06 Oct 1892
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1892
Page
1
Reported fires wiped out tan car works in Lima Ohio with 21 cars burned and losses around 100000. Mills controlled by paper dust were to close until mid November affecting up to 50000 men nationwide.
Joe BARco, a colored man accused of murdering a white woman near Shiloh Virginia, was seized from jail by a mob and shot dead. Charles Winchester, hotel keeper at Yankton South Carolina, burned to death in an accidental gasoline blast while cleaning vermin. Two trains on the Northern Pacific collided at North Town Minnesota, killing Fireman TH. Buell and injuring six others. In Essexville Michigan, 65 year old David Lamontagte and his 55 year old wife died after poisoning. the husband survived, citing weariness of life as motive.
Rev R H Allen secretary of the Presbyterian board of missions died in Pittsburgh at 71. The Maine governor race totals show Cleaves 67585 Johnson 55073 Massey 8781 Knowlton 1860 Bateman 38005 scattering 17 total 129629 Cleaves plurality 12512. Prohibitionists nominate P T Butler for Congress in Michigan Third district. Topeka convention set for July 7 by Kansas Democrats opposed to fusion. Lizenby 100 dies at Winamac Indiana. Aunt Mary Taylor colored woman dies at Keokuk aged over 100. Gueren A Wrs longtime Barnum associate dies at 70.
Two men died and five injured in a boiler explosion at Embrun Ontario. German officer Carl Mulnar, last survivor of Waterloo, dies at 99 in Hanover. Typhoon damage in Japan leaves 2,600 houses wrecked and 400 dead in Tokishima. Irish landlords’ evictions spark Lib Liberal land war warning. Ernist Renan dies in Paris of lung congestion. Four miners killed near Eisleben by rock fall. 1,400 barrels petroleum fire at Navre causes 400,000 francs loss. Privy Councillor Dr Strinthal Boren dies at 94 in Berlin. Sugar works near Dessau destroyed by fire causing $500,000 loss. International Monetary Conference to open in Brussels on Nov 22 with eighteen powers. Germany pressed to end San Domingo reciprocity treaty. Italy and England influencing others.
Dispatches report President may skip Columbian events due to Mrs Harrison illness. A fatal shooting occurs at Fulton Missouri during a revival. Michigan and North Dakota conventions nominate judges and electors. A streetcar collision in Orange New Jersey kills one and injures several. Other notes include temperance convention dates, Chicago world’s fair attendance, and various political defeats and arrests.
Homer Finlay recounts a deadly famine riot in Merlin Michoacan where 6000 starving people overpowered guards and looted a granary storing 6200 bushels of corn, killing one man and wounding several. Soldiers failed to stop the mob before its dispersal.
New York reports Minister Egan carries a treaty to determine and settle U S citizens claims against Chile arising from Valparaiso attacks. The pact outlines a three member commission with joint U S and Chilean appointments, meeting in Washington within six months, and binding decisions in gold payments with defined procedures and timelines.
An unknown man committed suicide at Edwardsville crossing beside the Big Four tracks. As the Alton express approached he stepped onto the rail, folded his arms, and leaped head first into the oncoming train, dying instantly.
Cincinnati and Orange reports detail fatal street car crashes. In Cincinnati at Brighton crossing two killed including Jacob Fries and John L. Murray with several others injured and a guardrail watchman delayed gates. In Orange a Delaware Lackawanna train struck a Cone street car killing driver John Moore and injuring passengers.
In Kansas City a 10 year old, Lee Hillington, rode a horse tied by the halter to his wrist. The frightened horse bolted, dragging him two miles before stopping. The boy was killed and his body described as a pulp as hundreds looked on on Saturday afternoon.
Patrick Egan the minister to Chili arrives on the Newport in New York welcomed by Irish societies. He tells reporters he will stay in the U.S. until after the election and plans to visit President Harrison in Washington. He carries the treaty with Chile settling claims against Chilean authorities. President Montt proposes reciprocity with neighboring republics and free admission for non competing Chilean agricultural goods. In a separate report, Frank Walton a grain dealer near St Joseph Mo loses half his face when his beard is caught in a belt while repairing machinery.
Winnipre Manitoba October 5 Bonner and Roome clerks at the Bank of British Columbia were sentenced to three years in the penitentiary after embezzling twelve thousand dollars.
Promotional notice extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant, effective remedy for kidneys, liver, and bowels. It claims rapid, cleansing action, relief from colds headaches fevers and habitual constipation, and recommends 5c and 1 bottle sizes. Sold by druggists nationwide, with California Fig Syrup Co. listed in multiple cities.
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