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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1892
Page
2
The Gazette catalogs global notes including Europe’s temperate country Beroium, world marriage rates, the independence declaration in Washington, and postal card sizes. It sketches almanac tidbits from St Petersburg to Greenland, Danish pension law, and notable cultural figures with brief anecdotes.
Tris cites Dr Richard Weaver in Hamburg for a cholera cure boasting 99 of 100 early cases saved and 70 of severe cases cured. The remedy, a percedate crystal solution injected under the skin, reportedly tested in London with Sir Edward Clark’s backing and said to be safe for all microbic diseases.
The weekly review notes a rise in Great Lakes shipping tonnage from 711,269 tons in 1882 to 1,183,582 tons in 1502, with a growing fleet of efficient steamers. It reports government receipts, debt changes, mint coinage values, and upcoming Thanksgiving proclamations, plus multiple other national items and notable deaths and events.
The week records LADIE SCANLAN death at 25 in New York. Forest fires rage from Ohio Pyle to Delaney's Cave in Pennsylvania, causing heavy losses near Johnstown. A sugar trust contract for 5,000,000 bags is signed with John Hailey of Philadelphia. Incendiary fires hit Beaver Falls amid union tensions. Rev J C Bradbury and wife struck by a train in Painted Post, killing Mrs Bradbury. Philadelphia reports 8685 diphtheria cases with 1095 deaths. Immigrants to the U S number 28229 in September, cholera month. Gen Samuel Wyllie Crawford dies in Philadelphia at 55.
Three men robbed a Spearville Kansas bank of ten thousand dollars. A man abducted two brothers Burgees jailed in Lebanon Virginia and lynched them for the murder of Oak Sutherland. In Denver a Miss Willard was named president.
Pittsburgh jury acquitted Cols Hawkins Streator and Surgeon Grimm of assaulting ex Private Sams. Separate reports note a Kansas City bank closure with full deposit payout and a series of violent events across the nation including a cow-hijacked Missouri Kansas and Texas rail wreck and mob violence in Jonesville Louisiana.
Reports from North Manitou Island and Cleveland confirm the steamer W. H. Gilcher foundered near the Manitous during the late November storm. Ten crew members’ names are unknown, and wreckage found by life savers suggests no survivors.
Lixconn Ill Nov 4 Not a ray of hope beyond promises exists for unsecured creditors of Pegram & Bro. The firm’s liabilities exceed $100000, with farmers owed for stored grain and notes for future crops. The bookkeeper’s statement is pending, delaying full understanding of the disaster.
The Sun reports campaign cost figures through November including Republican and Democratic fundraising, listing state by state allocations and notable donors. It notes possible minor errors but presents an approximate breakdown of funds deployed by both parties.
Lieut Frederick Schwatka famed Arctic explorer was found unconscious in Portland Oregon near Morrison Street on Nov 3. He had taken laudanum and died at Good Samaritan hospital after showing signs of narcotic poisoning. Schwatka led Franklin search expeditions and later wrote notable works.
Massive labor dispute in New Orleans sees sixty one union bodies strike over union-only hiring. Clothing clerks, musicians, cabmen and print workers walk out while car drivers halt transit and papers face suspension. Governor warns of peace breach as talks end without settlement.
Thousands attend ceremonies in Cuicano as corner stone is laid for a Waldheim cemetery monument to Haymarket martyrs Spies Parsons Engel Fischer and Lingg. The iron box with trial reports and labor publications is sealed inside the stone. unveiling is planned for June.
The jury acquitted Cols Hawkins and Streator and Surgeon Grimm of assault on ex Private Tams. Costs are split between the county and the defense. The verdict states defendants not guilty of assault and battery with each colonel paying half the costs.
Bright dress trimmings use satin and grosgrain ribbons. New Russian dresses use bordered wool with bright colors and green pink combinations appear in millinery. Velvets changeable and iridescent dominate, gold galloon with beads adds sparkle. Velvet and lace remain safe core fabrics across ages, with elaborate embroidery on lace edging and torchon motifs. Dark red enamel jewelry and gold edged bow ribbons complete the look.
President Benjamin Harrison issues a proclamation naming Thursday November 4 as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. The document, dated November 4, 1892 in Washington, calls upon all people to observe the occasion and seek continued divine care and grace.
A violent clash on a Santa Fe passenger train between here and Gainesville left one United States deputy marshal and a Negro passenger killed. The shooting began in the smoking car reserved for Negroes after a quarrel with Deputy Marshal Smith. A melee followed, with multiple shots fired and the assailant killed. All involved were arrested on arrival.
The British barque Norcross carrying petroleum from Philadelphia to Rouen burned in the Seine. Three crew members died and seven others are missing, likely drowned. Captain Roop and his wife were saved along with five others. Explosion followed ignition and flames rose high as the vessel burned.
A masked robber boarded a Omaha to Missouri Valley train near California Junction and shot W. G. Pollock of the Samuel Bergman Jewelry Co. He seized a sample case with about 15000 dollars worth of diamonds, beat Pollock about the head and face, then fled into the woods. Pollock is staying at the Willard hotel and is not believed to be fatally wounded.
In Quiebec 8000 protesters hailed ex Premier Mercier as the jury found him not guilty of trying to defraud the province of 50000 dollars. Four bearers carried Mercier to the courthouse doors as supporters cried Non coupable Not guilty.
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