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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1892
Page
2
A brief roundup notes a tiny Oxford University Press item four inches by twenty four inches with minimal thickness. It also cites Sovrikas Catiworsrca producing 180 million oranges and China hosting 1,024 American citizens, many of them women and missionaries. Henry Geonan questions writer's cramp from steel pens, contrasting with quill pens.
Somensier says she will discuss America and its people but refuses to write a book on the topic. Jules Simex, a clear European statesman, comments that accidents occur easily in that region.
A Mexican woman claiming divine power was banished after authorities accused her of inciting an Indian uprising. Government officials expanded the case to include alleged religious influence over unrest.
Miss Hannafullo of Westport Connecticut marks her forty fifth year as a Christchurch member having attended every service since joining.
Alexandien Hockaby of Ive River township Kentucky is reported at age 112 after taking one medicine dose. He was nearly a hundred when he swallowed it and says he does not think much of drugs.
About 1.02 percent of Americans live in Thinn with 506 women involved in mission wars. Expulsion would hurt Christianity more than commerce for the remaining residents.
A Norwegian superstition holds that rowers use a rooster in the boat to signal the location of a drowned body. The bird is expected to crow when the boat reaches the spot where the corpse lies.
The population of the German Empire on December 1 1890 was 49 428 470. Leading states: Prussia 29 957 207 Bavaria 5 594 982 Saxony 3 502 684 Württemberg 2 056 552 Baden 1 657 567 Alsace Lorraine 1 602 500 Hesse 2 983.
The list names Austria Hungary France German States Great Britain Italy Russia Spain and Turkey as nations with bigger national debts than the United States. It states France holds the largest debt at 6 427 500 000 compared with 864 420 541 for the United States.
A serious duel in France saw a man implicated in a family scandal fight the newspaper editor who published a report. Both were severely wounded, signaling possible changes in French dueling customs. The editor was struck with a sword until collapse.
The piece notes editors in Turkey must avoid banned topics and favor imperial health, agriculture, and industry news. It highlights the Grant monument fund reaching 500000 dollars with 700 extra, Gen Horace Porter steering completion, and memorial day set to finish funding.
The report covers Senate and House activity from June 7 to June 10 with passage of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill and a weather bureau station funding bill for Middle and Thunder Bay islands. It notes eulogies for Senator Wilson, plus passage of the urgent deficiency and pension bills, and a branch home for disabled veterans near Beatrice Nebraska.
Mr. Tinane left Washington for Boston en route to Bar Harbor. The president approved an act for a pension to ex Senator George W. Jones of Town. In Washington Clar rison died aged 104 years six months and 24 days. He claimed acquaintance with George Washington. Aggregate trade volume rose seven percent from last year. Business failures in the week ended the 10th were 192, down from 207 the prior week and 224 last year. Clearing house totals for the week ended the 10th were 1,457,750,000 dollars, up from 1,019,465,873 the prior week, a 16.40 percent rise from the year 1st week.
Fire destroyed the Tite malthouse and elevator of Mack lem Slater at Niagara Falls New York with an estimated loss of 100 000. Four firemen were injured two fatally. The Old Windham Connecticut village marked its 200th birthday. Maine Democrats at Bangor nominated Charles F Johnson for governor urging liquor law changes and Cleveland for president. Sidney Dillon financier and railroad magnate died in New York at 79. A tornado at Moscow Pennsylvania damaged buildings with no lives lost. Titusville Pennsylvania reported 65 dead from fire and flood with more missing.
The report lists multiple events: a tile works disaster near Joiaville Indiana with four men killed. Oregon Republican victories and legislature control. Congressmen elected in various states. the Minneapolis Republican convention details including Fassett as temporary chairman. Des Moines Town People's Party delegates. a pipe works destruction in Akron Ohio. Virginia prohibitionist convention in Lynchburg. a cyclone near Zwingle Iowa. death of George F. Green in Kalamazoo. Atlanta prohibitionists planning a state ticket. Fifth district delegates nominating Sam Small. congressional nominations in several states. Baltimore Democratic state convention nonbinding. Minneapolis Republican convention organizing. Ohio Governor McKinley named permanent chairman. Alabama Democrats split with Kolb nominated for governor by bolters.
Reports span conventions in Dallas to Minneapolis with tariff and free silver platforms, unpledged delegates, and Harrison on the Republican ticket. Fatalities include drownings in Racine and Cedar Rapids, hail kills a farmer in Mississippi, a saloon slaying in Creede, and a lynching in Bastrop. Weather and disasters include Belmont flooding, Meantime Kansas City sunstroke, Chattahoochee line wrecks, and Woods Jenks mill fire.
A lightning strike destroyed a noose in the Styrian Alps killing eight people. Samana Bay in the Dominican Republic has reportedly been ceded to the United States. The New Oriental Bank in London collapsed with liabilities near 15 million pounds and 6 million pounds paid in. Emio Pasha reportedly died in Africa. Mexican troops at Orizaba in Veracruz state killed seventeen marauders. The Pocahontas portrait from 1012 was secured for a world fair exhibit. In Weissenfels a father killed his three children after quarrels with his wife. In Matto Grosso government forces repelled a seven day battle, with about a thousand government dead and many wounded.
Roll of incidents includes Jos Gineon robbed of 16000 on Berkeley train Oakland. Rocheport fire destroys business portion. 54th body found in One City Pa. deadly lightning in Paris Ky. miners killed in Marquette Mi. Ottawa man drowns himself. fire destroys Time Crescent mill Hartford City Ind loss 100000. crops harmed in Doniphan Neb. Guthrie Okla crime spree. Mexican troops kill brigands near Ovibaza. Genese Ark safe robbed of 51100. Starving Russians relief ship sails from New York. West Point graduates 52 cadets. various baseball league standings and team percentages.
The Republican convention nominated Benjamin Harrison of Indiana for president and Jacob Whitelaw Reid of New York for vice president. Reid, a veteran journalist and diplomat, received the single ballot for vice president while Harrison secured the presidency for another term.
A summary of bequests includes Joan Jacon Astor giving 5000 to the Grant monument fund and 5000 to the Press club. P Ventixoton donates 24000 to Golden Gate park in San Francisco for an artificial cataract with a seventy five foot fall. Praxers Power Couse receives 150000 pounds from a wealthy Londoner for temperance and Christian works. Ella Reed house in Boston is being built by Miss Cynthia Bates in memory of a niece with Rev. Phillips Brooks laying the cornerstone. Father Durex, a Wisconsin priest, receives 55000 from a Parisian father to fund charitable works. An Arkansas editor retires, saying the paper is handed to a wealthier successor who can better support it.
Rumors in Tageblatt confirm Emin Pasha may have died in the African interior. If true, sources say smallpox is the likely cause after reports in April of illness. The noted explorer, once governor and companion of Stanley, spent years in Central Africa amid wars, trade and science, and his fate remains uncertain.
In Titusville on June 9 a disaster’s toll grows daily with hundreds of families needing aid for months. Property damage far exceeds life loss, striking refineries and factories that provided livelihoods. A fully organized relief committee distributes clothing and supplies, shielding survivors from severe suffering.
In Crerpe Colorado on June 9 Bob Ford once famous for killing Jesse James was shot dead by Deputy Sheriff Kelly inside Ford's dance hall. The two men had a feud since a February quarrel in Pueblo. Kelly fired buckshot striking Ford in the neck, killing him instantly. Kelly surrendered and would not speak.
A four year old boy was found murdered in Whitechapel, his throat cut and body slashed, tied to railings on Goulston Street in a poor district. Police fear an early brutal crime with several wounds. Oriental Bank in Trouble. London. The Oriental Bank faces difficulties from silver declines and Mauritius losses. Bank of England weighing relief measures with capital of 2 million pounds and assets around 84 million.
The document details a Republican platform reaffirming protectionism, bimetallism, and a strong tariff policy. It praises reciprocity, calls for universal suffrage with honest ballots, immigration controls, labor protections, civil service reform, and naval and foreign engagement. It endorses territorial admission, arid lands to states, and the Nicaragua canal, while praising Harrison's administration.
Information from City of Mexico reports a confrontation with a marauder band that attacked Toculla hacienda on May 30. Seventeen bandits were killed and several injured, while government troops suffered no casualties and pursue the remaining gang.
A humorous verse from the New York Ledger reflects on romantic pursuits and the speaker's vow not to marry. It names several womanly types and states the speaker will not be a marrying man despite flattery, charm, and Cupid’s enticements.
Judge Woods in Chicago decided against A McKee in a trade mark case involving Hostetter Co. and Dr. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Imitation sold at West Madison street department store used original bottles with counterfeit caps, yielding a perpetual injunction and costs.
Neighbor John Gilbert exhausted by long illness regained perfect health after using August Flower. Family and friends astonished by rapid recovery as treatment appeared to work despite prior failure of other help. Holt Ontario resident John Quibell reports remarkable improvement.
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