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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1891
Page
2
Dickinson County report details a murder attempt by Dosse Mabcock of Grand Rapids, including the botched shooting, the wife’s involvement and subsequent escape, and local reactions. The piece also covers court decisions on convict sentences, tax adjustments for Dickinson County, and assorted local notices, crimes, weather, and civic items.
Scattered OCR text reports several local appointive posts and incidents. Kilne named postmaster in Vern Mason county while Grover becomes Germantor of Seaton. A 10-year-old boy drowned in Aw Gulla river Cragy Mingtry Onited tare. Jamies Hyrue appointed puter of Se Mary Caliotic church Cascade Kent. Various spellings blur details across Bullivan Diaslosos Counts Leaky Hirecities.
The Behring Sea seal fisheries dispute appears settled as U S and Great Britain reach an arbitration agreement announced during a Supreme Court hearing on the Sayward seizure case. Taft and Miller Direself signaled progress while Justice Gray pressed for a clearer statement. News also reports the death of Corunche, famed U S cavalry animal, and a fatal fire in Cincinnati with multiple casualties and extensive damage.
Weary of waning peace voices from M Gannon W Lyman and John P Sutton issue an appeal to Ireland friends in America. They call for union between rival factions, urging leadership changes if needed, to advance Ireland’s national interests and halt fratricidal strife. They appeal to American sympathy and insist on a united front beyond British franchise loyalties.
Thought she was still enslaved, Eua Hickman wins a court of appeals remand for a new trial against the Backven estate. She had labored 25 years on Joseph Hickman's farm in Moniteau County without pay, seeking $1,000. The first trial granted half, the circuit court reversed, and the appeals court reversed again and remanded.
A late issue notes the Department of Agriculture November report showing record corn and potato yields across regions from New England to Florida and Maryland. It also reports a cyclone near the Andaman Islands causing seventy seven drownings and the sinking of the Enterprise with eighty three crew, six survivors.
An explosion of dreamite at Hayward Wisconsin on the Tub pits two men and a copy as curious injuries occur many others suffer pain while flames burst from the North Wheop lumber company's warehouse. Mr McWillwaw, hotel proprietor, saw the blasts and helped rush to the burning building as a second blast shattered the structure burying timber and injuring several people.
Severe gales lashed the English channel and southern Irish sea last week sinking many ships and drowning crews. Vessels ashore at Sandgate and Mersey mouth suffered losses while life savers braved peril to rescue sailors. Britannic and City of New York steered for Queenstown as waves swept through the Irish Sea.
Executive committee of the Grand Army of the Republic council of administration met in Washington on September 20, 1804 with Gen Palmer presiding. A national encampment date was set, and hotel rates were reviewed for lodging, with a plan to issue lists of boarding houses and capacities to posts nationwide.
A New York inventor Thomas S Crane patents a lumber cutting machine that eats thin boards and planks, cutting with a vertical knife and adjustable thickness. The device uses a sliding knife, a balancing roller, and a heavy cross wad to steady wood, promising substantial timber savings.
A Hamilton man reportedly cured after four years of treatment by a miracle remedy, with $1,000 disability insurance paid by Royal Pomplars at Temperance. The Globe’s investigation contends the article is false, while J P Ellis, U S Consul at Brockville, and James E Lewis of Cleveland corroborate claims of the Williams Pink Pills as a marvel.
A Cheboygan special reports the Lake Huron collision between the Delaware and an unidentified Lehigh Valley line steamer. The Delaware sprang a leak and her pumps run constantly after the crash. the other vessel fled. Delaware officers plan repairs and an examination of the damage. Simmons Reef and White Shoals ships have reached port in preparation for the season.
A midnight Milwaukee and St Paul express train near Western Union Junction was robbed by two masked men. They forced crew to the front and blew open the express car with bombs, looting about $100,000 while passengers were unharmed. The scene left wreckage throughout the car as the robbers fled toward Milwaukee.
Crowds of anarchists filled West Twelfth street Turner Hall Chicago to honor fallen comrades in a confrontational rally. Police presence increased as a staged act triggered panic and a flag burning spectacle, but authorities kept order and did not permit violence against the speakers.
A report from a committee appointed at the last convention finds the ex-Treasurer Turner failed to appear and surrendered no bank deposit books or other documents. The inquiry uncovers over 11,000 unaccounted, with 77,000 in stated expenditures not reflected in books, leaving about 214,000 unaccounted for. The report was ordered printed.
In Columbia a bride named Zevida Layman was deserted by her husband Spencer Lin bok Heeush after marriage as she planned property investment. He vanished with her money, her friends and family frightened her, and she was confined to a mental asylum in Indianapolis.
The Knights of Labor convened in Toledo on the 1th. The secretary reports over 5,000 new members in the country last year and assemblies generally flourishing. The main issue before the assembly was the public school question with delegates, many Roman Catholic, voting in favor of the public school system.
Report notes a troubled Lord Mayor's Show in London disrupted by bad weather and a strange melee. It mentions Jobs Herring discharged from West Superion Wis hospital and now returning home, plus an Englishman in Monte Carlo who has won $140,000 and plans to return home. The piece also reports Alex Rice of Fort Smith Arkansas being brutalized by a white cap for allegedly disturbing a 56 year old girl.
A Shanghai special warns of a near civil war in China with panic among foreigners. Reports claim the Kalu Hin chief was arrested in the French concession and may be tortured or executed. Hunan is under siege amid revolutionary fervor while European ministers in Pekin appear indifferent.
Col Dona Platt, a well known journalist, died at Cleveland on the 12th. He retired to a Logan county country home after a long career. In 1834 he was invited by Mr. Cleveland to found a New York magazine, later returning to Ohio to work on a biography of Gen. George H. Thomas. His last work was a series of letters to the Cleveland Plain Dealer during the late campaign.
A New Yorker playing cards with two sharpers on a Duluth South Shore train last week was accused of lacking money. The trio grabbed the man’s roll of 640 bilks. One thief fled with the money as the others forced the victim to call for help. The train stopped, shots were fired, and the bandits escaped with the loot.
A man about 40 was found hanging from a true one mile tusk of fdu on the 1hok. He weighed about 140 pounds with sandy complexion and whiskers. The body was held for identification. Authorities in Van Buren County name Gouriasity is Van Beren Atmos Root as a prominent figure connected to the case.
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