30 Mar 1897
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1897
Page
1
A fragmentary feature extols the Shakers for simple speech and diligent work. It describes their claim that the Ekaker Digestive Cordial, made from grove plants, aids digestion, prevents fermentation, and relieves dyspepsia with a trial bottle offered for ten cents.
Flood conditions worsen near Greenville Mississippi as a crevasse 500 yards wide floods the Yazoo delta. Labor sent to the scene. white workers dispatched while black refugees refuse labor. Levee failures at Dearfield and Sunnyside expose vast fertile lands. residents scramble to safety amid rising tensions.
The boiler of a portable sawmill exploded yesterday killing two men Calvert Boone and J R Tucker and fatally injuring two others. The engineer, who pumped cold water into the boiler without precautions, was uninjured.
John B. Hopper aged six, son of a former Maryland circuit judge and brother to a Maryland lawyer, was sentenced in Newark to eight months in jail and a $25 fine after pleading guilty to three counts of uttering forged notes.
A Philadelphia reader user Mrs. A Fiedler testifies Salvation Oil offers honesty and virtue in a bottle, curing rheumatism stiff joints and bruises. She urges keeping Salvation Oil at home and dismisses substitutes while noting a 25 cent price.
Crown Prince Constantin and Princess Sophia arrive at Larissa welcomed by authorities as 10,000 Greeks at the eastern frontier prepare for clash with Turkey. Troops march, schoolboys are armed, and the Greek public demands annexation of Crete with hostilities likely. Anna Dickinson damages suit proceeds in Scranton court as she sues for 500000.
In Trenton on March 30 the senate approved an bill establishing a pension for police with 20 years of service and age 60 across municipalities. The same day a separate measure for hospital board management was also passed. The session also advanced a bill to raise Jersey City and Newark police salaries by popular vote.
From Havana comes word the crew of the Spanish gunboat Dependiente has deserted to insurgents. Colorado Governor Adams signs abolition of capital punishment. Philadelphia man John S. Patterson is acquitted of larceny in New York. German officers on two years leave ordered home. Richard Thomason and Ruby Smith drown crossing swollen Texas stream. Danbury elects a sweeping Democratic victory, McKinley carried by 200 last November. Fire in Brooklyn claims Patrick Keenan and a four year old boy. Hamed Stewart.
Havana dispatch reports General Hernandez Velasco’s forces near Pinar del Rio repelled insurgents at Cabaderos. Major General Rivera and others captured. Rivera wounded and later imprisoned at San Cristobal. A Chicago Record correspondent, Crosby, killed by a stray bullet at Arroyo Blanco. Gomez’s letter to President McKinley urges action against Spanish atrocities.
In Washington on March 20 the tariff fight intensified as Massachusetts Republicans McCall and Lovering attacked duties as higher than needed. The Ways and Means panel debated amendments while the Senate considered routine business. Copper on the free list and a Central Pacific inquiry dominated expectations, with Morgan denouncing fraud and urging justice alongside broader railway accountability.
Jerome K Coulter, former assistant city treasurer under Henry Bollin, faced district court on embezzlement charges totaling 25000 dollars while Bollin is charged with 1000 dollars. Coulter received a continuance to May 3 and is now residing in New Orleans.
Des Moines union miners call a state meeting to oppose any summer reduction from the winter coal scale of 75 and 100 cents per ton.
Eight persons died when a sloop owned by John Constantine capsized in a Florida squall off Pensacola. Andrew's Bay crew of Constantine and Ben Mote faced tragedy as two women and five children were aboard. Mote clung to life at the hatch, saved a sister and child, but perished at sea. Constantine sank with the vessel while Mote was rescued near Fort Barrancas.
Washington reports Postmaster General Gary released figures showing the department's appointment workload rising sharply. In the first week of the new administration 23,600 letters were received, 100 in the second week, and 45,623 for the latest week, totaling nearly 95,000 and surpassing the prior administration's comparable period.
The president forwarded nominations to the Senate: Charlemagne Tower to Austro-Hungary, Anson Johnson to Fuchan China, Willam S Shallenberger for second assistant postmaster general, Thomas Styan as first assistant secretary of the Interior, Henry Clay Evans as commissioner of pensions, and Paterson NJ dispatches note labor strikes settling at Phoenix Silk Mill with weavers returning to work after ten weeks, plus a juvenile murder case in Perry Oklahoma where 14 year old Emmet Jones is sentenced to reform school for shooting a relative over a marriage objection.
Baltimore March 30 Dr Joseph Luts convicted of filibustering received an 18 month jail term and a $500 fine in federal court. Bail was denied pending appeal.
Markets show continued downward pressure with brief recoveries across New York and Philadelphia. quotes on Balto & Ohio, Lehigh Valley, Reading, Erie, Lehigh Nc, and others hover, while commodities like flour, wheat, corn, oats, and petroleum show mixed but steady moves. Beef, cattle, hogs, and lambs at Philadelphia and East Liberty report varied but active trading with prices noted for prime and feeder categories.
Several frosts this month caused concern but no damage has been reported to peach and fruit trees yet. Local growers await further updates as weather continues to chill experienced growers and prune trees accordingly.
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