24 Dec 1889
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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1889
Page
1
John Bain of Trappe City Wisconsin died in a house fire on Thursday night. His home caught fire and he failed to awaken in time to escape.
Reports from Boston Sioux City Broomington Prinenaptracta indicate influenza outbreaks in multiple locales. In Boston clerks post offices and rail workers show rising cases while Sioux City doctors note indoor transmission and rest needed. Broomington reports five definite cases including Mrs Herman Moratz. Prinenruta cites over 2000 cases with mild spread along the Pennsylvania railroad corridor. Dr Curtin flags the epidemic as airborne and tied to fog and nervous strain.
Madrid dispatch reports authorities failed to quell a pro republic riot in Gijon Oviedo province. One man killed two wounded as Liberals and Republicans clash. arrests made. Castelar guides cautious, legal agitation with Portugal links, while provinces spread the movement.
The heavyweight title fight between Jem Smith and Frank Slavin in Bruges Belgium ended in a draw after Slavin dominated most of the match. Referee Vesey faced threats and a mob assaulted the ring as spectators pressured a decision.
Niles Ohio reports a workman killed five members of his family before taking his own life in a razor attack. The bodies were found in a bloodsoaked house as neighbors reacted with horror. Kittie Meeker alerted Charles Mossman, who found the scene. The event follows a pattern of drinking and domestic strain in the area.
Utica N Y Dec 24 Hon Orsamus B Mattison of this city aged 84 died Sunday He served in Congress from the Thirty first Thirty third thirty fourth and Thirty fifth Congresses In 1847 he faced a motion to expel for alleged bribery and resigned after a bitter House debate The article notes poisoning at the National Hotel during Buchanan Breckinridge era and Mattison survived near death He later faced failed business ventures and died poor
Mr and Mrs Wilhelm and their child suffocated by coal gas from a stove in their residence on Saturday night. Doctors fought for hours but could not revive them. The incident occurred in an area near the stail store, and authorities began a routine investigation.
Emin Pash continues to recover from the effects of his recent affliction as German doctors monitor his condition. The brief update notes no immediate movement in his status as of December 24.
An executive decree fixes the general election date for September 15 and a constituent assembly for November 15. It banishes Dom Pedro and the royal family from Brazil, condemns Alfonso and Martino, recalls 2,000,000 milreis grant, suspends civil list payments, and confiscates the ex‑Emperor’s property as Dom Pedro departs for Coimbra with the ex‑Empress.
A Sunday morning blaze in Klingen smiths grocery, driven by strong winds, destroyed all business houses and many residences along Main Argyle and Fairview streets in Petrolia. Fire plugs failed, water unavailable, and residents fled with only their clothes. Estimated loss runs 85000 to 100000 with little insurance. Petrolia, with 700 residents, endures its worst disaster despite prior fires and floods.
The Grant Locomotive Works now in Paterson New Jersey will relocate to Chicago within a year. George M. Bogue of Bogue & Hoyt has purchased land about seven miles from the courthouse, totaling 21,640 acres, for the site at a public auction price of 602000. The move will involve machinery upgrades and an investment around 1080000 as production shifts from Paterson where about 1500 workers produce 209 fully assembled locomotives annually.
Henry W Grady died in Atlanta at 3 40 am after a troubled illness Typhoid pneumonia traced his decline He had delivered a Boston speech and returned home against medical advice He leaves a wife and two children and was famed for his New England Society speech that popularized his Southern oratorical voice.
Washington reports United States Consul Willard in Guaymas confirms the December 9 execution of train-robber J. J. Taylor for killing a conductor and a reman during a Sonora railroad attack with five accomplices. Three others of the gang have already died in the same crackdown. In Australia, Sydney’s Boat Steerer Nelson and three crew natives of the Enterprise were killed after ashore trading on Hammon Island. Captain Hand shelled villages in retaliation for murders.
A large Sears flouring mill near this city and among Western Illinois' biggest burned just before dawn Saturday. The fire caused about 30,000 in insured losses and 188,600 worth of cotton destroyed. Local officials blamed the blaze on unknown causes as investigators began work at the scene.
Quick digest notes list events including Pan American delegates back in Washington, English syndicate buying five Ohio breweries and Jung and Crescent breweries sale in Cincinnati, a Wisconsin priest's death, and other brief items across politics crime and business.
George Van Dyke purchases Heattie township in Maine including an eight hundred five thousand acre tract and a village with a custom house post office saw mill and store. The deal totals 70 000 for realty and 30 000 for personal property. Van Dyke leads the Connecticut River Lumber Company and owns substantial timber holdings in New England and Canada.
A kerosene lamp caused a fatal blaze in a New York City apartment building shortly after midnight. The fire claimed the life of a mother among the residents at 6 West 5 Sixth Street, as investigators begin to piece together the cause.
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