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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1895
Page
1
The Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress will hold its eighth convention at Omaha on November 25. The gathering aims to discuss all major public questions of national interest. Corbet y and Fitzsimmons remain ready to fight, with no legal prohibition or slander risk cited for a bout.
The article notes Consuelo Vanderbilt’s parents paid about 3 million for her marriage to the Duke of Marlborough, suggesting titled husbands command large sums. It adds that the Free Labor Congress formed in England seeks to ease employer and employee relations to prevent strikes, though the term senseless fits many strikes.
An American heiress may buy a foreign husband but American suitors fear she will be cheated. The piece warns that a marriage trade carries more risk than horse dealing, and an amateur may end up with a spavined old duke rather than a suitable thoroughbred.
The article notes that women cast only 1,906 votes this election, far below 3,241 in 1894 and 3,806 in 1893, suggesting that supporters show enthusiasm during campaigning but less after obtaining the ballot.
In Connecticut, 168 towns held elections where women could vote on school matters, yet comparatively few women appeared at the polls. In some towns not a single woman cast a ballot, prompting suffrage orators to speak on neglect of political duties.
Corn has gone abroad at 1,200,000 bushels a week, about ten times last year’s exports and over double the totals of 1892 and 1891. Europe, slow to learn Indian corn’s value, is beginning to recognize one of nature’s finest productions.
The people of Manitoba show no sign of consenting to a Dominion government order to modify their public school system backed by the Privy Council. London and Ottawa treat the issue as explosive, and it may test whether obedience to the decree will be forced.
A British secretary in China states that citizens pay about fifty million dollars in taxes but only a quarter reaches the government, as each handler takes a slice. He notes this challenges views that the Chinese are not modern or capable of American methods.
Leading Georgia farmers told the Atlanta Journal that economy, diversified crops, and high cotton prices have brought prosperity. They report being better off than in years, with funds to pay debts and extra for other needs.
The present cotton price shows a four cent per pound advance and twenty dollars per bale since the recovery began last winter. The eight month rise brings the trade a notable upturn with more bulls than at the start, despite heavy speculation. The post office auditor in Washington enforces sick leave rules, insisting employees use leave only for illness, not as extra time off.
Paderewski sails from Liverpool to New York aboard Teutonic. Gen John Gibbon elected commander in chief of the Loyal Legion at Washington. New York mayor plans to visit Atlanta for Evacuation Day. Courts decide Hezekiah B Smith estate case in Trenton. Ex congressman Dunham awarded damages in Chicago. Fisher dies in Washington. Carlisle to NY Chamber dinner on Nov 18. Pope bans Catholics from Protestant congresses. Various arrests and illnesses reported across the country and abroad. Creede Colorado burned.
Washington notes say the engineer commission that visited Nicaragua last summer will back a canal link but not endorse the entire surveyed route, despite prior work running into several millions. Also filed are warrants for arrest of 113 of 588 election officers in Louisville for non service or intoxication. Other items report riots in Chang-Pu and destruction of English missions, Monon Railway’s Chicago to Atlanta fast train, a grasshopper swarm over Winfield Kansas, a large Woman’s Christian Temperance Union convention in Baltimore, and weekly US and Canada business failures.
Telegram items report a morning fire in Algiers destroying 240 houses and causing about 400000 dollars in losses with minimal insurance. The fire is blamed on a fruit and confectionery store keeper who would likely have faced lynching if caught.
Following appointments were made at the Southern Illinois conference of the M E church south held at Clay City. The Rushville and Gosport districts list presiding elders and numerous pastors with supernumeraries. Also reported are Illinois exceeding authority over selling the brick ship Illinois and related naval concerns, and scandals including detectives in Laeon and an indictment of Danville's mayor for malfeasance in office.
A storey burning blaze at the Empire Cordage Company factory in Champaign leveled the plant with an estimated loss of 100000. Insurance on the building and machinery stood at 90000. The incident follows a week of intense heat and smoke over the town.
A disastrous blaze in Algiers opposite New Orleans burned from night until morning, consuming 240 houses and damaging the courthouse, jail, and records. An Italian confectionery fire is suspected arson, provoking threats of lynching before arrest. About 700 homeless aided by new relief subscription. ferry collapse nearby caused injuries and a broken leg.
A Washington report says conflict with Britain over the Venezuelan Guiana boundary is likely if the Monroe doctrine is enforced, with the U S preparing to act. President Cleveland will depart for Atlanta while navy instructions are issued. Capt. Robert D Evans will command the Indiana, to be sent to the Venezuelan coast under sealed orders. British patience reportedly exhausted as Caracas maintains position.
Two amateur robbers attempted to blow open Hoge Daily Co. barn in Ana condo near 4 AM. Clerks EL L. Kunkek and Thomas Hemmerle awakened by explosion as crowd gathers. A mechanic named A. L. Hirpo claimed a partner in the robbery but escaped.
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