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The Journal is issued every Saturday with O. Ke Odell as publisher and the office located on South Spring Street.
22 Oct 1892
Page 1
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1892
Page
1
The Journal is issued every Saturday with O. Ke Odell as publisher and the office located on South Spring Street.
A mix of 19th century notes: immigration and labor, science oddities, rainfall equivalences, early aviation and cables, a Chicago church opera, and Yale gym praise. Mentions include Japanese immigration rise, an elephant carrying load, a Chicago building rumor, silk factories, Palestine size, a Chicago building color, Atlantic cable speed, and a range of small vignettes.
Cincinnati report outlines a sweeping scheme where multiple attorneys swindled convicts seeking paroles. Cases show fees paid for pardon filings never submitted. one Columbus attorney allegedly bribed a wife to pay $100 to influence board members. Investigation continues.
The schooner Mary, formerly the City of Clinton, Capt Belles, arrived with Tennessee displays for the World’s Fair. Skipper Bettes says funds were not provided locally, so he loaded East Tennessee products including metals and minerals and sailed via the Tennessee, Ohio, Mississippi, and Plains canals, totaling 1,803 miles by sail.
Rev. Lou Patterson of Cumberland City was arrested and tried by a jury on a writ of lunacy. He was adjudged insane and jailed at Dover awaiting transfer to Nashville. Report notes his years of erratic preaching and prior asylum stay. a razor and large rock were found in his pockets after arrest.
The Examiner prints a long account from the steamer Montserrat voyage detailing the alleged sale of Gilbert Island natives to Central American plantation owners for five years. It names manager A F L Ferguson and notes previous related events aboard the ill fated Tahiti.
Reports from Oct 17 recount fatalities and livestock losses across Colorado from a severe storm. A Rock Island track walker near Falcom froze to death. 300 sheep perished near Mattison. an injured snow plow engineer near the Kansas line. 300 cattle died between Colorado Springs and Limon. an unnamed laborer died near Hespisis. Charles Beattie died in Colorado Springs. Z. W. Wolf a miner froze near Boulder. Further losses expected as communications resume.
Three men named Dugan Clemens and sein were arrested Friday near the Carnegin mills and taken to Pittsburgh Saturday morning. They were said to be dynamiters and were spying on the works trying to induce non union men to quit work. The dynamiter charge is repudiated.
Five hundred Swedes were naturalized at a ceremony in Roisford. Led by a band, they marched with flags to the courthouse and submitted their naturalization papers. Most entrants work in Ford’s twenty five furniture factories.
Capt. J. P. Derouillard a prominent citizen and capitalist died suddenly Sunday after a brief illness. A native of Cincinnati he lived in Nashville since the Civil War era and commanded the Army of the Cumberland during the war. He was at one time a leading iron master in the state.
A head end collision on the Baltimore and Ohio line near Auburn Indiana left thirty cars wrecked. Brakeman Chas Henthorn of Obiseo and fireman Jack Lannin of Garrett are dying from their injuries as both engines sustain heavy damage.
The American scene to the international monetary congress at Brussels November 22 has been asked to assemble in Washington November 10 to consult with the president, secretary of state, and secretary of the treasury about their duties and powers before Congress.
Chicago prepares for the Columbian dedication with massive decorations. The Auditorium Arch, city hall, and county building show dramatic bunting and electric lights. Estimated decoration cost reaches 3.5 million dollars, with arches and banners set to dazzle the opening parade.
A large gathering at the Young Men's Christian Association rooms in Atlanta expresses sympathy for President Harrison and Mrs. Harrison during Mrs. Harrison's illness. Speeches and prayers are offered and a committee led by Gov Northen is named to convey the sentiment.
In Wranpotte Michigan on October 19 a clash between a Salvation Army detachment and roughs left five seriously injured. Carrie Lowe a lieutenant was struck with a brick and badly hurt. bystander Frank Hutchins suffered cuts to face and head. Henry Griffith Joseph Peoples and Grace Tilley also injured.
In New York on October 19, Senor Jose Gomez and wife Minnie Gomez were arraigned at the Tombs for stealing diamonds valued at $10,000 from Adela Kauffman a diamond broker of 25 John Street. Detectives seized 51 pawn tickets totaling $3,100 and recovered diamonds. Mrs. Gomez claimed kinship with the Stuyvesant family and said she could produce the missing jewels.
At Tumbling Shoals on the Tennessee river a government dredgeboat exploded forty pounds or more of dynamite. The deck was torn off and the craft sank. The head of laborer Charlies Guma was blown off and five men including Sharp and Thompson were seriously injured.
New Haven October 19 Yale University President Timothy Dwight lettered Maj. Woods of the state World’s Fair commission requesting 1 000 square feet for a Yale exhibit at the fair. The exhibit’s character is not yet set.
Large numbers of steel workers are said to be returning to work in Nunhall Hollow and Gehringtown. The advisory committee says the strikers remain firm.
Bernard J. Green a Philadelphia select councilman was fatally injured when he fell from a train near South Bend on the Pennsylvania railroad while en route to the Chicago World’s fair dedication services Tuesday morning.
Louis ville Ky October 19 Dennis Mc Carthy jailed under death sentence for a brutal murder starves himself in an effort to cheat the gallows in this city Is starving to death a desperate bid to avoid execution
Gov McKinley and staff escorted by militia left on an early train for Chicago to take part in dedicatory services at the World’s fair.
Columbus, Oct 18 report on convict Wm Ferreter who refused food and tried to kill with a drawknife and later died after mysterious medical efforts. Guard and chaplain foiled the assault. Ferreter lapsed into coma, revived briefly, and died after failed resuscitation attempts. Source notes he had wife and daughter in Terre Haute.
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