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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1889
Page
17
The report details a clash involving Judge David S. Terry who struck at a member of the United States Supreme Court, Judge Field, amid a dramatic coast incident. The event highlights a rare confrontation between high judicial figures.
A husband, drinking heavily, threw a lit lamp at his wife after she refused more liquor. The blast set her clothing ablaze and caused severe burns as neighbors intervened.
Neighbors discovered a family of three dead Friday after a violent assault. The county household, described as poor but respectable, suffered a criminal murder with no identified suspects or motive, and authorities are investigating the grim triple death.
Robert Snyder a saloon keeper and former bank robber shot his wife and his mother-in-law in their En Dorapo Kansas home early Sunday. The wife was struck in the breast and the mother-in-law in the stomach and both women were hospitalized with uncertain outcomes. Authorities say the motive may be Snyder’s anger over his wife’s refusal to live with him.
A deputy U S marshal shot Judge David S Terry on a dining car bench after an altercation with Justice Stephen Field and Terry at Parmner California station. Field and Nagle fled to a sleeping car and were locked inside. Nagle was jailed in Stockton after transfer. Field faced arrest orders in San Francisco.
The coroner's jury in the Alice Mackenzie case, the last Whitechapel killing, finds she was murdered by an unknown assailant. The French senate court brands Count Dillon and Henri Rochefort as accomplices in a felonious attempt against state safety. It also votes 100 to 7 that the indictment against the Loogreoni etion with the presidential crisis constitutes treasonable conduct.
At Loggerheads Muskocer I T August 14 amid disputes between Fort Smith federal and territorial authorities. Judge Parker tells western Arkansas grand jurors they alone may hear larceny cases, limiting this court to police power. Judge Shackelford counters by asserting only the territorial court can hear habeas corpus in maritime matters when the commandment has broken.
Washington reports that due to representations to the president the extra session of Congress will probably not convene until the regular meeting in December. State campaigns in Ohio Pennsylvania and Virginia are already heated and will keep congressmen busy on the hustings through November 5.
Two men entered a broker's office at 69 Broadway in the Arcade building and fired at the clerk. They stole money from the counter. one thief was arrested near Rector and Greenwich streets, while the other escaped.
In St. Louis on August 14 Dr. A A Shaw reported microscopic motion in Brown-Sequard elixir revealing numerous Bacillus tuberculus in three hours after preparation. Thousands appeared in a single drop, suggesting tuberculosis bacteria present in the mixture.
A Hluman Brute reports Mrs Kret Wallace died in Philadelphia this morning. Andrew Wallace is mentioned as a related figure in the brief notice.
John Bloom and Louis Sif recount a trek from Murray Indiana to Missoula Montana with two wagons and four horses. A sudden blaze surrounded their camp, forcing a five day ordeal as they fled with only the clothes on their backs and provisions lost.
A storm near Piper City Ford county strikes Mrs Pre men and her eldest daughter, instantly killing them as a baby in the mother's arms survives. The incident occurs during a family ride as they return home. The baby is cared for by friends. In Missouri, reports say a large force works on grain car rebuilding for the Missouri Kansas and Texas line, with wheat and oats shipments shifting toward Texas points.
San Francisco reports passengers from the Honolulu steamer recount a battle scene in Honolulu. A baseball pitcher used dynamite bombs to destroy the insurgents' headquarters bungalow, forcing surrender quicker than cannon. Bluejackets fought all day and finally bombed the bungalow.
Theodore Cohn of A H King & Co 627 Broadway who vanished July 22 with 600 dollars and fled with Frieda Siegel cashier at Puck restaurant arrived in New York from Chicago in custody of a detective. He is jailed at police headquarters Frieda remains in Chicago.
Smoke from widespread forest fires blankets Portland for weeks as the northwest endures heavy damage. Estimated total damage from fires across the region this year reaches five hundred thousand dollars.
Detroit on August 27 welcomes the national editorial association for a four day session. Thirty three states will send full delegations and Detroit citizens expect to spend about $7000 on entertainment.
New York Aug 12 Mand 8S the great trotter will soon have another chance to show speed. Owner Robert Bonner plans to hire a new trainer and have the mare worked on her own track at Tarrytown.
Kansas City creditors win general assignment from Houghton Peck & Co, men’s furnishing goods dealers at 58 Delaware Street. Liabilities estimated at 100000 dollars, assets at 110000 dollars. Public notice filed in Kansas City on August 14.
Gen T Sherman addressed veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic in Pagetstown on Saturday evening as part of a grand army gathering.
A horrifying incident is reported from Mc Dowell county Virginia where widow Gillis is said to have been involved in a brutal crime in a remote district. Details are scarce and the report notes a gruesome butchery.
A widow Gillis and her two nearly grown daughters in McDowell County West Virginia were found murdered after a suspected assault. A vigilance committee organized to punish the Hollis brothers, who were captured by the mob and executed by hanging and shooting by a Big Sandy river boat crew report.
The Great Bridge Mover W K Beard master carpenter for the Pennsylvania railway completed a third bridge move in Lancaster on Mill creek. The 258 foot iron bridge weighing 2500 tons was shifted forty five feet in twelve minutes with 100 men and seventy eight trestles rollers jacks and cranes. A freight train and two engines passed over fifty eight minutes after starting. Beard previously moved the Conestoga iron bridge near Lancaster in 1857 in fifteen minutes.
Aug 13 dispatch says the Haitian conflict may end in the summer with Gen Legitime still in Port au Prince’s capital and Gen Hippolyte retreating north after a decisive battle near Lagitime’s palace. Casualties were heavy on both sides, Hippolyte said to incur the larger loss.
A severe morning cloud burst wrecked Parenson with washed out streets four feet of floodwater and choked sewers. A woman was carried by the current and rescued by three men as Passaic City reported a similar flood experience.
Gov. Seay of Alabama seeks extradition for a duel fought on the state line. Governor Gordon of Georgia says he will honor the requisition. Calhoun returned to Atlanta and J D Williamson is in Rome as the matter unfolds.
The Burton building at Clinton and Van Buren collapsed this morning while crews searched the gutted structure. Several workers were buried in the rubble as rescue teams responded.
Jake Kilrain, former boxing champion, was taken into custody at 8 oclock this morning as he stepped from the Norfolk boat at her wharf. The arrest places Kilrain in the hands of the authorities in Baltimore Maryland.
LiverpooI August 12 Despite a last week verdict Mrs Maybrick is scheduled for execution on Monday August 26 for the murder by poisoning of her husband in a sensational case that has gripped readers nationwide.
In Boston on August 13 it is generally believed Gideon P. Brown of the bankrupt Brown Steer Clark firm has joined the Canadian colony on the presumed emigration.
Prx-President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland stopped in Farmingham Mass on their way to Southboro this morning.
An eyewitness recounts an 1858 cyclone near Pole Creek Nebraska that battered a government supply train en route to Fort Bridger. The account details a sudden temperature drop, cloud battle, hail and dust, a cattle stampede, and five wrecked wagons with injuries and casualties among the crew. The piece argues cyclones were not merely recent phenomena.
The item offers a poetic set of metaphors asking for various symbolic objects and actions. It lists images such as a hat for the fountain head a glove for fate and a shoe for the mountain foot, framed as desires echoed by the Boston Gazette.
A brief dialogue shows a wife finishing a summer wardrobe and planning a Newport trip, while the husband contemplates arranging his affairs to accompany her. The wife laments her clothes are unsuitable for travel.
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