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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1891
Page
4
The Herald of Madison Indiana reports on national issues including tariff reform, Behring Sea arbitration, and the 1896 presidential ticket debate. It cites editorials from nearby papers and comments on Gov Boies Iowa results, Brazil’s president behavior, and France wheat production. It also highlights Lew Wallace’s forthcoming book and a Kansas electoral strategy.
The piece argues that Reconstruction was secured by a secret bargain giving the South control of local affairs in exchange for Democratic abstention in Congress. It claims Hayes lacked real influence, and compares his tenure to that of Cleveland and Sherman, asserting Sherman effectively acted as president from 1877 to 1881.
The piece debates Blaine era reciprocity and tariff policy, noting Republicans tout free trade on tea coffee and sugar while defending duties on wool, iron and tin plate. It cites Democratic shifts toward revenue reduction, free list expansion, and economy, urging a tax cut and restrained expenditures.
Mr. R. B. Hayes spoke in Montgomery Alabama yesterday declaring devotion to Home Rule. He congratulated himself and the South that the policy is under the administration of which he is nominal head.
In Shelbyville Democrat verse style a mock wedding scene presents Jim and Bet with humorous parson lines and a joke ending. The piece includes unrelated product jingles and a note about tonics for biliousness and liver complaints.
The November agricultural report shows corn yields near record levels with average rates around thirty-two bushels per acre in states like Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa and Nebraska while New England tops estimates at 35 to 40 barrels per acre. Frost and drought effects caused variability yet total production is not expected to be below 2 billion bushels with stock still high and potatoes also performing well. Hay and tobacco outputs are near average and meet consumption needs. A separate note reports a minor cyclone near Shelby Ohio injuring Frank Bender and wrecking a cream wagon and outbuildings.
Washington denies that President Diaz left Mexico incognito for England to raise funds for the treasury. A legation secretary in Washington confirmed a Diaz letter from the City of Mexico was received within a week. In Valparaiso Indiana a large water mill at Miller's Station was blown up yesterday destroying several tons of power.
The Indianapolis Water Company filed in federal court against the American Straw-Board Works of Noblesville to stop pollution of White River. The suit cites heavy use of straw lime muriatic acid and water, with most solids discarded into the river, harming fish and livestock and wrecking ice harvests and property.
In Valparaiso Porter County adds Dune Park a lakefront town of 5000 plus residents amid rising land values as boundary disputes spark chatter of Chicago reaching Indiana. Also notes a Greencastle tramp found stabbed to death near the North depot and Hiram Chase, a Penn Law graduate, admitted to Nebraska bar as the first Indian lawyer. Nearby Bunco on a New York man aboard a train ends with $700 lost and two scammers fleeing at the city line. A farmer near Chicago Junction warns a crossing by lighting a track fire to stop an oncoming westbound.
About 11 o'clock last night two masked men assaulted Thomas Hawley, a bartender in Ed Meeker's saloon, knocked him senseless, tied him with rope, and robbed the money drawer before fleeing. Hawley was found unconscious and in a critical condition.
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