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Newspaper
Cuba Pilot
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1888
Page
2
During supper, inmate Hugh McKinnis seized an iron poker and fought Deputy Sheriff Campbell as two other prisoners joined the attack. Campbell and soon county officials and volunteers restrained the trio, with Parker countering a blow and ordering all three back to their cells.
The Kansas Farmer publishes reports from 148 correspondents on winter weather stock feed and spring crops. Cattle wintered well with ample feed. winter wheat and rye show good root, tops, and pasture. spring work advances with oats planted and gardens starting. Moisture in the ground and high morale prevail. millet, sorghum, rice, corn, and alfalfa see increased interest. farmers expect a good year statewide.
The Wichita special reports Katie Mosgrove daughter of wealthy farmer Joshua Mosgrove near Derby eloped with Crabs after a dance at her uncle's. Pursued by armed men intent on killing Crabs, the couple reportedly boarded a southbound train to Texas. Hugh Roland, betrothed to Katie, vows to追追 the elopers to end their happiness.
Archibald Archibald, a 26 year old Bell Telephone lineman, was killed while repairing a line at Fifth and Pine streets in St Louis. He climbed halfway up a 65 foot pole when he was shocked by heavily charged wires and fell, becoming entangled. Fire department aid arrived but he remained unconscious with severe burns. recovery considered impossible. He was an unmarried, experienced lineman.
Washington special reports Postmaster General Dickinson is worn out by constant requests from congress for offices in the department the railway mail service and post offices His friends believe he will not seek to retain the portfolio once the campaign opens Also noted Robert Barr of the Detroit Free Press has been adopted by an Indian tribe near Dundee Ontario
Washington dispatch reports the Ways and Means Committee chair filed the tariff bill for full committee action. The free list would take effect July 1 1888 with many timber and agricultural goods among items free from duty, while numerous steel, iron, textile and chemical duties are cut. The bill estimates total revenue reduction around 52 million dollars with internal revenue changes postponed for now.
El Paso special reports the arrest of Postmaster Luis N. Fleury of Paso Del Norte Mexico on charges of robbing safes and smuggling goods into Mexico. The case leads to Albert Kahn of Kahn Bros City of London store and his relatives as major merchants linked to the heist. Albert Kahn faces charges of conspiring to receive stolen goods from Fleury.
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