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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1892
Page
2
The column reflects on Gloucester's 17th century town planning, urges practical agricultural education, and discusses forest land policy and eminent domain. It notes relics from Washington's tomb, ship collision ethics, prisoner labor, sun exposure fashions, buffalo extinction, and civilization links.
A distinguished Roman Catholic party arrived in New York led by Bishop Satolli and Mgr. O Connell representing the Pope. They came to act as papal commissioner to the world fair and to discuss church state questions including parochial schools. Their visit also involved meetings with Secretary Foster and President Harrison.
Non-union workers at Homestead were frightened by a dynamite scare amid unrest. Three strikers named Dugan Clemens and Gibson were arrested in the mill yard after detectives tracked a report of planned sabotage. A powder house purchase in Pittsburg is suspected, with dynamite possibly sent to Homestead.
In Woopstock Ontario Henry Hyatt faced a police court trial for horse stealing from Lewis Whitehead. Principal witness Myra Matthews four years old testified Hyatt sold her twice to raise funds and once traded her for a big bay horse. She escaped, ending the alleged abuse.
In Prenne on October 17 the State refused to accept nomination certificates for Prohibition candidates for State officers as they were not regular under law. The case was sent to the Attorney for action and involved the arrest of a person named Washington. Also on October 11 Treasury officials announced a counterfeit five dollar silver certificate circulating in Chicago with the new check and series 1491 fibers imitated in blue and pink ink.
Reports claim a Dalton gang retaliatory attack on Coffeyville Kansas after Dalton killings. guards deployed, alarms spread, but investigators doubt the threat. A phony dispatch signed by an alleged Dalton gang member sparked wide fear, with officials now treating the alarm as a hoax.
The Congregational council met at Minearotts Minnesota on October 17 and voted to hold the next meeting on the Pacific coast. A provisional committee will decide between San Francisco Tacoma and other coastal options after further discussion. Nominees for the next three years include Capen Wells Haven Little Moore Forbes Hint Merrill Sturtevant Montgomery and others.
Detroit officials adopt a resolution limiting city public school teachers to those educated entirely in Detroit public schools and high schools. Teachers who study at universities later will lose eligibility, effectively boycotting college-trained instructors and impacting about half of current staff.
The Sea Lion arrived from Sand Harbor reporting repair on Sept 25 with 800 skins. United States authorities seized it citing pressure from the Coquita last spring. Deputy Marshal Todd was in charge but the schooner slipped away at night after being put ashore. Also reported are three miners killed in a Missouri coal mine and five murderers arraigned in Evansville Indiana.
James G. Blaine spoke at Ophir Farm before a large Westchester audience including delegates from Port Chester Rye White Plains Mamaroneck Rye Neck and other southern towns. He praised Harrison era prosperity and challenged Democratic claims, urging proof for farm mortgage concerns and noting Irish vote implications on protection versus free trade.
In Los Axortes California a boy named Fernando Quijada was found murdered in a Chinatown cess-pool. Coroners inquest cites strangling, with locals suspecting enticement into an opium joint by Chinese men. Spanish Americans threaten a Chinatown raid if the killer is not produced. Canadian Traver Limite sola reports two other items from Toronto and Ontario timber auctions.
R G Dun and Co reports overall favorable trade indications across the United States. Exports have stopped shrinking, imports stay large, and foreign exchange falls. Boston and Philadelphia see active markets with iron, coal, wool, dry goods, and jewelry in demand. Chicago notes record wheat receipts and rising cattle, hog, and dairy quantities. Business remains robust nationwide with 215 failures this week versus 259 last year.
In Bartimont Md on Oct 17 the House of Deputies at the triennial general convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church debated a resolution by William Jones of Arkansas. It would bar a clergyman convicted of drunkenness or immorality from officiating for at least one year after the offense. The body showed displeasure and questions of necessity arose as mutterings grew, then quieted by a motion to table. Dr. Robert Missingri spoke of clergymen losing posts and immediately serving elsewhere.
Cortsters Ohio October 17 Meeting of striking Big Four switchmen with committees from Cincinnati Dayton and Springfield continued into the night The compromise resolution was rescinded and the men again demand the Cincinnati scale and housing They warn Dayton Springfield Cincinnati and Indianapolis workers may strike within 24 hours If not met Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio switchmen announce a 38 hour deadline for demands to be met signaling a broad regional strike likely to begin tomorrow morning.
Dr Beaudry inspector for the provincial board of health returns from Three Rivers and denounces Vice Consul Nicholas Smith report as unfounded. He says the city’s sanitary condition is among the best seen. The Louis club of Three Rivers votes to expel Mr Smith from membership.
In New Haven Conn Oct 17 Martin Leahy ten and Thomas Ledwith nine were arrested for setting fire to Hascom shipyard a few nights earlier. Police link them to the July Halcomb carriage factory blaze with other boys unnamed. Holcomb fire losses exceed 50000. The youths confessed but details and bribery accusations spark ongoing testimony and jury trial today. A parallel dispatch from St Paul Minn Oct 17 reports Wisconsin Central winning a federal troop transport contract to Chicago for the world’s fair dedication at Fort Snelling. round trip fare 98 94, about one cent per mile.
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