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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1894
Page
1
A reader praises Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills for restoring strength and curing dyspepsia. The testimonial claims relief from sadness and gloom, with improved cheerfulness and vitality after using the products. The note references a household use and recommends the remedy for familial benefits.
Knoxville reports its first smallpox case as James Perry a colored railroad worker is found ill in the Cripple Creek district. Authorities guard the suspect huts as officials attempt to quell the outbreak amid squalid living conditions and fears of rapid spread.
Gen J T Wilder spent Friday in Bristol while Samuel Hunt of the 3 C s road visited Johnson City. Wilder says Hunt plans the road to reach the Virginia coal fields if business outlook justifies it, with no immediate mountain route. He expects Carnegie furnace to blast next spring and believes Bristol furnace capacity is ample despite engine and boiler differences. He visited the Bristol furnace yesterday.
A cave in at the Gaylord mine of Kingston Coal Company in Plymouth traps thirteen miners in a gangway after the roof collapsed while workers toiled under a weak section. Air supply cut off, rescuers race to reach entombed men amid dangerous conditions.
Edeon Brown, 23, tossed a bomb in the Terminus Hotel cafe at St Lasere station as an instrumental concert began. The blast wounded about twenty, many in the legs, with five fatally hurt suspected. The bomber fled, was captured after firing on police, and mayavowed as an anarchist seeking to avenge Vaillant. Breton denied identity, claims to be cabinetmaker from Marseilles. Pollard Breckinridge case set for next Thursday in D C Supreme Court. Pollard now in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Kansas Cry Mo Feb 11. Congressman W L Wilton arrived in the city en route to Mexico after a severe cold and chill in transit from Washington to Chicago. Despite medical advice he pressed on to speak last night but grew worse with fever and nervous prostration. Doctors fear he cannot leave this week.
Dayton Ohio February 11 Republicans seek a successor to the late Congressman George W Houk but face slim chances after a Democratic margin of about 2000 last fall. Ex Gov Campbell of Hamilton could win the Democratic nomination if he wants it. Capt H L Morey of Hamilton and Hon Chat Boaler of Dayton and Hon Robert M Negin of Dayton are mentioned as Republican possibilities.
A fragment from Ashland Ohio reports Faith Curists on Pine Street who call themselves the people of God announce cures by prayer. A high priestess Wasson leads the group while a scheduled miracle for Mrs Darnett fails at noon. The disappointment reduces attendance and a Wayne County delegation leaves. The same item notes 1898 fire insurance company figures and warns of post office burglary rings in Obie and Indiana.
The Johnson City Democratic convention selected Captain W. A. Dickinson as mayoral nominee after a competitive ballot, with Dr. George H. Berry narrowly holding second and endorsing Dickinson. J. L. Evans won the constable nomination over W. C. Banner. Ward slates followed, praising unity and strong local leadership for a likely swept ticket.
William Donovan shot and killed Dan Miller in the vestibule of the Grand Opera house. Both men were photo distributors employed there. Companion Charles Stark, asking for caution, lent Donovan his loaded pistol. The shot killed Miller. Donovan claims accident, Stark supports him. Donovan was arrested. They were roommates and friends.
A powerful cyclone paused over northwestern Mississippi causing widespread destruction. Plantations and farms were wrecked, telegraph lines failed, and at least one woman died when a cabin collapsed on the Nugent plantation four miles northwest of Greeneville. The storm damaged the Nugent gin house and outbuildings as it moved through Washington and Bolivar counties, with numerous deaths feared as details emerge.
In Middleport C February 11 A playful pin strike by Miss Laura Domble to Paul Jones left a shot pin broken and deeply buried in his flesh near a church service. Doctors failed to extract the piece. the youth faces serious trouble as the pin remains embedded in muscle.
Fire swept the Morristown home of General Counsels and ex mayor W. S. Dickson of the East Tennessee and Georgia Railway system. The blaze occurred last night in Vire at Morristown Knoxviutr on February 10. The fire’s origin is unknown and the property, partially insured, was burned to the ground.
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