22 Dec 1890
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1890
Page
1
The text portrays Senate leaders and Congress members debating gag rules and free speech limits amid party splits. It notes positions of Edmunds Aldrich Spooner and Houser allies, with references to Speaker and Windom proposals, plus election pressure shaping legislative timing and potential recess.
OCR text recalls a murder and lynching at Silver Creek with Jarenve Warnn shot by a pistol after entering the Rosenthal home. A canal breach at Cordova floods a town and kills hundreds in South America. Fires devastate Athol and Tampa stoking insurance losses, while a Chinese village burns salt inspectors and fugitives.
Farmers Alliance convention in Kansas votes to oppose Ingalls in the Senate race and urges legislators to defeat him. In Tennessee a paper hanger Charlot Johnson is fatally injured in a store incident after a dispute over actions with a clerk and a knife. A man dies in Montgomery after a drunken wager leads to a fatal incident. Confederate Home fundraising for a soldiers’ home heads toward erection on a farm near Higginsville with private subscriptions. A bar fight near Bish Daun leaves a man dead and several injured after a whisky related dispute.
An Irish political gathering at Kilkenny features Parnell and supporters, with speeches urging unity and resistance to clerical control. The scene includes marches, crowd tensions, and calls to mobilize voters ahead of future elections.
A lengthy report argues Sitting Bull was murdered by Indian police during a confrontation at Grand River. Corporal Gunn disputes the official tale, with varying accounts from troops and witnesses about how Bull was killed and the surrounding battle.
Reuben Walden of Ozark was badly injured when he attempted to jump from a moving train near Ozark station. The train was about 25 miles per hour. Walden's skull and back were crushed. He is a cousin of W Spagut. Ten dollars in small bills and a 90 dollar deposit slip were taken from his pocket. Walden’s body was taken to Ozark for burial.
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