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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1891
Page
1
A collage of world notes spans oil exits and patents, politics, mining deals, and personal tales. Reports include Pennsylvania legislators set with the grip, a Savannah undertaker's spring opening, Logan widow denials, Arizona prospectors selling claims for 100000, and lanes of telegraph use in Italy.
An explosion occurred on the national pike six miles west of Washington Virginia when three Franklin township boys misused a partly empty glycerine can. Two boys were killed instantly and the third was badly bruised and likely to die.
The Sunday update confirms 451 bodies recovered from the British steamer Utopia disaster off Gibraltar. About 64 victims remain missing as 700 Italian emigrants traveled from Italian ports to New York. Recovered valuables and bodies were given to the Italian consul amid thanks for rescue efforts.
Three boys returning from Sunday school stole vinyl powder from a Pittsburgh factory. They built a fire by the riverfront to watch the sun, and the can exploded, fatally injuring twelve year olds Michael O'Toole and Edward Caldwell while the third boy escaped unhurt.
Gen Merritt of the military department in St. Louis received Col Wade’s letter from Ft. Reno Indian Territory about enrolling Indians in the regular infantry. Wade reports efforts to induce enlistment were unsuccessful and Merritt fears government aims to recruit Indians as regular soldiers will fail.
An early report notes fourteen victims in Chattanooga Tennessee as a mysterious vine poisoning outbreak spreads. Officials suspect arsenic as a potential cause and investigate, with details unclear and no solid conclusions yet.
In a speech at the Naval Academy at Kiel the emperor said the navy must take an offensive role in the next war and seek a decisive blow. He compared naval duties to cavalry on shore and said German maneuvers would follow English strategic principles.
A Sunday night fire in Chicago caused about a million dollars in damage to John N. Smythe Kohl and Middleton furniture, a museum, and several adjacent buildings. Firefighters held lines between two blazes while a police officer heroically restrained panicked crowds with a revolver, saving many lives.
A masked man broke into the county clerk office vault in Benton Saline County Kansas and stole a large sum. Only a mask was found near the courthouse suggesting a lone intruder.
A foundation wall at a new building on the northwest corner of Fifth and Race streets in Cincinnati collapsed Saturday afternoon fatally injuring Paini Glenn and Wm. Gibson.
In Memphis the court refused a motion for change of venue in the Gen Clay King case. King stands accused of fatally shooting legal counsel David Peston, with the trial slated to proceed in Shelby County Tennessee.
King Humbert hosts Col Grant, minister at Vienna, during her visit to Rome. The exchange strengthens ties as the official talks address cultural and diplomatic matters.
Washington reports indicate European powers fear disruption of commerce with the United States if Italy provokes conflict. State department shows indifference with no war danger, though diplomats speculate on Porter’s recall and potential severance of relations. Indignation at home could hinder Italy’s reparations negotiations.
Commissioner Carter reports heightened tension near Ashland as armed locals form a circle around the land office to block filings for homesite lands along the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha line. Officials warn force will not grant rights and Pine timber values drive the dispute.
Count Lewenhaupt who wed Miss Ellen Bayard died suddenly in Wilmington Delaware. He married Miss Bayard a little over a week before the Dayard home wedding. The Swedish nobleman preferred privacy and asked friends to drop formal address. He was a popular figure in society circles.
A Burlington mob of about forty liquor dealers attacked Constable Green and three deputies during a search. Green suffered a fractured skull, broken nose, and severe eye damage as deputies fled during the assault at Hirschberg's premises.
Gen Francis D. Spinola, former representative of the Tenth New York district, died at 1:25 Tuesday morning from pneumonia. He was a brigadier general of volunteers in the Civil War, a manufacturer and banker, and a three term congressman. He also attended the Democratic National Conventions in 1860 and 1854.
The president accepted Huston’s resignation as U.S. Treasurer and named Indiana’s Enos H Neecker as successor. He is not expected to take charge for some time, with customary duties like counting cash and large hoards of coin and notes awaiting formalities.
New York police raided opium dens in Chinatown and rescued thirty nine young women and girls. The finds appear amid a crackdown. Bonn university medical faculty has abandoned Koch and Ljeibreich remedies for tuberculosis.
Chicago news reports heirs to a $2,000,000 fortune tied to Isaac Phillips born 1766 in Easton Massachusetts. After years of court actions and missing death details, a family Bible buried with a descendant was recovered in Easton, confirming lineage and an estimated $6,000,000 estate with Mrs. Hendricks, and brothers William Carroll and Daniel Carroll as other heirs.
The presidential train reached Roanoke and Greenville Tennessee greeted the party warmly. A carriage incident near Knoxville endangered the president and Mrs. Harrison but they escaped unharmed as a four-horse carriage toured ship points of interest.
Reports from Rio and Washington detail Manuel Deodoro Da Fonseca’s simple yet impressive inaugural ceremony as Brazil’s first constitutional president. At 1 10 p m on the 26th the president and vice president were escorted into the legislative hall to affirm loyalty to the Republic. The pair then departed under the same formalities, followed by the president of the Congress delivering an address.
One hundred thirty seven head of cattle and three acres of sheds at the East Liberty stock yards were burned early Tuesday. The origin remains unknown. Loss will not exceed 22000 dollars, with 1500 credited to sheds owned by the Pennsylvania railroad and the remainder to cattle. The cattle stampeded into the flames.
The Berlin consulate reports Northern Germany exports to the United States fell by 3,439,865 dollars in first quarter 1891 versus the same period in 1890. Trade volume contracted as authorities cite weakening sales and demand.
The Etoile Belge from Brussels reports Henry M. Stanley has been appointed governor of the Congo state by Gov. Stanley. The notice confirms the appointment and references Brussels sources.
A major blaze swept through West Madison Street destroying the Smyth building and adjacent shops. John M. Smyth & Co. suffered a $600000 loss, with a total damage estimate of about £862200. One boy, Francis Gamble, died. several others were injured including Alexander Grant and Bernard Stoth. Firefighters saved the Haymarket theater but the block was largely ruined.
Readable items report a fatal grass fire near Lafontaine injuring Minnie Moore, a judge ruling a gas pumping law unconstitutional, a Martinsville woman’s suicide amid family shame, a new Paoli church contract, and damage from wind near Marion. Other notes cover G A R encampment actions, Indianapolis postmaster William Wallace’s death, road gravel seizures, and various local incidents and court decisions.
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