28 Feb 1895
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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1895
Page
1
A varied 1900s-era miscellany notes a legal holiday linked to Jeff Davis's birthday, plus a report of Texas creating a major crop of bats in state history. Other items cover U S voyages, irrigation funding, agricultural concerns, and security around the White House amid increased police presence and mail.
The report describes a khedive sealing a marriage with his favorite musician in Beyptelynedt in the presence of loyalists, noting no public ceremony will follow. Other items include a Missouri casualty at a hotel, election chatter in Philadelphia, and various political and social notes from across the country.
A man and a woman are described in scattered reports from St. Lucie to Chicago and New York. The woman, Meb. Lautech, is found shot in the head at home in Leavenworth. detectives investigate while authorities note details of the wound and alleged suicide attempt. A body on a Louisville and Nashville track is identified as John F. Manning of Quincy, suspected robbery motive. A New York attack on Dr. M Keller is reported, with the assailant unnamed. Other items include thefts at a Chicago station, a police capture of a suspect in a third-story escape, and organizational notices from reform groups in Missouri and beyond.
Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers reports the Southern Pacific aims to maintain its wage rulings after offering 4.70 a day for mountain engineers and 4.50 for valley engineers. The settlement is not accepted and no further concessions are expected.
A National Reform Press Association gathering of Populist papers convened with President J. H. Melwell of Nashville presiding. Delegates drafted resolutions praising the Omaha platform and urged unity of the party to advance reform and the movement’s program.
A early morning blaze in Hot Springs Arkansas roared through Dunchite avenue and surrounding blocks destroying hotels homes and businesses. The fire killed three residents and injured two others while causing 275000 in property loss as flames swept along Guachita Hawthorne and Grange streets driven by northern winds. Fire officials could not determine the cause and struggled to contain the fast moving blaze.
A westbound Prince train No. 1 was held up twenty one miles east of Hobbers by three men boarding at Martinville. They overpowered Engineer Stephenson and Fireman, forced the express car door open, searched for the messenger, and departed after firing shots into the darkness. The incident ended without recovered loot.
Paris Feb 5 report says the French expedition from Marseilles under Commandant Montell was surprised in the interior of Africa. About 200 men, half the force, were killed or captured and many were driven from the line of march. An urgent appeal for reinforcements has reached the minister of colonies.
Mrs Jas M Todd of Long Rapida Michigan recounts a dramatic recovery from prostration rheumatism after eight years of disability. She credits Dr Wiltse Pills for the People, noting rapid improvement and eventual return to work and walking unaided.
Fragmentary items report Avren paying all midwinter fair expenses in San Francisco with a surplus of 852000 left. The US ships whaling fleet dwindles from 500 to about forty. German iron output for 19 fell to 6000323 tons, up 1740000 from 19. A Bul lock County farmer clears 19000 from watermelons and plans sixty acres this year. Shipbuilding wages in Ireland cited. trades paid highly. A famed conductor is said to lack harmony in music. a concert in Buenos Aires features an immense orchestra and sold out special trains.
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