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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1887
Page
2
The Railway Gazette reports December nationwide, 115 accidents resulting in 35 deaths and 129 injuries across the United States.
The president expresses doubt about certain features of the interstate commerce bill though it is presumed he will approve the measure.
New York City spent about 64.7 million dollars on construction and renovations last year. The majority, 58.75 million dollars, funded new structures totaling 4 095 units.
The report claimed Mormons would spend $1,000,000 to secure preferred congressionally backed legislation. Critics labeled it a canard or said funds could not be placed effectively. The Edmunds Tucker bill passage shows continued resolve to end polygamy.
A German statistician finds the lowest life average among day laborers at thirty two years and the highest among gardeners sailors and fishermen at fifty eight years. Physicians average forty nine years jurists fifty four teachers fifty seven and clergymen sixty seven.
The Duke of Sutherland, in Washington this winter, controls about 425000 acres in this country and 1358545 acres in Great Britain with an annual income of 708335 dollars. He holds 1500000 dollars in a Scotch railroad and owns Dunrobin Castle, Loch Inver House, House of Tongue, Tarbet House, Castile Lead in Scotland, and Stafford House, Trentham Hall, Lulleshall Hall, Chiefden in England.
New York asserts it has produced more senators than any state. The list includes Leland Stanford of California born in Albany county, Henry M. Teller of Colorado from Allegany, John R. McPherson of New Jersey from Livingston, Henry B. Payne of Ohio from Madison, John N. Dolph of Oregon from Schuyler, Charles B. Farwell of Illinois born in Steuben, Cushman K. Davis of Minnesota born in Jefferson, William M. Stewart of Nevada from Wayne, Algernon S. Paddock of Nebraska born in Warren, and Frank Hiscock newly elected.
Henry B. Stanton, prominent lawyer and newspaper writer, died in New York at nearly eighty. An early anti slavery crusader, he left law and journalism to speak for human freedom, gaining fame as a top orator second only to Wendell Phillips before retiring 26 years ago. His wife Elizabeth Cady Stanton later eclipsed his renown.
The 1886 wheat crop totals 457,218,000 bushels, about 100,000,000 more than 1885. Corn yields 1,165,000,000 bushels, down 270,000,000 from 1885 but above seven year average. Oats reach a record except for 1885, at 624,000 bushels. Wheat price decline noted by comparing 1878 and 1856 values.
General Charles P Stone, who aided the Egyptian army in recent years, died. He organized the District of Columbia militia in 1861 and rose to brigadier general of volunteers that May. His career included the Shenandoah campaigns, staff duty with Gen Banks, service in the Gulf, and later command in the Potomac army. He also supervised Bartholdi statue pedestal work in New York harbor.
In a letter to Patrick Ford Blaine declines attendance but asserts American sympathy with Irish efforts to end poverty and gain local government under national obligations. He asks Davitt to convey this sentiment to Gladstone and wishes his life and career long and fruitful.
The engagement is announced of Miss Maud Howe daughter of Mrs Julia Ward Howe to Mr John Eliot an English artist whom Miss Howe first met in Rome. The item lists other varied news items from politics to local incidents and post offices.
The Senate passed a foreign affairs bill empowering the president to curb Canadian imports if outrages against American fishermen continue. Senator Frye praised the measure and cited Secretary Phelps’s strong statement. Debates featured warlike speeches and petitions on national banks. House actions included the Rhode Island contested seat resolution and various river and harbor appropriations.
A San Francisco Post excerpt shows a courtroom scene with a Lady Lawyer and a witness as the cross examination turns heated. The judge sustains objections while the lawyer presses about cruelty and abuse, leading to a recess for the attorney to compose herself.
A recipe describes Johnny cake made from dry meal and butter folded with milk or water. The dough is shaped into flat cakes half an inch thick and baked on a griddle or board sheets over a fire, with optional pork strips fried brown kneaded in.
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