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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1888
Page
4
A Dillon report paragraph outlines a proposed system of spelling changes taught in common schools and District of Columbia schools. It lists detailed rules for letter usage, silent letters, sounds, and word spellings across multiple categories.
In Connellsville and nearby towns many Hungarians depart for their native land. Over two hundred left Connellsville in five days with similar exoduses from Mount Pleasant Scottdale and neighboring towns. The dull coke trade and scarce work drive the exodus. most workers still have money, ranging from 300 to 1200 dollars.
Nocaes Arizona March 2. The invasion of Mexico by Guatemalan troops excites locals who think it aims to spark a political revolution to hinder Diaz re election or widen discontent with his administration. Some in Mexico's elite are thought prone to foment small revolutions before the June presidential vote.
March 2 New Mexico dateline reaches Washington as Rep Rice of Minnesota presents a memorial from the St Paul chamber of commerce urging Congress to enact stringent immigration controls to curb what they call an evil from anarchists nihilists and criminals.
An Athens special says Mormon elders appeared in Layta and prepared to issue cheap excursion tickets to Utah provoking public arousal. The matter will be investigated. elders are expected to depart. Several converts are rumored to have been made recently.
United States Inspector Perry favors transferring prisoners from Kentucky Tennessee and Mississippi to the Ohio penitentiary. Governor Coffin revived a Garland letter stating federal prisoners may be used for piecework. About forty federal inmates are said to be in the facility.
A St Louis dispatch says 40 men overpowered the jail in Carthage Texas and hanged Tom Forsythe after he confessed to murdering County Treasurer Hill and robbing him. Forsythe asked to die himself, but the mob executed him by hanging and displayed the body in the treasurer’s office.
Government receipts in February totaled 31,151,901 with expenditures 19,508,468. The seven month totals reach 253,905,88 in receipts and 183,446,129 in expenditures. Net Treasury cash stands at 22,987,796 while the gold fund is 312,860,913 and the silver fund 47,159,000. National bank depositories hold 61,346,000 in government money.
Arrangements target moving Crown Prince Frederick William to Berlin within a week to avert death on foreign soil. Maackenzie will not accompany him. A silver tube in the Prince's throat provides relief, while The Lancet notes missing official bulletins and worries the royal patient is worsening.
Butterworth has prepared a joint resolution to appropriate 300000 to enable executive departments to make an exhibit at the Centennial Exposition of the States formed from the Northwest Territory at Cincinnati. States are showing interest and a suitable appropriation will likely be made. The resolution will be introduced soon with immediate action urged.
The Lord's London special reports the Chronicle story that while yachting at San Remo the Prince of Wales was chased by a steam yacht bearing the American colors. A British gunboat spotted the danger and helped, but the yacht hoisted the Irish flag and escaped after a long pursuit.
The Supreme Court ruled that the act creating a colored university is unconstitutional because the funding comes from a constitutionally designated fund for common schools and cannot be used for a university.
In Superior Court on March 2 the jury awarded Aloysius Fagnoant $27,000 in damages from Vis Boston and Albany railroad for personal injuries sought in a $50,000 claim.
Edward Hein wachs the 39 year old superintendent of the new German Presbyterian church project in Scramos collapsed from a 24 foot scaffold today and sustained fatal head injuries and a broken neck.
Judge Patterson grants Rev Dr McGlynn a permanent injunction restraining Henry George and his followers from forming an Anti Poverty Society in New York.
Canadian lumbermen hail the U S decision to remove the lumber duty. Ottawa reports the move will stimulate trade and benefit the industry, with optimism across the sector.
The British American Association pushes toward naturalizing Canadian and English residents. Last evening about one hundred filed first papers in Judge Horton’s court and twenty one received second papers enabling them to vote.
March 2 report says the Secretary of the Treasury has been advised of an organized plan to emigrate German convicts to the United States and has begun steps to prevent the landing of all such passengers.
A case of Yellow fever is reported near Box Springs Georgia with a young man named Calhoun identified as the victim He recently returned from his father's funeral in Pievada
Paul Mareh d M Wilson son in law of ex president Gregory found guilty of complicity in Legion of Honor decoration scandals. Sentenced to two years in prison a 3000 francs fine and five years civil rights loss. Public notices include a four year governor term amendment passage and a hanging in Jackson Mississippi for murder.
Wasurxetox March 2 The House Committee on Commerce authorized a favorable report on a resolution providing for the loan of certain executive department articles to the Ohio Centennial Exposition at Columbus.
The Supreme Court on March 2 denied the Sharon heirs petition for a rehearing of the case confirming that Sarah Althea Hill now Mrs. Judge Terry was legally married to the late Senator Sharon, as decided by the lower court.
A severe storm grips the Upper Peninsula with continuous snow for 24 hours and strong winds causing heavy drifts. Lake Superior is affected and the storm extends into the Southern Peninsula with up to eighteen inches of snow reported.
Panreenanvie West Virginia March ? A police court today sentenced Chaurtes orgeant to life imprisonment for the murder of Taylor Fountesh.
Dr Waldeyer informs the emperor San Bevo and Crown Prince William that the diagnosis is a highly malignant larynx cancer. Doctors expect death within weeks unless a miracle intervenes. The Crown Prince and House of Hohenzollern receive the update. Waldeyer departs Tuesday.
In St Louis a papal commission will inquire into the authenticity of a reported miracle tied to Madame Baret of Paris. The 1865 cure of Cissy Bakewell, daughter of Joe Bakewell, allegedly proven by laying a dress fragment on the hip disease and prayers, is cited. The child, now Mrs. O M Munroe of DeSoto, Mo., has remained healthy since. Madame Buret founded the Sacred Heart in Paris decades ago.
Dynamite placed above a grave to deter robbers by Wash Hanna in Union County earlier. The act delayed the burial of his daughter’s coffin as locals feared an explosion and many avoided churchyard services. In Manitoba, a mixed fire incident on a railroad line left Engineer John Smith and Fireman Peter Orth badly burned and unconscious.
In Lancaster Pennsylvania a jury finds Entraim H. Shaud Walter A G Lanson A W Brown D E Buver and Frank Cardis guilty on two counts of fraud and one count of adding ballots to the poll in the Sixth Ward primary election case. The jury acquits them of conspiracy.
Kansas City, March 4. For the first time in the city history no saloon is open today as the Law and Order League warned and the police chief ordered strict enforcement. By midnight last night bars were shut and no one attempted liquor sales today.
Police backed by religious groups enforce Sunday closing against saloon-keepers. A barber who carried out the action was arrested, testing the law in Indianapolis context amid broader community pressure.
Naw Youu March 5 report outlines a new Arctic voyage under Norwegian scientist Mr. Trith of Nansen. The aim is to probe Greenland's ice free interior from the east near Cape Dan to test geology botany and meteorology claims. The 400 mile coast route could take about thirty days with sleds to haul provisions instruments and clothing for two months.
Five men were instantly killed in the Cleveland Mine at nine o'clock tonight. They were at work at the bottom of No shaft when a gas pipe charged with dynamite, heated to straighten it, exploded as they were adjusting the pipe. The blast mangled all five men.
The coroner's inquest indicates many iron plates used in Midland Hotel construction were undersized per the architect, with authorities likely to present the case to the grand jury after locating the responsible party. Also reports include a Kansas lawman arrest for liquor sales without license and other distant briefs.
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