04 Sep 1891
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1891
Page
1
A new Ellis Island policy requires all newcomers to begin life in America with a thorough bath and soap. The piece comments on sanitation and jokes about immigrants being the “great unwashed” while noting the insistence on cleanliness before entry. It also touches on public interest in broad societal and cultural changes reflected by the rule.
Washington reports rising grain shipments with Wheat 19,124,841 bushels Corn 5,611,573 oats 2,480,012. Visible grain supply shows May totals. population cited as 02,099,940. Public debt decline for August listed at 1,091,218. total treasury cash 766,002.47.
A Boston birthday for Oliver Wendell Wolnes marks 82 years as fires destroy the Pennsylvania Salt Company unit in Nations, the town of Ceres burns, and a mayor visits ruin sites. Judges and officials report fifty two fatal accidents last year with many widows and orphans. A Pittsburgh glass maker faces heavy liabilities. Johnstown tragedy claims James Patton and son.
A montage of incidents from 1891-1892 notes bank cashier Tina Winbham fleeing to Canada with funds, a $100,000 loss at Autumn Automatic Canning Co in San Francisco, deadly train collisions near Brush Creek Missouri and near Troy Indiana, and a fatal balloon crash in Detroit. Alaska population totals by race are listed, with a ten year decline. Also reported are fires in Quinan Texas and Winnemucca Nevada, a burglary in Corder Missouri, a dynamite blast at Palmyra Michigan, a building collapse in Detroit, and various deaths including a family in Chardon Ohio and a shooting in St Louis.
A century old obituary cluster spans Mrs Mary Salighury of age 102 near Bolingham Minnesota and her 103-year-old husband surviving eighty years married. Politician Mag J J Safely dies in Indiana. Detroit river steamboat collision sinks a vessel. several drowned. Train robbery near Canon City Colorado. $8000 stolen. Kentucky elects new governor Brown. World’s Columbian Exposition tower planned over 1100 feet and $2 million cost. Alonzo Knox and daughter killed by train near Chadron Nebraska. State property value totals reach 041,721,211 with 1890 at 782,672,120. Rev J B L Soule dies in Chicago aged 76. Wealthy San Francisco brewer found dead in Dayton with two gunshot wounds. Dubuque heir Nennealy to $1,000,000 estate. Willows California fire damages $150,000. Bandits rob a railroad train at Nel Rio Texas. World’s Fair directors seek $5,000,000 loan backed by gate receipts. Margy S G Coox elected Indy World’s Fair secretary. Verne Rextrow to hang for murder in Missouri. The Dalles Oregon fire claims $500,000 in property. Remains of Alexander Breiter work exhumed after 19 years. perfectly preserved. All amid dense, rapid-fire items from late 19th century notices.
Reports from foreign intelligence recount a Santiago mob burning Balmaceda's residence and property valued at over 31.8 million, a Japanese typhoon with over 100 deaths, a Bedminster colliery explosion killing ten, Worneau expedition attacks in Africa with sixteen dead and thirty-one wounded, the Dunsmurry wreck off Nova Scotia with eight drowned, Miss Mary Lincoln's marriage in London, a shipwreck in the Hawaiian Islands with twelve lives lost, and plans for a Chicago world’s fair attendance by European royalty, among other calamities and ceremonies.
Reports from the era cover a variety of events including a Sunday closing debate before national commissions, a Prohibition party ticket led by J. W. Bruce in Albany, and resolutions opposing national banks while backing a revenue tariff. The piece notes typhoid deaths in Wheeling and other scattered incidents across the country.
Reports detail rebel forces harassing coastal areas near Coronel and 6000 residents fleeing as German and British ships evacuate foreigners. U S officials face criticism over minister Egan and Admiral Brown while consular aid helps persecuted women and refugees in Valparaiso.
About six thousand men idle in Cumberland iron works and shipyards report distress from reduced demand. Belfast Queen's Hill shipbuilding shows no relief while Greenock foundries run only a quarter, and Thames Iron Works engineers strike, signaling widespread disruption.
Eighty members of the World’s Fair board and one hundred members of the Ladies’ Board heard the American Sabbath Union’s arguments for Sunday closing at Chicago on September 4. Col Elliott Shepard and others urged stopping machinery and banning general merchandise sales. The commission will wait for the local board’s decision before acting. Ample church facilities would be provided on the grounds.
Fire destroyed the W. W. Corcoran at her foot of Seventh street wharf. valued at 45000 with one fatality, a boy named Robinson he jumped from the bow as flames cut off his escape and drowned. The vessel had carried hundreds of thousands to Mount Vernon over twelve years, and 1100000 passengers.
GettisuckG Pennsylvania September dedicated monuments honor the Fighting and Twelfth Illinois cavalry with a joint service led by regimental officers. Ex-Gov. Beveridge presented the state gift of 6000 dollars as Gov. Fifer spoke. Manistee Michigan September 4 East Shore furniture factory falls to receiver Walter S. Denning. Liabilities total 370000 with 100000 assets. founded five years ago with 42500 paid in capital. The firm employed 130 workers, paying 50000 annually.
United States Internal Revenue Collector Rogers reports only five farmers have claimed sugar bounty credits in Wisconsin. He cites red tape and bond requirements as the key barriers and says many farmers do not understand the laws or fear the bonds, causing missed benefits. In Indiana, Consta ble John Snyder is fatally shot by Henry Enlow during an arrest over alleged water theft and melon theft. Nearby, Dr. N P Valerius Co barns burned with 32 registered stallions and adjacent structures damaged in Watertown Wisconsin.
The 1880 decree and German inspection agreements lead to a suspension of the pork ban for American products. Secretary Rusk reports concessions on cereals and seeks corn access. Berlin and Caps May Point discussions yield official notices and potential trade gains. The Reich’s move allows pork and sausages from the United States with official health certificates.
Profs. Dysanger Hall Seigler and O Hara with Carthage college students excavate the Saveeney burial mound on Cyrus Felt farm. They uncover red limestone cover stones that crumble to sand, hundreds of skeletons, skulls, flint pieces and decayed pottery. Bones indicate men 6 to 7 feet tall and possibly 500 corpses buried in layered graves.
In Macyona Arkansas on Sept 4 a cotton house six miles east of town was struck by lightning. Four men died instantly Samuel Carter and his 11 year old son James John Brown Dock Blakely plus one unidentified man. Mr Couch a prominent planter survived though temporarily unconscious. The blaze destroyed the building and contents including cotton.
The bandits attacked a express car tearing a window and damaging the bar then overpowered the sentinel and forced the safe key from the messenger. The train halted for hours as robbers fled toward Mexico after securing $12 000. Wires cut to delay pursuit and reward of 8200 per capita offered. Authorities warned. pursuit planned from Dexvenr California to Wet Mountain.
During a heavy rainstorm at the state reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic in Grand Island a lightning bolt struck the cavalry camp. Two lieutenants and four sergeants were injured. nine men were struck and found in the tent debris. Doctors believe all will recover. tent wreckage and metal poles may have limited casualties.
News from Velpen Pike county reports a robbery attempt at a smoke restaurant by Posey Miller and Fleming. The proprietor fired killing Posey and Miller, wounded Miller in the thigh in a subsequent shot. The shooter was arrested as the town brims with fear of lynching.
Fred Marie a Musgrave relative in Terre Haute confesses a staged death plot to defraud insurers and says Musgrave is alive in Chicago. Charley Trout aided the coffin search and Markle is to be a state witness. Chicago authorities urged arrest of Musgrave amid claims the skeleton was bought in St Louis for 125 dollars.
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