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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1888
Page
2
The Kane Leader edited by E G J Miller is issued every Thursday from M Dade's Block Kane Denk. It is entered at the post office as second class on Thursday March 22 1888 in Kane.
President Cleveland marked his fifty first birthday in a low key observance described as quiet and unostentatious. No public festivity accompanied the occasion, and friends gathered informally to note the day.
By order of Mayor Hewitt the Trish flag did not fly from the City Hall mast in New York on St Patrick’s Day. The act reflects an official decision affecting city display and civic ceremony.
A historic blizzard last week halted activity across New England, killing 55 people and leaving 250000 men idle for seven days. The storm's impact reverberated nationwide as transportation and commerce ground to a halt.
The report says about sixty deaths occurred in New York City with exact figures still uncertain. Dakota mocks New York by feigning aid to Blizzard sufferers, a stunt described as the season’s best joke.
From Washington comes news that Speaker Carlisle, esteemed as a top House debater, will deliver a speech in support of the Mills tariff bill. He would not take this step unless he believed it essential.
Ninety three CT Republican town committee chairmen show fifty four back Blaine despite his declination. Of the remaining thirty nine, only twenty one support Hawley, Connecticut’s favorite son. This result is surprising.
On Monday and Tuesday of last week five passenger trains were snow bound between Burlington and Bordentown New Jersey. Passengers endured cold and hunger with some paying fifty cents for a slice of bread and butter.
It is estimated that the loss to New York City from last week’s heavy storm amounts to at least 7,009,000 dollars. Yet the storm proved profitable for snow shovellers, who charged 25 dollars to clear sidewalks, far above the usual fifty cent rate.
ApAmM BApraw sues Mrs. Grant for 35000 dollars for services rendered General Grant in helping prepare his Memoirs for publication. Roscoe Conkling listed as attorney for Mrs. Grant suggests strong opposition to Badeau’s handling when the case goes to trial.
Joan W. Tate, long time Kentucky State Treasurer, is revealed as a defaulter for 400000 to 500000 dollars. The state will lose little or nothing since bondsmen can cover the loss. The defalcation shocks many, as the official was widely known by the nickname Honest Old Dick Tate.
A New York correspondent for the Philadelphia Press predicts the New York delegation will demand Blaine's nomination. Delegate at large Chauncey M. Depew is expected to present Blaine's name. If correct, Blaine may be nominated by acclamation and the 1884 campaign revived.
In the Canadian House of Commons on Friday, M Millan of Huron declared that if Ontario voters were asked today whether to seek independence and align with the United States, the result might differ from expectations. He warned that a spirit favors leaving the market to join or seek admission to the Union.
In Washington the Democratic camp is split with auxiliary friction caused by the Mills tariff bill. Mr Randall and Mr Scott represent opposing wings on the issue in Pennsylvania. Scott accuses Randall of discord with Cleveland and of backing his party at the St Louis convention in tariff matters.
Noscoe Conkling describes a brutal Monday night in New York City during a historic storm. He left Stewart Building duties, trudged north through snow drifts to Wall Street, then faced Union Square’s deep snow for nearly twenty minutes before reaching the New York Club House after a three hour trek.
Dr Geo M Cox a pension examiner in Springfield Missouri last week attacked Miss Effie Ells by breaking a bottle of vitriol over her head. The motive was to ruin her beauty to deter her influence on his son Fenton Cox. She was seated in a carriage when struck, eyes burned and beauty destroyed, and she lies at death's door.
A Lehigh county whiskey-licensing dispute over monthly patrols to liquor outlets led Judge Albright to direct a verdict for the plaintiff. County commissioners counsel filed a motion for a new trial, and if denied, the case will go to the Supreme Court.
Cire Clerk Gramarr of the State Department once issued a marriage license for Luther J. Shaffer and later wrote his death warrant for Governor Beaver's signature. Shaffer, to be hanged at Lock Haven, had been connected to Montour county as a courts clerk who granted the license.
All applications for license in Huntingdon county have been refused. This shows the Prohibitionists are not idle and have entered the fight with a vigorous canvass efforts.
February fire losses in the United States and Canada totaled 11 213 500 dollars, a figure about four million dollars above the monthly average. The report cites widespread incidents across regions, with significant damage to homes and businesses, and notes the rising cost of insurance claims in the period.
An Arrapahoe Indian recounts making poisoned arrows. He describes capturing a yellow rattlesnake, provoking it to secrete venom from a deers liver and extracting poison, then applying the liver’s venom to arrowheads. The process ends with the arrows dried in the sun and the venom feared to kill on contact.
It is reported that twenty five of the twenty eight Pennsylvania Representatives in Congress plan to seek re election. The announcement signals a broad continuity in the state's congressional delegation ahead of the next electoral contest.
A MicniGANDER owns a fine tooth comb once carried by his grandfather during the Revolution, a personal artifact linking family history to a pivotal period of American independence.
Gen James S Brisbin notes irrigation as a growing Colorado venture with 8 million acres potential and 2.5 million yet to water. Major canals water large tracts from the Rio Grande near Del Norte, supporting 3,000 to 4,000 farmers. Ditching costs and outputs are described, including crop yields, water use, and the rise of companies like Colorado Loan and Trust.
The government archives in the state department library hold vast historic documents including the first drafts of the Declaration and federal constitution. Green volumes contain Washington Jefferson Madison and Monroe papers, autographs from kings and statesmen, and treaties with nations from 1778 onward. A unique lacquered Japan treaty with bamboo box and royal signature showcases perilous delivery by two officers who bore the document to Washington.
A city policeman reports the Chinese quarter shows hardly any liquor habit among Chinese residents, while more Americans of both sexes have taken up the drink.
A traveler explains a forest tree in Nubia that emits flute like sounds when wind passes through insect galls. Insects lay eggs on young shoots forming small hollows in galls where wind creates the noises. The curious tree is noted as a rare case of a ready made whistle bearing plant.
The Union Pacific owns 6,627 miles of track the main line from Council Bluff to Ogden plus branches totals 1,831 miles. Canadian Pacific runs 3025 miles from Quebec to Fort Moody with branches to 3,994 miles. Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul 4,804 miles. Wabash St Louis and Pacific 5,549 miles. Chicago and Northwestern 3,763 miles. Northern Pacific main line 1,674 miles from Superior Wisconsin to Watlula Junction Wyoming Territory.
Dayton Democrat highlights fifteen renowned American inventions adopted globally. Notable items include the cotton gin, planing machine, rotary printing press, steam navigation, hot air engine, sewing machine, grain elevator, electric magnet, telephone, and other innovations shaping industry and daily life.
Fragmentary listing shows M. Jackson and Brother firm located on Fraley Street near the depot in Kane Pennsylvania with Pas Mids Street and North Clarenville area references.
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