08 Apr 1892
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1892
Page
1
A garbled report mixes notes on grafted peach trees in California, odd discoveries in New York, a Texan boy with a dangerous object, and various trivia about divorcees, royal unions, a senator’s bill, and famous figures. It also mentions Russia, a sea find with money, and sailing ships including the Raleigh.
The report covers Senate discussions on labor funding and silver coinage, with Mr Morgan supporting the latter, plus House readings and the passage of a Chinese exclusion bill with narrow support. It also notes state statues and debates on wool and public works funding across several days.
The state department notes seventy Camedian sea poachers in the Refining sea now, vs fifty-one last year. Visible grain supplies in the United States include wheat 47,028,000 bushels, corn 11,559,000, oats 8,602,000, rye 1,045,000, barley 61,000 bushels.
United States minister to France Whitehall Reid arrives in New York from Paris. A New York lawyer's surety company forms with 400000 capital to supply bonds in suits. Saloons ordered closed at midnight and Sundays due to crime. Several accidents and deaths occur across states including drowning, boiler explosion injuries, and a sudden death in church. Weather notes and political shifts mentioned with a vote count and women voting law in schools.
Many reports of storms, fires, drownings, and wrecks across the United States and Europe. Included are farm flood damage in Texas, a fatal domestic shooting in Wheeling, a Chicago fairground incident with damages, wrecks in Wisconsin and Kentucky, and a Nebraska court ruling on a gubernatorial contest. Also noted are labor protests, a Chinese immigration stance, a marriage engagement broken in Cincinnati, and eight hour day advocacy in several cities.
Reports describe a building blaze in Posen Germany where five children and a group fled by blanket. Rebel fortresses at Yentse Tons Quin fell to Brevel troops with three officers and seventeen privates killed. South Australia bans hotels on Sundays. A Black Sea steamer reportedly sank with 200 aboard. German famine kills many in northern regions and across fifty communes. Madrid police uncover a plot to blow up the Spanish Cortes with eight pound bombs. A St Peters burg powder plant explosion killed nine. French expedition members under Capt Menard reportedly massacred on the Upper Niger. Romanian cadets at a military academy in Iasi or Bucharest area commit suicide by revolver. Diaz reelected president by an almost unanimous vote in Mexico.
The report covers tariff and appropriations talks in the U S Senate and House actions on wool duties. It notes public lands bills for Ann Arbor and Clinton and a lake canal study. National incidents include a hunger crisis along the Mexican National railroad and Behring Strait talks. Local race results show Rhode Island and Arkansas GOP signals and a Republican legislature.
A sweeping cyclone struck Barnhill and nearby areas on Monday causing widespread destruction. Homes barns and churches were leveled with several fatalities and many injured. The storm also damaged facilities in cities including Onwan Aurora Errinonam and Janesville as telegraph lines failed and trains halted.
John F Beggs died at 24 Chicago terrace after being named as senior guardian of Camp 20 in the Cronin murder case. He faced indictment with Dan Coughlin Patrick O Sullivan Martin Burke F J Woodruff John Kunze and Patrick Cooney. Though acquitted, his involvement sparked questions about the death sentence and related letters with Edward Spelman. Cattle drought deaths threaten Oklahoma Territory with 20 percent cattle loss expected as petals drought persists.
China would sever all diplomatic relations with the United States if the Chinese exclusion bill becomes law, the Chinese Minister told Senator Sherman. In Jefferson City Missouri Frederick Wittroel and W A Tinight, early railroad bandits, were released after serving four years and three months under the three-fourths law. In Bristow Tennessee N C Adams was shot and killed by his wife's lover JB Jordan when he confronted the intruder.
A two story building at 2524 Santa Fe avenue in Fort Madison Iowa burned Tuesday night. A powder explosion trapped residents including Mrs S V Kitchen and five others. Firefighters reported no hydrant nearby and seven bodies recovered with two rescued dying later. A second dwelling owned by John Knock also burned with one death.
The Rhode Island returns indicate no statewide officer election yet with a Republican plurality likely. Lincoln sends six Republican assemblymen, Newport and Pawtucket show shifts, Providence trends Democratic. Milwaukee votes yield a Democratic mayor and city ticket, with a sweep of council and county board seats.
P C Mee Guire, general secretary of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, states that no demand for an eight hour day will be made May 2 in six cities including Baltimore Cincinnati Denver Salt Lake City Decatur and Toronto. He expects good prospects for workers and does not anticipate strikes or lockouts.
Voters across Chicago and more than a dozen towns adopt Australian ballots in local elections. Republicans gain in Milwaukee area and many towns while Democrats secure wins in Ottawa Rochelle Dwight Freeport and others. Some cities report heavy turnout with women voting for school trustees in several locales.
An old advertisement promises a risk free Catarrh remedy trial by offering a $5000 payout if it fails. The deal requires the customer to pay fifty cents to start the trial, with claims of curing Catarrh permanently. The ad encourages readers to test the product despite long standing cases.
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