12 Mar 1895
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1895
Page
1
Harry T. Howard, convicted of Catharine Ging murder, faces death by hanging after a March 11 sentencing by Judge Seagraves Smith. The court delays arrest of sentence motion until March 28, and directs imprisonment at Hennepin county jail for three months before execution.
A 75 foot whale, an old settler, was broken up off Nahant Sunday night by Nahant whalemen. An ancient rusted harpoon bearing the inscription Hiram K. Swain Nantucket 1853 was found imbedded in its back. Rivalry with Swainscott adds local excitement as the catch is celebrated by Nahant fishermen.
Paris March 11 William C Worth the famous dressmaker died at age 44. Born in Bourne Lincolnshire England in 1825 he left a printing apprenticeship to work in dry goods then joined Swan and Edgar before moving to Paris. He led fashion houses Worth and Beberg later founding the house of Worth in 1870 and gained admirers including Empress Eugenie.
March 11 Wasminatos reports a Treasury ruling that dividends received by US residents from foreign corporations with principal operations abroad must be taxed as income. The ruling holds the shareholder responsible for the taxes, not the foreign corporation, even when profits are earned outside the United States.
Syracuse records a French reply to Syracuse Post-Standard editor Taft about how to pronounce President Felix Faure's name in English. The private secretary's office states Felix sounds like Fel ix as in fellow and ix as in Ixjon while Faure sounds like the word for.
Ban Josu, Cal marched 11. H M Leonard, the Santa Clara tank wreck er, linked to self loans that toppled a bank, may face prison for at least three years as the court denies a new trial. The alleged peculations involving Leonard and Hayward total about 240000, Leonard free on 11000 bail.
In Burvato on March 11 the district attorney moved the murder trial of Clarence and Sadie Robinson in the superior court. Gibbs, a young Buffalo lawyer, was shot while walking a lit street. The wife, Sadie, disguised as a man, confessed to the killing, leading to Robinson’s full account of an attempted hold up.
Greenville Pennsylvania publicizes Rev. John Peate beginning work on a 62 inch diameter seven inch thick telescope lens for a Methodist university in Washington. The 74 year old minister will oversee rough-to-finish lens making at his home, with a Butler glass plate providing the material. This project aims to surpass prior telescope optics traditionally cast and polished in France, marking a monumental tribute to the clergyman.
A nine member Massachusetts General Assembly committee arrived in Atlanta on March 11 to examine the southern industrial scene and the Georgia laws offering inducements for New England cotton mills. The panel will survey local mills and report back to the legislature. Also noted are plans to extend the Great Northern to Victoria and a Washington state ferry proposal. A New York judge cites a wife seizure case, and a 10 year old boy in Waxahachie accidentally shoots himself.
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