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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1880
Page
2
Epistle of actions from Congress notes bills on animal disease control, pensioning a general, fortifications, and river improvements. It records retirement and promotions for officers, educational funding debates, a large educational provision, and a recess adjournment plan, with various state and local notices and reports.
A Nordern explosion destroyed Faber’s soap and candle factory in Louisville Kentucky on the 14th. A box-maker was killed instantly while another employee escaped with minor injuries. A fireman carried $2,000 in his vest, which blew into fractional currency and scattered.
The Boston municipal election on the 14th re-elected Mayor Prince Dom by a thin margin. Lynn elected Henry G. Lovering as mayor by a small plurality. A reception for General Grant was held in Washington with prominent public figures attending. President Dares nominated Judge William B Woods to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy. The American Woman's Suffrage Association met in Washington with twelve states represented. A telegram from Wyoming’s Governor Hoyt endorsed woman suffrage. Congress may be urged to grant women equal political rights in the territories.
Official tallies released in Tennessee list Hancock with 129 569 votes Garfield 107 677 Weaver 5 917 Dow 43 Hancock's plurality 21 992 and overall majority 15 232 amid disputed counts and party notes across counties.
A sweeping, fragmented digest reports bank secrecy in London. Japan factory sales and minister recalls. Montreal clergy warn against Bernherdt shows. Swiss reject gold coin expansion. Irish threats to Bar on Dowse. Mulligan robbery murder in Longford. Stellarton coal mine fire. Woodhull marriage tax halted amid threats. Earl of Crawford dies. Jostan Caldwell fails. Cuban anti-Black violence. Land Leaguers acquitted. Czar may retire. Chilean attack on Pisco. Emile Granville to end career. Greek War Minister proposes aid for Turkish frontier. Portadown clash. Viglance Committee for Ireland. Davitt ticket cancelled. foot and mouth disease spreading.
Orders from army headquarters assign Brevet Major General O Howard and others to regional departments. Financials report the firm B G Arnold Co. assets at 1.47 million. Divorce petition filed by Kats Chase Sprague. Writs and mobs prompt police orders. Indian camp near Woody Mountain discussed with surrender plans. Presidential vote tallies show Garfield leading Hancock by about 6.7 million to 6.7 million. Buffalo wallpaper mill fire claims several lives. 15 to 20 dead estimated. Naturalist Francis T. Bucknando dies. Electoral certificates received. Senate not in session. Military Academy and Consular appropriations debated.
Joseph Nimmo Jr chief of the Bureau of Statistics reports on foreign commerce. Leading exports for year ended June 30 1900 were bread and breadstuffs 288 006 835 cotton unmanufactured 212 535 905 provisions 127 048 242 mineral oils 38 218 026 tobacco and manufactures 18 442 273. UK leads imports of breadstuffs and provisions from the United States.
A five story brick building owned by George W Tilt and occupied by M H Birge & Son was engulfed in flames. Fire spread rapidly due to dry conditions and high heat. Dozens of boys jumped or were overcome by smoke. at least two workers perished and many others were injured or missing. Authorities feared twenty or more boys roasted alive as walls collapsed and a second building also threatened.
The Illinois scene reports a wide range of items including a City Marshal pursuit of a fleeing Brennan with fatal injuries. Bloomington postmaster candidate Cartan Lewis. Illinois Central earnings for November. land sales and railroad traffic figures. a Danville fire loss. a Cook County jail escape raid findings. a Rock Island train incident with a man killed. and various local incidents from Moline to Danvers.
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