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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1890
Page
1
A collection of short items from society and politics. Notes include editors planning to duel, two editors sailing to America, and various curiosities about notable figures and events. Mentions of senators, foreign land holdings, fashion, and recent scientific and technological tidbits fill the column.
The Maryland Law School decided it would admit no more colored students. Earlier two colored graduates faced friction but were allowed to attend. New applicants W Ashbie Trawkins and John L Dozier were admitted but told not to return after one year. Regents cited white student opposition and poor overall records as reasons to end their attendance.
Handy Moore died after his eighteen year old son James split his head with an axe in Griffin Georgia. The mother described years of abuse and threats as she fled their home to avoid further harm before the fatal incident happened.
A Black Hills railroad excursion for Masons from Deadwood and Lead City ended in tragedy when a pine tree felled by a passing engine struck the last car near Elk Creek, 28 miles from Deadwood. Two killed and seven wounded among about 260 passengers and families.
At Columbes Grove Ohio a two year old girl of Henry Moore suffered a fire injury when her night dress on the left arm caught from a stove during a brief parental absence. She endured five hours of agony before death.
Major D. W. Sanders offered 2000 pounds to State Auditor Nerman for a one year license to run the Frankfort Lottery and the Henry County Lottery. The offer was refused and Attorney-General Hardin was asked for an opinion on the 1880 law abolishing lotteries.
The Missouri Pacific through Kansas City Express wrecked at Glencoe switch about twenty seven miles west of St Louis. One passenger was killed and fifteen injured, four fatally.
A London Standard dispatch reports the open purchase and sale of slaves permitted in German territory. It notes twenty thousand Wanuamesi arriving at Ragamoyo as a consequence, and that no effective steps have been taken to stop the traffic.
A gas explosion at the home of Geo E Friend in Dayton Ohio fatally injures Dr F L W Thomas and badly burns Mr Friend. Four gallons of gasoline saturated the parlor furniture and carpet triggering a blast that sent flames through the lower floors and wrecked doors and windows. Dr Thomas dies hours later. Friend and his brother are connected to the Friend Paper Mills.
A stranger asked for Mr Langdon's home then called for Mrs Langdon and killed her as she came to the door. Langdon shot the attacker, who died from his wounds. Langdon, new to the area, had come from St Paul to oversee a Northwestern road project.
During services in the Polish Hebrew Synagogue in Trenton New Jersey a dispute arose when ex Rabbi Max Rodden and followers tried to participate after a warned ban. Rodden and Harris Adolphus were allegedly manhandled and a coat cellar tore. warrants were issued for Moses Skorniwitsebhi the new rabbi and several officers as assailants.
Prominent youths Lersecen Robert Lurpin and Glen Duskin quarreled Saturday over understanding that each would shoot on sight. Sunday afternoon they met in the town center and fired. Duskin died of four bullets, Turpin struck in the forehead and died instantly.
The schooner Comrade owned by Gil Christ of Cleveland is missing on Lake Superior after parting tow lines with the Columbia on a Saturday night. A two days' search failed to find boat or crew. she carried 1600 tons of iron ore from Ashland and was valued at 55000 dollars.
The Chinese government began building a railway from Kaipine to Guivine with British capital and engineers. Bewir Camabna, a Kansas city baker, has combined efforts to raise bread prices.
At Union Depot a late train passenger Mrs. Ella Griggsby of Columbus Ohio and her two children faced a near fatal gas asphyxiation in a hotel room. Domestic staff smelled escaping gas, Griggsby collapsed, a doctor treated them for several hours, and the danger occurred when she blew out the gas.
In Richland Township Venango County Pennsylvania a 40 year old woman named Margaret Orr was found confined in a smoke house on a farm near Emlenton station by Superintendent Calph of the county poor farm. She had been chained for over fifteen years and removed to the Warren Insane Asylum. Reports speak of another cripple lunatic locked in a small room and state board oversight of confinement to save costs.
In Columbus Indiana the colored community withdraws their children from public schools after Miss Rosa Slater, a graduate of the high school class of 1890 and daughter of a widow, is assigned to lead the colored department. They demand a colored teacher instead and have been out on strike since Monday of last week.
Travelers confirm a German decree at Bagamoro allowing slave traffic. The decree, signed by the German Commandant, was posted at Bagamoro and Dar es Salaam. Exiled Zanzibar slave dealers have settled in Bagamoyo and prosper. Isis reports the Sultan seeks European aid as Emin Pasha reaches Unyanyembo and finds Arabs deserted the district.
Ysaac Rice born 1784 in an era before the presidency died Tuesday in Indianapolis. A former slave in Virginia and Kentucky he escaped to Canada in 1848 and stayed there until after the war. He is survived by two feeble aged sons.
Fire at the Alhambra in Grenada Tuesday destroyed the Arab palace the courts of the Abdolacer and Lions and the Mirador de la Reina. Two firemen were injured by falling walls. The loss is described as irreparable.
Robert A. Pinkerton announced withdrawal of Pinkerton men from patrol duty on the Central road in Albany New York. He stated two hundred men remain at West Albany and one hundred at East Albany.
An explosion in the Maybach pit at Sand Wendel in Rhenish Prussia killed twenty five miners. About 325 others were rescued from the pit in the same incident.
Interview summaries with 139 members of the aha discuss reciprocity. The piece notes the proposed reciprocity bill and considers its chances of passage.
Washington reports show Senate actions on Northern Pacific land claims and a land forfeiture bill with conferees named. Tariff measures progress with votes and adjournments amid Democratic and Republican maneuvering. House adjourns multiple days with no quorum and discusses memorials to Samuel J Randall.
Cmicaco plans a five million capital venture to assist corporations in listing stock. EuisHa Hansuan, representing an English syndicate, seeks options on shoe factories in St. Louis and stores in Rochester for 2.5 million, and pursues Chicago options. Meanwhile in Crawfordsville Indiana a group of rose family youths were arrested for alleged ticket fraud during the fair.
A Crawfordsville man faces a $100 bond to keep the peace amid divorce tensions. Evansville’s missing fiancé, Miss Martha Jenkins, eludes the altar. Indiana infirmaries cost £526,000 yearly to care for the insane. An Terre Haute worker loses both eyes to molten lead. Burglars steal $300 from Columbus saloon. Democrats push new campaign features and voter education. A 6,000,000 foot daily gas well is drilled near Lebanon. A Laporte murder trial ends in manslaughter for a defendant. Postmasters appointed in Indiana towns. A Brazil revenue collector attacked by insanity returns to asylum. A Santa Fe farmer commits suicide before family. A huge oil well near Poneto yields 500–1000 barrels daily. A Tipton bee-tree accident proves fatal. Rockville murder trial ends quickly. Ver Millon jury splits on youth punishment. A Hammond engine derailment kills the fireman. An elderly Edinburg man loses $564 to a shell game. English town reports more dogs than voters. An Anderson metal works capital is disclosed. Doachamford robbed by footpads. Martinsville Republican foreman missing since August. Clark County grows to 2,000 population. A Clarke County man impaled by a pitchfork. Shelbyville fair attendee suffers deadly lockjaw after a nail injury. An Indiana farmer reportedly shoots himself amid insanity. Brazil man found lying in mud.
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