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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1897
Page
2
A sprawling weekly wrap recounts Chicago politics with Republican and Democratic contest in nonpartisan races. It notes judges to the Supreme Court and Circuit Court, sheriff candidates, and a tense county election. Also covered are an accidental elevator collapse, railway injuries, Ottoman fleet movements, a Kentucky border clash, and sensational local tragedies.
Fragmented report alleges Charley Barber a Washington patent attorney pursued Miss Porgy Squires then killed Mrs Sweetheart by shooting. Barber previously worked as a stenographer and was teased at work, described as eccentric. Sherman resignation rumors circulate as cabinet talks surface before January.
The court rules in favor of Bugar-Trust At ness with a verdict that the trial concerned whether sugar-fund contributions influenced a U S Senate election and if any senator held a stake in a campaign fund. The opinion rejects broad warrants to probe private matters and clarifies limits on Senate investigations into campaign activity.
A chaotic report describes a test of an alleged unpenetrable cloth on a corpse and a failed police demonstration at a dental college setting. Witnesses and officials debated safety and feasibility as shots were fired during the experiment and a scientist attempted to guard against penetration while citizens watched.
Fragmented clipping reports a San Quentin prison scene with guards and a data task, plus a May health department summary from Chicago on deaths by lung trouble and consumption. It mentions infant and under‑age death rates, race comparisons, and a separate burglary loot at United States Express in Kendallville.
The Ohio town case reports that Durra nt Cade Durrafit will not be hanged as his attorneys gain permission to appeal to the U S Supreme Court from a denial of a writ. The delay stretches the date of execution toward year end as the appeal is reviewed under state law timing.
The Dauntless, a Jacksonville steamer, pursued a suspected smuggling craft near Miami east of Key Biscayne. Marblehead intercepted the vessel with a crew returned aboard another boat from the steamer Biv, escorted by the warship The Bisayne, and sent toward Lauderdale after an attempted shore transfer failed.
A mob in Urbaqa Ohio abducted Mitchott a Black man accused of criminal assault. Police and militia defended the jail as about 200 angry residents demanded vigilante justice. Mitchott reportedly confessed to assault and faced twenty years in prison despite restraint efforts.
The Madison County chancery sells the Woodison Car Company plant to Lightent Ladder to satisfy bonds, with $1,000,000 reportedly spent on the site and improvements. In Korea Formosa and Japan stories note cabinet resignations and a bandit engagement near Tapeh Formosa. Canovas del Castillo’s cabinet falls as Spain faces Cuban issues. San Quentin staff face solitary confinement after a prison strike. San Angeles police dispute warder rumors. A race war rages in Pope County Arkansas with multiple fatalities.
Detectives traced a violent threat about harming Speaker Reed to a man named Monroe. Monroe, known to authorities from prior incidents near the Roy Dever case, allegedly wrote the letter to influence policy. The note was circulated by a young man who pressed Reed and reporters, prompting police inquiry.
A Pennsylvania miners convention postponed a strike for 23 000 workers amid a push for 69 cents per ton mining wage. National President Katehford's address influenced the delay as delegates debated a uniform rate and set plans to reconvene for a national decision.
The Markets column lists cash bids across regions and commodities. Cattle range from 2.00 to 5.50, hogs from 3.00 to 7.00 per hundredweight, wheat No 2 red around 60 to 76 cents, corn No 2 yellow 27 to 28 cents, oats No 2 white 21 to 23 cents, with regional figures for Milwaukee Buffalo New York and other markets, including butter eggs and potatoes.
A week of Senate and House proceedings centered on the tariff bill. Key figures include Senator John I. Melvin and South Carolina's Mr. Silman, with debates over committee appointments, executive confirmations, and the sugar and lumber schedules shaping the bill's progress. The chamber logged days of remarks and committee activity, advancing portions of the metal and tariff schedules and addressing related relief measures.
A dated, fragmented survey notes major federal buildings and monuments in Washington including the state worned navy building begun 1871 at 10 million dollars, the largest House of Representatives chamber, the Crawford bronze doors weighing 14 thousand pounds costing nearly 7000, etc. It mentions the new naval observatory, Lincoln inaugural hall, and the soldiers home funded since 1857, with costs and details.
A long column from Ohio notes Benjamin Glenn is sentenced to months in the penitentiary for larceny and other convicts receive prison terms. It records deaths from railway accident and suicide, injuries, a new Spiritualist temple dedication in South Kenton, burglaries, thefts, and various local misfortunes including a train derailment aftermath, a dog scare in Seneca County, a Brooks firm liquidation, and multiple city incidents across Findlay Findlay Columbus and nearby towns.
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