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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1897
Page
2
Weather report from Winnemucca station dated September 22 1897. Four hour period ended 8 PM meridian time with mean barometer 20.91 inches. Highest 81 F, lowest 55 F, mean 68 F. North prevailing wind. Precipitation 0.04 inches in 24 hours. Next max 57 F on September 23. Agent A Rogers signs off.
Thursday September 23 1897 Senator Foraker of Ohio predicts Republicans will win Ohio on the issue of improved business. He notes public belief in party responsibility for better times despite actual causes and warns that popular mood lags recovery, citing 1873 74 79 patterns in Massachusetts Iowa and Ohio.
Judge Cox in the district of Colombia delivers a decision seen as a blow to civil service reform and a windfall for Republican spoilsmen. It enables removing Democratic officials protected by civil service law and replacing them with party loyalists. The text suggests the ruling mirrors a Hanna style viewpoint and could render proposed changes to the civil service laws unnecessary.
An East End of London clergyman who invited the poor to a jubilee banquet reported fifty three guests declined with refusals and joked that he would have no beer. Newspapers mocked the plan as a costly misstep but he kept faith with his parishioners.
J. J. Hairston, a colored convict who recently escaped the Virginia penitentiary, has sent a pathetic appeal to the superintendent seeking readmission. Officials expect the request will be granted promptly.
The Hawaiian Republic senate unanimously approves the treaty of annexation to the United States, formalizing its steps toward joining the Union. The action marks a pivotal shift in territorial status and U S relations with Hawaii.
A four foot one inch barrel flintlock said to be Boones old gun is in the possession of Uncle Mart Russell at Milledgeville Kentucky. The weapon is linked to Boone in killing deer and defending frontier settlers as Indians reportedly raided caches.
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