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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1892
Page
2
The article muses on restaurant service and customer expectations, praising prompt service and clean, wholesome food. It notes cooks’ prestige and high pay, comparing culinary prowess to artistry, and discusses broad social themes from civilization to the value of refined taste and training in eye and ear for literature and art.
July 11 report from Council Bluffs describes Sheriff M surrendering power to enforce law at Homestead as only 23 of 500 summoned citizens and 25 journalists attend. He warns strikers retain Carnegie Steel property and rumors claim dynamite experts may target mills if armed forces arrive. Reliability of the bomb tale is doubtful.
Carnegie and Co sign three to the scale while Amalgamated disputes linger. Conference at Pirranvee Pa continues with little progress and little detail shared. Secretary Madden reports steady committee work and a possible early settlement. Pinkerton force returns to Germantown Junction after Homestead clashes.
The Christian Endeavor society held its monster convention yesterday with meetings across Madison Square Garden and many churches. President Clark and visiting clergymen participated in the ex oreleen proceedings.
London July 11 report outlines gains across England and Wales with boroughs contributing many seats, Irish losses due to factionism, and a broad tally showing Conservatives 166 Liberal Unionists 24 MacCarthyites 15 Parnellites 4 Independent Laborists 8 among 344 known results. Unionists claim Gladstone may be premier but with insufficient majority to govern long.
In Planier waters nine miles southwest of Marseilles the transatlantic steamer Marechal Canrobert collided with the French ironclad Hoche, causing the ship to sink after a lurch. Eighty five passengers watched the maneuvers on deck. seven are reported lost, likely struck by the Hoche ram during the collision amid smoke from naval gunnery.
A Harrisburg observer reports Pinkerton agents were officially deputized during the Homestead strike under Sheriff approval. A Carnegie letter placed Pinkertons under Chief Deputy Gray, read to the sheriff who approved the setup. The mill operation shows high daily losses with full scale cost estimates.
The World urges a three member arbitration panel to resolve the Homestead labor conflict. Proposed arbiters are Gov. McKinley of Ohio Gov. Pattison of Pennsylvania and Terence Powderly of Pennsylvania. The piece notes bloodshed at Carnegie works makes arbitration essential for a prompt fair settlement. Adverse legislation in Kentucky follows, as a bill to ban Makertons seeks passage in Frankfort.
Word from Washington says President Harrison intends to appoint Indiana ally Michener as campaign leader after dropping Senator Proctor due to reluctance. Ex-Congressman McComas of Maryland slated as secretary as Campbell’s executive committee is seen as a fair group with Clarkson as an exception.
Washington July 11 The House committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures failed to reach any agreement on the silver bill after a one and a half hour discussion. Taylor of Chicago predicts that if McKeighan arrives the bill will be favorably reported and an order sought for next week. A poll shows the bill would be defeated by 10 to 20 votes if put to a vote. The same dispatch notes other committee actions and House proceedings including passage of several bills and adjournment for lack of quorum.
The speaker says the aim was to halt the violence at Homestead and only sought an amicable end to the scale dispute, denying authority from Homestead leaders and stressing noninterference in their settlement. The account notes the preacher RED HANDED PREACHER as part of the scene.
ATLANTA July 11 Officers in Atlanta have arrested Ben Blivins a negro preacher and pastor of a McDonough Methodist church and two deacons Henry Harrison and Jim Shafer for the murder of Dr A N Sloane. Confession links Blivins to the shooting and implicates the church group in a conspiracy. Prisoners will be held in Atlanta jail to avoid lynching risk if taken to McDonough.
Dixerstatt Ohio July 11 Isaac Edwards a retired Cincinnati merchant died after thirty six hours of severe illness of cholera morbus Doctors Tufts and Dunker attended and pronounced it sporadic cholera The case reflects the recurrent sporadic cholera in the city during summer and causes no alarm locally
Many Grand Army of the Cumberland members push back the reunion to September 15 to 18 at Chickamauga to avoid clashing with the Washington encampment. Reduced railroad fares have been secured and Gen Rosecrans signals large attendance at Chickamauga.
Tanorers July 11 report Messrs Chamber and Honsal Americans traveling in Morocco were severely maltreated in Fez and insulted by government dependents. Honsal narrowly escaped an armed mob while Chamber and Bonsal appeared before the British minister who, after inquiry, said they had serious grounds for redress. source notes no provocation by the Americans.
A jury in the State of Nebraska vs Charles H. Paul found him guilty of embezzlement and recommended mercy. Paul served as Adams County treasurer for four years and was short nearly $50,000. He and deputy Emanuel Fish were arrested January 6, 1892, each held on $10,000 bond. Counsel for Paul seeks a new trial while Fish’s counsel moves for a change of venue.
Cholera cases reported in St Petersburg and along the Volga corridor reach two confirmed in the city. Authorities note Asiatic cholera across the Volga basin and in Kybinsk, Taborow, and Orel. Government ministers meet to draft a general plan and issue precise instructions for officials on combating the epidemic.
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