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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1883
Page
1
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News of the Week surveys Post Office transportation costs totaling 19 234 29 dollars with increases in rail and steamboat services and a large drop in Star route costs. It also notes pension agent suspensions in Washington and fraud concerns, plus a Baltimore debarment. Treasury comments on Chinese migrants and traders certificates. It highlights Claus Speckels potential Hawaii sugar trade monopoly and shipping implications.
The President favors abolishing taxes on spirits and tobacco but has not decided to include it in his message. The move hinges on whether such a sweeping revenue cut can be safely attempted and is still under consideration.
Postmaster General Gresham moves to prosecute postal lottery patrons with clerks as targets. Knott faction and Kentucky delegates linked to a 26th meeting with President Arthur. a fishing rod and jeweled reel were presented in Louisville. Belva Lockwood faces suspected Pension Bureau cases irregularities and possible suspension. President Arthur proclaims November 20 as National Thanksgiving Day.
A Mexican man implicated in the killing of four men at a Gar ned Colorado dance was seized by armed citizens. A rope was tied to a saddle horn and the horse forced into flight, dragging the man over rocks until he died. He admitted involvement with accomplices hired to commit the murders.
Sullivan, defense counsel, cabled from London on the 25th that O'Donnell has a good chance of acquittal but needs funds to secure witnesses from South Africa. The Chicago treasurer of the O'Donnell Defense Fund forwarded two thousand dollars promptly.
Advices from Austin Texas report Postoffice Inspector General Edgarton found evidence that Inspector P Foster in that place engaged in criminal activity over five years. Falsification of vouchers and other irregularities indicate ongoing corruption. Educating Women for the Ministry. A Universalists Convention session in Washington discussed educating women for the ministry. a resolution to include them was debated but deferred. The issue to be revisited at the next meeting.
New York inventor P B Delaney announces telegraphic devices enabling six operators to send six messages simultaneously on one wire. Some operate in one direction while others travel the opposite way, potentially tripling wire capacity beyond quadruplex systems.
Mary Rose Berlear initiates action in Philadelphia against the Sisters of the Order of St Francis to reclaim 1800 dollars paid on admission and six years of wages amounting to 1500 dollars for needlework services. She was ousted from the order for alleged temperament and character unsuitability.
Director General Burke of the World's Industrial Cotton Exposition in New Orleans invites designs for the main building to cover 1,000,000 square feet. The invitation signals a landmark effort to showcase cotton industry innovation and national boldness.
The notice outlines project plans with a total cost of 250000 and premium awards of 1000 for first, 500 for second, and 250 for third. Submissions are due by noon on November 25.
In the United States Circuit Court at Kansas City on the 26th Jacob Sanger of Grundy County won a verdict of $6,000 against the Western Union Telegraph Company. Sanger was crossing a railroad track at night on a mule when he became entangled in sagging telegraph wires and was thrown. He had claimed $10,000 for injuries.
Fifty coal mine operators in St. Clair County are indicted for violating coal scale laws. About sixty to seventy strikers at East St. Louis rail yards are indicted with fifteen arrested, some posting $500 bail while others jailed. The strike ends and river railroad business resumes full operation.
The People’s Railway Company of America, organized at Indianapolis with $175 million capital, filed suit in Chicago on the 26th against Wilbur F. Storey, owner of the Times, seeking $300,000 damages for an article accusing the firm of fraud.
F Tarr private secretary to Governor Crittenden filed suit in the Circuit Court at St. Louis for 50000 damages claiming a Globe-Democrat article connected him with disreputable and criminal acts under Grand Jury investigation.
Ben Holladay the railroad figure files suit in Portland Oregon against his brother Joseph to recover possession of $2 000 000 in property held in trust by Joseph. The case stems from a loan of $160 000 Ben owed and a deed of all Oregon property given to Joseph to secure repayment.
A passenger train on the Pan Handle Road collided with a Michigan Central freight at Joliet Crossing near Chicago on the 28th. Two brakemen and one engineer were killed. two other employees seriously hurt. Michigan Central engineer John Dengan was severely injured and fled four miles to Dyer Indiana, arriving in a lunatic state.
Miss Ellen Close files a suit in Chicago against scalp surgeon Mrs. M J McGlashan for 5000 dollars claiming loss of her hair. She says her hair was pleated in the office, became entangled, and the doctor had to cut it off close to the head due to the tangling.
David Adams aged sixty five died in Washington County New York on the 28th and it is alleged he starved himself to death. Fifteen thousand dollars in securities were found hidden in the house and relatives believe he has twenty thousand more hidden away. His wife died of starvation ten years ago.
A man giving the name Charles Bertiens, a Dublin native, was arrested in Boston on the 28th for attempting to pass five ten pound notes from the Provincial Bank of Ireland as American money. Five others were found concealed on his person. Bertiens said he had just arrived and received the notes in trade in Ireland, believing them genuine.
A group of Missouri Prohibitionists met in St Louis to map strategy for the next campaign. They aim to enforce Sunday and liquor laws, push for a prohibition amendment, and defeat any governor candidate opposed to prohibition.
The report lists several violent incidents: unknown Americans found dead on the Mexican side near Eagle Pass, Texas. Albert Finzer from New Philadelphia Ohio killed his family then himself. William Stratman of St Louis hanged himself. George Williams and wife murdered by robbers in Henry County Ohio with a starving infant nearby. additional notes mention Dave Stempaen, a Todd County farmer.
In County Minnesota a man named Sulley and his wife killed a man identified as Steinbach after a struggle. During the clash the woman thrust a pitchfork into Steinbach’s brain. Separately, Mabel Strong, seventeen, daughter of a Boston banker, killed herself by shooting, with cause undetermined.
A Thesme dispatch reports hundreds of homeless earthquake victims may die from fever and exposure unless immediate relief arrives. The message says relief has been meager and that clothing blankets medicines and materials for temporary shelters are more urgently needed than food.
A Hong Kong correspondent notes difficulty estimating Tonquin military lines. He cites nine thousand Chinese on the Yunnan frontier, all armed with modern weapons, and says French success against Chinese forces there is likely but true conflict awaits frontier action, possibly leading Tonquin to resemble Acheen on a larger scale, with a compromise or French advance on Pekin as a solution.
At the five academies meeting in Paris on the 26th De Lesseps spoke on the civilizing power of great projects designed to ease international intercourse. He argued maritime highways should escape political vicissitudes, noting the Suez and future Panama canals as catalysts for vast world capital collaboration and shared inter national interests.
The steel industry in northern England suffers from German competition and thousands of workers are being discharged. Steel manufacturers say they cannot compete with Krapp and other foreign producers at current material and labor prices. Twenty five thousand coal miners in the Chesterfield District held a meeting and resolved to strike unless wages rise fifteen percent. Other miners have joined, signaling an extensive strike likely.
Vienna dispatch reports the Czar plans to grant Russia more freedom with a draft constitution prepared by Count Katjoff. Nihilists in St Petersburg demand full amnesty press freedom speech and public meetings with threats of vengeance if unmet. Frontier forces in Germany and Russia are being increased. Smyrna earthquake injures 169 seriously and 61 lightly with 79 in hospital.
Official returns from Columbus show governor election results and amendments. Senate and House members listed by district, party counts: Democrats 22, Republicans 11 in Senate with contests possible for Loomis and Coolman seats. many districts name specific names, districts, and affiliations. Also notes a Columbus broker, J F Millard, vanished after leaving unpaid debts.
The Ohio Valley endured swollen streams and crop losses from rain and winds. A pair of cyclones struck Paris Kentucky with two fatalities, injuries, and $40,000 in property damage. Another cyclone crossed Catahoula and Tensas Parishes Louisiana with casualties reported. Paris saw two passes, one at 2 AM and another in the afternoon of the 29th.
The October crop report compiles threshing data from six hundred townships. Wheat shows 606,222 acres threshed producing 6,060,449 bushels at a rate of 9.3 per harvested acre, totaling 25,508,396 statewide at the same rate, down from 45,450,000 last year. Oats yield 4,412,085 bushels on 135,104 acres at 37.6 per acre, totaling 27,214,066 statewide, up from 19,656,000 last year. Corn condition is 76 percent versus Oct 1, frost damage 26 percent, total probable yield near 68,000,000, down from 90,869,000 last year, frost damage severe in the north and light in the south. Potatoes at 108, sweet potatoes 77, tobacco 74, sorghum 72, clover seed 78, apples 24, grapes 54, drought lowers late potato yield and reduces average condition to 103. Final wheat and oats estimates are based on threshing returns and are final for the year.
Reports from Cincinnati describe the killing of Joan Hewson in a saloon dispute with George Wells, Wells injured, and Auphor Lingafelter of Licking County jailed for pension overcharge. Other items note a Cincinnati children’s home led by Maria Longworth Nichols, a Wauseon murder case, and an elderly soldier found near Camp Harney. Also mentions Ohio adult male population rise and a Springfield civil rights effort. A Chicago Times claim places a deserter death near Camp Harney and a new song titled Give me the baby to hold, my dear.
The annual Money Order Bureau report shows 9,273,822 orders issued totaling 125,047,238 dollars for the year ending June 30, with 8,751,077 payments valued at 120,407,468 dollars and fees of 1,272,060 dollars. Domestic order value rose 3,955,989 dollars and fees 48,111 dollars, while improper payments stood at 1 in 273,641.
Immense meetings in Washington Cincinnati and Indianapolis denounce the Supreme Court ruling. Frederick Douglass and other leaders urge moderation yet call for political action at the ballot box. Resolutions demand equal rights and party accountability while urging the colored vote to back a party that enforces liberty and equality.
A discussion on waterproof paper increasing dampness in homes and a Western man critiquing New England boarding houses as starved for food. The Chicago Inter Ocean predicts a fortune for a penholder that cannot stick in mucilage and a brush that resists ink. London police observations suggest wood pavement is safer than stone or asphalt, with fewer accidents per mile traveled by horses. The word masher is traced to Irish immigrants from Gaelic maise, meaning fine and handsome, originally used mockingly for a dandy.
A bale of raw silk grown in Louisiana weighs ten pounds eight ounces and contains sixty three skeins. Valued at eighty three dollars and fifty cents, the bale yields about one million two hundred sixty thousand yards or over seven hundred miles of fabric.
Boards of Guardians consider curbing alcohol and tobacco use in English lunatic asylums. Leading members argue alcohol is unnecessary and harmful to patients, promising potential reform in treatment environments.
The National Convention of Inventors will meet in New York to devise protections for inventor rights and curb piracy and infringement. A national association could also defend the public from patent-right frauds through coordinated efforts.
An apparatus to register passenger numbers is being tested on several Philadelphia streetcar lines. A similar trial in 1860 failed when hoop-skirted ladies could not pass through turnstiles, leading to abandonment of the invention.
From Washington Ben Perley Poore argues temperate drinking has caused harm but asserts total abstinence from card playing would yield greater good than abstinence from alcoholic beverages. He contends the moral focus should shift to gambling rather than drink.
A Caldwell Glens Falls and Fort Edward train derailed crossing a weak bridge near Fort Edward New York. Three people were killed and twenty one injured as the baggage car and passenger coach plunged into the canal feeder below. Names of the dead and many wounded are listed with details of their injuries. A large rescue effort followed with reports of possible additional bodies. An English journal notes America as future land of vast estates amid cheap land.
The President will write his address to Congress from the Settlers' Home and stay there through November. He prefers this location to the Executive Mansion, adapts to its conveniences, and spends mornings drafting the message, often delaying his office arrival until the afternoon.
In London four gas firms with £13,000,000 capital face a looming monopoly as two of the largest firms unite and a third may join, with public gas works still controlled by private owners, threatening market control.
Rumor circulating that Apostle Cannon, noted for his craft and cool demeanor, may succeed President Taylor as head of the Mormon Church. Cannon is remembered as a capable, good-natured member of the U S Congress.
The London Metropolitan Board of Works received a protest from workingmen against a resolution prohibiting meetings in public parks. The protest asserts a long standing right that government authority has allowed and that has been enjoyed for many years.
The United States tops global toy production with a New York establishment producing $350,000 yearly, $125,000 of which is shipped to Europe. American toys are largely machine-made and superior, borrowing ideas from German and French designs, which are hand-made and less advanced.
A Washington Capital summary extolls hot water as an inside bath that dissolves abnormal crystalline substances and prevents coughs neuralgia rheumatism and gout. It advises consuming hot water before meals to wash down bile slime yeast and waste and keep the stomach fresh for eating, promoting elimination throughout.
Mr. Stuart Poole condemned the current exam driven system as cruel and unjust. He warned women that study at the expense of sleep harms health, urging ladies to reserve rest as life's nourishment.
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