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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1897
Page
2
Fragmented dispatches describe Indian tribes in the Pate range and Miered districts, with reports of attacks, massacres, and refugee movements. Mentioned are tribal divisions, accused leaders, and requests for crackdowns amid ongoing tensions. Also noted is a separate violent incident involving a shooting and arrests.
In an executive session the Senate discussed whether the executive branch can remove a postmaster, raised during EB Benjamin’s confirmation as Terre Haute Postmaster. Senators Turpie Fairbanks Chandler and Test debated tenure repeal and potential investigation outcomes.
Report of a man being hanged at Paxton Lib for the murder of Mrs Weibke Giedde. The condemned, known for targeting multiple women, was photographed on the gallows and left funds to be buried elsewhere. Nearby, a related robbery case near Howard with uncertain details is noted.
In Carson City Nevada, 47 year old Tarn killed himself with a revolver after an incident that left two women dead. The tragedy followed a confrontation during a car outing with the victims and was linked to the suspect’s son Pam tinny Wevolver.
John Arthur McCarty a Northern Pacific conductor shot and killed himself and his wife Tuesday. The shooting occurred in front of the ro boine as they were returning from church. McCarty formerly served as yard master at Sprague.
A baser explosion near Mandolph in Metcalf County kills Ward and Tom Ward and two others outright. George and Simon Latock die. Larg Tundley, Willian Ward’s son, and another son suffer severe injuries including broken legs and severe burns. Cause cited as ingulicient water.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed the validity of the indeterminate sentence law despite prior doubts, ruling that it can stand. The decision allows continued use of the law unless overturned, affecting hundreds of inmates awaiting parole or release. A separate note reports a South American horse trade involving cavalry and the import shift from North America to the continent.
An extended, fragmentary Reuters-like dispatch reports U.S. State Department concerns over Cuba, detailing American citizens starving and inadequately clothed on the island. It notes Spanish army weaknesses, lack of commissariat, disease, and deteriorating native conditions amid mounting diplomatic tension and calls for caution.
In the legislature a major measure extending free ear franchises for five years was decisively defeated as the enacting clause was stricken from the Senate bill. Opponents, including party leaders, confessed the crushing blow to their effort amid a sweeping, decisive victory for supporters. Separately, the New York fair opened with 5,000 attendees to promote Irish society headquarters. A disturbance over a ship security incident in Honestia led to a missing crew and an attempted tampering of the Indiana cargo vessel.
A sudden collapse of a new ore dump at Pinckney, Ton, killed many miners and injured others. The structure, tested recently with twenty cars of ore, fell while workers stood atop the tipple. Rescuers and a special train arrived as authorities assess cause and count the dead.
The Paxton killing case ends as Fred Hoellman is executed on the scaffold. Reports say he proclaimed innocence in his final moments but confirmation from witnesses and trial evidence seals his guilt for the murder of Mrs. Weibke Gedde and at least three other women. Local observers note his German farmhand persona and a ruthless, relentless side. Police describe the confessed and proven pattern of crimes and note two more attempted murders tied to Hoellman. The execution occurs at the Ford County jail yard after a lengthy trial and appeals process.
The eighty first annual report of the American Bible Society shows gifts for benevolent work totaling 265,068 with living gifts 58,880. A vast number of Bibles were distributed abroad, with 101,354 volumes sent and most going to Mexico and South America.
Cincinnati chamber and allies appoint a ten member committee led by Gen. Andrew Hickenlooper to travel to Buffalo to secure the 1908 national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. A San Francisco financier Bradbury faces county jail for repeated public offenses and a Melbourne dispatch notes ninety earthquake shocks in South Australia, with residents in tents.
A fall in the river and rising backwater near Sherton Rouge threatens levee integrity along the Vontehartrain line from Sherton Rouge to New Orleans. Repairs at Burran levee and Davis pre Vasse site are underway as farmers eye beet sugar efforts. Kentucky governor grants pardon to a juvenile offender, while police chiefs convene and a double lynching shocks Alabama. Grain and livestock prices shift across Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, and New York markets with volatile wheat and corn futures.
A week of Senate and House actions includes Indian appropriation amendments, a warehouse plan for Indian supplies at Omaha, and conference talks on Illinois and Cuba measures. Debates cover Cuban recognition, the Senate sugar investigation, and tariff issues, with post office nominations approved and the Utah land issue deferred.
President McKinley urged Congress to appropriate not less than 50000 for relief of destitute American citizens in Cuba. The message calls for urgent spending under the Secretary of State to provide food clothing and medicines and to transport those who wish to return home. Senator Davis moved immediate consideration of a Senate resolution supporting relief funding.
A grand memorial in Philadelphia marking the unveiling of a $250,000 equestrian statue of George Washington. President McKinley presided with a large military display and naval review as 9,000 National Guardsmen, plus civic groups and foreign warships, joined a citywide celebration. The ceremony featured prayers, addresses, and a twenty one gun salute amid widespread acclaim.
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