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Newspaper
Lorain County Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1898
Page
2
February 1898 scraps note social cures for ebriates and rampe le. a South Dakota judge fights elopement. Klondike fever and gold hoards contrast with counterfeit bills and museum-like shipping to Europe. Britain builds ships, Germany drives codes, Belgium unrest hints at revolts. California jubilee marks gold production with vast totals, while a web of politics, taxes, and power plays threads through Europe and the Americas.
A summary of the week’s federal activity notes senate debate on fortifications funding and treasury vessel costs, plus the Teller bond vote defeat. Executive discussions cover Hawaiian annexation and the Yukon revenue cutter bill. Revenue totals and debt figures for January are given alongside mint outputs and banknote circulation. President and Mrs Daly visit Trawall and Doleald dinner noted.
Resignations and cabinet shuffles in New Jersey as J W Griggs leaves governorship for attorney general post, Voorhees succeeds. Fires devastate plants in Connecticut and Pennsylvania. storms, wrecks, strikes, and legislative moves ripple across the U S and abroad with multiple deaths and economic shocks.
A compilation notes several 19th century law questions. It states the trustee’s purchase price can go to the beneficial owner, denies women’s suffrage in Gougar case, explains voting majorities of property owners, and upholds injunctions against oppressive actions in another state while suits against partners may proceed.
Notes discuss a likely passage of a proposed reform to professional standards and membership in a national association. The text notes benefits for wheel users and potential drawbacks for farmers and others who use lanes, criticizing road changes and tolls. Mentions Cleopatra in passing as a non sequitur.
A fierce two day storm battered Cape Ann and Boston region on February 2, causing multiple shipwrecks and heavy damage along coastlines. Drowned sailors from the Daniel Webster and other vessels feared. 18 lives lost and several ships reported wrecked. Widespread power and telegraph outages paralyzed Boston and surrounding towns. thousands faced travel disruption and property damage estimated in the tens of thousands.
A wartime dispatch from Seattle dated January reports Acting Secretary Merkelhausen approving Captain Hay's accusations and a cabinet discussion about mobilizing manpower and resources to improve safety in the Klondike region. The telegraph abstract details orders for immigration checks and frontier labor deployment, with Alaska and the Northwest cited as focal areas.
A deadly blast at a Marinette Wis sulphite paper mill destroyed a three story building and crushed workers. Peter Horst Sennel Steifen Louis Lefebvre and others feared dead or trapped as rescue efforts continue amid toxic fumes and wreckage. The cause remains under investigation with no prior incidents reported at the plant.
An elaborate entertainment marked the welcome of President Dole of Luowall at the White House on Tuesday night. Decor was beautiful and the party, too large for the state dining room, extended into the corridor behind the stained glass screen.
Washington reports Germany forbids import of American fresh fruit including apples and other produce, citing sanitary grounds. The decree, effective immediately, excludes only Bavaria Saxony and Württemberg, prompting a strong U S remonstrance and questions over German commitments to trade treaties. U S officials anticipate possible retaliation discussions as public opinion questions German agrarian policy.
Boston reports reveal a deadly storm across eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Twenty persons drowned and losses exceed $2,000,000 with 30 schooners wrecked and many vessels lost in Gloucester and Salem harbors. The region faced telegraph and trolley outages, and cleanup crews labored to restore lines and tracks.
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