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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1893
Page
6
Agitated over dynamite bombs and a revolutionary movement in Brazil frame this week. Prices and events from Lima Ohio include a price fight and a local death due to self harm.
Paris police report a rising scare as mail and street packages linked to anarchists surface. Some are harmless stunts, but a few contain blast powder and revolver cartridges with a death to the bourgeoisie inscription. Auguste Valliant, detained for the Chamber of Deputies explosion, has confessed and received 3,000 francs in donations.
The Rio Janeiro correspondent reports Sen Borja fallen into rebel hands. Peixoto forms a ten-ship northern fleet of cruisers and torpedo boats. Gen Sa rvia advances toward Rio with promised reinforcements. Gen Savarce drives south. Portugal rejects cadet enlistment in Brazil. Admiral Saldanha De Gama labeled traitor, naval school closed. officers and cadets must report or be deserters and rebels.
At Centralia Illinois John A McClelland is under arrest as menuded by the coroner jury to answer to the next free jury on murder charges for killing a father and brother twelve years ago and hiding their bodies in a pond on the farm. In Martin charged as an accessory is a Sando wall mine employee and in sheriff custody with rumors he may turn State evidence.
Ignat Herat, jailed on grand larceny charges in Cleveland Ohio, was found hanging from his cell door by a strap. Authorities believe despair over arrest spurred the suicide. notes mention past thefts from store windows and displays.
In a sparsely attended bout at Wil Ort Jennings near Lima Ohio the Mute from Del Rio slugged John King of Paulding. The three round contest began with a decisive third round blow that secured a 750 purse and gate receipts for the winner.
Mrs. Frank Roadson of Abilene Kansas died after a suicide attempt in which she drove a 2 inch nail into her head last October. She survived initial injury but was later found drowned in a pail. authorities say the fatal act occurred recently.
A blaze swept Manchester Center Vermont destroying the principal business section. Free flames engulfed Hamilton's clothing store Howe's flock building the bank Esterbrook's Opera House and three other structures. Loss estimated at forty thousand dollars.
A man who signs as Joseph Don Jam of 73 Pasac street Newark Wisconsin is wanted by the Secret Service for writing threatening letters to several prominent government officials.
Prominent figure known as the Whip, W. F. Paul, who won a prize at the Chicago World's Fair, died by his own hand at a fashionable Piccadilly Hotel in London. The death is treated as a suicide. Authorities are investigating the circumstances of the tragedy.
At Moores Hill Indiana a family of William Rissell was poisoned after drinking coffee ground in a mill used to grind lemon stalks for a sick horse. All members are expected to recover.
Scarlet fever sweeps Etna Green Indiana with two confirmed deaths and many children affected. Schools have closed as health officials respond to the outbreak.
Mrs Mra B&B R Russe of Floox City files suit seeking 614000 for breach of promise against Charlies T Fitts, a prominent Lard- Bare meritaot. The petition makes sensational charges and names relations including the mayor’s sister and former librarian.
A dynamite explosion at Hendricks on the West Virginia Central Railroad killed three workers J H Houston Italian immigrant Giovanna Pagolotti and Charles Swartz. All were transporting fifty pounds of dynamite when the blast occurred tearing apart bodies and scattering limbs across the area. The disaster left a huge crater in the ground and debris scattered along the riverbank.
John P. Hopkins defeated George B. Swift by 1 461 votes to win the unexpired term of the late Carter H. Norrison in Chicago. The total poll surpassed prior records, topping last spring’s municipal election by about 15 000 votes amid a fierce campaign.
A renewed clash among plateau sheepmen near Grand Junction Colorado left 125 sheep killed as gunmen seized the herder James Wallace’s gun at the camp. Guards stood by as the flock was driven off and slaughtered with many injured.
A Richmond Southern Pacific Express near a small Texas station was robbed at about 3 AM. The express messenger and fireman were killed, the safe blown open and loot taken, and passengers were robbed. The gang size is believed to be about six, exact numbers not confirmed.
A grinding mill explosion at the Dupont powder yards near Wilmington Delaware at 10 o clock Tuesday killed Edward Gelagher and lightly injured three workers. The blast shattered windows, caused panic, and many residents feared an earthquake. A prior similar blast in the same mill had killed two.
The Union Pacific Coal Company reports a $750,000 loss from a fire at Mine No 7 near Almy seven miles north of Evanston Wyoming. About 400 miners lose jobs as spontaneous combustion sparked the blaze Saturday and all efforts to extinguish it failed. No 7 lies beside another mine that has operated for over ten years.
Half of Ironwood police force is under arrest for stealing goods sent to aid starving miners of the Gogebic Range. A convict serving time in Wisconsin penitentiary contributed the only foliar item used in the theft. A thousand miners braved a blizzard to attend Judge Stevens's hearing as Mayor Trebelcock and Fremont C Chamberlain spoke urging reform of Michigan laws and self-reliance.
Gen Datus E Coor who was accidentally shot by his friend J J Graveston at San Diego California died Sunday. He had been breveter Brigadier General for bravery at the Battle of Nashville December 14 1864. During reconstruction he served six years as a member of the Alabama Legislature and was Consul of Baracoa Cuba for six years.
In Sherman Texas Marshal Everhart fatally shot burglar Gus Carrol in a store raid. Carrol confessed to a $1500 Springfield Missouri robbery and to watches and diamonds thefts in Hot Springs Arkansas and Pittsburg Kansas. He was from Kansas City. Raglans Army of Unemployed referenced. The London Chronicle discusses land reclamation schemes for eastern England to employ 20 000 men for fifteen years at two million pounds.
Four employees were held up as three robbers entered Condon's gambling establishment at 14 Quincy Street Chicago between 3 and 4 a m Tuesday and escaped with a sum reported between 2000 and 64000. Sheriff Thomas J Hart, a noted criminal lawyer from Bt Joseph Ma, assaulted Sheriff Thomas A Finch in the courthouse breaking the sheriff’s nose and injuring him. Hart has not been arrested.
Reported famine in Russian Turkestan driven by extreme wheat price effects. Authorities cite excessive cotton cultivation as the principal cause, diverting land from cereal farming and worsening food shortages.
The tariff report from the Democratic members of the Ways and Means Committee was submitted to the full committee on Tuesday. It was written by Chairman Wilson and had the approval of major Democratic associates.
A local petition is presented on a subject titled St dope and a vase case. The document notes signatures and involvement by a Mr pesrented and a pier hyearden venaar erases. The text appears garbled but reflects a request or grievance connected to a reading matter and a petition process.
The congressman noted a petition signed by governors of seventeen states and many state officials, with Massachusetts endorsement by the Legislature. He urged referring the petition to the Interstate Commerce Committee for action on improving country roads.
Washington reports severe cuts threaten the Pension Bureau special examination service. With 13,200 pending cases and 246 field examiners, funds of 200,000 for the year may be exhausted by February. Many old war claims remain unprocessed and fraud cases total about 3,000.
State Department warns of likely civil war if Peixoto government falls and US Leeps a strong presence. Secretary Gresham orders Navy to sail New York and other ships to Rio de Janeiro to protect American Interests and deter European intervention.
August Mueller, a Chicago saloon-keeper, shot a stranger in a delirious episode. The victim died twelve hours later at Mercy hospital. identity remains unknown though he carried a ticket suggesting unemployment and possible charity shelter.
Indianapolis dispatch reports receiver Falley will distribute about 10 percent to certificate holders who filed and proved claims under Judge Winter s order. Warrant holders and holders of matured certificates at appointment are excluded. Distribution amount is about a half million dollars.
In London the Court of Queen's Bench dismissed the Chill Republic suit against the Royal Mail Steamship Co and the London and River Plate Bank over 338 silver bars worth 650000 dollars. The bars, shipped from Chile via a British warship at Balmaceada Phillip Seeberg's request, face possession disputes.
The inaugural regular passenger train on the Central Railroad of Pennsylvania was wrecked with no serious injuries reported. No further details were available about the incident or location.
Chicago traders quote mixed futures with prime cattle and hogs steady to higher. Grains show No 2 Red wheat and No 2 White oats active while corn No 2 Yellow prices fluctuate amid demand and weather concerns.
A backward glance at 1893 chronicles global events from the Columbian Exposition to wide spread droughts floods and financial strain. It notes disasters at sea and railways, political shifts, and notable deaths while outlining major U S and international happenings through January to March.
A sweeping, fragmentary chronology recounts cyclones devastating Missouri Valley and Midwest towns, deadly fires in Chicago and Detroit, and political upheavals including the assassination of Chicago mayor Carter Harrison and waves of bank and railroad failures. It notes earthquakes, floods, and storms across Nebraska, Minnesota, Ohio, and beyond, with international turmoil and notable deaths.
On a Massachusetts Naval Reserve cruise aboard the San Francisco an amateur tar from Boston misreads the night sky shouting Moonahog after mishearing moon. The officer jokes about recognizing the moon and the man apologizes, then shouts Moonahog again. The piece shifts to claims about Virginia peanut and produce yields. It notes Virginia’s lead and manganese mines and says NEVER examines mule from the ground.
Washington dispatch reports Democratic Ways and Means support for a tariff bill framed by Chairman Wilson. The plan favors revenue tariffs, reduces rates on iron, steel, wool, and carpets, ends special protections and shifts to ad valorem duties, while keeping tobacco and sugar protections.
Secretary Carlisle presents the annual Treasury report to Congress estimating 430,121,000 in revenue and 458,121,000 in expenditures for the coming year, a 28,000,000 deficit. He warns of 1894 maturity of currency sixes Pacific Railroad bonds and proposes funding options including small 3 percent five year bonds, and 50 million one year bonds. He supports silver certificate use, ad valorem customs, and higher internal taxes on spirits aging cards cosmetics legacies and stock income.
A Kansas led, Western States convention advances a two-line railroad from Duluth to Lake Charles and from South Dakota to Galveston. Proponents claim a five cent land tax would cover costs, netting over two million dollars, and attract manufacturing to the Mississippi Valley. Provisional directors would oversee 2,550 miles at an estimated 38.25 million, funded by bonds. Legislation from ten states is sought to formalize the project.
A dispatch reports over 140000 unemployed in New York City, describing a frozen and starving populace amid widespread factory closures. The city’s charity is deemed insufficient as more than 10000 people lack work, highlighting urban hardship in the nation’s wealthiest metropolis.
Cincinnati notes communicate by long distance telephone with New York and Chicago. A supposed lead at Gladwin Michigan proved to be white land with oxide of iron. Train robbers from Austin Texas are under arrest. Authorities close in on the fleeing fourth. An unsuccessful attempt to wreck the Buhrer school in Cleveland Ohio by unknown persons. A drive wheel explosion in a Tiffin box factory wrecked the plan causing about $1000 damage.
John P. Hopkins named to succeed the late Mayor Harrison. A 13 year Chicago resident born in Buffalo in 1858, he rose from Pullman car works to secretary treasurer of the Secord Hopkins Company and led the Kensington store expansion. He has long been active in Democratic politics and heads Cook County Democracy.
Reports from France describe daily arrests and expulsions of anarchists amid rising police repression. Authorities warn of a planned Paris attack on the Paris Bourse, while abroad the Barcelona Lyceum bombing, Ravachol, and other figures are cited as inspirations.
The Union Pacific receiver closes a contract for 0 900 tons of steel rails to sustain Pueblo plant output for nearly four months. Vienna reports Mer Satolli named archbishop of Bologna but cannot be verified at the ambassador’s Washington residence. A successful Paris operation removes a double hernia from Senator Walcott of Colorado, with a rapid improvement noted.
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