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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1892
Page
2
The Gazette notes quirky stats and social quips from Sahara square miles to belles, charity subscriptions, and Japanese patient bills. It mentions Indians land, a double wedding near Poplar Bluff, and Winnipeg drivers to Jacksonville for the world’s fair before returning. It also covers an elevator accident, money ink secrets, and Senate chums among anecdotes.
Cincinnati reports a complex case where Thomas Colon seeks release after fifteen months in the workhouse, having pleaded guilty to spare his brother Patrick who struck a man with a shovel. The piece also surveys women’s clubs in Holhemia, education advances for women, a historic Pope pine in Powhatan County, and a Census Bureau bulletin on U.S. homicide in 1800s era, detailing prisoner composition by crime, color, and nativity.
Exports for the year ending September show 4,264,074 and imports 854,031 amid government statistics. General John M. Schofield notes army discipline improves with calls for better small arms and stronger militia. Twenty-fifth anniversary of President Harrison’s wedding observed. New York Tammany renominates Fellows, Cummings, Cochran, Campbell for Congress. New Jersey seeks receiver for Reading coal roads. Bernard J. Green dies after fall from train platform in Pennsylvania. Neary dies after prize fight in New York. New York Chicago telegraph link opened with mayoral greetings. Whitelaw Reid accepts Republican VP nomination. Swindlers in Florida land deal defraud many. Vermont selects Redfield Proctor as U.S. senator. Buffalo canal centennial celebration draws delegates. New Jersey indicts Pittsburgh police chief O Mara. City of Paris makes record voyage to New York. Dantey Bur Terriry nominated for Congress. C Shane named. A stand collapse injures 100 in Connecticut. Bayard Or sells to August Belmont for 2000. Fire destroys 12 buildings in Altoona. Dun & Co reports booming home trade and record October bank exchanges. Pittsburgh nonunions beaten. Smith fatally injured. Burkhalter & Co. bankrupt for 700,000.
Kansas Gov. Humphrey asks for U S cavalry to guard the southern border amid Dalton gang remnants. World trotting records fall in Nashville as Directum clocks 2 11 for a mile and Ital Pointer posts 2 04 with Guy. Outlaws in Idaho are shot and hanged after stealing hundreds of horses. A Chicago suburb fire in Englewood kills two and destroys 20 buildings. Five other violent incidents include murders in St. Louis and San Diego, embezzlement fugitives, and a large fire in Rockford. A Utah justice resigns, Idaho votes on Mormon oath, a Dredge boat explosion near Chattanooga kills three, and a Cleveland Boston NL game ends with Boston ahead 5-2. A Des Moines shooting ends in suicide.
Read of three tremors felt in Martinsville Indiana rattling windows and crockery. Other items include executions and deaths in Chicago Detroit Paris and Louisville, a Canada seal catch drop, a cholera tally in Hamburg and France, and a San Tiago revolution surge. Major headlines describe fires floods wrecks and a six day walking contest in Chicago.
Whitelaw Reid's acceptance letter to W. T. Durbin defends the Republican platform, arguing for a protective tariff and a strong currency. He asserts that party principles guide governance, praises the tariff's record on growth, wages, and national debt reduction, and critiques opponents for seeking tariff repeal and a return to weaker currency systems. The document cites census data and economic trends to support the party's claims.
The speaker argues the party has shown vast financial achievement yet opposed fiscal reforms, warning that Democratic control could threaten peace and prosperity. He praises President Harrison as honest and capable, urging continuity of policy and renomination to uphold stability and public confidence.
Chicago and New York linked by a 1900 mile copper circuit ending in a public trial at Quincy Street. Mayor Washburne and Mayor Grant spoke as 825000 pounds of wire and 48000 poles carried the line with tolls of nine dollars for five minutes. The test proved a success and plans envision more city connections across the Midwest.
Racine, Wis October 19 Curtis Hicks known as the ossified man and rival of the late Jonathan Sass died at his home Monday afternoon. Born in Dutchess County New York fifty three years ago he began as an engineer and moved to Racine in 1861. In 1879 he suddenly fell ill with a disease that ossified his joints while his mind remained clear. He weighed 140 pounds as a healthy man and waned to under 85 pounds before death. He spent time in a dime museum and with W C Coup's railroad show. He left a widow five daughters and one son all living.
Tens of thousands filled Chicago streets for the three grand divisions of the parade headed by Gen. Miles and a mounted police detachment. Distinguished guests including Vice President Morton, the cabinet, and Cardinal Gibbons watched from the grand stand as Indian cadets led in the second division and Catholic and fraternal groups followed in the third. The march spanned about 10 miles though the route was under 8, with 80,000 to 90,000 in line and a later banquet at Kinsley’s in honor of the visitors featuring speeches by Morton, Foster, Depew, and others.
A heavy Sardinia storm near Cagliari floods lowlands and washes away eight houses at Decimomannu. At least 100 buildings fall in Emas, with extensive losses. One third of Assemini collapsed, leaving residents homeless. Several drownings reported as women attempting to save belongings are cited.
A Victoria dispatch reports British Columbia seal catch at 45,000 skins this season, down from 52,905 last year. Average price slides from 15 to 11, cutting total BC seal catch value by about 37 percent versus 1891.
Col Joseph A Wood a pioneer in the museum business died in Adrian on Friday morning aged 83 Bright's Disease He settled in Adrian early as a merchant then entered the museum business in Cincinnati and Chicago He survived the 1871 fire in Chicago which destroyed his popular museum there
A historic ad advocates two remedies for widespread illness. Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure is claimed to heal lung troubles from colds without poison. The Laxative Gum Drops are promoted for digestive derangements and constipation, described as safe and pleasant.
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