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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1895
Page
1
A miscellany notes public figures and oddities including a quip about Bob Ingersoll, Spaniards in Cuba, a British forgery case involving Lady Rose Gunning, a planned tall San Francisco building and a New York steel tower, forecasts a cotton crop of about 6.5 million bales, a jab at the bloomers fashion, a yacht trophy vessel stranded under Chelsea Bridge, and related global items.
Mrs Joan P Sr widow of a famed prohibition era Kansas governor oversees engineering and construction work on a tunnel at Cripple Creek Colorado gold mine in which her husband holds a controlling stake.
CoRN exports rise quickly as the crop becomes the largest ever grown and largely safe from frost. Farmers anticipate good times with strong demand and high value, noting corn as the country’s most valuable crop and a driver of prosperity.
Four major goals in New York City have been achieved: Tammany Hall's influence reduced, Sunday law enforcement strengthened, city streets cleaned, and milk adulteration halted. The piece argues that reforming American municipalities is not merely visionary.
Defender, an American yacht, was fouled by the British boat at the start of the second race. Though crippled, it sailed the course under protest and finished 47 seconds behind. Observers say, without the accident, Defender would have won decisively.
The Louisville reunion showcased cordial ties between federal and confederate veterans. Civilians may find it odd that former enemies mingled openly and shared the same canteen, as these men remember little of wartime bitterness.
General Coppinger states the Bannocks are the most peaceful tribe he has known and far less warlike than others in resisting insult or injury. He blames the recent trouble largely on cowboys, implying cattle syndicates may be driving land absorption in the region for orange.
A fragmentary report notes unusual rainfall across the Great Lakes basin, with six inches trailing across Superior and Michigan Baht combined area about 77 450 square miles. The text discusses vast water totals and questions about managing the influx, referencing drainage and reconstruction efforts and stressing the scale of fresh water capacity.
Reports from Columbia describe the convention focusing on regulating suffrage to disenfranchise as many Black voters as possible while preserving white supremacy. Other items note deaths, political appointments, financial talks, shipwrecks, and a Louisville G A R encampment roundup.
A Vancouver dispatch dated the 14th reports the 2000-ton steamer Catterthun bound from Sydney to China with eighty one aboard found resting on rocks off Seal Rock near Port Stephens Lighthouse. Only twenty six lives were saved. Currents in a storm caused the drift onto the rocks. The Mora claim was paid on the lath by Senor Dupuy de Lome to Acting Secretary Adée via a draft in gold for 1,449,000. A loss of 51,000 from 1,500,000 was due to peseta and dollar value differences. The New York banks weekly statement shows reserve down 8,161,525. loans up 4,333,100. specie down 1,911,600. legal tenders down 7,524,700. deposits down 5,091,100. circulation up 157,800. Prof. C. V. Riley, entomologist, died in Washington from injuries after bicycle accident. A Paris paper says 8,000 French soldiers died in Madagascar since operations began. Annamite capital Antananarivo unlikely to be occupied before spring. A fatal balloon accident occurred near Brussels as four men perished after an ascent exploded. Bissiz Broog, 14, daughter of W. R. Hrnce, Fort Scott, Kansas, killed by sister Ervina. The same day the New York banks held 26,685,250 above reserve requirements. Heavy frosts reported in parts of Pennsylvania and New Hampshire on the ASth.
Illinois news notes recount a man named Matthews striking the Liberty Bell in Arcola with a sledge hammer, three dents made as crowds gathered. Manager Knapp arrested him. Maj. Williams helped seize Matthews. Also reported: weather crops bulletins, runaway injuries to three seniors, George Drinkwater’s death, Hooded robberies, and farming and local notices from Decatur to Bloomington.
Springfield authorities filed information seeking to void the board of trustees vote locating the Eastern Illinois state normal school at Charleston. State Superintendent Samuel Inglis faces a manda mus test over acting as a trustee, with hearings set for September 16. The case could also affect the De Kalb Northern Illinois normal school matter and reflects rivalries between Mattoon and Charleston in Coles County.
In Bureau County a family dispute led to a stabbing. George Scott of Dover was stabbed in the abdomen by his brother Benjamin. Their other brother Charles was injured in the same incident.
Vandalia was the first capital of Illinois. The old statehouse, erected sixty years ago, stands in a central park in the city, marking the historic site’s centerpiece.
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