Kellogg Newspaper Teletype Report
Fragmentary OCR note from A N Kellogg News Service mentions teletype output and New York duties. Not enough readable details to specify event, date, or names beyond Kellogg affiliation.
28 May 1891
Page 1
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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1891
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR note from A N Kellogg News Service mentions teletype output and New York duties. Not enough readable details to specify event, date, or names beyond Kellogg affiliation.
At Music Hall Cincinnati delegates from many reform groups begin work on a united third party. Key figures include W. A. Peffer, G. Weaver, Ignatius Donnelly, and J. H. Powers. The platform calls for free coinage, land reform, federal oversight of railroads, and direct election of officials. The assembly features cross‑regional bonding moments and a growing push toward a 1892 national convention.
Senator Peffer urges the audience to dethrone the money power and unite the people. He brands the party as the people’s, vows perseverance, and recalls James Lane and Kansas history to motivate support for 1892 efforts. He thanks the crowd and pledges to serve to the best of his ability.
Henry E Taubeneck of Illinois was elected chairman by acclamation as the National Committee for the New People's Party was named at Cincinnati. A Kentucky girl won $500 damages from a steamboat company for naming a boat after her without consent, forcing a rename.
The refusal of John Simms of Choctaw county Alabama to be sworn as a juror in Mobile federal court reveals a small religious sect that opposes human authority. They publish The Veil Rent and say they answer only to God, refusing taxes and obedience to man. A relative faced federal indictment for illicit distilling, resisting court papers.
A burglar entered Miss Mary Fogleman’s room at midnight in Memphis Tennessee. The boarding pupil wrestled with him, released her arm, and struck him in the face. She raised an alarm, the intruder fled through a window taking the sash. She recovered after the ordeal.
Tongue river Indian agent Captain E P Ewers reports cattlemen are encroaching on Red Nation lands within a 200 mile radius of Fort Tongue River Agency. He says cattlemen force others off land, stirring up tribes and pushing to seize as much grazing area as possible. Indians bitter over land theft and mistreatment.
About twenty five Italian laborers employed on the Chicago and Erie railroad held a Sunday picnic in Hoover's woods west of Lima. They raised the American flag, sung their national song amid insults to New Orleans citizens and Americans, then fired revolvers to puncture the flag while others cut the banner with stilettos.
Congressman L. C. Houk died Monday at 6 am from an accidental arsenic dose taken after he requested ice water at Allen Capen’s drug store on Park Street Knoxville Tennessee. The clerk placed the water near a glass containing poison, causing the tragic mistake. Despite emetics and urgent care, Houk succumbed at his Fifth Avenue home after initial signs of improvement.
Washington observers claim third party activists have direct assurance that Senator Stanford of California will lead the Alliance movement in 1892. Alliance chiefs say Stanford regards his fortune as steward for the people and may publicly accept the People’s party banner.
Gen John B Gordon of Georgia addresses Confederate veterans urging subscription funds for a proposed monument to Jefferson Davis, framing the project as a lasting tribute and moral cause.
Eight prominent Memphis capitalists have subscribed a large amount of stock in the River and Ocean Navigation Co. for a Memphis to South American ports ship line. John F. Cahill, in charge of the move, reports strong daily encouragement.
The U S Supreme Court unanimously declares the Kansas original package law constitutional, ruling the measure within its powers to regulate liquor distribution and sales, reinforcing state authority over alcohol control.
A Massillon district cadet examination is set for June 12 in Massillon. Cleveland brewery Schneider’s burned after a lightning strike, loss around 75000. Cincinnati murder follows long enmity between Grauer and Fisher. Newark druggist J B Johnston dead. Mt Eaton accident ends carpenter Julius Grosgean. Marion yard switch causes seven cars to burn. Arrests in Daisy Reynolds murder near Wilshire. Port Morrow boy eats 39 bananas in 15 minutes for $5. Mansfield paper mill burned. fire origin unknown. State Daughters of Veterans officers elected. next convention in Massillon. Secretary Ryan outlines ballot law blanks. Youngstown coal miner killed by lightning. Troy train collision injures. Bucyrus infirmary cyclone damages walls. Marion stump fire fatal for young girl. Tiffin burglars rob Neligh & Keller. Columbus cylinder factory boiler explosion. Urbana baby dies after drinking ink. Rhinehart mines powder explosion roasts two Groff sons. two die, one still critical. Frost damage across northern and central Ohio. fruits, wheat, and grapes harmed. Akron reports horned rabbit curiosity. Dayton prison arrest of Isaac Foutz for felonies. Sylvania almost destroyed by fire. Newark B&O collision damages engines. trainmen uninjured. Marion Charles Watters flam es in painting accident. infant skunk note.
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