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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1890
Page
5
Mary A. Fuel files a complaint in Greene circuit court Indiana seeking support of wife against non resident James Waul. Notice given for appearance on the 2nd Monday in February at Livowfield court house to answer or demur, otherwise default and hearing in absence.
In Greene county Indiana the suit Abaie Scharb vs John Scharb proceeds in the Greene Circuit Court February term. The plaintiff files a complaint and an affidavit showing the defendant is a non resident and unknown address. The court warns the defendant to appear on the first day of the next term in Bloomfield to answer or demur or the action will be heard and determined.
A White Sulphur Springs fault line wreck on the Chesapeake and Ohio line left eleven dead and about twenty five injured. The vestibule train, traveling at high speed, plunged from an embankment as a broken axle caused car telescoping. Names of the dead include Hale Morrison and J W Thomas with others from Virginia Kentucky and Missouri. The only survivor in the smoking car was the conductor who was seriously hurt. Fire did not break out due to steam heated cars. local doctors and residents aided the injured. The incident prompted inquiries blaming rotten ties a bad rail and excessive speed.
Two Pan Handle passenger trains collided near Morgan's brick works northwest of Kokomo Indiana at 3 AM killing fireman George Canning and engineer M McCulloch while fatally injuring Conductor Taanh and kerlin. Several other crew members were severely hurt but passengers largely escaped serious harm. Conductor Nolin survived unharmed.
Two trains collided causing utter destruction of engines and several cars. The baggage and smoker cars burned while other cars stayed on track. Injured crew members were transported to Galveston and Clinton House for care by company surgeons and local attendants.
A deadly blaze in Hurontown Hancock Michigan destroyed a Gross family home killing eleven members aged two to twenty two. The adults Theodore and Catherine Gross and eight children died along with a visitor and a missing cause remains unknown with rumors blaming drunkenness after a dance.
In Charlotte Michigan on January 1 Miss Blanche Pollock 11 daughter of John Pollock a G A R man and city street commissioner died after her clothing became caught in a elevator shaft at Shepherd and Mikesell’s. She and another girl were playing near machinery when the accident occurred and before the apparatus could be halted she was whirled around the shaft breaking multiple bones and dying after rescue lowered her down she breathed only ten breaths.
The ex Empress of Brazil died in Oporto on a Saturday due to heart disease. Dom Pedro received many telegrams and letters of condolence as he mourns the loss of his wife ex empress. Her last words expressed regret at being unable to be with her children or return to Brazil.
The country faces strong prospects for 1890 with widespread belief in renewed prosperity. Commerce and industry show robust activity, crops are abundant, and northern manufacturers report good prices. Energy from iron and copper developments aids growth, while some farmers consider corn for fuel.
Heavy rains flood the Los Angeles area as the Los Angeles river breaches levees at multiple points. Bridges on Southern Pacific and Santa Fe lines are washed out, blocking all rail traffic for days. Homes along the west bank are swept away and the Nassau winery near town reportedly destroyed with $100,000 in wine loss.
A dynamite bomb exploded near the Independent printing office in Waverly Minnesota, blowing out a stairway and the building front. The device, an inch and a quarter gas pipe six inches long filled with dynamite, was likely aimed at printers publishing a holiday issue that roasted rivals.
A mob seized Ripley Johnson and Jachel Adams from Barnwell county jail and shot them to death after overuling the jailer. Six other men held for murder were also killed as crowds gathered, with authorities fearing further violence. A later column notes deaths of Mrs. Gen. Thomas and Simon Spolia, and reports on labor notes and fires in Yazoo City and Frankfurt.
A string of grisly incidents across Indiana reports suicides, shootings, assaults and legal cases. Despondent farmer Jose Rollette hanged near New Castle. Jacob Danvinger gets one year for stealing a revolver. George Bashi wounded Elzie Easton and fled, with Jacob Farlow burned in Ohio. Governor Foraker accused over a napkin gate. Mt. Vernon water works chief faces embezzlement charges. Delegates to Afro American convention chosen in Padisa sa ape area. prize fight noted in Boone county. Clare Warren burned in Coal City. Evanville man killed in an arson for forgery suspect jailed in Brasil Tic. James A Byrns commits suicide in Terre Haute. Clarkes Kynett fatally injured resisting arrest at Anderson. William Taylor kills Charles Williams at a dance near Evansville.
Frederick W. Stedefelder, bakery proprietor at 501 Floyd Street, Brooklyn, was shot at by a man who hid in his cellar after the gas was cut off. Albert Maiser, a discharged baker, was arrested and confessed to hiding in the cellar to suffocate the family of Stedefelder, which includes his wife and three children.
A chaotic collage of reports covers crimes, accidents, political notes, and society items. Notable mentions include a murder-suicide in Michigan, a Dallas foundry molten metal accident, attacks near Birmingham, and a fatal sleighing incident in Vancouver. Also noted are political shifts, naval and oil region events, and clergy consecrations.
Quotations and receipts cover wheat and wool with mixtures of price ranges from Ohio Michigan Kentucky and Pittsburg. Receipts show 5 871 bales domestic and 1 115 bales foreign with sales 1 649 200 pounds domestic and 1 000 pounds foreign.
A chaotic scene erupts as Moody confronts a rough crowd at a street event. Youths insulted women. Moody restrains a member of the mob and walks away with dignity. Nearby, elders attend a hotel summer dance, noting aging, boredom, and changing social life as young people drift from lively parlor dances to quieter routines.
A New York Tribune letter argues for movable theatre seating to lower or raise seats for socially prominent patrons. The plan would be operated by the stage engineer with a few crab turns, though critics warn of possible kicks from high hat women.
Indianapolis and Vincennes Railroad announces additional daily trains between Gushrod and Dagger except Sundays. General managers James McAcrela Ford and others oversee the operation, with service extending to Pittsburg, Pa.
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