19 Apr 1893
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1893
Page
1
Washington notes debate over gold in treasury and bond issuance. Col Livingston calls for Buck removal with Georgia figures amid postmaster and consulship appointments. Georgia aspirants James Hammond and Harvey Johnson pursue consulships. four Georgia postmasters named and salaries in foreign offices tracked.
Washington April 18 No clear signal on how adjournment will affect unprovided office seekers. Mandays reserved for uninterrupted work. cabinet day limits visitors to one hour. Wednesday allows brief access for some senators and representatives from 8 to 10 pm with constituents. 12 to 1 pm for the public. Tomorrow looms as the decisive day to gauge if despair or hope rules. Some predict few callers, others expect a mass of seekers pressing the president before homeward travel.
Washington dispatch says a new World's Fair Station post office operates within the government buildings at the fair. It will handle regular mail, money orders, registry, and deliveries via its own carriers to all fair grounds points. Postmasters are urged to publicize the service for visitors.
Richmond April 18 Special Basil B Gordon chairman of the state Democratic committee and a candidate for the Mexican mission arrived in the city He will call the state committee together soon but the time and place for the state convention depend on the committee He favors a late convention and a short campaign He expects the adoption of the Australian ballot system to be a major topic as the next legislature convenes Virginia will elect a governor lieutenant governor full house of delegates and half the senate next fall along with supreme court judges
A record 800 Wisconsin citizens rode to Madison from Waukesha to urge Governor Peck to veto the pipeline bill passed by the Legislature. The group filled the state house and bank closures marked the event as they pressed for the governor’s veto.
Washington reports a shifting gold outlook with Carlisle weighing stopping gold payments on Treasury notes. Cabinet backs prudence, may urge continued policy of minimal intervention while brokers face tighter access to gold as New York subtreasury redemptions ease. Jordan to assume role. no forecasted action yet.
Louisville reports identify the submerged body near Aurora Indiana as Charles Ingersoll Maury aged twenty four of Philadelphia. He left Louisville after a gambling loss and a bad check incident with a friend, carrying a fortune from family ties and a Mutuel Life Insurance link.
A violent day in St Louis includes three suicides and two killings. J E Hargraves 21 shot himself at 227 Olive Street leaving a note of trouble. Pisitellorg Bee of Louis Dress Co slaughter house hanged himself. William O'BrienEngineer on Merchants Terminal railroad died by consuming poison. Btella Gray stabbed by Olaya Gray and Charles Hamilton shot near 1100 block of Highwyenth and Spruce. Reports note multiple acts occurred about the same time in different city areas.
Albert Garter, eighth man tied to the Olivar Delaney tragedy, was arrested in Princeton by Detective Henry Spencer and brought to Morganfield. He confessed that the first shot came from the surrey and the pistol blaze was directed at Abbie Delaney. Henry Delaney allegedly had a pistol, seen after Garter left the surrey. Carter is now in Henderson for safety. KAUSLER Killed, Johnson Claims Belt Defense. Joseph Kausler was shot and killed by Joel Johnson in a dispute over a former negro Band on adjoining farms. Johnson says Kauster fired first. Kauster’s friends claim murder. Johnson to Canton to surrender.
Chicago, April 18. The curious case of Horace O'Donoghue, who beheaded himself after his wife read an account of Eliot F Shepard's death, is now seen as tied to extensive financial embarrassment involving Chicago publishing houses. The scene unfolded before a mirror as a safe and iron container were revealed in a dramatic setting.
Reported robberies and shootings unfold across multiple cities. The Des Moines area cites a murder attempt tied to a wife, while Wade Haines in Columbia receives a temporary reprieve delaying his execution. A jewelry store burglary in Cleveland sees a rear door forced open and valuables stolen.
In Antwerp unrest grows despite heavy peace measures. Anarchists Fabry and Walters were arrested as striking deck laborers seized docks and clashed with police. Bourgerhout sees violent strikes with bayonet charges and several injured, raising fears of further deaths. Soldiers with fixed bayonets drove rioters away, but tensions remain high.
Berlin dispatch reports a night fire in the eastern wing of Hohenzollern palace at Sigmaringen causing extensive damage as water supply proved hard to obtain at the elevated site. The blaze gutted the 268 Furtenbau section and many priceless artworks were lost. A second item notes General Vares in Panama amid Peru political intrigue and a third reports the dowager Duchess of Sutherland jailed for six weeks for contempt of court.
A Chicago audience watched a fainting incident during Act I of A Society Fad at the Chicago Opera House. Actress Aurilia Glover recovered quickly and planned to resume, while Mrs Russell remained firm. Separate dispatches tell of a deadly cyclone in Fourche valley destroying the town of Boles, with seven killed, plus further destruction in Kansas City and Gassville. A grand jury probes a bank wrecking case in Tennessee, amid reports of sixty thousand dollars in insured losses and widespread fire damage.
Sam Jones preached ten days in Bowling Green Kentucky driving a moral wave that converted more than 2500 people, with about 300 joining churches and being baptized. The evangelist, hired for 2300 dollars, pressed a campaign against liquor causing saloons to close within two weeks and promising a year of sobriety in the city.
Hokomo Ind April 18 Special Measles sweeping Kochomo and Howard counties. Health Officer R H Smith records over 3400 cases in four weeks with reports of 423 patients treated. No area free as entire families fall ill. Measles traced to Jones meetings in March drawing crowds of 5000 to 7000 daily. No direct deaths noted, but doctors see rising cases and related illness from the gatherings.
In St Louis on April 18 Jacob Canmaun aged seventy eight embraced his son Edward after twenty four years apart. Edward left home following an argument near East St Louis and was presumed dead. Now a successful lumber merchant on the Pacific coast he traced his father to the California Avenue address.
Mary J Navarro of Louisville writes AM Kelly seeking reminiscences of her early Louisville stage appearances. She plans a book on stage reminiscences but delays signing with publishers. Navarro is spending winter in the south of France and will travel to Switzerland for the summer.
A court in Birmingham rescinded a petition alleging creditors faced injury from a misapplied sale related to a local road decrying fraud claims as unfounded. The road, extending from Talladega Junction to Birmingham, was found solvent and profitable, defeating the creditor action. Explosion aftermath in Leadville details casualties and injuries.
Telegraph briefs note the British House of Commons debating the second reading of the nom role bill. The Black Crock ballet at McVickers in Wester, Chicago, reported a wage increase of two dollars per week. The interlude hints at labor unrest and cultural events.
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