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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1881
Page
2
The Senate extended powers of the Commerce and Appropriations committees to probe Potomac conditions and treasury expenditures. Executives sessions confirmed nominations including Folger as Treasury Secretary and Haveridge as Assistant Treasurer. A string of incidents and regional updates follow, with crimes, rail accidents, and federal appointments shaping the week.
The Mississippi River Improvement Convention formed a temporary organization in St Louis on the 20th with greetings from the governor and dignitaries. Other news covers water supply fears in New York, a fatal Montgomery duel, a steamer accident on the Mississippi, a Jersey City railway probe, a Brooklyn fire loss, Michigan fire relief funds, and assorted robberies and crimes across cities.
Loguis Burtkay dies of consumption in the city. Frank Hatton named First Assistant Postmaster General. Tyner appointed Census Bureau Superintendent replacing Walker who resigns to head Boston Institute of Technology. A Trupka to defend Guiteau if trial postponed. Congressman Clark seeks divorce in Washington. Minnesota Senate passes Railroad Bond Adjustment bill. Windom elected U S Senator. Judge Cox delays assassination trial toward November 14 after jurisdiction questions. Colonel Collins dies of typhoid in Washington. President nominates ex‑Governor.
Nominations and appointments surface for Hilness and New York districts with Taft era figures. Guiteau witnesses distance limits outlined by First Comptroller Lawrence. Tyner denies Star route ties while Folger moves to Treasury. Cooper Union anti monopoly gathering in NYC. Howgate pleads not guilty to forgery indictments. Arthur urges Windom to stay at Treasury. Emigration fears rise as Berlin votes tilt Liberal. Public safety and land league crackdowns span Ireland and Ireland linked violence.
Reports range from Sherman plurality and bank suspensions to naturalization denials and a telegraph wedding. Details cover Mechanics National Bank of Newark failure with £2 40,000 liabilities, embezzlement charges, and postmaster appointments, plus Mississippi flood distress and levee breaches.
A Davenport special reports the Gilchrist steamer on the Mississippi near Davenport and Rock Island ran aground and broke apart after boiler valves failed. High flood waters and rapid current swept the vessel downstream toward the bridge, causing scalding and many injuries. Twenty three passengers and a fifteen-member crew were aboard. eight saved, several badly burned, and some passengers feared dead. The boat, owned in Mobile City, was reportedly in poor condition and an official inquiry was discussed amid public anger.
A Beaver Falls boy eleven years old, John Steinhberg, rode unseen in a freight car for three days after entering a closed carriage. He survived with no food or water until found near Thirty-First Street and was returned home after police intervention. The case spurred efforts to return him to Beaver Falls and underscores dangers of travel by rail.
The President sent the Secretary of State’s report to the Senate in response to the October 14 resolution on protecting U S rights in the Panama Canal. Blaine notes Colombia’s rejection of a protocol and possible European guarantees of neutrality, urging careful reliance on existing treaties and U S interests.
The report from New York details wheat out turns by region and lists totals for the Western States and other regions. It notes a national corn crop shortfall of about one third versus expected yields and mentions European pork market trends.
A roundup of science and industry notes including Delitzsch on Hebrews color perception, rapid London telegraph traffic, turpentine vapor for whooping cough, caprines and corn use in the West, Sydney lighthouse lamp intensity, silk rifles from Japan, malaria and lunatics in New Jersey, Brush electric rail ideas, Faure storage, Lauer rock disintegration method, and projected 40 percent savings from the new blasting technique.
A collage of odd anecdotes from street life and mock philosophy. A South End man finds a watermelon in a basket, paper houses appear in Australia and America, a wife leaves after sixteen years, a Newark churchgoer stands for a sermon, and a inn guest jokes about overcoats.
An early day astronomer reports Jupiter in terrible condition with great storms and hurricanes that could devastate cities and ships. The article notes other planets suffered disturbances while Earth remains comparatively stable and preserved.
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