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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1894
Page
1
A miscellany reports diverse items from science, geography and travel. It notes large ceal deposits, a government voter registration, and ivory insects while naming individuals and places. The piece blends curiosities with incidents including a murder case and legal aftermath in Kentucky.
In remarks on tariff policy and silver coinage, Voorhees argues for maintaining revenue without broad tax shifts. He backs treasury bonds and stable sugar duties, while defending a silver standard and equal coinage with gold. He recalls Democratic doctrine from Jefferson to 1892 and endorses parity of metals.
Washington Dec 11 Secretary Carlisle testifies to the House Ways and Means and Banking committees detailing a financing plan for a new banking system. He proposes deposit requirements, a 30 percent guarantee fund for circulating notes, and a separate safety fund to safeguard deposits while relieving the government of note redemption duties.
In Bloomfield New Jersey on Saturday nine young single men were laid off due to slack work and lack of families to support them. Later they paraded Watsessing and Bloomfield wearing badges with lines about marriage and work. Some local women were seen dressed up more than usual.
About two thousand Armenians gathered at Central Music Hall in Chicago on Sunday evening to protest the massacre of Armenian Christians in Turkey by government soldiers and to seek future protection for the persecuted.
The new German Protestant church in Rue Blanche was dedicated Sunday in Paris. German ambassador Baron Von Nihrenheim and embassy staff attended with eight hundred German residents. Emperor William sent a gift.
From reliable information gathered this government will be agreeable to negotiate a new commercial treaty with the United States, mentioned in President Cleveland's message, but no direct negotiations have been opened as yet.
Ranchman Francisco Morales reports Yaqui Indians killed three sheep herders at his ranch in Sonora. They drove off many cattle and a detachment of troops will be sent in pursuit.
Gov Altgeld departed Sprixerixcp for Hot Springs Arkansas after several days of illness. He travels with Mrs Altgeld for an undetermined period.
Bern reports Herr Krupp head of the gun makers has given 5,000 marks for building a Protestant church at Essen, the site of the Krupp works, in a city with a large Catholic population.
Commander in Chief Lawler reports official notice of the National park dedication at Chickamauga and Chattanooga on September 19 and 20. The council of administration will meet in Louisville December 18 to plan the next national encampment just before the dedication, allowing veterans to attend both events.
In Curiaco on December 11 Detective Hickey admitted to forging letters papers and a death certificate that claimed ex policeman Fergie died. The fraud swindled the Policemen's Benevolent Association of 2.12 dollars. Hickey kept 1,800 dollars and agreed to return the rest. He was a trustee of the benevolent fund.
The Lake Sun reports that under the act of Congress passed March 1889 bona fide settlers on lands entered before May 1 1888 are protected in their entries by the decision.
A Westminster Gazette dispatch from Yokohama reports Japan plans an early advance on Pekin by its second army. The government has contracted 8,000 coolies to accompany the force.
MippLessore Kentucky December 11 fires have been started in the furnaces of the Watts Steel plant the largest basic steel plant in the United States. It will work 500 men when in full operation.
Minneapolis dispatch reports Theo Blixt, engineer connected to Miss Catharine Ging and Harry Hayward, making a full confession accusing Hayward of murder. Blixt claims Hayward orchestrated the crime, drove to the scene, and ordered the body dumped after the shooting. He also recounted plans to burn flats and other schemes tied to the case.
Representatives Hitt and Storer discussed a potential house resolution to inquire into the government's China-Japan war policy. Storer planned to introduce it, but it is considered that foreign affairs authority is limited in the house, suggesting the inquiry may suit Senate action better.
John Burrows aged 32 and four young women with the surname Campbell were fatally injured when their buggy was struck by a passenger train at a grade crossing on Jarvis street. The horse died instantly and the buggy was thrown about fifty feet.
Paria reports the Temps describe America’s new departure in foreign policy. It notes Cleveland’s shift from a Monroe Doctrine stance to active involvement in hemispheric conflicts. The piece links American concern in the Far East to the ongoing Chinese-Japanese war and its impact on U S interests.
Wasnixeror Dec 11 The president issues a proclamation forfeiting to the United States lands in the Sioux reservation in South Dakota. The lands were allegedly earned by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway under a 1859 agreement with the Sioux, ratified by law.
In Vaxcentire Kentucky on December 11, the wife of Rev. 8. T. F. Keany gave birth to a baby girl weighing 12 pounds. The mother is over 55 years old and this is her first child. The couple married over 35 years ago.
Wasnixetos reports that the urgent deficiency bill has been passed to the house and will be called up Tuesday. The bill appropriates 245,095 dollars for the collection of the income tax.
Lavortz Ind Dee reports convict William Craig in a northern prison. Upon release he plans to pursue life anew and profit from two inventions yielding small sums but with $4,000 saved. Officials suspect Craig is an alias and a widely reputed inventor. He hopes to net about $30,000 from selling his inventions before freedom.
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