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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1894
Page
3
Miss Annie Donaldson, once to wed Charlee King, died after an accidental gun discharge during a handling of a revolver. Coroner and jury ruled the death accidental. Donaldson’s prior statement cleared King of blame. The couple had been sweethearts for years and practically engaged.
State officers in Torrka receive the Commoner issue carrying a marked article alleging Carlisle secretly negotiates with Lombard Street for fifty million in bonds. It warns of using ballots or bullets to halt bond sales and calls for large protests with steel Winchesters. The piece is described as the most inflammatory from the populist press to date.
Archis Grieve of Lancaster died last August leaving his widow Hanna A. Grieve. A second claim came from Mary Grieve, head nurse of River side hospital in Buffalo, who said she married Grieve in Ontario in 1876. Judge Livingston ruled in favor of Mary Grieve, granting her the estate.
Soverser Ky March 19 United States Commissioner Porch bound over two Pitman Creek coal miners Ruben Burch and Jim Brown on counterfeit nickel charges. Authorities found the same metal elsewhere in a coal entry and note the city has circulated mint product for a month, with arrests likely to cut supply.
A Marel 1S A delegation of sixty unemployed work ingmen who have been here for months living on relief charity departed last night on a Southern Pacific freight train toward Los Angeles to join the industrial army and take part in the Washington march. A second large delegation will follow in a few days.
Mail advices from Topolabampo via Guaymas report long simmering dissension in the American cooperative colony. Many colonists left to settle anew in the Yauui valley Sonora. About two thousand dollars of colony funds have disappeared, with no arrests yet.
Representative Boatner of Louisiana will introduce a joint resolution seeking to sue present and past Union Pacific directors and heirs for 35 million dollars plus interest, with the President appointing special counsel. The move would charge breach of trust and improper absorption of lines, aiming for a record federal case. Also reported are embezzlement indictments in Tennessee and Brownwood, a bank collapse, and unrelated medical testimonials touting Dr Tale's Household Ointment.
Sir Henry Bayly Meredyth, Bart., sought damages for adultery by his wife with Richard G. Leigh a rich American. The chief justice granted a decree nisi with coats, noting Leigh was a fellow passenger on a Peninsular and Oriental ship from Alexandria to New York where Lady Meredyth lived as Leigh’s wife. Meredyth withdrew damages after learning Leigh provided for his wife. Only witnesses were Sir Henry Meredyth and Lady Meredyth’s maid Mary Ewen.
A jury of the American public renders an unanimous verdict on Dr. Hale's Household Cough Cure. The ad claims the medicine delivers a speedy cure for coughs colds and bronchial trouble, noting the effort to make it the best cough remedy on the market. Sold by McFarland & Co. Druggists.
New York March 16 The executive board of the Southern Railway and Steamship association met to settle a rent dispute with Louisville and Nashville agreeing to terms. The crossing rate dispute over the Ohio and Mississippi rivers was resolved to all, a pass agreed, and final action expected before noon tomorrow. Dr Hale's Household Ointment advertised as a cure-all with various claims including pneumonia. Sold at McKarland Co’s drug store.
Ex Senator John J. Ingalls arrived in town and said he would take an active role in the Kansas campaign this fall. He predicted Republicans would again control the state and enable a U.S. senator election while denying talk of personal plans. He criticized current Kansas conditions and hypocrisy.
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