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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1893
Page
1
In a northern plains derailment scene a sleeping car on a moving passenger train halted by four masked robbers. A teen West Virginia passenger named Athin West, armed with pistols, sprang up and fired twice, dispersing the robbers. They fled, later captured, leaving the youth to reclaim his seat and resume sleep.
An old ad promotes Finckion's Aruba Salve as a remedy for cuts burns sores ulcers salt rheum chapped hands corns and skin conditions with a money back guarantee. It lists a 25 cent price per box and notes sale by McFarland & Co in Washington.
In Washington a Tadiana Seventh District figure, Hoo W. D. Bynum, predicts Crisp’s re election and an administration aligned House. He tells Carath in the King’s Home that Springer may not chair Ways and Means, but Crisp will shape committees to fit party goals. He emphasizes party unity as the key outcome.
Atlanta June 14 Sunday at Edgewood avenue tabernacle Sam Jones spoke of the Stocks case railing against jurors and barkeeps. He claimed if able he would clear Stocks and hang every bottle bellied barkeeper in Atlanta. John H Cooper the Brooks juror who helped Stocks escape said he had nothing to add.
John T. Essary of Morristown won the post after a long contest in Washington. The president appointed him and also made changes among postmasters including Milton A. Smith at Aniston and others, with several removals and replacements in various towns.
Dispatches report Dr. J R Walker resident physician at Leech Lake Indian reservation says he accidentally shot someone named Todian. Park Rapids friends claim Walker is prisoner of the Indians facing possible troop intervention as a double line of pickets closes access to the reservation. Company D of the Third U S Infantry ordered to depart for Leech Lake.
Gen A W Campbell aged about 55 died at his Jackson Tennessee home last night from throat cancer. A veteran brigadier general in the Confederate Army, he was once a candidate for Governor and a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1870. His funeral will be conducted by old comrades at the John Topgram burial grounds.
A 24 year old Mrs Clara Weaver drowned her two children aged 4 and 6 months and herself in Buckeye Creek near Fultonham Ohio. She left a note for her husband saying she could no longer endure and prayed God to save her and her children. Authorities deem the act temporary insanity.
Mr Coudtert returns from Paris where American counsel argued that seals in international waters are property of the United States. The British side contests property in wild animals not possessed, while Sir Charles Russell notes the novelty of a nation claiming ownership of a free swimming animal. The decision hinges on the arbitrators view.
George Childress cashier of Second National Bank was indicted in five criminal counts at the recent grand jury term for false pretenses and fraudulent breach of trust. Conner Easley, assistant cashier, was indicted in three cases. Childress was captured by Sheriff Ragedale near Wayland Springs and brought to Columbus for arraignment while bail was set at $6,000.
Tennessee Press Association met in Nashville with large journalist turnout at the Commercial Club. Mayor Guild welcomed editors, Congressman Ens loa replied. A. J. Grigoby led the address, new members elected, and an Acklen reception followed at West End Park. A letter from Editor W. C. Tatum was read with laughter due to garbled text.
Rev T C Hall questioned Mosaic authorship and Isaiah authorship during a Chicago Presbytery meeting after reporting to the General Assembly in Washington. He aligned with views once associated with Dr Briggs, prompting quiet consensus among presbytery members and recalling his role in the Briggs trial.
The famed traveling dog Railroad Jack died yesterday in the baggage room of a New York depot. At age one he toured from Maine to California and Montreal to the gulf, last appearing at Columbus in a night parade. He likely suffered from age and travel strain. The body will be shipped to a taxidermist. In Washington the president appointed several postmasters, including D Price Porter in Jackson Miss and Thomas Robertson in Charlotte NC, replacing others.
A Chicago News record recalls Col Robert Ingersoll in a tale of Simon Cameron in the Ebbit House. Cameron’s rueful night scene meets Ingersoll who laments a cruel act against an aged crippled veteran, then Cameron rebukes the younger man with a moral twist.
Washington June 14 The attorney general ruled that Navy cadets cannot be reassigned from the engineer or marine classes to fill surplus vacancies in another branch. The decision upholds that each class graduates into its own branch. Park City bank in Utah suspended with liabilities about 130000, expected to resume, depositors to be paid eighty cents on the dollar.
In June at Bron’s Creek in this county a mob forced two Mormon elders from a settlement. They returned to preach, during services a search raid occurred, the mob pursued them, and locals claim the elders were injured under rough treatment though reports vary on whether they were killed.
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