12 Feb 1892
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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1892
Page
1
A muddled web of items from Chicago thefts to a Kansas City oath, a cork pavement idea from London, and jokes on marriage. Local meteoric rock with gold flecks sparks speculation, while Paris meat markets report 21 291 horses slaughtered for sale.
News from the Fifty-Second Congress reports discussion of proposed new rules in the House with no action taken, eulogies for late Rep. Houk, and bills on post office buildings in large towns. In the Senate a joint resolution seeks presidential return of captured jinga from the Mexican war and the La Abra award passes.
Secretary Biniie accepts apology and outlines a joint basis for settling unsettled matters. In Washington, 22 year old Howard Schneider fatally shot his wife and killed her brother Frank Hamsink. The report notes circulating debt figures and a grain supply tally for January. The U.S. Supreme Court upholds anti lottery mailings. A German tariff proclamation affects U.S. products as reciprocal trade relations are discussed. Russia faces famine with 14 million affected and an estimated $500 million loss.
A New York judge rules no precedent on fare collection while a Camden firm loses 750000 dollars. Fires, murders, bombs, and a dozen accidents unfold across New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio Maine and Nebraska with deaths injuries robberies and political shifts.
The report records a $100000 fire damage in Wood Stuck Illinois, a $20000 find in a Cleveland residence, and a string of legal and financial upheavals including bank closures in Nebraska and New Mexico, a vacated lottery company, and the death of long living pioneer Jacob Lease at 83. Additional notes cite the SoonER land law, a Richmond courthouse fire, a Milwaukee murder suicide, and a 112 year old death in Garry Owen Iowa.
Foreign i intelligence notes the death of Rev. Charles Haddon Spurgeon at Mentone after a period of unconsciousness. Born June 19 1834 at Kelvedere England he preached his first sermon at Waterbeach at age 17.
Senate introduces LATER AWILE for a Put-in-Bay Lake Erie monument. Florida senators’ case adopted. House adopts new rules. Inquiries into the World’s Columbian Exposition and constitutional authority to fund it. Bank cashier misappropriates 25000. New York Bahama railway link completed. Wahay milestone birthday. Lennig house fire. wife and two children perish. James Onem shoots two in Louisiana, killed resisting arrest. Buiston quarantined in New York with yellow fever. five crew died. Johnstown memorial hospital dedicated by state flood commission. Iowa Democratic state committee fixes May 11 convention in Council Bluffs. Birmingham scaffold collapse kills one fatally. others injured. Various sentences in Indiana and Illinois courts for crimes and injuries.
A proposed bill by Mr Grady in the Iowa House redraws the congressional districts listing counties per district and their populations. It also reports an incident on a Burlington fast freight where travelers Boomer and Gahgen were involved in a bar fight with a brakeman, leading to arrests and fines.
Two arson attempts occurred in Burlington during the night at the Burlington Woodenware Company plant and at Hennett and Franty’s carriage factory. Oil soaked rags, cobbs and paper started fires. both were discovered burning with no traces of the incendiaries found.
The Town Public Health Association completed formation in Des Moines and elected officers: President Dr A W Cantwell Davenport Vice President J B McCurdy Oskaloosa Secretary P J Fullerton Raymond They passed a resolution urging the Iowa Health Association to seek amendments to the mill law to improve practicality and efficiency.
John Gibson of Town Savings Bank sold 1500 acres eight miles east of Creston for 50000 to Dorn Kras of Des Moines to establish the largest sheep ranch in Iowa. The Davenport court voided an allen ownership law as unconstitutional.
Judge Foster sentenced Carlos Arena alias Gomez to 540 days for wounding Turnbull and 800 days for public disorder plus 60 days for carrying a knife and 20 days for giving an alarmed name. Jose Ahumada drew 320 days and Frederico Rodriguez 140 days for wounding and public disorder. Rodriguez not found to have killed Riggin. death may be from a shot by an unknown person. Gomez and Rodriguez to pay damages to Turnbull and Riggin families.
A jumble of curiosities and anecdotes appears: a claim about ten sickness days per year, Chinese child shaving for a pigtail, a Lews woman opening a mind cure office, Samant Ropigon aged 107 who aided Forts at Sandy Hook in 1818, Willie Willkin having traveled three million miles on the Pennsylvania Railroad, a 1876 carnage dollar found in a cow’s stomach in Texas, a ten-year-old cow, and a Vienna court note toward an engagement involving Crown Princess Brephiani to a wealthy American.
The well known cotton firm Jones Bros and Co of Momphin allegedly fled with over a million dollars after shipping poor quality cotton to New Orleans. Partners Walter J. and Richard I. Jones and Mladt vanished, leaving creditors and correspondents in Bremen and Havre seeking answers. The dissolved Jones Bros & Fleet and consolidations preceded the disappearance amid overdraft security and vanished town presence.
News from Johnstown Pennsylvania notes a series of five murders within 19 miles, all possibly by one killer. Victims include a well dressed man near Gallitzin, George Myers, and the elderly Kring couple. Detectives have yet to identify the perpetrator or gain a breakthrough.
Nashville Tenn Feb 4 Anther victim adds to the barn burning case that has unsettled Sumner county for years Eight negroes and a white man faced charges for arson In Hendersonville a lynching occurred and seven others faced trials at Gallatin A second trial sent two defendants to the penitentiary Three were acquitted including two Martins after warnings to leave the country they returned at Christmas A mob shot through a cabin window killing the Martins mother during a standoff with her sons
A Pittsburgh electric car on Betver avenue, Allegheny, hit a dynamite cartridge placed by strikers. The car derailed and windows on the car and nearby structures shattered. Twelve workers aboard survived with no serious injuries.
The ad promotes Dr Pherte's Prepentit9 Pellets as a mild vegetable medicine for liver and bowel issues. It claims small, easy to take pellets cure sick headaches bilious headaches indigestion and digestive derangements with permanent results and a money back guarantee.
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