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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1893
Page
7
Garge of Dynamite ignites a burning ship. Attempt to board a train ends in frightful waste as a laborer in Dayton, Ohio is torn to pieces by a train.
A massive explosion on the Cabo Mucho ship at a Santander quay devastates the area. Hundreds are killed or missing as fires rage and homes are wrecked. Police and fire crews face extreme danger while officials seek aid from Valencia, Burgos, and Valladolid. Eyewitness accounts are incomplete.
Albert Blunt a laborer died when a sanitary sewer trench caved in at Dayton Ohio. William Freitag narrowly escaped with broken limbs as both men stood at the bottom of the rench in a stooping posture. Blunt was buried under earth with a water pipe against his chest and died after extraction. Freitag survived with serious injuries.
An unknown man forced entry at Patrick McGuire’s home near Saginaw Michigan, abducted a four year old daughter from bed and criminally assaulted her. He fled into the woods as an armed posse hunts for him. The child is believed to be in grave danger and may die.
In Chicago a dynamite blast during rock blasting killed Dominick Farina and fatally injured Toney Calling and Michael. The workers were in the blast area when the dynamite cart exploded, mangling all those nearby.
Levi P. Morton has journeyed to Paris from Tours with plans to place his two daughters in a convent for French education. He is set to undergo foot surgery to treat an abscess, to be performed by renowned French physician M. Lubte.
Report from Nebraska City says a Missouri Pacific train was blocked near Union. Trainmen fired at Black voters and drove them away, amid election tensions and violence claim.
In Delavan Wisconsin Beloit College faced the Deaf and Dumb Institute in a football game. A mute player named Peterson was killed instantly after a tackle caused a fall that broke his neck.
Hiram Compton, 40, a brake man on the Ohio and Mississippi line, was run over at Mandy Furnace opposite Ironton Ohio. He suffered fatal injuries with his head and legs torn from his body in the incident.
A party of twenty two laborers repairing Hoffman Island in New York Bay were returning to Staten Island when their boat swamped. One rescued after an hour, the rest drowned.
The Turkish Ambassador left the Gaity Theater during a burlesque titled Don Juan. The plot referenced Constantinople and depicted the Sultan of Turkey in a negative light, prompting a protest to Lord Rosebery. The theater manager was ordered by the Lord Chamberlain to remove all Sultan references from the play.
Thomas B. Edwards a former Kansas City politician and twice county assessor, allegedly entered the First National Bank of Barrisonville and tried to cash a draft under a false name. Cashier G M Houston refused and alerted authorities. the man was arrested with no money stolen.
A bank scene unfolds as an age man strikes a cashier and knocks him down after a dispute over a stove and stir. A bystander rushes for a revolver from a drawer while Edwards, unarmed, exits but is restrained by two passing citizens.
A boiler explosion on East 14th Street between A and B in New York City killed five and injured twelve. Debris shattered windows, a horse died, a house collapsed, and ambulances were dispatched as residents fled in panic. Firemen and bystanders rushed to aid the injured amid widespread chaos.
Washington Indiana reports Stone, brought from Jeffersonville, now says Charles S. McCafferty and Robert Swanegan aided in the Wrattan murder. Eight men total are accused across three confessions. Stone feared mob vengeance as the train departed toward Jeffersonville.
In Proctor Ohio a jealous feud ends in a fatal shooting. John Floyd is killed while with Miss Lucy White, who is wounded. Harry Smith, Floyd’s rival, fires from outside a window and escapes as lawmen pursue him.
Indianapolis special reports Greencastle officials enforced a year old saloon screen rule requiring clear windows. James E. Champer fined, city won at Putnam Circuit Court, but Supreme Court reversed. Judge McCabe ruled blinds and screens are necessary conveniences and saloons are legitimate businesses. The ruling affects multiple towns.
Two men boarded the 8 10 p m Louisville bound express on the Knoxville and Ohio line near a water tank at Coal Creek. James Smith of Knoxville was fatally wounded after shots rang out. a second robber was captured unharmed. The car held under $100 and ten armed guards were aboard.
The assembly approved a constitutional article aimed at foreigners that would force payment of loans and levies, exile those lodging claims against the government, and potentially conscript resident aliens for military service.
Chicago special report outlines a major damage lawsuit tied to the Midway incident. Details describe a high profile civil action, naming involved parties and potential implications for the Exposi corporation and related entities.
The Ferris Wheel Company will defend a damaging suit after closing to visitors. The midway will remain in motion and illuminated with thousands of lights until November 20. A separate report details a train robbery near Newport with Conductor McNally killed and passengers looted.
The text notes growing danger in Sicily as tisci clubs form to press lower taxes and higher wages. The government sends an official to assess and possibly dissolve the groups, amid fears of clashes with bourgeoisie and officials.
A Norfolk and Western collision at Lamberts Point Norfolk Va caused two deaths and injuries to five others when a misplaced switch let a coal train crash into 140 loaded coal cars on a side track. Two minutes later a local train struck the wreck, demolishing both engines.
The Re publica rammed the transport Rio de Janeiro carrying 1,100 troops to Santos. Five hundred perished when the vessel went down. Admiral Mello confirms the report. The insurgent fleet with Fort Villegaignon bombards Nichteroy Santa Cruz and San Joan daily, though fire remains poorly aimed.
Cadiz dispatch reports eighteen British warships at Gibraltar awaiting a potential combined fleet with French Russian and Spanish units moving toward Tangier. It notes French and Russian squadrons plan to proceed to Tangier to join several Spanish vessels there.
The State Board of Health orders the quarantine in Muncie raised as of today. Since September 1 the smallpox outbreak produced 146 cases and twenty deaths. all patients have recovered. The cost to Muncie totals $250,000 and state expenses reach $4,000.
Boiler of engine 638 on the Iron Mountain line at Neosha street exploded. Engineer George Schroeder was instantly killed. Fireman Thomas Scott was hurled 100 feet and fatally injured. Brakeman Ed Koeper was blown into the Mississippi River and drowned.
The Senate adjourned without confirming Hornblower as Justice of the Supreme Court. This acts as a rejection, forcing the President to either renominate Hornblower or nominate another candidate for the post.
Friends in Washington say Judge J G Shanklin will refuse any appointment as Mississippi River Commissioner and has informed supporters he will not accept if named. The note signals a halt to the proposed nomination.
Advices from Yokohama report great floods in Japan with 200 houses swept away in Okayama Prefecture and one person missing. In Wan ship Futakata fifty persons burned alive.
Father Sullivan of St. Columbia Church Louisville Kentucky was assaulted in his study by Nick Trainor a crank. The priest suffered a broken nose and facial cuts Trainor is under arrest.
The ex detective Daniel Coughlin faces a second trial in Chicago in Judge Tuthill's courtroom on charges of complicity in the Cronin murder.
The President issued the annual proclamation naming Thursday November 30 as a day of Thanksgiving.
Carter H Harrison's body lay in state in Chicago as a grand procession and viewing drew crowds through the city. Civic leaders and a long list of dignitaries attended ceremonies at the Church of the Epiphany and a burial at Graceland, marking a somber, highly observed tribute.
A grand cortege illuminated the city as officials and thousands of mourners accompanied the late Mayor Carter H. Harrison from Ashland Avenue to St. Church and later to Graceland Cemetery. The line included City Council members, boards, state and national figures, and regimental troops, with the Iowa State Band leading to the grave.
Congress ends a long struggle with the House concurring 193 to 94 in the Senate amendment to repeal the purchasing clause of the Sherman silver law. President Cleveland signs the measure finalizing the Voorhees substitution and declaring the United States will pursue a bi metallic money system with equal value for gold and silver.
A Detroit grocer helps a colored man assemble burlap sacks rope and ribbon scraps to craft a piano cover. The man explains his wife’s idea to repurpose everyday materials into decorative piano coverings worth about twenty five dollars and artful, marketable potential.
The German-American Bank at St Paul resumes business. Colorado coal miners in Erie and Louisville districts strike. Lucy Stone wills estate to husband and daughter. Enoch Durgin burned to death in East Alton New York. Fire wipes out Dunbar Iowa business district. loss $40000. Rebecca McDowell found dead among lumber in Almanee Ohio. Willie Anderson 11 dying of hydrophobia at Leavenworth Kansas. Des Moines street railway workers face 10 percent pay cut. South school children pledge fund for Jefferson Davis monument. Vegh Jahke pork packing house Philadelphia damaged $25600 by fire. R R Steedman US Army to be court martialed for temperance pledge violation. Madrid governor assaulted in streets and beaten. Cripple Creek gold find yields $7000-$8000 ore per ton. A yacht sinks after collision near Hemnesand Sweden. eight drown. Receiver named for Haskins WoodVacanaizing Co New York liabilities $211. Miss Ephrith Hastings commits suicide in Sandusky jail awaiting lunacy charges.
Condensed state news notes report robberies at Shideler Station and Colum Poeb near Coox and Snyder store. Fatal accidents include Lees ReedER near Windfall and several drownings or burns. Gold finds in Morgan and Brown counties spark land rush. The Indiana legislature and courts move on pistols laws and fire alarms amid a long extra session wrap up.
At the extraordinary session, sixteen joint resolutions and seventeen bills became laws. Several measures were signed, including a World’s Columbian Exposition article act, a silver bill repealing the Sherman purchasing clause, and various fiscal and legal updates. The next House will hear a laborInquiry resolution from McGann, with a tariff bill anticipated by December 1 and a Capitol printing office plan.
A collage of 1900s items: Martin Coyne, a Boston hotel bootblack, inherits 4000 from a New York uncle. a Halifax clash draws 10000 spectators. Horace Hi is freed after being jailed for murder in Marshaltown Iowa. a San Francisco firm hires 30000 Chinese coolies for Latin American work. a Schaghticoke flax mill depots burn, causing heavy insured losses. mortgages totaling 629000 pounds are recorded in Louisville. oil driller Devon is robbed in Parkersburg and tied to a rail line. a council probe criticizes South Boston House of Correction officials. a Turk student dies at Fort Wayne college in a heart disease case. California Governor Markham declines to intervene in a Fresno murder case. Seavers' rusted revolver kills Mrs Seavers in Kokomo. Governor Hoce blocks Texas harbor vessels from yellow fever areas.
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