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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1893
Page
2
Fire on Tuesday razed Renton Missouri killing John Schaeffer after an explosion. Fourteen business houses and residences burned including a roller mill two hotels post office and county jail causing about 75000 in losses with one third insured. Eight families left homeless and a prisoner escaped during jail evacuation.
The London Times and Echo editorial declares Great Britain faces national insolvency. It cites Sir William Vernon Harcourt’s rental forecast of revenue losses totaling about £1.26 million by midyear and an overall deficit likely between £10 and £12 million by next March amid worsening economic distress.
A large coal dock at West Superior Wisconsin collapsed under weight causing 150 feet of timber and 3500 tons of cargo to sink to the bay bottom. No workers were aboard. Total loss estimated at about 59,000 dollars. Also reports of a railroad laborer found dead near Dover Minnesota with suspected foul play. Freight rates to New York lowered. A prairie fire devastates Holt County Nebraska. Iron bridge span at Martinsville Indiana collapsed killing one man and injuring four. Weather notes include a storm across the Northwest with snow. A Nashville telephone office robbery and a Michigan women’s suffrage court ruling noted. Archbishop of Armagh died in Dublin after illness.
Bankers from nearly every city in the United States gather in Chicago for the nineteenth annual convention of the American Bankers Association. About two to three hundred delegates attend as President Rhawn of Philadelphia opens with prayer by Rev Hiram W. Thomas, with welcomes from Mayor Carter Harrison.
A Finance Committee report to the Senate cites Treasury figures indicating a three month deficit exceeding 21 million dollars, with expenditures around 99 million and an annual projection near 404 million. The gap could reach about 79 million, barring changed conditions. Henry Asquith clarifies Gladstone era home rule may be shelved for now as Newcastle program takes precedence.
Bankers Evang and Jionks, formerly cashier and assistant cashier of the Seven Corners Bank in St Paul, indicted by a grand jury on grand larceny charges. They allegedly converted about £103,000 to their own use, via the bank’s funds, creating a shock among local friends.
A brisk note on market sentiment highlights renewed hope as traders expect the repeal bill to pass. Money on call remains abundant with 86 million dollars received in New York over ten weeks fueling stock and product speculation. Wheat rises amid foreign buying while corn stalls. pork prices drop cautioning a possible further collapse as banks face note renewals and tax receipts dip.
In Walton Indiana Mra Anguata Achmidt shot and killed J Oscar Walton with whom she lived amid property disputes. The case follows a history of litigation over the estate of Chrlatine Hooper. Also noted are brief banking and robbery anecdotes involving Valuez Brothers and a highwayman in New Mexico.
Fever grips Columbian Falls as a white powder in the public water tank tests arsenic, while the central Columbia Hotel burns to the ground in a suspected arson attack. Incendiary acts loom over a town already unsettled by chemical poison scare and hotel destruction.
Amid widespread flames the Campbell & Cage, Nevins & Hart stores, and tenement rows burn in a major 1858 city fire. Raphael's Church on Fortleth Street is destroyed, dozens of blocks suffer damage, and the disaster triggers fears of numerous deaths and injuries. Authorities report hundreds of workers displaced as factories burn and the city endures a night of oblique, deadly devastation.
Government forces abandoned Fort Rundalt near Butte Nebraska months ago squatters seized farm buildings and joined 200 warriors under an old chief claiming title under a treaty. Three soldier companies reportedly move to eject the red skins amid ongoing land disputes and military presence.
Excerpts from a wary letter by Claus Spreckels criticizes U S seizure of the Sandwich Islands and dismisses fears of English or Japanese control. He defends sugar interests in Mawali while denouncing policy as grabby and contrary to fair dealing, arguing the United States overstepped.
A compact survey of congressional actions and debates. The Senate and House are cataloged by day, noting battles over the bankruptcy bill, printing bill, and various resolutions. Highlights include a land grant to Arizona, railroad station mandates, and appointments like Van Alen to the Italian Mission.
Buffalo markets pulse with a steady flow of thirty thousand frogs weekly. Frogs fetch six cents per hundred, frog legs are a lucrative product for Buffalo fish firms, and a Canadian border route feeds the supply. A famed cow frog sold for a dollar and a quart, legs as large as a spring chicken. Frogs are killed by stick, spear, or shot, and daylight hunts surge as fields and meadows attract prey. Winter collection relies on nets and spades from lake banks, with frogs clustering in tight groups.
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