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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1893
Page
2
Circling the globe notes report grasshopper swarms in the southeast corner of Kansas Scott area on the night of the 16th. Swarms fill streets stores and fields while fear grows of eggs hatching next summer as vegetation has already advanced. The 1875 pest is remembered as the contrast.
County Commissioners hear Col. Geggie report that Virginia shows no real suffering while Merritt McNinley and Utwubik show destitution. He warns range towns face renewed hardship unless mining companies resume and pay for past work. Some workers hold May time checks unable to cash to buy food.
The Union Company announces the launching time for the battleship Oregon set for the afternoon of December 28 in San Francisco.
Four hundred roller chair pushers at the Chicago World’s Fair went on strike for higher wages with fifteen workers of African descent exempted from the action.
The Falcon escorting the Peary expedition paused for two days at Davis Inlet due to rough seas on August 2 after two weeks of failed searches along the Labrador coast for dogs. Leary planned to reach Okek Hebron Moravian settlements to obtain dogs or proceed to Cisco Greenland to secure them, hoping to land stores before winter.
Governor Lewelling collects letters praising the plan to ship surplus western products via gulf routes. Secretary Trufant of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce urges a commission to study Gulf advantages for European shipments. Kansas miles could be saved by Gulf of Mexico freight.
London reports Fachamw Pasha the governor of Cisaren directed brutal tortures of Christian prisoners and was decorated by the Sultan of Turkey and faces expulsion. In Iowa LeMars banks remain closed as deposits dwindle, notices posted outward.
Directors depositors will be paid in full and banks are solvent with plans to resume soon. Citizens surprised as 9 o clock arrives with no openings as a temporary measure amid a six month withdrawal drain. Bank officials report rapid deposits loss and slow collections on commercial paper. State and national bank examiners will oversee two national banks while other institutions halt operations.
In New York City a crowd of over 5,000 unemployed men, mostly Poles and Russians from clothing unions, smashed windows and seized Walhalla Hall after admittance was denied. Police cleared the site with reserves deployed from Eldridge Street station. several arrests of ring leaders followed. Barondess sought a permit for open air meetings in Union Square with police notice.
News from Labrador claims a new volcano erupted near Cape Marrison as the Windsor Lake steamer carried mail. Fishermen saw a blazing crater and stones ejecting, with a flame plume reaching the clouds. Observers noted the region’s volcanic origin and the incident as a notable subterranean agitation.
Logansport Indiana police uncover a hidden thieves union tied to Chicago headquarters. Agents found instructions and member names on Jacob Buney indicating planned operations, with targets noted for money and vulnerability. In Croatia a gang mutilates children and abducts them for sale or ransom. A Missouri Frisco train robbery at St James ends unresolved as culprits flee with the safe contents.
Dun & Co. reports faint yet definite signs of economic improvement. Business pushes ahead without government aid as resumption rises, rail earnings barely dip, and bank failures lessen though caution remains. Wheat near lows, but crop prospects improve with savings banks relief. 495 U.S. failures this week versus 192 a year ago.
Chicago auditors report the exposition spent 2 182 423 92 on construction and administration while liabilities reach 1 199 462 32 plus 4 444 500 in debentures. Gate receipts total 5 447 037 51 and concessions 277 546 91. July concession revenue exceeded May and June by over 160 000 dollars, with daily net revenue around 65 000 dollars and expenses about 15 000 dollars.
About five thousand jobless men gathered near the Columbus statue at the Lake Front Hör Chicago. They adopted a resolution to march on City Hall with union banners to demand work and relief, also calling for removal of the Haymarket monument and denouncing the capitalistic class.
A deadly wreck at the Sounty Line trestle east of Milton at 2 a m killed seven and injured several. The Portsmouth bound train left Canville at 15 in the morning. Engineer Peyton Tunstal escaped with the locomotive, carriage and boxcar crossing. a passenger car plunged, four other cars wrecked. The sleeper carried Mrs Giersch and two children, nurse, conductor, and porter. nurse drowned. conductor and porter slightly hurt. Mrs Giersch was bound for Lawrenceville to visit friends.
Private London to New York cables report the Indian Council or Herdell Monetary Commission retreated from free coinage of silver and selling Indian bills below the earlier rate. They sold 2 million rupees at 151 pence, valuing 1 rupee at 16 pence, 32 cents, with a 1 cent discount. Analysts doubt the precise impact, some suggesting aim to revive trade as gold silver ratios loosen. M José Bobadilla, Mexican congressman from Jalisco, Sayula, was assassinated recently. A receiver was appointed for the Pacific Bank of San Francisco.
The Shults, an elderly couple aged 60 and 48, were found slain at their home sixteen miles southwest of Cherokee. Police suspect robbery. $895 remained untouched while about $300 to $400 was taken. The coroner's jury ruled death by blows from robbers. two or more suspects likely involved. Hundreds viewed the crime scene as investigators search for clues.
President Pearson of the Angus Exchange Bank faced a hostile mob of fifteen to twenty miners who lost money in the bank’s failure. They demanded restitution and threatened violence if denied. Pearson fled Angus after feigning a dinner break, leaving town with his team as crowds lingered awaiting his return.
A Danville constable with a search warrant went to a Mt Pleasant area saloon run by Mr and Mrs McKeney. He announced surrender and drew his revolver when the door was locked. Mrs McKeney joined her husband after a back room door, bullets struck the officer in the head ending the attempt. The sheriff led a posse the next day to arrest the woman while the husband had fled.
Secretary Shaffer of the State Agricultural Society lists fair attractions for the Dex Maines start on Sept 21. Premiums total $35,000. Events include all women's and children's day on Tuesday, old golf fiers and Des Moines day on Wednesday and Thursday, with a cyclorama of Last Days of Pompeii shown in Des Moines as a featured Pain picture.
A terrible accident near Anamosa involved farmer John Kline and a hired man trying to lift with a capstan fork. Kline overstrained himself, collapsed, and remains immobile with life described as despaired.
A large fire at Correctionville Roller Mills destroyed the facility before discovery. The loss amounts to about 15 000 pounds with 6 000 dollars insured. Origin remains unknown and reconstruction prospects are poor after the mill’s twenty year history. Gen Boorn of Dubuque, inventor of the steam dredge pump, reports Paris Academy membership and a diploma and medal.
Clap Houskin a Webster City carpenter fell from a Minvis Central rain at Duncombe while stealing no hide on the blind baggage. His body was mangled under the wheels and picked up in twenty places. A wife and four children are left without support by his death.
State Fish Commission officers in Rock Rapids arrested B. Ball, F. Twister, and Wm Wilka for seining in the Rock River. They pled guilty and paid $10 fines plus costs. Theo Thorson and R. Hicht faced similar charges with $25 fines and costs. Eldora citizens debate building a clay palace with tile and pottery displays this fall. James Johnson, a laborer from Iowa Falls, was sent to Cedar Rapids for selling liquor without a government license.
The Muscatine Clinton census shows 23 768 inhabitants at large. Burglars at Davenport Waterloo and Iowa City are active. A fire damaging the Norwegian Plow Works in Dubuque costs 10 000 dollars. A Burlington man injured in a runaway wreck and a Davenport barn set ablaze are noted. The Mississippi River falls with drought.
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