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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1893
Page
5
The Arkansas City Kan special describes the mass gathering on the Cherokee strip as authorities signaled the transfer of land from the United States to boomers. About a thousand people converged, forming a vast column in wagons onlookers watched as the signal fired and the land rush began toward a shared prize.
Hancock Michigan reports Jack Ke hoe, jailed on suspicion linked to the metal angle express robbery, released after proving an alibi and showing he was in Hancock during the crime. Rough Lake Superior seas hinder escape by sea. police pursue the missing money’s whereabouts amid a dreary wasteland.
Madrid special reports continuous rain in New Castle causing severe floods. Villages including Tenbleque Lillo Romerat and Villa Canussa flood. inhabitants flee to higher ground. Drowning deaths in Villa Canusa caves expected to exceed fifty as pumping reveals exact toll.
The Lake Shore train robbery at Keasler Siding Ind is linked to Bill Dalton the Kansas outlaw. A photo of Dalton was presented to Express Messenger Hamlin who identified him as the robbery leader. Pinkerton Assistant Superintendent Robertson and General Manager Wyzant commented on the identification and potential capture.
Silas Bauer of Torough Creek Valley Huntingdon County Pennsylvania kept several hundred dollars in his coat lining while fearing a bank failure. While his coat hung on a fence post grasshoppers plundered the money, boring holes through the bills. He sent the tattered pieces to Washington for evaluation.
The Philadelphia Mint vault loss of 134000 in gold is solved. Henry E Cochran, a trusted employee, is accused of stealing the gold and has restored 3100.00 with a pledge to cover the remaining deficit.
Treasurer McBride of the Indiana Knights and Ladies of Honor was defeated for reelection following the defalcation of his bookkeeper MacBeth. The scandal prompted changes in the organization’s financial oversight.
Samuel Morse a huckster from near Carroll Fairfield County Ohio was struck and killed by a Hocking Valley train as he walked to Columbus He was 10 years old and too deaf to hear the approaching locomotive.
Madden Valentine hauled a massive 108 pound catfish from the Ohio River at Gallipolis Ohio. The catch was described as enormous and reportedly yielded a wheelbarrow full of meat when cut up.
A Peru Indiana dispatch reports major fire insurers in northern Indiana are curtailing farm property coverage. Most large firms have stopped writing farm risks or restrict agent access, leaving only a few specialty carriers willing to insure farms.
Indianapolis police chief Colbert received word that Bill Dalton the famed western train robber and a gang of ten men were located in a box car at Romona Indiana. Local authorities searched the area for the group as railroad crews guarded the site awaiting federal agents.
A man believed to be trying to reach friends or relatives in the southern hills is missing. Local authorities search the area for the unidentified individual after he was last seen in the region and presumed to be Eager to reconnect with kin.
Bandits stopped a Mineral Range passenger train at 9 30 am on a Saturday. Four robbers held engineers at gunpoint while forcing a bag with about 75000 dollars from payroll cash bound for the Calumet and Hecla mine. Passengers unaware until after departure. Authorities pursing suspects Jack King John Kepa Jack Challen and others faced 10000 bonds.
Guthrie area amid scorching 102 degree heat sees 4000 to 12000 awaiting registration at booths, lines lengthen, water scarce, dozens fall ill, several die from exposure, trains unload crowds, Stillwater and Pawnee fires threaten homes as migrants press toward promised land.
Reports from Marsfield McMillan and Morrill detail widespread devastation. Firefighters battle flames as 40 to 50 families become homeless and two children die in Pine River area. Swope saw mill in Pine River burns, valued at 25 000 and insured for 17 000.
Consular Agent Landgraf in Bloemfontein reports a 971 carat diamond found in the Yungersfontein mine. Valued at £200,000 ($1,000,000) the stone measures roughly three and a half by two and a half by one and a quarter inches and is described as among the world’s largest. Great excitement has prevailed for a week as details emerge.
Narrowly escaping total devastation, Continental Ohio suffered a fierce blaze in the southern district near Nickel Plate road. The Nickel Plate depot survived as flames consumed L. O. Poe hardware, a barber shop, a restaurant and bakery, a picture gallery, and the Continental News printing office. S. W. Parsons owned the bakery and Cyrus Hedrick owned the barber shop, photo gallery, and newspaper building. several other structures were damaged.
Pacific mail steamer Barracouta arrived in San Francisco badly wrecked after a massive explosion about noon on the 27th sixty miles off shore. Deck house hatch and saloon were shattered and portions of fittings burned. Captain suspects dynamite but has no suspects.
A fire at the J. C. Hill & Co wholesale grocery spanning 62 Weet Street to 64 Ae Avenue in Pittte and Pa damaged the Hos tetter & Co storage warehouse adjoining. Losses to J. C. & Gon toe amount to 20000 dollars and to D. H. Hostetter, owner of ne ces, 6000, with Hostetter & Co. losses at 10000. Insurers fully cover the losses.
The readable bits reference Liberty and 1908 dates, with unclear context but indicate a historical listing or event. Entities include Liberty, 1908, and a location or listing code. The fragmentary text suggests an archival note or notice from that era.
A Chicago street scene shows a hungry mother with her child, prompting public charity and the Children’s Aid Society to increase relief efforts. The article praises the Society’s work and calls for continued aid to impoverished families on the city’s streets.
The Cherokee Strip is described as an inexhaustible resource with mild climate and superb scenery. It spans 200 miles by 56, lies between parallels 96 and 100, and borders Kansas, with Creek territory to the south and Oklahoma Territory. Soil quality ranges from rich bottomlands to grazing ridges, ideal for sheep and cattle. Indian tribes, including Cherokees and Choctaws, total about 80,000 residents. Government compensation to Cherokees totals 8.5 million dollars, land area 8,144,682 acres, net price per acre about 1.05 dollars. Settlers pay per-acre fees plus four percent interest to final payment.
The Chil dren's Aid Society reports a surge of German women with young children seeking work and homes. Many speak no English and fear winter suffering. The society asks country families needing domestics to provide a home with protection, not high wages.
A dryer fragment reports a fire caused by a lamp during tax-related work. The blaze was suppressed by a crew and authorities investigated the incident details, noting it involved a lamp and an alert response.
Indiana corn struggles with dry ground and scarce water as fires threaten fields. Reports cite delayed seeding and rapid corn maturation, while tobacco suffers from drought and stock farmers face water shortages. Michigan sees farm work stall amid rain and halted fall seeding.
Ex Senator John J. Ingalls writes to a leading Kansas Republican denying plans to run for governor and stating he will not seek reentry to the Senate via the executive office. He aims to defeat Senator Peffer in 1896, seeking to check a rival who unseated him in 1890. Also notes violent Roby fights and Governor Matthews’s vow to stop them with militia if needed.
The Executive Council has set the deferred nineteenth annual convention for October 18 and 19 in Chicago. Originally planned for September in Chicago, it was postponed in August due to monetary stringency requiring officers to remain at their posts.
A vivid account depicts a crowd at the Cherokee Strip frontier event with marshals, cordons, and a Go signal as horses cycles and prairie wagons move toward rich land. Observers discuss the outlet’s value amid five states Missouri Kansas Arkansas Colorado Texas and prize judges note its fertility.
Indianapolis special notes the Lawrenceburg Register once a staunch ally of Congressman Holman shifts to a forcible opposition. It argues Holman has not been true to friends and that Dearborn County has long lacked its share of joint officers due to Holman living within the county.
Former Michigan official Crosby aged 54 died in Grand Rapids after service as state senator from 1861 to 1885 and tenure on the Board of Education and Prison Board of Charities. He was part owner of Valley City Flour Mills and a director of Grand Rapids Savings Bank, leaving a widow two sons and a daughter.
Fifteen year old James Robinson rode Sol Bowsher's pony in a local pony dash at McGriss track, two miles southwest of Geneva Indiana. The pony slipped and fell, throwing him and rolling over him. He sustained a broken rib on the right side a base or skull fracture and hemorrhage of the right lung. Dr. H. M. Aspy pronounces the injuries fatal.
The worst fire in Spencer Massachusetts in memory destroyed every building along Wall street after starting at the Boston and Albany freight depot. The blaze consumed a planing mill multiple factories and residences, leaving total losses estimated at 250000 dollars.
William Cunningham, a 40 year old printer, was attacked and killed in Pittsburgh. Thirty minutes later Ward King, also a printer, admitted striking him and was arrested. Cunningham was a well known figure in Western printing offices, having worked on the road for 25 years.
In Adrian Michigan four members of the Payne family and more than twenty others fell ill from tyrotoxicon poison after eating cheese at a social entertainment. Authorities investigate the incident and urge caution with dairy products.
A Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed near Dillon's Falls three miles west of Zanesville Ohio. Engineer Tom Fisher of Newark was killed and twelve cars demolished in the wreck.
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad and the United States Express Company jointly offer a 5000 dollar reward for the arrest of the Kendallville Indiana train robbers.
Fragmented OCR lists cattle hogs sheep and grain pricing in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis with entries for No 2 White No 2 Yellow Corn oats and barley. Prices shown reflect varied grade listings and daily market quotes without clear context.
In a playful White House ceremony Grover Cleveland and guests weighed Baby Ruth’s sister. Mrs. Cleveland and others offered guesses while Dr. Bryant weighed the infant. The president finally called for another reading and the scale halted near a low weight amid lighthearted banter.
Rioting among striking English minors continues amid broader global unrest. Reports note cholera in Berlin, arson and fires, robberies in Ohio and Kansas City, and violence in St. Louis. The Denver Rio Grande shows rising earnings while Liverpool or European labor tensions persist.
A gang of 18 to 20 masked robbers halted the Take Shore and M Southern Railroad express at a siding near Kendallville. They blasted the large safe with dynamite, removing cash and bullion while forcing engineer and fireman at gunpoint. Two local workers were forced to open smaller safes, with the haul totaling several thousand dollars and large sums. A $1,000 reward was ordered for capture and conviction, publicly advertised along the Lake Shore line from Elkhart to Toledo.
Chicago Board of Trade trading sparked a broad price surge as wheat corn oats and pork rallied on unfavorable crop data. Wheat jumped 1 cent in an hour after a 2 3 cent earlier rise while corn added 2 cents amid four day gains. The August yield estimate dropped to 371 million bushels about 150 million below 1892 and 250 million under 1891.
A brief digest reports a cholera outbreak in Amsterdam and Constantinople with 32 cases and 18 deaths, robberies across Kentucky, a cruiser to Brazil over revolution, a Minnesota murder confession, a forged drafts case in Oklahoma, a railway clerks election in Massachusetts, a dispute over Enid townsite, and a steamer Miranda battered at Kingston. Also notes Chinese tension in California, a Chicago desertion mystery, and multiple burglary and larceny trials touching several states.
The passage lists historical astronomical milestones across Europe from 1337 to 1582, noting Nicephorus’ work on a comet, a solar eclipse theme called The Black Hour in Scotland, clocks for celestial observations in Spain and Germany, Soperalous’s Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies, Dante’s meridian line at St Petronius Church, Tycho Brahe’s comet findings, and later advances by Tycho Drake and others.
Stewart and Derft jailed for alleged rape of a 10 year old neighbor in Wabash County. George Staytes, a Muncie veteran, finishes twenty years of service. Union City fire injures a woman and scalds a house. L W Corpus dies after train accident. A farmer near Petersburg burned in a meadow blaze. Fireman William Lambert killed near Sullivan. Martin Kendall crushed by runaway wagon near Tipton. William Meadows dies after stone injury at Bloomington. A cold blooded shotgun duel near Coxville leaves Johnson mortally wounded. Various patents issued in Indiana. Mary Pratt settles $10,000 boiler death case for $1,000. Minnie Tull drowns herself near Madison. Roann sawmill fire causes near $10,000 loss. An attack near Knightstown wounds a woman. Barn fire at Lagro destroys livestock and grain. Union City boiler explo suit. Tur boiler explosion harms Lambert engineer Charles Lambert and others.
The House and Senate engaged in routine business with focus on financial policy. Stewart proposed a probe into senators’ bank ties, while the House debated a treasury note relief plan and repeal of the Sherman law, amid a deadlock over Federal election law and quorum shortages.
Union Pacific employees decide not to accept a wage reduction, signaling ongoing labor tensions across railroads. Insufficient details on union actions or dates are provided in the fragmentary notes.
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