22 Aug 1897
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1897
Page
1
The report blends market data with international diplomacy and crime notes. Wheat prices rise past a dollar, while corn and oats remain active. International tensions from Europe and the Turk occupation are summarized alongside domestic incidents from White Plains to Harlem. A Navy drill, a Brooklyn railroad proposal, a Hoboken assault, and a Jersey City arrest are noted, with weathered references to ships, duels, and political chatter.
In Pittsburg August 21 deputies clashed with Plum Creek strikers at 5 AM and five were arrested for contempt of court for disobeying the injunction against marching. Campers at Turtle Creek attempted to march but were halted. Arrested men were escorted to Alderman Groetinger’s office. hearings set for Tuesday and later released. Talks toward a conference appear likely. Dolan authorized by Ratchford to seek arbitration, with miners demanding cents or continuation of the strike. Judge Goff jailed twenty-seven miners near Fairmont for three days on Jackson injunction violations, later to be released Monday morning.
A territorial convention of negroes in Perry Oklahoma Territory passed strong resolutions urging Congress to grant pensions to former slaves and their wives and children. They stated they were enslaved for 210 years and called for large pensions.
Mrs J G McCabe collapsed after being thrown from a car in Niles Michigan while out driving. She appeared unharmed then said she felt she would die and asked friends to pray. She then fainted on the floor during the prayer.
Mrs. W S Kimen, wife of W S Kimes who shot Benjamin Hall after alleging sympathy for her, broadcasts a letter claiming Governor Atkinson gave Kimes the right to kill them at any time. Atkinson later remitted Kimes’s fine for the Aug 10 assault, saying his only regret was that Kimes did not kill Hall.
Five letter carriers in Chicago serve as sergeants to train subs, investigate complaints, equalize routes, and push service improvements. Postmaster General Gordon reports satisfaction with the program’s results and enhanced operation of the postal system.
M Planas, naming himself a Cuban druggist, arrived aboard the Cunarder Umbria as a second cabin passenger claiming permission to land. Immigrations officials had sought a Spanish anarchist by that name, deported from France after a prison sentence for aiding Cuban revolutionists. Planas, speaking through an interpreter, recounted escape from a Spanish penal colony, his drug store in Bayamo, and travels via Algiers to Marseilles and London before New York. He indicated potential return to Cuba and said authorities were watching for him at the port.
Walter Smith of Roselle was arrested in Newark on a bench warrant from New York Court of General Sessions. Detective Donovan said Smith swindled Doane and others out of hundreds to thousands of dollars by offering employment with salary and commission. Police expect bail at 5000 dollars and plan to send Smith to New York next week.
Chicago August 21 Mr and Mrs Ernest A Whitney secretly wed in July and on a wedding tour at Niagara Falls. Bride the uncle Dr J Harvey Bates long favored her and now threatens to disinherit her. Bates, a Chicago physician, adopted her.
Shoppers on West One Hundred Twenty fifth Street in Harlem were thrown into a panic when electric arc and incandescent lights failed for about an hour. Stores crowded with women rushed out, and the Mount Morris Electric Light Company faces possible heavy damages for lost trade. no cause was given at the company office.
In Cleveland on Aug 21 representatives of glass manufacturers failed to agree on a wage scale and left the meeting without resolution. The manufacturers anticipate a large strike and plan to raise glass prices. In Larchmont on Aug 21 Mrs. B C Lockett was reported in considerably improved condition.
The ornate elevator serving 251 Fifth Avenue vanished piece by piece over days from the Black, Starr & Frost jewelry store ground floor to upper bachelor apartments. Detectives trace the loss to thieves who also targeted the engine. janitor Clarence Teporni and Victor Teporni were arrested after admitting nothing. Police report $400 worth of brass engine parts had been stolen.
August Kaesner was sent to the Workhouse after his wife accused him of drink and abuse spanning nine years. She testified he terrorized her, beat her, and threatened to kill both her and the household helper, while she, mother of nine, kept him from arrest until now.
Chicago Aug 21 It is reported on good authority that Controller Eckels will resign to become President of the Commercial National Bank The bank which is among Chicago’s most important has not filled its presidency since the death of Henry F Eames Eckels is known to be acquainted with many Directors and was a friend of Eames Local bankers support his appointment and view it with approval
Johann Pelhoffer a German resident of 2 Wellington Avenue failed to recall his fianc ees name at the Chicago Marriage License Bureau. After frantic search he returned with a paper listing both names reading Johann Pelhoffer age fifty and Withemena Bask age forty.
The Iowa Telephone Company mortgage to Illinois Trust Company vanished while in transit between Webster City Waterloo Grundy Center and other towns. The document, once housed in a tin tube, disappeared after arriving in Grundy Center, prompting a search across counties where the company operates.
Denver reports the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company annual results with total net earnings from all sources of 825,020.14 after fixed charges and funds, a fuel department rise of 128,100.11. iron department down 17,800.40. coal and coke sales up. cash assets 434,121.12 with 150,060 due from Railmakers' Association and a 4 percent preferred stock dividend paid. Electric delivery wagons debut in Chicago by Stevens Brothers. Seventeen hundred miners near Ishpeming Mich., ready to strike. Canton, Ohio, healer Schatter leaves town after licensure dispute.
Thieves in three Prospect Avenue residences, owned by Rudolph Schaeffer, Charles Knavels, and Thomas J. Keveney, stole sterling silver, bric-a-brac, wine, cigars, and multiple bicycles valued at about 5 500 dollars. The raid lasted hours, involved two men, left no alarm, and drew investigators from Pincerton agency and New York detectives.
The Rev. Father Francis Nummann, assistant pastor at Holy Trinity Cathedral on West Taylor Street, was halted by South Park police while riding a bicycle. He was identified and released without booking at Hyde Park Police Station.
Mrs Belknap Smith, widow and gold mining activist in Atlanta, extends her holdings by purchasing the Columbia Mine in Georgia. She runs it with other mines while maintaining life insurance of 100000 dollars and four eligible daughters each with at least two million in cash. The article notes she pursues independence and resists remarriage.
In Chicago banks will act as their own assessors this year. Assessor Gunning's figures will be set aside as bankers, the Finance Committee of the County Board, and the Taxpayers' Defense League met and agreed on an equitable basis for assessment. Banks hope to agree on a basis satisfactory for current and future taxes.
In White Plains on August 21 a county court ruling makes a boy the brother of his father and a son of his grandmother by adoption. Julia C. Stivers adopts Harold M Wise, son of her son by a former marriage, after a Supreme Court decision voided his marriage to Elizabeth Sawyer due to minority. The ruling now places the youth, still under 20, under the same rights as his late father’s offspring, living with his mother’s family in New Rochelle and his own parents nearby.
Not enough readable details present to identify a coherent news item or event.
A Fremakridt dispatch from Sande reports a balloon sighting on August 16 at great height moving northwest. A luminous tackle hung from the balloon, prompting observers in Christiania to note the unusual object.
The internal revenue office reports the Southwest’s worst moonshine gang in Arkansas has been broken by U S deputies and a posse. Five men captured after a hazardous encounter. six stills and equipment destroyed, plus a large liquor stock.
Charles Croshe of South River New Jersey phoned New York police to report his wife missing after they shopped together in Manhattan. They were separated on Cortlandt Street and he returned home alone, hoping she would meet him.
Detroit dispatch reports state frost records shattered by twenty four hours of cold. Niles recorded frost with the thermometer at 4 degrees while Washington County and Metamora also saw ice and frost on crops. Jackson County farmers fear buckwheat and beans in low areas suffered as many counties report cold damage across the lower peninsula.
August 21 The city authorities led by Freeholder William C Cansels plan to rid New Brunswick of tramps by employing them to pave streets and other county areas. Supervisors will ensure work is done. the aim is to deter tramp visits by keeping them busy and improving infrastructure.
John I Blair nears ninety five as Blairstown residents credit him with founding local enterprises. His son D C Blair and grandson Charles Scripner visit. fireworks light Prospect Hill in a Sunday eve display. He had rallied from a prior decline and remains improving.
William Malone Fsenpesa, aged 22 and a patient at Hudson River State Hospital in Pougkervsi New York, escaped by breaking iron bars in the men's department window. He pried the bars apart and leaped thirty feet to rocks, then vanished into the woods. Authorities fear serious injury and note previous escapes including last winter when he robed only in a sheet. He has not been recaptured as of this evening and was last seen near Jyde Park after riding a train.
Frederick Digenthal a Jersey City blacksmith was arraigned before U S Commissioner Edward Russ on a Secret Service charge of conspiring to convert two dollar silver notes into five dollar bills. The scheme led to James Corbeth being jailed after passing one such note. Digenthal held in Hudson County Jail in default of 3000 bond. further examination set for next Thursday.
A Gulf disturbance merges with a Mississippi Valley system causing showers in Gulf and South Atlantic States and lower Missouri. Pressure rises off the Middle Atlantic and North Pacific coasts. A storm may form north of Montana. Temperatures shift in the upper Midwest and lake regions with some reads on the New York Times thermometer and Weather Bureau readings.
Miss Emmett of New Rochelle toppled from the yacht Hope during a regatta off New Rochelle. Nelson Walte dived to aid her and urged her to return to her boat as the rescue boat closed in, while Emmett was eventually brought aboard and warmed. The incident marked the most exciting moment of the event with seven crews racing nearby.
At West Point cadets staged a week of pranks ending with several explosions near the wake of the parade grounds. Cadets rushed to the scene but attackers had already vanished. Guards increased patrols and the drill ground was used for a late night parade. The incident follows the time honored tradition of cadet pranks at the academy.
The Forest Inquiry Committee, led by Sergeant at Arms Cratford, traveled to Lake Placid from Hotel Champlain to inspect state rights and timber conditions. They planned field reviews of pine forest lands, water access, and land grant terms, hoping to assess progress and potential sale conditions to the state.
Police found a body on the sands between Ok Isami and Poiat of Place A0 bondle with injuries to head and face. A private paper bearing the name Patrick Murphy, a Soldiers' Home figure, was found near the body. Murphy was last seen alive at 10 o clock last evening with no known companion.
Disjointed notes report a Norwegian steamer Tyr fire near port on Aug 4 after sailing from Huelva with pyrites. Fire discovered in compartments, vessel towed to harbor for water filling. amid chaotic details, an Australian asset seeks damages in insolvency court against Elijah George Heister and James Stevenson.
Nyack Nyack Aug 210 Mrs Catharine Pon loega the oldest resident of Rockland County died in Nyack last night at age 104. She had remained in good health until two days before her death and retained all faculties.
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