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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1895
Page
2
Special correspondence from Washington reports the Fifty-third Congress, its high spending, tariff debates, and varied appropriations. The writer previews public sentiment, notes clerk disputes on totals, and recalls reactions to recent sessions and leadership, ending with a columnist’s cautious hope for future judgment.
Gazette de Meran publishes a hotel bill from Lazing village charging Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and five companions for lodging coffee milk and meals. Prices show lodging per head and per item with a total of 1 florin 44 kreutzers for six breakfasts and dinners, noting price increases over 40 years.
The Watson Grange No 10 8 P of H resolves with sympathy to the bereaved family of Lenora Snavely daughter of Frank and Maury Snavely. The charter shall be draped in mourning for thirty days and the resolutions entered in the minutes and sent to the family and Farmer's Friend for publication.
A Chinese force of 7000 with thirty guns was attacked by Japanese troops under General Katsura in Denshotal. The center and right wings, commanded by Katsura and General Okun, broke the Chinese line. the left wing under Yamagis from Kaiping aided the victory. Chinese troops fled toward Chin Chow, losing 400 men. Japanese losses were ten killed. After burning Denshotal for strategic reasons, the Japanese recrossed the Liao.
Louisville reports from Floyd county say a violent strange disease spreads in the Mud River area. Physicians refuse to visit victims and the death toll exceeds fifty as cases rise. The illness resembles cholera but chokes victims from stomach to throat, with most deaths occurring within three days of onset.
About 200 to 300 women and children in the Broadhead mills spinning and drawing rooms struck, demanding old wage rates from sixty-two to seventy cents and seventy to seventy-five cents per day. They cite crowded mills and long hours from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. with forty minutes for dinner. Other workers sympathize and may join.
In New York on March 12 a Sunday opening movement gathers momentum with Rev W C Rainsford J H Rylance Carl Schurze and Dr John Friedenreich among speakers promising a liberal laws stance. William Steinway backs the drive and may chair if recovered. Over 600 organizations have joined the campaign to open the saloons on Sunday.
The Navy Department accepted 315 tons of Harveyized nickel steel armor from Carnegie for the battleship Oregon after an 18 inch plate trial at Indian Head. The order covers nearly half the side armor needed for the ship.
In New York on March 12 Justice Andrews of the supreme court awarded Wellie FP Grown fifteen thousand dollars for injuries from being run over by John B Foster's carriage. Foster of 54 Seving Place faced the suit.
A fire at the Old Abe mine near White Oaks was controlled late Sunday after eight miners were brought to the surface. Five miners died in the incident.
New Orleans reports rioting resumed this morning with at least twelve black residents killed and many wounded. Details are scarce as authorities work to establish full facts amid ongoing unrest.
About five thousand spectators packed Central Hall Holborn to see Australian heavyweight Frank P. Slavin defeat Frank Craig the Harlem Coffee Cooler in a bout lasting under two minutes. Slavin led early and landed a decisive right hand that floored Craig, who never recovered.
In Pittsburg on March 12 river operators voted to pay 69 cents until barges in the arbor are fired and the boating stage ends. Railroad operators refused the miners demand and will pay no more than 55 cents. They cite market demoralization and West Virginia competition as reasons. The river district resumed work this morning, prompting broad relief among workers.
Washington diplomatic circles estimate Japan will receive five hundred million to one billion yen as indemnity from China. Terms of settlement to be announced soon.
A notice notes MR. W. J. Brown of Lawrenceville Tioga County Pa. considers a bargain in health after deciding to use a product or service promising greater value than expected. The snippet emphasizes the appeal of feeling healthier and getting more for money in healthcare.
After sixteen years of rheumatism and two years of spoon feeding the man weighed 75 pounds. Impurity of the blood caused eczema to appear. He took Dana's blood purifier and the rheumatism, previously deemed incurable, vanished and he could walk without crutches.
Train schedule notes at Depot corner Laurel and Fourth C. BH. KETCHAM and Sunerr WILLIAM SPARES list trains 2 and 8 running daily while trains 1 4 operate only on certain days.
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