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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1893
Page
2
A sprawling chronicle blends quirks of the era from inflated tales of diplomats and detectives to quips about a Chicagoan infanta, a Mexican concession holder, and Ward McAllister. It notes strikes in Cape Town, peach rot cures, quaratine talk, and college hazing, all wrapped in a wry, piecemeal commentary.
An editorial warns that lunar caustic marked victims by hazing at Eastern students could force a drastic cure. It argues that if the victims do not retaliate, athletics should be dropped and college winks replaced, citing recent Sing Sing escape attempts and a governor’s eye veiling alleged by a crafty assassin.
A comic slice outlines New York waiters striking over facial hair, mentions Africa colonization plans near Zambesi and Sabi rivers, notes cholera terminology shifts in Europe, cites debates on coyotes and the idea that a dead coyote does not howl, ending with a satirical peace notion.
Montreal reports detail a grim winter tale among the Nascenopis tribe near Quebec. A hunter killed his 16 year old daughter to survive after a failed hunt, leaving companions to stagger back to settlements in a state of near death. The killer remains at large or possibly hiding.
Reprorp Indiana May 16 mob of about 100 sheriffs keys and hanged John Turley who murdered Conductor Price of the Ohio and Mississippi road at Seymour. Turley begged for life but the crowd executed in the jail yard by 2:50 am. Turley shot Price after fare dispute. Price died after a few hours.
Louisville reports a sensational crime as Albert V. Dupont, reputedly Kentucky’s richest man, died in a Mary Payne bungalow after a shooting. It is alleged Dupont married a local woman. her husband confronted them, allegedly beat the wife, then shot Dupont. A woman in the house remains unseen.
Washington May 20 The government will pay all bills presented for entertaining the duke of Veragua. Secretary Gresham stated this in answer to inquiries about expenses sent to the state department for entertaining the duke in Chicago. Infanta Eulalie of Spain, as guest, will also be entertained by the government in all matters except where cities or states defray expenses within their borders.
The Chinese minister and the legation secretary called at the state department in Washington. They discussed the supreme court upholding the Geary act as constitutional. He gave no sign of suspending relations and aimed to quiet affairs in China.
William McKinney, living northeast of town, narrowly escaped assassination Monday night while driving cows from the pasture. A concealed shooter fired two shots, one through his hat crown and another igniting his hair. Officers are investigating with a pursuing crew.
SAVANNAH Ga May 19 Max Ull man a prominent merchant and banker of Brunswick Ga committed death by his own action here yesterday morning The Oglethorpe National Bank and the First National Bank both of Brunswick suspended yesterday and great excitement is said to prevail there but no further details have been learned
An unofficial statement from Cordage Trust New York on May 18 says National Cordage assets exceed liabilities by over 13.5 million dollars. Receivers do not expect to file their report for some time.
Mack Preter fatally shot his brother William in Hovtoy Kansas on Friday. Police report the suspect charged his brother with improper intimacy with Mack's wife.
Lirrie Rock Arkansas reports a remarkable case dated May 19 where a fire of unnatural passion led to a dramatic outcome. Local authorities describe the incident as unusual and escalating swiftly beyond control.
John Wilson of Mulberry Arkansas attempted to abduct Myrtle Summers, his niece. Summers’s father chased the couple, shot and killed Wilson, then surrendered. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide.
John F. Daniels, a singing class teacher, was shot dead Tuesday night at the Ward school house four miles away. Mexican suspect Ed Gonzales, claiming Kyle Texas origins, was arrested after a 32 caliber rifle of matching ball size was found on him and traced from his bed to the shooting site. Daniels, a well liked young man, has relatives in Newport Kentucky.
Washinatox May 17 report says the deed of the Cherokee strip to the government will be signed today signaling near completion of white jurisdiction over the area. A later step may trigger trouble as intruders in the Cherokee nation are to be expelled under the sale terms, about 510 before government action.
Mrs. John Kuster, on trial for her husband's murder, collapsed after leaving the courtroom. She screamed and fought, dragging four men as she pleaded for mercy and begged not to be killed. She alternately begged to die and demanded to know who accused her of the crime.
In Gurmm Oklahoma on May 15 two John Kusler are noted as wealthy. An investigation began the body was exhumed and vital organs removed. Detectives uncovered startling evidence and the widow of the deceased was arrested for poisoning.
A broad sweep of recent events cites bank failures in Dunkirk and Brookston Indiana, Casey Illinois, and the Chemical National Bank of Chicago. Political notes include Pennsylvania's looming adjournment, Blount's Hawaii appointment, and the North Dakota Supreme Court upholding prohibition. Other items cover maritime diplomacy, sugar trade, cholera in Sweden, agricultural setbacks in Egypt and Mexico, and social developments from sunbonnet picnics in Kentucky to a New York society aiding Indians and home seekers.
Henry Gebhardt, foreman at S. F. Hellstein furrier, 589 Broadway, was shot at 7:30 AM in front of 667 Broadway by former employee Aug Warner. Warner then shot himself in the temple and died shortly after at St. Vincent hospital. Gebhardt had discharged Warner last Saturday.
Harris Blank and Isaac Rosenwig, both 27 and born in Russia, were hanged at 11 34 yesterday morning in the rail yard for the murder of Jacob Marks, a peddler, on March 18 1992 on Dutch Mountain Wyoming County. Blank and Rosenwig were peddlers.
In San Francisco on May 17 Paymaster J C Sullivan is under arrest on the receiving ship Independence amid irregularities in his accounts. The board of examiners has finished its inquiry and will promptly send its report to Washington.
Curcaco, May 16. Mrs. J. E. Clough wife of a noted Baptist missionary met a frightful death when a folding bed collapsed on her yesterday crushing her as her daughter watched unable to intervene.
James Roy Elmer Arbo of Bartlett and Alex Alearow attempted Sewell's Falls voyage in a boat yesterday. The craft capsized in swift water and all three were drowned. Bodies were not recovered.
In Salem Arkansas on Tuesday evening a jail fire killed Jackson Hurst who was awaiting adjudication of insanity after being confined there. Authorities suspect Hurst started the blaze.
A formal report from Hamburg on May 17 states a laborer near Shifluck, just outside the city, died of Asiatic cholera. The notification has stirred substantial public concern and prompted health authorities to investigate.
In Keyresville Missouri on Thursday William Morris shot and fatally wounded his wife before killing himself in a family quarrel. Police reported the incident occurred May 18 and left no survivors from the couple.
Congressman Fitch predicts a silver bloc will hold a solid majority in the next House. Seventeen Berlin bankers appeal for an election fund to back liberal government supporters. A Wilkesbarre girl sues her fiancé for her trousseau and wedding breakfast costs after he fails to appear. Eight robbers are captured by a sheriff's posse at Hudson Michigan, then escape with a pistol drop. The Scotch-Irish Congress convenes in Springfield Ohio with about 200 delegates. Cape jastines grown in Texas are displayed at the World’s Fair by Mrs. Caruthers and Mike Gallager who paid $20,000 for the floral privilege.
On a Wolfe City Greenville road farm near HUNT COUNTY a neighbor, Tom Harvey, shot farmer Dick Yeager during a long-standing land quarrel. Harvey, who fled after the act, is jailed in Dallas as inquest evidence points to a gunshot death.
The case of Mrs. Laura Campbell against V. P. Campbell for divorce and child custody was heard before Judge Barrett. The court granted the wife a divorce and custody of the child with the condition that the child remain in Texas. the father may visit reasonably. The father must pay $15 per month for the child’s support and education.
In Era near Gainesville Miss Amanda Hullett, daughter of L. C. Hullett, was accidentally shot by 8. F. Bottoms while a hunting and fishing party prepared at Spring Creek. Bottoms was loading a 22 caliber rifle when the gun discharged striking Hullett in the left side. She cried out Oh my God and died.
Lieut H C Clark of the twenty third infantry left San Antonio for Fort Leavenworth with a group of deserters. Prisoners include Orval Wise Francis Berryman Martin Patterson J W Fuller Clarence Young Patrick Cahill Bernhard Scramm T H Miller George Kennedy Irwin Furman. Sentences range from one to two years.
On May 15 a woman entered a recorder room and fired two shots in quick succession. She then reemerged into the barroom and warned the barkeeper of a planned subsequent shot. The barkeeper disarmed her. one person was wounded and two bullet holes were found in the ceiling and wall.
The evidence in the case of Ed Nichaels colored indicted for criminal assault upon a 10 year old Bohemian girl was completed yesterday. It was a cruel crime, equal in many respects in atrocity to that of Scott at Paris. The people are in no way aroused over the case, as it is generally believed the law will be fully vindicated.
Marshall Texas May 16 Brakeman Tisdale stepped on freight train No 73 at Oxford coal chute on the New Orleans Pavile division. His foot slipped under the wheel and his right leg was run over below the knee. He was taken to the hospital and his leg amputated.
Brakeman Bob Smith, formerly of Mexia, Texas, and last two years with the Houston and Texas Central, was killed yesterday while attempting to couple a train. The accident occurred as he ran in front of a backing train. no blame was found on any train crew.
John and Louis Lobel were brought to Dallas by Deputy Marshals McCampbell and McMurray charged with the murder of Louis Dickson on Muddy Creek, J T, last November. They face an examining trial on the 28th inst.
A southbound Cotton Belt freight derailed yesterday about one and a half miles from Pirrsstine. A wheel flange broke, sending nine cars down a steep embankment while the engine stayed on track. No injuries reported.
Yesterday afternoon around 3:00 Walter Daniels and Willie Daniels two African American youths fell into Buffalo bayou while trying to catch a large fish. They disappeared and were later found drowned.
Mrs Newcombe filed a complaint against her father J A Allen charging him with a nameless crime. Justice Kilgore set bond at 7
Officer Henry Waller arrested Will Jones on charge of assault to out the little 10 year old daughter of C. H. Cooper. Jones identified by the girl at the school and later transferred to the county jail after complaints filed. Cooper's father is reported to be in Chicago.
A masked Winchester wielding robber in cow boy attire stopped the Texas and Pacific eastbound passenger train at Kent at 11 PM. He forced the agent and others on board and looted the express car of valuables before stepping off unseen. The agent suspects two to three accomplices guarded the train from behind. The ransom sum was not disclosed.
In Bazette near Corsicana Texas on Monday night John Hall and Ike Walker, longtime rivals, quarreled at Sam J Jennings home. They went outside where a single pistol shot killed Hall with the ball entering below the eye and traveling to the brain. Walker surrendered and was later released on bond of five thousand nine hundred ninety dollars after a preliminary Kerens trial.
A colored man found dying in the engine room of the Kildare Lumber mill near midnight. He died before a doctor arrived, likely from heart failure. He carried a gold watch and $15.30. A post office registry receipt from Dry Run Arkansas was in his valise, addressed to Mrs. Sallie Thorp in Hazel Kentucky for Sam Thompson.
In San Antonio Texas George Robinson a young black man was jailed on the charge of murdering his 18 year old wife. The woman had given birth five weeks earlier and had suffered neglect and starvation since Saturday. Neighbors had sent food which Robinson ate. a quarrel followed and he beat her. He returned Monday and again mistreated her. the woman died from excitement and neglect.
On Tuesday morning in Woopville Texas the safe of John C. Mc Bride the town postmaster was blown open and robbed of about 450 in cash and 409 in county scrip and government vouchers. The vault was found near town with the scrip and vouchers but the cash was missing. No clue has been obtained on the culprits.
Justice Hill performed a marriage for Fred Ebish of Ardmore and Mattie Paul of Pauls Valley I T at the Central hotel. The bride, daughter of Col. Sam Paul, eluded her brother Joe with a buggy wedding party and returned to Ardmore after the ceremony.
Wellington Smith, a noted artesian well contractor, shot himself in San Antonio yesterday. He had moved from Indianapolis two years ago and had recently faced financial hardship. his wife departed for Indianapolis on a visit to her former home.
Beaumont Texas May 18 Henry Barr a bokie shot and severely wounded W W Green proprietor of the Exchange saloon five shots all taking effect two in each arm and in the right leg below the knee STEPHENSVILLE Tex May 19 a farmer J B Patton died after a horse kick two miles west of town while gearing a plow in about one hour
In Wharton a German shot and killed a black man named Tom Krenshaw after a drunken row near Egypt. In San Angelo Mrs. J W Riggs died from grief after her husband collapsed from heart disease at their door. A Mexican man was found near Juno with a crushed skull and no identification.
The article notes the sale of a prime block on F Street between Market and Chestnut at 1800 dollars per foot, about two hundred below value, highlighting St. Louis as a growing rail hub with new lines and reduced horse car usage. It also mentions increased traffic after the World's Fair and the Spanish Club’s business-diplomatic trips promoting local trade.
The Order of the Eastern Star a women's Masonry group with about 64 000 members will convene in Chicago on May 18 for day and night sessions. Grand master to preside ceremonies prayers songs and rites are planned with wives mothers sisters and widows of Masons also participating.
The article notes frequent killings and self destructive acts by youths in France. It cites nine murders of children under ten by boys under fourteen over recent months and mentions two recent suicides, a boy who hanged himself and a girl who drowned herself in the Seine.
Miss Florence Marryatt daughter of a famous writer pursues literature as a profession. She lives alone in a West Kensington house with two servants and a notable menagerie of dogs birds and flowers. She is known for kindness to young authors and chats about characters and plots with friends.
A 25 000 candle power search light on the Cruiser Australia sent Morse code signals that pierced the night sky. The electric Nashes could be read forty miles away and were visible to a friendly ship many miles below the horizon.
A New York paper calculates the fair’s exact costs noting a total fee of 36 dollars for seeing the grounds and side shows. General admission is 50 cents per visit with many spectators willing to pay additional fees for extra attractions and views beyond the standard ticket.
A garbled quotation fragment discusses mortality and friendship, citing Lord Macaulay about ten deaths spoiling a life and Chauncy Depew on aging and friendship after forty, with stray words about Metternton and a life event.
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