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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1892
Page
2
A collage of late 19th century items includes odd facts about digestion and mire, celebrity birthdays, camel sling shipments to New York, seed dispersal by water, and a California gold rush anniversary dinner. It notes Tennyson’s youth writing impulse and reveals divorce statistics showing two to one bias toward wives seeking divorce.
The Alabama claims between the United States and Great Britain in 1874 were referred to five arbitrators named by the United States England the Swiss republic the king of Italy and the emperor of Brazil. In 1848 a dispute between England and France saw the king of Prussia serve as arbitrator.
Philanthropic ladies form so called circles pledging members to abstain from tobacco and donate money saved to famine relief. The piece moves through Columbian year, presidential year, and leap year customs, then lists labor bureau establishments by state, and ends with Utah statehood bill provisions and a ratification date.
Ephemeral week summary of Fifty-Second Congress events from January 1 to January 20. Mentions petitions on bankruptcy and closing the world’s fair, new war ves sel construction, Chilean diplomacy, Indian allotments, and a bimetallic commission. House debates rules, passes measures on Chilean correspondence and blackmail penalties. References key figures like Tatnall and Breckinridge and actions in Helena Montana.
Washington reports state that Chile disavows the Matta circular and apologizes for the Baltimore incident while settling with the supreme court. The tax pensions request seeks 144 6,000 for next year. Tariff and financial developments include weekly U S exchange totals and a rise in business failures to 207 for the week ending the 20th.
A Jersey City judge dies during a jury address. A Lubricating oil plant burns in Elizabeth, causing 500000 in losses. New York Democrats set February 22 Albany convention to pick delegates for Chicago. A Pittsburgh newsdealer fined for Sunday selling. Mrs HinpMan and child die in Callery Junction. Dr Wesley Newcomb dies in Ithaca. Engine explosion in Newcastle kills four. Samourn Keene and wife die in Elton fire. Arthur Stocker shoots wife and sister in New York. Two miners die and seven injured in Honeybrook explosion. New York coal firms raise prices twenty five cents per ton. Henry Down acquitted by insanity plea. Gen Henry Barnum, port warden, dies at 59. Pa Republican convention set for April 20 in Harrisburg. Andrew Borjessen execution in Litchfield for murder.
A report notes frames started in a Cincinnati city workhouse laundry led to a loss of 100000 dollars. Separately, Leland Stanford's brown colt named McKern was sold in San Francisco for 25000 dollars.
A stream of disaster and crime reports includes a South Boston stallion killing its owners, four laborers killed by blasting cartridge explosion near Cumberland Gap, a father murdered by his son in Wheeling, and a 70 year old couple dying of grip in Wilmington. Robberies, executions, arsons, hangings, and fires erupt from Indiana to Texas, with crop, pension, and political updates woven through the grim tally. Notable items: $4,000 bank raid at Wilton, Iowa. a Lincoln cousin’s death near Wapakoneta. gangland killings in Kentucky. multiple hangings in Maryland and Kentucky. Oklahoma tribes hit by influenza. and presidential-convention shifts plus a Chicago alliance election.
In Paris influenza causes high fatalities with reports of a hundred deaths daily. An earthquake shakes Tasmania, Victoria, and southeastern New South Wales, damaging homes. Baron Louis von Harber, Austrian banker and financier, dies in Vienna at age eight. In Voronezh Russia peasants blame doctors for failures, doctors flee. In Congo Free State, five American missionaries are killed and several converts die as mission buildings burn. In London Smed the Faster abandons his 52 day fast after 44 days.
No senate session occurred while the house debated new rules without action. Eulogies for late Congressman Houk of Tennessee were offered. A bill to authorize federal post office buildings in cities over 8,000 inhabitants was introduced. A fatal fight in Indiana left two dead. Burnett family members died of grip while en route to Oklahoma territory. A citizens band killed four horse thieves in Montana. A husband shot his wife in Washington and killed her brother. A discovered sum of 835,000 secreted on a Sumner county farm. Two Keegan children killed by an electric streetcar in St Paul. Chilean apology announced restoring cordial relations. Counterfeiters flooding Ohio with 1877 dated coins. Ferndale ship ran aground near Gray's Harbor with twenty crew lost. Garza allegedly sought pardon from Diaz to betray followers. Rev Duartes Hippo noted as dying at Mentone. Spurgeon, born 1834, died. his young career recalled.
The Illinois labor bureau totals for the year ending July 1 1891 show 57 counties with coal mining 618 mines and openings 15660608 tons mined 2802.41 acres worked 82951 employees including 26050 miners and 6802 other workers 14287074 value of products. Fatalities include a 16 year old boy crushed at Mound City shaft and numerous crimes across the state. The crop value totals exceed 57 million with corn leading at 88 million and a series of murders robberies and accidents reported. A new opera house opens in Jacksonville and public notices include deaths resignations and appointments across Illinois.
Washington reports President Harrison will send another ultimatum to Chile. A cable states Chile must salute the stars and stripes to honor the apology. The cabinet affirms this demand while indicating indemnity for Valparaiso victims can be settled by diplomacy.
House Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee decide to challenge the McKinley tariff with separate bills rather than a full revision. Seven members vote for targeted bills and three dissenters align with the majority, leaving specifics for later debate. The group remains unified on the overall strategy.
In Brainerd area Minnesota on Friday a house fire killed Mrs. George Cramer and her three children aged 4 2 and 1 month. The husband was away but found the burned bodies in the cellar. The woman 26 lost her life while trying to save the children as the home burned under the floor.
Miss Clara Barton president of the Red Cross issued an appeal to American people to fund grain shipments to starving Russian peasants. The drive aims at 75000 dollars to cover four cargoes of food from New York to Libau on the Baltic, with all expenses included.
Andrew Borjessen, condemned for Emma Anderson's murder, was hanged in Litchfield jail at 10 38. He died eleven minutes after the drop. This marks the first capital punishment in the county in 107 years and the fourth execution ever at Litchfield.
Terre Haute Ind Jan 80 The jury after six hours deliberation awarded Musgrave ten years in the penitentiary and a $500 fine in the life insurance swindling case. Jurors were split from two to fourteen years as permitted by law for conspiracy to obtain money under false pretenses. A new trial will be sought and the case may go to the supreme court if refused.
Wasmiveros Jan 29. President Harrison says the administration is satisfied with Chili s reply to the January 1 ultimatum and the related correspondence. The message notes Balmoral sailors incident conciliation and potential settlement by usual methods, expresses unity at home, and promises further communication if needed. Chilean Minister Pereira s note reiterates regret for October 16, asserts no hostility to the U S uniform, and proposes submission to Washington s Supreme Court of Justice to determine any reparation.
Mary Reilly of Port Richmond was discharged from Episcopal hospital as a perfectly well woman after Dr Turis transplanted about 2000 skin grafts from healthy donors. The operation followed a severe burn from lighting a fire last May.
An old fashioned pill is hard to take so Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are marketed as a mild gentle remedy. The ad extols vegetable Little Liver Pills for liver stomach and bowel regulation and cleansing with a no risk guarantee offering money back if not satisfied.
The text warns that gradual or rapid weight loss signals decline and urges readers to regain healthy weight. It promotes a book on careful living and Scott's Emulsion cod liver oil as helpful, noting availability from Scott & Bown's Chemists and druggists nationwide at $1.
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