The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-06-02
CAPITAL Jews.
Newsy Notes from the State Center

Evidence continues to accumulate that
Columbus is one OF the wickedest cities
on earth. The reckless disregard of NOR.
ality and common decency one year ago
caused the death of newspaper man
and an innocent by stander and s,nt two
other newspaper men to the penitentiary,
one for life and one fortwenty years. By
far the worse of the two Sunday papers
that lead to that horrible affair has late
ly been indulging in its hideous indecen-
cy and its editor and its business man
ager have just been jailed for blackmail
and will almost certainly 60 to State
prison. A young girl sixteen years old,
already the mother of an illegtimate
child, has just been rescued from the
back room OF colareI saloonisc where
shs. was held in bondage to satisfy the
lust ola number Of black ,brutes against
her will Three fathers have been arrest
ed during the past year for incest, and
we're either guilty or else the victims OF
maliciously inclined daughters more foul
and lost in degradation than seems pos
sible, terrible stains on our morality in
ther case. Our City. Council and our
Board of. Public Works have been open.
ly charged with corruption and boodling
and it is an open secret that the city gov.
ernlnent, some part Of it, bought, delib.
erately bought, enough members in the
last legislature to prevent re organiza.
tion Of our city government. Gambling
is absolutely unchecked here, saloons
ply their business every day and night
Of the year and more "chippies" and
courtesans parade our streets than can
be found in most cities, jostling the, pass.
ers and openly bidding for suckers. In
pure, unxdulterated wickedness, Colum-
bus has surpassed any city in the West,
unless It be Cincinnati, and she il neck
and peck with that place.
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The Grand Lodge of the Knights Of
Py lhias, in session here this week, 10 the
largest legislative body in OHIO, having
about twelve hundred delegates In At
tendanqs During the past year the
'menbersN p Of the order in the State
has increased to such an extent that the
Grand Lodge is entitled to an additional
representative in the Supreme Lodge.
Five years ago there were about two
hundred lodges In Ohio, now there over
six hundred. The Grand Lodge is .
fine looking body Of men, mostly of the
younger class. The Grand Temple Of
the PythispI Sisters also met here this
week In itsNhird annual session. This
branch Of the order is also growing rap.
idly.
H. w. Tiernan, business manager, and
F. w. Lsvering, editor, of the Sunday
World, have been jailed for alleged black.
mailing OF Columbus gamblers. There
seems 70 bes pretty clear case against
them. Three detectives and three news
paper men, in hiding, were witnesses 70
the whole trsnsaction and marked 500
bill iAs further witness. Although the
law against gambling is stringent the
police do not seem 70 be aware of It's in.
fraction, ,.ayst
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Eighty members Of the Jackson Club
have agreed 10 attend the National Demo.
cratic convention in body. There will
be hundreds Of other, Columbus people
there, and the railroads will be taxed to
accommodate sll who may desire TO 20.
The number who willIattend the Repub.
lican convention will be much smaller
on account of the greater distance and
expense, but will probably reach two
hundred. Many from other points will
60 via Columbus aud Secretary McDon.
aid Of the Republican League has al
aeady engaged eight sleepers for the
"oficial train" which will bear Governor
Mckinley. the delegates At large nnd
League msmbels. The indiaati<,ns
mint IN tho uax .ocaifv ~ ,,.o~. 49,