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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1892
Page
2
The Gazette lists Massachusetts figures Boutwell Claflin Rice and Lutler as four surviving governors born in 1818. It also chronicles prices, discoveries, census figures, and odd anecdotes including coal gas illumination and a kite with lanterns in Maine.
A jumble of early 20th century notes covers high earnings for teachers and new career roles for women, Mars signaling prize prospects, rabbinical proposals for women’s rights, a device aiding meat carving, Salvation Army cavalry plans, industrial uses for cotton seed and city sewage, and demographic snapshots of Australia’s states including Melbourne Sydney Adelaide and Brisbane.
A report notes the Ugandan king's shifting religious stance from Christianity to Islam in a bid to unite his subjects under a faith and keep British influence. It also mentions Maine shipyards leading U.S. vessel construction, with Bath yards delivering wooden ships and recent iron cruisers and commercial steamers under construction.
Washington summary reports Gen James W Denver of Wilmington Delaware dies in Washington aged seven. Treasury rules bar foreigners who contract to work here then return home from reentering the United States to fulfill the contract. Weekly exchange totals top one billion dollars. Prohibitionists nominate Kennedy for New Jersey governor and push against liquor and horse racing. Knitting Co Schenectady fails for 125000. Lizzie Borden arrest in Wall River Massachusetts. Mrs Lavine Fillmore celebrates 105th birthday in Lawrence New York. Fire in New Bedford kills two infants. lightning kills relatives in Beaver Dam New Jersey. Six workers die as a building collapses in Ogden New Jersey.
Detroit obituary notes Clotilda Robinson dies at 106. Tennessee politics report Turney nominated for governor by Democrats in Nashville. Memphis protests as King’s commutation sparks riotous anti death sentence demonstration. Missouri and Iowa reports on crimes, counterfeit notes, and poisonings. Prohibition party and various state nominations listed. Mountain Home Idaho reports rich gold ledges discovered. Arkansas and Minnesota incidents detail mob violence and drownings. Green Bay and Baltimore area tragedies noted alongside various local events.
Curdy of Corunna Michigan elected grand master of the high temple and Boston named for the next meeting. Congressional nominations span Texas Nebraska Wisconsin and Washington with multiple districts. Des Moines and Olympia offer state ticket picks. Presidential electors chosen. Fire kills and economic losses reported in Ohio Indiana and Michigan. Various: public executions, smuggling, shipwrecks, crime, and a 105th birthday.
Simucens set fires in Lehigh Valley freight yards at East Buffalo New York destroying eight freight cars loaded with merchandise and two passenger coaches and two office buildings. The loss is $100000. In Ontario three men died and four injured in a Canadian Pacific collision near Schreiber. A Tacoma tailor killed his daughter and then himself. Red Mountain Colorado was destroyed by an incendiary blaze leaving many homeless. Other items note political nominations, a large New Orleans trust fire, convict unrest in Tennessee, a 14 passenger wreck near Clinton Iowa, and the death of congressman John G Warwick.
Lizzie Borden appeared in the second district court in Fall River Massachusetts charged with the murder of her father and stepmother. The arraignment featured a disputed inquest proceeding with her plea of not guilty and a plan for a trial, while bail for witnesses was set at 500 dollars and she was committed without bail.
Reports from Japan describe floods and storms from Okayama to Hyogo. The Ashigawa River cresting at 24 feet submerged thousands of houses, with hundreds dead and property damage widespread including rail and bridge losses and crop destruction.
Vienna report says Johann Singer, an unemployed clerk living with a woman and three children, killed them by burning charcoal in their room and died soon after. CuicaGo note reports W Sthiattki and Oswald Wagner wounded near Pullman station after a railroad strike. Sthiattki died.
A Buffalo area strike by Erie and Lehigh Valley switchmen triggers arson and assaults. Incendiary fires destroy cars and houses, derailment endangers passengers, and police deploys across seven precincts. The Lehigh Valley reports further spread to Waverly and Sayre with freight trains halted.
A collage of humorous quotes and quips from newspapers including the Boston Courier Indianapolis Journal and Washington Star. The jokes feature prison anecdotes streetcar work hours and snappy dialogue about family, manners, and mischief.
Free miners in Tennessee stormed Tracy City stockade capturing guards and convicts. About 400 armed men burned the stockade and freed the inmates, then split the train carriages near Sewanee and Monteagle, with gunfire and several injuries reported. Authorities in Nashville monitor the uprising and plan militia protection.
Washington reports the death of John G Warwick the Ohio Sixteenth district congressman in his Briges House rooms on Sunday night He succeeded McKinley after a hot campaign Warwick aged nearly 62 was born in Ireland immigrating in 1850 He had worked in mercantile milling mining farming and served as Ohio lieutenant governor in 1885 Funeral arrangements are handled by Sergeant at Arms with honorary pallbearers named from Senate and House.
At the St Anselmo festival in Cesa on Sunday evening a rocket ignition near a burning wheel caused a crush. Six men died from face or neck injuries and burns, four girls suffered serious clothing fires, several children were trampled, and about 25 to 30 women were injured. The event ended with a final explosion.
A collection of short notes covers diverse science curiosities. Topics include diet with beef and mutton, a Russian physician using music to treat nervous disorders, Nieper steel corrosion in salt water, mercury and gold weight comparison, blood volume estimates, a Dewar insight on freezing water, H T Wesster's snoring cure via uvula and tonsil removal, air passage relation to snoring, and a note on Guardian tea yielding 170 cups per pound.
Indianapolis reports reveal Supreme Justice Somerby testified on the Iron Hall receivership. He outlined the order owning the Philadelphia bank offices and assets, with about $1.3 million in cash controlled. He admitted transferring $173,000 to his Philadelphia bank and using $170,000 of Iron Hall funds to avert the bank’s wreckage. A detailed subcommittee report shows total assets of $2,686,274.25 across benefit, reserve, and general funds.
A nineteenth century Capen New Jersey building under construction collapsed after a derrick failed, burying twenty workers. One man died and four were fatally injured, with twelve others seriously hurt as rescue efforts continued into the night.
Boston reports show 2 killed and 15 injured as a heavy rainstorm drenches Tremont Street flooding stores like H. H. Cotton & Co. The three hour deluge totals 2.29 inches with 27 buildings struck and 6 barns damaged under a severe lightning outbreak.
Denver reports 109 500 visitors this week as Templars depart. City handled over 300 000 baggage items and as many packages while 600 Pullman cars were managed. Remaining knights keep Denver bustling before tours across the state. Dur ing the Aug. 13 period the city hosted a large influx and lively activity.
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