23 Apr 1892
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1892
Page
1
Grave fears are entertained that Mrs John A Logan sustained a serious spine injury in a fall from a camp chair. Matias Higiey resigns after thirty two years as postmaster at Fairview village Chester county Pa.
Ex-Governor Nathanie S Beary of New Hampshire is 95 and the oldest living former governor. He served as the state’s chief executive from June 1861 to June 1843.
The TRE army Low lists thirty two brigadier generals and four major generals on the retired list. The group of four major generals includes John Pope, J. C. Robinson, and Daniel E. Sickles, with additional names implied but not fully shown.
Joan C. Hensis known as Drum Major Jack of the Columbus barrancess band is retired after a thirty year career. He is one of the best known drum majors in the United States army and will leave active duty on the retirement list.
In Norwood Cemetery London a marble slab marks the grave of C. Hr. Spurgeon and Mrs Spurgeon proposes adding the word Waiting to the inscription. The suggestion is to be carried out.
English executioner Tastes Herry, newly published advocate for abolition, has resigned after a long career in which he carried out about two hundred executions.
The article notes arbitration will settle the Tuk Rebrug sea dispute while claims of a past Cllhhan mass fade. It says relations with Italy are nearly forgotten, and only cooking goods and spring medicines wars keep the nation unsettled, implying broader peace ahead.
The note says Australia and Germany closed borders to Jewish refugees from Russia and England weighs similar action. It suggests the next major migration wave could head to Jerusalem if more countries follow suit.
A cow toppled a kerosene lamp in Chicago causing widespread destruction within hours. A cigarette stub ignited cotton waste in New Orleans, wiping out 85 million dollars in property. The coal oil lamp remains a relic while the cigarette proves surprisingly effective for its size.
A recent series of storms produced a mud shower along the Union Pacific line near Onago Kansas. Mud plastered the south and east sides of houses and covered a locomotive headlight, with the phenomenon remaining unexplained.
The Commissioner of Pensions informed the Secretary of the Interior that 181,980 cases remain on completed files awaiting adjudication. Of these, 72,749 are original in valid claims, 29,698 are original widows' and dependents' claims, and 79,518 are increase and new disability claims. This batch represents about five months' work for the office.
A Biddeford, Maine couple separated four times since May wedding. The wife admitted a quick temper and vowed to pay $50 if she left again in six months. She broke away after two weeks, and the husband plans to sue for the $50.
A party of four travels from Seattle toward Chicago aiming to reach the city by August 20 to claim a $2500 purse. One member carries a heavy burden in a wheelbarrow and another is actress Lon Howard. The group contends with fatigue as they journey across varied terrain.
A new device to prevent caterpillars from climbing trees winds the trunk with alternating copper and zinc wires. The marauder would touch both metals at each step, receiving a strong electric shock. The design aims to deter and possibly lead to death by self action through discouragement and nervous prostration.
The article recalls a practice from fifty years ago when church bells tolled to mark a death with a gendered and age based pattern. It notes the decline of tolling and cites a 1538 Sarum bishop decree ending the bell tolling in services across the diocese.
A major quake struck California near San Francisco shortly before 3 AM Tuesday, felt across 200 miles. Vacaville suffered extensive brick-building damage and casualties, with Dixon Winters and Monticello also hit. fires, collapses, and ground fissures followed throughout Solano and neighboring counties.
In Washington on April 20 Commissioner Raum urged Secretary Noble to ease Congress clerical load by letting claimants or their attorneys receive direct status updates. Noble directed that claimants on congressional call slips receive the same direct treatment and information.
In Seattle on April 20 William Radloff’s supposed charred remains were found after a house fire. He held $50,000 in life insurance. Evidence suggests the body is not Radloff and points to a plot to defraud insurers with a forged corpse procured from a cemetery possibly involving his wife and Austrian accomplice Louis Kasrouch.
In Knoxville on April 16 a clash at Coal Creek involved miners firing on sentries for three hours. No one was injured, though Camp Anderson Telegraph Operator Maddox is missing. Troops and officers faced mutiny and disorder among soldiers, with several discharged and a race-scare narrowly avoided.
Kingfisher Oklahoma April 16 crowds of colonists continue to come by wagon and Rock Island trains. The meeting of old soldiers adopted a resolution in favor of enforcing the declarative statement law. The excitement mounts as people prepare for the wild rush of next Tuesday, expected to surpass all prior events.
In Wasuinctox on April 16 indications show Congress will not pass bills to correct military records by removing desertion charges against ex soldiers. Members oppose such legislation as deserters seek removal to gain pensions. Indications also suggest few private pension bills will pass due to increasing pension rolls.
The Canadian customs minister reports a China based group smuggling Chinese nationals into Canada on fake certificates. Many fraudulent certificates seized and held. It is believed many others were moved into the United States using similar schemes.
The house committee on post offices completed the postal appropriation bill and will report it to the house shortly. The total appropriations run about 89.01 million dollars. The current year appropriations were 277.01 million with estimates at 80.22 million.
Inpianaroris, Ind. April 16. Josa h M. Ryder a wholesale liquor dealer here was arrested charged with selling goods adorned with a counterfeit label of the Cigarmakers International Union of America. The penalty is imprisonment not less than five years nor more than five. Bonds set at $1,000 for a hearing May 4.
James Abbott alias James Stevenson alias Charles Stevenson, accused of bigamy, pleads guilty and is remanded for trial. His marital history spans seven wives with two prior bigamy convictions and four and five year sentences in Sing Sing. His current wife, Mrs. Abbott of Brooklyn, has repeatedly forgiven him.
The Republic reports from about eighty counties in Texas Arkansas Mississippi and Tennessee show bad weather and reduced acreage for the new cotton crop. Only Clebourne County Arkansas shows an increase. overall plantations decline by more than 40,000 acres about 30 percent from last year.
Two strong earthquake tremors hit Portland Oregon at 2 56 pm Sunday with west to east vibrations lasting about ten seconds. Residents fled into the streets as buildings shook but there were no reports of damage or injuries.
Washington April 18 Samuel R. Hersey suspended from the pension office during congressional inquiry for misuse of call-slips has been disbarred entirely from practice before the interior department and all its bureaus.
Gallatin Tenp April 18. The mother of S. F. Wilson a prominent state politician died from injuries after a fall from a horse. She was 89 years old and noted for remarkable physical vigor.
A Globe letter from Monrovia explains French moves toward Dahomey amid tales of a vast Dahomeyan treasure buried in Abomey palace. It cites missions and traders confirming rumors of multi‑million francs in gold and silver, with France boosting forces and naval reinforcements as King Behanzin threatens French settlements.
At the executive officers meeting in Washington on April 19 the Army of the Cumberland moved its next reunion to September 2 and 2s to avoid clashing with the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in the city. The change adjusts the date fixed at the last annual meeting.
Advices from Wayne County report a new Otter Creek well striking oil with higher yield than a previously opened well. The earlier Otter Creek well produced about 50 barrels per hour. At Spring Valley near Monticello a gas flow blew out tools last week and now escapes with a roaring noise audible for about two miles.
April 19 reports bitter conditions as snow storms sweep the kingdom reversing early spring hopes. Budding trees and sprouting crops suffer damage across the country.
In Fort Doneer Iowa on April 19 a unique strike among school teachers began. Low salaries have driven most teachers away or to higher paying jobs, leaving only a few to teach while demands for raises grow.
Casper Casel and William Spania two German laborers formed a plan Saturday evening to kill Casel by his own hand. Casel lies dead in the morgue while Spania is gravely wounded and not expected to recover.
In Nines on Monday evening Samuel Williams a rolling mill employee while intoxicated attacked his twenty year old daughter with a poker inflicting wounds that proved fatal. He then took a case knife and killed himself, dying within minutes.
Reno April 20 25 600 men on horseback wagons and on foot burst into Cheyenne and Arapaho lands at noon under a proclamation. Cannons cracked and carbines fired as they charged for quarter sections and town sites. Rain dampened the scene but not the zeal of settlers driven by shortages and hope.
Frank Seargeant known as Oklahoma Frank shot an apple from the head of his assistant Frank Ferguson during a MecKeesport World’s theater act. Ferguson was wounded and taken to a hotel in critical condition but not considered fatally hurt. Seargeant claimed the feat would be his last apple shot from a human head.
Maparin April 20 public excitement grows over a reported confession by Philip Munoz a former artillery sergeant who participated in the republican rebellion to plot the king's assassination. The alleged plan involved anarchists meeting casting lots to choose the killer with Munoz likely the leader while conspirators Del Roche and Verrecia faced bombs aimed at blowing up the chamber of deputies.
A brief report notes a child of T. J. Canton age year old suffered injuries in a Tuesday fire. Details are sparse but indicate serious burns and a death or critical condition.
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