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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1894
Page
3
In Wasumerox on July 4 a heated three month to the day debate ended with the tariff bill passing the senate by a strictly party line vote except Mr Hill who joined the Republicans. Populists Kyle and Allen supported the bill while Peffer and Stewart opposed it.
Senators Davis of Minnesota and George of Mississippi introduce bills to create labor arbitration boards. George's measure bars injunctions or marshal actions against employees when a railroad offers arbitration under the 1888 act and requires receivers to accept arbitration offers in disputed cases. Davis' bill mirrors a prior house proposal introduced by Tawney.
The treasury balance at yesterday's close stood at 121,503,222 dollars with 264,241,406 dollars in gold reserves. Since June 25-27 the cash and field reserves rose by about 7.5 million and 2.25 million respectively. Officials credit the halt in gold exports and rising internal revenue as signs of stronger cash and gold balances ahead.
Washington July 5 Democrats and Republicans on the sugar investigating committee are expected to endorse Secretary Carlisle's exoneration from impropriety in the sugar schedule. The report will state the secretary’s sole link was drafting the schedule at the finance committee’s request.
President issues a proclamation similar to the Chicago one, targeting North Dakota Montana Idaho Washington Wyoming Colorado California. It orders mobs to disperse by 8 o'clock this afternoon and urges law abiding citizens to return home. A concurrent measure seeks to study a possible increase in the regular army.
The report covers Senate votes on treasury notes and a brief July session with adjournment, a private pension topic, and an evening session. It notes Green’s bill passage in the House, a Saturday senate possession, conference appointments on the tariff bill, and the Navy appropriation bill plus mining laws amendments. Local DC bills passed by the House.
In New York on July 7 Philip Jaeger, founder of Der See Rauber Fishing club, had his ashes scattered to the winds near Romer Shoals by a party of 30 with three lunch baskets six kegs of beer and four violins. His will called for no mourners and a beer-filled scattering ritual echoing a Staten Island cremation tale.
Ex Governor Winans dies at his home in Michigan at 4 50 pm following a sudden heart attack. Born in 1826 in New York, he lived in Michigan since 1834 except eight years in California and served as governor in 1892. He was a radical Democrat and previously a member of Congress and the state legislature.
In Sipauia Missouri John Titsworth, 56, a Pettis County farmer, shot and killed his wife as she climbed stairs then killed himself. Five bullets struck Mrs. Titsworth before she died about 20 minutes later after declaring John shot me. The couple had been separated for over two years. The crime is attributed to jealousy and presumed insanity.
Emanuel Coffey was shot through the heart and killed on a Kentucky Central excursion train at Slate Lick by James Griffin. Coffey and several young women were seated together when Griffin announced he would kill someone. Coffey attempted to assist the women and was shot. Griffin is jailed at Richmond with heavy guards amid local threats of mob violence.
In Fairfield Texas Lee Jones, who earlier tried to assault E. E. Williford’s wife and fled jail, returned to Dew and taunted Williford from his horse. A confrontation followed and Williford shot and killed Jones instantly. Williford surrendered and was released on bond.
In Racine Wisconsin on July 9 August Peters 24 and Clara Christopherson 21 were found dead on Cedar Bend river bank. A wine bottle and iron objects were nearby. They had dated about a year and reportedly chose death over an obstructed marriage. Also near Charlotte North Carolina a mob burned Jim Bell July 7 after a child’s death.
In Franygroat Indiana Judge Kent sustains motion for new trial in Greentown bank case. Ex-President Paris convicted last week has verdict set aside for lack of evidentiary support. Paris' lawyers also represent ex-Governor Chase indicted on identical charge.
The body of William Foust, about 50, found near the Pan Handle railway in Elwood Indiana, bears a bullet wound in the left breast. He had been seen with a young man named Dan Kelly and lay as if carried to the site. the coroner’s inquest offered no clue to the killer.
Advices from Managua report the death of General Dan Macauley in Nicaragua where President Zelaya ordered burial with military honors. Macauley, a former appointment clerk in the treasury and later immigration bureau, had returned to work for the Nicaragua Canal Company in connection with Smith M Weed's presidential role.
A Cincinnati insurance man killer suspect described by police is captured near Liberty Indiana depot. The 17 or 18 year old African American man, named Clarence Rounds of 409 Vine Street Cincinnati, matches the description. He confessed to digging a grave in a cellar and luring the victim inside before striking with a hatchet. Authorities hold him for orders.
Paul Weaver, 12, found a dynamite cartridge while playing in a creek and brought it home. While prying into the cartridge with a hat pin, it exploded, blowing off his right thumb fore and middle fingers and severely lacerating the palm. Surgeons fear amputation at the wrist may be required.
Frederick Heiger, a known Ricumonp citizen, was shot and probably fatally wounded by Bert Newport, his son-in-law. Newport, who had been barred from seeing Heiger’s daughter, shot him on the street after Heiger took the daughter home weeks earlier.
George Leonard, a prominent Indiana citizen, was mortally wounded in the corridor of the West Baden Springs Hotel by employee Gabe Thompson. Thompson surrendered to the sheriff in Paoli. Leonard later died from his injuries.
Looting reports spread from Ladd and nearby towns as 1200 miners from Bring Valley loot White Breast Fuel store and two other shops. Banks remove valuables while townsfolk fear attacks from foreign miners. Spring Valley readies militia and deputies including 125 from Lapp and 90 from Seatonville as authorities brace for continued violence.
In Louisville on July 4 Henry Zimmerman, his wife, and their 9 year old son were in a cellar to stop a gasoline leak when a match touched off an explosion. The wife died last night. Henry Zimmerman was badly burned and is expected to die, while the boy sustained serious head burns.
In Chicago Judge Payne's court the assassin Prendergast was found not insane by a jury after a two hour verdict. He is to be hanged July 13 and was taken to his jail cell. His lawyers plan to seek a new trial and may appeal to the supreme court.
Kellys wealers who captured an eastbound C and O freight train at Vanceburg arrived at Kenova West Virginia yesterday. Governor McCorkle ordered troops to Kenova to intercept the army. Under Sheriff Lambert the militia arrested them and guard them near the depot. The governor and four legal advisers arrived by special train and urged retreat to Kentucky, which the army refused.
In Eraxon Alabama a cake walk contest sparked a brawl when two judges disagreed on which contestant walked best. The altercation drew many participants and backers. One man was nearly cut in quarters and two others were shot dead with several others wounded.
In CaTLet Tissera Kentucky on July 9 John and Ballard Faulkner brothers were killed in a street encounter. Charles az David Justice were fatally wounded. Ballard Plymale seriously wounded and jailed. The conflict stemmed from a woman blamed by the Justice group amid local political tensions.
A mob of about 5000 fought Company B, Fifteenth Infantry, in H ammond Indiana injuring several including a woman. Regulars fired on rioters killing Charles Fleishman and wounding W H Campbell. Illinois Governor Matthews authorized sending state troops into Indiana if needed.
State Troops and rioters clashed at the Fo ninth street and Grand Trunk tracks intersection in Chicago. The death toll and injuries were not fully known as mobs scattered. Quiet largely returned the next day with tense memories of the violent confrontation.
The Chicago and Great Western bridge between St Paul and South St Paul was burned tonight. Police are confident they know the perpetrators. Stock yards traffic will be halted for the present as the fire is incendiary and unrest among railway workers is reported. The Northern Pacific train continues west with no anticipated trouble toward Montana.
At Westville Illinois on July 10 an unknown number of miners rioted while militia fired over their heads, killing Mrs. Michael Glennan and Miss Clara James and mortally wounding an unidentified man. The night saw several freight cars burned in Ferra Illinois yards by incendiaries.
On July 10 the twelfth day of the Southern Pacific strike ends with no trains moving in Sacramento Oakland San Jose or nearby areas. Managers are helpless and show no effort to resume service as Charles Dodge in New York continues hiring capable workers for western railroads. A batch left west last night and more depart tonight. Dodge declines to state exact numbers.
A collage of short items: a Cincinnati cycling event, killings in Ford Kentucky and Cincinnati, suicides and robberies, a French president's address, Kansas party fusion rejection, sea deaths near Queenstown, a Brazil murder case, whisky tax hikes in Cincinnati, an London explosives case verdict, a Norfolk boiler explosion, a Wis murder trial claim, Chicago area riots, juvenile deaths, royal murder plots, cholera outbreaks in Stockholm Doblen and Paris, New York lightning, and various global political tensions and disasters.
Market prices for grain and cattle in Indianapolis show corn and oats steady with mixed cattle and hogs receipts. The report notes active markets for steaks, heifers, cows, and lambs with various price ranges, plus closing futures for Wheat Corn and Wheat prices. It also reports Rome authorities possessing proofs of an anarchist plot targeting European leaders in the same week.
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