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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1881
Page
2
The transcript reflects Senate remarks on executive sessions and officer elections, with figures like Mr. Blair and Mr. Butler debating governance. It also covers flood damage at Omaha and Sioux City, railroad wreck near Albany, and multiple explosions and accidents across the country with loss of life and property.
Suanxs seeks 250000 from New York firm for circulating alleged libelous Truth copies. Jury awards 62500. Reports list mine explosion fatalities, hospital cases, a fatal boiler accident, a fire destroying part of an asylum, and various civic incidents across cities, with multiple injuries and losses.
President Garfield announced nominees including Richard A Elmer for second in New York and W A M Grier for third assistant Postmaster General. The extra session of legislatures closed, Ohio and Michigan bodies adjourned, and Brady resigned amid irregularities in star routes funding. A Washington AP dispatch notes executive sessions urged by Garfield and a Brady denial card in the National Republican.
The famed archeologist Bronard Dinagis died on the 18th. In a separate note, "Boat Run" Roussecy departed Liverpool for the United States on the 18th.
A sprawling summary notes Beaconsfield’s death and a proposed public funeral rejected by his executors Sir Nathaniel Rothschild and Sir Philip Rose. It covers the IMF Paris conference with M Magnin presiding, Gladstone’s funeral offer, Scio earthquake, Irish Land League actions, Gambetta’s Paris educational aims, and various European political tensions including Nihilist notes, Turkish actions, and railway industry movements.
The narrative notes Omaha levee buildings abandoned as water rose twenty inches above a prior flood. Chicaso rail lines on the Council Bluffs side ferried passengers by skiff to transfer depots amid widespread disruption and arrests.
The House and Senate meet with limited roll calls, advancing penalties, railroad bills, taxation, and public works measures. Major actions include penalties for crimes, a penitentiary term, state normal school funding, and a dam project on the Little Wabash. Senate debates cover canal expenses, highway, and quarantine bills while adjournments and committee referrals shape the session.
Early on the 18th thieves forced a Rock Island and Mercer County Railroad depot at Raoynolds, Rock Island County. They blew open the safe and stole $175 in cash and many tickets. Entry was through the ticket office window. the door was pried and the safe door blown off. The culprits, described as crack experts, traveled to Reynols from Milan on a hand car.
A three story Port Byron fire on the 18th destroyed the Dorrance building housing Gaylord Stone and Port Byron goods. Fire spread to adjacent frame structures, threatening the entire business district before containment. Losses are estimated around four thousand for the Dorrance site and two thousand for nearby buildings, with little insurance on the printing establishment.
Biographical sketch detailing Benjamin Disraeli born London December 1808 son of Isaac Disraeli and Basoyi daughter of the architect killed at Ely Cathedral. Tracks his literary rise with Vivian Grey and novels, his parliamentary career, leadership of the Conservative party, terms as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and two premierships concluding with the Beaconsfield era and his family background.
A Chicago area mother Mrs Wilson, 35, pursued by the father across multiple states after he abducted their daughter, tracks leads to Vermont and New York. after days of searching and a late reunion, the child is restored to her mother at Richmond House amid belief the father works as a lumber-mill overseer. The report also notes U.S. adoption of the metric system and its school and commerce implications.
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