12 Apr 1890
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1890
Page
1
The passage lists assorted items from prices to people and events, including a seven knight of facts: a bishop’s power stripped, capital punishment debates, gold discovered in Montana, a Virginia carpenter’s hidden money, a 109-year-old widow, and advances in science and literature.
Panicked crowds and arrests followed reports of explosives hidden on the palace grounds. Decoy train plan to harm the Czar and entourage failed when wreckage halted by rocks. authorities and mobs clashed in the district. The Czar expressed deep distress upon learning of the incident.
Reports claimed the ship McCullum from Rio with Captain O'Brien was detained at quarantine for yellow fever. Three sailors died on the voyage with two more deaths after. Captain O'Brien denied an epidemic aboard and said the last two deaths were not from yellow fever. All aboard were buried at sea.
Flooding at the New York end of the Hudson River Tunnel was being controlled with divers and a novel rat method. Engineers tied oakum to rats and used air-pumps to guide them through crevices, stopping air ingress and allowing pumping to proceed.
The Savan nah Construction Company was organized in Savannah to build the railway from Savannah to Columbia. Work on the new road is planned with projected changes and details announced at the gathering.
A cyclone hit the southwest part of Monmouth around noon yesterday causing heavy property damage. No lives were lost though several barns and small structures were destroyed and a round house with an engine was buried in debris.
A brief note explores imperial travel habits and logistics in Chinese history. It outlines routes, couriers, and ceremonial aspects, highlighting the scale and persistence of court mobility across dynasties.
Survivors aboard the Hill City describe twelve women and children drowned when their raft struck a tree as floodwaters surged along Bogue Bayou. The Evergreen notes rising waters and widespread distress across Steel Bayou with relief efforts planned by Captain Pugh and Gousam crews to evacuate those in danger.
Thousands visited cemeteries for Confederate Decoration Day as Ladies' Confederate Monument Association and Confederate Veteran groups participated. Union veterans offered offerings individually amid divisions in their ranks. The Army of Northern Virginia tomb received prominent decor including a yellow immortelle chair inscribed to "Our Chief" near Jefferson Davis's resting place.
Wichita Kansas April 7. Reported confusion surrounds the arrival of Rev Thomas Coften. Details are scarce as authorities pursue clarified information about fees and circumstances mentioned in the brief notice.
The vote on the bill to delay action was split with Every Rope bilian and Ewart, both independents, supporting postponement. The outcome confirms prohibition will persist in Iowa for at least two more years.
Bishop Bowman of the Evangelical Church, locked out of Trinity Church by trustees, organized his own conference in Des Moines on April 7 as the Des Moines Conference report notes.
Tornadoes ripped through Harpers Berry Kentucky destroying homes and killing and injuring residents. Mrs Laura Thomas and others perished while survivors sheltered in a nearby schoolhouse. Property losses reach about 20000 dollars. Prophetstown Illinois reportedly swept away with freight cars destroyed and townspeople killed. wires down and no further details tonight.
The steamship Nymphon, 3000 tons, has reached New Orleans from Hamburg carrying beet sugar factory machinery for Grand Island Nebraska. It also brought over fifty tons of beet seed. Mr Hamilton, who shipped the machinery, is in Europe arranging train shipments. The Grand Island plant will cost over 500000 dollars and process more than 400 tons of beets daily, boosting Western farmers prospects in beet cultivation as a major American industry.
In Muncie Indiana on a Saturday evening, a riot broke out at the United Brethren Church following a dispute over secret societies. Aaron Rinker and others were injured when a clash led to a fatal skull fracture from a blow by Beck. Authorities moved to arrest Beck as the confrontation intensified.
Fragmentary OCR reports indicate carpenters and bricklayers walking out with others in sympathy. Early tallies estimate six to seven thousand workers idle, with unions tallying participation and regional impact varying by local conditions.
A fragmented clipping reports an arrest in Portland, Oregon connected to an escaped cashier linked to a United States House of Representatives sergeant at arms. Names and details are garbled but indicate a personnel escape case involving a cashier and suspected associates.
Special dispatch reports rising water along the Mississippi and its distributaries. Levees hold at some points while others cave as the flood advances toward Mayersville and Bogue Phalia country. Backwater increases and communications with Wicksbate are restored while dry stock areas shrink under widening inundation.
A series of cyclones and tornadoes swept Michigan on April 9. In Allegan, Trowbridge Township suffered major damage to barns, a kitchen, and fences. nearby homes and structures were wrecked. Kalamazoo reported a northwest wind storm with school roof damage and chimneys blown down. In B At the Creek, a tornado leveled buildings and windmills near Cognac Lake, few lives lost at cottages. In Charlotte a northern city section saw several thousand dollars in damage from a cyclone. Mrs Fred Eberlein of Frazer was killed by lightning accompanying the storm.
On April 9 the 18 year old Richart Davies and his 16 year old brother George were sentenced to death for the murder of their father in Crewe. The younger brother had been granted a reprieve last week by the home secretary. The article notes financial troubles and a bank balance around 9562 000, with assets described as nominal relative to liabilities, amid a tight money market.
Syndicate led by E Ingalls of Chesapeake and Ohio purchased land near the town for 200000 dollars to lay out town lots and build structures. Meanwhile in London the Princess of Wales, 45 last December, shows renewed illness and fatigue after a bout with influenza, raising concerns for her health.
Monday cyclone cut a swath half a mile wide and a mile long in Prophetstown area. Three houses one elevator and seven barns were wrecked. No loss of life. Estimated damage not to exceed $20,000.
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