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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1893
Page
6
A severe gale causes extensive property ruin across England and threatens lives. Debris and wreckage hamper travel as a Lehigh Valley line strike disrupts service. A passenger suffers eye injuries, with both eyes shot out reported in the chaotic outbreak.
Beaver Meadow division of the Lehigh Valley Railroad saw seven men aboard a hand car crash into a 200 foot drop near Hazelbrook after a brake failure on a two percent grade. Foreman Eck and six Hungarian laborers rode toward Hazel Creek when the truck sped away. Andrew Koenitz died, Mike Mority was fatally injured, Eck suffered contusions, Joe Taurenz lost his legs, and three others survived with severe injuries.
Live updates describe widespread maritime damage from a lasting gale in England. Reports say ships wrecked or damaged, several deaths from collapsing chimneys and mills, and crews lost at sea as wreckage lines shores near Banff and Garron sand headland.
Lehigh Valley Railroad employees struck at 10 o clock Sunday night in Wilkesbarre and Philadelphia. The action involves a large portion of the workforce including trainmen and telegraph operators. Strikers march with banners reading Give Us Justice and We are Not Slaves as sheriffs readiness is announced.
Ira Miller, a farmer near Fort Recovery Ohio, was kicked in the face by a horse after chastising it for a prior kick. The blow opened his face and split his nose, leaving his features badly torn and injured.
Harry Clark of Gallipolis Ohio a brakeman on the Ohio River Railroad was killed near the city while moving between cars when they uncoupled and he fell between them His legs and one arm were severed He leaves a wife and three children.
Robert Reynolds and cousin Grub Reynolds hunted in Ohio when Grub accidentally discharged his rifle as he climbed a fence. The shot struck Robert in the eyes, resulting in the removal of both eyes and hospitalization. Doctors fear for his life.
Andrew J. Cutsinger was tried in Shoals Indiana for improper relations with his one year old daughter. After about two hours the jury returned a verdict of guilty and sentenced him to six years in the penitentiary.
An effort to reopen the Grand Opera House in Columbus Ohio was quashed by Judge Badger who refused to grant an injunction to force Chief of Police Pagels to reopen it.
Toledo printer Frank Delano shot himself in a tragic act leaving a note for his wife saying he was tired of life. The community mourns the loss of a well known local tradesman.
A major fire in the City of London began at W. S. Thompson & Co corset factory on Old Bailey and spread rapidly to Crown Pet Co and Blackie & Co. publishing, with Cassell's publishing home also damaged. A 200 foot flame illuminated St. Paul’s and city churches as workers fled.
A fragment indicates a loss will amount to a substantial figure though the exact total is not shown in the readable text. The note references a fiscal impact and potential consequences for involved parties.
A passenger train on the Kama Railroad derailed on a curve near Lafayette Alabama and plunged down a ten foot embankment. The fire caused by overturned stores followed the crash and multiple passengers sustained critical injuries and burns. Judge J R Dowdell and E J Mitchell are listed as critical with possible fatalities.
In Nunda New York a fire at Cooperville schoolhouse killed Miss Porter the teacher and four year old John Willard. Two youths Melvin and Charles Chambers escaped through windows guiding about twenty scholars to safety despite severe burns. The only door opened into a wood shed fed by flames as wind drove the fire.
A Rio dispatch reports eight nations including the United States agreed not to withhold war munitions for landing at Santos, Brazil, while Rio remains under Brazilian control. Secretary Herbert says the move aims to protect commerce and trim Mello's belligerent status.
From Beming New Mexico three hundred rebels occupy Diez Chihuahua and Pacheco colonies seizing horses arms and supplies but harming none. They encamp in Sierra Madre foothills awaiting Mexican troops. Refugees report robberies of arms and horses and expulsion promises. Leaders Sanita and Perrez. El Paso Texas reports council aid to quell Palomas revolutionists with troops from Chihuahua County arriving at San Jose to suppress the outbreak.
Three masked men attempted to rob the Peoria to Mattoon express near Lincoln on Tuesday night. Conductor Chris Richmond confronted them, a brakeman W F Trott was shot in the abdomen, and the robbers fled at Mount Pulaski as the train continued. The express messenger fired at the retreating robbers without hitting them.
Reports from Deming New Mexico describe a serious border revolt with about 100 Mexican revolutionaries attacking the town of Las Palomas and ransacking the customs house. Rebels fled to the mountains and were said to move south again after the raid.
Reports describe revolutionists seizing control, blocking all interior passage. Several Americans and Mexican citizens were detained but released after surrendering horses and ammunition.
Police nabbed three ex convict bandits identified as William Shelties Edward Van Meter and Clarence Howe after a failed train hold up near Lincoln Illinois. Officers recovered three new revolvers and seized stolen clothing and jewelry while arresting the suspects who were away from home until 2 a m. Ilda Shelties daughter will testify as a prosecuting witness.
A well dressed man around 30 surrendered to the City Marshal of Algona Iowa and confessed involvement in the Kessler Indiana Lake Shore train robbery. He sought clemency in exchange for a full confession and reportedly spoke credibly to witnesses. The Lake Shore general manager has been notified.
Billy Beane died suddenly at the foot of the stairs to his Goshen office. Heart disease is given as the cause. Beane spent his life in the printing business and led the Goshen Democrat from 180. He was a genial, popular newspaper man with a long career in journalism and a distinctive writing style. His death will be deeply regretted by colleagues and friends.
The Columbia from Swansea, value Crew of seven teen men abandoned ship October 4 after a hurricane on October 3 left the vessel dismasted and leaking. They endured eight days without food or water, reached St Martin, found passage on the Madiana to Guadaloupe, then to Europe. The Madiana had just arrived New York from Barbadoes.
In Alliance Ohio a young Mount Union College student Miss Birdie Baugh was found murdered after being ravished by Curt Davidson a farm hand. Davidson was found nearby with a self-inflicted throat wound and died shortly after. The crime occurred in the absence of her parents.
Chicago police detain three suspects Thomas Burke Fred Hall and Arthur Murray in connection with the murder of Mr Prunty and the shooting of his son and daughter The Prunty family identification convinces officers they have the right men One detainee who gave the name Burke is reportedly an alias for a long time criminal named Wilson
Chicago reports say Prendergast, the assassin of Carter H. Harrison, endures a bleak spell in custody. Physicians deemed him responsible for his acts. Jail staff note his constant confinement and claim a fiendish temperament without other traits.
Charles Andreavs, proprietor of the Andrews Opera Company, died in Morrison Illinois after stepping from one track to another to avoid a west bound freight train. He was struck by an east bound Omaha express and his body was ground to pieces under the freight.
J. W. Fuller, the alleged bank swindler, arrested at Richmond Indiana, was bound over in the sum of 2000 dollars. He is sought in Buffalo New York Sandusky Ohio northern Indiana Kansas and Pennsylvania in replies to telegrams.
Eda Hogan and Dominick W. Hogan were each sentenced to five years in the Marquette State Prison for their complicity in the $75,000 Mineral Range robbery.
John Johnson a Black convict murder suspect was electrocuted at Auburn New York in a capital punishment execution carried out by state authorities.
The editorial defends tariff reform and faster action, arguing the 1888 1890 and 1892 votes show demand for reduction. It condemns Tom Reed and insists Republicans must cut tariffs to ease costs, broaden markets, and boost wage gains for workers. It notes sugar duties as a revenue flaw, urging raw sugar relief to lower living costs.
A fragment notes sugar should be free forever, contrasting with ideas of cheap raw sugar and low or zero cost. The text hints at broader economic arguments about commodity pricing and public access to basic staples.
Multiple editorials press for swift tariff reform against McKinley era rates. Articles from Nash, Boston Globe, Chicago Times, Boston Herald, Philadelphia papers, Indianapolis Star, Baltimore Sun, Detroit Free Press urge Congress to revise tariffs soon, stressing public mandate and economic balance.
The secretary's published review argues for restoring Hawaiian independence and ending US interference. It accuses Minister Stevens of overstepping authority and says Bee ton marines aided revolutionists under pretense of protecting Americans. The piece links rapid annexation moves by the Harrison administration to jingoism.
The Kansas Republican Congressman argues the East’s landslide was a mass scare driven by the Republican press. He blames lunatics and shifts in party blame for economic woes, predicts a tariff fight and pins hope on Meckley as a Republican presidential candidate in 186.
Directors confront a stripping of World’s Fair property as contractors own roads benches and machines. Exposition assets vanish, leaving little for stockholders as salvage revenues fall short of costs to close the enterprise.
The Philadelphia Record notes that Canada bought 046 tons of US mined soft coal and sold 680 388 tons of Canadian coal in the United States. Both nations impose coal duties with little public interest benefited. A repeal would likely trigger reciprocal moves, aiding eastern Canada and Ohio Pennsylvania coal sources.
The Indianapolis News argues for a principled tariff reform that avoids favoring local interests. It urges maintaining the existing law until revenue-focused changes are possible, calling for no bargains or retractions and for even treatment of sugar and coal while protecting rice and barley where due.
National Committeeman Payne explains the people’s repudiation of current tariff policy while questioning how the public can repudiate a policy that has not been defined or enacted. He criticizes Republicans for offering an absurd explanation for their success.
Congressman Hall argues for an income tax before the Ways and Means Committee. He suggests shifting some tax burden from producers and consumers of essential goods to asborbers and earners of other revenue.
Henry Labouchere denounces British actions in the Matabele war in southeastern Africa as genocide. He cites heavy native losses, with estimates near one hundred thousand killed, and argues land seizure and modern rifles render resistance fatal. He notes imperial claims of vast, aged possessions in Africa and regional claims of occupation.
Tax Rev Dr Morton founder of the Scotch Evangelical Church dies in Glasgow. A deputy marshal in Oklahoma Territory is shot by David Bohannan. Mito T Bocaro, linked to the Western Union Building Association, indicted for forgery. Van Roberts of Rush Hill Missouri inherits $600 000 from John Bennett of Los Ogee New Mexico whose life he once saved.
A wide array of incidents unfolds across Indiana towns from Elwood to Marion. A keg rolls into tracks causing a Panhandle freight wreck. Children scalded and burned deaths cited. Miners strike resolved by arbitration. Diphtheria scare at Fort Wayne wanes with 72 cases and 4 deaths. Abductions, divorces, and legal actions pepper the region alongside factory accidents and a Darwin store explosion.
A 1890 Good Housekeeping note tells of a young Italian woman who, seeking to save for her parents' passage to America, dressed as a man to earn higher wages on a Pennsylvania railroad. After months of hard labor and isolation, she remains in the gang when discovered, with her ruse tolerated by the foreman and her hopes for her parents’ arrival intact.
The Forty third Light Infantry recounts Capt. Lloyd heroic rescue when a burning shutter threatened 6 000 men and horses crowded in a convent. He leaped onto horses and tore out the shutter, saving the building with only scorched eyebrows and mustache as evidence of the danger.
A light tale recalls a traveler told by a false friend to observe conductors for calm meals. At Waterville, Brunswick, and Portland the ruse works as the traveler notes a placid conductor while dining. The prank ends when he asks about a Boston train and learns it left, prompting a telegram to Western Union about a missed connection.
Directions from the Louisiana Rice Exhibit in New Orleans advise washing rice in two cold waters, adding salt to boiling water, then sprinkling in the rice gradually. Boil hard for twenty minutes with the pot covered, drain, and rest on back of stove to dry. Do not stir to avoid sticking, and expect snowy white dry grains that are separate.
A prisoner on trial for stealing a hog asks the Judge for any attorney. The court names Mr. Kersharp to defend, but the prisoner objects noting a close acquaintance with the lawyer and prefers another.
A dialogue between Primus I and Secundus II presents opposing Sunday observance choices. Primus refuses to ride streetcars on Sundays due to workers, while Secundus skips church to avoid workplace sermons, illustrating conflicting rest-day practices.
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