15 Jan 1897
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1897
Page
1
A fragmented recap cites Sweden schoolchildren, American shipyards ready to build battleships, Chicago politics, Sherman on Mexican cattle labor, Boston mayor urging public baths and playgrounds, and Cuba's struggle against Spain with hints of a Cuban Grant emerging from the patriot ranks.
Former New York governor Cornett urges extending the presidential term to six years and bars on immediate re election. He argues frequent political agitation harms the country’s business interests and outlook.
A German Mecklenberg farm benefits from a water-driven dynamo supplying all its power. The article asserts electricity will rapidly reduce agricultural labor and predicts American farmers will lead in labor-saving inventions, a trend likely to outpace other fields.
The writer says it would gratify Americans to see William B. Astor knighted but urges his removal from American institutions. If his voluntary expatriation prompts others of his circle in the U S to follow, it would be welcomed. The speaker even suggests Britain should have them all, to win their support.
A Britt supported bill moves through the house and likely senate after July 1, authorizing private postal cards with a one cent stamp. The change would ease business and social correspondence, reduce government mail costs, and create opportunities for advertising designs.
Florida senator on the senate floor condemns a nation that mistreats its citizens as he cites a letter accusing Spanish authorities in Cuba of butcheries without hearing. If true, he says, it exposes government dereliction.
The New Year law barring convict labor leaves inmates idle and miserable as wardens warn of rising sickness and death. The piece notes 11606 legal hangings and 131 lynchings this year, suggesting possible injustices and questioning the authorities who sanctioned executions.
In the Senate on the 5th Peffer urged a national monetary commission, a naval museum petition for the old frigate Constitution, and a Cuba release demand for Julio Sanguilly. The House debated postal law changes and second class mail, while a Senate resolution sought Sanguilly documents. Cuba independence and Alaska surveys appeared as officials and bills moved. The Pacific railroad funding bill drew strong public interest. Personal notes cover Spreckels daughter’s $2 million gift return, canal labor plans, Salvador ex-president’s disapproval of the Central American federation, and church and famine aid activities in England and India with Bishop Keane and other figures noted.
In Norfolk Virginia on the 5th, William Downine and Charles Williams, two murderers, were executed on the scaffold with no extraordinary incident. Lizzie Pfeffer, a Chicago telephone operator, resisted a street robbery after tucking her pay in her stocking and securing the money. The British ship Ufrica, under Captain Johnson, arrived at Queenstown from San Francisco and later set sail for Dublin. it went ashore near Copelan Island on the 7th with total wreck and crew lost.
Simon Cooper, an armed colored desperado who killed five, was surrounded by a posse in Sumter county. A fusillade followed as he held his Winchester on the officers, but a lucky shot downed him. He was hanged afterward and riddled with bullets. Other items note Bare Nun Bailey’s winter quarters burned at Bridgeport and ex Pension Examiner James A Jordan fined $1,000 for defrauding the government in Grand Rapids. he paid the fine and was released.
The American National Bank of Denver resumes active status after suspension, freeing nearly 1 million dollars for circulation. Johannesburg's Standard notes India's claim against Britain over the Jamieson raid, near 2 million pounds. London boards report December trade: imports up 26.54 million, exports up 1.111 million from 1895. Canton Minn Bank and Lanesboro Minn bank suspend. Union Pacific plan to buy government debt in funding bill failure. Bombay bubonic plague halves population, mortality 200 per 1000 weekly.
The senate was not in session on the 9th. In the house a bill to refund the indebtedness of the Union and Central Pacific railroads to the United States was reported from the committee of the whole after a three days' battle, with a vote on passage to be taken on the 11th. Bell of Texas proposed a substitute fixing interest at three percent. Weekly bank data show reserve, loans, specie, legal tenders, deposits, and circulation changes.
In Clinton an elderly preacher Mr. Rooker 80 years old attempted suicide three times in one day before a railway worker stopped him and he was taken to a sanitarium. Bloomington mourns Mrs. Sarah B. Withers 82, donor of the public library land. the paper recalls her Ky birth and Bloomington ties.
Rochester report details the arrest of Rev. D.M. Kirkpatrick, pastor of the Second Universalist Church, for impersonating an officer. A jury found him not guilty on the first ballot after a sensational trial amid accusations of police conspiracy and procedural blunders.
Three armed men robbed the till at a State street saloon in Chicago last night at 8:30. Proprietor Alex Lewis resisted and was struck. the bandits fled into the crowd with the day's receipts in under five minutes.
James H. Gossler, cashier of Lebanon National Bank, attempted suicide by shooting himself in Lebanon Pennsylvania shortly before noon yesterday. He survived into the night but is not expected to recover. Aged about forty four, he leaves a wife and two children and had a respected career including teaching a large Sunday school class. Ill health is noted as a possible cause of the act.
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