14 Jan 1892
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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1892
Page
1
A historical note reports Boston granting a license to its first woman undertaker. The item highlights social progress, noting other contemporary curiosities such as a Queensland wild pig climber and various civic stories from around 1891.
Governor William McKinley in his inaugural address to the Ohio General Assembly reviews state progress from 1880 to 1890, highlights rising population wealth and public debt improvements, calls for prudent finances, tax reform, canal modernization, and electoral law refinements, and urges fair congressional redistricting amid a strong party majority. The address covers public institutions, agriculture, railroads, canals, and fiscal policy with proposals for a State Tax Revision Commission and canal reports.
The New York Herald reports calm Chilean press reaction to Minister Egan escorting Balmaceda refugees from the American legation to Valparaiso aboard the Yorktown. Criticism centers on risk to U.S. credibility and calls for law to reimburse or confiscate refugee properties.
A Monon northbound passenger train derailed on a broken eight foot rail two miles north of Crawfordsville Indiana. The wreck rolled down a bluff, catching fire in the smoking car with over forty passengers inside. Fifty icemen nearby aided in rescuing drivers and passengers as doctors and cabs rushed to the scene.
At the capitol on Monday it was reported that Speaker Crisp was much better and he called a meeting of the committee on rules in his Metropolitan hotel apartments to consider the new code of rules for governing the house of representatives.
Information from GuTuriz Oklahoma reports 100 Cherokees have arrived on the strip and staked off eighty acres per person, aiming to claim rich land under a treaty provision allowing residents to take eighty acres to cover improvements. Locals fear the move could dispossess white settlers of prime acreage.
Columbus Ohio January 12 Governor McKinley Jr is inaugurated as Ohio governor amid a massive statehouse ceremony and a lengthy parade described as the most imposing ever witnessed. The outgoing governor Campbell hands him the commission and McKinley delivers his inaugural address as cheers fill the air.
In Chicago on January 12 Frank Salve died after leaping from a northbound engine at Forty fifth street directly in front of an adjacent train. The first engine struck him and he was crushed by a moving dummy on a third track, dying shortly after.
Rome reports say negotiations for restoring relations between Italy and the United States are advancing, possibly nearing completion, though many doubt the accuracy of the semi official statements. In Columbus Ohio the Farmers Alliance reports consolidation plans creating a 250000 member organization in the state.
Columbia Missouri January 12 The main building of the State University of Missouri was destroyed by fire on Saturday night causing an estimated four hundred thousand dollars in damage.
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