30 Oct 1891
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1891
Page
1
A miscellany notes a New York self winding clock firm, a failed Abraham Lincoln stage production, a papal manifesto excommunicating duelists, and NC politician N P Cheatham entering a second term. Other items mention Victoria’s forty grandchildren, a man’s summer backbone, a foreboding banking of family woes, coin edge issues at New Orleans mint, Boston heir’s contested will, and an apple harvest cost comparison with aging.
The column surveys agricultural losses and livestock counts while critiquing wartime spending and US pork exports. It mentions 740,000 cattle, 33,000 horses, and 495,000 sheep, plus war history printings and foreign money orders. It warns of fraud in food substitutes and fake almonds and beans.
A scattered account notes Atlantic steamer crews with 32 deck hands and 60 stewards among others while a New York Times report mentions an American on an English railway fearing fast speed. It also covers a western federal index on Indian education and tax swindling in Massachusetts with insurance losses discussed.
A Washington bureau summary notes foreign US commerce reaching a historic peak and Secretary Blaine’s return to Washington. Reports from Valparaiso describe a US ship Baltimore seamen’ reparations demand. Grain stocks and various incidents across cities include fires, executions, and notable deaths and trials.
Reports detail fires destroying cars and cotton, gas explosions killing workers, and a boiler blast injuring workers. Earthquakes shock South Carolina. burglaries yield small sums. suicides and murders noted. Fires claim livestock and homes. battles with forest fires persist in Oklahoma and Indiana. a library promise for Chicago is cited.
Reports detail children perishing in a Penetanguishene Ontario fire. Floods flood Launous France causing building collapses and multiple deaths. A Swiss town of 8000 faces a fire and mass casualties. England endures two weeks of rain with widespread damage. A collision in the English Channel claims nineteen lives. nineteen fives were lost near Moirans France with dozens injured. The White Star liner Oceanic sets a speed record to Queenstown from New York in five days three minutes. Riots in Russia trigger many deaths and widespread famine. Cork streets see clashes between Varrellites and McCarthyites. Mexican hunger worsens amid failed shipments. Baron Illish buys land for Jewish settlement. Ottawa contractor Connelly arrested for alleged government swindle. Tunis eyewitnesses report a fatal wall collapse during weddings. Osaka earthquake devastates property and kills 300. Virden Man. fires destroy several homes and disrupt horses. Chilean government refuses responsibility for outrages on American sailors aboard the steamship Maltimore and considers action with Minister Egan, Commander Schley, and Consul McCreery.
A string of calamities hits the Midwest and South with fires in Lavalle Wisconsin and Belknap Iowa. Prairie and industrial fires devastate Blaine county Nebraska and a St Louis dusting-plant blast kills two. Turbulence in Louisiana and Alabama includes lynching threats and political upheaval as Cork fights intensify. Rail water shortages burden railroads while Cincinnati area crime and parliamentary shifts also surface.
The New York court decides in favor of Samuel J. Tilden heirs on the distribution of Gov. Tilden's estate. Mrs. Reese Hazard receives four million dollars, with one million held for the six children of Henry A. Tilden. Other heirs include George H. Tilden and Mrs. Whittlesey. The ruling hinges on the Tilden trust powers and the library provision.
A detailed plan for an October 1802 parade at Jackson Park during the world’s fair dedication includes sixty boats along 10,000 feet of lagoons, forty-one allegorical floats depicting 1492 to present, 13 states represented by women, and a water-lit spectacle viewed by over 100,000 nightly spectators. Military participation tops at 15,000 with 4,000 army and 10,000 national guard, while ceremonies occur in manufact urers buildings for 80,000 seating.
President receives Chilean reply to a demand for redress over murders in Vale Sor. Secretary Blaine and Secretary Tracy refuse to comment while Minister Egan’s dispatch notes Chile’s jurisdictional stance and willingness to act through Chilean courts. The situation risks straining U S Chile relations and refugee safety remains a priority.
Jackson Mich Oct 30 three convicts escaped the state penitentiary by a tunnel twenty feet long running beneath iron stacks. They were John Donovan Ogemaw ten years for robbery Walter Briquet Menominee eight years for incest and Charles Keehn Muskegon fifteen years for aggravated assault. A prison guard mistook them for workers and did not stop them. No trace has been found.
Stand by Briggs as Union Theological Seminary directors meet with eight ministers and seven elders from the general assembly to discuss its disapproval of Briggs' appointment to the chair of biblical theology. Also notes a severe drought in Alabama and a potato crop failure in northern Hungary prompting relief efforts.
The Beirne with 100 deck passengers and 15 cabin travelers reached Milliken’s Bend when a fire broke out on the lower deck amid cotton and freight. Many escaped to the forward section, others perished or were lost in the river. Rescue by crew and Milliken’s Bend residents saved some. names of alleged victims listed, boat valued at $50,000 and insured, operated by Planters and Merchants’ Packet Company of New Orleans.
In Paine France the senate declared urgent the discussion of duty on salt meats. Minister Roche cited studies proving trichiniasis absent in Britain and Belgium while Germany reportedly harbored the disease. He urged admitting American pork to aid workers, while guarding against German meat entering duty free. The motion passed 179 to 64 as the discussion moved to measure clauses. Vienna news notes Austria will remove import restrictions on pickled pork and bacon but keep land barriers, awaiting Hungary’s assent amid fears of U S sugar reprisals.
San Francisco report claims ex Senator James G Fair, a Comstock heir worth about 20 million dollars, married Nevada a few days ago to Miss Lake owner of a city boarding school. The match ties Fair to Miss Lake who knew his daughter as her governess and whom he supported by funding a school building.
The Evansville region reports wild forest fires near Buckskin along the Evansville and Terre Haute line. Farmers abandon property as flames spread toward Pigeon, with estimated total losses around 100000 dollars and farm buildings valued at about 15000 dollars.
The adjutant generals of the national guard adjourned with a unanimous decision to stage a national encampment in 1898 on a site chosen by the national commission. The event, named Camp Columbia, would run from August 5 to 20 and the US would cover expenses. Only regular troops and organized militia would be admitted. A fatal balloon accident at the exposition occurred when a man was lifted and fell after a tethered balloon rope ensnared him during a descent attempt.
Terrible hand to hand confrontation at Bucksport near Eldorado in Union County escalated when quarrel among spectators drew in many. Pistols were fired with deadly effect injuring several and shocking the crowd. Names unclear due to damaged text.
Explosion at the Ohio powder works near this city killed two men, Joseph Maags and Ben Somans, and completely destroyed the mill which had 500 kegs of powder and had been running about four months.
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