24 Apr 1890
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Newspaper
Iowa Le Mars Sun
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1890
Page
1
A misprint in the enacted joint rate bill omits the clause declaring rates reasonable and just, shifting the proof burden to the state. The error allegedly arose in the state printer’s office during engrossment, triggering talk of an extra session to correct.
A young eastern parson who took two wives now encounters legal and social difficulties. Other news from various quarters highlights community concerns and regional affairs as the paper surveys recent events.
Rev. John Wood, a 26 year old Newburg NY born preacher and former Salvation Army captain, is jailed in Olean NY after leading a double life with two wives. He married Ida Bell Mann in Buffalo and kept Phillipsburg wife with stories of parsonage repairs while claiming a Columbia education. A suit for divorce was filed by the first wife, and a friend uncovered his secret.
Emanuel Strangs, a wealthy Baltimore heir and strict Orthodox Jew, marries Tillie Williams, a former Methodist saleswoman at Strauss Bros. He and his family arranged Hebrew instruction for six months before the marriage, which occurred under Jewish law. The revelation came only after they began their wedding tour and failed to earn forgiveness from Strangs's father.
The Prewitt family near Lagrange Kentucky fell ill with a virulent disease after a recent tornado. Dr D N Porter of Eminence concluded it was tornado poisoning carried by spores from a distant infected area. A daughter died and other children are near death amid community alarm.
A four year project outlines a combined park and opera house in Rome with a 60 000 capacity, 30 000 seating, 180 dressing rooms, and a stage 106 by 282 feet. The designer aims to present plans to Ambrian world fair officials, backed by Rome leaders, and estimates 12 000 000 francs in Italy with higher Western costs.
A scrambled OCR line from Pinos Altoe hints at a bold raid or attempted action by Mountain Hands. The legible fragments indicate a chaotic incident with unclear specifics and names. Further readable details are needed to establish place, time, and outcome.
Three men including the boy George Robbing and brothers Dick Huber and Albert Mayfield were arrested after a robbery. Huber was shot in the left arm trying to escape. Robbing confessed. In San Antonio a habeas corpus suit seeks to annul Texas penal code and criminal procedure, challenging 1876 codification. Prominent lawyers from New York and Texas are involved, with the Texas Attorney General voicing alarm at potential state power loss.
The British steamship Elizabeth capt. Smith arrived in Philadelphia from Bluefields with a partial cargo after a dangerous shoreing at Lagoona Bluefields harbor on April 4. Bananas were dumped to rightsen the vessel and the propeller and boilers suffered sand damage. crew labored six hours with buckets to restore steam before continuing.
The president sent to the senate the following nominations Stephen A Marine to be pension agent at Des Moines Iowa Erastus A Walling to be surveyor general of North Dakota May Sumner Fifth cavalry to be lieutenant colonel of the Eighth cavalry Capt Davis of the Fourth cavalry to be major of the Fifth cavalry Lieut Col Misiner of the Eighth cavalry to be colonel of the Tenth cavalry First Lieut Murray of the Fourth cavalry to be captain.
A new bank has been organized at Ogden Utah with capital stock of 300000. Thandore Rabingon of Keokuk county will be at the bank and J P Barbour of the An AB City will be associated with the venture.
Tom Broderick the ex Burlington engineer pardoned a week ago after eleven months of imprisonment for dynamite use during the great strike has been lionized. He asserts his innocence and calls for reform, recounting mistreatment of prisoners including Samuel Fielden and Oscar Neebe. A labor-led fund-raising effort for a testimonial is underway.
Thomas Broderick, just freed from prison, says claims that anarchists Samuel Fielden Oscar Neebe were mistreated are false. He alleged Fielden was chained for smiling and Neebe faced inhuman treatment, but Fielden Neebe and Schwab deny knowing him and call the allegations a bid to raise funds for Broderick.
Reports from Huntaville Texas say elderly John Richardson and his wife were murdered at their Madisonville home, likely Sunday. Robbery suspected. two new foes involved, one arrested. Also: fatal fire at Pennsville near Bethlehem, PA. Young family log house destroyed. two children died. housekeeper Mrs Sickis burned rescuing them.
Due to embezzlement of 3,110,000 francs by the canton's treasurer, the entire Canton Ticino government resigns en masse. The scandal unsettles regional administration and prompts new leadership to be formed.
Three Polish miners were struck by a freight train at Huntington, Pennsylvania. Two were killed and the third fatally injured, with authorities noting the incident as a tragic accident during midnight operations.
Market opened firm on Saturday with light and mixed sales. Beef cattle demand remains steady with prime beeves in demand. prices range with butchers steers around 3.75 to 3.75 per pound and stockers and feeders from 2.75 to 4.50, cows from 1.00 to 7.75, calves near 3.80 to 2.50, South Omaha and Chicago receipts and shipments listed, overall market dull and unchanged with mixed loadings and declining tone in places.
Montreal auctioneer Thomas M Casey recalls seeing trunks marked J W B at Montreal in April 1865. He suspects John Wilkes Booth hid there after the assassination and planned to flee to Bermuda, then abroad. Edwin Booth confirms the trunks may belong to his ill fated brother, reopening old wounds.
In Spokane Falls Washington a squatter camp in Shantytown grows amid land disputes with the Northern Pacific. Squatters, organized and armed, threaten residents as Secretary Noble weighs the railroad land claim. Violent clashes and possible bloodshed loom as authorities consider the case and interior department actions.
The governor and railroad commissioners say a missing line in the state printing office will sap the validity of the joint rate law. The omission makes the rates prima facie valid only if proven reasonable in tests. Separately Lyon county officials Roland Lakin and John H. Harrison were arrested for forgery, and City Assessor A R Banscroft was jailed for perjury after a census fraud probe. Bond set at 2000 dollars for all. civil suit filed against Col. J W Feighan for overcharged salary.
John A. Sherman, a Kansas City detective, was arrested for the murder of William G. Wrightsman a prominent real estate dealer. Wrightsman vanished on November 16 1886 near the Missouri river and a clothed skeleton was later found on the river bank. Sherman links to the crime include money seen with him after the disappearance and efforts to block Wrightsman’s widow from collecting life insurance.
Secretary Windom explains treasury policy aimed at minimal market disturbance. He notes rapid bond redemptions, large fund depletion to under $20 million, and $18 million extra on deposit in national banks. Purchases of 4 percent bonds suspended then resumed after surplus rose to $29 million, with deposits in banks exceeding the surplus by about $3 million.
The piece notes Pope Pius IX and Leo XIII urging American church growth, predicting American influence on Catholic power and the Washington university as a future cradle of professors, while the Vatican lauds the American college as a nursery for future faculty. It contrasts Rome’s vast Catholic education with American expansion and religious triumph on the western continent. Cattlemen defy the president by shipping cattle into the Cherokee Strip, flooding the area with trains unloading stock despite official proclamations. About 1,000 cattle enter daily, underscoring tensions between federal orders and ranching interests.
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