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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1891
Page
2
A compendium of disruptive incidents and notable happenings from across the United States and beyond. Reports include fatal train accidents in New Jersey, public figures and crimes, political notices, bank and business troubles, and natural disasters. The missives name victims, locations, and institutions, with a mix of social and industrial turmoil.
The Ecumenical Methodist Conference discussed the church and her age with addresses on lay ministry and women’s roles, urged greater female platform participation, and adopted a petition opposing Sunday opening of the World’s Columbian Exposition. The session covered education, temperance, and church unity, with debates over federation and Romanism, ending with a closing address and adjournment sine die.
Washington notes report the 13 inch tube lengthened to 42 feet destined for a new battleship. Secretary Tracy and Commodore Folger witnessed the forging at Bethlehem Iron Works marking the craft as the greatest steel gun built in the United States. Also: customs circular extends free entry provisions for barrels used with petroleum or lard. a cave near Valparaiso uncovers stolen horses from Porter county shipped to Chicago. musician critic Gustavus Stein dies in New York from a spider bite leading to blood poisoning and pneumonia.
A long list of accidents and crimes reported from Pennsylvania includes deaths by accidental burns and train strikes, a runaway injuring James Kingham and a family incident at Herron station, a boy 14 fatally injured in Latrobe, and other incidents across Latrobe Greensburg Philadelphia Johnstown and Scranton. Notable items include a fire at a Grapeville farm house, a suspected suicide near Wharton Township and a chain of robberies and arrests in Scranton. The state also notes a lightening of Penal and public safety items alongside organizational meetings in Reading and Erie.
R. G. Dun and Company reports strong improving business across the West and South with Eastern centers slower to realize harvest gains. Trade volume remains high as payments through clearinghouses outside New York approach last year’s record. wool and dress goods demand vary by region. cotton manufacture active. iron demand rising in Pittsburg amid coal strike. Detroit and Charleston show brisk activity. Jacksonville anticipates improved trade on record orange crops. foreign trade sizable though down from last year. weekly business failures total 250 in US and Canada, vs 270 prior week and 250 year ago.
In Pottsville Pennsylvania on October 21 a boiler explosion aboard a mountain engine pulling empty cars near St. Clair wrecked the locomotive and damaged telegraph lines. Killed were Charles Warnicker and Charles Bauer. engineer Harry Wagerr and fireman Mahlon Reese were injured, with Bauer fatally hurt. Separately, Pantelleria near Rome reported ongoing earthquake shocks and a sea bed volcano rising, ejecting stones into the air.
Severe weather continues with winds driving storms across the Irish Sea and Thames floodwaters. The Shannon overflow submerged land, destroying animals and buildings while Holyhead vessels seek refuge. New York reports rough seas on La Champagne voyage. the Rebecca J Evans suffers damage at Breakwater after a severe gale on October 2.
The Supreme Court rules that trade union labels cannot be owned as trademarks and may not be used to stigmatize non union rivals. Judge Williams joins a broad ruling against using union labels to claim exclusive branding and denigrate outside workers. The decision rejects the idea that unions may gain a monopoly on marks tied to labor standards and denigrating others.
Pittsburg and nearby cities report a variety of labor and industrial events. Saveno Fesano was remanded to the workhouse for pasting up berest notices. The Master Horseshoer's Association withdraws its ten hour day demand. Millerstown plans 330 new jobs with a Pittsburg capital. London trades committee backs eight hour bills. A gas explosion in Grand Forks injures Henry Gotzian and damages a brick block. A mortgage foreclosure hits the Hynes Cary Carriage Co. in Quincy. Opelika Motel burns with 11,000 insurance. Vulcan Brick Works at Wellsville suffers total loss and job losses follow. A winter movement aims to unite workers and employers through public meetings. Immigration bureau notes alien labor law violations among glass blowers en route to Jeannette, Athens, and Tiffin. Ohio Valley Trades Council supports a Wheeling strike. many Pittsburg area glass factories operate while others await improvements. ZaMsville tailors strike for wage increases on coat pricing. Columbia Typographical Union No. 101 breaks ground on a new Washington building valued at 25,000 and costing 50,000. A cannon explosion during Fort Recovery celebration kills two children and wounds three archers.
The Senate opened with a tied vote over the Governor's request for testimony from the Investigation Committee. McCamant and Boyer defended their conduct, denied charges, and a written opinion on expenses was sought from the Attorney General. The session adjourned to continue Monday with Boyer’s trial and related inquiries.
A chaotic bulletin reports five killed and many injured in a Silesia railway collision amid church inquiries into Austrian Catholicism. It notes Mrs. Parnell’s frail condition, Dublin pilgrims, Cahors faith shifts, and Russia’s tensions with Pamir. Also mentions a Buda Pesth explosion, a Berlin envoy’s death, and a London fire tragedy with royal interest.
Newark Oct State railway commissioner McNamara reports the Hicksville wreck was caused by a derailed engine after a hard substance fell from a car and wedged between a wheel flange, not by spreading rails, leading to the derailment of the rest of the train.
A compilation of odd notes: rain in battles, a Chinese singing school in San Francisco, London letters to ink ratio, Vienna becoming a large Jewish city, a Georgia barnyard with mixed fowl, Florida honey and a crevice sunflower in Ripler Ohio, a perfume lamp and rare timber costs, a Topeka child’s kerosene mishap, Ireland land cultivation figures, Chicago street miles, Chebeague Island residents named Hamilton, and a smoke-free Chicago World’s Fair plan. Also notes on German, English wagon lore, Utah mining camp life, and collapsing umbrellas after rain.
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