28 Sep 1887
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1887
Page
1
E St John assistant general agent and E A Holbrook government ticket and pass agent in Chicago are listed among the personnel tied to a ticketing appointment in the city.
Iowa readers receive a collage of items: Prof Bartlett gravely ill at Cedar Rapids State normal school, Rev George Elliott earns 6000 for a book, Foster predicts October weather patterns with several storm dates, and numerous regional notices. Reports cover thefts, arrests, fatal shootings, railroad accidents, a fire destroying Ottumwa’s Lewis opera house, and local business notes from Oskaloosa to Des Moines.
A deadly derailment occurred at Eagle Point near Dubuque on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line when a southbound and a northbound passenger train collided at 7:05 AM. Five killed, several injured. fault charged to La Crosse dispatcher amid fog and a sharp curve.
A digest of accidents fires and crimes across the United States and abroad includes the death of Frederick W. Hendricks a railroad brakeman in South Carolina, a Baltimore paper warehouse fire with $60 000 damage, a fatal railroad wreck near Elida Ohio, a Texas stage robbery, Irish and British political tensions, and various legal and commercial notices.
A Houston or News Browns ville special reports a Category powerful cyclone hit Brownsville and across the Rio Grande. Winds above eighty mph, ten inches of rain, floods, and widespread property loss. Dozens of Mexican and American homes destroyed, cattle and crops ruined, telegraph lines down, and extensive damage southwest of Brownsville with unknown extent along the river.
Sioux City Sept 18 The jury in the murder case of Fred Munchrath Jr posited a verdict finding him guilty of manslaughter in the Haddock death. The clerk read the sea d verdict as the defendant grew pale. his counsel gave notice of a motion for a new trial and sentencing was set for Sept 26.
Two masked men hijacked the Texas & Pacific east bound express near Ben Brook Texas seize the mail and registered letters in ten minutes. The treasure valued at about 30000 dollars. Guards and passengers escaped unharmed with no trace of the robbers.
Foreign intelligence reports Bulgarian censorship blocks even accepted dispatches. The government seeks to prevent another Bulgaria fiasco. Mr Gladstone writes to Glasgow liberals urging condemnation of the Mitchellstown police acts and the indecent government approval. The liberal editors expect public condemnation to deter such conduct pending inquiry results.
Monroe Johnson a Negro gambler and convict was lynched in Birmingham on September 18 after shooting a young woman, Miss Fleming. The incident is reported by a Duluth special to the Pioneer Press detailing the racial violence.
MALra Sept 19 There have been thirty six new cholera cases since the 15th and eighteen deaths from the disease in the area. Public health authorities note the decline in new cases but emphasize continued vigilance and sanitation efforts.
In New York Captain Black planned to confer with General Roger Pryor about permanent counsel for the condemned anarchists. Pryor indicated he would not confirm a defense line until meeting Black. Chicago circulations attack court rulings as unjust while police seek to arrest distributors. Justice Harlan’s status on potential writs remains uncertain as socialists denounce the Chicago executions as judicial murder.
Eight men were killed when a boiler exploded on the West Indian steamer Elbe during a trial trip at Stokes Bay near Leynavon. The disaster occurred on September 19.
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