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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1893
Page
6
A compilation of overseas updates and local shocks. Reports from England describe a demand for settlement and a fatal incident from a boy who died after eating improper paper. In a separate outline, Russia and other powers face political shifts and policy reforms affecting governance and civil life.
A Paris dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer reports Britain may confront France over Lieut Mizon and the Royal Niger Company. The foreign office denies responsibility for British raids but may send an expeditionary force to punish attackers. French concerns target the 1890 Anglo French Convention and Niger navigation amid reports of massacres by the Niger Company and Captain Luganda’s actions.
A London unemployed deputation met the Lord Mayor to push for relief. Applications already exceed last winter by 10 percent. They urge a national relief program and argue the government could fund England after Irish aid. Westmoreland sees four inches of snow and very cold weather.
London special report notes Mr. Gladstone sending a circular to Commons supporters. He expresses gratitude on behalf of the Cabinet for their attendance and aid during nearly eight months of unexampled labor. He notes sacrifices involved and hopes the country will warmly appreciate such devotion to public service.
St. Petersburg dispatch reports an imperial ukase soon to abolish knouting by police. Initiated by the Czar after reports show the punishment used for trivial offenses, affecting women and children and often maiming for life. Governors uniformly favor abolition.
The Purcelle Co malt houses at 61032 Larrabee Street Chicago were gutted by fire. An explosion shattered the main building injuring ten men, mostly firemen, none fatally. Losses include 95 000 on the building and 467 000 on barley and malt. insured in full.
One of the stalwart specimens of manhood ex policeman George Cramer of Lancaster Pennsylvania recently hiccoughed continuously for twelve days until he became a skeleton. He had no sleep could scarcely eat or drink and expected to die. The malady ceased for several days and Cramer hopes to recover.
Mrs. Harvey Stork of Adamstown Pennsylvania died seven days ago just three weeks into her marriage. Her husband placed her body in a packing-chair before the ceremony was to begin and had her dressed in her wedding gown. A photographer who had been engaged earlier took her picture.
Colorful unrest reported at Jeffersonville Ohio with thirteen Prichards detained for stone throwing and disrupting school. Tension rises as authorities face the brewing trouble in the community.
The Rev. Thomas E. Heddie, Highland preacher, convicted of seducing a church member, was sentenced this morning to two years in the Jackson Michigan prison.
William Perron of Cincinnati sues over an incident near Granteburg where Mrs. Cogswell allegedly assaulted him with a boiling water saucepan, resulting in the loss of an eye.
Pacific mail steamer Barracouta arrives in San Francisco badly damaged after a mid ocean explosion. The hull deck house hatch and saloon are wrecked and the crew reports a blast near the coal bunk about noon on the 7th sixty miles off shore out of Comox B C heading toward Acapulco. The captain suspects dynamite but offers no suspect.
J N Free once famed for a rumored drowning reappears in a legal notice as an assignee suit seeks $800 loaned by the ex governor twenty years ago. He states he will settle all his debts.
A Roanoke special details Robert Smith’s attack on Mrs Henry Bishop in Botetourt County. After she identified him, a mob kidnapped Smith from police, hanged him, and burned his body on Ninth Avenue amid deadly militia fire and vigilante outrage. Mayor Trout fled town as crowds demanded retribution.
During a Baldwin Melville performance of Michael Strogoff in Canton Illinois a fireworks fire ignited scenery setting the interior aflame. Twenty were burned seven projected to die and the building, wardrobes and scenery destroyed with total losses estimated at fifty thousand dollars.
A violent clash erupted at a hall in Kansas City between Catholic crowds and A P A members. A Irishman named O Connor was shot in the hand, several people suffered head injuries, and police intervened to disarm rioters after the meeting ended.
Fire sweeps through Deadwood and reaches Hiends City as 1800 firefighters battle the blaze. Homes and outbuildings including Stearns property and Cliff House are destroyed or threatened. overall loss tallies in the thousands with rapid, dangerous spread reported.
Indiana reports excessive rain and heat affecting pasturage and wheat plowing while corn is in shock and other crops vary by drought. Ohio notes rain boosting vegetation and fall plowing with mixed seeding. early corn cutting and buckwheat progress. Michigan cites rain improving pastures, meadows, grapes with corn harvest complete and fall seeding underway.
Report from New York states the Haitian warship Alex andre Petion sank with eighty people missing or dead. Among the riders were prominent officials and diplomats. Cause of the disaster unknown. News arrived via ex Minister to Hayti Dunham on the steamer Prince Wilhelm I from Port au Prince. Disaster occurred September 9 about fifty miles south of Cape Tiberot.
Natural gas accumulated in the joint cellar under C. C. Potter druggist and Jones & Berry grocers near the State Blind Institute. A boy with a match caused the blast, wrecking the grocery and injuring seven people. Damages: $1,200 to Potter and partner, $1,000 to Jones & Berry. William Shultz badly burned. Dr. Potter bruised. Minnie Parcell colored had a broken leg. seven others hurt from debris.
David Jones a Black man suspected of a McDowell robbery in Smith County Alabama was captured by citizens. They placed a rope around his neck and hanged him from a tree to force a confession. He did not confess and was beaten then released. The next day Jones' supporters attacked whites. two Black men were killed and one White man was fatally wounded in the ensuing clash. Further trouble is feared.
The Lehigh Valley freight train Ayer on the Lehi 2 collided with a freight near Lake Grannel New Jersey. Conductor Herrick of Warwick New York died in the crash. Two cars burned and two engines derailed into the embankment. The flyer fireman was injured lightly and no passengers were harmed.
An incendiary fire in Newburg Indiana began at Franks' dry goods store and spread to Hochber's grocery and saloon Hulvershorn's furniture Habbe's tailor Weis' saddlery Hulvershorn's dwelling and Luthenberg's frame dwelling. Origin unknown. Damage is estimated at 40000 with considerable insurance coverage.
Mrs. William J. Orr of Arcola fled with the hired man taking $1,200 from her husband who had just drawn it from the bank. Orr is 19. her husband 15. the incident ends in flight and a controversial dispute.
The Jackson County Ohio lockout resumes as mines that had reopened are again shut down due to coal blocked by the railroad not removing it.
Nora Brindle aged 15 the daughter of Jefferson Brindle of Jeffersonville was accidentally shot and killed by William McGarver aged 18 while McGarver mishandled a double barreled shotgun in the same locality.
A train on the Newport News and Valley Railroad was stopped by robbers at Fulton Kentucky. The engineer, fireman, and two passengers were reported killed in the attack.
Coverage recalls the Washington Capitol cornerstone laying centennial with civic military parade speeches and a Martha Washington reception at the rotunda. Highlights include remarks by President Cleveland and Speaker Crisp, plus a grand concert on the east front. Also notes Cherokee Strip land rush aftermath and hardships for returning homeseekers.
A historical account narrates the Capitol’s cornerstone laid September 18 1793 by George Washington and hidden beneath the Law Library. It recalls the 1814 burning of the Capitol by British forces, destruction of books and paintings, and the dramatic scene of flames and smoke as citizens watched the blaze from outside.
The narrative recalls the burning of the Capitol by British forces, the swift rain that saved the structure, and Laur Latrobe’s early work followed by Bulfinch’s 1817 renovations. It notes cost to Congress, later wings added in 1850, and the evolving design leading to the current Capitol, as well as later grand extensions authorized by President Fillmore.
Reports show heavy passenger influx at Chicago hubs as multiple lines operate heavily. Pennsylvanias Columbia express splits into nine sections. Northwestern and St Paul move extra cars. Michigan Central and others each run multiple sections with hundreds of passengers. Big Four and Erie facilities packed at Dearborn. Between 3 000 and 4 000 travelers arrived on the New York train alone.
A Paris dispatch from Rio Janeiro reports that the insurgent fleet bombarded Rio Janeiro for three hours starting Monday noon. The Republic steel cruiser breached the bar and, after heavy fort defenses, headed south toward Santos to blockade the port. Aquilian and remaining ships followed, aiming to seal off ports south of Rio.
A list of brief items notes L. B. Misener, former minister to Guatemala, is dying in San Francisco. Other items report the Mexican boundary dispute settled with troop withdrawal, a severe electric car collision injuring eleven in Haverhill, a Milwaukee firm’s assignment with liabilities of 26000, rioting in Spain over fiscal reforms, and masked stage robbery near Tahlequah, Oklahoma carrying off mail pouches.
New Orleans Limited on the Illinois Central was held up after 11 p m outside Centralia. Three robbers attacked train hands injuring Ben Young Fireman Charles McDowell and a robber. A robber was wounded and captured. William Jones Kansas City confessed naming accomplices O Dwyer Harding Nichols and Marion from DuQuoin all four men held at Centralia jail separated by distance.
Weather Bureau weekly crop report notes scant precipitation west of the Mississippi with extensive dry areas. Pastures and ground conditions vary by state, with some improvements in the Ohio valley, while drought and late frosts affect crops in Missouri Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and Nebraska. Potatoes corn and tobacco show mixed results. fruit and hops face frost and moisture impacts across several regions. Winter grains and plowing progress uneven, harvests underway in many areas.
Reports say Prince Bismarck is improving while peace returns to Nicaragua. The narrative notes other items including smallpox outbreak in New York, a $97 094 treasury balance, and various regional incidents such as a Chicago switch-engine accident killing Annie Later and a Louisville fire loss of $25 000.
A collision between a freight train and the Toronto and Montreal express on the Wabash Railroad at Kingsbury Indiana left eleven dead and a score injured. The freight sat on a siding and a brakeman, thinking the freight would move, opened a switch as the second express section approached at 55 mph. The second section crashed into the side track wrecking cars, igniting fire and causing a massive wreck. Relief parties, physicians, and nearby towns aided survivors. The dead included H McKenna, Harry French, Charles Berbo, Miss Alice H Beep, Miss Nellie K Tucker, Conductor James Coulter, Engineer John Greene, Warren G Rider, P C Zelle, Baggage-Master Lyons, and an unknown man.
The article traces polar exploration from 1596 Barents to 1827 Parry, noting modest gains to 82 degrees 45 minutes despite modern science. It describes the Arctic basin’s circular boundary, channels Behring Strait Baffin Bay and the Greenland Europe passage, and Spitzbergen as a bisecting landmark near 80 degrees north.
Choler still prevails at Cairo. The Pope may found a holy see in Spain. Russia refuses a new loan to France. Unemployed men in Omaha riotous rumors. India raises money on debentures. Glasgow Tron Company resumes operations. German army sees 2352 crisis reports in past year. Detectives puzzled by Indiana train robbers. Mrs Blaine and daughter depart London for Paris. Crusade against gamblers inaugurated in Chicago. Portuguese war vessel dispatched to Rio de Janeiro. Louisville and Nashville shipmen strike ends. Pittsburg Forge and Iron resumes mill. Geary act causes California complications. Lima quarantines against Muncie over smallpox. French miners strike. Nickel Plate net earnings reach 1.32 million. Two dangerous criminals escape Canon City. Government pays 16.85 million since October 1890 in sugar bounties. Movement to admit Arizona as a state resurfaces. Senator Mitchell of Milwaukee seriously ill in Washington.
Washington correspondence details a Senate debate as Senator Stewart proposes a committee to count stock holdings in national banks among Senators. Senator Hill denounces the move, quarrel erupts over Wall Street influence, Hawley objects, and the issue drags into the next day.
In the Senate an effort to vote on repeal failed amid prolonged debate and no progress. The House debated repealing the Federal elections bill with a rule limiting motions until business order is exhausted and adjourned after wrangling over the previous day’s records.
A compilation notes Nathan Reed's 1790 steam road wagon, English precedents, and early railway ideas. It then surveys marriages of famous figures from Nero to Verdi, Nelson to Garrick, highlighting conflicts, age gaps, and amusing anecdotes about domestic life.
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