06 Aug 1891
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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1891
Page
1
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant taste, reliable laxative that promptly eases the bowels, dispels colds and fevers, and treats habitual constipation. It claims natural ingredients, attractive quality, and broad availability at 50 cents or 1 dollar, with cautions against substitutes.
A vintage advertisement extols Boe’s German Syrup as the ideal remedy for children. It stresses reliability plain easy administration and fast relief without disturbing a child’s spirits appetite or constitution. The copy targets mothers seeking a safe standard remedy that is pleasant to take and effective in soothing a range of child ailments.
A jumble of historical trivia, numbers, names, and anecdotes spans emperors fishing, state sizes, battles commemorations, and notable fortunes. It mentions Theo and Posten, Hearst wealth, Missouri population, and a Trenton monument, with data on ships, cows, and curious curios.
Comment grows over a U S court ruling in United States vs Ward on children of Indian women and white or citizen husbands. The court says children take their father's status and are U S citizens, impacting land ownership near Ft Pierre and Stanley across the river from Pierre as most land is held by squaw men or their wives. Washington officials have long said allotment favors those of Indian blood.
Poultney Bigelow discovered Berlin holdings lacked U S war publications and Washington’s military library was short of German works. Minister Phelps proposed an exchange system benefiting both services. Secretary Proctor approved and sent two large boxes of public military documents. Gen Von Schlieffen acknowledged receipt.
Special Agent Moore reported to the treasury department on three Chinese men detained at Ogdensburg New York for illegally entering from Canada. They were discharged by United States Commissioner Strong, who found no proof they had been in Canada. The action may hinder convictions, but arrests will continue as found.
Advices aboard the City of Pekin report a fatal sea collision near Shigrami between the Tame Maru from Hakodate and the Miyoshi Maru, with 260 workers drowned or missing after the Tame Maru sank. The captain and 60 laborers survived. The message dated July 12 3 a.m. Yokohama and relayed to San Francisco on July 13.
Ramon Whate and Andres Amya sail from Salvador to Europe to negotiate an eight million dollar loan. A Salvador Guatemala peace treaty allows Guatemala to tax coffee exports and issue bonds to pay army and officials. Adjt Wm Wallace Winchell and Adjt Ida May married in New York by Mrs Ballington Booth, first woman to perform such ceremony.
Nine hundred yellow envelopes prepared to mail notices of dismissal to census bureau clerks across several divisions. Discharge cited as work in branches where clerks are employed is practically completed.
Superintendent M. G. Knight of the Oak Cliff elevated railway shoots Mart Blacx, a discharged engineer, in Dallas Tex. Thursday night. Knight surrenders.
The pension office issued 5,917 certificates during the week ending July 18 across all classes. The average first payment on each certificate was $125.44.
The Treasury surplus Thursday totals 55,835,159 dollars with 25,148,098 dollars in depository banks and 19,330,434 dollars in subsidiary coin.
An unusually sharp earthquake lasting several seconds was felt across San Diego California on Thursday morning, prompting reports of a strong ground shake and minor local disruption.
The final budget of the German empire for 1890 91 shows a surplus of 15 148 2 tam ericks over the estimate.
A Bellaire Ohio to Cincinnati narrow gauge passenger train derailed near Bellaire injuring fourteen people with one fatal, four seriously hurt and many more bruised. The wreck followed a high speed encounter with a curve as cars toppled into a ditch and passengers crowded doors amid a chaotic scramble.
Fifty kegs of powder exploded in the Alabama Great Southern depot at Birmingham about midnight Thursday, destroying the depot and contents valued at about eight thousand dollars. One man slept in the building and was thrown from his bed. Watchman had checked the site minutes before. Glass shattered for blocks, and houses trembled for a mile. Suspects seen loitering near the depot earlier are thought responsible.
Maj. O'Dwyer Gray, proprietor of the Freeman's Journal, writes a letter announcing he will reject the leadership of Mr. Parnell. He cites the Campbell lawsuit revelations and Thursday remarks by Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien as reasons for the political change.
Robert N. Ely former Georgia attorney general under Gov Colquitt was Friday adjudged an imbecile and committed to the lunatic asylum. Ely a Confederate Army colonel and noted lawyer with wealth.
The Newfoundland association at Boston reported that if Newfoundland’s fate were decided by popular vote today, fully two thirds of the population would support annexation. The group spoke at a Thursday night gathering outlining public backing for the measure.
Kansas wheat movement eastward remains minimal as railroads distribute cars, while Alliance leaders blame a Washington circular urging farmers to hold their grain for the delay and economic impact on markets.
Parnell announces intent to appeal the bankruptcy court decision ruling his non-residence plea failed to excuse costs in the O'Shea divorce suit. The ruling holds the grounds for non-payment insufficient. The case centers on residency status and associated legal costs.
C ur Hambro and Son of London are named bankers to the Russian government. The move signals a likely final break between the Russian regime and the Rothschilds, reshaping financial alliances in Europe.
The volcano erupts once more, lava advancing to the village of Rio Del Cavallo, signaling renewed danger for residents and authorities to evacuate.
The St Paul arrived from Oanalaska amid intense chatter over the sealing edict. By July 20 two sealing schooners had been seized: the British schooner E B Marvin, once the American Millie Adams, and the American schooner La Ninta.
A man named John Raglin, described as colored and intoxicated, was found crushed to death after lying on a railroad track in Goncord Tennessee on Friday. Authorities report the incident as a fatal accident with no pending charges.
U S judge E S Hammond issued the decision in the R M King Seventh day Adventist case. King had been convicted for Sabbath breaking on Sunday in Obion county Tennessee and lost on appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court. The federal court ruling holds King’s conviction was under Tennessee law and not reviewable, remanding him to pay the fine or serve sentence.
W T Hunnicutt, a white man who escaped five years earlier while sentenced for mule theft in Washington county, returns to Mississippi to serve out his ten year term after converting at a Baptist church service. Dr Sproles and Gov Stone advocate clemency as he voluntarily surrenders, with possible pardon anticipated soon.
Gen Booth aims to view his Swaziland tract for a salvation colony as described in Darkest England. He will be greeted by Salvation Army Zulus, many once in Cetewayo’s army who fought the British. They are said to adapt well to Salvation Army methods and convert readily.
Triumphal arches lined the streets of Thames on Sunday as flags and evergreens decorated the town for a Parnellite gathering. The audience largely came from rural districts. On the way to the meeting Mr. Parnell’s carriage was halted when men in the crowd detached the horses and dragged the vehicle to the market square.
James Gormley, agent for the High Explosive Co. of Bradford, drowned in Chautauqua lake between Lakewood and Greenhurst after a boat overturned on Sunday. He tried to swim for help while a lady clung to the craft. she was rescued.
The Freeman's Journal split between directors favoring a continued Parnellite course and excluding E Dwyer Gray from management. Mr Gray plans to call a meeting of shareholders to expel the directors and take control.
A brief shower touched Canton Ohio on Sunday morning aligning with Storm King Melbourne’s forecast. The rain allegedly upset the magic show. the wizard reportedly did not want a storm that day as he hoped to attend a baseball game. He promises rain on every Sunday for the next two months.
Inquiries made Sunday show Rev. Mr. Spurgeon is in a tranquil condition and able to sleep and eat, but shows no decided progress in recovery.
In Grand Rapids Michigan two sixteen-year-old boys and their fathers are sued in federal court over private experiments that copied Bell telephone ideas. The youths built home laboratories and connected a private line to an electrician, causing a cross with a public system and triggering a patent infringement suit against Rev. Dr. Fluhrer E A Mosley and John W. Chase.
The twenty-fifth annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment begins in Detroit at 10 30 Tuesday forenoon with estimates of 80 000 visitors in the city Monday night and a parade day crowd reaching 200 000 or more. Competition for national commander in chief remains friendly with several candidates.
Antonio Jentles and Marenzo Kieto, both Italians and brothers-in-law, fought a knife duel Monday in East St. Louis after competing over lemon selling. Jentles died and lies in the morgue with Kieto escaping. Both men resided at 808 Morgan Street, St. Louis. Witness was Jentles' young son.
Councilman Bowes introduced a measure in the Kansas City Council requiring every drinker of intoxicants to obtain a city license, with fees from 20 to 50 dollars based on liquor cost. Applications must be countersigned by the applicant’s wife. He says enforcement would yield about 1 million dollars annually and advance temperance.
Monday at Lock and Co. establishment in Lake Charles Louisiana an altercation among workers left ten men shot. Six killed at once one mortally wounded and three seriously injured though possibly to recover. The clash occurred about twenty miles away due to an old feud and limited communication hampers details.
Treasury summary shows fiscal year ended June 30 1891 as the highest total commerce in U S history with exports surpassing imports by 39 5 million. Imports 844 9 million. exports 884 4 million. Immigration rose to 555 456 with gains from Italy Austria Hungary Germany and Russia.
John Young Brown, Democrat, and the statewide ticket are elected by margins estimated from 20 000 to 40 000. The new constitution is believed adopted by about 75 000. The People's Party also wins a number of representatives.
The Chicago fair foreign committee officers including Moses P. Handy A F Bullock ex Congress Butterworth Judge A Lindsey and F W Peck reached Berlin on Monday after departing Paris.
Berlin officials report 147 personal crisis cases in the first fortnight of July. Officials attribute the surge largely to alcohol-related self-harm factors.
A group of Mississippi Valley leaders closed a deal acquiring about one million acres in Oregon. The land, granted by the state to the Oregon Central Military Land Co. for a military road, spans six miles in width and roughly 500 miles in length. It includes timber, farming and grazing lands.
The queen of Belgium has fallen seriously ill and received the last rites as doctors monitor her condition. Monastic rites were performed to administer extreme unction amid uncertainty about her recovery.
A new accord with Spain aims to safeguard Cuban and Puerto Rican goods. The agreement covers trade access and product assurances, signaling renewed cooperation between the nations. Authorities anticipate smoother commerce and stabilized supply chains for the Caribbean markets.
The United States and Spain conclude a reciprocity treaty affecting Cuba and Puerto Rico with a transitory schedule through 1892 and a post date for broader liberalization. Sugar molasses coffee and hides from Cuba and Porto Rico will enter free or at reduced rates while US flour faces restrictions to protect Spanish producers.
Curcaco July 29 Republican editors from Illinois met at the Grand Pacific hotel and organized the Republican Editorial association of Illinois. M W Matthews of Urbana Herald was elected president and Charles S McNichols of Momence Press was chosen secretary. A committee from each congressional district was appointed to work with the state central committee. In Madison Wisconsin Wisconsin editors formed a similar body with W F Street of the Superior Inter Ocean as president.
Ottawa inquiry into harbor works at Levis and Quebec and the Esquimalt graving dock will show at least 1 million stolen from the public. The loss excludes sums stolen in Langevin block, Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Kingston graving dock, and other public works.
Drought broke in central Olinis Ramsey UL by rainfall. Corn damage previously severe. Wheat and hay crops fair to good, saved in first class condition. In Tuscola Illinois steady rain ended drought since April, aiding corn and pastures as farmers begin feeding stock.
A seamless steel boat formed from a single metal piece by hydraulic pressure is touted as highly desirable. It is expected to endure for a long time and be leak free.
The text notes fried fish in salted flour or salted egg with bread crumbs fried in hot fat for browning. It also cites demographic facts: among 10,000 people one reaches 100 years, 500 reach 90, and one in 100 live to 60. It adds irrigation making 9,724 of Utah’s 10,757 farms fertile.
The treasure surplus stands at 57,018,504 with 20,578,113 in banks and 19,311,755 in subsidiary coin. Officials estimate July’s public debt will fall about 4.5 million as receipts reach roughly 40 million against 35.6 million in expenditures including 13.6 million for pensions. Since July 21 about 2.5 million in small notes have been shipped to Chicago and Cincinnati to support crop movement.
A jury in Curiaco on Aug 1 convicted Joseph Stakely and Dennis McCurdy of conspiracy to injure the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad by inciting a strike. Each was fined 100 dollars plus costs, a result unexpected by the defendants who argued the law undermined their defense of the business.
Port Huron Mich August 1 William Boody about eighteen was instantly killed at Point Edward while on the dock. A ferry named Conger in landing at the dock forced two spring spiles together crushing his head into a jelly.
Topeka Kan Aug 1 G W McKay alliance judge of the Twenty fourth judicial district faced reprimand by the supreme court for ignoring it. Attorneys are taking steps to have impeachment proceedings started, following the reprimand and breach of precedent.
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