14 Mar 1889
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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1889
Page
1
Proprietors advertise Toman as a universal cure for blood disorders rheumatism eczema and other skin diseases caused by deration claiming swift relief and broad effectiveness. The notice emphasizes its preventive and curative powers and urges trial by customers.
GeorGce W. Curlps, a Philadelphia millionaire editor, began as an errand boy in a book house and rose to proprietor. The note traces his rise from humble beginnings to owning the newspaper.
A Milan plebiscite asked whether children should receive religious instruction. The vote totaled 27 000 ballots with 26 000 in favor and 1 000 against. The result reflects strong local support for religious education in schools.
San Francisco papers estimate the estate of James C Loop, left to his unmarried daughter as heir, to be worth more than 20 million dollars. The report notes substantial holdings and real property across multiple sectors.
OreRA singers will come high for awhile. Alexander, of Battenberg, has married one, and in spite of every thing the Queen of England could do.
Dr Jackson of New York asserts external and possibly internal cancers can be cured by electric current. The sole female alderman in the world is said to be Miss Cons, a London board member described as remarkable, philanthropic, and intelligent.
In Stockholm a new street bears Jenny Lind's name and a sculptor has completed a statue showing her in Norma’s costume, marking ongoing commemoration of the famed singer.
A London establishment reportedly keeps a whale in a mammoth tank and employs an expert milker to milk the animal and sell a “whaloid” product as a supposed cure for consumptives.
A Connecticut man creates a piano mute that keeps volume under control so sounds travel only about three feet. The inventor hopes the public will overlook a minor earlier misstep described as a little wooden nutmeg episode.
Herrmann, a magician, accepts a NY spiritualist challenge and states he can duplicate any alleged manifestation on the spot and expose the fakery. He asserts no medium can produce a phenomenon he cannot reproduce instantly.
The March session will be held in Albany Georgia with an attractive programme. Distinguished divines and orators of the country will deliver addresses. Reduced rail rates are available for attendees.
Congress passed an appropriation of 1 192 000 dollars to pay the Seminole Indians for lands in the Indian Territory ceded to the United States. The 2 037 000 acres are opened for settlement under the Homestead law.
In Saratoga New York Miss Jane S Truman aged fifty eight years wed Warren H Westcott sixty nine who previously faced a breach of promise verdict against him from his first marriage. Westcott a widower three years returned to his first love.
The citizens of New Hampshire Massachusetts Pennsylvania and Nebraska will soon be asked to approve a constitutional prohibitory amendment. The Women's Christian Temperance Union members in each state are vigorously campaigning in towns and villages to secure adoption.
Chicago observers report electricians who closed an exposition oppose applying electricity to punishments, deeming it ignoble. Air-pump manufacturers plan a joint protest against allowing condemned criminals to breathe ordinary atmospheric air, signaling industry involvement.
Commander Ramsay at Brooklyn navy yard says flags will not be redesigned until Congress ratifies the act. Four stars will be added to the Union Jack and the blue ensign field once final approval is secured.
The United States pays 900000 yearly for its weather service while European nations contribute far less. Despite lower funding, Europe makes more modest observations daily, and global verification of predictions rises, unlike in this country. The U S weather service remains highly organized and capable, and should be the best in the world.
The Senate met in March with Ingalls presiding pro tempore after Morton was absent. The body confirmed Cabinet appointments, welcomed Beck on his third Senate term, then heard nominations from the President including Palmer Swift Washburn and Tichenor. The session adjourned to 1:40 after executive consideration.
General Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania celebrated his 90th birthday on the 8th. A wholesale fire at Wells & Tracy in Columbus destroyed property worth $100000. George Kes died from injuries after a Plymouth squib factory explosion. North Wheeling Glassworks shutdowns affect 200 workers. Findlay postmaster resigns. Diphtheria epidemic reported in Venango County. A Auburn man fatally shot his wife then killed himself. jealousy cited. A near Chancellorsville wife found dead. husband claims accidental discharge. Frank Cog en killed by cars in Danville. Weavers strike disrupts Fall River mills. Pullman Iron and Steel seeks receiver. owes $300000 to Pullman Palace Car Co. Cincinnati man jailed for selling cigarettes to minor. Mike Murphy KO’d by Jack Cotton in Illinois. Arizona makes train robbery a capital crime. James Flood estate valued at 4290000 pounds. Fight near Bessemer ends with serious injuries and a death. Earthquakes felt in Middle Pennsylvania and Maryland. Two killed by cars in Kent, Ohio. Monroe killed by cars near Seymour, Indiana. Gessler fatally shoots wife then kills himself at Fostoria. Panama Canal Company ruled civil, not commercial, by Court of Appeal. New Postmaster General to appoint over 1300 staff when in office.
The data show Austria with 12,000 boilers and 2,800 locomotives, Germany with 50,000 boilers, 10,000 locomotives and 1,700 ships boilers, and France with 50,000 boilers, 7,000 locomotives and 1,900 boats boilers. Four-fifths of engines now in use were built in the last 25 years, with US at 7,500,000 horsepower, Germany 4,500,000, France 3,000,000 and Austria 1,500,000.
Washington March 12 Building operations will be unusually active at military posts this coming season aided by liberal appropriations totaling about 2 590 000 dollars. The War Department aims to concentrate troops at larger posts reducing overall costs over time with funds allocated for Fort Riley Denver post Columbia Tenn Fort Sheridan Columbus Ft Elliott Ft Monroe Ft Riley Niobrara Newport Ky Snelling and other sites for hospitals quarters and repairs.
President Harrison will rely on cabinet and congressional recommendations for high offices. He plans to fill many postmaster and other vacancies, with diplomacy first and Senate considerations second, while urging states to unify selections to avoid multiple candidates. The postmaster legacy includes 1,300 pending appointments, with 213 already unconfirmed by the Senate, and 50 offices set to expire or promote.
A 30 foot boiler in the Cleveland Rolling Mills forging department exploded sending a fragment into Hugh Graham's house and another into an outhouse killing two workers instantly and injuring eleven. Mary Vargo, four, suffered a broken arm as the blast wrecked nearby structures. Local victims include Mrs Scelaga and Mrs Calaga with scalp wounds.
On Saturday night three masked men rode into L. A. Young's store in Forses Missouri where about twenty men gathered. They ordered the crowd to surrender, found the safe locked and broken the night before, then searched pocket deposits and escaped without injury.
Wichita Kin March 9. T Blake of Purcell Indian Territory reports trains daily bringing 100 to 150 people across the line. About 100 families arrived from Michigan last Thursday and many are destitute. They will wait thirty days for a proclamation, else risk rights or lives. A wagon train with provisions left Kiowa for the western country. Leaders Hill and Cole favor delaying action to avoid conflict with soldiers.
The Legislature adjourned at noon yesterday after enacting a pension measure for Confederate veterans and needy widows. A tax of three cents on each $100 of property and nine cents on each poll will fund the pension program.
Washington reports Ex-President Cleveland will begin a trip to Cuba next Tuesday. He will be joined by Ex-Secretary Fairchild Dan Lamont and possibly Mr. Whitney. The journey is described as a pleasure excursion with hopes for a good time.
New York court records Recorder Smith in General Sessions fixed bail at 7000 dollars on each indictment. There are three indictments against each of the accused, totaling 21000 dollars bail per prisoner.
Pittsburgh March 12. Prominent manufacturers deny rumors that local iron mills will shut down soon due to losses from current low prices for manufactured products.
The lungs hold about 32 cubic inches total. Each perspiratory duct measures about a quarter inch in length of the entire system. A normal breath moves about two-thirds of a pint of air. The heart weighs eight to twelve ounces and beats about 100,000 times daily. An average man consumes five and a half pounds of food and drink per day, totaling about a ton per year.
Ernest Schroeder, a baggage handler for eight months on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line, devised a scheme to steal cancelled tickets. He used a B C punch to erase cancellations and restore tickets to their original value, selling the tickets to brokers. He avoided tickets showing baggage check punches but many others slipped through, enriching him until his arrest at Des Plaines street station.
Washington reports claimants seek compensation for damages from Pennsylvania troops during the inauguration season. Stand raiders, broken windows, destroyed materials, and scattered losses affect piemen, house owners, and decorators. Reimbursement from inaugural surplus unlikely. past practice involved officers sent from Pennsylvania to determine and pay damages.
The Brew ers Syndicate expands from Alsopp and Bass to a forty member London backed group seeking to acquire flourishing American brewers. Brokers press many brewers for options, with New York Breweries Company having issued 4.5 million dollars in securities now trading at a 15 percent premium. An Abbott Brewery option in Brooklyn has reached London as the syndicate pursues acquisitions and stock sales to British investors.
Chief Officer Smith reports the British bark Port Gordon foundered after heavy seas Feb 27. Crew lashed to rigging, lifeboats failed, two seamen drowned attempting to swim ashore. A raft carried four, others saved by line. steward and cook perished. Vessel total loss, 119 days from Great Britain with railroad material for Billingsham near Victoria, valued at $150,000.
A Denver special reports Oklahoma the situation grows critical as 2000 boomers rush to take land along the river bottom from Fort Reno to the Pottawattomie reserve. Troops may raid Fort Reno to delay, risking bloodshed if proclamation opens the country now. Boomers mass at Purcell and Arkansas City as leaders move north.
Isaiah Williamson, aged Philadelphia philanthropist, died at 1829 Chestnut Street after a quiet illness. His crowning act was transferring property worth 2,250,000 dollars to establish a free mechanical trades school, with expectations the endowment would total about 12.6 million dollars.
Pur La March 8 The philanthropist Mr Williamson who died yesterday delayed signing a will leaving 2 250 000 for an industrial school to be built near Media on the West Chester branch of the Pennsylvania railroad Trustees recently approved the site but his unsigned will prevented the distribution of intended bequests causing several charities including the Home for Incurables to lose endowments he had planned to provide.
In Philadelphia a creditor meeting of Reading Iron Works reported total liabilities of 1 927 753 and assets of 2 439 595. Most creditors favored continued operation and a three-person committee was appointed to run the mills temporarily.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland and party depart Washington by train for New York, amid crowded depots and farewells from Cabinet members and Congress officials. In Jersey City they are greeted by cheering crowds as they ride to the ferry and arrive in New York, driven to the Victoria Hotel.
The Worswick Manufacturing Company suspends operations after a Readings Iron Works failure and a Kansas City circuit court ruling on Sullivan swinging harness patent. The Hale patent dispute and a $60,000 chattel mortgage to VP Edward Lewis precipitated a temporary shutdown, with a planned resume in a few days. The firm holds the Sullivan harness patent used by many fire departments.
At the Capitol visitors filled the Senate and House yesterday. Dr Mary Walker in a man's attire mounted the Speaker's desk and delivered a suffrage speech predicting the next Speaker will be a woman. A door keeper escorted her from the dais as the crowd surged.
Reading Pennsylvania brass mills face idleness as Keystone rolling mill and Reading mills near Gibraltar and Naomin halt due to lack of orders. Over six hundred workers lose employment as Reading Railroad suspends coal ore iron and lime shipments threatening mine supplies. The pace of closures raises concern over prolonged stoppages and potential further layoffs.
Columbus March reports detail Senate and House sessions with limited business. Bills proposed include tax and wage measures, road and railroad regulations, and municipal funding. Notable items note salaries, commissions, and safety provisions, with several measures referred or postponed.
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