27 Feb 1891
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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1891
Page
1
A remark echoes a grim sentiment about daily life in Columbus. The speaker compares each passing day to a man doomed to hang, arguing that time in the city grows shorter with every incident.
Local store advertises a closingout sale with stock to be sold within 14 business days. Items include ladies shoes and dress goods at deep discounts with many at fixed low prices and some pieces offered at customers own price. Limited stock prompts quick purchases.
Local shop invites customers to name their own price on cloaks and jackets. If you value it at two dollars or more, you can take it with you, and the store will not object. The offer emphasizes flexible pricing and customer choice.
A speed train derailed near Hagerstown Indiana injuring many and killing four. Engine No. 404 suffered a broken right side connecting rod near a water tank, causing the crash and a 15 foot fall at the canal bridge. Among the dead are Arthur Reaves and George Needham. numerous passengers and Richmond residents were wounded.
The article fragment reports a violent incident on a passenger car with a man attacked by another, plus notes on political resignations, a tribute to H C Ayer, a conference for charitable reform, and a Buenos Aires naval battle with Iquique bombardment, civilian casualties, and rebel actions in Chile.
In memory of John Wesley the centenary of his death is observed with a Monday unveiling of a bronze statue in the city road London. The statue shows Wesley in an Oxford gown with a Bible, as he preached to vast audiences in his early mission days. Hundreds of Wesleyan preachers have arrived in London to join the metropolitan celebration and similar efforts unfold across the kingdom.
A Berlin dispatch reports Emperor William has ordered Bismarck to remain silent on politics and cites a law banning ministers from commenting on state affairs without the sovereign’s consent. In Washington, Secretary Foster takes the oath of office and assumes treasury duties after a White House call. In Ottawa, Charles Ford is sentenced to hang next Saturday for a major crime, declaring his innocence as he meets the judge.
Reports detail extreme flood losses in Arizona and Yuma Gila valley with homes wrecked and residents displaced. In Kansas a severe blizzard hits the Cherokee strip where 3,000 boomers face exposure with minimal provisions and shelter.
At Washmerox on February 7 the Woman's National Council adjourned after sessions featuring Susan B. Anthony reading Elizabeth Cady Stanton on The Matriarchate and Mary Seymour Howell on Gains of the Last Three Years. Papers touched political enfranchisement and Wyoming's woman vote clause with applause. Rev Anna S Shaw spoke on The Relation of the Woman Suffrage Movement to other modern movements. Closing papers were read by Ella Dietz Clymer Jennie C Croly and Charlotte Emerson Brown, with Mrs Palmer on board purposes.
The text describes officers resigning or stepping out as funds for the commission are cut. It notes a shift of maintenance funds to the government Board of e arol for the coming year and questions future quorums and full board meetings in Chicago.
Walter Die aged 17 in Missouri killed by lightning in a yard. A mob in Georgia freed and killed Allen West, a Black prisoner, at Abbeville jail. Dr. Thomas R. Savage resigns from a Michigan asylum post and moves to Oregon. Toronto Plate Glass warehouse collapses in Ontario with $5,000 loss. C B Webster of Marshall commits suicide amid financial troubles. John Schneider and daughter drown attempting a sleigh crossing near Diskeyville Wisconsin. Pete Miker dies after entering a mine shaft at Red Jacket Michigan. Delamar mines near Boise City sold to a London syndicate for about 2.09 million dollars. Delamar retains half stock. Fort Logan in Colorado roams with grip disease. 80 in hospital and four deaths this week. Louis Pfeiffer pleads guilty to rehypothecation at Bank of America Philadelphia.
Washington Pa February report describes condemned William West showing quiet defiance on death watch. He slept until 7 80 then used a hidden iron fragment to stab himself in the neck at 8 20. He was rendered unconscious and died on the scaffold when the trap sprung.
Fragmentary notes show a legislative session where a levy of 12 cents across vari ous counties faced repeal. The house reconsi dered a bill while the senate passed others, including fund appropri ations and mentions of penalties for insolvency. Several names and districts appear in scattered form.
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