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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1891
Page
1
A compile of diverse items lists Wisconsin senator Apple among numerous topics. The piece touches on Maine lobster decline, Oregon profanity law, Pike's Peak hotel plans, and various other scattered notes from politics to science.
The Senate mourned Maryland Senator Wilson with a chaplain’s prayer, a nine-member funeral committee appointed, and resolutions of sorrow approved. In the House, ships and immigration bills advanced, with the direct tax amendments tabled and a brick barrack provision for the soldiers’ home adopted.
Notes from the Capital report total internal revenue at 87,000,925 for the first seven months ending June 30, 1591, exceeding the prior year's corresponding period by 7,457,412. The Senate committee on commerce has agreed to postpone indefinitely a bill for a second bridge across the North River linking New York and New Jersey.
Civil Engineer Robert E. Peary of the U S Navy will take eighteen months leave to lead a private polar expedition starting near St John Newfoundland in May He aims to travel as far north as a whaling ship can carry him then trek to the north pole with minimal support and a small native team backed by geographical societies. Peary is 35 and based at the Philadelphia navy yard with Maine roots.
Floods devastate Yuma Arizona with all buildings ruined except the Southern Pacific hotel and penitentiary. Gila and Colorado rivers surge thirty three feet above low water while the bridge is breached by rising waters. Officials blow up the freight depot to save the bridge and residents flee to hills as telegraph service relocates to the SP hotel.
A private letter from Fluddersfield England reports the McKinley tariff devastates woolen goods. It says three major firms collapsed with losses near 70 000 pounds 68 000 pounds and 80 000 pounds, driving local manufacturers to the wall.
Ex state treasurer Woodruff of Arkansas was arrested Friday on a warrant from Prosecuting Attorney Pemberton for improper use of public funds. He posted bond of 15000 dollars and his trial is set for the March term of the circuit court.
Floods in Tia Juana California claim several lives, including William E. Scribner a druggist swept from his store. No building remains standing with only the Russ house partially standing. The river’s main current crashes through the town causing extensive destruction.
In Kansas the Douglass resolution providing a public vote on repealing the prohibitory amendment and enacting a high license and local option law failed. The measure went down 72 to 27 as Republicans and most alliance men opposed resubmission.
The Missouri state senate moves a bill on commercial congress style legislation spreading to Kansas borders. Debate centers on economic policy and interstate commerce with unclear procedural language and references to April.
The report states his resignation is very likely to be accepted with health issues given as the reason.
A gang blew open the Mulvane Kansas post office on Thursday night and carried off cash end stamps. No suspects named. The break in targets the safe area at the post office and authorities investigate the robbery.
A flood devastates Yuma Arizona with 1400 nameless people, 250 plus ruined houses, and hundreds believed dead. Reports warn large areas of the Gila valley inundated, with rail lines blocked for days and relief scarce as supplies feed thousands.
A tall woman in Chicago rushed the altar at St. Joseph's during a vesper service and claimed the priest as her long lost husband. Father Frederick released himself and was aided by parishioners before she was taken to Detention hospital. The woman, Mrs. Bary White, had just been released from the county asylum. her husband works as a cook downtown.
James H. Ward completed an eleven year term in the Pennsylvania Penitentiary for the murder of Miss Mary Means in Westmoreland county. On release he was immediately arrested and jailed for the killing of Miss Ellen Means, whom he had assaulted at the time of the earlier murder.
Senator George Hearst of California died at his residence on New Hampshire avenue Washington City at 9 10 o clock Saturday night after a long illness from a complication of diseases.
A Republican Senate caucus Sunday night selected Senator Manderson to serve as president pro tempore, succeeding Mr. Ingalls. The choice follows the party’s internal decision process for leadership in the upper chamber.
In Pike County Missouri a sixteen year old boy was killed by two younger brothers who shot him as he slept. The act was carried out under orders from an elder brother.
A blaze swept through a district in Herman N.V. Saturday night destroying eighteen blocks that included the Baptist Church and numerous homes. Fire crews battled the flames but the rapid spread caused extensive devastation across the area.
A fragment notes Mormons leaving Utah in large groups heading to Mexico. The item lacks dates or names but signals a regional religious migration pattern.
Four motions were filed in the U S Supreme Court to fast track cases challenging the McKinley tariff law. The actions involve Boyd, Sutton & Co on assessed duties for imported faces and assertions that the tariff is unconstitutional due to bill engrossment, sugar bounty provisions, and delegated taxation powers. Government seeks full briefing. cases postponed a week for review.
Telegraph reports from Berlin claim unease over Emperor William’s remarks on France and indicate Chancellor Caprivi may resign after autumn maneuvers. Paris sources note Empress Frederick regrets her St Cloud visit caused protests and misunderstandings abroad.
The Oneida Kansas child of Anton Rudolph is gravely ill after parents bound a raw bacon strip around the neck to treat sore throat. A minor abrasion became a severe infection and the doctor, Dr. Murdock, declares it a trichinosis case.
At the national council of women business session a resolution approved a movement to prevent the slaughter of birds used for ornamentation and urged American women to imitate the Princess of Wales. The council also planned a stone inscription for the grave monument of Mary Washington and urged groups to support the Mary Washington society.
Dr. 8 C Beard reports a field accident on his Lewisburg West Virginia farm where a man plowing with two horses sank into a cavernous pit. The horse disappeared and died despite quick removal of the harness. The other horse avoided the pit as the ground collapsed.
The treasury reports February 28 1891 debt at 49,589,795 with cash on hand reducing debt to 46,599,045 as of January 31 1891. Net increase of debt during February totals 2,994,750.
As silver prices declined nearly 100 bars of bullion were taken from the Care 80 Nevada mint and sent to China where a higher price prevailed than in America.
A Sunday blaze swept through Elm Grove near the Wheeling and railroad line, destroying the shops and a house. Local firefighters battled the flames but the structures were gutted leaving extensive damage and unknown losses.
Transito Hurtarte and Ramon Bengoecea filed with the secretary of state a claim against the United States for 1 million dollars alleging injury from the surrender of Gen. Barrundia to Guatemalan authorities. They rely on the president's annual message and Mizner's actions claiming U S responsibility under international law. The claim asserts indemnity for the Barrundia family and seeks 61 million, but state department officials say the filing lacks proper authorization from the foreign country.
Confederate veterans from Vicksburg Mississippi propose a Blue and Gray reunion at Chicago during the World’s Fair. Col. E C Carroll and Maj Lamar Fountaine outline a pavilion at the fair, with flags swords and relics stored there. States would fund transport and ration support, and the pavilion would be built by all states. The event could last ten to thirty days with government aid and presidential assistance sought.
Capital has been subscribed ground purchased and plans drawn for a 24 story Chicago office building on Dearborn street near the post office. Steel will be the chief material and little wood will be used, as the structure aims to be the tallest in the world, surpassing the auditorium tower and the Masonic temple.
Conferees on the Indian appropriation bill accept a senate amendment providing 2,991,400 dollars for payments to Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians for lands occupied by Cheyenne and Arapaho in Indian Territory and agree on 100,000 dollars as the amount to be paid to the Sioux for property destroyed in the late Indian war.
A group of heirs, linked to the Kentucky estate of Robert Edwards, claim ownership of land on Broadway Wall Street and near Trinity Church in New York city. The fortune is reported to be valued at 267 million dollars, with heirs located in Houston Texas.
A fragment notes the crew of the S Annie Young facing October perils and displaying notable skill. The readable lines mention an event or effort tied to Ellen, highlighting courage and seamanship aboard the vessel during sea dangers in October.
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