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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1897
Page
3
The piece notes Speaker Reed objecting to currency reform bills and predicting a do nothing approach on currency during the rest of the 53rd Congress. It cites his view that the extra session failed to advance legislation and that tariff and a rest would be prioritized instead.
Readers follow a Klondike party led by Albert D. Cress and others as they journey home from the Yukon fields to Chicago. The group, including B C Myers Brig D P Warden and Joe Desrachen, carries large wealth claims and stories of peril and endurance from Alaska to Wisconsin and Michigan, with one member claiming a future million.
Evansville reports a Mecca for marching miners as Indiana fields see widespread strikes. Thousands expected to join, with food aid for strikers and plans to reach Evansville and cross into Kentucky to shut the St Bernard mines. Some switches and Eaglesville tunnels stop work without violence.
Court injunctions halted marches by striking miners against the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company in Pittsburg. Sheriff deputies clashed with protesters when Henry Stewart struck drummer Jacob Mott, drawing a severe cut above the eye. Captain Bellingham and Sheriff Lowry kept order as the crowd retreated, with only minor brushes and no full-scale riot.
A deadly race riot erupted near Patarm Station thirty miles from Little Rock Arkansas. Three men were killed another wounded and two more injured during an attempted arrest of Harrison Kerr a Black suspect for murder. Kerr was killed.
In Pittsburgh the miners officials report widespread appeals for groceries and provisions. Secretary Warner says over $1090 in supplies has been sent to various areas as mass meetings are scheduled across the district. A Westmoreland campaign opened in Irwin with Debs and speakers addressing miners and a procession including brass bands.
Reports from Wheeling district say hundreds of miners from Moundsville and Benwood joined Glendale workers to walk out. The showing, reinforced by Elm Grove pickets, moved to Boggy Run mines where miners pledged to stay out, with plans to gather again at Boggs Run for a broader suspension.
At Otumwa Iowa a meeting of miners decided not to strike in sympathy with eastern workers. They voted to assess all men five cents per week for aid. Only a quarter of the state’s miners were represented and an August 19 meeting at Oskalonsa was ordered. If two thirds of miners express intent to send delegates the gathering continues. otherwise it will be dissolved. A Lincoln dispatch reports sympathy marches and continued efforts to rally miners toward strikes. Lincoln operators offered daily work to returning men, which was declined.
Secretary of the Interior Elisa has issued a notice to all to avoid traveling to the Klondike region before spring. The warning states any expedition now risks Arctic winter conditions and possible peril.
A long running feud over Modern Woodmen of America headquarters in Fulton and Rock Island Illinois erupts into a hand to hand fight with scores injured. A mob of about 575 tried to seize records pursued to a special train as the militia and deputies restore order. One hundred fifty Rock Islanders are arrested.
The New York Herald reports Captain-General Weyler has sent his resignation to Madrid. The move follows the assassination of Spain's premier Canovas del Castillo and is seen as relief by Cuban sympathizers and reconcentrados at the prospect of a shift away from the reconcentration policy that harmed the pacificos in Cuba.
Mrs. George Ruthman of Beaver Falls heard a noise on her back porch and found her two sons, a seven year old and a one year old, crowding around. The older boy had inserted a bicycle pump tube in the baby’s mouth and pumped air into the infant. The child was unconscious and his stomach appears inflated. The mother removed the tube and the air released with a sharp bray-like sound. The baby recovered.
The Falls Creek tannery in Clearfield County has closed as four workers died within hours after collapse. Authorities suspect hides imported from China carried dangerous germs. Measures will be taken to stamp out the disease and prevent spread.
Yon W J Ersan hosted a reception in Butte Mont on Friday as thirty thousand people flooded the station area. Bryan spoke briefly at the hotel noting the day marks the anniversary of his Madison Square Garden acceptance speech and contrasting the two cities while praising supporters.
Charles Abert longtime Washington lawyer aged 74 died after a chronic illness. His brother Major Jas Abert United States Army of Newport News died aged 76, sharing the same fate. Major Abert graduated West Point in 1848 and served in the Civil War earning a brevet of lieutenant colonel. A by special act of Congress he became a major Jan 3 1895 and retired Jan 11 1895.
Henry Reed a North Adams money lender and his sister Blanche Reed were murdered in their home Saturday night. The victims were found badly mutilated and investigators believe burglars took a large sum of money. No clue to the killer has been found.
Emperor William of Germany Empress Augusta Victoria and President Faure of France were hosted by Tsar Nicholas II in St Petersburg. The banquet featured vows to maintain peace among five neighboring powers as William commended the Russian navy enrollment. Crowds lined streets as the party toured landmarks and opened a hospital wing at the Alexander Hospital.
Convict Nash Baney, who confessed to the murder of Mrs. Hinshaw, was released on a five day parole by Gov. Mount and guided by Hinshaw’s lawyers to reenact the crime scene in Belleville and Indianapolis. Baney described routes, rooms, and movements, aiding the defense’s pursuit of innocence.
In Chester Vermont the presidential party attended a holiday event. Guests included Vice President Hobart Secretary of War Alger and family, J Addison Porter and Mrs Porter, Congressmen Grout and Powers ex Governor Woodbury Senator Proctor Fletcher Proctor and son, Master Hobart and a large state militia parade was reviewed by the President.
A morning duel with swords occurred in the Bois de Marechaux Vacresson. Umpire M Leontief oversaw five engagements lasting twenty six minutes. Prince Henri sustained serious wounds to his right shoulder and abdomen while the Count of Turin was wounded in the right hand. Prince Henri received medical care at the Duc De Chartres residence and is in satisfactory condition.
The funeral of Spain's murdered premier Canovas del Castillo took place in Madrid on Friday. Troops lined the garrison route as pallbearers including the Duke of Sotomayor and Marshal Mari nez Campos carried the coffin. Senora Canovas spoke firmly praising forgiveness of the assassin as a sacrifice for her husband’s great heart.
A water spout burst in Hot Springs South Dakota on Sunday flooding the city. Bridges were swept away and rail service blocked four miles out. Buildings flooded to second story, cottages demolished, residents fled in night clothes or by boat. Property loss estimated at 100000 with one man drowned on a destroyed bridge.
Letters indicate Albert Knee Land, alleged bigamist with ten wives in Ohio Illinois and Missouri. First marriage occurred in Columbus Ohio. His fourth wife in St Louis is pushing the prosecution. Also reports Senator James Z George died at Mississippi City Gulf coast resort on Sunday.
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