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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1892
Page
8
The report covers North Madison's ongoing activity and various locals notes. It mentions Scipio campers returning home after a pleasant trip, several fires and accidents, civic events, and community figures including Jamies C. Davis, S. M. Mitchell, and Rev. M. H. Jacks.
Thomas Clark died at noon after a six month grip and an eight week illness causing gastric catarrh. He was born in Washington county Pennsylvania and moved to Madison in 1850 where he worked in the iron business. He married Susan Park in 1852. Moody his son from that marriage is buried, and another son William of Kansas City has been telegraphed for. Funeral details to be announced in tomorrow's Herald.
A supplier advertises a line of Choice Novelties in thin black goods for summer wear. Items include Dotted Swiss Grendine Stripe Bordered Novelties Bedford Cords Embroidered Swiss Bulgaria Lawn and Plaids and Stripes with fast color warrants and prices from 12 percent to 35 cents.
Washington July 19 The house was in good humor all day and many measures were disposed of including refunds to Raleigh for paving the post office front, sealing a US government document marking 400 years of America, creating a California debris commission, regulating hydraulic mining, funding Oklahoma county debts, referring a land title case in California to the private land claims court, authorizing treasury plans for new public buildings, and improving Brunswick harbor outer bar. An evening session debated the world’s fair appropriation. the senate adjourned after two hours of wrangling without reading the anti option bill, to be resumed as unfinished business at 2 pm.
Alarm spreads in Coeur d Alene as miners threaten action. Troops doubled and guards reinforced after reports of armed stragglers and possible attempts to blow up a mill. Exodos of strikers via Glidden s Pass to Thompson Falls observed as camps scoured.
A deadly Grand Trunk collision near Merritton Ontario at 1:45 am killed three and injured many aboard the mail and boat trains bound for Port Dalhousie Niagara Falls and St Catharines. Several were missing or trapped under wreckage in the raceway.
The Mississippi River Commission has submitted its plan and a year in review to the secretary of war. It notes new breaks near Memphis due to high water and ongoing caving along the bluffs. It calls for revetment extensions at Greenville and Lake Providence beach and notes surdikes near New Orleans in good condition with spurs to be added.
A San Francisco schooner Undine sails for the South Seas with Captain Castella and eight crew. Near Honolulu a mate’s brother joins, the captain is shot, and crew are poisoned. only the steward is bribed to survive. At Ascension Island natives join, crime is unveiled in Manila and authorities arrest the murderers.
In Beaver Home near East Liverpool Ohio the steamer Jane Wood struck a gas pipe crossing the river. Gas escaped, ignited from the furnace flame, and the vessel burned. The engineer died at his post and a negro roustabout was killed. Fire forced other boats to tie up until the leak was shut off.
A major blaze damaged T. P. Clendennin's stove and iron foundry on William street and Ramsay & Sons' factory in Montreal with an estimated $250,000 loss amid incendiary rumors. In Ashland, Ohio, T. E. Myers & Brothers pump and hay tool works also burned, reporting about $4,000 in losses with $2,000 insured.
An advertisement promotes Hall's Hair Renewer to prevent scalp tissue hardening and follicle loss, claiming it preserves hair by stopping baldness. The brief copy emphasizes a topical solution as a remedy for thinning hair.
A New York Sun anecdote recounts a woman who steps off a moving streetcar with the conductor and bystanders debating whether the fault lies with her, the line, or the company. A philosopher attributes the incident to ambidexterity and the car’s right-hand exits, suggesting a left-hand system would change outcomes.
The trial of Alicea Mitchell on a plea of present insanity opened in Memphis criminal court on Monday. She is charged with murdering Miss Freda Ward by slashing her throat with a razor and wounding her sister Jo Ward. A venue of leading Memphis business men is to select a jury, with two hours of questioning focused on insanity opinions. The defendant's father testified about his wife's prior insanity during childbirth.
Andrew Jefferds, a former convict, killed William Adams in Columbia. A mob chased and pounded him with rocks and clubs before leaders intervened and the suspect was taken to jail. The incident followed by news that a Democratic national committee chairman may be chosen, per authoritative reports.
Market notes from Cincinnati show wheat bids at 76c for old and new, various corn and unwashed wool prices, cattle good to prime with range 3 25 to 4 50, hogs 5 50 to 5 75, sheep and lamb values listed, spring lambs around 6 25, oats and other commodities cited, New York and Chicago references include hog and cattle quotes, cash prices for oats and cloverseed, with Cleveland oil figures and gasoline/naphtha levels.
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