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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1888
Page
10
Special Correspondence from Washington May 1 on Roscoe Conkling highlights his enduring influence in capital circles, his bold public image, and a lawyerly act that aided a grieving widow. The piece recalls his athletic stoicism, sharp debaters, and a famous Chicago convention opening verse. It also notes his pride, generosity, and a notable legal career with high-profile cases.
A reporter notes a lamp hanging shopfront reflecting a tiny clock on the pavement creating surprise and questions about time being always visible while potatoes boiling should be salted and drained promptly to avoid sogginess.
Testimony before a House committee reveals Louisville and Nashville officers resisting compelment to reveal rebate data. Witnesses from Chess Carley & Co and other Standard Oil affiliates discuss rate favoritism, reverse shipments, and alleged monopolistic practices in western and southern oil shipments.
Dr Norvin Green argued against government control of the telegraph before a house committee citing deficits abroad and press service equality. A separate report notes a house wrecked by dynamite in Union City injuring none. Other items cover steel workers, a May 3 interstate commerce amendments move, a Diss Debar indictment, and Blaine as first choice at a Carmen convention.
In Justice Kilbreth's Court Diss Debar testified he did not paint the spook picture and his wife was once thought to be his daughter. Editha Lola Montez, claiming to be Lola Montez's daughter, described a troubled life as a medium. The judge found a prima facie conspiracy to defraud Marsh and remanded them to the Tombs in 5000 bail for trial. General and Madams Diss Debar were later committed on a charge of stealing Lowenberg's pictures to prevent pretrial release.
A passenger train on the Western New York and Pennsylvania railroad between Emporium and Buffalo derailed near White House ten miles east of Olean. Mail baggage cars and two coaches left the track and plunged into a water-filled ditch. No fatalities. Injuries listed include Cart C Teyne internal injuries. J J Surra Bath badly cut. Mrs O W Wacatos Alleghany internal injuries. Mrs Goopse Coudersport internal injuries. Groscoe Sysvens arm broken. Karl Sacra Port Alleghany serious. Etta Adams Duke Center head and side injuries. Mary Doaick Smithport head and side injuries. Mrs B Jacuanren Emporium head and limbs cut. Jorn Keerk Buffalo shoulder broken. Williamd Wasson Buffalo head and arm injuries. Coxrad Seeppons brakeman crushed legs. Mrs O Harra Cosgrove internal injuries. husband and child seriously bruised. postal clerk Charles Keenan broken arm. Vern Covell H Hutchinson Eugene Dean D McGinnis lightly injured.
An experimental cornea transplant using a rabbit’s eye, performed by Dr L Webster Fox at a Philadelphia hospital, targeted a young woman named Annia Schick. The procedure, using the Von Hippel method, involved trephination and grafting a rabbit cornea with antiseptic care, hoping for a landmark medical achievement.
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