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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1893
Page
2
Thousands cheer as a village marshal uses his revolver to quell unrest near Mountain Iron and Virginia. Dozens injured, no fatalities reported. Bradley Taylor, injured saving a woman from a blaze, expected to recover.
Lizzie Andrew Borden is acquitted of murdering her father and stepmother in Fall River. The verdict comes after twelve jurors deliberated one hour thirty one minutes. The courtroom scene energized a crowd of about a thousand as Chief Justice Mason consoled Miss Borden and the court declared the acquittal just.
In Chicago the opening of a combined session of the Banks Railways and Insurance congresses drew a crowd of leaders from the business world. J Gage welcomed attendees at the Art Institute noting a telegram from Senator Sherman preventing his attendance. The gathering planned discussions on banking railway and insurance topics and covered war related economic interests.
Four cars derailed on the Long Island Railroad Manhattan Beach branch Tuesday afternoon. Nine people died and twenty six were injured. Injured passengers were found scattered along the tunnel east of Parkville station. Investigations cite a wheel failure in the fourth car as a likely cause while engine and front car behavior suggested the switches were functioning properly.
Thousands of German-Americans gathered at the World’s Fair for Germania Day under imperial color and the rhythm of The Watch on the Rhine. The day celebrated Teutonic heritage with a grand parade, a pageant said to be the most impressive yet staged in America by Germans. Speeches were delivered in German by Germany’s Washington minister and officials, with English remarks from Gov. Altgeld and Mayor Jaeger.
A West Virginia mother killed four of her children and died by suicide amid earlier melancholy fears of leaving her youngsters. A Chicago banker’s disappearance links with clues found by a fisherman and police. Poisonings occur at a Denver banquet injuring priests and nuns. Police pursue outlaw Starr near Nowata while plans for Cordage Co rehabilitation face objections. Separate items note a Washington clerk’s salary stop, a tragic ice railway accident, and a German election defeat signaling a potential new Reichstag.
Banks in New York consider clearinghouse actions to stabilize the economy after widespread banking weakness. An assured rise in accommodations for business districts is expected, while foreign exchange declines reduce gold export risk and tie to foreign purchases rather than trade balances.
A distressing message from Duluth describes rapid fires destroying mining towns Virgina and Vibwabik in Minnesota and Elwahik Merritt Mountain Tron and others, leaving only a few buildings. No confirmed deaths but property loss tops one million dollars and thousands are homeless as residents flee the frontier towns.
A sudden surge of activity hit the Chicago Board of Trade as news from Paris indicated France would suspend duties on hay and prepare to remove duties on corn oats and barley. Traders weighed the impact of drought damaged crops and tighter global supplies on wheat corn and oats, amid mixed reports from Germany and England about weather.
Long crime column notes May Colvin the famed horse thief known as the phenomenal girl, escapes from Carthee jail after ninth offense by sawing bar, using torn bedclothes as a rope ladder, slipping away unseen two hours before sheriff detects her absence. Fire destroys the Chicaza Theatre building on Wabush and Congress, total loss estimated £300,000 to £350,000, two-thirds borne by G W Richardson & Co. Lead ore found in Nilgapurt, sinto cyclone path, yielding rich galena deposit worth over 100 a day for two men. President Taft reportedly dieting, weight gain affecting health, adopting the Banting system while continuing duties.
The piece reports a patent dispute and manufacturing contest involving leading harvester companies in the United States, naming MecCormick & Co of Chicago Champion Company of Brooklyn NL and Wood Reaper Works among others. It notes plans by Commander Taylor to advance a Nicaragua Canal venture and cites wheat stock and export figures across major ports, alongside assorted obituaries and crime briefs.
A sheriff's report details a night siege in Cheswick Tennessee where about one hundred villagers armed with revolvers shotguns and rifles faced William P Dysart a Philadelphia clerk accused of burglary. After a violent struggle police overpowered him and he was taken into custody amid reports of delirium tremens. Also listed are President Cleveland’s nominations for federal posts across several states including Kentucky Wisconsin and Arizona with several Indian agency appointments and U S Marshal for South Dakota.
A Findlay mother, Mrs E R Graham, lost her grip while an elevator between the third and fourth floors trapped her two year old son. The child was dropped but survived. the mother suffered severe injuries. City officials announced extended evening hours at the World’s Fair to accommodate visitors and special events on certain nights. An array of unrelated incidents followed, including moonshiners clash with officers, a fatal fall at the exposition, and bank robbery arrests.
Reports from Duluth recount a massive forest fire outbreak across northern Wisconsin with Virginia, Sieh Mountain, Merritt, and Mesaba wiped out. Thousands flee with little or nothing. hundreds of fatalities and injuries suspected as forests burn with no rain for weeks.
Washington coroner's jury indicts Colonel F L Ainsworth, contractor George W Pant, Superintendent Covert, and engineer Susne for criminal negligence in the Ford's Theater collapse. Frederick KB Lefts died from injuries when a portion of the building fell from the first to third stories, used then by the United States government.
A wartime era inquiry details George W. Daur’s cellar expansion for an electric light plant inside a government building. It faults lack of shoring, cites a floor collapse killing a worker, and condemns the War Department for lacking skilled supervision during repairs. Warrant issued for Overdow of News. references to saloonkeepers in Bricker ton area appear.
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