10 Dec 1889
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Newspaper
Monmouth Review
Location
Monmouth, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1889
Page
1
Mr. Forrest presents the defense closing argument in a high profile trial. The jurors listen as he emphasizes key alibis and challenges the prosecution’s timeline, seeking reasonable doubt.
Foster argues Beggs innocent or guilty with life at stake as witnesses face cross examination. Forrest cites circumstantial evidence flaws and biases among State witnesses while detailing motive and possible perjury to cast doubt on the prosecution.
The Capital Loan and Investment Company of Lincoln Nebraska suspended business Saturday night after about six months. Three trustees were appointed to wind up affairs and expect to pay small debts. stockholders may recover about 25 percent. Capital stock was $10,000,000. Secretary H F Albers blamed the failure on stockholders seeking large borrowings.
Bishop John Tulgg dies in Altoona at sixty eight. Emigration laws loom. Queen Victoria wins fat stock prize in Birmingham. Frankfort boot firm assigns Liabilities nine thousand assets seven thousand. Watertown boy drowns skating on Rock River. Evansville youth charged with patricide. Minneap olis Mill plant transfer to syndicate completed. San Francisco grand jury backs Australian ballot. Ex-clerk Leighton repays eighty thousand. New Caledonia crime jealousy murder at Corning. Archbishop Corrigan denies a 100 million bank plan. Stanley thanks German hosts in East Africa. Desperado Harry Franklin sentenced in Illinois. British Monarch burned off Hamburg. six crew saved. Three Rivers abattoir project 2 million capital. Wheeling Terminal mortgage recorded. Leahy secures thousand for Grand Portage relief. Iron Mountain death from shaft fall. Sioux Falls destitution highlighted. First fatal snowslide hits Pearl mines. Thetis arrives San Francisco after eight months at sea. Oberly smugglers profiting from firearms and opium. Public Ledger marks 25th anniversary with George Childs and William McKean.
A last look in Seattle describes Davis’s public resting place as the city notes a post fire building boom. Six months after the blaze permits were issued for 118 brick and 1,084 frame structures totaling about 5.6 million dollars. Seattle’s population has climbed from 30,000 to 95,000. The report ties to regional events and infrastructure growth.
Thousands pass through city hall viewing the body of Jefferson Davis in state. The crowd includes many colors and classes with about 60,000 reportedly viewing the remains. Funeral plans call for a Washington to Confederate ceremonies with a grand marshal and divisions, and telegraphic condolences pour in from across the United States. Secretary Proctor and Mayor Shakespeare exchange messages guiding mourning actions.
A transcript captures the fallen Brazilian leader from the Pedro era sharing reflections on his removal. The interview covers political pressures, regional tensions, and lessons drawn from the upheaval as he speaks about his tenure and the transition of power.
In Tasnon and London dispatches, Dom Pedro speaks on the Brazilian upheaval, urging gradual reform and free institutions while fearing civil war. He notes the Provisional Government as an experiment and cites American and English experiences as guides. The report covers Rio Janeiro turmoil, military mutiny under Da Fonseca, and censorial curbs on cables.
Bridget Byrnes, a 70 year old widow living at 110 Butler Street, was slain in the East End. John alias Brocky Smith, known to police, is arrested nearby with a bloodstained sleeve and a bloody knife found in a closet, the alleged robbery motive.
President Harrison visits Chicago with a large military escort and meets citizens at Ford W Peck home and the Union League Club. Vice President Morton arrives. the National Farmers Alliance and Farmers' and Laborers' Union adjourns its session with plans to unify as the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union and to meet in Jacksonville, Florida next December.
Easton Pa Dec 10 Mrs Margaret Pillyard recently convicted with her paramour William H Bartholomew of murdering her husband on September 6 at Biersville has been sentenced to be hanged An effort will be made to secure commutation to life imprisonment based on promises made during Bartholomew's trial for her testimony
Dec 10 The Senate committee on public lands at its meeting ordered a favorable report on the nominations of Louis Groff to be commissioner of the General Land Office ex Governor Stone as assistant commissioner and J M Thompson as recorder of the General Land Office.
The general assignment of James W Whitney Joseph R Whitney and James A Knapp dry goods commission merchants at 73 Worth Street to David A Boody was filed yesterday. The failure is thought to amount to $100 000.
New York December 10. Harvey Kennedy a long time Wall Street operator fell ill at the Union League Club at 8 a m and died within minutes. Memphis Tennessee December 10. The Anderson Hat Company failed Saturday liabilities about 70000 assets nominally 107000.
The influenza epidemic, active in St Petersburgh, has spread to Berlin and Vienna as of December 10. The report notes the rapid progression of cases across major European capitals.
In Ashes Lockport New York on Sunday morning Saxton Thompson’s flour mill with a 1000 barrels per day capacity burned. Loss estimated between 150000 and 300000 with partial injuries. In Rome James Gilson a 28 year old was shot and killed by Mark Cheebo near his house after a disturbance.
Charles O. Ostrom the Pioneer Press cashier is charged with starting the Tribune building fire in Minneapolis, killing seven men. He says the deeds were against him but he protests innocence and seeks to clear his name.
John Barber a Texas desperado resisting arrest was killed near Muskogee by U S Deputy Marshal C B White and Bert Connelly. Barber helped rob the Cisco bank and is linked to several train robberies and a Santa Fe heist in the Chickasaw Nation with large rewards offered.
Washington December 10 The following committees have been appointed On Ways and Means McKinley chairmen Burrows Bayne Dingley McKenna Payne La Follette Gear Carlisle Mills McMillen Breckenridge Flower On Appropriations Cannon chair man Butterworth McComas Henderson Peters Coggswell Belden Morrow Brewer Randall Forney Sayres Breckenridge Dockery On Manufactures Kelley chair man Burrows EK B Taylor Arnold Morse Sanford Wilson Bynum Williams Grimes Fowler On Elections Rowell chair man Houk Cooper Haugen Sherman Dalzell Bergen Greenhalge Comstock Crisp O Per rell Outhwaite Marsh Moore Wike On Mileage Lind chair man Townsend Williams Clunte Pennington
Madison Wis Dec 10 William F Allen professor of history at Wisconsin University died suddenly yesterday morning Born Northboro Mass Sep 5 1830 Harvard 1851 elected to professorship of ancient languages and history in 1867 admired by students Monument to Green Mountain Maid in Mippetawn NY Dec 10 bronzes and\nGreen Mountain Maid dam of Electioneer and Sunol. An Erie County Athletic Club in Burrato NY offers 30000 purse for Sullivan Jackson fight. Congressman Randall gravely ill in Wash DC. Cleveland discovers 800000 to 500000 diverted from city treasury via bogus commissions during bond negotiations.
Commodity and livestock prices move on mixed demand with wheat corn and oats steady to lower in Chicago while pork and lard hold firm. Live cattle trade shows cautious activity with uncertain demand and beef quotes mostly steady. hogs remain active in packing and shipping, with prices near prior levels.
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