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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1889
Page
3
A sprawling, piecemeal report blends whimsical notes from travel and culture with political, legal, and social items. The piece mentions wartime era concerns, publishing trends, and a New York parade of odd anecdotes, including weddings interrupted by a toy and a groom's misrouted baggage episode.
A reading of recent migration trends notes heavier emigration to America amid health concerns. The piece cites diphtheria as a major danger and mentions shifting policies, political figures, and international movements. It records varied reactions from states and regions, with references to leadership and governmental actions.
The crop outlook remains unusually favorable and markets adjust in response. Bank lending and trade volumes stay high, with exports and imports rising, especially in New York. Treasury activity is modest, money markets ease, and overall business remains resilient despite some price declines and worries over rate changes.
Memorial Day activities in Philadelphia featured 36 Grand Army Posts decorating 98 cemeteries as many businesses closed and ceremonies honored soldiers. George Meade Post led Laurel Cemetery observances with Lafaystra Post 4.131 of New York in attendance, and national figures in other cities drew crowds at Mount Vernon, Arlington, and Alexandria sites.
The New York Sey declares Sabine Finndad Ol iwentr Talligas of Gollars a vest, calling him the fiercest man in the United States. He is a Baptist.
A fragment mentions a fortnightly class and a large seal fat find in Newfoundland fields. It notes a Chicago audience, a surplus, and favorable remarks from the Ausnte Couaié tute. The text then shifts to a remark about magazines not publishing unknown poets to avoid victimization.
English visitors flock to Wyoming and western Colorado for sport while locals condemn the slaughter as wasteful. The article also mentions a Corsican priest Abbe Peretti and a claim disputing Columbus as discoverer, suggesting Christopher Columns of Corsica as the true explorer.
The Scilly Islands are ruled by Colonel Smith Dorr Smith who holds a lease from the British Government and governs as supreme authority. Tenants who object risk deportation to the mainland, ensuring loyalty amid harsh weather and hardship. In recent snows and floods, residents face distress and loss, with fishermen and villagers enduring inundations and ruinous conditions.
The Chicago Herald notes the census next year costs about ten cents per person. The 1880 census appropriation was 3 million, rising to 6.4 million for the upcoming count with over 40,000 enumerators and 1,400 Washington clerks. It also reports Col W O Bradley of Kentucky declining the Corea post due to burdens on American officials from needy citizens.
Heavy rains floods snow storms and frosts caused extensive damage to crops and property across many states. Reports from Tyrone Curwensville Martinsburg Hagerstown Charleston Chicago Fort Huron Sarnia Corydon Detroit Winamega Galena and Wabash detail river floods tornado impacts rail and road damage ruined crops and livestock with deaths injuries and severe weather effects across communities.
Descriptions of relief efforts across multiple cities on June 3 show funds raised or sent to flood victims. Subscriptions and donations from Utica New York to Albany and Baltimore total thousands, including $3,000 in Baltimore and $2,000 in Thenton New Jersey, with further pledges and committees organized for Johnstown.
One of the country’s shrewdest forgers, Dr H L Moody of Washington D C, was arrested by Detectives Figment Exhoo of Chicago Central Station after an eight month pursuit across the United States Canada and Mexico. Moody faced charges for passing a forged $3 draft via a Washington bank and is linked to numerous forgeries. The detective who tracked him will return him to custody.
At Somerset Pennsylvania McClellandtown gang members were sentenced after guilty verdicts for robbing an elderly man. Sullivan claimed innocence while Livan and Marsh protested unfair trial. Tasker made no comment. Court imposed ten year terms in Westina Penitentiary plus $10 fines and prosecution costs.
A powerful tornado devastated a valley near Martinslug at Falling Waters. John WV Criswall lost his newborn, and L Powell a pump maker, both sheltering from the storm. Powell leaves a widow and child. Wheat and fencing suffered major damage.
A heavy snow fall reported across Michigan leaves four inches in Selo ierafs and two inches in Portland and Flint with drifting raising depths amid a near hurricane. Crop damage is substantial. A United Presbyterian assembly in Springfild Ohio ends its season with a proposed amendment. In Madison Wisconsin a college ball riot sends red pepper through elevators. many sickened and the party ends. Oklahoma reports rich iron mines near Guthrie with ore at 65 percent. In Congress a deputy ad a Qe Janes Pargusson inquiry denied, no warships to Behring. Mob action in Michigan targets the lumber dives as authorities fail to move.
Shocking scenes describe rampant looting stripping bodies and mass damage after a bridge collapse and flood near Johnstonown and Pittsburg onlookers recount mills of debris and a train wreck with passengers lost amid the wreckage. Rescue crews struggled as reports note a severe shortage of children and widespread death.
The Commercial Gazette reports in Johnstown that many residents of Woodvale escaped the flood despite the area being wiped clean. A long list names families and individuals who fled or survived, with several deaths confirmed and others missing after the Conemaugh flood.
Dozens of physicians from multiple towns assist the sick and injured in Johnstown flood relief. Dr Alfred Wakefield and family narrowly escape rising waters. Wakefield’s in laws and several relatives are missing. Churches suffer damage while many bodies lie unrecovered amid extensive casualties in a city with about 20 000 flooded residents.
Three well known men identified by pockets papers were found crushed in the Hulbert House ruins at Johnstown Pa. Jonathan T. Carter a Philadelphia commercial traveler C. P. St John an optician and John Weakland a young attorney lay near the western wall. Forty nine victims reported.
Maj. Gen. James B. Carnazzoan issued a call from Indianapolis for Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias members to aid Johnstown disaster victims. Donations to Brig. Gen. George W. Lindsey, Baltimore, should be sent by money order or telegraph for prompt aid to Sir Knights and families. Johnstown Division No. 18 losses cited. John D. Linen reportedly drowned with his family in Johnstown, Cambria City.
Reports describe escalating horror in the Johnstown flood aftermath with witnesses recounting deaths by flood and fire, theft, mutilation, and grisly punishments. The vast storage of corpses and coffin shortages deepen the stunned public reaction to the catastrophe.
A historic storm tracked across the region affecting the Juniata and Conemaugh river basins. Widespread high winds and heavy rain caused no reported material damage beyond the Harrisburg area, with paths reaching Cambria County and neighboring states affecting Central Pennsylvania towns.
The Paris Exposition Machinery Palace showcases a vast roofed hall nearly 1400 feet long with 170 foot height and no interior supports beyond arches. The American exhibit occupies a third of the space, highlighting Corliss engines, Brown & Sharp tools, Edison inventions, and other US machinery, while European firms increasingly lead in many areas.
A very large AWG turkey, weight about 65 pounds, was reported in Madison County Florida. One drumstick reportedly fed the family for three or four days.
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