15 Apr 1891
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1891
Page
1
Mr E L Pratt of Beverly reads a paper on honey production detailing methods to start new colonies, temper swarm behavior, trap and relocate queens, and manage brood. A second piece, The Funny Fix, recounts a German immigrant at a railway station wedged between family and seats, ending in humorous misadventure.
At the State Farmers Institute discussion led by Mr. Curtis of Saratoga County the carrot is named as the best root, while turnips are the cheapest to produce and can support breeding sows with clover hay. Suggestions cover feeding, crop pairing, milk flavor myths, and sheep and horse feeding considerations.
The London cab fare dispute shows pedometers give inconsistent distances. Court observers note instruments vary by over half a mile in three miles, with experts calling the device unreliable and the prototype odometer from ancient Rome cited as a model for accuracy.
At the railway station two hotel runners tout the town. The Grand Hotel boasts electric lights steam heat in every room passenger elevator baths and modern improvements at three dollars a day. The Acme Hotel asks four dollars a day with fifty cents to ride up as the proprietor pays the help.
A massive blaze on West Madison Street in Chicago destroyed the Smythe building and damaged the Haymarket block, wiping out five structures and causing estimated losses up to 2 million dollars. Firemen saved the Haymarket theater but faced collapsing walls and heavy flames. one man Alexander Grant was injured, and Francis Gamble died later from debris injuries. Insurance was light, with Smythe at about 125,000 and others uninsured.
In Huron South Dakota on April 10 Fred Hundley aged 18 was sentenced to fourteen years in the penitentiary at hard labor for the murder of his father Judge Z T Hundley last June.
Scottdale Pa April 11 It is now absolutely certain that the coke strike will be fought to the bitter end. This was the unanimous decision of the strikers convention Friday.
Vermont's George F. Edmunds, a leading Republican for decades, resigns from the U S Senate effective November 1 1891. He cites personal health and family reasons and plans winters in South Carolina. He thanks Vermont citizens and pledges to uphold liberty equality and justice. public notice from Hyper Park confirms Governor Page's reception of the resignation.
Milwaukee April 10. The locomotive of freight train 25 on the Wisconsin Central derailed near Vernon. The engine toppled onto a bridge pinning engineer Dan McMullen fireman B A Moore and brakeman Peter Seipp beneath the wreck. All three died from severe scalding.
A blaze destroyed all ten acres of the stock yards north of the Stock Yards hotel in Cincinnati on Thursday morning. Officials estimate the loss at 250000 dollars with insurance unknown.
In New York on April 9 Henry M Stanley said his Africa travels totaled 25,000 miles and he exceeded that by over 2,000 miles during his lecture journey. In Chicago on April 10 Miss Phoebe Couzins was deposed as secretary of the board of lady managers of the world’s fair with Susan Earle Cook of Tennessee succeeding her.
The Central hotel in New London burned in the early hours of Thursday. Michael Daly, 70, father of the owners, died in the blaze. Building loss estimated at 550,000. In Lansing Michigan, Rep Willard Hawley died suddenly from erysipelas after a flu infection. In Omaha Nebraska, Mrs Andrew Doll, insane, killed her two children then took poison.
New York reports seven day totals showing 211 U S failures and 32 in Canada making 245 total, up from 243 last week and 368 the prior week. The year ago week recorded 209 with 176 U S failures and 33 in Canada.
In ScoTtrpaLEe Pennsylvania on April 10 authorities arrest Capt Lear and deputies on murder charges linked to the Morewood riot. Warrants issued by labor leaders James MeJtride and Robert Woods. Suspects waived hearings and are to be jailed.
To patrons seeking steel plate or lithograph printing, we state that we can furnish the same at reasonable prices. The notice highlights affordable options for these printing services.
Wisconsin and Michigan Republicans claim gains as results from Chicago show Hempstead Washburne leading in mayoral race while Cregier Dems contest the count. Kansas returns report Republicans victorious in major cities with Abilene and Leavenworth also favoring GOP candidates.
Waukesha Wis April 11 Christian Presse 75 and wife 72 found nearly naked on floor of home. Wife dead and husband dying believed murder. General Publishing Co Evening Call suspends publication due to lack of support in St. Louis.
Louisville dispatch reports the constitutional convention fixed the state capital in Frankfort permanently unless the next general assembly votes by two thirds to move it.
Centry Butler and Hampton Nelson were hanged at Sumter Friday for the murder of Captain John Maxey in January. First Train Through St. Clair Tunnel Marks Port Huron Milestone. the Port Huron tunnel under the St Clair River was traversed by a train at 4 45 Thursday.
In New York at noon the steamship Newport sails for South America with two corps of eminent engineers aboard to survey a proposed 3,000 mile railway spanning almost the continent as a practical step toward Pan American commercial fusion.
The case of Charles E. Kincaid the newspaper correspondent indicted for shooting ex Representative Taulbee of Kentucky in February 1890 was submitted to the jury in the district criminal court. After nearly three hours the jurors returned a verdict of not guilty.
The Bradley nitro glycerine plant near Perrouil Ont half a mile from town exploded Tuesday evening killing Albert Bradley James Chambers and D MecDermand instantly. A 15 by 80 foot crater marked the site of the blast. In Maprio Cuba reciprocity talks: Canovas del Castillo informs the queen of progress with Gen Foster and plans for a Spain America treaty. Foster to leave Madrid next week.
A call invites all opponents of the saloon to appoint delegates for a national temperance congress to meet August 18 and 19 in the auditorium of the National Prohibition park on Staten Island. The same dispatch notes Indiana’s Supreme Court ruling that when candidates tie with equal votes an election may be settled by lot.
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