13 May 1891
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1891
Page
1
Ready to buy carpets this season. Choose from Brussels Velvets and fresh stock from the looms. Carpets cut to fit with no waste and sewn for easy lay. Also Mattings Mats Rugs Oil Cloths and window shades. 50c window curtain complete with fixtures and bargains in lace and Madras curtains.
Pennsylvania R R P and E Div Time table shows Fastward 7 30 daily except Sunday arriving Sheffield 10 05 AM Train 6 Harrisburg to Philadelphia and New York 7 10 AM with sleepers Harrisburg to Philadelphia and New York Philadelphia passengers may remain until 7 AM 12 10 PM Train 22 Sheffield 12 40 PM 5 40 PM trains to Sunbury Harrisburg Lancaster Philadelphia New York Baltimore and Washington with through coaches and sleepers and transfers at Harrisburg 9 15 PM Kane arrival.
The New York Tribune and The Philadelphia Times urge rapid transit for cities and improved country roads. They call for overhauling highway laws, tempers with taxes and timing, and oppose a state bureau while promoting local control and targeted state aid to macadamized roads.
Trains No. 2 and 3 run daily with no Sundays service. All trains connect with Lake Shore and Erie at Dunkirk and junctions for Jamestown Bradford Co. H Ketcham Supt. C FE Batcheller Agent Warren Pa.
A guide to creating window borders backed by walls with creeping vines and fragrant plants. Narrow borders suit climbers and perfumed herbs like verbena rosemary and lavender while wider borders allow hardy flowers in masses. Each border can become a distinct feature with pegged roses as a pretty option.
Rural New Yorker outlines key factors for peach success including well drained soil on high ground, full May to August cultivation, and balanced fertilization with phosphoric acid, potash, bone meal, and muriate of potash. It stresses timely thinning and proper picking for market value. The Flower Garden section lists early sowing seeds for petunias verbenas coleus Phlox Drummondii and other annuals with Sanvitalia procumbens highlighted as a handsome procumbent annual suitable for early blooms.
Advice on orchard care warns against feeding young trees with grass and stresses established trees and rich soil. It notes Australia adopting Arbor Day, recommends trunk washing with soapy water to kill pests, and suggests compost or alternatives like wood ashes and bone meal at about 600 pounds per acre for poor lawns.
A free notice of all auctions will be published in the Mait for those having their bills printed at this office.
After six weeks the grand jury in New Orleans indicts six men for bribery related to the Hennessy case and the prison killings while declining to indict the principal participants. The report calls the uprising spontaneous with 6000 to 8000 involved and notes doubts about jury tampering.
Secretary Blaine rebuts the Italian premier by denying use of a confidential dispatch. He explains the March 14 telegram was not protected, noting it was delivered by Baron Fava and copied with visible marks, and he forwards facsimiles to prove Rudini erred in claiming confidentiality.
Secretary Blaine proposes arbitration over Behring Sea seals including a closed season and exclusive United States rights around Pribilof islands. Lord Salisbury signals willingness to a closed season but with conditions Washington will discuss at the cabinet meeting after the president returns.
Reports from Santa Fe May 9 describe 6 feet of snow at Cumbres Hill Colorado and widespread river flooding. Upper streams run bank full with Chama Rio Brazos Wolf Creek tributaries all surging. lower Rio Grande flood conditions similar. Miss Jennie Tupper, 19, dies in Chicago from a gasoline explosion at her uncle’s residence where she was staying for school.
In Washington on May 7 1890 Peru aims for reciprocity with the United States. New minister Mr Solar now in New York will travel to Washington to present credentials after President Harrison returns. Though accredited, Solar is understood to be on a special mission to negotiate a reciprocity agreement.
Mme Blavatsky co founder of the Theosophical Society died at 19 Avenue Road Regent's Park three weeks ago. She was 69 and died from influenza aggravated by kidney trouble. Cremation followed at Woking per her wishes.
An American, Mr William Jacques of Newton Massachusetts, was mobbed in Florence while driving with his daughter. The assailants pursued the carriage and attacked it with stones, severely injuring the daughter who intervened to defend her father.
Two children aged 13 and 10, residents of Mrs. Susan Hardwick on Sugar Creek, Little Rock, were killed when a bolt struck the chimney and pierced the room where they slept.
In San Francisco on May 8 W C Woodford slept for 158 hours and 45 minutes, breaking the prior mark of 144 hours 20 minutes. The feat occurred during a sleep fasting contest and establishes a new endurance record in the city.
The Spain United States treaty provides free admission of coal petroleum and machinery into Cuba and Porto Rico. It reduces the flour duty by one half in exchange for free sugar coffee and cocoa into the United States.
Lee Barton a young Black man who was sold from his Virginia home thirty eight years ago and carried away by slave traders was reunited with his wife and children in Houston Mississippi on May 7.
Alliston Ontario reports six blocks of buildings burned on Friday afternoon. The loss includes six hotels forty five stores twenty residences the post office market buildings and town hall. Damage runs into hundreds of thousands.
Santa Fe railway shops in Galveston Texas burned on Friday and the destruction includes rolling stock with property value estimated at 100000 dollars.
A vivid description of an exceptional display of fabrics and decorative trims at Kertcuer & Co in Warren. The passage highlights fine ribbons laces gilts and braids as a standout feature of the shop’s offerings.
May reports describe fires engulfing shingles, stove wood and timber across multiple towns in Michigan and Wisconsin. Foresters and farmers fight to save homes as flames spread through pine and hardwood stands, spreading toward Cadillacs and other communities under heavy smoke.
President Harrison and party travel by steamships and trains from Seattle to Portland Pendleton Salt Lake City Boise City and Pocatello. Welcomed by governors mayors and civic groups, they plant a tree on Arbor Day and depart for Salt Lake City after a lengthy Pacific Northwest leg.
Washington reports a heavy state department docket awaiting Secretary Blaine. Challenges include Italian and Behring Sea issues, Canadian reciprocity and Newfoundland fisheries, Chilean tensions, Spanish accord, Venezuelan treaty, Haitian coaling station, China refusing our minister, and a consulate toast incident. London notes Tonquin pirates killed several kidnappers near the Chinese frontier. A Pueblo man said to have mission to kill Jay Gould was arrested in New York.
May 11 reports from Washington indicate winter grain conditions on May 1 with wheat at 97.9, rye 97.2, barley 96.2, marking gains through April. Damage from May frost appears limited to strawberries and early vegetables in some states, with fruit and grain largely uninjured.
A Berlin dispatch notes Queen Nathalie remains in Poland against a premier’s ban, while Westphalian miners show rifts and may accept owner terms. Kaiserin plans a summer residence near Potsdam with imperial princes present.
The Anti Kidnaping League accuses insane asylum superintendents of unlawful confinement. Albert Bach cites cases including Mrs Clarissa Lathrop Miss Anna Dickinson and Mrs Harriet Beach, noting habeas corpus successes and investigations into physicians certifying insanity without examination.
In Hamilton Ontario on May 9 a dispute at the Church of the Ascension erupted over admitting a surpliced choir from Christchurch cathedral. Opponents cut gas and water, plunging the church into darkness and disabling the organ. Services continued amid catcalls and secular songs. Police intervened with no arrests. After the service the clergy discovered refreshments spoiled on the floor.
May 10 Grand Rapids residents walked out as street car workers strike over an ironclad ten hour or longer contract and liability for damages. The company may run cars with non union workers today, risking more clashes with fifty five local unions backing the strikers.
The thirtieth biennial Y M C A meeting chose Indianapolis as the 30th biennial site and raised almost 60 000 for two years of work in thirty minutes. Major subscribers included John D Rockefeller Cornelius Vanderbilt W K Vanderbilt C H McCormick J A Bostwick Morris K Jessup and Wagner Car Company. A separate dispatch reports a fire in the Export Lumber Company yard on Newton Creek Long Island City burning seven acres of lumber district with losses estimated at 1 000 000.
New York markets show monety closed at 3 percent with steady exchange and posted rates. Cleveland reports flour and wheat prices including Minnesota spring at 5.50 to 6.00. Chicago lists May wheat at 1.02 and July at 0.99. corn May at 0.61 and July at 0.58. oats May 0.492 and July 0.453. butter milk eggs and potatoes noted with regional figures. lard and other grains quoted for May and July contracts.
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