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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1889
Page
9
A historic confrontation unfolds as Judge David S. Terry is involved in a clash with a United States Supreme Court figure named Field during a coast era incident. The event highlights tensions between judiciary and high court members.
Aug 14 in Lathrop California. U.S. Marshal Nagle shot Judge David S. Terry at a breakfast table after a confrontation with Justice Field. Deputy Nagle fled to a sleeping car, was later captured in Stockton. Field fled to the car. authorities moved to arrest him in San Francisco.
The coroner jury finds Alice Mackenzie was murdered by an unknown assailant in Whitechapel. In Paris, the French senate court links Count Illon and Henri Rochefort to a felonious attempt against state safety. It also votes 100 to 97 that the indictment against the president’s rise links treason.
In Musketeer N T Aug 14 report Judge Parker orders grand jury for western districts of Arkansas with exclusive rights to larceny inquiries. Judge Hackelford counters in habeas proceedings, insisting only the victory court can intervene, while police power remains.
Washington reports indicate the president is urged to recall an extra session but the body is expected to wait until the regular session in December. State campaigns in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia are noted as highly heated and will run through November 5 with congressmen active on the hustings.
Two men entered a broker's office at 69 Broadway New York at 11 50 am seized money from the counter after one drew a pistol. They escaped with some cash. one robber was chased to Rector and Greenwich streets and taken to the police station, while the other fled.
In St Louis on August 14 a report notes Dr A A jaw revealed Brown Segnard’s elixir contained tuberculosis bacillus after three hours of preparation. The fluid was described as alive with numerous ill and thousands of bacilli in a single drop.
Mrs. wet Wallace died in Philadelphia this morning. Andrew Wallace is named as a surviving relative in the brief obituary note.
A husband, after drinking heavily, attacked his wife by throwing a lit lamp at her and setting her clothing on fire. The injury, described as terrible, occurred after she refused more liquor and the couple argued at night.
John Bloom and Louis Si and a companion, returning from a trip to Geer d Alene, reached Missoula in two wagons pulled by four horses. After leaving Murray on July 30 they faced a blaze that surrounded their route. It took five days to break free, leaving them shut off from wagons and supplies.
In Ford county near Piper City a storm struck as Mrs. N Premen and her eldest daughter were returning from a ride. A bolt killed both instantly while a baby in the mother's lap survived. The child received care from friends.
Advices from Kansas and western Missouri report the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad rebuilding and repairing a large force of grain cars. Parsons shows busy yards with cars on tracks. Wheat and oats movement is later than last year, but crops along the line are larger, increasing demand for ears. Principal wheat shipments go to Texas points.
San Francisco reports describe the Honolulu clash where a baseball pitcher used dynamite bombs against the insurgents bungalow headquarters. Bluejackets fired relentlessly before dynamite brought the confrontation to a swift close.
Theodore Cohn, clerk for A H L King & Co at 627 Broadway, who vanished on July 22 with 600 from the firm and fled with Frieda Siegel, the Puck restaurant cashier, arrived in New York from Chicago under arrest and is held at police headquarters. Frieda Siegel remains in Chicago.
Porltand reports dense smoke for weeks as fires burn across the northwest. Authorities estimate total forest fire damage in the region this year at about $500000, with sun and moon seen as burning balls through the haze.
Detroit reports that every southern state will send a full delegation to the national editorial association meeting in Detroit from August 27 for a four day session. Thirty three states will be represented and Detroit citizens will spend about seven thousand dollars on entertainment.
New York Aug. 12 Maud 8 the great trotter will get another chance to show speed. Owner Robert Bonner plans to appoint a new trainer when a suitable one is found. The mare will be worked on her own track at Tarrytown.
Kansas City Aug 14. Hough ton Peck and Co manufacturers and wholesale dealers in men's furnishing goods at 58 Delaware street made a general assignment to benefit creditors. Liabilities estimated at 100000 dollars and assets at 110000 dollars.
Gen W T Sherman spoke briefly to Grand Army of the Republic veterans gathered in Coorprustown New York on Saturday evening. He urged unity and commemorated past service as the crowd listened in a mood of respect and national reflection.
A widow named Gillis is described as the victim in a distant district of Mc Dowell county where a shocking crime occurred. Details are scarce and the report emphasizes the severity of the act and the remote location.
Neighbors discovered a county family of a man with two grown daughters dead Friday. The trio appears to have been criminally assaulted and murdered with no view to the perpetrators.
Robert Snyder, a saloon-keeper and ex-convict, shot his wife and her mother in their Kansas home during an early Sunday morning break in. Mrs. Snyder was wounded in the breast and is expected to recover. her mother was shot in the stomach with slim chances of survival. The motive is unknown but thought to be anger over marital separation.
A widow named Gillis and her two daughters were found murdered and assaulted in McDowell county West Virginia. A vigilance committee formed to punish the Hollis brothers, who were reported captured and executed by hanging and shooting.
Lancaster August 12. W K Beard master carpenter of the Pennsylvania railway completes a third major bridge move this morning. The 258 foot iron bridge over Mill creek was shifted forty five feet in twelve minutes while a freight train and two engines passed above it fifty eight minutes after work began. One hundred men used seventy eight trestles rollers jacks and cranes. Beard earlier moved the Conestoga bridge near Lancaster on August 7 1887 in fifteen minutes.
The Haitian war is expected to be abandoned this summer. Gen Legitime holds Port au Prince, while Gen Hippolyte retreated north after a decisive battle near Legitime's palace with heavy casualties on both sides. Hippolyte suffered the heavier losses per a cable from Port au Prince.
A morning cloud burst washed out streets and flooded cellars in Parenson N J two sewers became choked and water shot from man holes up to ten feet high A woman was swept away but rescued by three men and some streets ran four feet deep Passaic City faced similar conditions due to the downpour.
Pat Calhoun returned to Atlanta yesterday as Williamson travels to Rome. Goy and Seay of Alabama announce plans to demand extradition of the duelists. Goy, Gordon of Georgia says he will honor the requisition since the duel occurred on the state line.
At the Burton building corner of Clinton and Van Buren streets the gutted structure collapsed this morning, burying a number of workmen in the ruins.
Bautivonye Maryland August 14 The ex champion Jake Kilrain is in custody after being captured at 8 o'clock this morning as he stepped from the Norfolk boat at its wharf.
The Liverpool paper reports Mrs Maybrick has been fixed for execution on Monday August 26 after her conviction for poisoning her husband last week.
It is generally believed here that Gideon P. Brown of Brown Steer and Clark has joined the Canadian colony after the firm faced bankruptcy.
Prx President Cleveland and Mrs Cleveland halted in Farmingham Mass on the way to Southboro this morning.
The Kansas Nebraska plainsman recalls a severe August cyclone near Pole Creek Nebraska in 1855. A government train, cattle, and six men battle a collapsing cloudscape, a swift tornado, and a wrecked wagon train leaving one rider dead and five wagons destroyed. The piece argues such storms were not new to the Great Platte valley.
The Boston Gazette presents a poetic list of paired images and metaphors seeking symbolic items such as a hat for a fountain head and a glove for fate, linking knowledge, fortune, justice, and repentance in a stylistic item note.
A humorous fragment from New York Weekly depicts a wife and husband planning a summer wardrobe trip to Newport. The wife frets about bringing only a limited wardrobe while the husband hopes to arrange his affairs to join, noting she lacks a suitable suit.
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