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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1889
Page
2
A broad round up of incidents from the week includes the schooner St. Nicholas arriving in New York with the Marryatt crew, mine blast deaths in Frostburg, and a national trend of accidents, trials, fires, and legal actions. Also noted are Navy ship plans, rail and labor news, and political developments across states.
The Rhode Island Democratic State Convention in Providence on the 12th nominated a ticket for 1890 with John W. Davis for Governor, Howard Smith for Lieutenant Governor, Ed McGuinnis for Secretary of State, and J. G. Perry for Treasurer. Roswell B. Bravely claims to be the oldest postmaster in continuous service since the Adams administration, now nearly ninety. Michigan extends voting rights to women for school inspector in Detroit. Rhode Island Senate approves resubmitting the prohibitory constitutional amendment.
A cable dispatch from Aquamina says Captain Holmes of the Sea Fox and an officer were killed with five crew burned by a whaling bomb gun explosion. Albert Wilson killed Miss Sarah Marshall in Waterford Ontario on the 10th for refusing to walk home from church. Seven killed in a gunpowder explosion at Rottwell. Remus wrecked off the Philippine Islands with 42 drowned and 127 saved. Germans released after ransom near Zanzibar. Brynnally colliery explosion kills twenty in Wrexham. Inland Revenue bulletin condemns adulterated American lard and urges higher duty. Samoa reports no US Navy engagement, calm island. ONeill reports four men lost overboard near Baltimore on Feb 26.
A sprawling digest notes multiple incidents and trials: Barbara Kessel found dead in a canal near Dayton, suspected self harm. Jack Rivne and Thomas Conners sentenced in Ravenswood, West Virginia, for bank robbery. Indiana beef inspection law to be tested. Justice Matthews rumored to resign with Judge Gresham as successor. MicHart Base fatally injured in a Dayton quarry collapse. P M Garey arrested in Indianapolis for embezzlement. stock dealer Lafferty killed and robbed near Parkersburg. Samuel Rundle killed three relatives amid a Nevada family quarrel and died by own hand. William Flowers house fire in Hollow Rock with five fatalities. H B Buren disappears from Ashland after admitting a $3,000 shortage. presidential election losses for Butler. a boy Scanlan shot by a night officer in Rushville. W W Cox killed by cars near Birmingham. three Negroes hanged in Arkadelphia. Kerr Boodle trial verdictal acquittal in New York. Charme Gases cut by George Connors in Danville. a manslaughter conviction overturned in New Orleans due to jury poker. Dakotains consider a binding-twine factory to dodge the Trust. Dayton quarrel ends with fatal hatchet strike between Frank Kunl and Dan Snyder.
The Ohio Senate and House in Columbus during March sessions advanced numerous measures. Bills addressed taxation, town halls, armory funding, wage payments, and education reforms while local acts funded bridges, canals, and street improvements. Several deaths and accidents noted nearby as Columbus moved to expand public works, water systems, and oversight.
The Chicago Tribune rebukes ex Confederate Rosser for an Baltimore reunion speech claiming Southern superiority and victory myths. It notes Rosser’s clashes with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley and argues such taunts inflame old hatreds while the war is over.
A collage of editorials cites opinions on resignations ballot boxes reformers and civil service shifts. It notes Indiana ballot box claims and southern election fraud skepticism while contrasting northern and southern political power and party control.
A South Carolinian Mr Smalls, a colored politician, is praised as a vivid storyteller. He shares Eph Johnson and the Savannah river flatboat tale to illustrate political friendliness to negroes, ending with the audience drawing their own moral after his deft storytelling. Washington Post.
The Chicago Inter Ocean laments lack of inquiry into the Clayton murder linked to Conway County Arkansas election frauds. It cites Watkins’s discharge for lack of evidence and condemns Arkansas officials for stifling investigation, urging Congress to act and calling for national detectives if needed.
The editorial argues that Clayton murders are partisan in the South and not mirrored in the daily Northern killings. It insists Democrats kill Democrats and Republicans die in those cases, while Northern crimes reflect neither political faction nor parallelism. It also notes general skepticism toward partisan claims and praises General Harrison as devoted and honest.
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