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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1893
Page
1
A vivid advertisement touts extensive tailor made suits for men boys and youth at low prices with durable quality. It markets all price points from 1.93 to 18 and highlights a large selection of hats and furnishings in fresh colors and styles.
Bright and new items shown in our Men’s Furnishings Department include exclusive novelties in neckwear hosiery shirts underwear etc. Prices are 25 percent less than elsewhere, with many items to be found here at full sale value.
Property listing describes a 550 acre stock farm near Poolesville Montgomery County with 450 acres cultivated and 61st class White Oak timber, seven fields with water in each field, frame house stabling for 18, and recent outbuildings. Also offers two acre parcel west of the town Montevue pike with brick house, outbuildings, fruit, and stone cutting house potential. both offered by owner Mr. White and Mr. Lough with call for price details.
For sale or rent. Jobe B. Wilk’s country residence at Sraddock, three miles west of Frederick on the National Pike. 36 acres of first class land, two story mansion with gas and water, grounds, shrubbery, fruit trees, farm buildings including a bank barn and outbuildings, plus a tenant house on the turnpike. Call for particulars.
The letter by General H. W. Slocum, published in response to pension debates, defends real soldiers and pensions while condemning bounty jumpers. He rejects payments to late-war blunderbuss and criticizes claims growth, urging reforms, and notes several contemporaneous maritime and civic items from Baltimore exhibits to royal concerts and shipping news.
In New York, directors at Madison Square garden planned a mock bullfight amid a Spanish craze. They negotiated with a famed bullfighter but faced sharp pushback from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Officials warned that any such event would lead to arrest and prosecution.
Wild rumors of a financial disaster caused a senseless run on several Chicago banks including Prairie State National State Bank of Commerce Hibernia Savings Dime Savings Union Trust and Hennessy Trust and Savings. Banks withstood the strain thanks to solid management and forethought. The origin of the rumors remains a mystery.
President says Congress will be asked to tackle the monetary crisis with cool heads and decisive action. He warns of dangers in gold drain from reserves and urges public understanding and patience as lawmakers prepare to confront the issue. The administration also discusses curbing forged authenticity papers used by Chinese merchants and reports marine withdrawal from Nicaragua as safety assurances reach American interests.
St Paul to host June 7 celebrations for completing the Great Northern railroad from St Paul to Puget Sound. The event, called the Hill celebration, honors James J Hill and associates who built the line without government aid. Festivities include elaborate arches and floats depicting life in the northwest with a large reception to six hundred citizens.
The Lizzie Burden case jury has been impanelled quickly, surprising counsel. District Attorney Knowlton expects about three weeks to complete the trial if there are no delays. Charles J. Richants of North Attleboro was named jury foreman. Lighthouse at Cape Hatteras funding authorizes submarine boring to locate a foundation for a required light house complex, with 1968 dollars available for lighthouse purposes.
The cadet corps from West Point will tour the United States pavilion at the World’s Fair. The U S steamer Alert arrives from Shanghai to Chemulpo, Corea, with Battery KF and K Fourth Artillery reaching Fort Wayne for permanent duty. Medical Director Dean to be chosen as delegate to the Eleventh International Medical Congress in Rome this September. The State Department confirms Rowland B Mahany’s resignation as minister to Ecuador and directs him to deliver legation archives to the United States. Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association reelects all directors except Major General Leo Crawford, deceased. Major General D Mc Gregg to fill the vacancy as auditor general of Pennsylvania.
The Mesmerizing visit of Infanta Falalie and a grand reception marked a busy day at the fair. Governor Altgeld and Mayor Harrison greeted the party, with Mrs Potter Palmer hosting a royal reception. Denmark’s exhibit launched with music and speeches, featuring statues of Bertil Thorvaldsen and Hans Christian Andersen, and photos of the royal family. The Cape of Good Hope displayed diamonds via a Debeers process, drawing crowds to the Mines and Mining building. The World’s Congress Auxiliary opened a temperance congress at Memorial Palace of Art, drawing domestic and foreign delegates to discuss liquor controls. Local notes report gas drilling near Cronhion farm causing activity and a Baltimore Irish Home Rule fund meeting netting $2442, plus fire losses in Ley NC timber mills.
A manyfold report from Port Korar South Carolina on June six describes serious difficulties in a timber dock project. Cracking and 125 feet of concrete upheaval threaten stability and completion, with theories blaming inadequate anchoring pilings and water pressure. Also notes on race fixing in Rattivort, plans for Richmond Terminal, cholera outbreaks in Asiatic Turkey, launch of the battleship Massachusetts, a large grain company’s failure, a Hungarian train wreck, a New York bank failure, and Rhode Island legislative adjournment.
Market page shows bid and ask notes for flour and winter wheat, rye, corn and oats, with prices for Minnesota and Baltimore markets. Key items include Western wheat and rye futures, No 2 red wheat, oats and corn values, along with butter, eggs, coffee and sugar quotes from New York and Baltimore. Various grades and delivery months such as June and July appear, with prices in dollars and cents and per hundredweight as shown.
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