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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1894
Page
3
Dora Donegan, a noted thief, eludes a bailiff’s watch at the Harrison Street police station after a brief arrest. She chats with Bailiff Vogel before leaving. soon after, Vogel discovers his diamond scarfpin missing and she hints she planned the theft to prove his bragging.
Senator Gorman led Wednesday's Senate session with a detailed defense of the compromise amendments to the tariff measure, outlining the conservative position and aiming to expose Republican opposition. The debate showed a united Democratic front as a motion to table the bill failed. In the House, civil service reforms dominated, with the committee and appropriations battles shaping the day and the chamber adjourning after a mid-evening vote.
The Record in Brief reports on Senate actions from May including a resolution to form a committee to investigate bribery attempts to sway tariff votes. It notes the agricultural bill passing, tariff discussions continuing, and civil service reform being discussed amid modest progress.
News from Little Rock reports a bloody riot in Forest City after the arrest of prominent St. Francis county citizens charged with White Capism. Memphis detective Webber led the roundup and was killed when attacked. Deputy Specie Smith was wounded. merchant Frank Gorman of Palestine is charged with the shooting. The town remains in turmoil with further clashes feared.
May 21 in Paris Emil Henry the author of the Hotel Terminus explosion was executed by guillotine after shouting Vive l anarchy as he left the prison. The event passed with no disorder. A second item notes Francis Kossuth planning residence in Hungary and a Tarnoczy Machine connection.
Attorney Ger Maloney filed a bill in the circuit court seeking to recover real estate valued at 500000 tied to Saint Mary seminary on Bur en Street and Albany Avenue. Sister Veronica and others allege the mother superior conveyed title to herself and Archbishop Feehan faces inquiry into alleged abuses of trusts. A dramatic moment occurred when Sister Gertrude, reader of the bill, fainted after seeing the document read in advance in the attorney general’s office.интерес
A Friday Lake Michigan gale proves the season's worst with eight schooners driven ashore within Chicago. Sixteen crewmen drown as boats and cargo vanish, including the Myrtle which wrecked near the government pier opposite Michigan Boulevard. Wrecks stretch from Glencoe to South Chicago over about forty miles.
Dispatches from Washington report that Montana court officials say industrials attempted to seize another train on the Northern Pacific west of Helena. With judges unable to control the mob General Schofield telegraphed General Merritt to send troops to aid the U.S. marshal. Other Northern Pacific points are quiet.
At 8 p.m. in Longview Texas five robbers attacked the First National Bank. They forced the president and cashier to surrender $3600 as a gunfight erupted. George Buckingham and J. W. Mctujueen were killed and City Marshal Muckelroy badly wounded. One robber died. over 400 shots were fired and the remaining assailants escaped on a dead man's horse.
Paiua de Leuia May 24. Careful estimate puts direct flood losses at 5 million dollars. Williamsport area alone will see at least 1 million in damage. Northern Pennsylvania and southern New York tobacco crops destroyed as floods rise. East Lewisburg, a 200 resident village, is under water and the Lewisburg railroad bridge is irreparably damaged.
Nearly 100 deputies and citizens pursued a large gang of 13 horse thieves near Red Fork Oklahoma four miles west of Tulsa. After a hard battle the robbers were routed and several horses recovered though the gang escaped, shots exchanged.
A print argues against immigrant secularization, urging strict Sabbath observance as essential to state power. It cites Webster and Blackstone, praises English and American moral order, and warns that surrendering the Sabbath threatens liberty, national survival, and Christian morality.
The Congressional Record cites Dan Waugh of Indiana praising pensions for "humble at all Indiana soldiers" over the highest army commission. Applause from Republicans contrasted with Democratic silence, highlighting a partisan show of support for veterans' pensions.
The report notes Pennsylvania employs more people in shops and factories than the 18 Southern states combined and pays higher wages than all Southern states. It adds Massachusetts spends more on wages than the South yet has only two U S Senate votes while the South holds 26.
The passage notes that ten percent of U S manufacturing interests control 26 free trade votes in the Senate. It also states that Pennsylvania, with two protection votes, reflects a larger share of industrial interests. It implies a link between economic power and voting patterns in trade policy.
The closer the producer and consumer are connected the higher the producer gains. The consumer pays less and the middleman earns less as proximity improves.
The discourse recalls the immigrant enterprise’s impact on labor and industry, noting that early Republican platforms argued for free import of non essential goods and duties to balance wages. It argues that federal acts favored protection, guiding the nation to employ labor and foster domestic production while expanding market opportunities.
An array of patent medicines and tonics are advertised to curb tobacco use and treat coughs and throat ailments. No-To-Bac from The Sterling Remedy Co promises a safe tobacco cure, with drugstores selling it nationwide. Other products include Cubeb Cough Cure, Lavender Ointment, Carter's Extract Smart Weed, and Dr Sharapteen's salves, each touted for quick relief and preventive benefits.
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