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Newspaper
Cuba Pilot
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1888
Page
2
Reports from Kansas detail a self-inflicted gunshot wound near Leavenworth with recovery likely. Atchison Santa Fe engineers resume work. Atchison officials praised for lawful strike handling. Lawrence immigration talk and robberies noted. bank, health and county events also summarized.
Senator Manderson says the reservation bill will greatly aid Nebraska by opening northern lands to settlement and boosting rail trade. He notes benefits to Nebraska and future statehood for adjacent territories, and expects swift presidential approval after final review.
A Chinaman’s brutally mutilated body was found alone in Rock Springs with about six hundred dollars at hand. Authorities say a violent struggle preceded the murder. The murderer left a large knife embedded in the corpse. Four Chinamen have been arrested on suspicion.
Reports from Washington on March 19 to March 22 detail bills reported and passed in both houses. Actions include creating life saving stations, dividing Sioux reservations, issuing silver certificates, and funding public buildings. Senate also considers civil service preferences for wounded veterans and relief for volunteers.
Wilber Nebraska special to the Lincoln Journal reports the capture of Wy. D. Searles by Constable John Legg and H. P. Ramey. Searles operated across Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Missouri, taking insurance applications and cash premiums for live stock policies, using false pretenses to forward funds to Des Moines. He used multiple aliases and was aided by a supposed US detective before fleeing. Local sheriffs and an Iowa governor’s requisition seek his return. he faces preliminary trial.
The emperor Frederick I declares the imperial dignity devolved upon him and vows to uphold the imperial constitution and defend the rights of states. He praises the Reichstag’s support for strengthening defense and transmits the legacy of the late emperor with gratitude and faith. The document is dated Charlottenburg March 15 1888 and countersigned by V Bramarox. An incorporation filing notes Diller Improvement Co of Diller Nebraska with $1000 capital.
Chicago crowd marks the seventeenth anniversary of the Paris Commune with an indoor picnic at New York Side hall. Albert Currelin declares anarchists will not be stamped out, vows to endure and urges renewed action and union among radicals as busts of Spies Lingg and Fischer are displayed amid red banners and songs.
Washington report notes Senate approval of Manderson's measure to employ up to fifty army officers and ten navy officers in U S colleges and universities to teach military tactics and related subjects. The plan allocates officers by population and requires bonds for ordnance stores.
President nominates stockslager and anderson for land office posts and dakota agent. house committee backs Ferquhar bill expanding cross state trade for travelers and nurserymen. Hancock funds raise for Washington house to be presented in April. Post Office audit shows 12.08m receipts and 18.81m expenditures with a 1.56m quarterly deficiency. Treasury aims to cut customs collection costs by 400k for year. Senate Finance softens Aldrich bond bill and Sherman bill to waive loan charges to states.
At about 7 30 last night A B Morris heard cries by the levee and found 11 year old David Brockman and 5 year old Annie Carloff struggling in the water. Morris pulled them to the shore. both children were sick from swallowed water. Brockman, praised for courage, reportedly jumped into the river when Carloff fell from a raft and fought to save her before aid arrived. The girl was taken home at 714 North Fifth Street and the boy to 714 North Eighth Street.
In Michigan thirty six counties have voted and all save two have gone dry. The measure goes into effect on May first.
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