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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1891
Page
2
The Herald shows John Adams as editor with Madison Indiana postmark and a subscription list. Rates include annual 20 in advance, monthly cents, weekly collectors’ payments, and changes of address to ensure prompt delivery. The fragment notes delivery and printing details for a 1891 publication.
A telegraphlike summary notes President Harrison’s Galveston talk of vast yet unclear funds, Foster’s uneasy stance on debt, Reed’s billion dollar Congress, and cabinet routine while the President plans circuit judge appointments and a Cape May Point summer retreat.
A Mammoth Allied Circus advance agent recounts a ploy to lure editor attention using shark bait and free passes, claiming editors demanded coverage while one paper mocked the stunt. The tale includes a harsh racial slur from a Louisville Times excerpt and a testimonial about Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh from Mrs. E. E. Grimes of Rendrill Ohio.
Secretary Blaine publicizes his communication to Sir Julian Pauncefote on Behring sea disputes. He cites six arbitration questions, discusses Russia Britain and United States rights, and asserts U S ownership and protection of fur seals and fishing outside three miles under limited cases and potential regulations.
Reports from San Francisco relay Tokio dispatches that Japan will press criminal charges against over 200 youths known as the Soshi for assault and intimidation of parliament members in Tokyo. The group is blamed for arson at the lower house president's residence and for targeting officials with threats and kidnappings. 65 were expelled in a single night, parliament approved 193 to 23, and the law allows trials within 100 miles of the imperial palace with possible death penalties for convicted offenders.
The Belgic reports ten thousand dead in Foochow province from influenza and illness. Japan increases naval strength with plans for three cruisers and a torpedo boat, plus twenty two ships costing about 50 million yen. A Japanese warship Chi yokadan arrives at Yokohama from Newcastle.
Reports from Kentucky and West Virginia detail ethnic tension between Italian workers and white laborers on the Norfolk and Western project in Wayne County. A white wagon driver killed an Italian, authorities deeming the act justifiable. Separate items note a Frankfort accident injuring Capt. Todd and a fatal train derailment near Davenport, Iowa, with no basis for a Breaker Island massacre rumor.
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