28 Aug 1884
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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1884
Page
1
The piece outlines Cleveland's views on party principles and duties, advocating the workingman's rights and urging lawmakers to exercise chief care of the law.
A midnight blaze at Abdullah Park near Crittenden Ky engulfed Wilson stables. Seventeen horses in the white stable perished including Triumvir Huron Long Branch Chestnut Wilkes and Norman Sprague. Only three of the horses in the white stable were saved. Vehicles and traps valued in the thousands were lost. Wilson estimates the total loss at $100000. A helper named Larry Sullivan aided in freeing animals as fire spread. One man, James Honan, died in the fire.
Grover Greveland accepts the Democratic presidential nomination in a formal letter to the Chicago convention. He praises the platform, urges protection of labor, wary of corporate influence, and calls for limited executive power, constitutional restraint, and honest governance in a government by the people.
A Montgom ery, Alabama man leads a covenanted dig in Starrsville Georgia claiming to have instruction from a spirit to locate seventeen and a half bushels of buried gold. Laborers work by candle and Bible as ritual constraints and prohibitions guide the digging in a ten mile area south of Covington amid warnings of a malevolent spirit that could seize the treasure if disobedience occurs.
From Loxpon dated August 23, the cholera death total across 131 towns in fifteen departments reaches 3,952. Details show department totals led by Bouches du Rhone with 2,102 and Var with 974, while Auvergne has cases but no fatalities so far. The epidemic advances with faster, shorter-acting attacks, including deaths within three hours of onset.
The Premier objects to the shipment of Wyoming cattle across the Canadian border, reported from Ottawa on August 23. The protest centers on interprovincial trade and border controls affecting livestock movement.
A Shanghai dispatch reports Admiral Courbet’s decision to retaliate and notes hostilities began at 2 PM. Messages from Foo Chow and Pekin describe French firings, captured Chinese fleet at Fog Unow, and Li Hung’s pacific moves while forces in Yunnan and Quangsi prepared to march into Tonquin.
Ex Governor Hendricks declares he neither desired nor expected the nomination but accepts with gratitude. He affirms adherence to the party platform and endorses the Democratic Convention's principles, sending thanks to the Chicago gathering and pledging loyalty to the country.
Prohibition candidates for President and Vice President were notified today by the notification committee. Governor St. John and Wm. D spoke for the party and urged voters to back the Prohibition platform, arguing it stands for national reform and the end of legalized liquor shops. The remarks praised unity and urged appeal to reason over personal attack, while stressing the movement as a moral crusade and a fight for homes and the nation. Francis Wig and Mrs. Burt spoke, praising the party’s aims and calling for nationwide support and unity beyond sectional lines.
In Coal Valley West Virginia August 23 a wildcat owned by T N Montgomery fought Joy Robinsons bulldog Cuff in a $750 aside match witnessed by about 1800. The fierce seven minute battle ended with the cat still fresh and the dog unable to force a win, the cat weighing 26 pounds to the dog 27. A future $1000 side bet was planned once the cat is captured.
Shaneval and Paris report describe a three hour bombardment by Courbet's squadron destroying the Foo Chow Arsenal area. Seven Chinese gunboats were sunk with two escaping, the European settlement remains undisturbed, and the French fleet suffered no damage. Unconfirmed claim of two French vessels sunk.
Drs Paaren and Salmon inspected the Jersey herd owned by A G Epler in Virginia ILL and found no signs of contagion among any cattle. The August 23 report states the supposed pleuro pneumonia infection did not originate there and the herd shows no infection.
An elevator at P. Keil & Son's grain warehouse collapsed this afternoon in PittspurG. Theodore Tessing and Peter Knauff fell from the third floor to the cellar, about one hundred feet, and died from their injuries.
Reports from all districts in the Northwest indicate the cold spell did not harm crops. Friday night’s thermometer showed 35 above zero, but growing crops were not injured in the least and no damage is anticipated for the season.
Washixeton reports the Treasury total reserve at 146.5 million dollars. The gold reserve has risen steadily over the past week and stands today near 120 million dollars.
London dispatch reports French ironclads entering the river mouth at 2 PM. White Fort fired with Krupp cannon as ships stood three miles off. After about an hour the French retired. Chinese fire described as good.
Kate Smolsey remains in about the same condition as in recent days in Fort Plan New York. She is conscious and converses with family but takes no nourishment and desires no drink. She is on the one hundred sixty seventh day of her fast.
Frost last night in Troy New York harmed corn and buckwheat crops. Local growers report noticeable damage with potential yield impact for the late summer harvest.
Three Piedmont West Virginia youngsters purchased four pints and a half of whiskey. Two feared it, but thirteen-year-old Jerry Porter drank most of it and died within half an hour. Philadelphia Press reported the incident.
An estimate puts the annual cost of photograph 3 at nearly 000,000 dollars to the U.S. public. The figure reflects government spending connected to the image's production or procurement.
Germany England France Belgium and the United States extracted 372008060 tons of coal last year in a combined global total, reflecting heavy energy demand and mining activity across leading producers.
General Butler lays out his stewardship themes including opposition to monopolies, preservation of greenbacks, and protection for labor. He recalls drafting resolutions at the Democratic Convention to favor American industry, labor rights, and citizen protections, criticizing the party platform and urging fusion strategies to empower the laboring classes and end monarchical influence.
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