08 Nov 1889
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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1889
Page
1
A long, fragmentary recap of strange happenings and curiosities from various places and times. The text spans weddings, architectural restorations, typhoid concerns in Paris, a Dutch duchess’s debts, New York decrees, and a streetcar of oddities including a performing animal, a hawk versus canary, hypnotism societies, and remote Canadian oil and land reports.
Nov 2 dispatch reports cabinet member sparring over Patrick Egan the minister to Chili and alleged conspiracies tied to the Cronin case. notes say President-elect Harrison received Pigott era disclosures and pressed Blaine on Egan’s recall while investigators probe alleged connections among Sullivan Sullivan and others in Chicago.
In New York a pawnbroker David Harfield faces a bigamy suit. A Jewish Talmud scholar testified that a September ceremony was only a betrothal while a rabbi’s ceremony may have been interpolated. Harfield reportedly traveled with the second wife in shared rooms and a sleeping car berth. The trial resumes as the judge reviews Jewish custody issues.
A distressed wife, Mrs. Vat Gallagher, died after a fatal encounter with a moving train near the Louisville and Nashville yards. She wandered among tracks in a suicidal frenzy powered by illness, collapsing as an engine could not stop in time. The report also notes a separate, unclear financial dispatch about Pillsbury and Washburn mills and a Paris swindle case, plus a wedding notice and market briefs.
Still speaking for the Times, Sir Henry James accuses Davitt of pursuing treasonable ends to leverage unrest in Ireland. The Cronin trial description and witness details unfold, with Cronin’s tailor Joseph O’Kelle and others tied to Sept meetings as cross-examination reveals carpet evidence and competing narratives.
Wanamaker announces government telegraph rate structure for day and night messages with a 10 cent base up to ten words, plus per word charges beyond. He proposes a five member commission to study arrangements, while Western Union officials comment on potential rate reductions and government business implications.
At the Cronin case opening, Sherman Matson could not serve the attachment for the arrest of Edward Spellman of Peoria. Spellman could not be found, and Deputy Longnecker doubted his necessity. The court adjourned briefly as Kunze was ill, with later testimony and motions debated. A public notice recounted an 1857 anarchist gathering in Cooper Union with demonstrations and remarks on white slavery.
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