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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1890
Page
1
Dr. Talmage chronicles his Palestine tour sermon from Nazareth to Jerusalem. He reflects on Christ's walking, Rizpah’s vigil, mothers battling addiction, and Jacob's Bethel dream with angels ascending and descending. The piece blends travel, scripture, and sermons.
The Ladies' Confederate Monument Association in Pensacola Florida awarded a contract for a Richmond granite monument. One face honors Jefferson Davis, another Stephen R Mallory and Confederate dead while a fourth recalls Governor Perry originator from Pensacola. Suggestions invited from Southern ladies. Storm battering Britain causes widespread damage and wrecked vessels. Grand Jury system denounced in St Louis as hindering justice and inviting abuse.
In Kansas and other Western states the Farmers Alliance upended party lines by nominating its own tickets and affecting multiple state races. The movement weakened Republican strength in Minnesota Nebraska and Illinois while boosting Alliance influence in Georgia South Carolina and Texas. Analysts say the Alliance holds balance of power in several states and could reshape national politics for years. President Polk hails the Kansas results as a political volcano eruption noting North South sectional tensions and farmer debt as core drivers behind the surge.
The Sentinel reports a deadly white against black riot in Paiemount twelve miles south of Marion after a celebration turned violent. Six men were shot as tensions rose around Don Paul Uttley and Henry Campbell. Uttley killed Paul with a gunshot and the crowd pursued the assailants amid arrests and jail confinement. The incident ended with injuries and a town in unrest, while surrounding notes mention other regional events and a political reaction in Williamsburg Kentucky.
In St Louis a petition seeks to establish Theresa Blennerhassett as Therese Dlennerhasset Athos, asserting a clandestine marriage to Folin Calvin Addins and a child born during secrecy. The case centers oninheritance, the girl’s status, and a family dispute amid opposition from relatives.
The piece compares the Democratic party and the Alliance, noting shared views on tariff reform and low taxes while opposing monopolies. It cautions the Sub Treasury scheme could divide them, questions Alliance influence in Congress, and suggests the Alliance may gain Senate power, shaping national politics ahead. New York Herald.
Report from Novoe Vremya describes a balloon descent near Moustei Olety with Col. Pomostzel and Count Covauke triggering fear of apocalypse among peasants. Descriptions recount villagers sealing doors, sisters and children crying, and a night spent by the aeronauts before departure by sledge. Debts and disappearances at Harper Bros. surface in New York as Thomas Harper and William Harber vanish leaving $50,000 debt.
The Democrats capture the House by a large majority and gain in the Senate, with major victories across the North and West. In this State Tillman leads by fifty to sixty thousand, three counties go for Kell, and most Democratic tickets win. Republicans suffer across the country. several states and legislatures flip to Democrats, signaling strengthened Union bonds postwar.
The article outlines Democratic and Republican strength in state delegations, noting potential shifts that could affect control of a presidential election and the Senate. It highlights proposed anti Republican trends in Illinois Kansas New York New Hampshire and Wisconsin and mentions New Hampshire's uncertain outcome affecting Senate parity. It also reports a naval yard accident at Port Wadsworth Staten Island where five workers were injured and one died from a cannon cartridge explosion.
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