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Newspaper
Lorain County Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1893
Page
6
A mixed miscellany notes racial taxation and local events. It cites Brattleboro Vermont police reporting no fires or disturbances in 1592, mentions the Kelat khan and executions, and references New York statue plans and Henderson Kentucky mill ruins.
A wide sweep of reports covers bank failures, fires, extortion, hangings, and wrecks. Included are the Sherman Texas murder verdicts, Chicago bank collapses, Union Pacific and World's Fair fears, a Kentucky whiskey firm suspension, and a Calumet mine disaster with fatalities.
In New Castle heavy rain left eight inches of water flooding large city areas with boats used for rescues and several mills washed away. In Columbia South Carolina a notable murder case ends with life imprisonment while a sanity panel debates the defendant. Other items note Canadian reciprocity efforts, a fire at Lewis-Porter Cabinet in Indianapolis, a Queensland gold field holiday, postal appointments, a deadly factory explosion at Geneva Illinois, naval commands changes, and charity gifts amid Cuba unrest and a ferryboat collision in San Francisco.
The World’s Columbian Exposition directors decide to end Sunday closings by abrogating a congress contract. The fair will open Sundays while exhibits stay in place, funded by 200000 appropriation. 1920190 already advanced will be returned after debts are paid.
Historical report notes the execution of Frank Alwy, murderer of Chelate Werden, by hanging in Concord after a Hanover fatal assault. The account claims a grim sequence at the drop and mentions Wardens and a large crowd. survivor details are marginal.
The Merhardes' savings link at Normal closed after a bank runTuesday with 225 men and 178 women in line. Less than four hundred withdraws and under 140000 paid out. A private bank in Sehureman’s failed amid pressure. liabilities about 45000 to 290000, assets 72000. Erastus Wiman made a general assignment to David Bennett King of 44 Pine Street.
A decomposed body found in the Drath river is identified as Pallister. A set of keys found on the clothes belong to Pallister and Roehl, taken during their escape from a prison death house nearly a month ago.
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