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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1892
Page
2
A reflective piece praising American progress while noting social gaps in cities and farms. It cites figures like Peabody, Emerson, and Lincoln, discusses free baths, tenements, and reading habits, comments on farmers, education, and the horse's development, and ends with a vignette about a barnside hostboard titled “The Angelus” and public sentiment.
Paris reports a major clash in Dahomey where rebels were defeated and about 2,000 workers slain. French losses were eight killed and thirty-six wounded, with 200 Dahomeyans dead. Col. Dodds notes a forest flank enabled a decisive attack lasting about one hour before Dahomeyans fled, while five Europeans and three Senegalese died and many were wounded. German rifles and ammunition supplied Behanzin heighten tensions with Germany.
In a church congress Lady Frederick Cavendish and the Duchess of Bedford claim aristocratic women increasingly drink heavily. They say women use pick me ups and brandy and soda at day, wine at dinner, and hot drinks at bedtime. Some attend smoking rooms with men, while a physician notes nervous symptoms and possible delirium tremens. Chloral and morphia are said to be used in secrecy in boudoirs.
An explosion at electrical works in Lieenstrasse wrecked the building and started fires. Several workers were severely injured and two men died. A neighboring tenement caught fire forcing twelve tenants to jump from third floor windows to escape. Three nearby buildings were shaken and cracked, sending residents into the streets.
Ollie Oges, long linked to the Dalton gang escape, is in Wichite for nine months, working in packing houses, with no missed days recently. Dr Wond, foster father of Ogee, doubts the association with the Daltons. Coffeyville dispatch notes the escaped bandit's identity is unknown as excitement over Wednesday's Dalton tragedy remains. Sheriff Callahan contemplates moving Emmet Dalton to Independence, a move that could spark conflict. his mother and siblings arrived from Kingfisher.
The Central Traffic association meeting among general passenger agents agreed on a single trip plan for the World's Fair. Tickets from all represented lines to Chicago and from Chicago will be reduced by 20 percent, with no conditions for purchasers in Chicago.
El Paso reports four hundred soldiers from the City of Mexico arrived in Chihuahua and march toward Guerreo to reinforce forces in pursuit of a small Indian band that captured General Rejal and killed forty one Federal troops weeks earlier. The Indians, fewer than eighty, have retreated into the mountains as hundreds of government troops close in, with four hundred more en route.
In St Louis on October 20 a camphor benzine mixture placed in a closet exploded when the women Mary Meekie, 25, and Elizabeth Meckie, 53, opened the closet seeking effect. Darkness and a lack of light caused a matchless ignition. Gas fire scorched clothing and blew out a side wall. The younger woman died within minutes, the elder lingered for some time.
Cleveland Ohio October 10 Charles Winter a saloon keeper was arrested charged with murdering his newborn baby born February 28 1890. The midwife says the child was healthy. Winter allegedly placed the infant in a cold room and kept it there until the 29th when he took the baby outdoors and it disappeared.
Hailey Idaho October report states Judge Stock of the Fourth District Court declares the Idaho test oath law unconstitutional. The case was brought by a Mormon who was refused registration by a Cassia county official for declining to subscribe to the oath.
Mrs. William Sharp poured coal oil on her sleeping husband and ignited a match, burning him to death. Sharp attempted to escape but she resisted his efforts and was severely burned, likely to die. Both victims were about 50 years old and died within a short time.
The jury in the case of William J. Jamison, the black quack doctor charged with murdering ex-Supervisor Charles Aaron by shooting in April, has sentenced him to death. Jamison narrowly escaped lynching at the time of the crime.
In New Orleans on October 9 unknown perpetrators tried to blow up Mrs Marron's non union boarding house just after 3 30 p m. A cartridge shattered a dining room window causing a massive explosion. All windows broken beds thrown up and occupants knocked down. Thirty eight people were inside but no one hurt and the attackers fled.
Reports from October 1 describe a decisive battle where Gen Crespo's forces defeated the government. Dispatches to President Harrison indicate the overthrow of the regime, with captures of officials and the Venezuelan commander near Caracas. Revolutionists expected to occupy Caracas and establish control.
Worvey Massachusetts October 10 80 000 strangers attended the quarter millennial celebration The weather was ideal and the forenoon procession a pronounced success The banquet at the armory closed the day Ex Mayor Johnson acted as toastmaster noting that Presidents Pierce Cleveland and Harrison traced ancestry to Woburn families John W Foster Secretary of State delivered a prepared toast as the representative of the President and received a cordial reception
Fire erupted in the basement of the Strathmore Arms on Twelfth street this morning. Dr and Mrs Dudley narrowly escaped suffocation before being rescued from their room by A Towson who braved the blaze.
Stanwood Iowa October 10 Dr W B Akerly a veteran surgeon of Lisbon who had left his daughter's home west of Stanwood September 13 was found mortal remains after a search near the area authorities reported the missing physician has connection to Lisbon and was known for his service in the ary medical field
Roecos Mars ble has been hanged at Lafayette Georgia for the murder of Nehemiah Bvitis. On the scaffold he protested his innocence and declared his guilt before the crowd.
J G Dun and Co reports first week of October as busier despite election looming. Activity improves in the South due to higher cotton prices, gains in the West on crop prospects, and moderate East restraint. Boston trade narrows, cotton goods firm, wool steady. Chicago sees strong merchandise and bank clearings up 14 percent from a year ago. Cattle hogs and sheep receipts higher. flour barley cheese hides and dressed beef still lag last year. Total business failures in the past seven days reach 220, up from 208 last week and 270 year ago.
A cable from Admiral Walker about the Macuto battle in Venezuela was received at the Navy Department and kept secret. An official who read it doubted Hanna’s death, and the State Department’s cables from La Guayra are also withheld from public release.
A mysterious stranger calling himself Nilbon told Thomas McDermott in Lac Courte Oreilles Wisconsin on a Thursday morning that he and partner George Lorenzo found an abandoned Arizona mine with about fifty thousand dollars in gold dust. They hid part of it two miles from Stillwater Minnesota. The stranger offered McDermott a managerial ticket to Stillwater but McDermott declined. The man, rough dressed with a full beard, showed a roll of greenbacks including several five hundred dollar bills and vanished.
The body of Mrs. Michael Cook was found in a shed at Otis Indiana with a brutal head and side wound. Her house was ransacked and she wore only night clothing. Her husband worked on the Late Shore road and was away. She is about 35. In Indian Territory South McAlister Oct 10 Wilson Jones was declared elected Choctaw governor for two years with a majority of the votes. unrest threatens, with possible military involvement if clashes arise.
Mrs. Harrison passed a more restless night than on Wednesday. The sleep she managed was natural and thus more restful. Her condition today is reported to be about the same.
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