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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1893
Page
4
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Lady Trrox, heiress to the peerage by marriage to a late admiral in a love match, declines the $3,000 widow’s pension. A field telephone is cited as a war appliance, featuring a mile of wire wound in a breast-plate and receiving transmitting gear attached to head-gear.
Rumor credits Miss Helen Gould eldest daughter of the late financier with planning a hospital for women in New York. Her fortune is estimated between 10.6 and 15 million dollars making her likely the richest heiress in America. A memorial to Elizabeth Barrett Browning is planned at Ledbury England to honor the poetess with a clock tower and an institute costing about 10 thousand dollars.
Local telegrams are transmitted by pneumatic tubes in most British cities. About fifty miles of tubes are in operation, using 40 horsepower and handling a daily average of 105000 messages, worth an annual 6000000 dollars.
A Rio Janeiro physician, Dr Domingos Freire, asserts he found the yellow fever germ and can use a preventive vaccine to stamp out the disease. The New York Medical Record urges him to prove his claim in an epidemic locality such as Santos to secure lasting fame. The elm beetle pests Connecticut elms and questions on mint production and South Dakota railroad economics are also noted.
Searchers at Johnstown Pennsylvania report valuables recovered after the flood. A young man named Brown found a diamond ring and a gold watch has been located. A jewel box containing a diamond cluster ring and a fine solitaire were found. Some of the most valuable recoveries are said to be kept secret to avoid claimant unrest.
CanApa promotes Icelandic settlement in the northwest offering reduced passage costs, a good farm, and farming implements to lure residents of Iceland seeking a new land with ample cold weather crops and plentiful fish exports as a staple.
The House approved the Wilson bill repealing the purchasing clause of the Sherman Act by a wide margin with 840 to 310, with all amendments voted down. The vote highlighted strong opposition to silver and support for unconditional repeal, followed by a formal description of the bill’s terms and a full roll call listing yeas and nays across many members and states.
Caicaco August 29 The Javanese village on the Midway Plaisance is closed natives prepare to leave the world’s fair Chicago. The company is indignant at management and will not reopen negotiations for a settlement with the exposition. They claim the fair officials’ percentage is exorbitant and relief has been refused.
Judge Ricks allows the receiver of the Ann Arbor company and Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to settle the $300,000 damage suit with Arthur agreeing to pay 3500 plus costs. The agreement also covers costs in an Ann Arbor suit against Pennsylvania and other lines connected to the affair.
In Danville Newfoundland Aug 29 four murderers of Henry Helmick were arrested. Charles Barris fresco painter 19, Edas Mejankins coal miner 18, Harve Pate laborer 31, and Frank Starr coal miner 20, all Danville residents. Pate lured them to walk 16 miles to rob Helmick who carried large sums. Three shots by Pate and one by Starr. Harris confessed. strong corroborating evidence mounting.
About 30 horsemen rode into Newcastle Kentucky between 1 and 2 am on Monday and freed a prisoner from the jail. They hanged Leonard Taylor, a Black man, to a tree on the road after accusing him of an unprovoked assault on an Italian boy peddler that fractured the boy’s skull and caused his death.
Reports from August 26 detail a devastating hurricane with forty one known deaths and numerous missing. Vessels lost include schooners Narragansett Elbridge Southert Jane Baird and many fishing smacks. Seaside wreckage and rescued crewmen, plus one survivor after thirty three hours adrift, mark a widespread maritime disaster along Barnegat and Nantucket routes.
Delegate O'Brien of the Seamen's union was shot and killed Friday night while leading an attack on the non union crew of the schooner Reuben Dowd at Detroit harbor. Captain Lennon fired in defense after being struck. O'Brien died before reaching the station. Lennon jailed.
George Delaney is sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in Morgansfield Kentucky. The trial stems from the death of Abbis Delaney, wife of Henry Delaney, who was forced to marry Abbie after seduction. A carriage ambush occurred the night of the marriages wounding Abner and injuring others.
A wreck on the Rockaway Beach line and a collision on the Harlem road kill five and wound several, with scenes of mangled passengers and urgent relief. Col Elisha Buck died, Dr Knapp aided victims, and investigators probe fog influenced signals and a disputed safety switch.
Henry Helwick, a wealthy farmer, and his wife were robbed after leaving church near Pilot Chapel. Danvinre, an accomplice, fired as the robbers fled. Helwick was killed instantly. Police scour the countryside for four highwaymen and promises to ignore any threats.
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