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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1892
Page
2
The piece surveys topics from rail sleeping car luxuries to education funding in Kentucky, doctor rank, and social reform. It contrasts fresh ideas with cautious skepticism, notes technological speculations and the enduring value of American gardening methods distinct from Europe, and advocates reform through practical policy.
The passage praises Washington Irving as the leading figure of the period and lists contemporaries like Bryant Ban croft and Cooper. It contrasts American literary quality with London’s crowd, noting the sustained merit and virtuous character of 19th century American authors across eras.
Five lumbermen turned drink into a deadly family feud near Covert Wyoming. George Casselman died from an axe wound after a gunshot clash. Morris Casselman and John Vanamen were wounded. Burton and Strouble fled. Sheriff pursues the killers. Casselman gravely injured and may die.
In New Castle Wyoming on September 7 the long feud within the Freel family of Stockade on Heaver Creek flared into violence unseen for years. Jesse Freel shot his uncle Hank Freel in the back of the head after Hank arrived for examination over horse killings. Hank, arrested for the earlier incident, survived as officers jailed Jesse and Jack Freel who fired at Jesse.
New Orleans, La., Sept 27 Ex Judge J C Bauman Connerville was arrested on charges of being accessory in the July assassination attempt on Judge Long in Gretna. A negro shooter Richards admits firing but says Bauman offered 100 to kill Long and promised money and influence to aid escape. A prior lynching of Dixon, linked to the case, adds to the sensational claims. In Providence a separate Italian colony murder ends a wife’s life over suspected infidelity. Matteo Launi stabbed his wife three times with a dirk, the final blow in the heart, leaving five orphaned children.
At dawn seven of the state's most notorious criminals fled from Recurston prison in Devon Vall. Officers and detectives scour the area in a large search effort. In related news in Ottawa, Sir William Johnson Ritchie, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, has died at age ninety.
Labor Commissioner Charles F. Peck and his stenographer Rogers appeared in Court of Sessions at 11 am to answer to sealed indictments charging them with destroying public documents. Peck waived examination and sought postponement. both men admitted to bail of 2000 each with Cowell and Annesley as sureties. Proceedings set for next week across three courts. Attaches of the bureau say Peck can produce all requested papers at trial.
The Rio Grande overflow near Rio Grande City causes record flood levels and widespread destruction. Thousands of acres of rich bottomlands between Mio Grade City and Brownsville washed away, leaving hundreds of poor Mexicans homeless. The river has altered its course, diverting land onto the Mexican side.
The Amalgamated association sent nearly 10,000 to Homestead for the locked out workers with about half to sympathetic mechanical department members. The money marks the first substantial aid from the union, cheering the men. Meanwhile mill non unionists received around 90,000 in payroll, approaching pre strike disbursements by 20,000.
In Cnannette North Carolina on September 27 the flag recovered from Hanover battle was restored to Company E Cleveland Guards Twelfth North Carolina regiment after being kept in Boston. Five members of the old Ninth Massachusetts carried the flag arrived yesterday and spoke with the Cleveland Guards veterans before a Boston delegation banquet.
In Watertown New York two brothers Garfield and Lee Van Arnum aged 11 and 15 visited a country relative. On returning home the younger shot the older with a revolver. The older seized the pistol and shot the younger. The brothers then leaped into the Black River and drowned. A note described their actions and both bodies were recovered.
A national bank is being organized on Third street in Cincinnati with a capital stock of 3,000,000 dollars and a guaranteed 3 percent interest in the first year. Stockholders will be limited to 50,000 dollars each, and the movement is led by Joseph F. Larkin, a well known ex banker, with several wealthy Cincinnati capitalists involved.
A Parisian-like report claimed Austin Crowley of Navan Ireland was made a magistrate by the viceroy Lord Houghton at Michael Davitt s urging. The item proved false with public confusion. Another Consul in Disgrace Edmund Johnson removed from the Cologne Germany consulate for false military service claims and fraudulent acts.
Prominent Irish Nationalist John Dillon, MP for East Mayo, was thrown from a streetcar in the city. He suffered a facial cut and a broken left forearm but is progressing favorably with no serious injuries anticipated. Separate dispatches note Russia’s worsening finances, Afghan mission concerns, and French Dahomey campaign actions.
New York, Sept 27. Nearly all quarantined travelers will be released today as public health updates report improving cases at Camp Low Sandy Hook and at NorMania. The Peralta from Stettin and the La Touraine from Cherbourg have not yet arrived, while Rhateia from Hamburg has 69 saloon passengers and no illnesses.
In Paria Paris and suburbs, forty five new cholera cases and seventeen deaths were reported yesterday. Two cholera deaths occurred in St. Omer near Calais, while Cherbourg suburb saw one case. Havre reported seven new cases and four deaths in the same period.
No new cases today as Cracow reports five deaths from cholera and all other victims recover. Officials hope the outbreak will subside soon with no additional cases recorded this day.
A ferocious storm near Pirresone at night caused high winds and heavy rain. Trees and fences fell, wires downed, houses struck by lightning, and telegraph, telephone, and electric light services were crippled. Cellars flooded in Butchers Run and higher city areas, but injuries were not reported. The full loss remains undetermined.
At a union meeting in Cepar Ramos Iowa last night a committee was formed to urge arbitration with railroad officers over the telegraphers strike. If refused a general strike will likely be declared. Five operators between here and Burlington quit, and many on other divisions followed suit.
From Wasatsanonx on September 27, Mrs Harrison slept several hours during the day and took her usual nourishment. Dr Gardner, her physician, states there is no change for the worse and she rests quietly. The oppressive Washington weather did not produce new complications and she remains as comfortable as usual.
Sept 27. Public outcry over selling the Foudroyant, once Nelsons flagship, prompts Lord Mayor Evans to support a Mansion House fund to buy the historic battleship for preservation. The vessel has sat in ordinary reserve for years as protests mount.
General James W. Husted died at his home in Prexskill New York at 7:30 last night. He fell ill while en route to the Republican convention in June after leaving New York with delegates. On the train some aboard gave him a medicine dose reported as an overdose, and he grew worse before passing peacefully with consciousness to the end.
Ottawa reports the British government has ordered a man of war from the Pacific to Vladiivostok to investigate recent seizures of Canadian crews by Russian cruisers and to offer relief to any still in Russian custody.
Sept 27. A Lozly logging railroad locomotive blew out its crown sheet and left the track. Five men in the cab were badly scalded. two likely fatally. Named injured include Rufus Dunham the engineer and Charles Gruber who may die. Duncan Orrich Seamel Little and James Roberts were also seriously harmed.
A dispatch from Ottawa reports that Imperial authorities confirm the Canadian government’s stance under act 1675 clause four to exclude United States citizens from the same privileges as Canadians regarding copyright. The ruling echoes Ottawa’s protectionist line amid cross border cultural disputes.
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