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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1893
Page
2
A mixed and garbled column offers quirky vignettes: a teacherly call for real progress at Graham Zeader school, a Boston spinster leaves $8 000 to her cat, and a San Francisco man drafts ten commandments for his wife. The piece muses on cable rides, the World’s Fair, and prophetic miscalculations, interspersed with rail robberies and Welsh heritage theories.
Readers question France’s motive in aligning with Siam and the practical gains expected. A Pleasant, Pennsylvania man claims he spent ten days at the pie fair, highlighting public skepticism about foreign policy and the proposed union of Central states amid calls to curb revolutions and preserve order.
In the Senate Mr Cameron of Pennsylvania presented a petition signed by 144 Philadelphia manufacturers with $75,000,000 capital employing 100,000 workers and $150,000,000 annual output, urging tariff protection and silver preservation. Mr Harris opposed the repeal bill and warned of silver demonetization unless a fair compromise is found.
In Washington on September 29 the repeal bill was taken up in the Senate. Senator Peffer of Kansas argued the president’s letter to Governor Northen of Georgia does not reveal his stance on monetary policy. He said the president remains unclear whether monometalist or bimetalist, but insisted on repealing the Sherman Act.
Washington September 29 Senator Cameron’s stance for free coinage of silver draws attention. In Reading Pennsylvania a Republican league meeting attempted to censure him but failed by two thirds. A Pennsylvania movement unites protected manufacturers with free silver supporters to block tariff cuts and satisfy western free coinage aims under new terms.
Washington September 27 members from both parties show readiness to participate in the debate on the bill to repeal federal election laws begun yesterday. Democrats assign Tucker to lead the fight while Republicans place Dolliver in the breach under Johnson’s plan. Reed will close for the Republicans.
In Washington, Sept 27 the senate heard Mr Dubois propose postponing consideration of federal election laws tariffs and finance matters until Jan 15 1914 to allow Washington Montana and Wyoming to have constitutional vote influence and protection guaranteed by the United States.
The house committee on military affairs took up Delegate Flynn of Oklahoma’s resolution seeking details from the secretary of war on how troops acted during the opening of the Cherokee strip. The committee authorized a favorable report on a substitute asking the secretary to reveal the army’s role, the orders given, whether those orders were violated, and any outrages against the United States.
Wasnixeton dispatch notes Secretary Carlisle informing the House that 106,688 Chinese are estimated in the country, with 13,243 registered and none deported under the exclusion act.
Washington September 25 President Cleveland will soon appoint the United States members of the international boundary commission charged with surveying and locating the boundary line between the United States and Mexico.
Washington September 27 The house committee on banking and currency will begin hearings at once on the proposed increase of national bank circulation and the repeal of the state bank law.
An official pension bureau statement reports 700495 claims awaiting action as of September 25 in Wasuineron.
In Washington on Sept 29 a sensation erupted in the House as a lie is alleged to have passed between members during morning sessions. The incident prompted immediate reactions and calls for clarification amid growing tension.
Mr. Morse of Massachusetts rose to denounce obstructive tactics and to say he would abandon finstering. Mr. Fithian of Illinois objected to printing papers in the Record, while Morse claimed others shared the objection. A debate over a conversation led to mutual accusations of falsehood before the speaker restored order.
The President's letter to W. J. Northen outlines views on a stable currency, opposing free coinage of silver while supporting a readjusted monetary system. He calls for repeal of the Sherman purchasing clause and warns against economic fright and hoarding, urging a comprehensive financial scheme. Cleveland stresses confidence, stability, and national credit.
Washington dispatch reports Senator Stewart demanding action against President Cleveland for alleged coercion of Congress to pass the repeal bill. Stewart cites the Capitol cornerstone ceremony and the presidential veto as symbols of alleged overreach, noting opposition from the press and calls for alarm as the speech continues in executive session.
Washington Sept 30 Representative Oates of Alabama argued before the banking and currency committee in favor of his bill to repeal the 10 percent tax on state banks. A full committee attendance and many congressmen followed the argument. Tomorrow McLaurin of South Carolina and Wheeler of Alabama will be heard on the question.
A catastrophic cave in at Mansfield mine in Crystal Falls district buries 28 workers, with 48 men entering the shaft. Five levels flooded, 28 bodies not recovered, 8 widows and many dependent families. Rescue measures undetermined.
A Rio de Janeiro cable reports the Brazilian capital unchanged with a rebel fleet threatening bombardment. Peace talks hinge on foreign powers and possible resignation of President Peixoto, while insurgents block Santos and the government faces assassination fears.
Tuesday night between 11 and 12 o clock Captain Thomas Lyles postmaster at Midway nine miles east of Shet a Postmaster Sureverorr was shot eight times through his desk window as he worked on his books. Six bullets struck him and the assailant escaped. Attending physician Dr E J Hill says there is little hope of recovery though reports say he remains alive.
Details of a western Cherokee strip prairie fire reached Garaxte Oklahoma on September 28. Hundreds of settlers lost wagons tents and horses and several people perished including Mrs William Harrison and two children Mrs Thomson and three children the Thomas family and a man named Baker Mrs W A Kennedy and two children were badly burned and others unnamed survived with injuries.
Five named Black men were hanged in public at Mount Vernon in Montgomery County at noon yesterday. The five victims were convicted of murder in separate July cases including the killing of Alexander Peterson and a five year old child and one other killing. Thousands attended the public execution, the first in the county since the war. The condemned: Hiram Jacobs Hi Brewington Lucien Manuel Russ Strickland and Wilson Gordon.
A false alarm at the Kalwarya synagogue near Sualki sparked a deadly stampede. Nine people died and about one hundred were injured as worshippers rushed to the exits. fifteen more are expected to die. The rabbi subdued the panic after ten minutes.
Capetown dispatch reports Chief Wither attacking German supply columns. Twenty wagons were destroyed en route from Wendholk to Swakop. Four wagons returning from Swakop were also destroyed. The chief captured 400 oxen and arms, killed twenty natives, but spared the Germans.
Postoffice Inspector Small received word of the brutal murder of Postmaster Potter and his assistant Robert Roberts at Monitor in Yuma county on Thursday. No details available. Indians are suspected of the crime.
Rome reports a serious rift between King Humbert and the Vatican as the pope rejects the king’s right to nominate a patriarch for Venice. In response the Italian ministry plans to refuse exequatur to all bishops named at the fall consistory.
In Haxnissone Pennsylvania on September 27 Benjamin Tennis a farm hand confessed to outraging and murdering young Agnes Wright Cooper near Hummelstown a week earlier. He was arrested yesterday morning and broke down admitting the crime.
The man, Tennis, 42, confessed to plotting the crime on September 17 and assaulting the girl next morning as she walked to school. The nine year old was strangled with her torn underclothes and hidden in underbrush. found next evening. Grand jury returned a true bill, trial set.
Ex President Pelligrini reports from Tucuman that rebels may surrender soon while Santa Fe foreign colonists join the uprising. Across the north and east the Argentine Republic fluctuates between revolution and government control as violence escalates and troops realign.
The Louisville and Nashville passenger train from New Orleans jumped a switch 80 miles east of the city. The wreck demolished the baggage and passenger cars. Two negroes were killed and one badly injured. The engineer and fireman were severely hurt while other staff sustained minor injuries. Marshall began track repairs shortly after. passengers were transferred and service resumed within hours.
In Aprtay Michigan on September 27 Nelson Kaney and Maude Brainerd rode west of town after church. Brainerd jumped from the buggy to escape his threats and he fired at her then killed himself. Brainerd died that night after sudden illness. cause pending. Some claim poison by Kaney, others say she ingested poison at home.
An armed mob of about 200 attacked the Chinese quarters in LaGrande Oregon on Sunday night looting homes and forcing residents to flee to the city limits. Officers were overwhelmed as warrants were issued for leaders. About thirty Chinese sought refuge in missionary Trumble's home where Mrs Trumble defended it with a Winchester rifle warning the mob to back off, and the crowd dispersed.
A dynamite bomb exploded in front of a waterfront boarding house housing non union sailors, tearing the front of the building and killing two on the spot. Six injured victims were mangled as the feud between unionized and non union sailors escalates with owners blaming Seamen's union members.
A Detroit telegram reports the deaths of Mr and Mrs Henry Land of Detroit and serious injuries to Howard Merdith and his wife in a Grand Trunk railway wreck at Bellville Michigan yesterday morning. Grand Trunk No 5 collided with the Lake Erie express bound for Chicago. A cook and porter on a private car were also seriously hurt.
At Perry last Sunday services were held in the circus tent conducted by A. T. Carter a converted gambler. In the wake of a fire two hundred buildings are rising and fifty more carpenters were brought in yesterday. Several more bodies were found in the burnt district.
News from Texanwana Arkansas reports Perry Brother, accused of assaulting a white woman, was captured after being lynched by indignant locals about twenty miles north of town. His body was riddled with bullets.
In St Petersburg on Sept 28 a search for the warship Pusalkal uncovered more debris. Authorities believe the ship struck a sunken rock and sunk with all hands. The drownings are reported at about 200 officers and sailors.
Vancouver reports Empress of India dispatches say a coastal steamer builder’s vessel exploded on August 24, killing thirty people.
A clash on a moving circus train killed and injured new workers, with six tossed off at twenty miles per hour near Waco. Three hurt, one missing, arrests made after arrival.
Crowds flood into St Louis for the Autumnal Festivities running Sept 1 to Oct 21. Illuminations include 75 000 lights and electric arches. Sousa’s band headlines with four daily concerts and world class soloists. Admission 25 cents. Bandmaster Sousa praised as greatest living.
The excerpt notes no mention of cats in the Bible or Assyrian records and observes scarce quotes from Max Muller. It states India and Sanskrit name mar jara derived from cleaning habits and mentions Roman and Etruscan recognition of a cat’s mouse habits evidenced by antique gems and paintings.
A French painter David mocks a farmer over a foaming horse drawing. The farmer cites a horse with a bit causing the foam. A parliamentary note explains the Chiltern Hundreds fiction for resignation. A quip on love suggests two can play, three is work.
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