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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1888
Page
1
A wide set of items notes bond purchases, crop prospects, a new gun maker in London, and a Malibu style security. It reports a Mexican Yaqui clash in Sonora with many killed and wounded, a Paris banquet for General Boulanger, and Red Cross gatherings in Philadelphia. The piece covers railway consolidations, a Texas capitol ceremony, and wool trade organizers discussing price controls and trust formation.
The Senate and House clash over tariff, copyright, and international matters. Debates on the Railroad Land Forfeiture bill advance, with executive sessions, committee reports, and adjournment anticipated.
A New York City reception on April 20 marked Ken Burns birthday anniversary with General W Sherman presiding. Chauncey M Depew delivered the main oration as Mayor Abram Hewitt and other generals and notables listened, with letters of regret from Johnston Longstreet and Lee.
A serious railroad wreck occurred about six o clock yesterday on the Burlington and Missouri line six miles from Alma Nebraska. The day coach and express cars overturned into Rope Creek as the bridge failed. Twelve passengers were killed or injured, with several seriously hurt. An inquest was planned for today.
A gasoline stove explosion at 4 30 yesterday afternoon destroyed a new house owned by A B Campbell. Six year old Mary McLaughlin died with two others burn victims named Annie Evans and Axel Tinetoun. Mrs McLaughlin was critically burned while trying to save her child. Coroner viewed the scene but no inquest will be held. Loss to Campbell exceeds 2000 with no insurance.
The Boston Globe piece surveys a crowded Republican slate for the 1880s nomination, noting many leaders and hopefuls such as Blaine successors lack cohesion. It points to concerns about leadership, policy stances, and regional support, with figures like Sherman, Allison, Harrison, Gresham, McKinley, Ingalls, Depew, Hiscock, Hawley, and others cited as contenders and critics.
The House Public Lands Committee debated attaching No Man's Land to New Mexico and a land office in the strip, aimed to defeat Oklahoma land bills. A separate tragedy reports Steen Puuapewenia and Eenost Biche feld, a couple found hanged in their home, ruled as suicide.
The speech by Senate Spooner shows Republicans arguing for dividing Dakota into smaller states to gain political advantage. He claims Texas should be broken into four states, while Democrats oppose such redistricting. The piece critiques both parties for seeking to alter state lines for electoral gains.
A collection of opinion snippets and quotations from various newspapers note political figures and party dynamics. It comments on Dakota admission, Blais h nomination, Judge Turin, Mr. Sherman earnings, Oregon convention, Lincoln, Senator Ingalls Hancock clash, Republican leadership, and James Russell Lowell era reform hints.
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