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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1890
Page
1
A jumble of notes reports crick ste plagues in Daauss Texas, Irish migration to England, a Newark hotelier’s son, and varied items from Pratt County mastodons to Kansas cattle disease. It lists names, places, and curiosities from royalty to inventions and literary figures.
Fifty feared dead and thirty injured after a Reading railroad wreck near Shoemakersville Pennsylvania. Passengers describe a swift crash into an embankment and water filled cars with victims, as wreckers work through the night and death toll climbs.
A Senate approved bill ends the three dollar and one dollar cord pieces and the three cent nickel. It prohibits their coinage and orders withdrawal from circulation once paid into the Treasury. Recoining into other denominations will follow.
Oscar Platenhaiser aged 32 was shot and killed on the 17th inst at the Unknown Mine near Chloride New Mexico. Fred Baubach was killed the same day at Silver Mountain Mine twelve miles from Chloride. Indians are suspected as trail traces appear. A posse from Chloride travels to warn miners and gather information.
The National Commission ballot for Director-General of the World's Fair after committee announcements. On the first ballot Colonel Davis received 50 votes and General Hastings 44, with Davis then chosen unanimously for the position.
Army maneuvers at Rohnstock concluded Friday with Emperor William leading the final attack and Emperor Francis Josef joining the defense army, which secured victory.
Jacob M. Thornburg former U.S. Representative for Tennessee's Second District died in Knoxville on Friday morning at age fifty two. The Tennessean reports Thornburg served in Congress earlier in his career and was active in regional politics.
Ten year old James Matthews died at his Union Hill New Jersey home from nicotine poisoning. The boy was an inquisitive smoker of cigarettes.
In Vienna a woman's body was exhumed revealing she had given birth after burial. The discovery raises questions about timing, circumstances, and medical details surrounding the event.
Count Schleinitz, ruined by gambling, killed himself with a revolver. The tragedy shows the ruin driving the nobleman to a fatal act. The incident underscores the societal pressures and consequences of gambling losses in his circle.
Vice-President Webb of the New York Central says none of the strikers will be rehired. The President has signed the anti lottery river and harbor bill.
A switch engine struck the rear of an Illinois Central excursion near Eighteenth Street Chicago killing four Sunday travelers two sisters and two young men. At least three seriously injured and six others lightly hurt, with one victim identified as Miss Pilgrim.
A traveling pump vendor sold a suction device to Henry Warner near Rankin Illinois. The family of five fell violently ill after using the water. A girl died and a boy is near death while the father may not recover. Investigation found rat poison was placed in the pump at the store.
A large bronze statue of Horace Greeley by J Q A Ward was unveiled Saturday morning. Miss Gabrielle Greeley, daughter of the late editor, stood with thousands present beneath the Park Row arch at the Tribune. Bishop Potter led the opening prayer as Colonel John Har presided and Chauncey M Depew delivered an eloquent oration.
Rev. P. Cain pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Albion New York collapsed during a Sunday sermon and died within ten minutes. Heart disease was given as the cause. He previously served in Erie and Philadelphia Pennsylvania Williamsport Pennsylvania and Mansfield Ohio.
Rumor from London says Marquis De Lenville fought a duel with a Gil Blus correspondent and was wounded in the right arm just above the elbow. The combatants reportedly were satisfied and the report kept secret. The Marquis was not badly hurt.
Mrs. Fannie McMillan, ex wife of Fred McMillan and manager of the Fay Templeton Dramatic Company, died by taking morphine at Bloomington. She was a cousin of Governor Campbell and sister of the wife of Congressman Morey, marking the end of a troubled marriage.
An enraged elephant charged during a parade in Muscatine injuring horses and roughing several keepers as spectators fled in terror. Authorities subdued the animal after the chaotic scene.
William D Gilbert, nephew and heir to T. D. Gilbert, president of the Grand Rapids Light Company, committed suicide by a gunshot. He was a wealthy man, leaving a wife and three children.
Secretary Probst of the State Board of Health went to Hergholz Jefferson County to investigate supposed cases of cholera and telegraphs that the disease is not cholera.
A train of twenty carloads of saints departed Fresno California on Saturday via the Central and Union routes, signaling a notable shipment movement for the region and industry.
Mrs Ann Eliza Holden admits in confession to Dr J D Knott that she and her son Edwin Holden killed Harley Russell. She describes wearing Albert Dunham's clothes and shoes and holding the horse while Edwin fired. Calvin Holden learns the truth and pleads for his life.ഡിയോ
Professor Joseph M. Hirsh of Chicago says he can extract aluminum from clay at a cost of a few cents per pound and that his process is unlike any in textbooks. He has leased two five story buildings and already produced two thousand pounds, aiming for weekly capacity of that amount within days.
At Reading Pennsylvania the coroner's jury heard coal train crew testimony about the Shoemakersville wreck that killed twenty one and injured about thirty. The verdict blames engine 347 signalman for negligence for staying in the caboose and failing to signal properly to allow the following train to stop.
News reports a bloody murder at Tecumseh Furnace in Cherokee County Alabama. Joseph Hackney, a wealthy farmer, was visiting a neighbor when two young men named Smith and Ferguson entered and shot him. Hackney crawled to a nearby Negro's house and died. An old feud lay behind the tragedy.
The Hills Farm Mine at Dunbar is closed for years and may never be reentered. The bones of thirty one miners trapped there in June rest there perhaps forever, leaving widows and orphans to cope with a grim, ongoing life.
In a recent interview Prince ag states he may attend the Reichstag only regularly, but could appear in the upper house of the Diet at his choice. He rejects a bear like winter dormancy and says he will not sleep through politics.
Nellie D. Willoughby, an authoress known for Social Purity, was arrested in Luverne Minnesota Monday as she tried to board a train to Florida. She faces charges of setting fire to John Cameron's barn on January 17.
The planned London boxing clash between McAuliffe and Slavin is off after both boxers were arrested and bound over under £2,000 bail to keep peace for 24 hours, coinciding with the scheduled Ormond Club contest.
Experiments were conducted Monday at Madgeburg with a new quick-firing gun of three centimeters caliber. Officers from America Enz-7 Huasia and other countries observed the tests.
Minnie Hoffsmith, a 15 year old German girl, was arrested on a warrant for a long string of offenses at Louis Devaud's farm near Clintonville Wisconsin. Authorities allege she reported early acts and later arson and poisoning attempts though she protests her innocence.
A vast fire swept three fourths of Colon Panama starting at midnight and burning into morning. Police opened fire on mobs of rioters and plunderers as crowds roamed the streets while docks remained secure. Several people were killed in the clashes.
Residents near Smvl byville Ind report a subterranean blast nine miles southeast of town on August 15. A nearby well eruption hurled mud water and stone high into the air but caused no major explosion or gas ignition. Local authorities warn gas may still escape from neighboring wells posing danger.
A farmer J J Campbell near Panville HL chased his uneasy dog which led to his fourteen year old son found unconscious about a mile away. The boy had left with a buggy to visit grandparents the previous day when the horse bolted and the buggy broke apart injuring him seriously and delaying discovery.
Representative Rockwell of Massachusetts reports from the Committee on Military Affairs a substitute bill to appropriate 100000 dollars for the Secretary of War to direct an exploration and survey of Alaska's interior by army officers and enlisted men as deemed available.
The Minister of Marine and Fisheries reviewed Captain Whitelaw’s request for a whale catch in the Gulf of Georgia. He, a U S citizen, proposed whaling in an American bottom but the minister refused, avoiding a harmful precedent.
The Canadian Fisheries Department announced salmon catch figures for the Frazer river season totaling 246 050 cases or over 11 750 000 pounds valued at 531 407 248. Including Noas Skeena rivers and the coast the total cases should reach 400 000.
Six distinct shocks occurred around 3:20 Tuesday morning in Columbia. The tremors lasted a moment with a rumbling sound heard from the south as the final shock lingered for nearly a minute.
English goods flood Liverpool warehouses as Atlantic lines rush exports before October. Freight rates rise sharply with prices up from sixty to seventy shillings per ton, signaling strained transatlantic trade.
During Sept 17 to Sept 4 1869 reports describe Senate and House actions on appropriations and bills. Key items include $5,000 for a Lafayette statue site at the Treasury esplanade, a $30,000 public monument in Washington for John Ericsson, and a $20,000 for Jefferson manuscripts. Other bills cover bankruptcy, land claims, and currency reform. House quorum issues and adjournments appear alongside party dynamics and committee moves.
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