05 Oct 1889
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Newspaper
Odon Weekly Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1889
Page
1
Experts dispute the cause of about two deaths per week in New York attributed to electricity, arguing the energy itself cannot kill and prompting investigations into underlying factors and safeguards.
Florida makes the cotton average list with a score of 04 while Alabama records 91 and Georgia 90. Tur smokeless powder used by Austria is noted for a fearful odor that may be banned and a recent practice shoot caused several men to faint.
A recent gathering of negro Baptists in Indianapolis passed a resolution urging Congress to appropriate 100 million dollars to assist African Americans in relocating to western states.
The Secretary of the Navy, unable to obtain satisfactory bids from private shipbuilders, proposes constructing two 3,000-ton cruisers at a government navy yard, as ordered by the Fiftieth Congress. This move signals a shift to in-house production for the Navy’s new cruisers.
The Government Printing Office has completed printing the testimony in contested election cases for the Fifty first Congress. The total page count is 1554 pages.
During the year ending June 5 1839 there were 680 patent applications. The number granted including reissues and designs was 153. The receipts of the Patent Office totaled 557 pounds 17 shillings So and expenses were not stated.
The city assigns ward names from historic figures such as Marshall Jefferson Madison and Monroe, rather than numerical designations. This tradition reflects a distinctive approach to district identification in Richmond.
The longest rail line in the world runs from Buenos Ayre to the foot of the Amie. It covers 24 kilometers and is as straight as an arrow. The steepest grade is about three feet to the mile and it crosses no streams requiring bridges.
A Des Moines state fair exhibit features a corn grain map titled by a man of O'Brien Camniy, Town. Each town and township is distinguished by different colors, with blue railways and wagon roads highlighted, showcasing Mack Ceguave corn.
Reports note an elusive Indigenous group found in southern Chihuahua. Descriptions describe their habitation in cliff faces with notched sticks for climbing and a wary response to approaching outsiders.
Doctors report Livrosy disease cases in Key West and warn that its spread could reach the United States. Dr Morrow notes the threat is not confined to remote regions and now affects more than a quarter of the inhabited world.
General Horoanann, a noted French commander who stirred France in recent years, is described as the son of a French gentleman and an English mother. He spent early years with his mother in Portsmouth, England. Now about fifty four, Americans call him a self made man.
Tom Mitchel reports returning from the Rocky Mountains where in August he found an ice section twenty five to thirty feet thick at the base in the cave. He also saw a small lake and a room over twelve hundred feet long, drawing attention to the curious site.
A fisherman named Tim catches a large brook trout at Spring Creek weighing about six pounds two ounces. The fish is a brown trout from Germany imported on February 18 1894. The age is estimated between five and six years, surpassing the previous continental record of just over five pounds.
A significant Cologne exhibition opens June 1 1890 presenting warfare arts and instruments. It will avoid secret German items such as new powders or inventions that could aid force, but will showcase improvements in food, uniforms, ammunition, statues, velocipedes, carrier pigeons and other military devices.
A late night collision two miles east of Palatine New York involves the St. Louis Express No. 5 rear section crashing into the first section. Twenty five people are dead or feared dead as rescuers rush to the wreck scene. The disaster occurred after the rear brakeman failed to signal. Emergency crews and doctors flock to the scene as the second Atlantic Express nears New York.
In New York two women described as Amazons attempted highway robbery in Battery Park. They overpowered Samuel Whittler and took fifty cents from his pocket before men nearby called for help. The Jersey City woman and Mary Fitzsimmons were arrested and held on $2,000 bail each.
The Congress of American Nations to be held in Wasatneros aims to boost U S South and Central American trade. Secretary Blaine resumes oversight as 35 delegates and families arrive in Washington, with current imports to Europe at 89 percent and US sales at seven for eight bought abroad.
At the Edgar Thomson Steel Works in Pa a furnace accident left most workers rescued. Captain William R Jones recovers from wounds while the missing Hungarian Michael King is found dead. An unknown hero stopped the blast by turning a valve, saving the others.
Secret Service Chief Bell reports from Washington that A. F. Miskinim, a counterfeit coin manufacturer, was arrested in Solomon City, Arkansas. Over $2,000 in counterfeit gold and silver coins and the tools for making them were seized, with much of the spurious currency circulating in the western United States.
The Providence of the Old Colony Line collided with the three masted schooner Avis off Schuyler's Light, twenty five miles from New York. The Providence was badly disabled and a state room floor collapsed injuring an elderly woman who fell from bed to the deck but escaped serious harm.
Deputy Sheriff Vann was shot and killed in Brroainguas Alabama when attempting to arrest a man named Steele. A posse pursued Steele and killed him with gunfire.
In Wheeling West Virginia on September 28 Mrs Annie Castello on trial for grand larceny nearly choked Judge W T Davis to death before officers intervened.
Henry S. Ives, housed in Ludlow Street jail, dines at the warden's table for 15 dollars per week and enjoys other luxuries as part of his confinement.
Lennox Sept 25 The estate of the late coachman to the Prince of Wales is valued at 59000 dollars.
Reports from New Orleans indicate irregularities in the so called baby bonds starting at 102000 with one prior irregularity. Most bonds above 102000 are alleged fraudulent. The State Auditor and Treasurer will pursue the probe. Attorney General Rogers says baby bonds have been abstracted or tampered with to about 400000. Judge Rodgers cites defalcations seen so far above 1200000.
Belgrade welcomes ex Queen Natalie with a grand reception shocking government officials. King Alexander grows openly jealous of his mother's popularity while foreign envoys and Russian interests shape the political dynamic. Natalie vows to stay out of politics as the royal rift deepens over Milan's access to Belgrade.
A large crowd at the Cotton Exchange watched a decisive fall as Steenstrand’s corner in September options collapsed. The market opened down then steadied with September at 260.24d, down thirty points from its peak, and Steenstrand reportedly holds 70,000 to 100,000 bales, fueling belief the cotton ring is utterly smashed.
Richard Robillard, a night engineer at a Pillsbury mill, houses a claimed perpetual motion device. He says the machine has run for seven weeks without fuel, needing only a small amount of oil to stay functional.
Five persons were killed and five injured in a Friday night collision on the New York Central line near Albany. Victims include Wm. H. Manning of Marquette and Rev. Prestin de Veuve of Dayton, with Mrs. Manning and Mrs. Ingalls among the injured. President Ingalls and family escaped, their private car hit by the second section. Mrs. Ingalls suffered injuries.
Judge Ney sentenced Billings to life in state penitentiary for the murder of county attorney Kingsley at Waverly in December. He said he would have acquitted if he had been a juror and imposed the full limit of the law.
In Montgomery County Georgia a group of armed white men abducted and whipped the wife of Dennis McShane a colored man on Wednesday night. Her husband is jailed on suspicion of the murder of John Kersey a white man about a month ago. The whipping aimed to force her to reveal information.
An EE TV and G rock train collided with a hand-car on the Knoxville and Ohio mud near Coal Creek. Maynard Atkins of Coal Creek Robert Wallace of Concord and Walter Pemberton trainmen were killed outright. Z W Loyal injured spine. six aboard, three jumped to escape, three severely mangled.
The Farmers' Review reports the 1889 potato crop is likely the largest in U S history with an estimated 233.7 million bushels, about 17 million more than last year. Chicago October 1. Warm season weather aided yields across major growing areas.
Seth Twombley, the engineer on the fast freight that wrecked a passenger train on the Rock Island road near Chicago, was arrested Sunday evening after the Tuesday night incident.
A novel baptism at a gravel pit pool near Sept. 80 night witnessed by about 50 people. E. A. Stall Smith’s daughters Summy and Katie were immersed by a minister beside lantern light, in what may be the first nocturnal baptism outside a church in the state.
In St Paul Minnesota on October 1 the Chamber of Commerce voted overwhelmingly to endorse Chicago as the preferred site for the World Exposition of 1902. The vote signals strong local support for Chicago ahead of the international decision.
New York Sept 20 Colonel Fred D Grant cables the New York World that the family is ready to accede to any plan that the nation may decide upon in the matter of removing the remains of the late General.
A man named Higgins was decapitated by cars near Maple Ridge, Michigan. When his head was recovered the eyes reportedly closed, opened, and partly closed again, described as a strange phenomenon by local observers in Negamnre, Michigan.
The Treasury Department reports a decrease of 15,500,000 dollars in the public debt from September 1 to October 1. This reflects ongoing efforts to reduce outstanding obligations and stabilize federal finances.
Four new states vote under a mix of issues with South and North Dakota leaning Republican in state tickets and prohibition results. Montana appears Democratic with the Australian ballot system reported, while Montana and Washington show mixed results on legislature and key offices.
At the Inter State Fair Grounds in Trenton New Jersey Baptiste Penaud a French jumper fell from a 150 foot tower into a net below after a turn striking the ground and dying instantly. Seven thousand spectators watched a wet day.
Chicago Oct 2 jury progress shows six hundred twenty seven jurors excused, four accepted and sworn, four passed to today. Defense uses many peremptory challenges leaving seventeen. eighty three challenged, fifty seven by the State. Counsel hope a jury will be impaneled this week.
Major I A Burke former Louisiana treasurer says he is responsible if any real irregularities exist and declines to argue the issue by cable. He has boarded the Teutonic for passage from Liverpool, sailing today.
In Belgrade Oct 2 the ex-Queen told the Premier she will remain in Servia and live in her own house among the people she loves. She declines any terms for her sojourn, which may be indefinite.
Representatives of the shippers and strikers met in Rotterdam for six hours but achieved no agreement. The shippers' committee will reconvene with the masters and others to review the strikers' demands, after which the strikers will meet to consider the shippers' proposals.
Westminster Maryland October 2. The Republican State Convention yesterday nominated Louis E McComas for Comptroller the sole office on the ballot this year.
State intelligence reports two new gas wells struck near Montpelier and two near Winchester. Other items note a costly saw mill fire in Jeffersonville, a fatal fall in Salem, a Cass County farmer found dead, and various local incidents including fraud and a runaway injury suit.
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