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Newspaper
Heppner Weekly Gazette
Location
Heppner, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1890
Page
4
A broad array of late December incidents is reported including two head-on train collision victims near Pittsburgh and Wilkensburg, Pa and a string of local robberies, arson, and violent crimes. Also noted are mine closures in Delaware and Pennsylvania due to weather stagnation impacting employment, plus various court cases and police actions across Oregon and Washington.
Severe late storms in the orange belt flood rivers and streams causing widespread property damage and cutting off supplies in San Francisco. A postmaster aide named Edward W. Pieres faces a $2,500 embezzlement charge. Sacramento considers incorporating a Northern California capital company and seeks federal aid. California’s traveling exhibit tours New Orleans El Paso and San Antonio with thousands visiting. The U S cruiser Charleston is commissioned at Mare Island. Drift mining disaster at the Laing mine buries sixteen. rescue efforts abandoned. A fatal fire burns the Tynstias elfard building in San Francisco killing three. Jewelry store robbery in Phentum ends with a wife’s fatal gunfire. Deputy collectors seize Fresno Winyard Company assets valued at $500,000 in a record internal revenue seizure.
A plan for a political organization for India is drafted by the active Congress at Ruaubey to present to Parliament in Britain. Count Alloys Karolyi, former ambassador to Britain and Germany, dies suddenly while hunting on his Presburg estate in Hungary. Private telegrams from Montevideo report disorders and a crisis in the Drexilian government. Christian groups in the Indian Territory suffer violent shootings with fatalities and injuries. A British electrical executive, Charles W. Pierce, is indicted for manslaughter over a fatal shock. A leprosy containment regulation is issued by Surgeon General Hamilton. A Plaines area subsidence damages St. Leo’s church and nearby homes. Influenza epidemics rise in Berlin and Paris with fever and rheumatism among garrisons and workers. Swiss Swanson case upheld over guardianship dispute in Washington state. Trial results for codlin moth remedy and various notes on agents and auctions and subscriber lists.
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