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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1893
Page
4
A compact page of opinion notes critiques campaigns money politics and reform aims. Mentions secretaries of treasury a ship company bribery rumor a proposed ten-man armed gathering ban and the contrast between women voters and male politics. References to Lodge Quay de Lesseps and a tariff bill. Also ad copy touts a rheumatism cure with local vendor details.
H R McCalmont’s open letter attacks Honest John Wanamaker with pointed facts. Two paths loom, reinstate McCalmont for a full charge trial or ignore the matter and accuse stocked political connivance. Public office is a public trust, McCalmont urges Democratic Congress to sift the truth without cover up.
Edward Murphy was chosen by the state legislature to succeed Frank Hiscock as United States senator. In the Senate vote Murphy had 17 to Hiscock 12 with Whitlaw Reid one. Edwards (Independent) cast the lone abstention. In the Assembly Kempner denounced Murphy and declined to vote, later voting for Murphy after a interruption. Final tally shows Murphy 73 to Hiscock 62 with eight absentees.
Congressman elect Sipley says an autumn session is likely and a treasury deficit above 50 million is foregone. He favors raising whisky taxes for revenue and expects Carlisle as treasury secretary and Lamont as Navy secretary. He faces district attention but accepts it as part of office duties. He lauds the agriculture department and the animal industry bureau.
The Senate finance committee, in a meeting with all members present except Jonas and Vance, voted to favorably report the Sherman bill repealing silver purchase. Sherman quickly reported the measure and it advanced to the calendar amid vigorous opposition from Harris and Voorhees. Supporters included Morrill, Sherman, Allison, Aldrich, Hiscock, McPherson and Carlisle. Teller and Voorhees doubted passage.
John L. Gulli van declares his boxing career ended after his Corbett defeat and challenges rivals to hold the title, expresses trust in Corbett to beat Mitchell, and hopes the championship stays in America while noting he bears no hard feelings toward Corbett. Also mentions a remedy for cough from One Minute Cough Cure promoted by F H Dixson.
Homestead poisoning trial attracts large laborer attendance as expert chemists testify they found croton oil and arsenic in Hebron’s excrement. Capt Hunt detailed about nine drops of croton oil and half a grain of arsenic. Cross examinations questioned brown paper, but tests consistently confirmed presence of toxins. Defense witnesses described toxic effects and illness among Homestead workers.
A Glade family afflicted by cold and want was investigated by a local donor who found six children and a mother in a frigid, bare room with little food or bedding. The Relief Association intervened, providing stove fuel, bed coverings, and sustenance, confirming prior distress and ongoing aid.
In a lively Philadelphia Times praised production the bright romantic comedy The Merry Cobler played at Library Theatre with John R. Compson delivering a dual role as Franz cobbler and Lena German girl. His songs earned encores and the company delivered musical novelties to unscathed applause as the scene unfolds in New Orleans and the stage effects impressed.
A series of Local Institutes is arranged with partial lists of towns and dates. Principals will chair committees with nearby teachers as members, and attendance records will be published. All county teachers are urged to attend at least one meeting and aid in success. Also notes ads for a world atlas book and cough cure promotions appear.
Ex President Rutherford Burchard Hayes died at 11 p m in Freemont Ohio on Tuesday Jan 17 after angina and heart paralysis. Funeral was planned for today. Hayes, born Oct 4 1822 in Delaware Ohio, served as solicitor in Cincinnati, Civil War general, congressman, governor, and U S president in 1876.
An Enemy Baffled There is an enemy familiar to thousands since birth a tendency to biliousness. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is pitched as the solution, claiming to reform a disordered liver beyond mere constipation with symptoms like sick headache yellow skin and nausea. It promises relief for malaria stomach and kidney woes rheumatism and nervousness along with improved appetite sleep digestion and a tonic effect.
The article extols the proper use of pure eye whisky with Klein's Silver Age and Duqueshe whiskies as reliable stimulants. Prices are 1.50 per quart for Silver Age and 1.25 for Duqueshe, sold by dealers and druggists. Ludwig Mayer is listed as agent for Warren County, Ohio. Also promotes Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a 2.00 trial bottle and free treatise for fits.
An Orphans Court order authorizes Frank H. Schrick as administrator to sell at public auction on February 11, 1993, at the Warrenboro Court House, two Conewango Township parcels in Warren County Pa. The deeds trace to 1836 and 1876 chains with land bounds and sizes around 100 acres and 100 acres. Terms require one-third cash on confirmation and balance in two annual payments secured by mortgage.
By writ of fieri facias out of the Court of Common Pleas the sheriff will sell at public vendue at the Warren County Court House on Saturday January 28 1803 at 10 oclock the described property to satisfy the judgment for James Roy sheriff Warren Virginia January 1794
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