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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1893
Page
3
An advertisement extols Ostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy to boost kidney and bladder function, relieve stomach liver and nervous disorders, and deter diseases like rheumatism dropsy and diabetes while warning against inaction and citing other tonics and tonics for uterine health and cough cures.
In Bastrop Texas on July 29 Henry Miller and Alex Brown were executed by hanging for murder. Miller killed policeman C C Brewer and Brown killed a colored woman in a brutal act. Observers, clergy, and sheriffs witnessed the sentences and the executions as the men faced their fate.
Mrs. Mattie Quarles and her husband H G Quarles felled J P Levy with thirty to forty lashes on the northeast square in McKuigney Texas. The couple were arraigned before the mayor for assault with trials set for Monday. Levy says the attack followed a letter he sent to Mrs Quarles.
In Lometa a 13 year old girl died after a rope around her neck while helping a brother with a bridle spooked the team. In Miano a barroom fight left D K Bar more dead and Barge Thompson wounded. Other brief items include Frank Johnson jailed for perjury and James Darnell charged with robbery.
White and E A Warren reported John Lewis a Hewitt merchant missing after his store opened to an empty safe and no one in sight. Sheriff Burke led deputies toward Hewitt while Lewis was later found uninjured as robbers released him after taking 27 dollars. In Hearne a separate assault led to a posse and bloodhounds pursuing a Davis suspect of attacking a farmer's daughter and another child.
Mrs Julia Berry appeared before Justice Hill to charge E Berry with aggravated assault and battery after he struck her for her daughter asking 50c. He allegedly drew a gun and threatened to shoot, forcing her to shield their baby. a warrant was issued.
A man identified as H C Horne of Caltreel's detective agency was shot one mile south of Fratonta Texas about 9 p.m. Wednesday while riding with Dr Weddington to a medicine company concert. He died moments later after muttering I am killed.
Nocona Texas July 28 A grand jury found twenty indictments against Judge B O Snuffer Montague county for misappropriating county funds He pleaded guilty to one count fined 25 and resigned The remaining nineteen cases were nolled with restitution made Snuffer previously served as county superintendent of public schools
John Falls a 13 year old charged with murdering his father in Fannin county Texas faced an examining trial before Justice B F Douglas. He was bound over on a 1000 bond but failed to meet it and was returned to county jail. He declined to speak further and continues to claim innocence.
VernonTex July 26 S W Lomax cashier of the First National Bank shot himself between five and six in the morning. He rose from bed in night clothes and fired a pistol to his heart. No cause is known beyond the strain from the bank suspension Saturday morning that seemingly dethroned his reason.
Jin Benningfield, named as an alleged associate of John D. May in the Brackenridge train robbery plot, was brought to San Antonio and jailed. He faces conspiracy charges in the murder of Fireman Martin, with bail denied at Karnes City after an examining trial.
E R Nix, who lived in the burned residence of O H Gorman at Weraterror, Texas, was arrested on arson charges and released on bail. He carried $900 insurance on Georgia Home Insurance Company belongings. In San Antonio police report an attempted assault by a Mexican peddler on 10-year-old Helen Rahm in the western suburbs. the suspect fled after cries and remains at large.
An elderly man with no food money or bed was found dying Sunday night in a shanty near Venasco Texas. He gave the name Shannon and said his daughter lives in Austin. He appeared rational but waning from illness and neglect.
Sherman Texas July 27 William Leftridge testified identifying Henry Lake and Cam Patrick two colored prisoners in the West Sherman slugging and robbery case Leftridge barely escaped death from the assault on the night he was attacked on West Sherman Street
Three thieves entered the home of Chess Hill near Forney Texas on Tuesday and looted a shotgun, watch, pistol and numerous other articles. Officers are on their track.
Yesterday morning at Chappel Hill Dr J M Nelson was thrown from his gig and dragged some distance. He was unconscious when found. His injuries are believed fatal. He is 16 years old.
Panama reports Managua, Nicaragua, captured by revolutionists after hard fighting and heavy losses. Six hundred Honduran troops under Policarpo Bonilla fought alongside Leon forces led by Zelaya. A government garrison detachment defected to the rebels. Gen. Sevala sent to Granada to defend the city while communications collapse except with Rivas and Granada.
The Monse family on Oak alley faced a brutal dawn when a father allegedly killed his wife and two daughters, ages four and two, with a hatchet and smothered the children before the blaze started. A five year old boy survived and testified that his father struck his mother three times. Neighbors blame jealousy.
A July incident in Corning Ohio ends with James Clifford fatally shot and his wife wounded during a quarrel over Davis’s wife. Davis, severely wounded, is hospitalized. A colored man named Walker and others fled with minor injuries. all involved are in custody except Davis who is too ill to move.
Jose Andrade, under Gen Gonzales during his governorship of Guanajuato, led the Piedras Gordas district. He was arrested after alleged shooting of several innocent people without trial. In Leon he was tried, found guilty, and executed at daylight in public.
Attorneys for Charles W. Clingman seek a show cause order from Judge Stein to compel the fair directors to answer why they should not be held in contempt for allegedly violating the injunction that bars closing the gates on Sunday at the Currence Illinois event.
In Keokuk Falls territory a street duel erupted between A. L. Cook and Smith and Stutsman over business rivalry. Cook was lightly wounded while Smith and Stutsman were killed. The incident occurred recently in Oxtanoma City Oklahoma.
At Middlefork in Allen county Hardy Caldwell a 60 year old farmer shot and killed his wife then took his own life following a domestic quarrel officials said.
In Loxpon on July 28, heated debate over the Home Rule bill led to a free for all in the house of commons. Apologies followed, the bill ultimately passed, and Gladstone was cheered by supporters.
At 3 o'clock yesterday evening Morris Tretton escaped from Sing Sing prison. He was sentenced in September 1891 to five years' imprisonment for assault in the second degree.
Rev. O. G. Taylor of Interstate Investment company in Dallas has been arrested in Portland on embezzlement charges, with reports stating he is short about $50,000 in his accounts.
Louisville reports a duel at Frankfort between Swift Hunter and R Will Davis, society figures, over a young lady. Hunter was slightly wounded. Also noted is cholera decreasing in Washington with a July 26 update from a surgeon.
General Wyman receives a Naples dispatch noting cholera prevails and migrants prepare for America. Isolation on shore is impossible as authorities refuse detention on board and passengers move between train and ship. Surgeon General demands full compliance with health regulations or fines.
In Memphis on July 24 the aftermath of a Saturday lynching widens. Attorney General Petters files an affidavit accusing the sheriff of failing to act and allowing unknown men to lynch Walker. The judge suspends the sheriff while the coroner faces charges and a grand jury is summoned as public anger grows.
A train delivered 348 men to shaft No 1 near Scammon including 67 women. Alabama and Colorado workers say they were promised Columbus furnaces not strike pits and many plan to leave. All Alabama Negroes are armed. miners held a secret meeting with about 200 in attendance. Missouri miners reportedly will strike August 1, but no action decided.
W. H. Irving of St. Winthrop Beach Mass committed suicide on the lake shore. A can of powder lay beside him and his mangled face showed he filled his mouth with powder then ignited a match to cause his death. He left a note stating he was out of work and tired of life and asked his wife not to send his body.
In Managua on July 24, insurgents from Leon seized steamers and bombarded Materno where government troops were encamped. Government forces fired back, hitting two steamers with Krupp shells. Reports say president Ezeta uncovered a conspiracy and executed twenty three leaders, including Nare Avelez of Santa Ana.
Texarkana Ark July 27 Mrs Allen E Jones found hacked with an ax along with her three children in an unconscious state last Saturday morning presumed victims of the husband whose body was found hanging in an outhouse. She died yesterday morning without regaining consciousness. Two children survive but cannot speak.
Miss Anna Melton, an American missionary in the Nestorian mountains of Turkey, was brutally assaulted by an unknown man and barely escaped with her life. Authorities are doing little to find the assailant and the case has been brought to the attention of the state department in Washington.
Nashville dispatch reports Ed Bell, a black man, killed his brother in law Sam White. A coroner verdict found murder in the first degree. A masked mob seized Bell from jail and hanged him.
Fi eld a town of about 800 in northwestern Wisconsin was destroyed by fire. Thirty four buildings burned with about $200,000 in damage and little insurance. Dispatches from Midford and Prentice Junction report those towns also wiped out by forest fires.
A dispatch from Managua reports Revolutionists cannonaded the capital from steamships yesterday morning without warning. One woman near the legation was killed and several others were wounded.
Oconomowoc Wisconsin on July 26 William Thompson a wealthy chief struck his coachman William Schumacher during a quarrel with another employee and fatally wounded him with a blow under the ear authorities reported.
The Plainview State Bank was robbed Sunday night of about 3000 dollars. The bank did not open yesterday morning as a result.
A Texas-wide roundup reports fund figures for schools, population estimates, and new bond plans alongside farm accidents near Roanoke. It notes assaults near Wharton, a pistol threat in Austin, a fatal shooting near Seguin, a self-harm incident in Fort Worth, a revival in Washington County, and local court actions in Tarrant.
The Pamunkey Indians near Richmond send a delegation to the World’s fair inviting civilized Indians to settle on their reservation and intermarry to avert tribal extinction. They hold lands on condition of yearly tribute, and have secured a Virginia governor’s certificate confirming their genuine status and land tenure.
The piece describes Smiths island Bald Head as a rare landmass projecting toward the gulf stream, yielding a subtropical portrait with abundant palmetto olive and myrtle. It comments on landforms and climate, alongside unrelated ad-like lines about tonics and remedies and a Hall's Catarrh Cure claim.
Dr Hathaway and Co promote a long record of cures for piles catarrh and chronic diseases and urge readers to contact them for confidential treatment. They tout 20 years of study, thousands cured where others failed and a guaranteed life cure for syphilis and blood poison at low cost. They provide 1294 West Commerce Street San Antonio Texas and promise private correspondence.
July dates offered for travel between kota and Chicago with return stations. Warranted cure claims and druggist price details cited. Emphasizes duty and resilience against mudslinging. urges proper conduct.
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