04 Feb 1887
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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1887
Page
1
Spanisi merchants in New York move toward creating a Spanish Chamber of Commerce. The item notes varied other world news including laws on polygamy in Tennessee, a relief effort in Lewiston for Solon Chinse, and several European and American political and social items.
Legislative highlights include passage of the Agricultural Experiment Station bill and a River and Harbor measure, with debates on an Army Appropriation, Sundry Civil Appropriation, and a joint resolution on direct Senate elections. Also noted are tax and pension actions and discussions on railroad attorney oversight.
The Knights of Labor urge President Cleveland to veto the Interstate Commerce bill. Reports detail bank note movements, business failures, and wage strikes. Across states, robberies, shootings, factory strikes, and political shifts are noted, including a Jersey City bank closure and a New York syndicate buying Anniston.
In Chicago in 1881 Hanny Ginstore was sentenced to thirty years for murder of McBride. John Maker received ten years for killing William Dwyar. George Dallas was arrested in Danville for whipping 13 year old William Fitzgerald to death. Dr D Bradley, once earning $10,000 yearly, sent to insane asylum after cocaine use. A riot of rockets lit St Paul skies for 30 minutes with 100000 spectators. Michigan legislature moves to submit a prohibition amendment. Two young colored children burned to death in Paducah Kentucky due to stove fire.
The notice catalogues varied events from indictments for violation of civilization laws and arrests warrants to suicides, drownings, fires, and robberies. It lists political actions, criminal cases, lynchings, and natural disasters across towns like Freeport Kansas Des Moines Springfield Kentucky and Dakota regions with multiple deaths and legal actions noted.
Reports from Cuba, Germany, Britain and beyond describe a boiler explosion on an estate near Guantanamo injuring five and wounding twelve, while Berlin notes no imminent conflict between Germany and Franco. Other items include a yellow fever exodus from Cuba, hangings in Odessa, floods in Australia, and political moves in the United States Congress and state legislatures.
A large strike by longshoremen and coal shovellers spreads across New York docks causing severe disruption to cargo and vessel departures. About twenty thousand workers halted work, backed by the Knights of Tabor Assembly 49, with beach walkers deployed to prevent disturbances. Shipping lines delay transatlantic and domestic sailings as managers refuse price concessions and cargo movements stall.
A man accused of murder appears in New York after a mutilated trunk with a body is found in Baltimore. Edward Younger is jailed at Ridge Street residence as police outline a bloody scene and alleged family quarrel over money.
The Suaquehanna River surged through Port Deposit Maryland on Wednesday flooding Main Street to three to five feet. Water invaded houses as debris washed down and townspeople evacuated while failed attempts to breach the gorge with dynamite were reported. Several unrelated notices follow including mine labor tensions in New York and a fatal bridge accident in Illinois.
The suspect Unger, arrested after a brutal multi scene crime, confesses at the inspector’s olive about the murder of August Hdhle of 2 Midge Street. He details disposal of the body and trunk shipment to Baltimore and New York, with coroner to hold inquest Tuesday.
Thieves smashed into Dr. G Millogass's Pennsburg office early Thursday morning and carried a 1200 pound safe containing papers, valuable papers, and town bonds. They loaded it onto a truck and attempted to flee toward Allentown but derailed a freight train near McLeans Station. The safe was recovered later with contents intact and no injuries reported.
A parachute jump from a balloon 2,000 feet high ends in a dramatic fall witnessed by about 32,000 onlookers. Baldwin survived the plunge with somersaults, vowing to attempt a 1,500 foot drop next. The incident occurred outside Golden Gate Park and drew massive crowds as he rose again to safety.
Reported wreck near Western Australia after two pirates name Panett and Bed were adrift with a vessel tied to the coast. Survivors saved after a mysterious explosion blamed on illymite powder. Passenger lists and official inquiry follow as authorities trace the casualty and ship origins.
A hearing in Worcester, Massachusetts considers the pension act's provisions for widows and dependents. The measure outlines eligibility for PENTAMAC INE Go and details required proof of support and dependency for applicants including veteran spouses and others.
A garbled OCR fragment references a deadly incident with a tree crash and multiple presumed burials near a gorge. It also mentions government actions, Canadian protection, and a controversial discussion on war readiness and moral trust in the German army, followed by an obituary note on Raynoud Holtont whose death is deemed accidental after a shooting at a polling gallery.
A broad sweep of Iowa events includes the death of Charles Peterson of Marshalltown from beating injuries, and a series of society and public notices. The State Horticultural Society elects officers. church dedications occur at Grafton and Town City. various accidents, fires, and legal actions are reported with regional details across Des Moines, Burlington, Dubuque, and Ottumwa.
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