06 Aug 1896
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1896
Page
1
The New York board of health has uncovered a plan to improve the slums. It ordered 42 rear tenements vacated and the dark rookeries to be torn down without delay.
The text compares Spain's wasteful ship purchases to a Lever novel character who spends all his money on a dinner, then gives the last sixpence to the waiter. The act renders him dignified in the moment but leaves him penniless thereafter.
A five cent minimum rise in incandescent lamp prices is planned after a majority of large manufacturers agree. The move, framed as a tariff-like advance, forms a combine aimed at squeezing consumer buyers.
A burglar who died in the Indiana penitentiary had amassed a fortune by crime and avoided drinking, smoking, chewing, and swearing while strictly attending to his business. Had he indulged in those vices and neglected his affairs, he likely would not have died in the penitentiary.
Nicola Tesla states after a year of experiments that electricity can be moved as motive power without loss over at least 500 miles. Currents generated at Niagara would be distributable 500 miles in every direction, reaching all of New York and several other states.
The prose describes Mustapha Bey, the new Turkish minister, and his extensive and varied wives. It notes he is a Turk of the old school and that the prophet approves marriage as a good thing, implying his harem ranks among the best in Turkey after the sultan.
Interest grows in the zerograph a new device that blends a typewriter with telegraphy It prints a message on paper at both ends of the wire simultaneously The two machines mirror each other and can act as transmitter or receiver in both forms
Statistics on sales mortgages and building operations in New York City show the first half of 1896 matched the same period in 1895 with the market holding up well. Since January capital totaling 47,359,960 has been invested in structural speculation.
Raphael the London astrologer warns August will bring disaster with Mars indicating earthquakes and widespread crime. He predicts unsafe collieries, shocking crime scenes in law courts, and a month remembered for calamity and calamities.
The speaker contends that compliments to himself mirror those he awards to Maj. McKinley and asserts both candidates endorse their respective platforms. He rebuts charges that opponents are anarchists or disloyal, praising American citizens and framing Bryan’s approach as a model for his supporters.
The Populist convention in St Louis failed to attract a large audience, with attendance almost entirely among participants. National leaders had boasted of a massive turnout as railroads offered cheap travel and accommodations prepared for a big crowd, but the vast 14,000 seat auditorium remained largely empty.
The president pardons John Gallagher jailed for assaulting an officer in Minnesota and H. J. Mallory convicted of robbery in Arkansas in 1892, whose petition sought to die at home. Also: Postmaster General orders railway clerks to avoid active political campaigning. The People’s Party plans Washington HQ.
A condensed roundup notes a Colorado Springs Cripple Creek stage robbery suspect captured but kept secret until the 29th, a German gunboat lost in a typhoon with ten saved, and a Devonshire resort town damaged by fire on the 20th. It cites Moreland and House sentenced for embezzlement, a Trunskirchen powder magazine explosion injuring many, a Sullivan shingle mill boiler blast with fatalities, California supreme court upholding a hang for a railway wreck, Dayton man killed by electrocution from a water-covered fire, and assorted global calamities.
The report to Secretary Carlisle shows internal revenue receipts for the year reaching 146,830,615 dollars, up 3,584,537 from the prior year. Projects include papal delegate appointment for Father Martinelli, a Hong Kong hurricane causing ship damage, irrigation congress plans in Denver, a July treasury deficit of 13,125,790.67 dollars, and the British Irish land bill advancing in Lords. Failures listed by R. G. Dun & Co. reach 281 in the U.S. and 40 in Canada.
Hugue Cuana, who aided Nicholas II’s coronation in Moscow as special envoy, visited Berlin and Paris before arriving in London on the 2d. Invited by Queen Victoria via Lord Salisbury, he will stay a month at national expense.
Maj. W. L. Marshall reports to the war department that Illinois river dredging secure a four foot deep channel at low water from Kampsville lock to the Mississippi over 130 feet wide. The plan supports a future waterway linking Lake Michigan to the Mississippi for steamboats and military use, with a remaining balance of 40,839 dollars.
David Richards aged 83 an early Will county settler died in Joliet He favored the Illinois and Michigan canal project and knew Chicago’s first business men He was the first white man to drive cattle into Wisconsin He leaves a large estate and six children.
A burglar entered Peter Leritz's dwelling three miles west of Atwater and stole $100 in cash along with valuable jewelry. The thief then took a horse from the stable and rode away, the horse returning by morning with a note thanking Mr. Leritz for the use of his horse.
Charles P Bascom a longtime Princeton businessman and influential political figure died recently. For two decades he served as an editor of the Bureau County Republican and during the Harrison administration held the post of Princeton postmaster.
A mad dog in Danville bit St. Clair Liedel Thomas Gibson and Lee McCasland before it was disposed of. Liedel was taken to Roadhouse for treatment with a madstone, while the other two are under a physician’s care.
Mrs. E. J. Hoffman, wife of Cream City Mirror Plate Co. president, Rockford, and the young son of Attorney Stanton A. Hyer were drowned while bathing after camping on the Kilwaukee river banks near Rockford.
Governor Altgeld grants a pardon to Lafayette Sherrill of Jo Daviess county released from Joliet prison after a 15 year term for a 1892 assault on a 14 year old girl. He also names William P. Boyd of Arcola to the state board of pharmacy to fill the vacancy from Dr J N Coffee's Cairo death through December. A fatal kitchen fire in Ottawa injures Mrs. Christian Keller fatally and her husband critically as their home burns during dinner preparation.
James Grammer, longtime Union county resident and war veteran, died from sunstroke after long exposure to heat. He was 54, leaves a widow and one child, and was active in Grand Army circles.
Continuous heavy rains swell the Illinois river and backwater damages fields near Lacon causing heavy corn losses. The Old Settlers' reunion for Madison Band Montgomery Macoupin counties will be held in New Douglas on August 11. Mrs Hannah Yard, seven miles west of Medora, died after a horse kick while gathering eggs in the barn.
Mrs. Anna Blazer a 65 year old widow was found dead in bed at her Milan Illinois area home near Rock Island from heart disease the coroner reported.
Died from sunstroke Philip Yund Jr a young German farmer near Kinmundy prostrated by sunstroke and died next morning. Garden Prairie fire Boone county destroyed several buildings including the Congregational church minimal insurance. Shot by a would be robber M B Hunt Illinois Central agent Walker station Macon county shot by a tramp attempting robbery not seriously injured.
Henry Hurst a well known constable in Pleasant View township Macon county died after being sunstruck a few days ago and passing within hours.
Heavy rains caused the Galena river to overflow washing away bridges and flooding houses. The town faced rising waters and property damage as officials assessed the scene.
Frederick Whitney, later identified as Frederick Hildebrand from Detroit, confessed to murder and robbery in Altoona and to the City Councilman Swindell hold-up as part of a larger crime spree. He killed himself by leaping from a prison window after revealing details to Warden Weyler, ending a 35 year old life and a past as a ball player.
In Altoona on August 2, authorities question Whitney's claim he killed Henry Bonneka. Bonneka was found strangled in his Altoona home on April 6, 1895. Whitney was in Altoona then and followed to Baltimore, but insufficient evidence prevented arrest. Frank Wilson, initially admitting presence, was later convicted of first degree murder.
AutToona Pa Aug 2 District Attorney Hammond spoke with the Baltimore penitentiary warden and learned Hildebrand was insane when he made the confession. The disclosure stirred public interest as locals question the murder verdict of Wilson and Jarrell based on circumstantial evidence.
In Aug 3 report from Palva Delrura, Ewert McDarnell aged 36 and Mary Brown aged 25 were found dead in an orchard behind a summer boarding house. Both victims were colored. skulls crushed. Brown served at the boarding house and McDarnell was said to be her husband. A suspected lover is believed responsible. police know the suspect and expect an arrest shortly.
In Drait Michigan August 2 Judge Donovan in circuit court enjoined the Diamond Match Co from unjustly interfering with the Improved Match Co of Detroit until a $150,000 damages suit is resolved. The Improved company accuses the Diamond firm of tampering with matches by breaking steaming and injuring products to flood the market and of pressuring customers to halt purchases. Diamond officials refused to discuss the case.
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