but yield higher prices, and stresses supplying food that promotes laying.
Details from the City of New York describe the burning steamer Don Juan off Port Darigayos. About 145 died, many Chinese, as flames and petroleum fed a fast spreading blaze while the San Antonio towed the wreck to Manila and saved 101.
South African rider Meintjes dominates the 100 km event at Chicago side grounds finishing in record pace. Eight thousand fans witness the packed crowd as Meintjes seizes world marks for 50 miles and 8 to 25 miles to extend his international acclaim.
In Kentucky at Pireviune Henry Hall was executed by hanging for killing his brother during a card game. About ten thousand people witnessed the noon ceremony as Hall prayed, sang Nearer My God to Thee, and died instantly when the trap sprung. His father watched the execution and Hall had recently been baptized. The Hall family has a history of hangings, with another relative executed in January at Wise and another under death sentence in McDowell, West Virginia.
George W McDonough of Orremwa Iowa reveals his daughter, stolen at Christmas six years ago in Kansas City, was found at Leavenworth orphan asylum and sent home. The case notes the girl cannot identify her captors and the mother and daughter deaths remain unsolved. Nancy Hanks the famed trotter set a 2:08 1 4 mile at Mystic Park in Boston, chasing the world record.
The Behring Sea court of arbitration ruled largely for Great Britain on key issues while enforcing a 60 mile protective zone and a pelagic sealing ban. It upheld US limits but rejected US exclusive property claims, urging international cooperation and annual reviews. British satisfaction reported by London observers.
A compact collection of aphorisms quotes from Disraeli Eliot Emerson Beecher Johnson highlighting skepticism deceit truth and intellectual vigor in a period tone. Each line presents a brief, quotable insight attributed to renowned writers.
Pittsburgh area mills resume full or near full operation as Jones & Laughlin and related plants restart sections and hire hundreds. Beaver Falls, Black Diamond, National Tube, and others announce rapid reopenings. Overall employment climbs to about 15 000 workers amid renewed demand.
Excitement in Cutaca as the Northern Pacific Railroad and its affiliated lines fall under receivership. Court appointees Thomas F Oakes Henry G Payne and Henry C Rouse face bonds of 500000 each across Wisconsin New York Illinois Minnesota Dakota Montana Idaho Washington and Oregon as traffic and finances worsen.
The weather bureau weekly crop report notes drought persists in portions of northern Pennsylvania southern and western New York West Virginia central and southern Ohio northern Michigan Illinois and Wisconsin. Rain relief in Indiana southern Michigan Kentucky Missouri Kansas Nebraska and the Dakotas. Iowa partly broken drought though more rain needed. In the south Georgia Alabama and Louisiana excessive rains hurt cotton with South Carolina and Mississippi also affected. Robbers Loot a Cheese Factory in Wisconsin. three men force payment from Morristown proprietor F C Singer totaling 1300 dollars plus two gold watches and a revolver.
Tax knighthood awarded to John Tenniel the Punch caricaturist. A Rembrandt portrait etching sold in London for ten thousand dollars. Mrs. Thomas Nison Page donated the Henry Field Chicago gallery to the Chicago Institute, valued around three hundred thousand dollars, to be kept intact.
A boating accident on Bang's Lake at Wauconda left four men dead and three others injured with two women and a man missing as Elmer Golding acted bravely to save companions. The incident occurred near the pier as a gust capsized the boat during a return pass. In Chattanooga a separate outing ended when the steamer Gunter collided with a barge, sinking Cigarette and drowning four women, while four men were rescued.
United States Surgeon Branham contracted Yellow fever in Brunswick Ga alarm spreads in Savannah and Charleston. Warnings prompt quarantine and evacuations as Pensacola officials dispatch doctors to assist and rail lines halt passenger movement from Pensacola to Charleston.
Prrenvrew Pennsylvania August 14 report of amicable settlement ending the labor trouble at the Twenty-ninth and Thirty-third street Carnegie mills. Hundreds of men who joined the 1892 sympathy strike will resume work after the strike is declared off. The action follows the Homestead conflict with Amalgamated Association rules. A petition asks Carnegie officials to lift the ban and reinstate workers.
United States District Attorney Hay filed in U S district court a suit by the Interstate Commerce Commission against Great Northern St Paul Northwestern and Omaha railroads. They are charged with disobeying a commission order to equalize wheat shipping rates to prevent Minneapolis from being discriminated against in favor of Duluth. The complaint is signed by Edwin A Mosely secretary of the commission.
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