06 Sep 1890
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1890
Page
1
A historic notice cites mortality at sixty seven per minute and about 9 700 daily and 35 030 385 yearly with births near 100 000 daily and 203 000 yearly. It mentions U S manufacturing scale, Columbus portraits in Europe, and a Canada US tunnel linking Port Huron and Sarnia amid other transit notes.
The fragmented column surveys varied topics from patents and electric devices to poetry and social anecdotes. It mentions Longfellow and Payne, Bluetooth-like devices for ships, and a curious mix of maritime naming schemes, cattle losses in Nevada, and a Boston man’s Civil War era family milestones.
The report summarizes Senate and House actions including passage of a $40,100 appropriation for a Shaboygan Wisconsin public building, labor and convict labor bills, tariff debates with Canada reciprocity, and election contests such as Clayton Breckinridge. Nominations are listed for numerous districts, with disasters in Corona and Pensacola, a large Chicago carpenters strike nearing end, and various political conventions and public notices.
Washington reports show weekly trade and debt figures, with wool price comparisons and cotton crop projections. Postmaster activity includes 26,075 fourth class posts and 5,860 new offices. public debt stands at 875,50,040. Labor Day urged nationwide. Vermont and New York politics noted. Weather and disasters cited, including mine explosion fatalities and regional floods.
A man named Ciallagher, intoxicated, killed his wife and son before taking his own life in West Point, a California mining town. The report notes the incident as part of a sequence of sensational events and misprints, with scattered references to agriculture and veteran figures.
The Generabdgbata reports tariff amendments lowering duties on certain goods and adding restrictions. It notes a bill to retire circulation of National banks and issue notes, a portal delivery system in Sioux City, and the Clayton-Breckinridge election topic. Morton McMichael elected ABA president in Saratoga Springs. A fire in Salonica destroys 12 000 buildings including consulates and cathedral. Joseph Youre of Philadelphia shot his wife and killed himself in Atlanta City hotel after accusing infidelity. Lawven, Wallace & Co fail for 2 900 000. A Prague bridge washout drowns people. Ohio Governor and minister Lewis B.S. dies in Cincinnati. Potter Lovell & Co bankers fail. An express train wreck near Albany leaves several dead and injured. Baltimore Labor Federation declines aid to New York Central strike. Des Moines Prohibitionists nominate Melarland, Reed, Turney, and Crawford for Supreme Court posts. The platform makes prohibition the paramount issue.
Guatemala reports describe General Jose Martin Barrundia murdered aboard the Acapulco on a Pacific Mail steamer. Guatemala port authorities faced armed resistance from Captain Pitts, and U.S. Minister Mizner's role is under investigation. A daughter of Barrundia attempted to shoot Mizner, later spared, with the case drawing diplomatic attention.
President Webb testified before the State Board of Arbitration about the August 8 walkout of tie workers and discharge of seventy eight members. He cited unsatisfactory reports, denied Knights of Labor influence, and noted conflict with management over labor plans and wage demands. Other testimonies referenced labor leaders, directors, and correspondence on strike strategy and potential effects on dividends and operations.
Labor Day celebrations spread from Chicago to New York and Boston with huge parades. Trade and labor assemblies showcased 25,000 to 30,000 marchers, while offices and many businesses closed in observance. Dockers unions and eight hour work advocates discussed wage rates and boycotts at the Liverpool congress attended by about 1 million members from 300 societies.
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Cooley 60 wife of Judge M C Cooley of the Interstate Commerce Commission died in Ann Arbor Michigan early Saturday. A noted philanthropist she headed the board of managers of the State Industrial School for Girls at Adrian appointed by ex Governor Jerome and served since. There is also an incident of a streetcar runaway in Illinois where brakes failed on Pleasant Street Hill and passengers fled as it sped downhill.
Worcester news reports Potter Lovell & Co preparing to assign the Potter Lovell steel works and Eureko Sill Manufacturing linkage amid heavy liabilities. George M Ricolete (Ricohe) presides over Worcester firms, with loans totaling about 8 million dollars to the concern and 1.95 million in liabilities for Potter Lovell. Bank officials Weston Bawis, George O Ballens, and A W Stearns named as receivers or trustees in the impending proceedings.
Reports from Prague and Vienna warn of the Moldau rise flooding lower town districts. Boats swarm the Danube valley towns while authorities order evacuations and safeguard residents as villages flood and wreckage drifts downstream.
Alt Mastro Valerio of Chicago visits Moblie to discuss forming an Italian colony in Baldwin County Alabama. Twelve souls already, with twelve acres for cultivation, sugarcane and a garden tract, plus 1000 acres for grape vines. Next year expect a fine crop and silk worm cultivation. Delegations from Illinois and other states will arrive to buy land and organize a philanthropic society aiding settlers in farming, viticulture and sericulture.
Details from Vinssac dated Sept 4 describe a mining explosion near Borgslav in Galicia. A fire and shaft collapses trapped miners. eight decades of workers were reportedly killed by poisonous gases after shafts were reopened.
A 10 year old boy George Heigleo Fatilly was fatally shot by Willie Maitland about the same age in Tipton Iowa on September 4. Maitland had warned to stop tormenting and then fired striking Heigle in the chest.
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