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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1893
Page
6
New York bankers see improved conditions after President Cleveland calls Congress to reconvene. Repeal of the Sherman silver law is viewed as key to easing credit, with banks preparing to loosen terms and resume normal rates for mercantile paper. Loan certificates totaling 18.8 million dollars issued to clearing houses, extending the total.
In New Orleans a vault at a mint stored about 1 million in gold silver and greenbacks. A gas escape caused a smoldering fire damaging many money packages. An ignition from electrical equipment left burning carbons on the floor. A mint accident reports a costly, peculiar incident with extensive damage.
In Pittsburg a 6 year old boy, son of F Ludwick, followed his father to a stable where a cow attacked. The cow gored him with horns, disemboweled him. the father carried him to the yard, but the boy died before a physician arrived. The incident was reported in a Chicago city directory note and unrelated items follow.
Fire consumed the lumber yards of John M Wakefield covering two acres of sheds, with an estimated loss of 300000. Sparks from a locomotive are suspected to have started the blaze.
A guard lieutenant Frank Briare was seized and a pistol pointed at his head as convicts fled uphill. Guards returned fire after Briare escaped, followed by a thirty minute battle. Convicts Williams Wilson and Dalton lay dead, others wounded, while Sontag and Abbott suffered serious injuries. None of the prisoners escaped and guards sustained no injuries.
The morning New York paper reports a massive wheat export surge with 24,000,000 bushels to be shipped within weeks. About 43,500,000 bushels in Brooklyn and Jersey City, 1,500,000 on the lakes, and 1,600,000 on canals are en route to Europe. Freight engagements exceed 10,000,000 more bushels to depart in 30 to 45 days, totaling a potential $16.5 million draft on European banks.
A Knobnoster Missouri company formed by leading citizens will dig for 1 400 000 dollars believed buried nearby. The tale ties a caravan of seven wagons to an old Booneville fort and a survivor who spoke of buried treasure.
President Grover Cleveland issues a June 30 1893 proclamation urging the convening of both houses of Congress at the Capitol Washington on August th to address the financial crisis and prevent distress. All 18 members of the Fifty third Congress are ordered to attend.
Tiny Joseph Gre vett, a premature infant in a No 315 East Twenty sixth Street incubator, thrived and grew rapidly prompting a larger incubator with automatic heat control. He weighed 235 pounds and measured 1s inchbes at birth, drawing attention from physicians and his foster mother to new life saving methods.
The Moore family at Turkey HM NL faced poisoning from food with one child dead and another unlikely to recover. In Idaho, the All Closed Horse region and Wood River silver mines report widespread closures due to falling silver prices, impacting local industry.
Lincoln Nebraska delegates gather for the North and South Railroad convention with Governor Crounse welcoming the group. Speaker J Gaffin is elected president and Milton Parks secretary as delegates debate a road from the Dakota line to the Gulf under state or federal control.
A queer contest from the Southwest offers a $5000 first prize and $1000 for second for milch cows four years or older. Entries close July 13. race starts from Tyler in Eastern Texas on July 25 at am. Drivers ride gigs and may drink milk en route. churning allowed during travel or stops. Cows must reach the World's Fair Oost with at least fifty pounds of butter to win. Six entries already, start time noted as to be announced.
Norbert Diesch a Leechburg farmer faced a lynch mob in Pittsburg after assaulting a boy on Liberty Street near Union Station. Diesch kicked the 12 year old and threw him, leaving the youth unconscious as 100 angry citizens watched. Police intervened and removed Diesch to Central Station amid fears the boy may die.
At the Chicago World’s Fair the decorating department workers were presenting a silver tea service to F D Millett when the floor in a small color building collapsed. About 260 people fell several feet. 19 sustained painful injuries though none were fatal. The platform was made of thin boards and light scantlings not designed for heavy load.
A two story millinery shop owned by Mrs. Catherine Neumann in Saginaw Michigan burned trapping a mother and four children. The eldest son and one daughter escaped while Mrs Neumann perished and three children Tilda Lena and Frank died from suffocation. The loss on building and contents is about 4500 with partial insurance.
The steamship Martian Republi, docked in Portland Oregon, was seized by order of a Special Treasury Agent. No arrest details are available at the U S Marshal's office. Warrants for several customs officers and others linked to a smuggling ring are expected. Secretary Carlisle vows vigorous prosecutions.
The Secretary of the Treasury states there is no truth to reports that Mexico will suspend the free collage of silver. Meanwhile St Louis report notes 17 year old William Flentge died at his boarding house from breathing hot air from a metal pipe, causing lung injury.
The Chicago anarchists Schwab Fielden and Neebe, condemned for the Haymarket case, were pardoned by Governor Altgeld. The move, declared without outside advice, sparked celebration in Joliet and Chicago. The long-pursued clemency follows trials, executions, and a later monument unveiling at Waldheim Cemetery.
Paymaster General Stewart completes the expenditure statement for the Columbian naval review. Total cost 876,800 with an appropriation of 8350,000 leaving a balance of 273,200 of which 250,000 will go to the Treasury and 23,000 remains for contingencies if needed. Turner Seymour hardware factory in Torrington Connecticut burned for an 85,000 loss.
LEROY WELCH was shot by W. C. Ralls on a Marshalltown street in a feud over a Chicago Sun article about Welch and a woman known as Em Stewart. Ralls surrendered and is jailed awaiting outcome as Welch, wounded by two shots, weakens under medical care.
The dead bodies of John Lane, a 63 year old Marshalltown resident who trapped squirrels for farmers, is found in a corn field southwest of the city in advanced decomposition. A $1000 certificate of deposit is found on him. Cause of death unknown. In Chariton a main rod break on an engine two miles east leads to the death of engineer Phillips.
A British battleship Victoria and the Camperdown collided off Tripoli during a maneuver. About 400 officers and crew perished, including Vice Admiral George Tryon. The Victoria sank quickly, the Camperdown pumped water and saved some but many fled in lifeboats as others were lost.
A ferocious Kansas cyclone near Willamstown Wednesday night devastated a two mile wide strip, killing fifteen people and severely injuring many. Buildings, crops, and trees were obliterated, with victims mangled beyond recognition. The storm lasted about six minutes and left the village of Williamstown wiped out.
The Columbian liberty bell was cast at Meneely bell foundry in Proy New York. Mrs. Cleveland did not press the electric button to release metal into the molds due to wiring confusion at ray Gables. The bell will travel after the World’s Fair and has a 7.5 foot diameter and 13,000 pounds weight.
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