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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1892
Page
1
An advertising fragment promotes Simmons Liver Regulator as a cure for torpid liver constipation and digestive ills. It asserts health restoration, says it never disappoints, and features a testimonial from W. J. McElroy of Macon Georgia.
The piece critiques tariff talk as a rallying cry and notes Republicans dodging the Tax Force bill while New York World and Chicago papers clash over editor conduct and labor strikes. It cites Averr's Michigan hopes and campaigns across states. Cholera in Hamburg rises with 148 new cases and 72 deaths as outbreaks spread in Germany and Britain.
Hamburg reports 2837 cholera cases with 1087 deaths in the week ending yesterday. Officials blame Elbe river drinking water and warn against immigrant landings while rail travel rises as families flee toward the coast. Reports from London Vienna and Kiel note arrivals, quarantines, and Red Cross mobilization.
Three hundred Russian Hebrews attempt to cross into Seitau for Hamburg. They refuse border questions and rush past guards, prompting new troops to force them back. Several are ill though no cholera cases confirmed. New cholera cases rise in Havre with many fatalities. Disinfection at Liverpool targets emigrant baggage as waits for ships intensify.
A New Mexico incorporated company led by William Hamilton plans a massive dam across the Rio Grande five miles above El Paso to irrigate regions in both Mexico and the United States. The 560 foot masonry dam on limestone foundations would create an inland lake fifteen miles long and five miles wide, with storage on both sides to maintain water levels. Estimated cost ranges from 2.5 million for the full system to 300 thousand for initial dam construction.
A Tangier dispatch reports Muley Haman and Angherites defeated the sultan’s troops with many killed and others fleeing. No further details released. A separate Vienna note says Soevenyhaya near Roab Hungary burned. six houses and thirty four barns destroyed, several children perished and livestock lost. Emin Pasha plans to advance inland from Albert Nyanza, not retreat to the coast.
Secretary Lovejoy renews prosecutions against Homestead strikers with six men arrested on July 6 conspiracy and riot charges. Pinkerton weapons search yields little, while plans for two Carnegie hotels near Munhall Station unfold for single workers. Factory dispute persists as steel mill remains shut with no sign of compromise.
Aug 30 Buffalo reports peaceful rail yard conditions after troops withdrew though non-union workers fear violence and remain reluctant to stay. Buffalo Creek line traffic halts cause island congestion while city freight moves toward normal. Police guard risky points as five arrests occur for interference. mass meeting seeks probe into Michael Broderick shooting by Twenty-second Regiment soldiers.
London reports an explosion at the Parkslip mine in Bridgend Wales. Only forty one miners were rescued and two more died. The death toll is set at 107 with rescue teams still surveying the mine and no hope of further survivors.
The next biennial session of the Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias will be held in Washington after a contest with Louisville. Washington received 62 votes to Louisville's 50 with Minneapolis eliminated early.
The markets column lists grain and livestock prices across Cincinnati Chicago and Toledo. It covers wheat corn oats and wool with varied prices for unwashed merino textiles and sheep lambs cattle and hogs alongside petroleum and oil prices in Cleveland.
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