07 Apr 1888
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Newspaper
Odon Weekly Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1888
Page
1
Readable items note European military reforms Britain s royal costs Queen Victoria lineage and various curiosities. Mentions wealth of a German empress income and a dozen scattered facts about crime hunger travel and science from distant regions with names like Grananda Lima and Glasgow.
Detailed daily recaps show Senate and House actions in March including reports, bills on education and infrastructure, appropriations for public works, and measures on pensions for generals’ widows. Debates covered postal, commercial, and international topics with several vetoes and calendar moves.
The text records multiple items: Mise Fellows wed on the 4th inst, Chasis now Mr Campbell, Queen honors Chamberlain with a photo autograph for fisheries work, a riot in Carboo limestone quarries with Italians losing wages and a knee wound to Angelo Nocero, Justice Hantas to the Fourth Judicial Circuit, Ernest Urbahno kills son in Paterson, tax totals in New York Sub Treasury, Wichita authorities dealing with tramps shipped west.
Reliable reports say four inmates died when a Friars Point Mississippi jail burned late last night. White convict Wa Gray admitted starting the blaze to escape. jail staff and a minister prayed with the prisoners as flames enveloped the corridors and the building collapsed.
The hearing before Judge Wailace in the U S circuit court will decide if Rev E Walpole Warren entered the U S under a written contract violating the contract labor ban. The Scottish American Society and Holy Trinity Church defendants face a possible $100 fine if Warren’s importation is ruled illegal.
Mrs. Peter Burke, a respected widow, was shot dead by Wade Wade at Patrek Wade, near Waudecah. Wade, infatuated with Burke who planned to wed a Norway man next week, fled to Norway for an interview before killing her, then was arrested amid feverish public sentiment.
A Brighton Beach Hotel at Coney Island, 46 feet by 200 feet and about 5.0 tons, was safely moved inland 300 feet from its exposed beach position. Trucks supported the structure while six locomotives pulled by ropes underpinned the building. No damage occurred.
In New York on a April morning Mrs. Tillie Sipp aged thirty five, in a fit of insanity, threw her twelve year old son George from a fourth story window at 169 East One Hundred and Twenty-second Street. She jumped after him. Both mother and child were seriously injured and may die.
Captain Moore of the Landing Bureau at Castle Guinea reports that 345 storage passengers arrived in March, up from 81,100 the previous year. The first quarter totals show an increase of 5,007 over the same period last year.
Brooklyn contractors plan a mutual protection combine or trust after several meetings. About one hundred signaled their willingness to join. A public meeting is scheduled for Thursday.
Patrick Hughes, who was stabbed during Monday night riots in Loa Loa, underwent a post mortem. Doctors reported his heart was severed in two and he survived ten minutes after the injury.
Governor Bearer respites Vincent an Italian murderer from Philadelphia until May and schedules the same date for the execution of Robt G Hall the murderer of Lillian Rivers in Barnissves Pennsylvania.
A brief Wilkes Barre item notes Pay date in April for Gibbette from Pennsylvania records. The fragment mentions B Th se and a monetary action, but lacks full details.
A 19th century editorial from Wasiixeron notes a House Committee plan to bar foreign born non citizens from land ownership in the United States with a five year lease limit for aliens and a prospective, not retroactive, effect. It argues alien landholding would foster landlordism and foreign influence while urging homes for native citizens and patriot landowners.
A deliberate arson attempt occurred at the farm of Mrs. Joseph McReeley three miles west of Toreno at one this morning. The barn and house were doused with kerosene and set ablaze. George McKelvy woke, prompting him to rush out as the intruder fled. The barn burned quickly, destroying four horses, gear, a warzan, two buggies and about one thousand bushels of corn. the house was saved by prompt action.
Ricuvwenp Virginia April 2 Tonight William Godsey manager of the St. Charles Hotel shot and killed David Glass a colored waiter after a quarrel over alleged dining room remissness Glass struck Godsey with a chair and Godsey fired several shots Glass died Godsey surrendered to police claiming self defense
The jury in Chicago April 2 found Zeph Davis guilty of murder and sentenced him to death. Davis, a young Black man, killed Maggie Gourhan, a girl from Greene Brothers boot shop in the city, about a month earlier after she allegedly sassed him. The case shocked the city with its brutality.
St Louis April 2 The Supreme Court's refusal to reconsider the Maxwell case leaves the English chloroformer with one hope a possible commutation of sentence from Governor Moorehouse. Attorneys and friends will push the governor to grant clemency.
There was a decrease of the public debt during March of 11 586 859 dollars. Since June 30 1857 total reduction stands at 58 560 581 dollars. Cash in treasury available for debt reduction on April 1 1888 is 2506 455 334 dollars. Net debt after subtracting cash equals 1 200 808 155 dollars.
A terse update notes a sealing event concerning the Eagle and a figure named Cate' or 87 Jéuss N F, dated April 2, with fragmentary details suggesting a seal is involved. Further specifics are not provided in the reachable text.
Cantnace, Inc. reports that four girls aged ten to thirteen robbed millinery and dry goods stores in Laharpe over more than two weeks. Goods valued at a large amount were stolen in daylight with no early clues. Items were found hidden in barns and outbuildings while many unmissed goods were returned. Parents express grief and offer amends as investigators pursue remaining suspects.
A young female teacher five miles south of Prova was found dead in a school house Tuesday evening with her tongue cut out. A lead pencil in her right hand and her written account on the floor describe the assault after two tramps overpowered and outraged her before fleeing.
On April 1 two clergymen Rev. Clayton Mumma of Reapine and Rev. John Conrad of Schoeneck Lancaster County were struck by a Pottsville passenger train while walking on the tracks near Bushong's Furnace. Mumma died shortly after, Conrad was badly injured and later died in hospital. Conrad had just delivered his first sermon in the Mennonite Church at Reapine.
Mrs. John Gray, wife of one explosion victim, died after her husband’s funeral was postponed. The couple, married briefly, were buried together in one grave, as she requested to be laid to rest beside him.
Mrs. Allen Myers and her child fell from a buggy into Lost Creek while crossing a bridge near Darytox O. The mother was washed from the buggy but clung to branches and floated a quarter mile before gripping a tree and saving herself. She flung the child to the bank and both were rescued. the horse was recovered downstream.
Fresh details on floods show earlier reports underplayed. A German paper's special correspondent allegedly copied a Bret Harte flood scene, added local names, and claimed a first war beat credit.
The Postmaster General orders 59 offices to rise to salaries of $1,000 or more on April 1 as gross receipts merit higher pay. Named offices include Indiana Carrett Salem Waterloo Kentucky West Hamsburg Ohio Batavia.
The Gould Directory Company reports a city population of 449 160 as of April 1. The figure shows an increase of 2 083 in the past year, with 13 574 dwellings erected since 19 S0 totaling 5 260 511 dollars in value.
A call has been issued for a May 1 convention in Topeka to organize the Farmers' Trust. Circulars were sent to all state governors west of the Mississippi and to Illinois and Wisconsin to send delegates.
Benj E Hopkins assistant cashier of the Fidelity Bank was sentenced in U S Court by Judge Sage to eight years in the penitentiary at Columbus a two month deduction for time served since conviction noted the April 1 report states.
Noah Winstead, a saw-mill employee near town, suffered a horrible accident when a piece of iron called the frog flew from a rapidly moving saw. It struck him in the face, taking off his nose and one eye and causing other injuries.
Lieutenant Rogers reports an extraordinary life saving episode at Manistee Michigan on March 19. Captain Robins and Keeper Henry Finch describe five women clinging to a capsized skiff in icy fifteen foot high ice with twenty mile wind and a five mile current. Mrs Johnson Miss Fagin and Mrs Robins plus Mrs Finch Mrs Hamilton aided in the rescue and may receive special recognition.
In Chatham County Abner Dorsett a 22 year old colored man stands 3 feet 6 inches tall weighs under 75 pounds with a 32 inch head which overbalances him. He cannot walk sit or stand unaided yet possesses a remarkable mathematical mind able to solve mental problems though he cannot read or write.
David Jennings of Lyons Wayne County says after twenty one years and spending fifteen thousand and thirty eight dollars he has achieved perpetual motion. He shows a machine with an iron chain two inches long on a triangular harp shaped frame. The chain runs on wheels at the triangle’s angles and doubles on the descending side to sustain motion. A brake regulates the increasing speed due to the motive power.
The will of Joshua Jones, lifelong observer of street crowds from the New York Hotel window, disposes of nearly 7.04 million dollars chiefly in city real estate. One parcel bought by his father in 1806 is valued at over 1.5 million. The remainder goes to many distressed relatives as the testator’s fortune is divided.
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