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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1895
Page
6
The opinion panel argues Lynch misused power, lacked judicial temperament, and that the feud stemmed from vanity and press scrutiny. It favors Young’s authority, defends Lynch’s past service, and frames the dispute as a clash between individual pride and league oversight in baseball umpiring.
Charles J Ross the actor born Charles Joseph Kelly in Montreal on February 18 1859 built a long stage career. He supported stables in racing and later led eastern tracks messenger service before debuting in New York 1885. He and wife Mabel Fenton formed a touring team and starred in numerous revivals and show pieces through the 1890s. The piece notes his retirement from the stage and mentions Bellefonte Pa hosting a May meet funded by the State College and Pennsylvanian athletic bodies.
Professor Frederick Starr of Chicago University lectured in Indianapolis proposing that climate and culture rather than single origin shaped the American Indian type. He argues Indians on the northwest coast show diverse customs despite similar appearance, and that immigration and intermarriage slow any rapid racial change.
The Junction on the Pennsylvania lines near Richmond Michigan houses a large tower and an interlocking switch where three branch lines meet Dayton Piqua and Cincinnati. The system lets the tower operator derail any wrong track ensuring no collision. Before interlocking the area known as Dead Man's Gulch hosted many accidents and old railroad men recall the ghost of a firefighter's sweetheart on the anniversary of a past tragedy.
United States Marshal Crump’s deputies sent Bill Cook and other Indian Territory desperadoes to Albany prison. Noted outlaw Cook received forty five years for robbery. Dooley Benge three years. Clyde Barber three. Ed Keating three for manslaughter. Jim Keating three for manslaughter. Enoch Thomas ten. Joe Skinner two. Henry Buffington five. Johnson Tiger two. Isaac Alexander three. James Kendrick three for assault with intent to kill. Beck one and a half for violating postal laws. Gabriel Phillips one and a half for receiving stolen goods. Lafayette Hudson two for conspiracy. Beck had plotted to sell Cherokee citizenship for twenty dollars each by using Indian rolls. the Cherokee council acted against him.
The Sierras poet Joaquin Miller faces sensational gossip linking him to Araba Miller Oliver, a 17 year old woman in Hawaii. Reports claim she became pregnant after a supposed affair and Miller has offered no denial, hinting at possible return to Honolulu if safe. He suggests rivals who disliked his Hawaii criticisms may spread the scandal.
Meteorological tests with balloons in Bremen this week reveal one balloon carrying self registering instruments reaching twelve miles. The thermometers failed to register temperature, records showing 67 degrees below zero at a lower height. Tests indicate temperatures continue to drop gradually up to about two and a half miles, then fall much more rapidly above that level.
Dialogue fragments show Mrs. Lowerten and a servant discussing her whereabouts. Mrs. Lowerten hints she is at home despite a servant’s guess. The exchange reveals social tension and a gag about being mistaken for a bill collector.
The largest sailing vessel afloat, the remodeled Persian Monarch, 8,928 tons, features reworked masts by Herron reaching 164 feet above the deck.
A Paris letter to The Boston Herald discusses M. Bouchon-Brandely’s view that pearl oysters in French possessions can be cultivated in parks and through artificial fertilization. It notes oyster varieties by origin, color, form, and weight, the booming mother of pearl trade, dangerous diving to depths up to twenty-five fathoms, and native divers who risk sharks for pearls while earning meager wages and facing injuries and parasites.
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