24 Feb 1890
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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1890
Page
1
A crowded offer from The White House Carpet House touts a fresh line of Brussels and ills grades, claiming exclusive patterns and 25 percent lower prices. The notice urges early selections as stock could break.
Dallas Express reports F. A. Walton who robbed Wells Fargo of 835000 in Dallas was captured at St Johns New Brunswick. He was tracked via St Louis Kansas City Detroit and St Thomas then Montreal and Montcalm. Two gamblers relieved him of most money. Brady was arrested with 3000. Walton held 7000 when caught. Laird at large. Walton aimed to board an ocean steamer at Halifax.
Secretary of State B M Blount Marion county. Auditor of State Abraham Hunt singer St Joseph county. Treasurer of State John E Branson Hendricks county. Attorney General Sumner Haines Jay county. Superintendent of Public Instruction Leander M Crist Boone county. Clerk Supreme Court Charles L Jessup Hendricks county. Judge of Supreme Court Fifth District S J North Kosciusko county.
In a dialogue from the Philadelphia Record a playful exchange notes a bank gift for a boy with a penny-a-day plan betrayed by a premature opening. The piece also mentions a legal quirk claiming church sextons may arrest interrupters under Section 1988 of the revised statutes.
Washington debate ends with strong backing for a quadricentennial exposition. Chicago favored on first ballot with 120-130 votes, New York 90-100, St. Louis 50-60, Washington 25-43. Debates urge Chicago’s site and rail access while opposing New York delays. Platt doubts 1902 timing. amendment to push date to 1895 possible.
Acqusred. CincaGo February 23.Engineer Twom bly and Fireman La Cloche, Rock Island employees, stand trial for murder over the death of Williard AineBeY.
Paris reports the French government will annul the Duc d Orleans two year imprisonment and expel him from the country. In Lancaster Pennsylvania a bank examiner concludes Lincoln Bank cashier shortage near two thousand dollars amid ongoing audit.
Washington's 158th birth anniversary was marked in Curiaco with Union League Club events and school entertainments at the Auditorium and Central Music Hall. Chief Justice Fuller attended a reception and spoke at the Washington Birthday banquet. In Cincinnati the day was celebrated despite heavy snow with an elaborate parade. Pittsburgh saw ten thousand American mechanics lay the corner stone of a Washington monument in Allegheny Park. New York observed the day with military parades, public building displays, and the flag raised at sunrise in Central Park.
Japanese advices report a January 24 storm along Boshu wrecking about 1000 fishing boats with 2500 to 3000 fishermen. Nine hundred boats with all hands were lost, bodies washed ashore and mourned by relatives. Additional wrecks off Tobishima and Mashawa Mishima Gun claimed fifty and twenty three fishermen. A separate note from Wooster, Ohio, records the death of Dr William A Woods, leaving $100000 to a nephew and Miss Mary Mowery.
The death of John Jacob Astor, a renowned multi millionaire, sends shockwaves through high society and global business networks as details of his passing emerge and tributes pour in from associates and philanthropic circles.
New York newspaper reports the sudden death of John Jacob Astor at his Fifth Avenue residence from heart failure after a brief illness. It notes his vast estate, estimated at 150000000, passing to his only son William Waldorf Astor, with Astor history tracing roots to the immigrant founder of the family fortunes.
A collision of eight locomotives after the middle coupling broke killed many laborers riding on the engines near Suisson California. Three workers were seriously injured and two engines were badly damaged.
The report notes that Lincoln, son of the American Minister, is showing promising signs of recovery after abscess drainage. In Bremen a bricklayer Seidl attempted to shoot his landlady and blew up the house, killing the woman and himself. Mississippi State Treasurer W L Hemingway is found over a quarter of a million dollars short in his accounts.
President remits the unexecuted portion of Dell P. Wild’s sentence for disobeying orders in a court martial at Fort Snelling. The order criticizes Lt. M. F. Steele as judge advocate and signals potential further War Department action.
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