07 Jan 1893
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1893
Page
1
A garbled collection reports HaNviurrs in the United States with a 1,560,000 menagerie aim for the World's Fair. Porsyth Missouri aging town. Indiana population Germans 55 percent. various hints at cholera scares, dueling, Cairo and European items, and political snippets with scattered names and places.
A garbled report details bloodshed and protests in Spain with claims of arson and executions. It mentions umpteen factions, unrest attributed to political tensions, and authorities warning about potential militant activity amid upheaval.
The South Dakota bishop Slehop Hare attacked state divorce laws and the hotel linked divorce trade urging exposure of practices enabling quick remarriage. Public reaction shows division over whether lenient divorce fosters vice or restores moral order. Wing Pleads Guilty in sensational murder case.
The Times says Treasury Secretary Foster traveled to New York to press a bond issue to ease the money market and halt gold exports. Wall Street bankers supported the plan, but President Harrison refused approval and declared no bonds should be issued during his term. Foster allegedly wired supporters before leaving for the West, and discussions at a Fifth Avenue club reportedly shaped the policy stance.
Miss Mary E Garrett daughter of the late John W Garrett adds 597 to enable a 540,000 endowment for women to access higher medical education at Johns Hopkins. Trustees accept, creating the Marys E Garrett Fund and a memorial building named in her honor.
An old will bequeaths a large sum to Dartmouth College by Dr Ralph Butterfield of Kansas City who died in poverty. He led a secret life as a frugal miser, living modestly and collecting coal, with his past and family origins unknown. The estate is valued at about $15,190 and goes to the alma mater per his will.
The Italian American board of promotion for the World’s Columbian Exposition closed its work with success. Mrs Cargeristi and Prof Fava led the effort and celebrate the appointment of a commission by the king of Italy.
fragmentary dispatch from Washington December 30 reports the abate committee of the house on am amidroe how deciding quarantine policy. unreadable. source text is garbled and cannot confirm details or institutions involved.
Warden Norman uncovered a planned prison breakout in Fraxmort Kentucky. A tunnel fifty feet long ran from a workshop under a bench to near a sewer outside the wall with men working Sundays. The warden paused the plan, filled the tunnel, and tightened guards after a Sunday sighting.
Prof Gleason known for horse taming plans a bold January 9 exhibition at Madison Square Garden aiming to subdue a zebra named Dick purchased for 1000. The piece notes Gleason’s Cincinnati Zoological Garden history, including prior fatal incidents with zebras and keepers. It also reports the Cunard ship Umbria arriving at Fire Island with signal lights flashing in midnight moonlight.
The Tradesman lists 2,440 new industries started in Alabama to West Virginia during the year. Counts are lower than 1891 by 568 and below 186? by 147, with Tennessee and neighboring states among those noted in Cuattanooca.
Judge Lacumbe in the United States circuit court named Frederieck W. Huiekoper of Washington and Robert Foster of Baltimers as receivers for the defunct Richmond and Terminal Railraid Co in New York. They were appointed by the United States court for the eastern district of Virginia.
Ariana and Gia Des gl tenator Usl liecritically ill under physicians care. He could walk ten days ago but now bedridden with paralysis on one side. His wife is nearby in a related room, brain paralyzed, not expected to live. Deacon White pays creditors in Youngstown with final checks.
Four men were killed instantly when dynamite detonated while being thawed for blasting on the Wilkesbarre and Eastern railway near Tannersville Pennsylvania. The victims, two white and two colored, included a gang boss.
Recovery status is unclear from fragmented text listing Fr. and names like Fred Tegior without context. The item appears to be a brief notice or obituary fragment with missing details and dates.
A reflective analysis on French politics describing rival factions within a reforming movement. It notes the rebranding of the Committee of Public Safety as the Commission of Eleven, ongoing daily meetings, and public uncertainty about aims. It discusses Pemjean’s faction favoring dissolution of parliament and the danger of mob rule versus staged demonstrations.
New York January 3. Charges against Dr. McGlynn linger but seem unlikely to be pursued. He was excommunicated for contumacy after not going to Rome when summoned by the pope. A high archdiocesan figure revealed that a letter to Rome was suppressed before delivery, which would have averted the excommunication if received. The pope learned of the letter later. Cardinal Simeon wrote that had it arrived the scandal could have been avoided. If the case is not reopened, it will remain in the archives unless McGlynn seeks a reconsideration to regain status.
The second meeting of the French ladies committee for the Chicago exhibition was held in the grand Grawingeroom of the Elysee Palace with Mme Carnot presiding. Sub-committees were formed and will hold meetings, with a general gathering planned in January to finalize work. Requests for broader space have been sent to Mrs Potter Palmer.
Readable fragments indicate a Tennessee location called Knoxviary and a January note referencing a strong company and Sctriee tea z. The text is partial and unclear.
In Magoffin county near Sawyersville two armed factions of eight to ten men fought with repeating rifles and navy pistols. John Davis was killed, W E Deskins fatally wounded, Monteville Deskins missing and feared dead, Shepherd Cole battered, Boice Patrick dying, W T Patrick wounded but alive. Coroner Risner brothers arrested then released. tensions remain high with no arrests and fear of further clashes.
The Sun reports an extended trip contemplated by members of the house and senate. About fifteen Republicans and fifteen Democrats from the house and seven Republicans and seven Democrats from the senate would visit the Hawaiian islands, current and future congress members included. The aim is to counter English influence and shield American commerce.
Gov Patti son criticizes civil authority after Homestead strike saying the community yielded to disorderly elements. He cites military costs over £425,000 and urges higher taxes on corporations and an inheritance tax to balance state finances.
George McFadden, a longtime manager of a Fourth and Poplar street variety theater, shot himself in the left breast at the People’s restaurant on South Sixth street Tuesday morning. Once a national character, McFadden had a prior crime in 1853 with Prentiss Tiller robbing Adams Express Co. in St. Louis of 75004 dollars.
The forty-eighth Tennessee General Assembly remains in a speakership impasse as the Senate votes on Tuesday approached. Fifty-three ballots were cast with Dismukes of Sumner receiving 122 votes in a bid to reach the required majority. about 15 minor candidates are in the mix.
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