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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1885
Page
1
Inland reports detail Mississippi River revetment costs through June 30, 1885 totaling 9.24 million dollars and channel works at 2.5 million. See Utah Commission on polygamy votes and court actions. Labor Bureau outlines policy, investigations, and funding use.
On November 5 waves of Tacoma citizens forced Chinese residents to leave, packing goods for Lake View nine miles south and marching in lines. About 197 Chinese reached Lake View by evening, while Governor Squire urged peace and warned against rioting, calling sheriffs to protect residents and restore order.
The Standard reports Servian forces ordered to advance into Bulgarian soil as Balkan conference doubts rise on a settlement. England and France push for union of Bulgaria and Roumelia under Prince Alexander, while Russia and Austria-Hungary resist. General Lew Wallace arrives in Constantinople as Turkish mobilization reaches 360,000. British troops advance toward Durmat.
Ferdinand Want wag arraigned on Saturday and sentenced to ten years hard labor. Judge Barrett said the prisoner had done more to unsettle public confidence in monetary institutions than any man in the country and showed no remorse. Ward was sent to Bing Sing Prison in the afternoon and assigned to labor in the stove making department.
Panic spreads through Pittsburgh and the West as the naters strike disrupts supplies. Nalla become scarce with prices around 3.25 dollars per keg. Eastern builders report light shipments and tightening markets amid the latest labor unrest.
The President proclaims Thursday November 28 as a day of public Thanksgiving and Prayer. He urges nationwide religious observance, family reunions, and charitable acts while praising national prosperity and divine guidance through dangers, plagues, and wars. Grover Cleveland, then president, and Thomas F. Bayard sign the document.
A broad strike spreads from Galveston along the Gulf Coast, with 1600 white laborers quitting in freight houses wharves ships and rail yards. The action, backed by Knights of Labor and the Trades Assembly, spreads toward Fort Worth as workers protest wages and resist colored labor in key terminals.
In New York on election day women organized to vote across the state. Registrations occurred in New York City, Brooklyn, and interior cities including Albany Troy Utica Ithaca Jamestown Ogdensburg. It remained unclear if any ballots were accepted as votes though suffrage members said some registrations may have been counted. Mrs. Mitchell pressed the issue in New York City demanding the oath after her registration, but the request was denied.
A series of brief items reports a deadly boiler explosion on steam dredge No 4 of Atlantic Dredging Company in Bedford Michigan with six lives lost and casualties. A tug boiler explosion near Somoza injures three, with others scalded. Kansas City Kansas shows population 105 042 in a municipal census, up about fifty percent since 1880. Ohio to place statue for late Governor William Allan in the old House of Representatives hall.
An item from New You notes the third annual event at Wattonat House on November 1 featuring a large attendance and a square garden area. The fragment suggests entertainment or demonstration components with notable turnout and public interest.
Massachusetts voters back Rotingen for Governor over Prince and Lothrop with large margins. Illinois Fifth District elects Hoping as congressman. New York Governor Hill leads in two thirds of counties with majorities around 11,000. Virginia leans Democratic with Leo's win by about 16,000 and Barbour named likely next U.S. Senator. Iowa, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland and Nebraska show varied party shifts and slim to strong majorities across multiple offices.
King Alfonso III ill. ex Senator Sharona dying in San Francisco. Snow 6 inches in Elmira area. Oct revenue in Peoria district $1,950,300. Union National Bank organized in Richmond Indiana with $100000 capital. New England Tobacco Growers oppose tariff. Three iron works in Middleborough England closed. 1000 hogs die of cholera in Logan County Illinois. Matthew Arnold to head British inquiry on France and Germany schools. US bonds total $1,071,000,000 with under $12,000,000 abroad. Nicaragua unsettled due to exiled rebels fears. Michigan and Indiana hit by a new winter storm. Mrs Ellen Fian of Cincinnati guilty of pension fraud. sentenced to one year. Death of Rev Dr William Robinson Pirie, Aberdeen University. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad vaccinating workers by special train. First through CP train Winnipeg to Montreal in 62 hours. Government employee on salary not entitled to extra pay. Easter in 1901 falls on April 25 next. last time 1736. Three hundred cigar-makers reach Montreal from Hamburg. pay equal to Canadians. White Earth Indians plan one Minnesota reservation for 9800 people. Secretary Lamar approves land return in California to Southern Pacific. Lincoln residents fund to block Missouri Pacific extension. M De Lesseps seeks $120 million more Panama Canal bonds. Secretary Lamar asks War Dept to remove Boomers. Cavalry patrols to assess invasion reports. General Joseph J Finegan dies in Orange County Florida. born 1814 in Cloons Ireland.
The Creeks have refused to sell Oklahoma at any price after a tribal council in Muskogee reviewed sentiment. A ratification vote in the House of Kings passed quietly but the Warriors House rejected it 43 to 43 until Speaker Ton Adams cast the deciding ballot for retention, forcing the Boomer stay.
Chong Ong Chinaway known as Antonio Salva, longtime Cuba resident, was found dead in his New York restaurant with nine blows from a butcher knife. Authorities report brutal injuries including multiple rib fractures and head trauma. Several Cubans detained. police suspect a Chinay may have acted for robbery.
New York November 4 Farmers Loan & Trust Co files suit seeking foreclosure on a mortgage tied to G18 property amid a blaze of legal action. The case centers on a lapse in payment and mortgage terms as the bank pursues the lien.
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