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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1891
Page
1
The article discusses standards for judging candidates, noting honesty and fitness. It reports Queen Victoria and Empress of India traveling to Grasse for health reasons, plus political matters in Illinois and California, and World’s Columbian Exposition clubs forming to fund travel to Chicago in 1893.
A Monmouth Illinois man sells a pottery saving bank that can only be broken to retrieve funds. Families deposit spare change to raise enough for trips to the Exposition. Attendees at Philadelphia Centennial reached 9 910 996 and Paris Exposition 28 149 353. World’s Columbian Exposition may match or exceed those crowds.
The Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby died Sunday afternoon of pneumonia after a brief illness. Born in New York in 1826, he led Rutgers Greek chair, pastored at Fourth Avenue Presbyterian, and served as moderator of the General Assembly in 1873. He founded the Society for the Prevention of Crime, campaigning for regulation of alcohol to curb crime.
In Chicago on March 20 officers detained most of Captain Jack Burke’s gang of youths aged 10 to 12 after a raid at Hyde Park. Investigators report the group marked with Burke’s symbol, had terrorized chicken coop owners and stolen freight goods worth thousands, with losses likely reaching 150 dollars per youth.
At a blast furnace in Terre Haute the cupola failed at 1 45 pm. Two workers Michael Garvey and Patrick Hurley were fatally burned and killed instantly. The accident caused heavy furnace damage and debris possibly trapping two more men. The incident triggered widespread excitement in the neighborhood.
In Logansport Indiana four boys son of notable citizens were tied to a string of burglaries over six months. Edward Overholser son of Dr D L Overholser and three others George Hall John Roof Frank Welch were held over to grand jury after the Terre Haute raid found plunder linked to their home city. Over $1000 in goods stolen.
Dispatches report a massive defeat of native troops in Assam with 470 killed and Chief Commissioner J W Quinton missing. Other items note revolutions in the Comoro Islands, royal labor reforms in Berlin, and war prep signals amid tensions in Europe.
The Madison Indiana City Council, under an 1891 act, divided Madison into precincts for ward elections. Precincts include First Ward South of Second Street at Jacob Weber’s area and Precinct 2 at Pavey’s house, with various voting places across wards and streets. City Clerk John A. Zuck certified the boundaries on April 1, 1801.
The Courier Journal boasts the largest Democratic circulation and claims it will double or triple its audience by giving away daily prizes. Free sample copies offered. address W N Haldeman, president, Courier Journal Company. Weekly Herald advertised at two dollars per year.
The ad claims good looks come from strong vital organs. It links liver, stomach, and kidney health to appearance and touts Electric Bitters as a direct tonic for these organs. It promises cures for pimples and boils and notes a price per bottle at the Harper Drug Store.
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