26 Jun 1890
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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1890
Page
1
A dense OCR of local physician and attorney listings lists doctors such as E Martin Barney Baumgartner Caswell Horton Niman Neal Short Spohn Thomas and Aes Work Montgomery and barbers and attorneys at offices on Main Street Division Street Franklin Street and Jackson Street with residences and hours noted. It also includes ads for shirts by Mrs McCleary and shop details near J E Micks jewelry store.
The Senate approved the conference report on the dependent pension bill by a vote of 84 to 18 and sent it to the President for signature. As debate continued, supporters defended the measure as honoring soldiers, while opponents warned of large deficits and questioned the bill’s scope.
A boiler explosion on the tug Ellie E Crane near Van Brunt street Brooklyn yesterday killed four aboard Captain Oscar W Squires George Rogers and a crewman unnamed plus the fireman missing. Deck hand Melthen Bailey was wounded as ballast scow Lime Rock sank. The cause remains unknown.
A Grand Trunk Atlantic express bound Chicago to New York derailed on a loose track near Copetown Ontario. One passenger, E J McDonnell of Wyde Park Chicago, was killed and seven injured as coaches tumbled down an embankment and the dining car partially left the rails.
Prof. P F Burstalt of Milwaukee a German linguist killed himself Monday. In a coroner’s letter he said he felt like a spectator in life and grew tired of looking on. He recalled his journey from earning companion to Alexander von Humboldt and service in Mexico and the war, ending in poverty but refusing a pension.
Rio Janeiro June 24. The new constitution to be promulgated outlines a presidential system with a six year term and a responsible executive. Electors are chosen by state delegations. if no majority, Congress selects. Senators and Deputies will be elected. ministers answer to the president and people. The line of succession places the Vice President, Speaker, Senate Vice President, then the Supreme Tribunal head.
Cuicano June 24. Cronin murder convicts plan a novel appeal tactic. O Sullivan files for a transcript to push a separate appeal for his client, seeking a separate trial not afforded to co defendants McClaughrey Burk and Coughlin. The strategy aims to obtain a distinct ruling and possible new trial.
A cable from Consul Geresche reports half of Fort de France burned and five thousand homeless. Martinique asks for lumber beef pork flour and other provisions as quick aid. Fort de France, capital of the island, with 14 000 residents, hosts a naval arsenal and public buildings.
A May meteor sighting near Norway Indiana produced a 2000 foot long body with a narrowing tail and left a three mile by one mile scar in fields. Farmers sold a 66 pound fragment for 132 dollars and scientists confirm meteor origins.
The article notes Augustin de Iturbide III, claimant to the throne by divine right, was jailed for twelve months after a trial for publishing seditions. Jurors answered six questions: guilty yes. educated yes. caused scandal yes. previously well behaved no. confessed yes. acted with rational motive no.
Paris Correspondent reports on a Buddhist congress likened to a global ecumenical council convoked twenty years ago by PuttX. It discusses Buddhist elevation of ascetic practices and claims of a sixth sense guiding fortune, with warnings that extreme discipline could lead to expulsion from the university and public misgivings about Buddhism's influence.
A long widower lecturer, known for topics on states and kindred, will marry Mrs Rebecca Fisher, president of the Council of Baptist Women’s Temperance Union. The couple, aged 38 for Mrs Fisher, were acquainted during meetings in Omaha, Nebraska, and plan to live there after the wedding.
The prejudice against eating horse flesh among English speaking peoples has religious roots. Horse eating was once a sacrifice to Odin and was prohibited by early missionaries who Christianized Anglo-Saxon converts. The prejudice became ingrained and linked to a Norman fondness for equestrian sport.
Fragmentary dialogue reveals Maud praising married life with Charles who moved back to his mother’s home and received 252 from the court, while Martha questions the arrangement.
A Louisville Courier Journal note reports about one thousand farms totaling 118000 acres left uncultivated and sellable for 3 to 5 dollars per acre. The piece reflects on land abandonment and shifting agricultural conditions. It also recounts impressions from New York anarchist and radical group meetings at Cooper Institute with diverse attendees and attire.
A four year old black and white bull weighing about 700 pounds, raised near Yonkers by Mr. Robinson, was displayed at Samuel Gugenheim’s abattoir on Forty sixth Street and First Avenue as a natural curiosity. The bull has a second mouth hanging from the dewlap with a seven by five inch pouch and a four inch bottom opening containing teeth.
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