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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1898
Page
18
The Barfield Times sketches a roundup of national and state politics. NY lawmakers are split over the senatorial contest while figures like J H Wurst note cabinet and civil service changes. News covers elections, railways, finance, and notable incidents across the country.
A chaotic digest of 19th century diplomacy reports spans Russia China and Spain. Cuba faces tobacco embargo changes and colonial shifts while Japan contemplates a new cabinet. European powers weigh trade loans and consular moves as unrest and speculation ripple from Havana to Tokyo.
The Senate and House clash over civil service reform as Teller defends free coinage and attacks the gold standard. Debates touch on cabinet resignations, immigration, and plans for a federal judiciary elected by the people, amidst talks of Indian tribal representatives at Omaha during the exposition.
Mr. Allen urges that the United States should start free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 and issue safe national paper money, with the option to be paid in that money never surrendered. In Washington, the civil service debate continues in the House, with key votes uncertain and party lines visible on amendments and modifications.
Sirah Grand argues engagements should not be broken lightly while acknowledging public stigma against repeated broken engagements. She says honorable people engage with intent to fulfill, and once entered, couples gain deeper knowledge of each other’s character, temper, habits, and tastes, guiding their future.
A newly engaged Standard 611 clerk recalls daily visits by a quiet black-mustached man in the toy room. The man addressed as Mr Mingler and later identified as Ar Rockefeller appears briefly, guiding work with a blunt remark about disturbing machinery. The encounter marks the clerk’s first brush with the powerful corporation.
An English firm touts motor cars as practical with diplomas and medals from Paris Antwerp Strasburg Brussels and Berlin. It reports over 800 sold and states running costs for the smallest model at about one half cent per mile. The firm is Tiss and regular line of trucks.
A moderate quake struck New York at 1 20 p m Friday as Malone N reports tremors across several buildings. Damage was minimal and no injuries noted.
San Quentin, Jan. s. William Henry Theodore Durrant was executed at 10:27 a.m. for the murder of Blanche Lamont after a final calm speech proclaiming innocence. His father witnessed the scene as Durrant forgave his persecutors, while Father Tagan and Warden Hale conducted the ceremony with no delay. The condemned man refused stimulant aid, asked for no autopsy, and requested the rope be burned. The case linked Durrant to the Lamont and Minnie Williams murders from 1895, with Durrant formerly active as a church librarian and Sunday school officer.
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