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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1889
Page
7
A jumble of sensational phrases reports a list of dramatic events including an explosion, a spree by an insane husband, a young murderer, miners in danger, a collapsing building, a will dictation, roasting alive, highway robbers at work and related turmoil.
A Newark based brewery combine links Gottfried Kruger Christona Trefzin Peter Hauck Adelph Hupkful Albany brewing Co to form a new company proposed to issue 4.7 million dollars in stock. Titles transfer to the new firm but control stays with current owners, with investors from New Jersey New York and England.
Major J W Wham paymaster United States army with Clerk Gibbon and eleven soldiers were ambushed in a narrow gorge near Cedar Springs while en route to Fort Thomas. Eight escortmen were wounded, five seriously, robbers seized $20,000 and fled into the mountains. Major Wham was injured and Gibbon escaped with minor damage to clothing.
In Sr Paul Minnesota on May 18 a man calling himself M Curren surrendered to the sheriff claiming to be an embezzler wanted in Columbus Ohio. He says he lived in Columbus and worked as a lawyer in real estate and loan business. He admits miscounting funds and being about 500 dollars short after settlements and left the city. He now wishes to return to face the consequences.
A group of prairie schooners reached Cnamperlain Dak yesterday from the Oklahoma country and camp at American creek awaiting settlement of the Sioux reservation. Reports indicate this arrival marks the start of a larger exodus from Oklahoma toward the new lands.
Ferdinand Schroeder killed his wife and then himself at 321 Shelby street in Inprasa Pouis. In New Haven Yale professor J F Russell resigns over Andover controversy. In Squar, Fox the Larkin postmaster roams with his young daughter. In Lansing Pa the Woman's municipal suffrage bill passes the house after a crowded session.
The house today passed a bill appropriating funds for a monument honoring the late Gen. John A. Logan.
Four miners were terribly injured by a dynamite explosion at the Osceola mine this morning. Two may die. Doctors say Senator Hale in Los Angeles after a railway collision near San Jose has a severe sprain but injuries are not serious.
The executive committee of the national editorial association met in Cuxernnall today with about twenty members present.
A Tacoma building collapsed shortly before 6 last night, trapping occupants and prompting rescue efforts. Fire crews and police secured the area as witnesses reported debris and dust filling the street, with no official casualty figure available at press time.
Twenty men labored on a hotel building being erected by Walter Bates who acted as foreman. A southwest storm struck with force and collapsed the structure, burying the workers in the rubble.
Bereato New York May 17 William Kemm Jer convicted of first degree murder of his mistress Tillie Siegler is sentenced to death by electric chair within the week starting Monday June 2 This marks the first death sentence under the new law.
Boyle a Catholic priest was arraigned today in Bateson on a rape charge. He was bound over to the court and committed to jail as an immense crowd gathered for the preliminary trial and a 20 man extra police posse was sworn in amid a sensation match for the town.
In Pirrspuna Pennsylvania on May 17 the strike at the Allegheny Bessemer Steel Works in Duquesne is nearly a failure. The company has enough non union workers to operate all departments and strikers are reportedly leaving town. Sheriff and about fifty deputies remain on duty but no trouble is expected.
Brazil Ind May 17 A two day conference between the coal operators state executive board and the miners delegation ended at noon today with the operators refusing to arbitrate the differences over the yearly wage scale for mining bituminous and black coal across the state.
May 16 Parapenpia PA. The third day began at 10 o clock with Ira D. Sankey leading a Bible study and song service. The committee report on the general report of International committees was read and debated.
WINNEPEG May 17 The Free Press repeats charges of corruption against Premier Greenway alleging he received money from Manitoba Central railroad promoters. He is expected to push for a royal commission to probe the accusations.
In Carterresnune Kentucky on May 17 a farmer named Tom Phelton repelled a night assault by a gang at his Rogersville home. He fired at the intruders killing two. the rest fled.
Damage suits totaling about $100 000 have been filed against Keith and Perry by friends and relatives of the twenty three miners killed in the companys mines at Rich Hill March 29 158s.
Amany New York May 17 Charles Fasoldt renowned clock maker inventor and mechanical artist died last night at age 70. He mastered microscopic lens work counted 200000 lines to the new.
Lord Lonsdale arrived in Monrtreat and left for New York after reaffirming his Arctic Circle claim and saying he will prove it when he reaches London.
Sub committee of the Samoan conference decides Apia municipal council will consist of six members with one appointee each from Germany England and the United States and three elected by Apia residents. Perrin case sent to police tribunal with likely light sentence. French trade results show April imports down and exports up. Five brigands hanged at Sofia after mob pressure and chaotic execution. Hamburg industrial exhibition opens amid decorations. Judge Von Sonmerling marks sixtieth year. Emperor Francis Joseph offers congratulations. Buenos donates £100,000 for submarine experiments. Salisbury solicitors accept Brien libel writ. trial set in Liverpool. Ulster peers push to abolish lord lieutenant of Ireland. A massive landslide at Spiessback destroys villages and forests.
Mr Bowser refuses two women to help with cleaning while his wife narrator recalls a spring cleaning memory. An accidental stove topple ensues and the night scene shifts to Bolivar and Buenavista walking under a June moon amid reveries and a moonlit garden snail observation.
A Detroit Free Press tale recounts Mr Bowser’s fall and a house cleaning gone awry. A caregiver and helpers battle a stubborn ego as work continues around the injured man who fears he may die, yet insists on completing the task.
A Brooklyn Eagle quip notes editors like Halstead stay busy in sessions while Congress adjourns. The writer jokes that editors wield the pen’s power beyond official recess, contrasting a restless press with vacationing lawmakers.
The issue notes rising cotton acreage in Taylor, good wheat prospects in Fanti, and extensive farm guidance on weed control, storage, and animal care. It cites January February rainfall at Fort Elliot, farm debt notes in Fayette county, and large corn and cotton figures from Travis county. It reports a Pecos valley canal contract awarded to W A Bradbury for 400000 and mentions French agricultural influence in Mississippi and Texas.
The passage explains grinding oats with corn to produce a lighter mix for stock feed. It notes corn alone is heavy, recommends oats mixed with corn, and suggests grinding oats with the cob to improve milling, stating oats ease grinding and improve texture and efficiency.
A historical note explains corn cobs concentrate mineral potash used in soap making. It notes thrifty housewives learned this, and that animals may eat potash-rich cobs to offset stomach acidity. Burning the cobs increases palatability for fattening hogs.
The time a cow goes dry before calving is largely habitual. Treat the heifer's first calf consistently to train future milk production. Feed to stimulate milk and milk twice daily to build the habit, ensuring continued production near calving. When habits form, rest may help young cows before calving.
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