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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1886
Page
2
Reports say after an election in San Tiago gunfire killed leader Dvnator and forty others, with many wounded as hospitals burned. No official result has been declared.
Few mackerel landed this season as vessels report eight weeks without a catch. The few fish taken are small and lean. Only 4,000 barrels have been landed at ports, far below the 45,000 received by this time last year.
H H Swift & Co of New York, a leading sugar exporter, shuts their works after strikes de moralized business. Several hundred workers lose jobs with the season likely over for them.
The second richest Baltimorean is A S Abell, Sun proprietor, with an estate nearly as large as the Garretts. He remains plain and economical, and his children do not enter society. The Abell boys work in business and live frugally like Sun clerks.
Mrs Jones of London reputedly founded the first Normal school on this continent at Oswego New York and planned to attend its twenty fifth anniversary on July 7. She sailed from Liverpool but suffered a violent mental breakdown at sea and was restrained from jumping overboard. On arriving in the United States her condition worsened and she was sent back to London.
The bridge over the River Tay in Scotland rises as a monumental cantilever with an 1800 foot arch between two steel towers 400 feet high. It spans the river and is designed to bear locomotives and trains across a water depth of six feet.
Governor Robinson vetoes the bill granting preference in appointments to honorably discharged soldiers and sailors without civil service exams. His three sentence veto summarizes a belief that the measure is unnecessary and would confer benefits without need or proper procedure.
The Halifax Chronicle argues the next Liberal plan is to press New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island to join Nova Scotia in withdrawing from the upper provinces. It contends maritime interests align and lack rural trade with the upper provinces, suggesting they may share the same view.
An analysis of the July 1 public debt statement reports a fiscal year ending June 30 total debt down from the prior year by more than 96 million dollars with a 50 million dollar drop in 2 percent bonds. Certificates of deposit gold and silver certificates fell by 75.43 million, while interest bearing debt rose about 5 million due to bond calls.
Richmond J. Lane, president of Abington National Bank, was arrested and arraigned before a U S commissioner in Portland. Bank Examiner Gatchell testified funds fraudulently obtained may total 135000, including 40000 in notes with different names and about 90000 in overdrafts. Bail set at 50000 by Commissioner Hallet, case continued to July 12. The bank has stopped payments and $140000 remained, with an expected shortage near 160000.
The Fishery dispute pushes Sir John Macdonald to press Ottawa US talks. Communications from maritime provinces urge speed in securing a settlement ahead of Canada’s expected election within eight months. A recent imperial reply reportedly forbids seizures by Canadian customs except for clear violations.
Maj Strait of Minnesota, on the House committee on public lands, commented on the clash between the house and senate over the bill to forfeit the Northern Pacific railroad lands west of Bismarck. He explained that the senate would deprive lands not earned while the house bill would forfeit lands west of Bismarck, Dak. The debate centers on whether forfeiture should apply to lands not earned or those earned after the charter expiration.
Fire wrecks Watsons spinning mills in Kidderminster England causing losses estimated at 500000. Reports say circulating documents urge uprising against the Liberal government of Mexico naming Gen Negrete as revolutionary commander. Authorities deem Negrete mentally unfit and note this as one of his periodic campaigns. Emperor William grants 7509 to relief.
Summary of dispatches: attacks on Christians in East Africa. massacres in Elliott county Kentucky. Irish home rule votes affecting Gladstone. financials including St Paul building permits and Detroit treasury transfers. New York city directory growth. Bozeman land office action. Chicago population rise. Omaha prostitution ordinance. fires at Miller & Lawrence shop and Todson’s cheese factory. miscellaneous territorial road and government actions.
The Senate approved the Des Moines river border lands relief bill by 84 to 15. Democrats voting for included Beck Berry Blackburn Call Coke Eustice George Jones of Kansas Maxey and Walthall. Republicans against included Edmunds Evarts Hawley and Miller of New York. The session featured party lines, a postmaster bill, and talks on inland and foreign mail routes.
The Senate advanced the national agenda with passage of the lative appropriation bill and amendments on pensions. revising officer appointments under Edmunds plan. a House focus on naval and land laws. river and harbor measures included funding for New York harbor and the Potomac. Debate touched treasury debt, government spending, and defense costs, with senators voicing concerns over efficiency and waste.
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