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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1895
Page
4
A mix of dispatches on Russian politics, Australian suffrage, steerage fares, and UK socialites. Also notes on Swiss watch campaigns for Japanese troops, Sage-Lailaw trial antics, climate shifts, and a Boston diphtheria outbreak with successful antitoxin treatment. Italian colonial gains in Africa and Britain’s imperial style featured in analysis, with European observers warning of broader global shifts.
The Missouri Legislature days recount sessions from late January to early February. Bills passed include election of St Louis County collector, contest vote challenges, and bond requirements for public works. Other measures cover Australian ballot exemptions, a Jackson County Criminal Court, and penitentiary physician pay. Multiple House items address dramshop bond liability, labor wage disputes in insolvent firms, and primary election repeal. The notes reference Pettis County judicial changes, horse racing name filings, insane asylum processes, and multiple policing and governance proposals. The coverage also notes commentary from the Augusta Vidette on election consolidation and a Jackson County grand jury indictment in a separate case, plus naval activity near Wei-Hai-Wei and Chinese envoys’ movements in Japan.
A telegraphic device promises 2000 words per minute while the US hosts 4000 libraries each with vast volumes. Lowell doctors are paid a quarter per birth reported. A banker’s casket cost 900 with violet drapery. Philadelphia age 81 deaths include 225 men and 476 women. Congress lacks a legal national holiday. the Feast of Asses is noted with Beauvia rituals. Edinburgh stages Scottish operas and new cantatas including Drysdale’s The Kelpie and Barratt’s Sir Patrick Spens.
Cresoo February reports the Chinese fleet in Weil Hal We harbor resisting Japanese forces. Three foreigners Walpole Schnell Thomas are said killed or captured. General Nodzu reportedly killed. Tai, Chinese land commander at Wei Hai Wei, also said dead. situation described as critical. No news on the French liner La Gascogne. no tidings by midnight February 7. ship fate uncertain amid damaged machinery doubts.
Five men blew open a Milan bank and escaped with $90000 after wrecking the building. Other notes mention General receiverships and a resumed murder trial in Mintespolta. An explosion damaged a boiler at Elwood.
Summary of events: House blocks omnibus war claims. Hatch and Hall spar in the House. Hawaiian correspondence sent to Senate. Rio Grande Dam and Irrigation Co. approved. Interior Sec refuses Kiowa and Comanche allotment. Brice says gov could sell Union Pacific debt for 75000. House post office cut by 100000. Treasury predicts 22 million yearly surplus. Solicitor Maxwell resigns. Holmes Conrad named successor. Cabinet result sends Curtis to NY to discuss bond placement. Missouri’s Heard and Kentucky’s Breckinridge arreste d after floor fight. Bryan attacks Reilly bill. House to debate finance. Military Affairs reports army reorganization. Senate to consider consular and diplomatic funds. copyright bill amended. Cal Brice meets with President on Pacific Railway bill. Currency bill prospects rise. cotton weevil investigated. Gold reserve at 42000000. Crisp returns from NC. Senate demands detailed fiscal statement. Nicaragua Canal bill advances to Senate. West attacks administration finance plan. Senate OKs Judge Jackson retirement. arbitration bill to House. Taylor reports US restored to favored nation with Spain. Lochren says Long’s rating not restored without Smith direction.
A jumble of reports cites the Brooklyn 8 of Avderam ending a trolley strike. Various incidents include a fatal shooting in Peoria, lynching bail setups, political and corporate notes, and local crimes spanning Illinois to California with no single cohesive event.
The report lists scattered world events: Fredericks Ernst of Prussia’s body recovered aboard Elbe, a breach of promise suit settled out of court involving Miss Wyndham and Viscount Deerhurst, an American murdered in Constantinople named Mr Stupe, the British steamer Ituni sinking near St Michael’s in the Azores, Wel-Hal-Wel fort taken with island capture imminent, M Rochefort warmly welcomed in Paris, Marshal Conrobert’s remains interred with honors, Chinese peace envoys lacking authority told to return home, and US naval officers ashore at Chin-Yani seized and carried away.
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