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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1893
Page
2
A collage of brief dispatches and observations covers topics from a Rochester ice cream scare to piracy in Pennsylvania. It notes Ford's Theatre accountability, calls for punitive measures against dynamiters, and jests about Russia under Tsar Nicholas II. It touches Winnipeg rail ambitions, taxes, baseball's resilience, and U.S. shipbuilding and city growth contrasts.
A tense scene followed an elevator collapse at a building where six Black occupants were injured after a belt slipped while a heavy girder weighed 1000 pounds was raised to the second floor. Authorities arrested Abe House, a tall Black man, amid bloodstained clothing as investigators probe a separate brutal Bohemian girl homicide.
Texas dispatches report a deputy sheriff recaptured a jailed suspect after the man attempted suicide by train. Other items note a man dying after a fall in Dallas County, a boy attacked by a cow near Marshall, a smoker’s death at Paint Rock, a freight train collision near Victoria with a fatality, cattle theft arrests in Corsicana, postmaster robbery at Woodbine, and various small-town accidents and crimes across the state.
In Dallas a man visiting a widow is shot by the widow who claims she acted to stop an implied departure. She asserts no affair and refuses charges. the incident occurred as the man attempted to escape into the front room where the widow fired. In Corsicana youths shoot at intruders missing serious harm. Parker and Wheeland suffer, Parker severely.
D F Nunnerly and his brother J W Nunnerly along with George and Andrew Organ, all from Blossom Prairie Lamar county, were riding near Lorena McLennan county when a bolt struck Bullhide creek bridge killing D F Nunnerly and his horse. The others were badly shocked but recovered while scouting land for farming.
About noon yesterday Nelson Bryant a colored drayman was shot and killed inside Dr. Dutton's drug store in Connor Texas. He had just entered to light a cigar when a man entered and fired without a word hitting him in the forehead. The killer fled on a nearby horse and has not been captured.
In Tex July 22 Wal in then was arrested charged with enticing a girl from her home under a promise of marriage. Authorities say she was enticed away 2044¢. The case hinges on further investigation as the girl’s whereabouts and consent are being examined.
News brief highlights include post office removals and inquiries in Terre Haute. Utah mining insurance shakeup. a sensational crime spree with a Hoosier couple scheme. a New York boy found in a move wagon and placed with child services. Stabbings in Mississippi and Mexico, gas-related deaths in Pennsylvania, and a coal-black elopement in Kentucky draw readers into a panoramic week of incidents and official actions.
A long list of incidents includes whipping and assault cases in Omaha and Wisconsin, a man killed by lightning near Camp Douglas, executions of nonperformance stints in Colorado, and a Kentucky man found starved. Other items cover kidnappings freed in Cuba, longshoreman elections, pipe organ history, Choctaw land payments, and police cases in Cincinnati and Georgetown.
Five men, identified as Russian Jews, were arrested in a sting operation after a Hebrew Protective Society report exposed a year long series of robberies and tortures. Detectives Kirwan and associates converged as decoys entered the den and signaled police.
A disaster struck Voghera and nearby Casteggio in Piedmont with widespread destruction and hundreds injured. Many homes collapsed with few structures left intact and seven bodies recovered. The militia and ambulance units were dispatched to assist rescue efforts in Voghera, a 10 000 population manufacturing city, and Casteggio, about five miles away with 5000 residents.
The Brazilian legation reports Cananea and Republica chased and captured the insurgent Jupiter off Santa Catarina with Admiral Vandenbeek aboard. No fighting occurred in Rio Grande do Sul. Rebels crossed into Uruguay three weeks ago and habeas corpus suspension reports are unfounded.
Paris reports De Lanesseen dispatching word that Siamese troops attacked a reconnoitering Anamite militia detachment at Anko on July 5. The Siamese were repulsed with heavy losses and one Anamite was killed. Local populations northwest of Siam show support for France.
Two prisoners Baber and Lebe sentenced in the U S court in the Indian Territory last June to one year in the penitentiary have begun habeas corpus proceedings seeking release. They allege the Indian Territory judgment is void for imprisoning them outside the district of their conviction for cattle stealing.
July 21 report details a spike in murder, fights, and larceny across the Chicasaw nation. The jail holds thirty five inmates with recent robberies including a 780 draw in a wagon yard near a farmer. Thomas Westmoreland faced trial for poisoning George Green at Courtney I T with Green dying within half an hour after the drink.
In Curoaco TL on July 20 two men killed and wounded after nine tramps assault a cabin sheltering fisherman William Faton and hunter William Purdy. Al Jennings of Toledo identified as demon. victims include Jack Gallagher of Allentown and George Dorch of Whiting. Tramps routed after ammunition ran out.
In WaAsniucroy on July 22 the Swiss confederation president was named to an international arbitration commission handling claims between the United States and Chile. Alfred De Ccarpede, the Swiss minister, will represent Switzerland with John Goode and Senator Dana serving for the United States and Chile, respectively. The panel will convene on the 26th for its organization.
On Sunday afternoon in Russenville Ky James Watt, two children and a brother sought shelter under a tree during a downpour. A lightning strike killed the two children instantly, leaving one Watt severely injured. In the same neighborhood two Black women were also killed by lightning.
In Victoria Mexico on July 22 Francisco Villareal, a noted law student, and Juan Rangel, a young businessman, quarrelled over a young woman. The duel left both men dead as Rangel used a knife and Villareal fired a pistol.
A dispatch notes no battle between Flemings and soldiers but reports a sheriff posse clash injuring Col Fleming and a deputy. Other updates include cholera in Naples with four fatalities and apoplexy threat to Austro Hungarian War Minister Baron Ferdinand Paur.
Memphis authorities report an industrial accident when the driving wheel of the Memphis electric warehouse exploded yesterday killing Bagincce McDermott. The incident occurred in Memphis Tennessee on July 22 with emergency responders on the scene.
An incoming Grand Trunk passenger train struck a crowded street car in Chicago causing three deaths Thomas Perkins Margaret R Murphy and an unidentified boy. Among the injured are William Buhlman with a broken left leg and internal injuries J C Smith with internal injuries and a fractured skull and six others lightly hurt.
Boston July 17 The same court rules libel suits against towns cannot be maintained in the case of A H Howland civil engineer who sued Maynard for libel over an unfavorably stated town report on works he performed.
In a vacant lot, a brutal exchange ended with Egan delivering a crushing jaw blow to McDonald. McDonald died later at Roosevelt hospital. Egan escaped custody as police investigate the fatal fight and the surrounding crowd's reaction.
A posse pursuing a suspect who shot and killed two women near Brierfield sighted him near Calera on Sunday. He escaped into swamps and was surrounded, with widespread belief that the Negro was captured and lynched before daylight.
M MacGuire and his wife, both employed at a lace factory in Witxesnannr, Pa., were committed to the county prison without bail. MacGuire is charged with assaulting an 18 year old girl, with his wife assisting him.
A cyclone storm passed over New Haven last evening causing extensive havoc in Hartford. The largest tobacco growing district in the Connecticut valley is among the areas devastated with total losses estimated at $100,000 or more.
July 20 Loudon report says Prime Minister Gladstone's brougham collided with a van in Parliament Square. He was shaken but soon driven to the House of Commons after a brief delay.
A Terre Haute miner at a shaft near Fontanel poisoned himself and his family with canned goods taken home last Monday. The man, his wife, and one child died.
In Durant Mississippi on July 17 three colored children died in a house fire while parents attended church. In Lewes Delaware on July 20 the American bark Alice Reed reached breakwater with two sick mates and one death from yellow fever. In Moscow Cholera spreads among poor classes with high death rate. Peolodia and infested areas show no decline. In New York July 21 Matthew Rooney jumped from the Washington Bridge and was rescued, expressing a wish to die.
Twelve men died when a boat capsized on the Danube river yesterday. An unrelated line reports a tornado in Tornade le traty, Rous on July 1 with no further details.
A genuine case of leprosy was discovered near Many Forks in Nelson County North Dakota on July 21. The patient is 20 year old John Nelson of Norway.
Real estate activity in the county south and west of St Louis doubles in early 1898 versus 1892, with rapid price rises outside city limits. Railroads and electric lines maintain growth as a large population nears city annexation. Excursion tickets to the World’s Fair boost travel, while Browns baseball faces ups and downs. A quirky fruit measure dispute and local curiosities are noted.
A superstition in Norway says rowers carry a rooster when retrieving a drowned body to crow over the spot. Frizeled glass threads used in cotton weaving allegedly surpass fine cotton and silk in softness. Coin weights show a million dollars in gold coins weighs 8685.8 pounds while silver weighs 458,929.9 pounds. Gold ton value cited at 602,799.21 dollars and silver at 57,760.84 dollars.
The record notes far higher evictions in New York City than in Ireland for the period. It cites 93 895 evictions in New York and a little over 6000 in Ireland, illustrating a dramatic disparity.
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