25 Jan 1890
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1890
Page
1
The Journal lists E Odell as editor and proprietor with office at South Spring Street, indicating the paper's local publication hub.
Bux reportedly climbed Mount Vesuvius and Flo praised the crater. Edward Atkinson asserts that annual egg production in the country equals its iron output in value. Jews in Rome plan to erect a synagogue costing about $2,000,000.
A close associate of John D. Rockefeller gauges his wealth at 129 million dollars and predicts that in ten years he will be the richest man on earth.
The Mexican government has ordered one million guppy cuttings from California and will distribute them free to citizens who want to plant them in Mexico.
The Boers in South Africa have extended suffrage to sixteen year old boys to retain political ascendancy in the South African republic.
Report from Northern Maine notes a tightening spruce gum supply as harvests fall short and markets warn that gum may be scarce at any price. Local traders and residents fear continued shortages into the season.
The report notes total Indian population under 250000. It cites 21253 living in houses and 9612 farming families. It also records 28663 church members among these Ravages.
A telegraph message costing 2.37 dollars per word was sent from Portland to Hong Kong with a reply in twelve hours. It first went to New York then to Tandon, across the continent to Yokohama.
Commodore Henry Bruce, the navy s oldest officer, now lives on a retired island near Boston. Born February 1 1789, he was appointed midshipman from Massachusetts on November 9 1813.
In a late lecture Ross Srerx of Washington argued the Indians shared a nearly identical faith with the Israelites and claimed both peoples faced similar fates as they were driven from their possessions.
Insurance men reported about 650 600,000 standard new policies written in 1889, credited to the tireless efforts of life insurance agents.
S L Loomis who in 1880 predicted the census within 18 000 is now put with the prediction that the United States population in 1890 will reach 67 230 000 an increase in the past decade of more than thirty percent
Official statistics suggest Norwegians live longest with men averaging 48.33 years and women 51.30 years, totaling 49.77 years for both sexes. Life expectancy has risen in recent years.
Last year Britain launched vessels totaling about 1 270 000 tons, compared with 4 000 tons in 1888. Analysts estimate unfinished stock will add roughly 1 000 000 tons more this year, boosting overall tonnage.
Enitor William O Barres writes a semi political novel during confinement in Irish prisons. The work, soon to be published, aims to illuminate the Irish question and to make a strong impression on English readers.
Russian officials deem the telephone dangerous to the State and Warsaw orders remove phones from restaurants coffee houses and liquor saloons. Similar actions are issued in other large Polish towns as authorities tighten controls on communication and public venues.
The article notes that blind individuals rarely smoke. It observes that soldiers and sailors who lose sight in action may smoke briefly but soon quit. They claim smoke loses its pleasure without sight and some cannot taste it unless they see the smoke.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe an eight hour day contest affecting workers in Britain and related political subjects. The text references struggles over labor laws and public reaction. Further readable details are limited.
A Cincinnati railroad disaster occurs when the A. G. Darwin Strong engine fails to stop and wrecks the Monon Chicago vestibule train near Winton Place. Five killed: conductor F. W. Witherbee Toledo. James Staley Dayton. John Wilson Winton Place. William Klamitz Carthage. Chas. Kellar Winton Place. Injured include engineer Wm. Coakley and fireman John McGreery. Fire consumes several cars at Spring Grove Cemetery.
An Afro-American delegate to the Afro-American congress enters the Palmer House barber shop but is repeatedly refused service as the staff refuses to shave him. Barbers leave their chairs and foreman follows, citing reluctance to share colored customers. The delegate persists, while one barber states he has not learned to share colored people.
The proposal by Ohio Congressman Butterworth defines options and futures and imposes taxes on dealers in wheat var oats rye barley cotton and all farm and hog products. Dealers must pay 1000 dollars plus 5 cents per pound and secure a 5000 dollar bond with weekly sworn returns. Penalties include fines up to 25000 or imprisonment.
Liezie Savidge, 18, wife of Albert Buchanan, awoke to a masked intruder who struck her with a powdery substance, cutting her hair and fleeing as doors remained locked. She recalls no details of the attacker, and no violence marks or clear assault are reported beyond the hair removal and confusion.
Jan 21 reports from San Francisco and Tacoma describe a severe snow blockade on the Central Pacific near Truckee and Emigrant Gap with drifts up to thirty feet. Trains are stranded, engines buried, crews hungry, and passengers housed in hotels as officials call it the heaviest blockade in over a decade. In Tacoma no eastern mails have reached for eight days and Okanogan country suffers livestock losses as blizzards kill at least ten men. Wm Jewett frozen near Alma and a Wilber carrier lost.
Rioting erupted in West Point Georgia on Saturday night with whites and blacks fighting in the streets. Deputy Marshal Burdette and Deputy Hardetier were attacked. Nolan Sherrill was killed and Alexander Davidson and Wesley Freeman were wounded. The town, in a dry county, faced ongoing violence until early Sunday morning.
A steamboat collided with a barge causing damage and minor injuries reported by The Times on January 90. Authorities investigated the incident and assessed safety measures for nearby vessels.
In Wilkes Barre on January 21 a cemetery brawl between Polish and Lithuanian factions led to a coffin being broken open and the corpse rolled out. A Pole named Talaska was fatally wounded and fourteen others were wounded by stones. rioters dispersed after constables and a citizen posse intervened. The ring leaders were jailed.
Within two weeks 2,500 negroes have been brought into Arkansas from Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Mississippi by Arkansas planters and railroad agents to work as plantation hands. The influx will rise to 5,000 in sixty days.
Reannie Pa Jan 2L Philadelphia and Reading railroad officials warn that without a decided coal trade improvement every colliery owned by the company and many independent operators will close. More than one third of all collieries have already shut down entirely, affecting about 1,000 workers.
A brief local notice records the cremation of a mother and her daughter in Astoxville Missouri, dated January 91, with scant readable details from the early yesterday event.
Two masked bandits on the Southern Pacific line near Tulare California halted a southbound passenger train at 4 am and plundered the express car of about 25000 dollars. They threatened the engineer and fireman and shot a tramp who watched. The robbers forced the crew to walk away while they departed with their haul.
Mrs. Davis arrested in Michigan on suspicion of being the famous old Mrs. Bender, tied to a noted murderous family, has become hopelessly insane after confinement in Oswego Kansas. Doctors say she is insane. Her trial and that of her daughter are scheduled for the March term.
In Clareville Missouri January 22 Harry Squires five-year-old son of William Squires died after his clothes caught fire from a stove while left alone. The mother found the child dead on the floor after entering through a window due to a locked door.
In BteFFraLo New York January 22 projections of foreign syndicates focus on lake steamer lines from this port. A New York based syndicate is said to have closed a bargain for all vessels of the Red Stack line and aims to acquire others. The Red Stack line owns seven vessels valued at 737000 dollars.
Miss Ella Gaston of Barbour County converts to Judaism in Montecomery Alabama. Aged about twenty three, she was raised Methodist and is now reported to be engaged to Abraham Lehman a Greenville merchant of Jewish parentage and faith.
In Pirissures on January 22 the Ursulise Convent announces a forthcoming sale of its property to raise funds. The proceeds aim to pay the deposed Superior Mother Alphonse and adherents ten thousand dollars each under a Rome decree. The estate is valued at two hundred thousand dollars. the de Gks will return to France.
The report recaps Senate and House actions from January to January 20 with bills on emigration of people of color from the South, Indian removals, Oklahoma town sites, and World’s Fair plans. It notes votes on member salary reimbursements, census issues, pensions for veterans, and various approvals and adjournments in Washington.
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