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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1897
Page
3
The report describes a brutal pirate raid off Achinese coast aboard a ship on the river. Attackers kill many passengers and wound the captain and crew, seize valuables, and take control of the vessel before abandoning the scene.
A disjointed report details a mass murder scene with Captain and U S marshal activities near Pleiseeliv, Will ipri and nearby mountains. The piece references deputies, a mission, and carnage as authorities pursue suspects and the public is told to brace for further details.
Quaking Japan reports severe earthquakes on August Sth followed by a tidal wave and great moods. One thousand hoses inundated and twenty persons killed or injured. Sixty five Chinese villages flooded with many villages destroyed. Lava covers the Mayan volcano and darkness requires artificial light. Libog Mo reports bodies recovered. many more missing or unrecognizable. Serious floods feared across Japan.
A strong column of native troops and the Royal Irish Regiment with four guns under Colonel Richardson has started for relief of the Kurum valley forts. Fort Lundi Kotal fell through treachery. six Peshawar Rifles were captured, others released, and Jamrud garrison disarmed. The Kryber Rifles in the pass suspected of similar betrayal.
The American Bible Society announces a large folio edition in Emishi language prepared as a gift to the Japanese emperor. It will be formally presented upon the emperor's return to Yokohama, with support from the American Bible Society and allied groups.
A Toronto report notes Manitoba wheat yields may reach record levels with no frost damage. Next week the bulk of the wheat is expected to be thrashed, potentially making the crop the largest in the Canadian northwest. Estimated yields run to thirty five bushels per acre in Manitoba and high Ontario figures, with total Canadian wheat approaching significant millions of bushels.
Star Pointer broke the mile record at Resuiville Massachusetts in a mile race, with other records noted in the event. The horse is described as stout and heavy, with a questionable gait, sired by Brown Quadho and from the old Tom Hall line of Tennessee tracks.
Mantas Banker Joehe W Pollara, a resident of Tol lant Banking Companys in San Francisco, was confined at a Chicago police station after going violently insane on a train trip. He allegedly threw $5 gold pieces at passengers and menaced others until law enforcement restrained him.
In Tuondoen Chronicle reports delay in forming a commission due to difficulty finding a suitable umpire. The Veneduda question prompts two guides killed and an Austrian tourist badly injured during an ascent attempt when a snow cornice collapses. Rufus Sanders surrenders if protected from mob violence. Fatal wagon train collision near Wilton, Wisconsin kills Mrs. Cusick and Daniel O Rourke. another accident in Reidsburg claims William J. Bennett and injures Byron Yant. The Rev Charles T Phillips accepts a call to Princeville Illinois. Two aeronauts die at Toledo fairgrounds. Walter Steele dies after parachute failure and Leroy Northcott burns in a balloon fire.
Brown County sees fresh gold discoveries drawing prospectors like William Blevins of Spearsville who reports a bottle of dust and nuggets. In Bloomington, Charles Ouster faces murder charges for killing his father in law John C. Wisnand after a bitter feud, amid reports of hauntings at a house linked to related suicides and spiritualist interests. The Moore law action targets eight saloonkeepers in Muncie as officials push to close 60 city saloons in the residential district.
Henry Schoentrup's four inch well near Shelbyville yields water and continuous oil flow as it fills repeatedly during testing. This marks the first direct oil discovery in the county, amid nearby geological upheavals and historic gas fissures.
A Manhattan oil well near Hartford City emits large volumes of oil salt water and gas. A storm at Elletsville Tuesday toppled a slaughterhouse tree killing Jos Edwards. Charles Ambers was fatally injured Bernard Doyle in Vincennes area shot himself after unemployment. A wind rain hail storm hit Madison county while dynamoes at the electric railroad power house burned from lightning. A Shelby county farmer cashed a check at Fairland last Thursday and bought a railroad ticket. Mary McKinley Shaul cousin of the president visited Kokomo for eye exams. Terre Haute sets milk ingredient ratios to curb spring water use and improve health standards.
Radical remarks by Eugene Debs and fellow leaders electrified delegates at St Louis as the labor conference adjourned after two days without resolving the injunction issue. A Chicago session is set for September 27 to press for congressional action on judicial authority and other reforms.
Washington observers note the pension office under Evans remains cautious with spending near 140.9 million annually. Historical shifts from Harrison to Cleveland and back shape current practice, with back pay delays skewing annual outlay. Order No. 229 abolishment ends strict witness certification, easing verification requirements.
Pennsylvania Democrats at Reading nominated E Ritter of Lycoming for auditor general and M E Brown of Blairsville for state treasurer. The convention focused on a fight to oust William F Harrity from the national committee with a 2 to 134 vote endorsing James S Guffy. A morning scuffle on the stage preceded police presence. W Irwin of Washington County served as permanent chairman. The platform reaffirmed opposition to the gold standard and praised William J Bryan for leading the cause.
Al Hankins a well known sporting man was killed Sunday at 30 Cottage Grove avenue when a folding bed collapsed as he sat on its edge. He died almost instantly as onlookers rushed to aid him. Hankins reportedly ran a gambling place at that address. the accident occurred in the rear room of the establishment.
In Pine Bluff Arkansas a mob hangs Bill Wiley Douglass at a bridge after a brutal Saturday assault at a Newdall negro dance. Two attackers were captured near the scene and another suspect taken toward Rison. six more arrestees are jailed at Rison with fear of lynching rising.
Workers in Troy N Y accuse a cellar and cuff firm of tricking President McKinley into signing a memorial album that would bear an endorsement of the firm’s collars. They claim the signature would be lithographed beneath a large portrait and used on mammoth posters as nationwide advertising.
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