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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1886
Page
2
A distant policy note claims the Tar government intends to relocate the Apache from the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona but has not fixed the destination. The report also surveys political conventions, labor skirmishes, and public debates across the nation, with mixed sentiment on prohibition, unions, and party leadership.
After weeks of trial in Chicago, a jury finds Spies, Fielden, Parsons and others guilty of murder in the first degree. One defendant, Noche, is sentenced to sixteen years for manslaughter. The piece calls for execution of the condemned and warns other anarchists of similar fate.
The piece accuses white Republican leaders of steering colored voters into a predetermined radical ticket. It claims precinct meetings were secret and biased, with colored voters having no real say and risked excommunication. It also notes the Chicago Knights of Labor moving to expel socialists.
After two months of reference to Cutting, he is released by Judge Castsnedo following a decree from Chihuabos supreme court. Teo is released and crosses into the United States. Medina dropped his suit, and the Chihuatua court tossed the case, ending Cutting’s imprisonment though civil damages may follow. The incident centered on Mexico’s right to punish a U.S. citizen for offenses under Mexican law. War fears subside but a mutual understanding is urged.
The Democracy of Texas states it does not oppose secret societies but condemns secret political groups like the Knights of Labor and Farmers' Alliance. It argues parties should be open and principled, while noting past secret attempts to control party actions. The piece shifts to international and regional issues, mentioning arrests, diplomacy, and a Chicago anarchist trial with several convict outcomes.
Editorial notes on nominations and resignations mix with European abdications and Galveston storm damage estimates. The piece covers political shifts in Bulgaria and Texas, anarchist trials in Chicago, immigration trends, and local crime stories plus a strange snakes-in-roost tale and a Boston embezzlement case.
The clippings report storms bringing heavy damage across Beeville to Victoria and Indianola with missing residents and destroyed churches. Arrests include thefts in TonTon and water siphoning prosecutions in Freestone County. The notes mention crop benefits from rain, new bank openings in Ennis, and public notices about local elections and pro around options in Limestone and Walker counties.
A collage of brief items: Amelia runs 57 law schools with 2,486 students. Mrs. Cyrus IL McCormick rich widow worth 10 million. Henry Ward Beecher to author a hor ata novel. Kielka Gerster recovers to perform. Mrs. Marina Wright aged 102 in Addison VI. the Palgrave the largest ship in SF harbor. Dr Pringheim joins Munich faculty. Garfield’s White House room never opened since wounding. immigration and naturalization figures in Prussia. a Lowell marriage between a Marne groom and French bride. 240 pilgrims leave Russia for Jerusalem. Mme Vialard awarded a French medal. Philadelphia school expenses for 1887. Wm F Bowers to be Public Printer. Julia Smith’s dog remains in a lone house. a ghostly rumor about Julia's faithfulness. a comic Irregular Business scene with Uncle Rastus and a grocer.
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