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Newspaper
Cuba Pilot
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1888
Page
2
A drowning of two Dodge City boys near the lake north of Dodge City shocks the community. The article notes a state deaf and dumb school at Olathe expanding for fall enrollment and emphasizes education access for such students. Other items report fire at Baxter Springs destroying most of a block, a fatal shooting near Lawrence, wheat harvest forecasts, and legal actions and local projects across Kansas.
Boston Corbett declares that citizens of the United States and especially Kansans do not treat him fairly and will move to a foreign country. Hon. Thomas O Gary, longtime Labette county official and attorney general candidate, dies at Oswego. Simon Derwent, 11, drowns in the Kansas river at Topeka while wading with other boys who cannot swim. Morton County to build a $25,000 courthouse as a sign of a good year in the southwest.
The Illinois Chicago convention pressed through another day with a ballot looming. Leaders debated platform completion and nominating speeches as Philadelphia Mayor Fitler and Senator Sherman vied for their party’s favor. Harrison, Alger, Depew, and Sherman drew cheers as state delegations urged favored candidates and the roll of states continued toward adjournment.
Berlin dispatch reports the emperor and empress arriving in Berlin from Potsdam by steamer and carriage. The populace crowded Unter Den Linden to greet the new German sovereign amid a loyal reception and festal pageantry.
The Republican platform defends civil rights and ballot integrity, pledges protectionist economic policies, opposes Chinese and foreign labor, seeks statehood for Western territories, denounces the Democratic Party, and supports a strong navy, tariffs, and pensions for veterans. It condemns Democratic misrules on finance, the arts of patronage reform, and calls for unity across parties to preserve the republic.
The Blaine faction fights to block rivals as two ballots yield no choice and a plan to push Blaine’s nomination is challenged. Dispatches, defections, and a late effort to force an adjournment mark a tense lead into Monday as Elkins and supporters maneuver.
A list of state and territorial delegates to the national committee is provided, names including William Quarreblood for Alabama, M H De Young for California, W A Hamill for Colorado, Samuel FE Fessenden for Connecticut, and others such as Cyrus Leland Jr., B Pinchback, Henry Hydle, John P Sanborn, M B Quay, and Jonathan Bowne Jr among numerous states and territories.
Berlin sources say Kaiser William will issue a cautious Reichstag proclamation emphasizing peace. They expect the message to align Germany’s foreign policy with William I and Frederick, calm markets, and curb radical rumors shaping world opinion.
Secretary of the Treasury Fairchild has written a long letter to George William Curtis president of the New York Civil Service Reform association protesting against Curtis editorial criticisms on removals from the New York custom house.
The Senate met in secret session to ratify the Venezuela claims treaty and consider Indian appropriation and Winnebago reser vation matters. The House debated sundry civil appropriations including Wichita and Chicago post office repairs, while approving bridge projects and a rail line expansion. Ninety two Senate pension bills passed, and discussions touched on the Republican stance on railroads and Thurston’s Chicago Convention role.
Mr Belmont presents conference bill to give effect to the Chinese treaty. Amendments draw from the Morrow bill to take effect upon ratification and remove a six month return period. The report is unanimous with Morrow consenting to place it on the table. The afternoon efforts fail to secure a quorum on a Port land public building measure. house adjourns at 2 40.
The first issue of Volume IV opens with five articles in the Railway Series, reminiscences by Lester Wallack, insights from Hugh McCulloch, and artful pieces by Robert Louis Stevenson. The July opening piece is the second Railway Series article, Feats of Railway Engineering by John Bogart, New York state engineer.
Morns Estee, the permanent chairman of the convention, is a leading California lawyer and a major wine and fruit grower. Born in Pennsylvania, he arrived in California during the gold rush era, studied law, served in the legislature, became Sacramento district attorney, and later San Francisco speaker of the legislature. He built a vast practice, contributed to California charter work, and authored Estee's Code Pleadings and Practice now in its fourth edition. He resides near Napa with a vineyard and orchard estate and has two daughters.
Indianapolis dispatch reports George Long was shot and killed on Henry Baker’s farm just north of the city. Long had been courting Baker’s daughter for years and, after disputes, the two men went out tonight where Baker attempted to shoot Long. Long wrestled for the revolver and killed Baker.
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