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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1892
Page
6
The Madison Herald excludes a reader’s note on the Louisville Courier Journal critique of the incoming Democratic administration. The piece references Mr. Cleveland and comments on political fate, ships, and policy dreaming of universal rights with no exclusive privileges.
The Attorney General Green Smith’s two year term ends today and he will take the oath to succeed himself. The Indiana Journal charges overdrawn salary as Lieutenant Governor but supporters defend his integrity and say he owes nothing to the state. Green Smith is praised for integrity and abilities and continues to be targeted by the Republican paper.
The Courier Journal quotes a political vow to replace protective tariffs with a revenue tariff. The speech condemns Robber Barons and promises a deliberate shift, stating the new administration will aim to abolish the protective principle through a strictly revenue based tariff.
An odd promotional line touts Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movements aided by a pleasant herb joak. The fragment ends with a garbled plea to try it.
A bill before the reichstag would require emigrants to notify authorities to settle state or private debts before departure. Those leaving with a certificate may travel unhindered. without it, fines or imprisonment await. The plan adds consular aid, a foreign office emigration department, and limits departures to German ports via German-flag shipping firms.
In Tead Pennsylvania yesterday workers at the Carnegie company faced scarce meals as months of strike left purses light. Streets were quiet with little celebration and about fifty job seekers visited the works, though few were hired.
In Riverton Iowa on November 25 a disturbing case arises as authorities pursue the suspected poisoning of Mrs. William Mayhar and her four deceased spouses. The latest body analysis shows strychnine, and an inquest verdict corroborates the claim amid insurance interest and a history of multiple marriages.
Honolulu's new cabinet signals intent to negotiate a reciprocity treaty with the United States and to cede Pearl Harbor for a repair and coaling station while left in effect. It pledges autonomy for the Hawaiian kingdom and closer trade ties, and notes opposition to any move to legalize a lottery.
Mrs Bertha Laws, previously jailed with Domingo Ruiz the Ecuador consul general, was rearrested on a charge of passing bogus checks after her release. Police found pawn tickets for jewelry she pledged and losing Guttenburg race tickets on her person amid reports of several small forged checks at shops and hotels.
The body of John Griffin was recovered from a Syracuse canal with three deep head gashes and a shattered left elbow, suggesting murder. Griffin disappeared after an argument with a streetcar conductor on November 18, last seen that night.
Senate sub committee hearings on Pinkertonism and the Homestead strike resume at the Hotel Duquesne. Ex-President Weihe of the Amalgamated Association testifies on wages and conciliation, while Captain Ridgers and other witnesses discuss events surrounding July 6 and the firing of Pinkertons. Robert A. Pinkerton is named to testify next in New York.
New York reports Lindey Tracey a famed former prize fighter and admirer of John L. Sullivan lies in critical condition in Brooklyn after a drunken quarrel. He threw wine in a crowd, sparking a free fight in Ahrent Ravendam's Franklin Street saloon, defended by the proprietor who struck Tracey.
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