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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1890
Page
1
The article outlines parliamentary sessions with debates on the deficiency bill, amendments, and various measures in the Senate and House. It notes agricultural, meat inspection, and tariff discussions, adjournments, and scattered resolutions, alongside international and domestic updates on finance, elections, and industry events.
Aug 23 opening day at the Blue Grass Palace featured a grand parade led by Governor Heles and staff on horseback. Mayor Tat terson delivered the welcome, while Governor Heyes gave an eloquent address on civic duties. Congressman Roger Q. Mills received an ovation before declining further remarks.
A Mount Penn Gravity Railroad car tumbles from a top station tower, racing down the mountain at eighty mph. It derails, plunges fifty feet, overturns, and bursts into flames. Four killed, many injured, including Miss Katie Homan and Mrs. Miram Schittler amid chaotic rescue and witness accounts.
Koneris Browsx aged 80 died in Richmond after a sudden illness on the 24th. A Mint official shipped 600000 ounces bullion to New Orleans on the Mth. A rancher near Mulvaney Kansas killed a vicious horse after being pinned. A freight wreck south of Morriston killed engineer J Witagerald and injured the fireman and a tramp. A House bill proposes constitutional limits on lotteries. South Carolina Colored Farmers Alliance bans politics in the order. A postmaster in Shelbyville KY suffocated from a tooth extraction. Grongk Baw and Byrd Woods executed in Rocky Mount VA for arson. Arkansas census shows 403,27 total after 1890 in forty-five counties. 1880 total was 343,125.
Secretary Mohier reports from county clerks that Kansas holds more than 40,000,000 bushels of old corn. The 1900s crop is estimated at 75,000,000 bushels, bringing total on hand to about 115,000,000. Only partial data on corn fed or sold since March 1.
Arlevance Dana Aug 22 Chicago and Northwestern refuse shipments of livestock and perishables to Chicago area pending New York Central strike settlement. Council Bluffs fireman discharged at union request. union switchmen and engineers may strike. Hindley Cave Ended in New York Sun Court. Colonel William Dudley seeks libel damages against George Jones. court action discontinued by consent. Bishops Evangelical Church dispute moved to court with Bishop Dubs seeking injunction against Bishops Esher and Dewman.
Firemen and engineers at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago went on strike for higher wages. At noon forty engines with crews idle at forty-seventh street yards, leaving 120 watchmen idle. The strike halts packing house operations as the stockyard company refuses to meet demands.
The Mississippi state convention meets in Jackson as Judge Chrisman presents a Judiciary Committee report on the 1870 act readmitting Mississippi to the Union. The panel argues that Congress cannot grant franchise rights and that voting regulations remain with the states, while discussing the reconstruction framework and proposed reforms to state courts and offices.
A mixed Mississippi dispatch reports the Meridian Pair starting October 15 with 5100 in premiums, county election plans, and a jailbreak note. It notes deaths, court actions, convict escapes, and local agricultural updates including cotton, corn, and bollworm concerns across several counties.
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