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Newspaper
Cuba Pilot
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1888
Page
2
A mysterious trunk on the Rock Island line burst open revealing a human skeleton, sparking headlines across Wichita and prompting inquiries into a series of disappearances and crimes. The report mentions William Harrison of Holliday Bros. & Co missing near Goddard, plus a spate of other Kansas incidents and investigations.
Memphis authorities halt passenger rail travel east of the Mississippi and impose a noon to morrow nonintercourse quarantine. Reports from Jackson and Decatur Alabama describe rising yellow fever cases. cordons, armed guards, and train restrictions spread across Illinois Central routes from New Orleans to Fulton Kentucky. Officials confront public alarm as cases and deaths rise, with official tallies showing many infections among the colored population and several new admissions in Gainesville and Fernandina.
News from Des Moines reports Chicago Burlington & Quincy workers uncertain about a proposed wage cut. Predominant talks center on a possible $10 monthly reduction or more, aiming to oust non union engineers and revert to former staff. General stone denies any wage cut and cites no strike risk while some circulations suggest nonofficial notices.
In a fragmentary note from Ponlar, authorities acknowledge a connection to three deaths. The document hints at an avowed aim behind the killings but offers few concrete details.
At Standing Rock the big pow wow concluded with Sitting Bull urging Indians not to sign the treaty and Black Thunder declaring no paper would be signed. Gall restored order as Sitting Bull and followers withdrew, ending hopes for joint council or signing today.
At the nineteenth annual reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland in Chicago Major A F Stephenson welcomed attendees. General R A Alger of Michigan delivered a eulogy praising Sheridan's life from West Point to Civil War triumphs, noting his decisive leadership and unmatched battlefield record. The talk stressed Sheridan’s unwavering devotion to the Union, his strategic genius, and his enduring national legacy, ending with remarks on veterans and pension concerns.
About 24 brides from 1948 arrive in New York at Castle Garden aboard a vessel in first class. Their passage ends with formalities as contracts to marry have been drawn up. Four proceed to Brooklyn for marriages while the rest head west after engaging through photographs and extensive correspondence.
Senate actions include Mitchell proposing a 1 cent letter postage bill and Sherman seeking a foreign relations inquiry into U S Britain and Canada relations. House moves on public funds deposits, fishermen rights with Canada, and labor dispute notes. Mixed votes and adjournments follow, with brief discussions on Chinese labor, yellow fever relief, and sundry civil appropriations.
In a multi day feud along the Midland and Denver Rio Grande lines near the Utah border, a clash broke out injuring several men as crews disputed track clearance. Arrests were made, injunctions issued, and authorities took control of both tracks amid rising tensions among five railroad interests.
Washington dispatch reports Senator Anderson introduced a bill letting a veteran who filed a declaratory statement for a homestead entry and who abandoned the entry within the allowed months to apply for another homestead entry without losing the right to pursue a second claim.
Word reached here of a fatal quarrel on Mt Sneffies road where Charles Crothswaite shot and killed George Johnson after a dispute over a mining claim. Johnson had moved camps and Crothswaite forced the confrontation, firing through the heart as Johnson sat at the cabin foot. Crothswaite escaped and remains at large. he once worked for the Denver Urbine editorial staff and was connected with Kansas City and St Louis papers.
The Tate heirs of Lincoln County request compensation from the government for damages totaling 4000 dollars incurred in 40 during depredations by six unknown natives and alleged misdeeds involving Interior Department officials. The filing names Evans and Mand in connection with the case.
Acting Secretary of War MacFeeley opened land bids for the new Fort Omaha. List includes dozens of bidders offering hundreds of acres at varying prices, ranging from 40 to 182.50 per acre, with many entries over 300 to 650 acres. All parcels are six miles from Omaha. no awards yet as board officers may visit to select the best site.
The excerpts from a diary recount Emperor Frederick’s era, Bismarck, and Crown Prince Frederick’s hesitations. It notes friction at Versailles over empire existence, and alleged plans for a Franco Belgian union, with Saint-Sedona battles and prayers to God shaping decisions.
Report from Havana notes the cigar makers' strike remains unresolved with manufacturers and workers still at odds. Observers estimate many families are suffering as livelihoods hinge on a settlement. Archdeacon Bande is mentioned among irregularities surrounding the situation.
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