16 May 1889
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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1889
Page
1
A historical notice extols a tonic as a remedy during a critical period of change. It claims the product supports overworked dressmakers and seamstresses, urging belief in its long trial and equal efficacy for women.
A collage of notes lists Icelandic papers, docked horse tails now illegal in Massachusetts, and various global items. Highlights include 47 doctors attending the Viceroy of China, Massachusetts evening schools with 24 009 scholars, and 2 000 Icelanders in Winnipeg.
Ten miners perished at Kaska William Colliery near Middleport when an empty car pushed over the shaft toppled into an ascending cage at about sixteen feet, smashing it and sending the bodies into the sump. The Alliance Coal Company mine, also called Big Vein, employs about 500 workers.
John W. Riggs recounts the deaths of Rob ert Green and Daniel Coleman from Lynn, Massachusetts, who, seeking criminals, traveled to Beaver City in No Man's Land. They were beardless youths under twenty one. Coyotes found feasting in a ravine reveal a gunshot, suggesting murder amid a moonshining frontier.
Orlando dispatch reports General William S Harney, born August 1800, the army’s oldest officer, died yesterday. His career traced to 1818 under President Monroe as a lieutenant in Louisiana, key actions against Lafitte, Black Hawk war service, Mexican frontier command, Civil War posting in St Louis, retiring in 1863, later brevetted.
May 11 reports indicate William Kemmler the wife murderer will become the first New York State execution by electric chair. Convicted of murder in the first degree, his crime followed his elopement with Tillie Ziegler and a jealous killing on March 29. Judge Childs to name the week of death. Auburn prison will host the execution in two weeks.
Eureka detectives acting with Norfolk and Western Railway and U.S. revenue agents completed a raid on moonshiners in McDowell and Wyoming counties. Fifteen more prisoners were captured, bringing total arrests on the charge to eighty-one. Two women were jailed in Cuanteston, described as a miserable, pitied group for years of open lawbreaking.
Birmingham, May 11. In criminal court Algy Moses, a negro woman, was convicted of highway robbery and sentenced to death. Last fall she robbed an Egyptian woman peddling jewelry, cut her with a razor, leaving her near death and disfigured for life. Moses was arrested next day with the stolen money and jewels. Trial began this morning and the jury tonight returned a guilty verdict with death as the punishment, highway robbery being a capital offense in this state.
A Major W Wham paymaster escort was ambushed near Fort Grant as a large boulder blocked the road. A fierce 30 minute firefight wounded eight guards and two others. the strong box with 29000 dollars was taken. Troops and scouts spread through Graham Mountains to pursue the robbers.
Miagets of Cedar Creek Gil, aged 106, was baptized at Southern Methodist Church and reflects on being born again. She lives on a war pension from her husband’s 1812 service and appears 75. Nearby, Mrs. Sarah Riggs of Adrian celebrated her 100th birthday last week and remains active after a lifelong span.
Philadelphia on May 10 reports the opening of the twenty eighth international YMCA convention. General O. O. Howard of New York presided at 11 a m with 1000 delegates including prominent laymen from evangelical churches across the United States Canada and several European nations.
In Ozark Missouri on May 11 the Bald Knobbers were hanged after a botched attempt. The drop at 9:53 a.m. failed as ropes broke and the men fell. Repaired scaffold at 10:10 a.m. left Bill Walker groaning while Dave Walker died in fifteen minutes, John Matthews in thirteen, and Billy Walker in fourteen.
Cirzon Springs NY May 13 Dr Frank L Vincent brother of M E Church bishop was found dead in his office at the Sanitarium He had suffered nervous troubles and was testing a tripod suspension treatment on himself when he apparently became helpless in self treatment and died during the experiment
GosHEN Indiana May 13. A goat owned by Dan Weaver of Shipshewanna ate two twenty dollar bills and two twenty dollar promissory notes from his pocket. The animal was killed and dissected revealing likely recovery of the cash but the notes were destroyed.
Secretary Tracy orders shifts in fleet deployments to minimize sailors exposure to yellow fever. The Ossipee will move from Key West to Hampton Roads, and a New York ship will relieve the Galena at Cape Haytien, ensuring a kept naval presence in the area.
At McTigh & Co rail road camp near Birmingham Alabama five miles from the city George Bailey a foreman was killed last night by Frank Allen a thirteen year old cart driver after a daytime quarrel over harness Bailey struck at the boy with a stick the boy drew a pistol and shot Bailey through the neck killing him instantly Allen escaped
London reports Senator John Sherman and the Hon. John C. New arriving in the city. Seventy thousand German iron workers strike. The House of Lords rejects the bill allowing marriage to a deceased wife's sister. Abyssinian versus Dervish fighting details released. The Negus, wounded, orders two thousand Dervishes beheaded in his presence. Captain Wissman defeats Zanzibari chief Bushiri in battle.
Bloomington reports a heat wave with temperatures from 93 to 96 degrees in the shade, the highest May reading in at least twenty years. A scorching southerly wind and ongoing drought threaten crops and raise concerns across the region.
In Danville Illinois farmers fear a glanders outbreak after an infected horse from Newport Indiana was driven into the city and sold. State Veterinary Surgeon Casswell upon visiting Hamerick ordered the slaughter of a horse and quarantined twenty others owned by A D Cook.
Charleston May 13. A sad accident occurred yesterday evening at the railroad bridge over the Poca river when Mrs. Wm Blankenship walked with her eight month old child. She accidentally dropped the infant through the ties about thirty feet to the ground. The child died shortly after.
Toronto May 10 The Ontario Department of Agriculture issued Bulletin No 25 reporting a striking contrast in fall wheat information versus spring 1888. It notes winter rye growing widely with prospects for an extraordinary crop.
O T Davis of Lost Creek Harrison County reports a fine-blooded mare produced a colt recently that was perfect in form except it had no eyes. The head showed no eye development and the animal was killed. The incident was noted from Parkerburg West Virginia.
LANSING May 10 Senate action killed the House bill for cattle on the hoof inspection and indefinitely postponed the Senate measure on the same subject.
RockForD Intu May 11. The White Cap warning given to Rev Schwein furth led insurers to cancel all policies on his home known as Heaven. The sacred structure now lies at the mercy of the White Caps and the elements.
In Wheeling West Virginia on May 13 an Electric Street Car Line employee named Raust grabbed a live wire and was knocked senseless. He received a second shock but was revived immediately and returned to work as if nothing had happened.
Moritz I. Blanc shot his wife and killed his young daughter before turning the pistol on himself. The wife is dangerously wounded but expected to recover. Infidelity is cited as the motive for the deadly incident.
The Wheeling jury convicted Louis Ebeling of voluntary manslaughter for shooting and killing his wife on September 29. The trial lasted several days and the verdict came at 9 o'clock last night after about three hours of deliberation. The penalty ranges from five to ten years in prison.
Washington reports Attorney General Miller received a telegram from Marshal Needles of Oklahoma stating that a large quantity of whisky had been seized as smuggled into the Territory via the A. I. and S& F. Road.
Witwington May 11 At the annual meeting of the Bureau of Information and Distribution of the Delaware Fruit Exchange at Dover ex Congressmen Martin said this year's peach crop, if all reports are true, will be so large as to require all agencies of distribution to enable growers to realize any profit.
The Connecticut Senate approved a bill prohibiting the manufacture or sale of oleomargarine colored to resemble butter and banning imitation cheese. The measure moves to the Governor for approval.
In Camp West Virginia on May 123 a truck on Wilson's Tram road left the rails, throwing Ebert Wolf, his wife and two children from the trestle into a creek thirty feet below. Mrs. Wolf is believed fatally injured and her husband seriously hurt.
Houston May 1 an aeronaut named St Clair leaped from the clouds at Fair Ground Park but lost grip on the parachute and dropped about three hundred feet. He sustained extensive injuries with nearly every bone broken in the body.
Washington reports the President may issue a proclamation pardoning all army deserters, whether confined or at large, following Grant's 1873 action. About 4 800 deserters in the army have deserted since then, with roughly eight thousand captured. The move would cut costs of pursuit and prosecution, and Secretary Proctor supports it, having ordered releases of many deserters from military prison.
Albany May 14 Governor Hill vetoed the Saxton electoral reform bill criticizing the printed ballot requirement and the rule that each ticket include all party and faction nominees. He calls the provisions cumbersome ineffective and unconstitutional.
A large meteor described as about five feet in diameter fell Saturday night near Addison Webster County. It was seen over the mountain before sweeping in a semi circle with a loud whizz, burying itself several feet underground near Cogar's mill and lighting the area for miles.
The U S Supreme Court with Justice Bradley writing awards the executor of Myra Clark Gaines $576000 against the city of New Orleans for use of property sold by the city but recovered by Mrs Gaines after lengthy litigation The lower court judgment granting $1300000 for unimproved property use was not concurred in.
The Supreme Court affirms the West Virginia Supreme Court ruling in the case of David Freeman v Joseph V Williams. It holds that parties cannot be held liable for property seizures carried out as acts of legitimate warfare during the recent rebellion.
New York on May 14 reports Calvin S. Brice appears set to win the Democratic National Committee chairmanship with Senator Gorman cited as the authority. Herman Oelrichs, then in Europe, declined a large vote offer and backs Brice's candidacy.
In St Petersburg a conspiracy among military officers has been uncovered. A large number of conspirators were arrested and papers in their possession show plans to assassinate the Czar. Several bombs were found as well.
Fred Melley of Pueblo House on Blake street shot and killed his wife while intoxicated after she refused to give him money for beer. He attempted to flee but was arrested.
The trial of C. W. Hatch of Boston charged with murdering his uncle Henry Hatch ended in acquittal by a Burlington Colorado jury.
New York on May 14 reports the death of Washington Irving Bishop, the mind reader, at 14 West Twenty sixth street shortly after noon yesterday. The death was caused by hysterical catalepsy and follows his notoriety in credulous circles.
F. L. Gover, secretary of the Mobile Insurance Company, died this morning from a self inflicted gunshot wound. The act followed a prolonged illness that left him unable to continue his duties. Gover was a prominent local figure in Mobile.
A collection of aphorisms on behavior and society. It comments on athletic women, police roles, vanity, and cleverness while critiquing bets on horses and the use of noble lineage for notoriety. The tone reads like a period moralizing snippet from a newspaper column.
Washington May 10 The Sioux Commission instructions issued to three Interior Department commissioners set the stage for opening the Dakota Sioux Reservation, 9 300 000 acres, to settlement within weeks. Land lies south Dakota and north Nebraska. Indians demand fair price and immediate payment before ceded lands. The plan increases cash to Indians from 20 to 50 per head, raises land price to one dollar per acre with buy remaining lands after ten years, and expands a 3 million fund for Indian benefit. Open lands to settlers at government price, with public schools reserved. Fort Bennett orders troops to move if needed as Sioux opening nears. State and local notices follow.
The President appointed Asa Matthews of Illinois to be First Comptroller of the Treasury, vice M. J. Durham, resigned. Matthews, former Illinois House Speaker and Civil War veteran, also served as Peoria district internal revenue collector. Springfield crowd cheered as he announced immediate Washington departure.
Washington May 10. Secretary Blaine settled on consular postings including Harvey Edwards of Ohio to Berlin and Editor Sanders of Chicago to Havre. Thomas Sherman of Maine to Liverpool, George Blaine of St. Louis to Glasgow, and Adam E. King of Baltimore to Paris.
In Indianapolis on May 10 federal Judge Woods has faced six weeks of threatening letters from White Caps opposing his rulings in a pending election case. The letters threaten the judge and reflect pressure over the court action.
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