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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1891
Page
3
A long, reflective column condemns lynch law while noting its use as swift punishment in failing systems. It surveys migration fantasies, colonization hopes, and racial policy, then shifts to reflections on science, the Eiffel Tower, industry, and the role of labor in national wealth.
News from LaGrange Ove reports a robbery at the National Bank of Enterprise in Walla Walla County. A single cashier faced a thief who demanded deposits, then three men fled on horseback with about $3500 toward the mountains. A pursuing posse faces a sparsely settled area.
At a Dublin city corporation meeting resolutions of regret were adopted for Parnell, and the lord mayor and officers were authorized to attend his funeral in robes of state. The Parnell party in West Clare urged John Belmond to lead, while nationwide mourners closed stores in tribute to the late leader. Members of the Parnellite camp refused to comment on politics until after the funeral.
Mrs Parnell has been prostrated since her son's death and may be losing mental balance. She has been confined to bed as attendants and a New York friend monitor her condition. Yesterday she rose in a fit of hysteria declaring intent to sail for Ireland to see her son.
On Pike's Peak Colorado Springs October 10 Mr A R Freeman and Miss Emma McHale of Colorado Springs wed at the Summit House after a Thursday ascent with Rev. Mr Lucas. Surrounded by onlookers and glittering snow, the ceremony claimed the highest marriage ever performed on terra firma.
The Choctaw nation supreme court ruled for Trout in the Trout versus Littell case over about fifty acres including most of South McAllister. Littell had leased the land. improvements valued over 100000 dollars and Trout receives the land and 400 dollars damages after a lower court decision was upheld.
A funeral procession of forty carriages for Nicholas Hempstreed triggered a runaway incident as a rear team frightened by a steam threshing machine. Dozens of carriages collided, sending occupants flying. Edwin Drestell of Altoona was killed. Joseph Perdue from Grinnell and others suffered severe injuries and critical conditions.
London reports the death of Charles Stewart Parnell prominent Irish leader at his Brighton residence Walsingham Terrace at 11 30 PM Tuesday after a week long illness linked to a recent chilk infection. Two physicians attended him daily as Mrs Parnell mourns beside him.
Kansas City report says W Chipman of American Utah, 25, a Mormon merchant, was conned out of 4000 dollars by a man named Smith who promised to pay his travel expenses to Kansas City for a cattle sale. Smith shipped the cattle to his home, sold them, and vanished.
The answer to the Blaine divorce suit was served on Mrs. Blaine. She seeks a divorce decree and child custody with alimony. Blaine denies desertion, claims poverty, and says his income is about $2000 a year ending December 1. He also pleads for custody. A hard fight for the child is anticipated.
The Manufacturers' Record reports C. H. Huntington's contract to extend the Austin and Northwestern railroad to Llano with completion by April 1. The move signals Texas growth and access to Llano's vast bessemer ore resources for active development benefiting the state.
A roundup of incidents and developments from communities including Rogers Tioga Linden Terrell Seymour and Fort Bend. Rain and crop prospects improve while new rail and water projects progress. crimes accidents and political gatherings are reported across numerous counties.
Paris Texas Oct 10 The Reno Texas and Pacific flag station postmaster D L Moncrief was robbed at 9 30 pm Thursday as he carried the day s cash home Two men with drawn pistols demanded the cash forcing him to surrender almost all the money he had on him They escaped northward missing the larger bills and securing about 50 dollars
In Buyas, George Dyke a 21 year old barber was fatally stabbed near the Mule Exchange on Main street around 8:45 pm. The weapon was a two edged blade causing fatal bleeding though a crowd nearby attempted aid. Authorities promise to pursue the killer as Dyke’s body is sent to relatives in Allegheny Pa. Corsicana notes a separate incident where Officer Hall was wounded during a manhunt after a porter Jack Buster seized a shotgun. Hall’s wound is serious and may keep him hospitalized.
Bud Franks entered J H Sims store and borrowed a shotgun then walked to Cecil Robinsons saloon and threatened Joe Carman. Carman knocked the gun aside as the barrels fired wounding him slightly. In Brenham Independence notes Mrs Eldridge finds her son J B Eldridge dead in bed aged about 40 after a long illness.
Hancorp Texas resident T. H. Weatherford, 81, keeps a pine coffin box six by two by two feet, made five years ago in Macon City Missouri, and travels with it toward Dallas as his burial preference. In Dixton Texas Rufus Wilson was jailed for disposing of mortgaged property in Foard county, unrelated to J. H. Wilson who received a two year sentence at the district court term.
The Limestone County Alliance gathered near Mexia on Wednesday. Admission was refused to Hon. J. I. Moody because he is a publisher of Farmers World and an anti subtreasury advocate, prompting anti subtreasury adherents to withdraw.
Corsicana in Crane residents Mr. and Mrs. F O Mc Spadden were thrown from their buggy as they entered the city. Mrs. McSpadden suffered serious injuries to the left shoulder and collar bone while Mr. McSpadden was not seriously hurt.
A brief item notes a change or connection between Ae Eye and business matters in Woata Texas with a reference to James in October.
Creyton faced trial in district court for robbery with an indictment alleging $25 in paper money taken at the union depot. Evidence showed coins were stolen. After the judge urged guilty verdict, Creyton sprang over the courtroom rail and fled across the prairie toward timber, while authorities moved to place him on a receiving stolen property charge.
At Buda Texas seven miles north of Kyle Joe B Burleson a white man shot and killed Clem Smith an African American after Smith cursed him and lunged with a knife in a store Burleson fired four times striking Smith in the body and mouth killing him instantly authorities reported police said the motive stemmed from prior quarrels
W J Kell a commercial traveler was brought from Denver to Fort Worth and found guilty of bigamy. He claimed insanity and received a five year penitentiary sentence. He had married Mrs Jennie Slayton in Fort Worth after meeting her in Georgetown while already married in Galveston.
A醉ing man unknown to authorities roams west of Pacestixe and stabs J D Robinson and E R Kirsh. Kirsh badly wounded, Gilson and others pursue the assailant who escapes. horse left behind may identify him. Another death reported near Meinecke district as Mrs. James Drennan is found dead at home with coroners inquest pending.
A messenger reports an explosion at David and Weavers store near Belmont twelve miles south of Leame Texas. Clerk James Dickerson tried to frighten a black man with a firecracker. a keg of powder caught fire, mangling Dickerson who survived briefly. Store side and roof damaged, fire contained with no other injuries. In San Antonio a Saxon lodger Louis Donath killed himself with morphine after love and work troubles.
Davens Texas October 9 The frn rice binder ever shipped to this place was unloaded yesterday morning by W L Fairchild who has about seventy five acres of rice as good as Louisiana's beat. There will be about 4000 acres of rice planted in this vicinity next year.
In a crowded train car a tall slim man helps a nervous woman with a bundle and a hat tied to a shawl. The woman mourns a dead husband and recalls his dignity as the conductor calculates the fare, noting the excessive cost amid their poverty.
In the Indian Journal the push to improve locomotive engines is highlighted as railways seek faster, stronger designs while economizing fuel. Experts debate whether future heavy engines will exceed current passenger and freight scales, and whether roadbeds can support higher speeds safely.
The piece notes Soudan provides sand and countless quails imported to London. the quails now appear on English tables amid falling prices. Desert quails are valued for speed and strength in flight and are increasingly used in shooting matches, brought over alive for sport.
A Bowery merchant, father to several marriageable daughters, offers his former clerk a lasting reminder. The clerk accepts, choosing a wife from the merchant’s daughters as a symbolic parting gift. Texad Siftings notes the unusual proposal and the clerk’s cheerful response.
The Chester canal linking the town to the sea is a major 19th century undertaking. It measures about thirty-three and a half miles long, twenty-six feet deep, and twenty feet at the top, with about three fourths finished and an estimated cost near forty-five thousand dollars. In California Tulare County, Chinese buyers seize fruit shipments, spurring trade growth while concerns rise over perceived inferior quality harming their own market.
A Leipzig scientist presents data asserting that colds are more common among people who bundle up and avoid harsh weather than those who brave the elements. The study contrasts behavioral habits with illness rates using figures and observations.
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