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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1892
Page
2
A Chicago pocketbook theft description contrasts with a man claiming Revolutionary War service. The piece discusses youthful flirtations, marital advice, Ward's prison calendar, a gold bearing meteorite, Mormon leader John Sharp, Paris meat trade, invisible ink, famine in Russia, Canadian harvests, and U.S. irrigation stats.
A weekly Washington roundup notes Senate proposals to elect U S senators by popular vote and a constitutional amendment. Memorials push closing the Columbian exposition. The House debates new rules and imposes land and immigration limits. Other items include a Lake Erie monument bill and World’s Columbian exposition inquiries. The week covers Feb 2 to Feb 5 with election case outcomes and tariff measures.
Washington reports a proclamation on reciprocal trade with Germany and tariff modifications. A St Petersburg telegram cites 14 million Russians starving, with famine losses at 500 million dollars. US financials show weekly exchange totals rising to 1.319 billion, and 819 business failures. A reciprocity treaty with British West India colonies is also issued.
A condenser exploded in a Newark hat factory, killing three and injuring several. Other national items note New York legislators opening executions to newspaper witnesses, women self vote bills, burglarized banks, gas suffocation deaths in Duryea and Pittston, mail pouches stolen on a New York Hoboken ferry route, Pittsburgh dynamite blast at a non union car, $150000 fire at Danvers braid shop, New York stock broker issues, quarantine of the Buiston steamer, and the barb wire trust dissolution.
The Wisconsin supreme court allowed the attorney general to file suit to test the reapportionment act passed last winter by the legislature. Reports also note the disappearance of Jones Tros. & Co., the Memphis cotton factors, in a major swindle potentially exceeding one million dollars. Banks in Silver City and Deming, New Mexico, closed, linked as allies. A Norwalk Ohio atrocity saw a family suffocated by coal gas. Earthquake shocks struck Omaha and parts of Oregon, while Louisiana Lottery head John A. Morris says he will withdraw his bid for a recharter.
A wide array of incidents and events are reported, including deaths from fires and accidents, legislative actions, labor and temperance movements, and international turmoil. Notable items mention long lived individuals, major fires, shipwrecks, riots, executions, and political conventions in various states and countries. The Baltimore assault case dates to 1591, and several legal and criminal cases are noted alongside economic failures and strikes.
Minister Smith in St Petersburg relays harsh winter conditions and famine across Russia. Thousands lack food, starve, and disease spreads as 414,000,000 people need aid. Russia faces immense losses and hardship amid typhus and pestilence. Pennsylvania Governor Patton responds to famine relief appeal with a proclamation.
Relatives of Riggin, a Baltimore sailor murdered in Valparaiso on October 16, petition the U S government for indemnity from Chile. W W Kerr, former assistant attorney general, submitted the claim to the state department, representing the brother and sister of the slain seaman. They argue malice toward the U S navy and seek compensation from Chile with government assistance.
Montreal resident Dupree thawed frozen dynamite cartridges on a stove causing a massive blast that destroyed the house. Dupree was severely injured. His two young daughters died from burns and injuries, a third daughter suffered a fractured skull and may not recover. Mrs Dupree, unharmed, afterward became insane.
The Kearney Commercial and Savings bank failed to open on Tuesday as depositors, mainly laborers, faced loss of funds. The state bank examiner assumed control and will publish a report soon. President Barne pledged his private fortune to cover debts, promising full dollar-for-dollar payment. Liabilities and assets are around $150,000 each.
Historic Appomattox courthouse in Ricameno Va burned, destroying county records and furnishings. Surrounding homes caught fire but were saved. Clerk's library reportedly one of Virginia’s best arranged. Loss leaves county in great peril. McLayne house once faced destruction over Gen Lee surrender terms.
A Milwaukee family murder and suicide shocks the city as 65 year old Frederick Niedeck kills his wife and himself over years of unhappy living. In Washington a McKinley tariff act reciprocity proclamation with Germany sets free flax and hides and lists duties on meat, wool, and horses. Also reports of the steamer China wreck near Cupeho with 400 lives lost and a January 17 Horononai coal mine explosion in China killing seventy and wounding fifteen.
John A Morris, principal owner of the Louisiana Lottery Company, announces plans to withdraw the recharter bid and wind up affairs when the charter expires. The US Supreme Court ruling enforcing the anti lottery postal law ends the lottery in Louisiana, with state politics divided and a costly three year fight concluding. The company would need a $5 million bond to submit the amendment for a popular vote, which Morris is unlikely to file, sealing the fate of the lottery charter by law and politics.
A Nebraska quake at 10 30 p m cracked crockery and toppled a bank of earth into a Jones street house burying P H Green and his family. Green died from internal injuries. Portland also felt a severe 30 second quake at 8 50 p m with brick buildings rattling but little damage beyond broken windows.
In Deming and Silver City both the National Bank of Silver City and the First National Bank of Deming were closed by orders from the comptroller of the currency, at the request of national bank examiner James B. Lazar. A. H. Dane serves as president of both institutions. Capital stock totals 150000 dollars. assets unknown but expected to cover claims. All county and school funds are held in the banks. cause of failure not disclosed.
Interviews with leaders in both houses suggest Congress will not adjourn before August or September due to the failure of the appropriations committee to finish the sundry civil appropriation bill in time for passage. Michigan G A R selects Ann Arbor for the state encampment on April 19 20 and 21. The woolen merchants Brown Steese Clark in Boston settle insolvency with creditors accepting 7 percent on about 8 million in liabilities. Santiago endures large fires causing estimated losses of 2 million with insurers suspecting incendiaries.
A massive cotton swindle case unfolds as Jones Bros & Co and Fleet vanish, leaving bets and debts behind. The firm allegedly bought inferior cotton, shipped it as good middling to New Orleans, loading ships for Gibraltar and other routes. Officials estimate losses over 1 million dollars with two firms dissolved and the partners missing. Authorities suspect premeditation and long planning as the public learns of the disappearance and the flight of Jones Dros and other key figures.
A string of five killings within a 12 mile radius near Gallitzin Fru gality Bethel and surrounding areas alarms residents. Victims include a well dressed man found near Gallitzin a man identified as George Myers of Frugality and an old couple Kring and his wife. Police suspect a single elusive killer targeting prosperous individuals with money.
Nashville reports another tragedy in the Sumner county barn burning case. Eight negroes and a white man faced charges over years of arson. A lynching near Hendersonville claimed a defendant, another died before trial, and seven were tried at Gallatin with a hung jury. The Martins, ordered to flee, returned on Christmas Eve. mob fire killed their mother as they refused to emerge from the cabin.
An electric car on Beaver avenue in Allegheny Pittsburgh ran over a dynamite cartridge placed on the track by strikers at 4 50 am. The car derailed and windows were shattered both inside and in nearby houses. Twelve company employees rode the car but none seriously hurt.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for consumption in all stages and scrofula tied to blood purification. It claims to aid weak lungs, coughing, and bronchial issues, guarantees benefit or cure, and offers a money-back trial, warning dealers push inferior remedies for profit.
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