29 Jul 1887
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Newspaper
Scandia Independent
Location
Narka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1887
Page
1
The signal service bulletin notes corn damage from drought while in other news a man drowned after being rolled into a river near Pittsburgh as a joke. Reports include a Brooklyn jail suicide and various 19th century political and crime items from Chicago, Buffalo, and beyond.
Cattlemen on the Great Cattle Trail plan to reverse course drive about 70 000 head back to Texas due to lack of market and rising losses. The move ends the long used path from Texas toward Wyoming and Colorado where 50 000 head remain near the Arkansas river.
Fragmented text reports aid to strikers tied to the Brotherhood of Inventors and other unions amid industrial tension. Poguea notes ongoing study of conditions while meetings discuss eight hour policies and potential government action.
The readable fragments report a local incident involving the delivery or transport of bodies from Switzerland. No clear identities or destinations are provided. Further readable context remains unavailable in the fragment.
A 12:30 pm fire at Sergie’s brewery at Main and Virginia in Burfato destroyed the brewery, the Buffalo street car barns across the street, and caused $35,000 in rail barn damage. Fireman Manning fell from a ladder and died tonight. The blaze was under control by 2 pm.
Kansas City market notes indicate dull live stock and grain activity with mixed quotations. Wheat and corn receipts and stock changes are listed, with bid and ask prices for No 2 red winter, various future months, and by elevator. Oats and rye show limited movement while dairy, bran, and meal prices appear with scattered figures.
Kansas City July 26 1987 cattle prices and market notes list steer cow and bid figures. Prices shown include grass fed stocks and various grades with bids around 2 35 per hundredweight.
Chaney Sanders, a miner at a Grand Junction coal mine, was rescued after 110 hours trapped in an air chamber sealed by dirt as floodwater rose. Pumps failed until the state mine inspector helped, and at 4 45 p m today the water receded enough to reach the chamber where Sanders survived without food. The town hails his rescue as one of the era’s most marvelous escapes.
David Hoffman was hanged at Dunbar for wrecking a Missouri Pacific passenger train on January 11, killing Engineer De Witt and injuring others. The sentence was carried out at 10 24 with Hoffman’s last words cut short. a confederate received ten years. Militia kept order as rumor of a mob circulated.
Articles of incorporation filed in Springfield for the Metropolitan Railway Company with 3 million dollars in capital to build an underground rapid transit system in Chicago and Cook County. Henry W. Deman leads the project, proposing steam or electric power, tunnels thirty five feet underground, with four principal tunnels and stairway access from streets.
In the examination of Mr Jordan's books as late treasurer of the United States a $2.50 shortfall in a gold coin tally was discovered by actual count. The clerk who erred repaid the amount and the cash balance is restored.
A Texas mustang broke from a trader gang in Ottawa Kansas, charged into a crowd injuring several people including Beal and a Mr das. The horse then collided with B Baldwin’s buggy, sending his horses running and tossing him out, with serious injuries possible. Damages against the city are likely.
Workmen digging a well in Welter Papeworth's rear yard in Howrix Michigan eastern village section released natural gas. A flame rose to roughly a barrel height as stones and dirt were blown about 100 feet into the air. The gas flow was lit and a plan to reconfirm the discovery and discuss next steps will be addressed at tonight’s meeting.
John D. Shea, released from four years in a Pennsylvania prison, was brought to St Louis and sentenced for the murder of a police officer during an escape attempt. He is set to be hanged on September 7, 1887, with a motion for a stay of proceedings aimed at appealing to the supreme court.
A train on the Iron Mountain line near Piedmont Montana collided with a cow, derailing the Memphis cannon ball. Engineer Alexander Hamilton was killed while all passengers were badly shaken but none seriously injured.
Witnesses testify at the inquest that the engineer was intoxicated and unfit to control the train while the conductor had been drinking. The hearing is proceeding in connection with the late railway disaster in Frainmen Drunk Sr Thonss Ontario on July 22.
In Washington July 22 a board of naval officers is appointed to test and report on the cruiser. The board will conduct thorough trials and provide findings on the vessel’s performance.
Portsmouth crowds greet a grand naval pageant as 128 ships line up for the queen and prince consort review. Royal procession travels past ironclads gunboats and troop ships. cannon salute and cheering crowd mark the ceremony. Public display includes imperial and Indian ships with observers aboard private craft. Next Monday ships set to sea to drill coastal defense simulations.
Ben Hope left a loaded shotgun in a Gaylord Kansas home. A child discharged it injuring the mother and three children. The mother sustained a shoulder and arm wound with flesh torn while two children were struck in the face and neck. An operation was planned for the mother.
Mrs. Mary Faber wife of Professor Faber attempted suicide by Paris green in New York July 23. She was rushed to Belona hospital where a stomach pump was used. Before arrival she briefly regained consciousness and pointed to a satchel containing a talking machine saying she wished it sold to pay the rent. Poverty cited as motive. prognosis poor.
A group of leading St Louis citizens and county representatives set out in a special train to Washington to invite President Cleveland and Mrs Cleveland to visit St Louis. The inquest into a railway accident at St. Pauls Ontario concluded the crash was due to the conductor neglecting air brake tests before the collision. The conductor has been arrested and the inquest adjourned until Monday.
A report states a tribe allied with Egypt attacked Mahdist forces under Osman. Heavy fighting occurred with casualties reported among men and camels. Details are scarce and dates imprecise.
Chicago police and detectives scour city after William J. McGarigle, former chief and convicted boodler, slips from custody. Sheriff Matson tracked him to Race Street home but McGarigle vanished from a bath room, sparking a citywide manhunt and alerts to state authorities.
A Panama Star and Herald dispatch recounts a brutal Bolivian episode in Beni. Soldiers sent by La Paz faced an ambush by Indians, were besieged for three days, and most were killed or mutilated as they tried to escape. Seven missionaries were sent to negotiate. four returned sworn to oppose insurrection, two joined, one was killed. Indians burned plantations and damaged launches. prefect plans to attack with about 160 men.
The Mark Lane Ha press notes drought matures wheat with southern crop already cut. A dry spell risks higher costs. rain could lower future prices. Weekly sales reached 24 199 quarters at 84s 6d versus 27 285 quarters at 5s 8d last year. Foreign wheat trade remains minimal with prices favorable to buyers.
The Pacific sta ilaghs elgg Gam' one Rote ved TD reports July 8 losses in the Bay of Bengal after a cyclone battered shipping. Many pilgrims' families perished as the storm, the severest on record, caused widespread wrecks and loss of life.
The Minneapolis chamber of commerce met to form a committee to invite President Cleveland to visit the city during his planned north western trip.
In Macon on July 23 W H Tamar of Woahing wed Miss Jennie L daughter of Searsay at 9 pm. Rev O B Lamar of Demopolis Ala, brother of the groom, officiated. The presents were costly and many came from Washington including some from cabinet officers.
A lighthearted chronicle recalls John A. Ellsler era at Cleveland’s Academy of Music and De Budge the tenderhearted villain who sobbed over Gesler in William Tell. It also notes a Macmilliner in New York introducing a wax fitting method that takes hours and leaves garments worn to the bone.
The piece observes southern Russia during wartime, noting wheat scarcity and stark peasant life. It recalls troops from the war and portrays women with signal flags, marching through distant towns as trains pass, highlighting disciplined, watching figures. An American observer comments on a tense scene at a distant post.
A Pall Mall Gazette report quotes Parisian men who abstained from meat on Good Friday for varied reasons. Motives include tradition, social conformity, taste, and convenience. Only two cite religion with one claiming Catholic identity and another haunted by lingering belief.
Anecdotes recount a clergyman so absent minded he nearly missed his own wedding while reading a calendar. The piece shifts to royal concerns with Emperor hopes of Unser Fritz and measles confining the crown prince, then notes fear of consumption and a Vienna doctor’s calcium phosphoricum injections as a speculative cure.
A physiologist proposes a theory that men prized scent in early development while women’s sense of smell was underused. He argues smell deficits shaped behavior and evolution, noting harsh perfume tolerance among women. The article mentions varied individuals and places in a fragmented discussion.
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