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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1891
Page
1
A sampling of global and U.S. items notes billionaires, monarchs, financiers, and explorers. Topics include Higsen’s fortune claims, U.S. Supreme Court adjournment, Greek and Uruguayan affairs, Astor family wealth and philanthropy, opium cultivation plans, and rapid transit ideas. Notable mentions cover markets, rail, politics, and local curiosities.
Ohio legislators authorized a monument honoring the Andrews raiders. The dedication in Chattanooga honored J. J. Andrews and the expedition of 1862. Ex-Gov. Foraker delivered the principal address. The unit captured a locomotive at Big Shanty and were pursued by Confederate forces. The monument features a bronze locomotive General atop Westerly granite and stands with a nine by five foot pedestal.
The piece covers the 1890 dedication of the Ohio Andrews Raiders monument with memorial services led by G A R officials. It lists names associated with the raid and execution and quotes Gov. Foraker's address praising Union victory, justice, and national unity. The event includes a public pledge to maintain the monument and a post-speech benediction.
The Ohio Farmers' Alliance convention opened with prayers, singing, and addresses led by S. H. Ellis. Delegates formed committees, adopted a platform favoring fair taxation, cheap school books, liquor suppression, no free railroad passes, and a minimum fifty dollar per capita money issue, and narrowly voted to call a state convention or elect a separate ticket.
Captain Porter of the United States Secret Service reports the tale of a preacher turned counterfeiter and a counterfeiter turned preacher. Jerry Holmes and George Vancil were involved in conversion then later exposure, with Holmes converting and preaching in jail before recounting the tale amid arrests and confessions in Polk County.
Report describes daily 600 Russian Jews passing through Charlottenburg toward America with Berlin police blocking entry. Relief committees in Berlin Paris and London coordinate aid while four Baltic steamers are hired to transport Jews fleeing emigration. The emigration surge targets Poles and Lithuanians with large plans from London society.
The New York World reports ex-president Rutherford B Hayes remains in a poor mental state after an epidemic grip. His memory is affected and he can barely converse beyond a minute, with periods of clouded mental vision and frequent forgetfulness of recent discussion.
Hon Geo Goschen in the house of commons gave notice that the government will introduce a bill on Monday to empower the queen to act against British subjects catching seals in the Behring sea for a defined period to be stated when the bill is brought forward.
A May 27 dispatch from Acapulco to the Herald reports the Chilean warship Esmeralda so feared by local authorities that she began coaling at 6 o clock tonight and is expected to depart Acapulco tomorrow.
The Steamer Charleston is due to coal for two to three days at Callao. Afterward she will join the Baltimore and San Francisco at Iquique within about three days of departing Callao.
The contract for the mill superstructure in Huntsville Alabama is awarded to Hughes and Degas of Nashville for 106500 dollars. They pledge to complete the roof by December 1.
The Pennsylvania legislature has approved the bill for a constitutional convention and it now goes to the governor for action. The measure cleared the two chambers after extensive debate and is poised to become law if signed.
Desperado Patterson, a colored man who shot several men before his capture, has been lodged in the Knoxville Tennessee jail.
A GroraiA man owns an egg shaped like a young chicken. A cow near Marshalltown Iowa bears triplet calves. A forty year old peacock roams Adam Bohn's Penn Township farm in Berks County Pennsylvania. Frogs leap from a hollow log on a Carrollton Iowa farm. No clear evidence explains the events or details due to garbled text.
In Sioux Falls 8 D Plenty Horses was acquitted of the murder of Lieut Carey after the judge instructed the jury to find him not guilty. The decision ends the high profile case with prominent local and tribal involvement and follows intense courtroom debate.
Berlin municipal council on Thursday approved a proposal urging the Reichstag to seek an immediate suspension of cereal tariffs due to poor harvest prospects, with a plan for a later abolition of taxes.
Cutworms are causing extensive damage to corn and potatoes around Waterloo and in many fields across the country. They are eating all sprouted stalks, forcing replanting in numerous locations.
The British steamer Holemeeden, capt Prentice, from Hong Kong to Shanghai with a general cargo, wrecked on Luconna Rocks in fog near April 23. Twenty six crew escaped in two lifeboats but lost all aboard and belongings. Boats separated, mate's boat picked up by Myrmidon, captain's boat by Chaowu. All crew reached Shanghai, endured hunger and exposure.
The French chamber of deputies votes on the pork tariff but not guaranteed as final. The government plans to keep its original American pork proposals and resist the senate committee report. United States minister to France Whitelaw Reid declines discussion, wishing for a withdrawal of the prohibition and a new market for American produce.
The Buckingham theater in Nashville Tennessee recently opened by Fred Jones of Memphis caught fire shortly after midnight Sunday. The four story building was gutted and inaccessible from within. Fifteen sleeping residents escaped down the front stairs in their night clothes with only the clothes on their backs.
Morris Hosler of Washington township Hancock county Ohio reports a Jersey calf three months old weighing seven and a half pounds and eleven and a half inches high. The tiny animal gambo1s, drinks from a bucket, and grazes like a normal herbivore in the corral.
Berlin ministers meet and decide no Reichstag summons needed to discuss the grain tariff. Customs reports rye at 200 marks, with favorable harvest prospects suggesting a fall to about 186 marks within weeks.
Announcement of the death of Chief Engineer J F Bingham of the United States steamship Alliance at the U S consulate Yokohama on May 11. Remains interred at Urakame, Japan.
A terrible hurricane struck Lake Ilmen in the Novgorod government sinking nineteen timber vessels. All crews were drowned in the disaster.
Victoria sealers cable to Sir Charles Tupper protesting a bill in the British house of commons to close Behring sea for a year, opposing the measure and seeking relief or revision from government authorities.
Reports from southern Russian provinces to the Volga indicate a bleak harvest with yields projected at about 40 percent below the long term average. The assessment underscores widespread crop weakness across key farming regions.
A civil outbreak in the New Hebrides islands led to the death of 600 natives. Reports state the victors ate all the bodies, signaling brutal savagery and wide devastation across affected communities.
West Superior businessmen G. L. Percy H. J. Stratton and Joe Slupp perished when their boat capsized in a gale on Lake Superior, authorities report the drowning.
Heavy drafts on the treasury for pensions will push the May public debt statement higher by about 250000. The report notes an apparent rise driven by pension disbursements and treasury outlays.
Mrs Henry Phillips and her two children were burned to death in their home in Taylorstown West Virginia. The tragedy occurred during a blaze that destroyed the residence, with neighbors reporting efforts to rescue but failing to reach them in time. Local officials are investigating the cause of the fire.
Advices from Paris to Peking report Tcheng-Ki-Tong, former acting secretary of the Chinese legations in London and Paris, has been condemned to death for extravagance and swindling while abroad. He negotiated a £7,000,000 loan in London and Paris, then returned to China where he was arrested and tried. He faced execution to avoid implicating his family.
The London Blue Book publishes recent Britain United States exchanges on Behring sea seal fisheries. It opens with Lord Salisbury approving Blaine’s demand for a temporary seal ban pending arbitration. Dispatches through May 28 note close seasons, modus vivendi, and British bill to ban sealing, with President Harrison pressing for replies as cruisers remain.
The May coinage shows silver coins totaling 4,802,515 pieces worth 2,812,905 dollars. Minor coins amount to 1,786,000 pieces valued at 87,300 dollars. Overall, 6,663,585 pieces minted valued at 3,930,206 dollars. Also listed is sold total 75,000 pieces valued at 2,591,831 dollars.
A Nebraska farmhouse belonging to Valentine Beck seven miles from Beaver City burned while Mr and Mrs Beck were away. Their two children a girl six and a boy two perished in the flames leaving the scene a tragic family loss.
Public Debt Statement shows an increase of 622,915 during May. Total cash in the treasury stands at 697,077,366.97.
Canadian crops face serious need of rainfall as reports indicate arid conditions threaten yields. Weather observers note delayed rain across Ontario and prairie fields, with farmers awaiting showers to protect winter wheat and corn prospects.
Secretary Blaine left New York for Maine on Monday in a straightforward travel note.
Bids opened at the navy department Monday for building cruiser No. 13. Only three bids were received: Cramp & Sons at 2 745 999 dollars, Union Iron Works of San Francisco at 2 793 000, and Bath Iron Works at 2 390 000. The appropriation by Congress for this vessel was 2 750 000 dollars.
Richard G. Dellers, named by the Philadelphia city council, took possession of the city treasury while awaiting a supreme court ruling on the governor's appointment. The appointment hinges on a judicial decision and transfers no immediate power beyond custody of funds.
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