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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1892
Page
2
The Gazette from Lanark Illinois notes Nathaniel Berry of New Hampshire is said to be the oldest living ex governor at age 95. It quips about British paving and dirt, Langtry buying Paris dresses, and a Swiss doctor photographing painted windows in their original colors.
The text asserts Russia could field 5,000,000 armed men in Europe and notes 6,000 women in Dahomey’s army fighting the French. It casts the notion of Frenchmen battling female Black troops as picturesque and entertaining, reflecting dated imperial attitudes.
An English impostor posing as a London and Northwest Railway representative is denounced as a fraud by agents. Reports recount fatalities of Woodruff and Wagner in sleeping car ventures. Bits note beard fashion, a kiss prowler near Carthage, Mo., and a famed manly reputation contest. Gibraltar rock signaling restricted to Brits. others denied. A Piqua romance ends in California marriage. Philadelphia bases factories grind 100 horse hides weekly for baseballs. ball prices and materials listed.
The mystery of how Italy funds large bond payments is explained by British embassy secretary Dering. American travelers spend about 55 million in gold annually, other foreigners twice that, and donations to the Holy See from 50,000 pilgrims add further gold inflows to Rome.
A compact digest of May week actions notes the Senate passing bills on land conveyances for veterans and the Klamath River Indian Reservation, with a conference on the Chinese exclusion bill. House actions include the river and harbor bill and a tax-report bill. Various state and party conventions endorse Harrison, free coinage opposition, and McKinley tariff. Tragic river crossing deaths at Dumas, and executions in Little Rock and Canon City. Church growth in India and drowning at Beaver Creek close the week.
The monthly Treasury report shows April circulation up by 4 950 724 with May 1 total at 1 618 572 244. A Agriculture Bulletin says at least 15 percent of the nation's food supply is adulterated. Clearing houses report 1 280 085 610 in weekly exchanges, up from 1 088 019 716. business failures total 200 for the week, down from 211, and the Chinese minister denounces the exclusion bill as a treaty violation.
Theodore L. Woodruff 81 a pioneer of sleeping cars was struck and killed by a train near Gloucester New Jersey. In Maine L C Bateman was nominated for governor by the People's Party at Gardiner. Delegates to the national convention chosen. Republicans at Hartford endorsed Harrison administration and protectionist policy. Rhode Island Republicans elected untethered delegates. In Montpelier Vermont LB Smalley nominated for governor at Democratic convention. In Providence Rhode Island Republicans selected national convention delegates who go uninstructed. In New York Charles Pinckham Jr former bank president was arrested for misappropriating 870000 of Bank of Harlem funds. An earthquake in Lancaster County Pennsylvania was followed by heavy rain and hail causing unroofed houses and loss of life.
In Milwaukee and Michigan conventions Democrats instruct delegates to vote for Cleveland and oppose free coinage of silver while backing education parental rights and the McKinley bill. Republicans nominate Kane in Missouri and Cra mer in Illinois districts, with platforms endorsing Harrison, McKinley, and opposing free silver and state education mandates.
The collapse of Alfred Friedlander, prominent Berlin banker and broker, for 2,500,000 marks is announced. Russia offers 100,000 rubles for identifying publishers of anti czar pamphlets linking famine to empire misery. Milan mourns singing master Lamperti as pupils Albini Van Zandt Campanini noted. In London editor John David Nicholl of an anarchist paper is jailed eighteen months.
The report catalogs a string of disasters and events: river and harbor bill discussion in the House. Nebraska snow depth in the northwestern counties. a castle in Germany destroyed by fire. a Michigan salt plant loss of 175000 dollars. mass emigration from Tennessee to Oklahoma. fires destroying homes and businesses in New Jersey. a double murder suicide in Canarsie. widespread flood warnings across multiple states. drownings from a boat capsize near Woodsdale Island. Kentucky and Orlando weather catastrophes. a San Francisco suicide by a stevedore. a major Chinese city fire destroying 2000 houses. London Haymarket fire killing four waiters. baseball league percentages for the week ending the 7th across National and Western leagues.
At Springfield on May 5 the Illinois Republicans adopted a platform backing the Harrison administration, protection, and immigration laws, calling for soldier pensions and a repeal of the compulsory school act. Fifer was nominated. he urged an education-minded campaign, defended protection, opposed fiat money, praised Blaine and Harrison, and urged unity to defeat Democrats and preserve American labor protections.
A fragment notes camphor on a toothbrush for a fresh feel and rosy gums. It claims gums reflect health, turning pale or white with poor blood, while bright red gums signal good health. It references iron as a remedy and ends with a stray initial N.
A collection of quick science notes noting blood volume as about one tenth body weight, insect limb regeneration not unusual, air rising in vessels, Mercury glass curvature, visibility of Himalayas from 224 miles, flame colors from fuel elements, and a nondescript remark on time.
Panic spreads as the Lumursh drainage dike near Pekin fails threatening millions in property. Illinois River rising rapidly, bridges washed, trains late, farms flooded, and residents flee to hills. Ottawa and nearby towns also report complete darkness and factories inundated. other states suffer cyclones, dam fears, and widespread wrecks.
At Pratt mines in Brimingham May 7 E K Liddell and C S Miller broke into Giff’s jewelry store. Ten hidden officers charged from under the store and ordered surrender. Liddell fled and was fatally shot. he confessed leading the gang behind a Georgia Pacific train robbery near Weems in March. Miller was captured and jailed.
A large fire in New York destroyed a block bounded by First Avenue and the East River between Forty fifth and Forty sixth streets. Schwarz child & Sulzberger, major meat dealers, occupied the four story buildings. Fire began at 2:50 AM Friday and burned until about 6:00 AM. Total losses estimated between 100000 and 1000000 dollars.
Floods sweep through Illinois Indiana Missouri and Kansas driving families from homes and inundating farms. The La Marsh district dyke break forces rescue efforts as cattle hogs and horses seek safety. Ottawa and LaSalle report millions in crop and factory losses with towns from Joliet to Peoria hit hard. Alexandria Missouri endures high water flooding wheat and driving residents to safety while Goshen and Goshen dam breach add to the disaster. Kansas City and Oklahoma report widespread flood damage and railway disruptions with trains delayed.
George W. Irwin, head brakeman with the Illinois Central, faces murder charges after a Sublette wreck Tuesday night killed Engineer Trude and injured several others. He was arrested in Amboy and brought to Dixon to await the coroner's jury action. Deputy Sheriff Norman Jewett transported him to the county jail.
Washington May. Applications for accommodations from Grand Army members to attend the encampment in September arrive daily. Headquarters secured for over 300 posts, totaling 28,000 men, with 15,000 more on file. Five months before the event, preparations indicate a large veteran turnout.
A local interview with Dr. R. A. Gunn at his New York home reveals his strong endorsement of Warner's Safe Cure for kidney and urinary ailments. He cites ten years of experience with the remedy, including cases of Bright's disease, bladder inflammation, renal calculi, and a complex pregnancy related incident, and provides patient names and outcomes to support his claims.
The fragmentary text surveys European and colonial history with notes on 1528 laws permitting women to propose to men, 1626 Bahama Isles discovery and 1718 English possession, 1524 London soap manufacture, 1574 theater licensing for Burbage at the Globe, and a flood of ad hoc quotations on medicine, schooling, jokes, billiards, and miscellaneous print snippets from various papers.
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