16 Feb 1893
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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1893
Page
1
The Kansas Democratic faction, wary of fusion in the Martin case, plans a strong push for a straight Democratic ticket in two years. Other items note Shelbyville merchant failure, high grade iron ore in Ishpeming, a gruesome dissection incident in Missouri, and political shifts.
Governor Hogg denounces the burning of the negro Smith at Paris as a disgrace to Texas. The report notes public condemnation and calls for accountability amid rising tensions in the state.
Thursday reports list C F W Fockafellow & Co bank failure in Wilkesbarre Pa and the Big Four firing sixty nine switchmen over overtime. Also suit filed in New York for 350000 theft from a father’s estate, Beauregard ill in New Orleans, cat registry in England, counterfeit arrest in Cincinnati, fires in Iowa and New Jersey, a bishop wedding in Charleston, Princeton student robbery case, Mount Union suspensions for gambling, Swiss president’s sons in US, a new Columbus Kansas religion claims cures by John Deems, and others.
The San Francisco Examiner charges lead to T G Phelps being summoned to Washington on removal of customs employees who declined to fund Republican campaign expenses. Asa P Potter ex bank president Maverick Boston found guilty on fifteen counts. case to go to the supreme court. Kansas City to gain a new beer dressing firm Schwartzechild Sulzberger of New York with 5 million capital locating there. Charles W Gardner chief detective of Dr Parkhurst Society for the Prevention of Crime New York convicted. A receiver petition for the Economics society filed in Beaver County Pennsylvania court. President Duss accused of irregularities. Washington legislature has taken
Saturday report notes the Illinois legislative avenat shop committee in Chicago will report on findings. Public opinion condemns the ignominious punishment of Ferdinand de Lesseps. General Patrick A Collins may succeed John C New as consul general in London. New York passes abolition of chief inspector post. Noordland wreck yields 27500 dollars to the British Ohio. Pomeranian steamer tragedy claims crew and passengers. Monastery retreat follows Montreal entanglement. Bangor man dies destitute. an old trunk holds 7800 dollars. Mann family drugged near New Memphis. 200 dollars in cash and valuables stolen.
The piano makers led by Steinway oppose the World’s fair award system and several plan not to exhibit. In other news, Wooten Harris and Elizabeth Hornson wed in Ramsey Illinois. Frank Hirth, a Detroit anarchist, was cremated after death by his own hand.
Quotations on the board of trade outline grain futures for February May and July and include corn oats and rye. Hog and cattle prices at Union Stock Yards show receipts and varied ranges with packing and shipping demand and prices for steers cows and calves. Produce prices list butter eggs poultry potatoes apples cranberries honey and other staples with regional figures.
Livestock sale notes show sheep and lambs with twenty eight loads sold and a strong market. Prices listed include Yorkers good at 9.05 to 9.15, natives 8.75 to 9.00, mids 9.15 to 9.06, roughs 7.75 to 8.25, stags 9.06 to 9.25. Lambs range from 5.15 to 6.25 with best 4.60 to 5.25 for sheep. extra westerns 5.50 to 6.00.
The digest records a sequence of senate and house votes across Feb 7 to Feb 18. Key actions include Hill backing free bimetallic coinage, defeat of Sherman act repeal, passage of Indian and quarantine bills, and filibusters led by Kilgore. The presidential vote count is recounted with Cleveland for 277 to Harrison 145. Later, the car coupler and automatic brakes bills advance slowly amid debates and procedural moves.
A humorous exchange about changing a bill at a church fair. A boy reports being given only a small amount in change after going to a nearby event, highlighting a brisk day and the simplicity of the coins obtained.
Fond parent and son exchange a harsh moment over a fall. Bobby admits he laughed not at the fall but at the lady’s inability to rise, revealing a strained family dynamic and conflicting attitudes toward vulnerability.
Fragmentary line mentions umbrellas balloons and names Gus de Smith-Balloons and Goede Beale Tyey all used as de are always Up with Texas Gittings.
Dover New Hampshire February 10 a county insane asylum burned killing forty four inmates ten were saved the keeper and family escaped the flames. Fire apparatus arrived too late due to distance snow and ice while inmates battled flames with buckets and several bodies remained in beds. The fire consumed a wooden building built twenty years ago with fifty cells and a yard on each side.
A catastrophic quarry collapse at Vermont Marble in West Rutland kills seven men and injures nine. The accident, near the end of the quarry under a hill, occurred after 1 pm, with rescue efforts hampered by tons of rock and frenzied crowds. officials cite possible freezing loosening a roof scale as the cause.
A hotel fire in Centreville Iowa yesterday morning killed Mrs McKee the landlady who jumped from the third story and Samuel Lewis Greely Indiana burned to death. Injured include William Hale of Ottumwa with three broken ribs and a torn off thumb. M A Roberts Ottumwa attorney with burned feet. Property loss estimated at 28000 with 14000 insured.
In Paris the court of appeals delivered five year prison terms to Ferdinand de Lesseps the great engineer and his son after a Panama trial. Crowds gathered as the verdicts were announced.
The Wisconsin legislature invited the state board of World’s fair managers to speak on the Wisconsin exhibit at the Columbian exposition next Wednesday evening. The managers seek an appropriation of 135000 dollars for the display. The senate concurred in creating Iron county from Ashland county. The Rosenkrans contest for B F Goss seat in Waukesha county assembly was dismissed confirming Goss, a Democrat, in the right to his seat.
Dr Norvin Greens active career ends peacefully in Louisville on February 18 as his family and physician Dr David W Yandell watched at his bedside. The Western Union Telegraph company loses its president with his passing.
In Touas Siftings a railroad item has a playful line where a woman asks what a man is doing and he responds he is trying to operate a belt line. The scene captures lighthearted railway humor and social tension in a brief vignette.
A telegram from Congressman Springer of Illinois reports Judge Walter Q. Gresham has accepted the post of secretary of state from President Cleveland. The message indicates Gresham will be premier in the new cabinet, sent from Oates Texas.
Marshall Illinois February 13 Justice Scholfield of the state supreme court has been confined at home for several weeks with a catarrhal kidney infection and is unlikely to attend the March term in Ottawa.
A telegraph style notice lists prominent individuals and their locations including Dr R C Stone in New York Mrs Jerusha Black in Oakland Illinois Major J K Saundersom in Rockpot Texas Frank C Ouen in Decatur Illinois Edwin C Packard Mason City Iowa Judge Joan T Wentworth Racine Wisconsin William Sanderson Milwaukee colonel Lewis J Morgan New Haven Connecticut Henry Co De Mille New York P M Fox Evanston Illinois H G Hollenberg Little Rock Arkansas.
Brief anecdote from Youth's Companion about Rose a six year old raised amid theological debate. After punishment she chooses being pretty and bad so she can repent, illustrating a child's witty take on morality and self image.
In New York a noncommissioned officer from the Irish cats was mortally wounded after Deep Bottom, Va. His wife sent a grief stricken message to Washington asking if he was dead or alive. The reply stated he is not dead, but they will send on his body.
The note references Clara and Mary Good about a cat and a month without a scratch. It mentions Mamie and Mer intented ceasing to wear a scarfpin, with a brief nod to jeweler interests.
A curious exchange centers on a fashionable vest as Dashaway invites another to dine. The remark that the vest dampens appetite sets the scene for a light, characterful moment in the dialogue.
Dialogue from the Detroit Tribune features Cholly explaining the roundabout route home with his girl to avoid exposing her to a restaurant. Willie replies about not wanting her to see a restaurant.
United States minister Stevens proclaims Hawaiian islands under U S protection at the provisional government request and raises the flag over government buildings. Foster says action was taken without State Department instructions and notes American property interests. Drowning of Miss Stevens and opposition among annexation supporters add to tense Honolulu situation.
Thurston states the uprising followed the cabinet and that the American minister was absent. The document argues troops were landed at citizen request for protection and that US forces did not interfere with the queen’s government. The minister’s stance covers justification for landing and sequence of Abdication.
A department head warns a newly married employee to mislead his wife and blame late nights on the senior partner, joking about fairness and humane treatment while piling extra work and a 30 cent supper. The exchange showcases office folklore and workplace abuse humor.
A fragment from Scribness Magazine quotes a dramatic exchange about love and belief. The speaker questions ongoing devotion while the other retorts with a gendered line. The excerpt captures tense emotion and domestic conflict in a vintage tone.
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