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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1893
Page
2
The text surveys multiple items from late 19th century newspapers. It notes a carret yielding 5500 dollars, Alaskan whisky bans, a Farmingdale suicide, Reichstag duties, and social commentary on inventions, finance, and riots in Paris. It mentions Kansas City sailors, a San Francisco banker losing 16000, and a Chicago burial experiment, among other brief notices and incidents from Beaumont to Corsicana Texas.
In Houston on August 4 Walter E Shaw faces execution after exchanging final words with Dr. Aves and Sheriff Ellis. He reviews his will, assigns favors, signs papers, and requests eggnog before the death warrant is read and the gallows operation proceeds.
Report from near Post's mill ten miles NW of Montgomery states a black man assaulted the Marsh residence. Marsh was killed, his wife was harmed and believed dead, an infant killed, a seven year old crippled. The assailant was captured and later changed. Marsh later died. two children live and may recover. Mrs. Marsh improves.
A Denver arrival reports severe conflict in the Texas panhandle as large English syndicates control water and fences sparking resistance by small ranchers. Rangers patrol while armed parties clash. a depot shooting in Childress County leaves a syndicate representative dead and officers forced to retreat.
In Texas at Matador Cass McDowell and Julie Aiken are jailed on charges as members of the posse that disarmed Sheriff Moore and two deputies last week. Four others are reported in Matador jail. Sheriff Matthews and a ranger pursue ex-sheriff Joe Beckham of Motley county after a dispute over Beckham’s removal by county officials and an embezzlement indictment. Beckham reportedly remains at large.
Police man Melville Anderson was arrested on larceny charges after a man named Roach claimed 24 dollars in cash and silver was taken while in custody. Anderson posted 300 dollar bond after testimony before Justice Haywood.
Courage failed Decatur Texas report says A B Conley dry goods store was entered two nights earlier. A $300 diamond scarfpin disappeared from the safe. a suspect was searched with no pin found, then the jewel reappeared in the post office addressed to owner Tip Rush. The case remains unsolved.
W M Lamb sheriff of Rains county toured through Wits Point pursuing Lud and Andrew Hamilton accused of killing Callaway at a tie camp in the Sabine bottom. The homicide stemmed from a timber dispute. the Hamiltons live in Kaufman county.
Reports from Paradise, Texas say a cyclone struck about 2 PM, blowing down several houses with no fatalities known so far. Additional damage details are scarce as investigators assess the scene near the Chicago Rock Island and Texas line.
Jacassono Texas August 4 A two year old boy, son of James I Love, drowned in a spring near the gin on Loo creek. This marks the second drowning in the last month.
Anona Texas on July 31 reports that during preparations to depart a firearm discharged accidentally fatally wounding Mrs. A. R. Moore, the mother of Austin Moore, as he prepared for an outing guiding his son.
Henry Armour, a local Black man in Texarkana subdistrict Swampoodle, killed his wife Fannie with an iron bar then burned the body after locking Lucy Moore in her room. Neighbors extinguished the blaze. authorities and many Black residents pursue Armour with fears of a mob stake.
The Siamese government has accepted the French ultimatum terms. Key points include recognition of Annam and Cambodia rights on the Mekong east bank to the 23d parallel, evacuation of Siamese forts within a month, redress for French ship and sailor offenses on the Menam, punishment of culprits, and indemnities totaling 2,000,000 francs plus early deposit of 3,000,000 francs to secure payments.
Governor Lewelling of Kansas asks Governor Hogg of Texas to join a push for a Gulf of Mexico to European ports steamship line to ease export of western products. He asks for delegates to meet European representatives at the World's Fair in Chicago on August 15, with Lewelling naming fifteen delegates.
A reader from Mesboore reports no prep work done for the opening except allotments to Pawnees. The seventy are waiting for county seats to be located before choosing lands. Three live locally and will not select their allotments for ten days. if strip work must finish before the proclamation, opening may not occur before September 15.
Mrs Dora Webber a young widow long in Guthrie was brought from Osage agency by Deputy Sheriff Painter on a horse stealing charge She hired a team and buggy to drive twelve miles into the country failed to return and was later captured with the team at Osage agency about 140 miles away
A. M. Rareshide, bookkeeper for J. D. Peet & Co., and E. P. Seymer were arrested in New Orleans for raising checks and misappropriating city and country collections. The scheme involved about $3000. Both suspects admit guilt.
Authentic advices report that Minister Blount will transfer U S interests in Hawaii to Commodore Skerret of the Boston and sail home on the 6th instant, without awaiting a successor.
Unidentified gunmen kill the chief of police in Companiato state of Michoacan. The body is found four days later after being dumped in a river, as authorities investigate the shocking crime.
A Vienna cor respondent reports Russia plans to ask China for an explanation of its stance on the Pamirs issue amid large Chinese troop concentrations near the Pamirs.
The dull trade mood harms the tin box industry in Brooklyn and tin box manufacturers plan to petition Congress to repeal the tariff on tin block and plate.
Surrendered, Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 2. N. W. Mary, missing manager of the Atta Provision company, faces charges of taking funds from the concern and has turned herself in to the sheriff.
Washington reports no more silver certificates will be issued by the treasury department for the present as the legal limit has been reached.
A distressing accident occurred yesterday near Boston Massachusetts with injuries reported and authorities investigating the scene. Details remain sparse as official statements are awaited from local officials and hospital staff.
Illumination night at the Chelsea clubhouse drew a large crowd when the balcony above the band collapsed. Patrons were thrown onto the pier and into the water. three people J. B. Warren A. L. Pemberton and Mrs P Schuman were killed in the disaster.
In Rome Ohio a crowd gathered Saturday night to hang in effigy Secretary Hoke Smith after suspending several pensions. They included J L Reed a 83 year old veteran whose pension was his sole support. The mob planned to burn the president but refrained.
William Nonemacher of Antico Wisconsin murdered his wife and three children with an axe on Saturday night and then tried to kill himself by jumping from his house roof. He is jailed and likely to die from injuries while paralysis spreads from his legs up his body, his confession incomplete as crops were poor.
In Chicago on August 8 the bi metallic convention ended its session with 810 delegates. Allen W Thurman of Ohio presided as speeches on the political situation followed. A 36 member ways and means committee was named. Resolutions urged free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 and attacked any compromise. The gathering remained harmonious.
Surgeon General Wyman reports from Pensacola Florida that the Spanish steamer Leonora arriving July 2 from Cuban ports sent two sailors to the quarantine hospital. The illness developed into yellow fever prompting isolation and preventive measures as the vessel moved to Chandler station.
Rome correspondent for the Associated Press states the government still suppresses cholera telegrams from Naples. The truth is known despite municipal denials and inability to provide exact figures. The situation is likely far worse than reported amid Naples’ unsanitary conditions.
Milwauxker Wisconsin August 3 G C Trumpf president of Southside Savings bank which suspended recently has disappeared his son says his absence due to persecutions of depositors and deputy sheriffs serving garnishee papers Trumpf claims not personally responsible for bank failure admits trusting cashier Koettinger who fled the day before the bank failed
Mrs Lucille Rodney arrived in Chicago at ten in the morning after walking from Galveston Texas a distance of 1346 miles since May six teen. She claims to have completed the journey on a five hundred dollar wager and was accompanied by her husband and a wager representative.
A disastrous explosion yesterday aboard the German armor-clad steamship Baden at Kiel killed Lieutenants Allsener and Sembseh and seven seamen, with seventeen others injured. The 5600-ton Baden, launched in 1880, mounts eighty large guns and has ten inch armor at the water line.
The radicals leading the current revolutionary movement in this province and others vow to enact a total overthrow akin to 1890. They target the remaining elements of the Colman regime in local administrations here and in Santa Fe.
In Fostoria Ohio on August 2 farmers refuse to market wheat due to low prices and feed it to hogs. Authorities say hog prices and the weight gain will net farmers about a dollar a bushel for the wheat through value added by the hogs.
In Eri Pa Aug 3 Right Rev Bishop Mullen celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary of his elevation to the episcopacy. The silver jubilee sermon was delivered by Cardinal Gibbons.
SPRINGFIELD Ont July 31 The American Express train on the Michigan Central was wrecked last night seven coaches and the locomotive were derailed no lives reported damaged goods and injuries not yet confirmed from the crash site authorities investigate cause and extent of the derailment.
Lenren I T Aug 5 Sim Leeder a Choctaw leader near Lenren was killed yesterday by three Indians on horseback. He was shot with a Winchester after a quarrel and fell from his horse. The trio rode off toward the west and officers pursue them. Authorities lack details but suspect an old feud.
D B Parshall, a prominent Montague County farmer living north of Nocena, was shot three times near Red Creek while riding in his buggy. He died instantly. motive believed connected to tenant troubles. No arrests reported.
In Williamson County Ohio a man named John Hicks shot Jeff Reynolds after catching his wife with Reynolds. Hicks fired both shotgun loads, wounding Reynolds in the side and abdomen. doctors say the injuries will be fatal. Public sentiment supports Hicks and Reynolds says he did right.
Frederick Otten a 50 year old white man shot himself in Texarkana Arkansas yesterday morning. Former Mullins grocery clerk he had recently lodged at the Argyle inn. After displaying delirium tremens signs Saturday night he was quieted and bedded. a pistol shot ended his life in his hotel room.
A Buenos Aires dispatch reports ongoing revolution across Buenos Ayres San Luis and Santa Fe with insurgents capturing most towns in the region with little bloodshed. At La Plata Gen Costas commands 1000 troops amid a sharp clash with about 2000 insurgents.
St Charles Mo August 4 1 30 p m sheriffs office swore in seventy five additional deputies to protect John Dieckman from a mob. The streets were crowded as the Black man faces possible lynching before morning. Dieckman eloped with a 17 year old white girl he had assaulted and fled to St Louis last Monday. He was arrested there and brought back to St Charles yesterday.
New Orleans August 3 The Ex Confederate Reunion originally moved from Birmingham to September and 16 has been postponed again. The event will now be held in Birmingham on Monday and Tuesday October 2 and 5. Officials cite hot weather and the harvest as reasons plus hope for better finances.
Nelson Van Kirk 76, a board of trade operator with Van Kirk & Osten, shot himself in his Rialto building office yesterday afternoon after his firm, bankrupt a month earlier, had been reorganized and failed again.
New York August 5 currency scarcity creates odd market scene on Wall Street. A money brokerage firm bid a one percent premium for gold and a one and one half to two percent premium for currency making money worth more than gold.
Five members of Newton Plunkett's family in Nevada Missouri were violently ill after a Sunday supper. Medical aid was called but the family remains in danger. Authorities suspect food poisoning by an enemy, though no motive or suspect is known.
A disastrous blaze swept the town of Birsks in Oren berg government destroying 180 houses. Seven people were killed and many injured. The city hall and the Catholic church were among the buildings burned in the blaze on Aug 4.
Roscoe Sagely, 20, a farmer and U S prisoner charged with pistol carrying, attempted to escape yesterday at Musxocer I T. A guard shot him, wounding his limbs with nearly 200 bullets. His condition is serious.
Behring Sea arbitration news from Paris reports a dispatch stating the tribunal has convened. Details on Loipon and related actions are not fully disclosed in the brief update.
The arbitration panel reports strong progress and expects a fortnight for final validation. All issues are adjudicated with the decision likely to give entire satisfaction to Great Britain and Canada. British counsel Sir Charles Russell and Sir Richard Webster saw their claims upheld on every point, while American arbitrators Justice J. M. Harlan and Senator Morgan insisted on American claims. The tribunal now debates regulations to govern seal fisheries.
Reports from Shell Lake and Spooner in Washburn county say 400 to 500 Indians gathered on the Omaha road have permits to pick blueberries and may don war paint. They built squaw houses and dancing platforms, revels nightly, whisky flows, and some are armed with threats to settlers. Trouble expected.
An unknown man burst into a prayer meeting in Coonerm Buurrs Iowa Aug 3 brandishing a revolver and ordering attendees to surrender Charles Goff rose to confront him. A struggle followed during which a shot was fired. the robber fled as the congregation panicked leaving Goff’s watch struck by the bullet.
Katy Pease, a celebrated race mare of ten years past, died recently in San Francisco. Imported from Kentucky, she won the famous four mile race there in 1874 and became a notable brood mare, producing Marigold, Centella and several other good offspring. She was bred to Electricity, with lineage tracing to Planet and Minnie Mansfeld by Glencoe.
Word spreads of a planned cattle raid on local ranches. A deputy marshal and posse intercepted the gang at night, leading to a gun battle in which Ral Halleck was killed and Bill Somers fatally wounded. Six gang members escaped.
In Emporia Kansas on August 1 a Santa Fe operator at Staffordville was ordered to surrender. The robber fired when refused, hitting Monroe Fishback in the neck. Fishback survived and alerted others as the assailant fled. Police have no clue to the culprit.
Seattle August 4 A man named Milt Wall was arrested for robbing mail pouches at Livingston. He carried pouches from the post office to the trains and while alone in the room with the pouches he systematically took money and jewelry totaling about 1500 dollars. He has confessed.
Fort Surra Ark Aug 1 Pat Burkey a tailor collapsed from extreme heat and died at St Johns Hospital after admission periods of heavy drinking and little food over three months.
A bloody riot near Pankersnine West Virginia on August 4 left Milt and Will Freeman and John Menhall with four sons beaten and cut. Several fighters were fatally injured and all participants were arrested.
A dispatch from Kiev reports a benzole explosion in Dumskiplatz causing fourteen deaths and many injuries, with a powerful blast震 shaking the area and prompting emergency response.
Consul William Emmett at Smyrna cables the state department that cholera is present in the port. The outbreak at this key Mediterranean trading center is viewed with significant concern.
At Utica in Licking county on Monday evening a boiler explosion of a thrashing machine killed John Kattie two men named Bell Amer Bowers and Mr Skillen and fatally injured Joseph Shipp.
In Parkland, a Louisville suburb, Marshal Blouky attempted to arrest a man named Graham. During the ensuing struggle Graham resisted and both he and the marshal were shot and killed.
Omaha Nebraska August 2 at a meeting of savings bank presidents it was decided to require sixty days notice of the withdrawal of deposits. The rule is being adopted generally across institutions.
In CAPALLAG Michigan at Clark's riding Joseph Ashley, in a drunken rage, seized his 1-year-old son from his brother and dashed the child’s brains out against a post. The extreme violence ends a fatal act within the family.
St Louis banks hold over 40 percent of cash liabilities and report no on hand loans. Deposits in time funds near 14 million while demand loans total 62 million excluding bonds. Building activity surges with Union depot and new hotels. bridges planned to cut rail distance to Chicago. First hay shipment from St Louis to Europe explores new export path via New Orleans.
The text notes that eastern feeder rivers into the Mississippi descend about three inches per mile on average while western tributaries descend about six inches per mile. It adds the Missouri drops about a foot per mile after leaving the mountains, the Des Moines drops seven feet three inches from source to confluence, the Ohio River shows a total fall of five inches, and the Mississippi from the Ohio mouth to the Gulf falls two and a half inches.
The Continental Congress formed a seal committee after declaring independence in 1776. Charles Thomson presented a design largely based on John Prestwich’s suggestion, which Congress adopted on June 20, 1782, and remains the republic's great seal.
The article notes Persia as consisting of two deserts one salty and one not, exaggerated yet its overall look remains extremely barren. It describes low, windowless city houses built of unburned brick and suggests inner liveliness despite stark exteriors.
A note describes a spot near the famed Stoney cave in the Catskills where ice can be found on a specific day each year. The area is described as Note, enclosed by steep mountains some exceeding 3000 feet in height.
The article lists average farm land values for 1888 across states with New Jersey at 65 dollars per acre, followed by Massachusetts 50, Ohio 46, New York 44, Vermont 36, Maryland 52, Wisconsin 23, and western states under 5 dollars per acre.
A marble statue in Vatican Rome is noted as the only known sculpture with natural eyelashes. It depicts Ariadne sleeping on the island of Naxos at the moment Theseus abandons her, highlighting its distinctive feature and scene.
A historical note argues vinegar cannot split rocks or dissolve pearls. It rejects the tale of Cleopatra drinking pearls dissolved in vinegar as a fabulous fable and unsupported by fact.
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