30 Jul 1891
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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1891
Page
1
A jumble of eccentric notes including a proposed Victor Hugo monument in Chicago, a hen that kills sparrows in Alabama, a 10,000 dollar tribute to Hugo, and various oddities about prisons, forgers, hydrophobia cases, and world curiosities. Names, places, and events span Jacksonville to London with scattered dates and figures.
Coal Creek miners massed on Thursday and rejected Gov. Buchanan's terms. They demanded return of convicts to the mines, militia withdrawal, a sixty day armistice, and repeal of the convict lease system with convicts removed from Coal Creek Briceville and Oliver Springs. The committee warned of war if demands were refused, but the governor urged obedience to laws and guaranteed miners would resume work.
War department officers study the legality of Governor Buchanan calling up state militia in Tennessee miners outbreak. Constitution Article Four and Revised Statutes suggest the president may aid only if legislature is unavailable, a condition not yet met. Unclear if constitutional prerogatives are challenged.
In Knoxville, few expect the Tennessee legislature to repeal the convict lease law. Opponents have fought the measure three times, and with four years left on the contract, observers foresee no hasty action. Lawmakers must consider Tennessee's fragile finances.
The Canadian government reports Manitoba and the northwest show a bright harvest outlook. Canadian Pacific Railway Co. has ordered 50 new locomotives and 1,500 box cars to move this season's crop to the seaboard, requiring about 10 trains daily for seven months.
The grand jury in New York City indicted Charles C. C. Hennessy city editor of the New York Daily News on a misdemeanor charge for publishing an account of the Sing Sing electrocution.
Prof. Koch resigns all public offices amid reported disappointment over tuberculin results. Academic senate to confer honorary office allowing lectures at his discretion.
H. C. Brown editor of the Southern Alliance Farmer in Atlanta Ga has been arrested charged with violating postal laws by republishing an editorial from a San Francisco paper The charge alleges the republication included a lottery advertisement and violated postal regulations.
A peace accord ends a mining district standoff. At 1 pm citizens and miners agreed on terms led by Gen Williams. Convicts return to work if no militia accompanies them, militia to withdraw. Governor pledges legislative action and orders militia removal. By Saturday 8 40 am convicts back, guards sworn in, no trouble expected.
In Washington Iowa south Main street residents fear a nine foot boa that escaped during Forepaughs circus. The snake roams the sewer at sundown drinking at the Main street water trough. A $100 reward offered. An organized search with a torch failed to locate the reptile.
Attorney General Pickle argues the convict lease law cannot be repealed immediately due to a five year remaining contract with the Tennessee Iron Coal and Railroad Co. The leaseholders have a strong lobby, the state pays about 100000 yearly, and penitentiary costs could reach 250000 to house 1300 convicts. Even without legislative action, efforts may arise to keep convicts away from mine districts.
Hon William Walter Phelps handed to foreign office officials the gold watch and chain sent by the U S president to Capt Schultz of the German ship Gorg for rescuing the Gypsy Queen crew in April 1889. He also carried a gold medal for Mate Schelling of the same vessel. The items will be presented to the German sailors by foreign officials.
The bureau of American republics notes an association named The American Colored Men Mexican Colonization Co planning to establish a colony of Negro farmers from Mississippi and Tennessee. They intend to acquire about 100000 acres twenty miles south of Yuma Arizona along the Southern Pacific railway near the site of the Laredo colony founded by Andrade of San Francisco.
Government electrician F N Gisborne recommends a new cable to the West Indies after surveying the islands and assessing potential business. His report to a London syndicate suggests capital is ready for construction.
President Carnot intimates the French government will return flags captured by French troops during the Crimean war from the Russian church at Eupatoria on the Crimean west coast. The banners have since been deposited in the church of Notre Dame in Paris.
The Jewish Alliance of America on Friday became surety for sustenance of sixty detained Russian Jewish immigrants in New York, allowing them to land and begin settlement arrangements.
A collision between excursion trains at St Maude France on Sunday night killed 49 and left over 100 injured. The second train rammed into the first at the station and a fire followed. guards van and three rear coaches were wrecked. Soldiers aided the blaze crew as frantic crowds watched.
A freight collision at Middletown Ohio halted a National Cash Register excursion train after a drawbar broke. Freight No 54 rear ended the 15 coach train at Woodsdale Island. Three passengers died Frank Simonton Minnie Freyer Wm Matthews all from Dayton. Seventeen injured were cared for by city physicians and local undertakers prepared the bodies for shipment. Extra trains conveyed survivors home via several lines.
Col I T Allen describes a volcanic region in the Copapa mountains sixty five miles southwest of Yuma Lower California. He notes over three thousand active volcanoes half small cones ten to twelve feet base and the other half five to forty feet base and fifteen to twenty five feet high. The area is sulfur crusted and features a jet black hot salty lake a quarter mile long and an eighth mile wide seemingly bottomless.
A powerful earthquake hit Evansville Indiana Sunday night at 8 29 PM the strongest tremor on record in the city. It moved north to south toppling chimneys onto roofs and shook large structures. Churches were crowded and noise accompanied the quake. panic erupted especially among worshippers at a colored church as residents fled en masse with children into the streets.
In Hainesville area of Sussex county New Jersey farmers fear a cattle outbreak described by the state inspector as tuberculosis Ten cows have been killed under his orders with worries the disease may spread through the herd and threaten local livestock holdings
A mob of about five hundred masked men seized John Brown from the Jackson jail at midnight and hanged him to a tree in the courthouse yard. Brown had shot John Gardener, an Illinois Central switchman, mortally wounding him. This marked the second postwar lynching in Jackson.
Senator and Mrs. Conger of Akron have been at West End two days with Mr Conger touring Camden and meeting Blaine who predicts the secretary will serve twenty years. In Indianapolis counterfeiter arrest reported as William A Teal who had less than two months of freedom in five years was nabbed Sunday by Secret Service and U S Marshals for counterfeiting.
News from St Maude, France, describes a rail crash that killed or injured about 200. Firefighters were slow to act and water diversions threatened rescuers as charred remains were found in the town hall. An investigation suggested deliberate signal tampering by an unknown saboteur.
Reported tremors Sunday evening caused cracks in brick houses in Evansville Indiana and widespread plaster loss in Spottsville Kentucky. Observers noted a river wave on the Ohio River and a sequence of local shocks along the Ohio Valley railroad to Prince town and Cloverport, with the 8 29 pm event described as the most violent in the region.
Convicts are moved to Coal Creek for Tennessee Coal and Mining Co. work after a dispute over imported workers. East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Co. ordered to transport 164, then 224 convicts to the mines. Knoxville reports expect no miners resistance, though experts warn the action could ignite a larger crisis.
A perilous Missouri river bend near Belmont Bend endangers Elmwood opposite St. Joseph and six square miles of farmland. The narrowing neck and caving banks threaten to cut off rail lines, the bridge, and all communication with Kansas farmers, risking vast damage to local merchants.
Blair and Hyland, two West Milford teachers from prominent families, dueled with pistols after Blair accused Hyland of intoxication at a Clarksburg teachers convention. Blair shot Hyland in the forehead, Hyland wounded. Blair unharmed. The clash arose from Blair spreading the intoxication claim.
During a Monday thunderstorm in Aylesbury Eng nine attendees at a flower show were struck by lightning. three died and others sustained injuries. The incident prompted emergency response and investigations.
The state board reduced assessments in Madison county by 8 percent and in Mahoning 7 percent, Marion 3, Medina 5, Pomeroy 10 and 10 percent, with increases in Mercer and Miami counties. Tragic death near Dennison as Mrs. Joan A. Lone is struck by a passenger train. she leaves a husband and three children. The Democratic central committee announced its executive lineup led by James E. Neal as chairman. Green county real estate totals rise, militia camp ground eyed for Newark, and a seven year old girl dies from clothing fire in Rising Sun. Measles surge in Welkville, Toledo directory records, and a rash of local incidents including petty crime, fires, and courthouse notes. The state ballot model draft is printed for counties, detailing ticket sizes and spacing. Hamilton county ballots may stretch to 36 or 38 inches.
A collection of wry maxims drawn from the Pittsburgh Post Somerville Journal and Atchison Globe note the humor and observations on privacy confession endurance and inaction. The sayings reflect social satire about distance pride trouble and second chances across cities.
Floods devastate Posen causing severe property damage along the Neisse river. Reported are numerous drownings with corpses seen floating in the water. Authorities warn of continuing danger as waters rise and rescue efforts proceed.
The 1890 1891 deficit for Italy is announced at about 78 million lire despite economies. The report notes ongoing budget tightening measures and the substantial shortfall affecting the fiscal outlook for the period.
An English county court judge notes that women provide untruthful evidence far more often than men. The column also surveys eccentric costumes, Columbus relics, wealth legends, Paris intrigue, and circus heirs, with brief biographical sketches of Adam Forepaugh’s son and journalist William Fales, plus a quirky medical definition of a bruise.
A collage of jokes and wry observations from early 20th century papers. Cartoonish lines reference soup at dinner, mint juleps, a patent hair restorer, seat prices at the opera, a French maid, a bank cashier, a judge in a satire, and a London page boy.
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