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Newspaper
Odon Weekly Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1888
Page
1
A jumble of notes reports Augusta’s exposition ending, a December debt tally at 1 148 459 653 07, and varied items from fashion to politics. It notes window glass shifts, Utah statehood speculation, Speakership bids, and a flood of cultural and commercial tidbits across places and people.
The Ouachita river steamer John H Hanna burned near Plaquemine at midnight with 20 lives lost including the chief officer. The ship carried dry cotton which fed the blaze and hindered evacuation as passengers and crew rushed to shore amid dense smoke and darkness. Built in 1876 at Madison Indiana, 677 tons, owned by Ouachita River Consolidated Line and insured for 12,000.
A blaze starting in a natural casket within W A Boott's drug and jewelry store last night destroyed the building and damaged Proskers Jewelry Store, a bar, a carpenter shop, two stables, and a firehouse. Nearby dwellings within a hundred yards caught fire at intervals, but flames were checked and buildings not seriously damaged. The creek served as the firebreak and saved portions of the town.
Two convicts at Chilistmas prison received last evening a Christmas liberty from Governor Aszlesby. J. W. Clark from Balle Ville and John W. Mas Well from Osis Countyon in Osto for theft and robbery. Both men had been hard working faithful convicts and were allowed to reach their homes for Christmas morning.
The steamer Leif Erickson ran aground at Allasi Point near Solelock and caught fire. Five to seven lives were reported lost as the vessel, a 214 ton propeller ship plying between Seattle and Sidney, Madison County, encountered a lamp explosion believed to have started the blaze.
Deena F. WL. Smith Jr., a Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad connector, acted as Santa at a family gathering. While lighting Christmas candles he was covered with cotton batting, which caught fire, burning his beads and enveloping him in flames as he fled to the street. Doctors fear his injuries may be fatal.
Fourteen prisoners escaped from the Hamilton County jail in Chattangula Tennessee this morning by cutting six inch rods with a saw and making a rope from blankets to descend from the third story. The jail, regarded as highly secure, did not keep them contained and none have been recaptured as of now.
A late night blaze in Margenead Mass destroyed seven acres of property, with twelve blocks of stores and residences burned or burning. The district had a previous fire outbreak twelve years ago, raising concerns over fire history and safety.
A silk trust allegedly active in New York aims to control the raw silk commerce. Report says the group includes English French Italian and several American bankers.
In Forest Pennsylvania on December 23 Mrs John Priest and her grandson died in a blaze at their home. Authorities believe the fire was arson and a murder robbery. Police are investigating, no suspects named publicly.
MEC Edwards aged seventy was stabbed and killed in Int Dec 25 quarrel with Edward Gullidy aged sixty five over a woman. Police report details the fatal stabbing and ensuing investigation.
A massive blast near Wheeling West Virginia rattled windows and damaged buildings across Wheeling and nearby Ohio towns. A fourteen year old boy named Charles Gleck was killed among several injured in a dynamite explosion at Mount Pleasant Ohio. Dozens of Italian railroad workers were among the injured as houses were wrecked and dynamite stored in a nearby cave ignited.
Captain Ditsch was found dead at Linton Cemetery while apparently shooting himself near his daughter's grave using a revolver once owned by Jesse James. The Police Chief Association funds, about $10 000, were implicated after a bad check. Ditsch had resigned to run a saloon and allegedly misused funds before his suicide.
Reports from Havana indicate Haiti surrendered to American naval forces after a brief conflict. General Legitime is unanimously elected president and acts to quell unrest with Admiral Luce commanding the expedition. The United States government weighs abuse of power claims against a weak nation.
Fred Krouse, keeper of the Line House saloon about a mile east of Port Hunt, was found dead behind his establishment. He had a crushed skull from a blunt blow and is believed murdered for money. He was seventy years old and hailed from New York where his son and daughter live.
The steamer Knte Adins, a fine boat on the Mississippi, burned near Commerce Mississippi this morning. Cabin passengers and crew were saved but fourteen colored deck passengers and Third Clerk Corbett drowned while attempting to escape. The boat and cargo are total losses. Cause of the fire is unknown.
Mrs. Joan Stone of Albion, who was arrested Thursday for beating her child, and who had a newborn baby, drowned herself in the river last night. She leaves six children.
In Brooxtus Henry D Schoonmaker aged 23 shot and fatally wounded his wife Edith 22 then killed himself at their residence 69 Bond Street early this morning. A fourteen month old baby survived. Authorities deem the act likely resultant of insanity.
A train derailed near the city killing fireman Thomas and injuring his brother William Ash and brakeman George Sacks. fireman died from crushing and scalding injuries.
A Zanzibar dispatch dated Stanley Falls August 28 via Tippoo Tib’s men says Henry M. Stanley was at Bonyala on August 17 and planned to rejoin Emin Pasha after leaving stores for his rear-guard. He reported whites in the expedition well and needing nothing.
London readers view the Suakim engagement as a hollow triumph. The report notes 47 Arabs killed and many wounded, yet critics say the unequal clash with British and Merotians shows little luster to British arms and questions the campaign’s justification.
A large fire at Strobel & Co. picture frame factory near Canal Street caused total loss of $109. The wall fell into the canal, throwing workers into the water. Five rescuers pulled comrades from the water and nine were fatally or seriously injured. a canal drag search continued for others. Casualties include Jerry Bray, captain, and several named workers.
Charles Kutz and his wife were found dead at their home nine miles from the city. They lay in pools of blood in different rooms with a large butcher knife nearby. Kutz, a prosperous farmer, had sold cattle the day prior and it is believed the couple were murdered for their money.
In Wastington on December 21 the President pardoned Benjamin Hopkins, who was serving a sentence for embezzling funds from the Fidelity National Bank of Cincinnati. The pardon cited Hopkins's poor health and followed efforts by Congressional Batt rworth and other friends of the Toykins family.
A freight train on the Botleyee and Carondelet road jumped the track near St. Davis this morning. The engine overturned and several cars were wrecked. Fireman Tom Ash died under seal of sleep. his brother William the engineer and another brake man were badly injured.
The body of S. J. Hughes of the United States Coast Survey was recovered thirty miles from the accident site in Puget Sound two weeks after he fell overboard. An octopus was attached to one leg and is believed to have caused death. Five hundred dollars was found in his pockets.
Moses Flanders alias Edwards a Black man was executed in the jail yard at Plaquemine La at 11 30 a m for the murder of Cornelius Brown at the Bayou Goula section house on August 11. As his hands were tied he said you can tie them here but you cant tie them in Heaven.
Rabbi W. Berger won 329 against Kingsburgh brothers in Respout New York for charges over prayers for a deceased father an inscription for the tombstone and instruction in proper prayers seeking 450 in damages.
Albert B. Nickerson and John Telford were each sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary for attempting the robbery of the Homestake railroad.
A British and Egyptian force stormed rebel redoubts at Suakim and Handoub, killing about 400 rebels with light British losses. The engagement lasted about thirty minutes as Black Brigade and cavalry attacked trenches, with Scots borderers and Welsh regiments entrenching and the fleet supporting from the coast.
From Port au Prince via Havana on December 20 President Legitime remains in power and public opinion backs his authority. The country’s pacification is seen as near. U S ships Yantic and Galena have not yet arrived. The seizure of the Haitian Republic steamer is viewed as legal, with belief she aimed to run the blockade and was captured as a prize by Haitian forces.
In Hanover Township a Polish farmer named Shilinski buried his seven year old daughter in a field using a coffin made from a neighbor’s fence after chopping it down. Neighbors found the body and will rebury it. The father faces arrest.
W C Whitney attorney for S S Rawson in a divorce suit was shot and wounded in open court by Mrs Rawson last spring. He was adjudged insane today and sent to an asylum. Doctors attribute his insanity to melancholia from the shooting and a delusion of being pursued by a would-be killer woman.
PrrrsavurGu Pa Dec 29 The Congressional Committee on Pauper Immigration prepares preliminary steps for tomorrow's investigation. Congressman Ford says evidence from New York and other Eastern cities shows the five prohibitory immigration laws are openly violated.
The seventy ton granite shaft was set in permanent position at Rose Hill Cemetery this afternoon to mark the grave of former mayor Long John Wentworth. Engineers and architects were among the many spectators. The shaft ranks as the largest single cut stone in America aside from the Egyptian obelisk in New York.
William Walker and John Matthews were sentenced to be hanged on January 13 but the Governor, at Judge Hubbard’s request, granted a delay to February 15. Jefferson City Mo. December 20.
The Secretary of State forwarded to the Senate today certificates showing the presidential vote results from Vermont New Hampshire Delaware Connecticut Oregon and Kentucky.
Paris reports workmen on the Eiffel Tower under construction for the next year’s exhibition have halted work. In St Louis a Missouri Supreme Court ruling limits municipal rate control over state chartered telephone companies, with cited charges between 360 and 310 per year, council setting 50 dollars.
Bath Maine December 20 figures show twenty five ships launched in the closing year with gross tonnage about 43 205 and net earnings near 090.
In the December sessions the Senate reported back the House bill to incorporate the American Historical Association with verbatim amendments. The measure passed after amendments. Other Senate actions included resolutions on foreign control of ships and a bridge bill for Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. The House debated river and harbor appropriation and retirement of General Smith, with adjournment at 4:45 p.m.
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