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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1894
Page
3
Readable items note Wilson’s group action on times, petty crimes, fires, and local incidents across Wilmington and surrounding counties. Mentions include executions, store fires, malarial scares, a lobster of political shifts, and a mix of accidents, thefts, and court actions.
Wired items report pension fraud arrests in Norfolk. typhoid declared epidemic in Burrato New York. Kingston society gossip ties Miss Letty Scott to Senator Hill. Fire damages The Battle House. wedding poisonings in Boston. wrecking steamer Orion. bomb in Navarmo. elevator collapse Cuiiaco. Internal revenue figures and Wilson bill impacts noted for 1893.
In Los Angeles on March 13 more than 800 unemployed men organized to join an Eastern States army of jobless heading to Washington. Gen. Frye, in command, notified the Secretary of War that the movement could total 3,000,000 by the time it reaches Washington.
A comparative estimate for the Wilson tariff bill shows its impact on government revenue. For 1893 under McKinley the customs receipts totaled about $198.37 million with an average ad valorem rate of 49.58 percent, based on roughly $400 million in importations. The analysis informs how much revenue the proposed bill would raise against expenditures.
Troupsburg Pa March 15 A mob overpowered Richard Puryear after his jail escape and hanged him to a tree on Palmer's Island following his alleged murder of Christian Edelers near Pennsylvania about a month ago the executed man reportedly ate desper ately before the lynching occurred.
Southern Pacific passenger trains now travel with a guard of eight armed men after a reliable warning of an outlaw plot to rob the east bound train between Marfia and Sanderson. A report also mentions a possible target between Sanderson and Del Rio. Senator Sherman Heads South for Rest in Asheville to Recover from a Cold. friends deny retirement or loss of strength ahead of tariff debate.
The Missouri River menace endangers Atchison and East Atchison with banks eroding toward rail lines and bridges. If the river cuts through, rail traffic from the East would cease, affecting depots yards parks and thousands of acres. Civil engineers project losses around 1.5 million dollars plus business delays.
Victoria B C March 13 The Mary Brown fate was settled after Indians reported the schooner on Banks Island rocks near Celaxton Skeena River The vessel showed a bow hole mastless spars smashed decks three rifles three watches money a pennant with Brown’s name Captain Brown John L O’Brien and thirteen other white passengers were drowned The Mary Brown sailed from Sand Point last fall for Victoria
Walter Wellman sails from New York with a Washington Press Club party to reach the highest northern pole in a solar aiming expedition. The group receives a silk banner from the club and prepares for the perilous voyage with three companions.
The party includes Wellman and Prof. Owen B. French from the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey famed for Alaska work, Thomas B. Mohun, M D of Washington medical practice, and Charles Coe of the Navy Department as a photographer. In Norway ten more men join the party eager for exploration.
James H Britton once mayor and now a New York City resident was arrested at Union Depot in St Louis on a capits warrant from Texas. The indictment accuses him and A M Britton of embezzlement involving a 2500 promissory note to defraud the First National Bank of Vernon Texas. Britton posted bond to appear at the March term.
William Hunt known as the Rev W M Je son was arrested during a sermon by two plainclothes police. He faces return to Jacksonville Mississippi to serve a life sentence for the ministerial pulpit assassination five years earlier. He had escaped prison and resurfaced in Birmingham two years ago under a false name Thompson aided by revival work.
Controller Ashbel P. Fitch arrives in Washington to press Congress on New York City’s 1861 troop-claim totaling over one million dollars. city favors an even million settlement. He hopes for quick resolution and mentions possible urging of President Cleveland on a U.S. Marshal appointment.
Washington March 15 The full committee tariff discussion reveals defects that could trim eye power of the measure by over 10 million dollars. A repeal clause in section 102 would wipe out key McKinley act provisions on tobacco taxes licenses and leaf sales, risking loss of internal revenue if not corrected. Senator West moved to strike the repeal for obvious reasons.
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