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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1891
Page
4
The issue notes ex Gov McEnery of Louisiana has died. It reports visits by the Virginia State Press Association to Texas, mentions planned Texas Legislature speeches by R Q Mills, and discusses political and social items including intensified anti milt actions, a $7000 purse fight, and international affairs with India and Europe.
Italian officials warn they will withdraw Baron Fava if US or Louisiana authorities fail to prosecute New Orleans officials. The report notes Harrison may seek renomination and plan a southern tour, while Blaine appears stronger with his party as views on figures like Blaine and Fava shift amid the campaign outlook.
After years of deadly clashes in Kentucky the Hatfield McCoy feud ceases without reconciliation by law. Relatives on both sides suffered heavy losses, marking a grim end to a chapter of violence. Separately the Treasury reports discovery of two counterfeit silver certificates crafted on nearly flawless paper hard to detect.
Mrs Perree Patner announces the executive committee of the World's Fair board of lady managers. The first meeting is set for April 8. Members include Mrs Susan G e of Enosville Tennessee Miss Mollie E Beck of Tampa Florida Mrs James P Nagler of Little Rock Arkansas Miss Shakespeare of New Orleans Louisiana and Mrs Rosina Ryan of Austin Texas.
Congress set aside about 15 million dollars to refund direct taxes collected over 25 years. Five sixths go to Northern states, under one sixth to Southern states, but a Southern share is challenged as offset by alleged debts to U.S. entities. Critics doubt the alleged liabilities, while others see Congress already bearing the related costs.
Massachusetts and other New England states face rising abandoned farms as the State Bureau of Labor reports 1461 farms deserted, representing one percent of total acreage. Farms are left untended as profitability fades from competition with the South and West, and rural life loses appeal.
The article notes Vermont farms remain abandoned as Fermont fears outcomes and immigrants are offered settlement incentives by the Commission of Immigrations with little effect. It contrasts declining New England agriculture with rising southern farming, urging farmers to move to Texas for cheap land and abundant labor.
The Galveston News discusses a plan to disfranchise offenders for years as punishment for petty crimes. It argues a ten year ban for petit larceny and five to ten year bans for crimes like carrying a pistol or gambling would weaken criminal influence at polls.
The record lists commissioned and non commissioned officers and privates in Green's Brigade Company G 4th Texas Cavalry from San Antonio to May 1862. It covers killed and wounded at Val Verde February 1862 and Glorietta, with names carried to hospital in Socorro Santa Fe and details of wounded left behind. It notes the Central School building in Greenville valued at about 25000 dollars and the death of Dilard Hamblin of El Paso dragged by a runaway horse Wednesday.
A report by Prof. Kohlrausch finds accumulator power best for railway lighting over locomotive dynamos. Swiss trains reportedly use accumulators. The piece covers telegraph current durations, French motor trials for guns, animals surviving extreme cold, an aluminum airship motor, Wisconsin mounds, the decline of England’s coal tar industry, and global locomotive counts. It notes a brain-effort measurement device, rat immunity research for anthrax, Archimedes constants, and a Bombay reservoir project with a two mile dam planned.
The Yoakum Sun has suspended publication. Reports note deaths Col J M Gibbs of Uvalde on Wednesday. Jailbreaks occur at Beeville and Hempstead while fires and floods affect crops and towns across the region.
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