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Newspaper
Salem Press
Location
Salem, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1886
Page
4
A wild week reports strikes at Steubenville and Milwaukee, fierce gales in New York, and labor actions across the nation. Financial notes show pension bills, deficits, and treasury balances while international concerns include Hawaiian affairs and the Drexel cottage grant.
Reports from London editors note public fatigue with Queen Victoria’s isolation. U S Minister Phelps hosted a reception for Washington’s Birthday with Viscount and Lady Wolseley among guests. Ireland faces famine and fever with deaths and illness cited by a parish priest in Castlecrea Doobe. England faces a tense labor scene as thousands are unemployed and labor unrest grows including a 3000 worker strike at Nettleford screw works. Company cites German competition and plans to cut wages. negotiations seek a 5 percent reduction.
The text describes an alleged imperial proclamation ordering all Tai Tsing subjects in the United States to return home by May 15 with promised transport, while noting no confirmation from Chinese officials or New York residents. It notes Republican Senators ready to block confirmations lacking written charges, affecting Indiana appointees like Lamb and Ruger.
A hanging was carried out in Rensselaer for the killing of John Dregger as a crowd gathered from early morning. Warrens proclaimed innocence to the crowd before the trap at 11:52, dying shortly after. burial followed at 12:26. A House subcommittee opposed government telegraph lines and urged changes to telegram transmission laws over subsidized railroads. A novelty item notes Miss Fanny Mills of Ontario with record large feet receiving wedding slippers in New York, size No 80, at a total cost of 70 dollars.
Senate actions include approving a bill allowing national banks to change names and locations by two thirds stockholder vote within same state or within thirty miles, and approving a $250 000 appropriation for settlers on public lands in Nebraska and Kansas. The House debated pensions and investigated the Pan-electric matter, while considering anti Chinese immigration and silver coinage questions.
Prices for oats hay and dairy products range from 88 to 93 cents for white oats to 4 75 for fair to good hay. Byproducts and cattle show slow trade with buyers and sellers noting firm or weak demand. Various grains and goods list price quotes in cents and dollars with regional retail expectations and dealer activity.
A severe winter storm across New England brings 10 to 24 inches of snow in New Hampshire and Vermont with winds of 50 to 65 mph. Roads are blocked, telegraph lines down, rail travel impeded, and damage reported though few serious injuries. A Maryland area mill accident claims two young sisters in Shamokin Hill, and Mississippi notes liquor prohibition in Copiah County.
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