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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1890
Page
2
The piece notes a tornado outbreak in Louisville described as the windiest event the medical field has seen in years. It mentions Dr. Schleyer of Constance in Baden introducing a language and cites varied commentary on peace, demographics, and long-distance telephonic feats between Berlin, St. Petersburg, and Bologna.
The wedding album is described as a new Kea designed to hold pictures of the bride and groom and attendees. It may aid identification months later when spouses wonder if the other person resembles the one they married.
A Irish woman visited the county morgue to view a body and was asked to identify it. She replied she did not recognize the person but claimed to know his mother rule well.
Dovglass Green formerly married to Mrs. McCrea fled to London to avoid bigamy prosecution and telegraphs that between romance he studies Darwin. He is "on the right track" and will likely find reflection in The Descent of Man.
The text notes a widespread decline in speculation across major markets. It highlights dull business and reluctance to invest in Europe’s London Paris Berlin and Vienna exchanges as well as Wall Street.
A Tillis Russia man paid an assassin 75 dollars to kill an enemy and 90 more when the killer produced a supposedly proof ear. The assassin later tried to extract 100 dollars from the target by claiming to reveal the plot and produced a bogus ear. The payer sues the swindler to recover the money.
The Howards and Turners of Har len county Kentucky end a long running feud by a formal pow wow agreeing to cease hostilities forever. Both sides pledge to hunt down any member who breaks the treaty, marking an end to one of the souths bloodiest feuds.
The piece argues post office money orders are too complex and burdensome. It says pay in money to obtain an order and then redeem at the office should be simple, but rules and conditions make the process tedious and prone to errors.
R M Hall of Williamson county and state land commissioner announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor. He says he runs in the interest of Texas and the Democracy and will announce a platform soon. Hall has strong support across the southwest and north Texas while urging railroad regulation and stronger state legal enforcement.
McKixney Texas May 15. J. W. TitrockMorton withdraws from the governor race citing ill health after grippe and exertion. He thanks supporters and hopes readers find a more capable servant to lead Texas to a grander civilization.
A. B. Caviel, colored school teacher and former county commissioner from Garcitas, was convicted of false swearing and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary by the district court. He drew juror Davies while teaching and claimed to have taught a full month to obtain a monthly warrant. The case caused a stir among colored residents, who doubt malicious intent.
Confederate veterans in Hood camp met yesterday and accepted an invitation from Jack Hamilton camp of the Grand Army of the Republic to join in decorating the blue and the gray on May 20. Judge Foster of the Grand Army of the Republic attended and explained the program, noting the invitation was unanimously accepted. Joint committees are empowered to arrange the celebration and may use Hood camp headquarters in the temporary capitol.
Jesse Quinn, an aged Lampasas County resident, wandered from home last Saturday. He was found Monday evening drowned in the Sulphur fork of the Lampasas river about 1.5 miles below town. He was buried by the Odd Fellows yesterday. officials think temporary insanity led to the drowning.
Trinity Texas May 13 trains have not crossed the Trinity river since Saturday halting transportation and delaying freight and passenger services.
Transfers are made by boats and flat cars into the swelling river above the 1884 high water mark. The Trinity and Sabine passenger train due at 5 pm is delayed after White Rock tank collapse spanned the trestle injuring track. Railroad officials led by T. J. Ray and Tom Cronin rush to save the roadbed as a boat carrying women and children nearly capsizes.
The steamship Propitious sailed Saturday morning with Kansas corn for Liverpool. At departure a twenty one gun national salute was fired by the Galveston artillery company, commemorating new trade relations between Galveston and the west as loading continues offshore.
Governor Wheeler assumes the duties of chief executive in Austin as Governor Ross departs for Washington to arrange trial of the Greer county boundary suit. The state plans to retain Washington attorneys to aid in defense and will discuss steps with Joseph Sayers toward securing further appropriations to cover balance of deficiency claims, likely $148,090.
In Victoria Texas on May 13 a young colored girl, daughter of Ike Alexander, was killed when she and her sister crawled under gravel cars being moved by a switch engine. The elder sister escaped while the younger was fatally crushed. No railway blame assigned. Corn in area nearing roasting ear stage.
In Galveston on May 13 a dray passing Perkins lumber yard struck a pile of lumber where two five year old girls Maggie O Rea gan and Pauline Gonzales were playing with crawfish in a ditch. The pile toppled trapping the children. Maggie died instantly and Pauline suffered fatal injuries.
San Andreo Texas May 14. Monday evening during a severe hail and rain storm Billie Ballard 25 on a horse from J B Taylors ranch on the Devil River was struck by lightning near Knickerbocker about thirty miles west and killed instantly. His head was broken and clothing torn from his body. A led horse was unharmed. A nearby flock of sheep was struck and killed.
El Paso May 15 reports the arrest of Tom Allen George Wiley Moses Williams and Pedro Molnidos a Mexican national for robbing McCutcheon Payne and Co. Their thefts allegedly extended over months with Allen the driver sleeping in the warehouse and passing goods to others at night.
In Paris Texas yesterday, jurors in the James Huddleston counterfeiting case returned a verdict while the defendant was absent. He had been allowed to remain at liberty on his bond pending trial and reportedly traveled the night before the verdict.
Henry M. Stanley was greeted by an enthusiastic crowd at Guildhall London May 14. Two thousand guests attended as the lord mayor presented Stanley with a gold casket and an address from the corporation. The event followed a proposed reward related to Louisiana lottery privileges and a governor's recommendation concerning a defaulter Burke.
News from San Francisco reports the schooner Eliza Mary struck Mallicoo reefs in the New Hebrides during the March 4 storm. Seventy nine aboard included eighteen crew, two passengers, forty four recruits and fifteen laborers. Four white sailors drowned as the first boat broke apart. Others on board were saved, some recruits drowned or killed after landing, and a boy narrowly escaped a savage attack after reaching a village with natives. In all four whites and forty seven blacks were lost.
Baron Rover La May 14 The state legislature convened and the governor's message spans eleven columns. It condemns renewing the lottery charter, criticizes Treasurer Burke, urges preventive measures against similar crimes, and proposes a reward for Major Burke's capture. The governor advocates levees and federal support for national protection against destructive agneies.
In Sioux City Iowa May 14 warrants issued against thirty saloon keepers and building owners over renewed law and order actions following the death of Rev George C Haddock. Saloon men vow to quit the drink trade and move to original packages as tensions rise with about 100 saloons in the city.
May 12 Carcado Edward Reid, a clerk at the Southern White Lead Works, was fatally shot yesterday afternoon by George Bartley a striker. Bartley and another striker entered the works in intoxicated condition and were challenged by workers. Reid, uninvolved in the task, disarmed Bartley, who quickly recovered and shot Reid in the breast.
In Chattanooga morning fog, two East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia railroad freight trains collided. Three colored brakemen were killed and engineer Thomas Fogarty and James McLaren brakeman injured with eight cars wrecked. Conductor Knight and J. Dobbs also hurt. Tracks blocked for twelve hours.
Baton Rouge report notes Johnson Morris proposes a yearly 1,000,000 payment for lottery rights. Distribution would fund levees 450,000 public schools 350,000 hospitals 100,000 insane 75,000 deaf dumb and blind 25,000 and New Orleans drainage 100,000.
The cyclone that devastated Akron last Saturday night also struck Limayike in the county’s northern part. Six houses lost their roofs and many more were badly damaged. A. Hart’s home was destroyed risking his wife and daughter’s lives, and an 18 month old girl baby was killed instantly.
San Francisco May 12 The steamer Gelanodia arrived Saturday bringing updates on the Samoan treaty and related arrivals and dispatches.
Reports from Samoa detail the April 19 ratification ceremony in which King Malietoa and the American, British, and German consuls signed the treaty. The consuls explained the Berlin conference provisions and noted foreign residents would share some new costs to secure peace and native self government.
Tornadoes hit Harrison and Gentry counties killing William Wilson and Mrs Nathan Green among others. Dozens of buildings barns and farms wrecked with cattle killed. Injuries reported near Memphis Blythedale and surrounding areas as fences orchards and homes were blown away.
Mrs J G Robinson of Fishing Creek owns 5000 acres with lumber and improvements. Squatters moved in and a mob of about 100 men attacked a house housing a widow and her children, wrecking the building and setting debris on fire. Sheriff Wyatt ordered dispersal but the mob persisted. Further trouble is feared as warrants have been sworn out.
London observers note George Francis Train boarded the Etruria for New York with a large cheering group of Americans. Debates over whether he is a genius or a crank persist, though most agree his current venture could surpass all present records.
The New Haven relief committee arrived from Black and Dol y bayous and described the devastation in Red River parish. Entire section deserted, homes washed away, families scattered, and hundreds rescued from several feet of water as New Haven provided crucial aid.
The Missouri Pacific states new fares from St. Louis to Kansas City at 3 dollars, to Leavenworth 3.65, to Atchison and other points 4 dollars, and to Pueblo Colorado Springs and Denver 10.60 dollars. A possible drop to below 1 dollar to Kan City in a day or two is implied, with other western roads expected to follow.
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