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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1892
Page
2
The Gazette notes large English German and French speakers worldwide. Dispatches report a German street paved with India rubber and Edinburgh streets receiving similar treatment, with improved results. It also mentions people changing after the Fourth of July while gaining knowledge.
In Louisville Kentucky last year tobacco sales reached 154,018 hogsheads the highest on record. Cincinnati ranked second with 115,504 hogsheads sold highlighting regional tobacco market strength.
A laby threw a bouquet at Bismarck as he rode through Munich streets. a leaf tip struck his eye, causing a slight injury. The scene recalls Cantyre’s line about life as a solemn reality and persistent duty.
A tangle of notes reports a German court deeming Prince Edmond Radziwill civilly dead for a 12 000 mark debt, a Delaware peach crop failure blamed on overpromised early hopes, a New York woman branding herself accountant for rich households, and coinage legal tender rules. Also cited are British territorial gains tabled by the Toronto Empire, Mexico’s gulf-sourced corn arrivals, cheap food depots, and a Norfolk launching of the Texas battleship. A Long Island village woman has not left bed for 30 years awaiting marriage proposals, while Grande Ronde Indian girls face marriage prospects and a father’s offer of 200 head of horses for a white husband, promising a rush of suitors.
The article extols electricity as the core of modern living offering automated light heat and climate control with a press of a button. It notes electric servants and guest convenience with appliances like coils refrigeration elevators and cooking devices while suggesting bananas as meat substitute in warm weather.
The Senate was out. House conferenced District of Columbia funds. memorials to Senator Wilson. July 2 to 7 saw debates on appropriations, tariff, pensions, and sundry civil bills. silver, Homestead, and anti option items advanced or referred. world’s fair plan tweaked. local government for Utah provided. duties on tin plate cut.
May immigration reached 92 242 compared with 85 141 last year. Eleven months ended May 31 total 546 200 this year vs 467 179 previously. Fiscal year shows 505 762 pension certificates issued vs 250 565 a year earlier. The president signed a 59 000 appropriation for Gen W T Sherman statue in Washington. Harold M Sewall resigned as consul general at Samoa. Oat crop short by 100 000 000 bushels from 688 000 000. Weekly U S clearing house totals 1 140 501 767 vs 1 031 685 868 prior week. Business failures numbered 176 vs 197 prior week and 147 last year.
Reports detail Prnenerr and Bovem tannery blaze in Manns Choice Pennsylvania causing 110000 in losses. A Maine cyclone injures and kills livestock across Paris and other towns. The Homestead strike clashes leave many dead and wounded among Pinkerton guards and workers. A mine accident in Wilkes-Barre kills three men. A New York fire suffocates Annie Broderick and her three children. The Christian Endeavor convention opens with 20000 delegates in New York. Boston prison escape occurs via sewer. Five drown near Bedloe’s Island after collision with steamer Cephus.
In Dubuque Anthony R. Craig killed his wife then took his own life. Vine ruined forty one buildings at Rockland Michigan with $750000 loss. Mrs Bar Carrier and her four month old infant burned to death by gasoline stove explosion at Catalina Island California. Mrs Jessie Garnnerr perished during balloon ascent and parachute descent at Liuffton Ohio due to parachute failure. Joax L ApAmMs and Smith Tooley (colored) were hanged by a mob at Vicksburg Mississippi for killing merchant Blake. In Louisville Kentucky George Benzer shot and killed William Ochs then killed himself. A Mississippi rainstorm flooded the north, washing away bridges and drowning cattle. A Hiteman Iowa man drowned trying to ford Cedar Creek with Robert Innis and their four year old child. Edgar Jones (colored) escaped Weston jail and hanged for Turney murder.
A near mile wide cyclone wrecked homes orchards timber fences and crops near Church Hill Maryland. Across the nation incidents follow including killings at Clarendon Texas and arson fires destroying business districts in multiple towns.
Henry M Stanley defeated for British parliament seat. Five German recruits drowned crossing river Wehre en route to Munster. Fine causes 600000 francs loss by destroying Bordeaux wine vaults. Allard wins 622 mile Paris to Nantes prayer race in 68 hours 28 minutes. Isaac Cooke & Sons cotton brokers Liverpool collapse for 750000 dollars. Justin McCarty defeated in Derry parliament race by small margin. Fire in St Johns Nova Scotia destroys over 100 buildings, 8000 homeless. Chilean cavalry fight with bandits leaves 31 attackers dead and 31 wounded.
The senate approved a bill referring a land claim at Point San Jose San Francisco and voted $10 500 for Chief Justice Waite’s widow and 310 000 to each widow of Justices Miller and Bradley. House conference reports on post office and pension bills were agreed to with the latter carrying 146 747 50.
Pittsburgh reports a brutal Homestead riot as Carnegie Steel workers battle Pinkerton guards from 4 AM to 5 PM. Eleven workers and nine Pinkertons killed, eighteen workers and twenty one Pinkertons injured, with hundreds of guards wounded en route to jail. Fire and dynamite bombs, and a deadly street mob, culminated in arrests and a torching of barges. Authorities struggled to control the violence, gunfire, and hazards along the river.
Pennsylvania authorities order about 8,000 National Guard troops to Homestead to support Sheriff McCleary in suppressing riots at the Carnegie steel works. Dispatches describe strikers' resolve, the governor's call for aid, and detailed guard mobilization across three brigades with camps planned at Mount Gretna and Lewistown as crowds react with mixed fear and defiance.
A roundup of curious facts spans time zones, ancient practices, and natural insights. Greenwich time altering minutes, Chinese advancement millennia ago, unusual feline taunts in South America, and insurance on children are noted. Long canals from China to St. Petersburg reach 4 472 miles, with Astrachan to St. Petersburg at 1 454 miles. Peter the Great began both projects. London Methodism grew from 26 chapels to 111.
The eleventh international Christian Endeavor convention opens at Madison Square Garden with 20,000 out of town delegates and about 7,000 from New York. Leaders from many nations attend as reports show 21,080 societies officially, with growth across Canada England India and Australia. The first day features sermons prayers and committee meetings as crowds fill Union Square Plaza for overflow talks.
Mrs Annie Broderick and three children perished in a early morning New York blaze at 67 East One Hundred Eighteenth Street. The kerosene lamp explosion caused the fire which overwhelmed responders before they could rescue the victims. Mary age five Richard eighteen months John nine months.
After talks with Congressman Springer and Gen Black, Adlai Stevenson will meet the notification committee in New York City on July 20. He leaves Chicago July 18 for the event at a leading hotel. In Indiana Portian an oil field reports three new wells yielding 500 barrels per day and ongoing drilling, with rising output.
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