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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1890
Page
2
The Statesman of Marshall Michigan reports a Friday edition dated August 1 1890. Local notices and brief updates cover community affairs, weather, and upcoming events in Marshall and surrounding areas.
The World Over reports Senate discussion on a relief bill for the Supreme Court and a pending report to the Senate. In the House Mr Cannon reports a joint resolution to cover government expenditures not yet funded, with committees debating sundry civil appropriations and Indian affairs. A steam vessel bill and a proposal to create a United States Commission of the World's Controls of Labor are also noted.
Split across tracks while escaping an approaching train on the Erie Railroad bridge over the Passaic River in Paterson New Jersey. Three children aged 11 16 and 8 died. another 15 injured. one boy thrown into the river and survived in shallow water. The victims all from the same family with two others injured likely to recover.
The House Rules Committee agreed to report a modified form favorably on Representative Cooper's resolution to investigate Commissioner Raum of the Pension Office. The five member select committee may summon witnesses and papers, and administer oaths, to probe charges of improper stock ties and favoritism affecting pension claims and related attorney notes in Washington.
James Mooney the dynamiter known for planning to blow up the British steamship Queen near North River was drowned off Far Rockaway New York. His body not recovered. The report recounts prior arrests and insanity defenses, and notes other maritime and civic items including a Chesapeake Bay excursion steamer collision with fatalities and Minneapolis Saint Paul census recounts.
A powerful tornado swept through South Lawrence Massachusetts destroying homes and injuring many. The storm carved a mile long path 500 feet wide with five hundred left homeless. Hospitals overflow with the injured as St Patrick's Church windows were blown in and structures along the route were flattened.
A boycott is ordered against brickyards at Hagerstown and Planck's Point led by Brick Manufacturers Association members. The action follows a three year battle with the employers union, threatening to halt building in New York Brooklyn and Jersey City this season. Nebraska GOP convention nominates state ticket including L. D. Richards and J. C. Allen. National Mine Workers threaten strike April 30 1891 if demands unmet.
Names such as G W Gates Stephen Fairlie and Marshall are linked to Prohibition and a former congressman’s death in McToansboro. Reports cover asbury park mint glass meeting drafts, bar shootings in Asheville and Mexico Missouri, a watchman case, burglary in Weeping Water, Kentucky prohibition actions, a hotel fall, a Chicago Rock Island bridge accident, an English cranberry syndicate, a leprosy case in Mexico, a Duluth yacht capsizing, a Davalls Klutt murder, a counterfeit sentence tweak, a fourth district convention, Fairbank Co border strategy, cholera in Russia and extreme heat.
Preparations for the Interstate Hay Palace Exposition set for Oct 1 at Momence advance. The structure, mostly built of baled hay, will measure 204 feet by 170 feet with a 103 foot diameter main hall and an 81 foot dome. A rear wing houses a 1,200 seat auditorium. The project highlights baled wild hay from the nearby Kankakee marshes as a principal building material.
A Detroit style report describes an upcoming exposit with displays on farm products, local resources, and regional culture across Wisconsin and Indiana counties. Notable features include a large aquatic exhibit, relic collections, a Seventy Sixth Regiment reenactment, band and sport tournaments, manufacturing room lectures, and a hay palace touted as east of the Mississippi.
The Senate considers and disposes of international and domestic matters, approving an India appropriation, confirming nominations for diplomatic posts, and debating tariffs and railway questions. The House reviews bankruptcy amendments, election codes, and post office issues while discussing a wide range of bills and resolutions.
The article describes standard gauge rails at four feet nine inches apart and notes New York City’s first elevated railway project aimed for 1871 completion, with development around 1878 and locomotive innovations shaping rolling rails and rail shapes.
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