Fragmentary note on cables and claims over us
A damaged OCR fragment discusses cables and claims in vague terms. No clear event, dates, or identities are readable to determine a specific news item.
02 Apr 1888
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1888
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment discusses cables and claims in vague terms. No clear event, dates, or identities are readable to determine a specific news item.
The Mills tariff bill gains voice among reformers who say Louisian a delegation may vote for it if sugar classification stays and a broad 15 per cent cut is applied. Louisiana members’ support remains uncertain while Mills plans to attend the Ways and Means meeting to push the measure.
The afternoon program opened with an invocation by Mrs John P Newman and featured Matilda Joslyn Gage on women in the early church. Mrs Bleckwell argued science supports progressive destiny for humanity, and speakers including Elizabeth Boynton Gage Isabella Beecher Hooker and Elizabeth G Stewart addressed humanitarian ideas and thought and the council adjourned with plans for suffrage work in southern states.
A Dallas stock company formed by Texas farmers plans to invest heavily in cotton exchanges, warehousing, and manufactories. They acquired north of Dallas fair grounds to build plows, harness, and a 20,000 spindle cotton factory plus a central cotton exchange to boost prices to fifteen to twenty five cents per pound and coordinate with other cotton states. The movement’s backers see it as transforming the industry into a cooperative trust.
A long New York dispatch details the death of Lilla Hall a woman linked to General W T Sherman as a second cousin. Her life includes education in Mobile work in the treasury department and time in a private insane asylum before moving to New York where she sought refuge at Good Shepherd House and later at Primrose House. The body rests in Woodlawn Cemetery and a tense tale of family finances and relatives unfolds amid a broader report on railroad labor strife and switchmen strikes across several cities.
Chicago April 1 reports on expanding belt line tension amid the Engineer and Firemen strike. General Porter of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois pushes for neutral handling of cars, threatening discharge for noncompliance. Belt line workers debate loyalty and unity while M & St Paul actions push toward renewed regional walkouts and disrupted freight flows.
San Antonio officers nabbed Bertha Hesman known as Big Bertha, the noted confidence woman, and an unidentified young man on arrival of a southern train. Bertha, 37, born in Prassis and exiled from London, has a long record across the US, with valuables seized and an attorney hired. Her associate’s identity remains unclear as deputies search baggage and records.
April 1 in Luarexworr Kansas Special report of a deadly street confrontation between James King and Harrison Young after a bitter primary election incident. A chain of shootings left Young dead and several others wounded, with King wounded and arrested as a mob gathered.
At 5 am an unknown shooter killed Samuel Waldrap by firing through his body then fled southeast toward the countryside. A large pursuit spans the region. police suspect a former burglar, imprisoned six years ago, who threatened Waldrap and is said to be back for revenge. An inquest returned a verdict of first degree murder.
Inman trial reveals brutal lashings of a prisoner at Pulaski county jail last February. Tom Brooks, an accused insanity patient, was suspended by cords and whipped while guard Inman claimed duty. Dr J W Vallentus testified. Inman fined $200 but jailed for inability to pay. Also: John Togle fatally wounded near Sulphur Bluff. suspect negro guard fled after assault during theft custody.
Stewart, a poor farmer, uncovers a cache of gold and silver coins estimated at thirteen thousand dollars after a chicken house he was moving collapses. He shares the discovery with his landlord and townspeople, while the Sweet family, once wealthy, lay claim to the money, saying it may be buried for years. Authorities view it with interest as a detective weighs the competing claims.
April 1 reports mark the seventy-third birth anniversary of Prince Bismarck with royal visits, toasts, and gifts at the Berlin palace. Concurrent dispatches note political shifts in Europe, including cabinet reshuffles in Bucharest, Italy's stalled peace talks, and a Danish ministry overthrow. Also reported are a wreck off the British coast, Hungarian flood damage, and Arctic explorer Dr. J Hessels’s death.
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