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Newspaper
The Ohio Democrat
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1887
Page
2
Fragmented OCR text covers politics in Europe and Americas, royal marryings, crime trials, inventions, memorial funds, weather, and social notes. Names such as Zachary Taylor, Prince Alexander, Jefferson Davis, and J. Srasore appear amid scattered place references like Augusta Georgia and Paris canal.
The piece surveys legislators from both parties weighing how to reduce the federal surplus. It notes plans to cut internal taxes, mostly tobacco, and to use tariff changes or free imports to trim receipts. Key figures include Secretary Fairchild and Senators Sherman Alison Beck, with discussion of an Administration bill and potential delays as the House and Senate align on a path forward.
A wagon carrying Patrick Gorman Joseph L Burke Willian Banes and Charles Hannum overturned near Newton after a crossing accident. Hannum and an associate were fatally injured. the wagon was demolished and the driver and others were reportedly intoxicated at the time. All men resided in Deahisaate German area.
Two freight trains on the Wheeling division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad collided near Cohran Mills fifteen miles from Pittsburgh. Three workers were killed and five seriously injured as engines and cars piled in a wreck of timber and twisted iron. Rescue crews and a wrecking train were dispatched from Pittsburgh. several victims were identified, and hospital care arranged in Wheeling.
New South Wales buyers offer a $125,000 reward to American inventors for a rabbit extermination method as Australia faces agricultural and sheep pasturage threats. In Colombia, over 200,000 people suffer slavery and violent plunder in Caqueta and Putumayo regions. A French revolutionary gathering in Paris voices calls for action against extortioners. Reports also note a gas-related tragedy in Kansas and ongoing Russian troop movements toward Germany. Military and political upheavals accompany brief domestic incidents and labor fund updates.
A boy named Metuteheon, convicted of arson and linked to fires in Oakdale, was hanged after an incendiary spree. The mob seized him en route to jail, following confirmation of ten or twelve fires attributed to him. Manuel was arrested as an accessory.
A family on a Hoelagiuld County farm hid over 3000 in gold and silver during a 1860s invasion. Mrs Shenafield kept the burial place secret until last week when her husband died and the site was unearthed beneath an old building’s foundation, the treasure undisturbed for nearly a quarter century.
In yesterday’s vote Prohibitionists won by 1050 overall, county tally showing 1123 majority out of 900 counted. Sixteen precincts exist in the county with six inside the city. antis carried only one city precinct and all but one county precinct. The 1924 result: Prohibitionists carried the county by 500, antis by 300 in the city, net 200 for Prohibitionists.
Fragmentary dispatches from Loxnax Nov 9 describe starvation among Stanley's men awaiting Tipu Ti promised reinforcements at Yambeyra. Beauldy advances without stores, many men dying from starvation. A boiler explosion at Wilson & Co sawmill led to a coroner's inquiry accusing Louis Book of involvement. Harris Fuchs, an Ansaian prisoner in Beocus jail, became violent in delirium biting himself and needing opiates.
Acting Secretary AmmudToN and Interior officials discuss the Chiara state swamp land claim and the 1880s railroad grant reservation. The memorandum analyzes whether the land was effectively reserved and if the state of Ohio may receive compensation, noting prior decisions and the stance of the Interior Department while addressing postal rate remittance in a separate caption.
Elmer Bennett found five girls and two men unconscious in a Livars ton decorating shop on a Wednesday evening. He revived four, but two later collapsed again. James Amelius raves, Mike Hill is near delirious, others remain in serious condition. Doctors cannot explain the cause though gas asphyxiation is suspected. no odor was detected and the event remains a mystery.
A safe in the county treasure's office at Cantonville Reynolds County Missouri was blown open Friday night and robbed of about 20 000 dollars in cash tax collections. Reports also note quarantined Britannia passengers landing in New York and a Wisconsin fire killing a man and five children with a escaping widow.
Two cases set for January 6 before the Ohio Supreme Court involve millions in taxes and stockholder rights across interstate railroads and joint properties. The suits, Lua vs. Sturges and Western Insurance Co. vs. Rattarman, challenge taxation of stock in partially out-of-state holdings and could reshape tax and dividend laws across states.
In Paris a cabinet shakeup unfolds as Grevy seeks to form a new ministry with M. Ribot and others pressing. Debates over ministerial resignations and potential alliances clash with Radicals and Monarchists as parliament prepares for a tense session. The crisis centers on Grevy, Ribot, and the cabinet’s future, with battles over a reform message and possible treason charges.
The Charion and Choteau steamer Choteau burned at Sandower landing near Memptia while in Memphis New Orleans trade. Built from an old gun boat, she carried 4500 bales of cotton and oil cake on November 21 1877 owned by Charien P Choteau Transportation Co of St Louis. One fireman named Jenkins survived with some passengers losing nearly all belongings. Forty race horses aboard perished in the blaze.
A riot broke out near Bedford avenue in Pittsburgh between Italians and the Ow! gang. About twenty residents and an equal number of gang members fought from 6 to 7 pm, using cobblestones and missiles. Three people were killed and twelve to fifteen injured.
In Browning Ida on November 9 a family of four perished in a house fire at the old Holtingne worth property. Chadon Tucker, 24, his wife, and their one year old child died. The infant’s body was not recovered though the adults’ charred remains were found. Suspected incendiary cause unknown pending inquiry.
Nov 4 A house fire in Cheaterfield killed two small children rocked inside. The house belonged to Bam Love, who worked in a fold, and both mothers failed to notice the cries until the flames reached their home. One child was his own and the other his wife's sister's.
In Cascado on Nov 4 the Anarchist Defense Committee met Waldheim Cemetery Directors to discuss buying a lot for burial of the lead Androchiate. No objection to burying all bodies on one plot at a suitable price for about 1000 square feet of ground.
In Ravaxna Ohio on November 4 Judge Johnston sustained the motion for a four year trial and sentenced the prisoner known as Blinky Morgan to Langud Mansion, then moved to Columun Penitentiary to await further sentencing in the death south.
A damaged report notes a fatal collision five miles north of Cratemnaiya involving Frelgut and Sratne on a Southern round route. Five miles north of Cratemnaiya reports say several killed and others injured amid bleak conditions.
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