21 May 1892
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Newspaper
Le Mars Weekly Sun
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1892
Page
1
A frontier crime tale from Boise City Idaho reports a sluice robbing scheme ending in the death of a young woman. A miner at Saddle Creek had noticed a nightly calf at the sluice and shot it, only to learn the figure was a girl in private dress. authorities suspect a staged robbery netting thousands.
Topeka special reports Kansas Germans are forming an organization to oppose prohibition in the fall constitutional convention vote. They aim to mobilize virtually all German voters, creating county groups with a central unit in Topeka. Lawr ence hosts a state convention June 6. Topeka mass meeting elects six delegates and adopts a resolution against temperance laws.
In Riga the Czar presents Captain Spencer of the American steamer Uonemaugh with an enameled tea service for famine relief cargo from Philadelphia. Count Bobrinsk and city authorities witness the presentation. The governor hosts a banquet and a circus performance honors the crew, followed by a Prefect dinner and a gala theater show.
News from Gainesville Texas reports a terrible cyclone striking Turkey Valley in Green County. It swept the area destroying homes and structures, demolishing dugouts, and lifting occupants. Early death toll is five with ten more fatally hurt. nearly everyone in the valley sustained injuries.
Two men reported finding John Pflagler murdered on Beaver Creek eighteen miles south of Fort Morgan Col. Pflagler a wealthy stockman had enemies among cattle thieves and the case has drawn local attention as authorities investigate the killing.
McKeesport Pennsylvania special report reports William Johnston a colored waiter at McKee's restaurant lying near death after smoking 200 cigarettes in two days. He bragged of the feat before a sudden fatal attack and intense suffering.
Chicago special reports the Building Trades Council may call a general strike if iron workers demands are not met. Painter's Organization offers to step in to maintain work, aiding iron workers. Anniston Alabama reports a free fight among cotton mill girls, likely cost lives and injury. Saw mill boilers explode at Midland, Michigan, destroying the mill and killing three men with one fatally injured, cause unknown.
Balance of Balize area details capture twelve wood-cutters by Maya Indians. They were tortured to confess locations of comrades before the group was killed. Meanwhile in Rome Minister Porter arrives in Italy stirring diplomatic interest.
Special report from Valero California noting the war ship Iroquois lowered her flag and left commission. It is unlikely she will be used again.
A cloudburst at Independence near Akron leveled houses and swept away outbuildings while threatening the Akron Pressed Brick Company works. A large dam with unclear fate loomed as floodwaters devastated the region.
A flood toppled a house of the Thibet family after forty feet of water backed up and surged through three feet of flooding to hills. Several houses were swept away, multiple bridges disappeared, and the water nearly reached large brick kilns, risking a catastrophic plant explosion. The expected losses are described as very heavy.
Detroit's George C. Baker and electrician Goddard tested Baker's submarine boat in the Detroit River. The craft submerged for two hours, remaining level and steady without tilting, then surfaced with two passengers uninjured. They reported smooth headway against a strong current and no discomfort during the trial.
Duns Review of the Week notes very unfavorable Western weather threatens crops while other regions show hopeful trade. Money markets are easy with visible improvements. dispatches from Cleveland Denver and midwest cities report delays. Chicago sees higher sales easier collections and good trade despite retarding influences. Wool wheat corn cured meats and butter show declines while beef flour cattle and hogs rise significantly.
Baron Fava the Italian minister to the United States arrived aboard the La Gascogne. Italian representatives tried to bring him ashore at quarantine on the Laura M. Stalin but rough seas delayed the plan. He was boarded at Jersey City and rode to Washington by train. Fava said he valued the friendships formed and would keep working to strengthen U S Italy ties under the King and the President.
A Norfolk special reports a white man Justice killed by a mob after a confrontation with a black worker Wells at Simmons Creek coal mines. The attack followed Justice’s assault, with a mob entering a house and shooting him, then pursuing and killing Wells and wounding others. Separate dispatch notes a fatal gas mine explosion in Rostyn Washington where 43 bodies have been recovered and relief funds raised by nearby towns.
Fort Worth Texas report of a deadly shooting between commercial travelers H C Russel and W H Coffman. Russell was killed and Coffman seriously wounded after Coffman returned from the road. Coffman’s wife had confronted Russell over his attentions, prompting a confrontation at Russell’s boarding house and a demand for apology. Mrs Coffman claims to have fired the fatal shot.
London reports detail aboard the bark Aberdeen that foundered off Cardiff amid heavy seas. Eighteen crewmen drowned after lifeboats broke up and rescuers pulled survivors from rigging. Seaman O Neill reached Cardiff after collision and Captain ordered abandon ship. Eleven rescued from the jigger mast by Foxhound. other survivors saved by Scotarlie. The crew, including carpenter and apprentice, tell of harsh voyage and miscourse.
The Philadelphia special notes the bark Samuel B Hale from Santos with Capt Capsill dying at sea on March 16. Mate Westerberg describes grotesque scenes in Santos with crowded hospitals and authorities ignoring bodies, government burial trenches, and ships abandoned as the plague ravages sailors and towns.
The new bridge across the Mississippi at Memphis Tennessee opened to traffic with impressive ceremonies. A large crowd gathered including state and national figures, a street parade with military visitors and industry floats, and a test by sending eighteen locomotives over the structure. The Concord man of war and river craft flew bunting in celebration. The weather was delightful and the event was a notable display of regional progress.
In Montreal Quebec a farmer’s son Provost aged from St Jean de Chrysostome County of Chateaugny became despondent over family troubles and hanged himself using a rope tied to a team’s whiffletree. He died when the team bolted sending his body in with a rope around his neck as his head was torn from his body. His wealthy family faced shock from the tragedy.
Gov Lenay received dispatches from a courier reporting that about one hundred Cheyenne and Arapaho were off their allotments and driving white settlers from claims. Indians say they never signed the treaty for lands sale and threaten to remove settlers within ten days if not evicted. Indians are armed. Guards encircle Cheyenne at all times. townsfolk urge immediate troops. Many Indians refuse agency presence and may destabilize the area without control.
In Grande City Texas a clash occurred between Mexican troops and Garza remnants led by Julian Flores and Eustisio Rontan at La Mecca behind Mier. Flores a Black man named Abaldo and eight others were killed. No prisoners fell. One soldier reportedly wounded. Faction fled toward the United States as authorities were alerted to dispatch troops.
A large blaze at the Burnett Norris Oil Warehouses in Bristol, London, consumed 2,000 barrels of oil and spread to nearby warehouses and a distillery. Five ships and several barges or lighters were lost or damaged, with oil flowing into the harbor forming a sea of fire. In Milwaukee a fireman shot himself amid domestic trouble, followed by his wife taking poison the next morning, leaving five children.
A New York Tribune piece argues Brazil benefits from the 1891 reciprocity treaty with the United States, citing trade gains and a free market for coffee and hides, while criticizing American farmers and calling the reciprocity policy a public misdirection. The article surveys export patterns, tariff implications, and contrasts with European demand, questioning the treaty's supposed farmer aid and highlighting duties that burden consumers and rural workers.
The article compares direct and indirect taxation, noting per capita and per family burdens in general terms and citing New Zealand as a case where import duties raise consumer costs by at least 34 percent. It suggests the United States may face an even larger increment in federal taxation for the next fiscal year.
Four years ago President Cleveland urged no duty reductions to fund government and ease farmer and laborer burdens. Voters largely misunderstood revenue versus protective tariffs. Economic discussions spread from 1888 to papers, lodges, schools, churches, and homes, expanding demand for balanced tariff literature.
Simpson argues that protection spread from individual protections on items to a system of tariffs across many products. He notes that workers sought balance by protecting the goods of their labor, leading to a broad protective framework through staggered tariffs and industry protection.
The column tracks wage increases and wage reductions linked to tariff effects. Notable entries note a South iron company cartel with about 50 million capital forming to control sales, and a locomotive tire trust formed by Nashua Iron Company, Standard and Steel Company of Lewiston, and Latrobe Steel Company.
The piece notes active tariff advocacy across the country with press bureaus and speakers in schools halls and fairs, asserting tariff discussion as a lasting issue. It also details the Cordage Trust saga with John Good resuming operations, the trust’s holdings and mills, duty impacts, and ripple effects on prices and workers.
A retired New York banker N C Barney showcases a pipe collection including a trunk shaped pipe with hunting party carvings and bags bearing his name. The display features Alaska pipes carved from walrus tusks and a Gordon setter cigarholder whose color mirrors the dog. Theosophists claim a distant end to the world within ten years, while British doctors conclude electric light harms eyesight is not proven.
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