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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1888
Page
2
An optimistic survey notes many US patents and inventions cost about 3 million dollars yearly with limited results. Paper is foretold to replace glass in bottles and many household items may be made from paper. A New York Masonic fair netted over 65 thousand dollars for an asylum for destitute Masons and widows and orphans of Masons, signaling the project’s viability.
The high court holds delirium tremens not proof of vicious habits and that death three days after not caused by it. Poet John G Whittier marks his eightieth birthday with a circulating letter thanking friends for their kind tokens and telegrams.
The piece notes 1856 foreign commerce totaling 641 904 850 with 482 268 274 on Anavicen yassela and 159 33 573 on foreign vessels. It cites a peak over 75 percent under the U S flag and a long decline to less than 14 percent by year ending June 30 2587, with a past US merchant fleet of about 1 300 ships exceeding Britain’s.
The Portland to San Francisco railroad completion pleases residents and tourists. Tourists favor the Southern Pacific or Atchison routes to Los Angeles and San Diego. An attempt to shift travel to the Central Pacific failed. Three quarters visiting southern California stop in San Francisco on the return, traveling via the Central or Northern Pacific, requiring passage by steamship from Portland or Puget Sound.
The article notes a railway mail service start on the Manitoba Central branch from Great Falls to Helena beginning Jan 14 1888, a daily round trip. It lists pensions for several individuals in Wisconsin and Minnesota and discusses proposed rights of way across the Red Lake Indian Reservation for the Duluth Rainy Lake and Southwestern railroad. It also covers a parcel post treaty dispute with Canada and anticipated fisheries arbitration outcomes.
The San Francisco dispatch about the inventor of the Babcock fire extinguisher dying there was incorrect. William Hilton of Boston wills 400000 to his wife and daughter and 490000 to colleges and societies. Corcoran sends 1000 for a Confederate home endowment scholarship in Charleston. Eunice Bosworth Tapivacs Ulu dies of apoplexy in Providence hospital after being found unconscious in the street. Count Carlos Vetter, consul from Venezuela to Stuttgart, arrives in Chicago and meets Mayor Roche to discuss his son Sig. Vetter Rivas arrest and alleged anarchist ties. The count confirms his son’s case will proceed to completion.
Deputy Sheriff Byrne vanishes from Milwaukee home three months past with nothing heard. Albert Nathan of A C Kubler Co faces heavy bonds for embezzling six thousand dollars. Watertown chief Charles Carpenter linked to night shift liquor sales after closing hours. Frank Puller convicted of manslaughter for Yukon Alaska Archbishop Beghers murder. ten years’ sentence and one thousand dollar fine. A Patton A affray leaves Rector marshal A M Boyce dead and another mortally wounded. Fading fragment notes further incidents and unresolved liaisons.
Sheriff John Hyrtford of Butte Montana arrives in Winnipeg to investigate extradition proceedings against Vanzandt the alleged forger. The report notes ongoing tension from the Hawaii outbreak and mentions both British and American naval interest.
The London press notes Sir Robert Montgomery’s death and birth details. Lord Lytton presents credentials to President Carnot as British ambassador. Germany studies the American penal system for a potential model. Kilrain’s prize fight stake is paid out. Cork nuns report assault by a government official. A Dublin order slashes Irish judicial rents. violence erupts between Catholics and Orangemen near Crookstown. priests’ houses damaged amid police intervention.
In Bozeman on Monday a fire consumed a block on Main Street where twelve merchants operated shops in rame buildings. Loss estimated at 35000 dollars. Separately, the Cannon Ball express wrecked near Ely twelve miles from Cedar Rapids after a snow drift halted the train. a freight engine struck the buffet car, telescoping the second sleeper and overturning the stove.
San Francisco reports Meade & Co liabilities of 250000 with assets 400000 while Newhouse Bros in Chicago show assets of 30600. Mercury brings cold Northwest weather delaying trains. New York notes Thompson assigns 42000 preferences to Richardson. A San Francisco ruling upholds Chinese right to import opium. Dempsey and McCaffrey discuss a ten round public bout planned for January 31 at Coleman House New York.
The Chicago Railway Age reports 12,724 miles of new main line track added in 1887, with Western states driving most growth and Kansas leading at 2,070 miles. Total line expansion, cost around 325 million dollars, employed about 65,000 workers.
St Tenia Special Cabell of Dallas brought Jim Newsome the highwayman to Brownwood Ballinger line robberies. Newsome, convicted of life, carried out over thirty stage robberies in five to six years. He napped women seldom and once used a hammer handle to menace riders. His exploits centered on Brownwood Ballinger Cisco Angelo and nearby Texas towns.
The New York Mail and Express blames the Interstate Commerce Act for the distress of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway. The line, under Rock Island control, faces high debt, relies on Chicago to Minneapolis traffic, and contemplates debt restructuring and lower interest on junior bonds to stay afloat.
In Lee County Georgia Nathan Reed killed his wife and six children then died by suicide. A half grown boy who lived with them was sent away and later found the scene after a doctor and the boy returned to the cabin burning remains. Reed was found dead in a well with his throat cut.
The Minnesota railroad commission issues an order limiting upper berths in sleeping cars. Beginning January first, upper berths must remain closed while the lower berth is occupied and only lowered when needed by another passenger. A plainly printed copy of the order must be posted in each car for all riders to read.
Gladstone, in Dover before France voyage, defends Irish rights amid Liberal charges of undermining law. He warns Christian Knowledge aims could criminalize Ireland for promoting justice. Salisbury speaks of empire unity while Ireland faces opposition and minority rule, but Liberal support could carry the cause to triumph.
State railroad commissioners of Minnesota issue a Dec 28 letter to George W. Mami chant weighmaster at Minneapolis. They report wheat thefts from loaded cars on tracks while awaiting unloading and urge proper patrols to deter unauthorized persons. The Minneapolis commission is tasked to act on the matter and convey views to authorities.
Gov John S Marmaduke died suddenly at Jefferson City Missouri on the 28th after an illness noted since last summer. He traveled to England Ireland and a Belgian watering place after the special session and showed weakness in recent weeks. Marmaduke, born in Saline County in March 184? was from a family of six sons and three daughters. He pursued Yale and Harvard studies and served in the army until 2300.
In a conversation with a correspondent, Congressman Knute Nelson of Minnesota says he will decline renomination next year. He cites political reasons and tariff reform as factors that would hinder his chances for influential committee work, planning to end his term rather than seek chairmanship.
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