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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1892
Page
6
The Indiana Progress notes both Democratic and Republican headquarters project electoral results for the next election. Democrats claim 245 or more votes with Indiana included, while Republicans forecast different allocations. The piece also reports on Homestead strike coverage and editorials from local papers about the labor dispute.
Homestead Pennsylvania workers return to some jobs after a major internal rift. Company expects more former employees, including top workers, to resume duty as advisory board claims the strike is lost and weakens morale. Meanwhile, a Shanghai dispatch reports 60 dead in the Bokara wreck with several officers among the victims. An unrelated highway killing of two acquitted men adds to a day of violence and mystery.
The Boston granite manufacturers and the Boston cutters union settled their differences and workers will return to duties for the New England Manufacturers' Association. Meanwhile low river levels near Moody's Conn shut down nine factories, idling 1,500 workers.
A Central Traction streetcar rammed a marching eleventh ward Republican Club group on Wylie avenue Pittsburg injuring seven and killing two youths Henry Able 15 and Ward Ruffner 18. gripman escaped amid threats of lynching as more victims died. others injured listed. Floods in Britain cause extensive damage across Yorkshire Leeds Selby Barnsley Derbyshire with bridges destroyed and livestock drowned.
Five workmen suffocated by gas near Palermo while two gendarmes and a man’s wife volunteered to rescue them. The rescuers did not return and are presumed dead. The incident highlights dangerous conditions in the sulphur mine and the sacrifice of those who attempted a rescue.
At a Health Board meeting in Philadelphia, 20 diphtheria cases were reported in the last day. Five patients were sent to Municipal Hospital and 15 houses placed under quarantine.
Reports from the Southern Middle and New England States show widespread Columbus Sabbath observances. Churches held Columbian services with sermons about Columbus while Catholic churches staged special services and parades. In Cincinnati the festivities began with a music hall concert under Catholic auspices, and in Baltimore Cardinal Gibbons celebrated a pontifical high mass. In Spain the illness of the King prevented a local Columbus celebration though illuminations were visible.
The Oriental steamship Bokhara was struck by a typhoon near China and wrecked on a sandbank in the Fokien channel. About 120 crew, mostly Lascars, and around 10 European officers sailed. 23 saved. Survivors reached Hong Kong, while the Ancona proceeded to the scene.
RG Dun & Co. reports broad prosperity across sectors with rising manufacturing activity and ample money supply. Exports declined modestly from last year while imports remain high. October crop reports look favorable and Western roads hinder some orders. Prices ease slightly as iron, wool, and cotton mills stay busy while exports fall, and weekly business failures edge downward to 215.
The U S Supreme Court upholds Michigan's district electoral act as constitutional except where preempted by federal law. The decision preserves local legislative power to set electors while aligning with 1877 federal timing for elector meeting. Outcome could affect Cleveland's electoral vote share. Chief Justice Fuller authored the opinion. France cholera deaths total 3184 since April. Smuggling Chinamen routes shift from Detroit to Windsor and across Lake Erie to Toledo. A ten acre hotel named Andreas will be built near Chicago's World's Fair.
A collage of notable figures including Sir Patrick Grant the aged veteran, Micham Berlang er dead, Europe’s wealthiest ruler Wiarras II, Bavaria’s Kone Orro jailed, aged Hungarian patriot Lovis Kossura, sculptor Taomas Wooisen dead in London, Venezuelan leader Crespo proclaimed president, Emanuel Lasker the chess master, Inspector Steers retired from New York Fire Department, Monitor engineer Gzorce C. Greer, Dom Pedro’s grandson foiled by madness in a straitjacket, Baroness Burdett Coutts planning a Chicago Fair visit, tall G. A. R. veteran William P. Boyne, Greece king’s Paris outing in disguise, James Eddy’s ink formula profit, and the German Emperor’s boar hunt mark.
A nostalgic line recalls Castoria as a constant remedy from infancy through adulthood, noting its use when Bavy was sick when she was a child and even as she became a mother and grandmother. The repeated refrain emphasizes enduring reliance on Castoria across generations.
Governor Pattison issues a special order to relieve the Division of the National Guard from further service. He expresses appreciation for the swift response, orderly conduct, and loyalty in upholding the law at the Homestead disturbance, noting that Freeman armed and disciplined forces defended the Commonwealth.
Whitelaw Reid formally accepts the Republican vice presidential nomination. In a 5,500 word New York letter to W. T. Durbin of Andersen Indiana he endorses the Minneapolis platform, argues tariffs protect growth and constitutional, and cites census data to urge GOP success in making majorities in both houses. He insists every dollar remains sound and accuses Democrats of seeking to repeal the state bank tax to destabilize the currency.
Reported in Leadville Colorado a wagon maker Adam Trueman and partner Sam Davis faced a fatal explosion after attempting to steal several hundred dollars. They dug a 13 foot hole and placed giant powder causing destruction and injuring residents. The boys reportedly perished in the blast. Nearby incidents include cattle disease near Council Bluffs Illinois with deaths and a Dallas Texas freight wreck killing $49,000 worth of horses bound for a fair track.
The Jacksons house declares a national reputation for fine clothing hats and men’s furnishings. They advertise a strict one price system with plain marked figures and a local discount of a cut given to out of town buyers who present a card. Their spring line made by their tailors promises style fit and workmanship at prices claimed unbeatable locally.
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