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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1893
Page
2
The item surveys political moves with a senator’s approval and court nomination, wartime spendings and army costs, plus a look at ballistics and science milestones. It notes Hawaii’s volcano exhibit, early telegraph innovations, and a claim on Tucson as the nation’s oldest city, challenging St Augustine.
San Francisco reports United States Minister Stevens established a protectorate over the Hawaiian islands. A proclamation was issued on February 1, with the flag raised at Alluluant hall. The note explains protection of life property and public buildings, pending further U.S. action. President Harrison expected to ask Congress for immediate annexation.
Feb 11 report by Senator Gallinger’s select committee finds private armed guards and Pinkertons inflamed strikers at Homestead and calls such employments unacceptable. The panel urges arbitration and cautions labor to obey laws while noting limited state power to regulate cross border detective activity.
At Dover New Hampshire the county farm insane asylum burned Thursday night killing forty four inmates. Keeper William Driscoll and family escaped as inmates panicked dancing and shrieking while nurses tried to save them. Firefighters arrived after a snowstorm delayed efforts.
A roundup of brief notices reports Wells Nevada fire nearly destroying the town four men killed in a snowslide on Virginius road near Ouray Colorado a rich silver Find near Brazil Indiana an earthquake shake in Fremont County and many other scattered events including fires floods executions suicides births and notable deaths with several legal actions and local incidents across multiple states.
Senate debates include Hill's silver repeal vote defeat and bills on marine hospital quarantine powers. House actions cover legislative appropriation debates, pension bills, and a veto on Sherman silver repeal. Trade notes report mixed week in national markets and shipping, with rising pork and coffee prices and uneven collections. The Feast of St Barbara and tea coloring methods included as cultural notes.
A lively, tangled excerpt recalls a Chicago criminal Jim Haskins and a daring police chase, then moves to social satire in Harper's Bazar. The piece lampoons crime talk, mob chatter, and a meddling rector’s wife, mixing rough bravado with sharp moral commentary.
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