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Newspaper
Fort Smith Elevator
Location
Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1890
Page
2
Fragmentary note mentions lands and a county anchor point at GyRES Pitaski and references a Democratic State Congress, but the meaning is unclear and details are incomplete.
Fragmentary report notes a State convention of the freistian church set to convene in a city on the Wikit until the 20th. Senator J KR Jones has seen frequent mention from the northern press regarding a vice or issue in 1892.
The House approves the Wall Street silver bill by a 119 to 114 vote with Featherston supporting the measure. Senator Plumb of Kansas previously criticized the tariff and free coinage stance, while Rob Morrow is set to gain support next Tuesday as the political scene shifts around McKinley tariff policy.
A Peeeremocratic column reports Givens leading in Ependence County with Morrow at 220 votes and 151 for another candidate, as 27 counties remain. Morrow would need 86 votes to reach the national tally.
Fragmentary lines indicate race dynamics with Morrow extending lead and major rival Raff struggling to close the gap, suggesting a near impossible path to overtaking in the state treasurer contest.
Fragmentary report mentions unions, a ticket selection, Napoleon, Texarkana area, a robbing incident with $5000, and various oblique references to judges and political figures. Details are garbled and names are inconsistently legible. The text lacks coherent event, outcome, or dates to summarize clearly.
Fragmented text questions officials and juries in a federal court context. The garbled passage mentions powers that be, tests, and political hints, with scattered references to parties and locations. The readable parts imply scrutiny of trial fairness and party influence without clear specifics.
The readable parts show a jumble of references to elections and sentiments among groups described vaguely as Democrats. Portions mention periods and ideation without concrete dates or named places, yielding an overall uncertain brief about political discussion.
A garbled report notes a Republican gathering in the city with discussion of leadership roles and party discipline. It mentions potential changes and concerns about how members are treated, reflecting internal tensions and calls for fair representation within the party.
Reports from the Indian Territory include the death of John Pittroac hit by a train near North Fork, arrests for smuggling beer into the nation, and cases from Paris court on witness attendance. A Choctaw Nation attorney appointment follows a death, plus liquor and weapon laws, and a strangulation death on Morgan Wrights place near Oklahoma City.
Congress creates two new territorial courts with jurisdiction over Chickasaw, Seminole, Quapaw, and Creek lands. Courts at South McAlester Ardmore Mukug ee and Ardmore will hold two annual terms beginning May and November at Mukogee, January and September at McAlester, March and October at Ardmore.
A long list of obituaries and incidents across Dardanelle, Lonoke, White, Phillips, Conway, and other counties details deaths by illness, drowning, and lightning, plus storms, fires, and a rail accident. Notable names include Elizabeth Merrill, Priscdlla Price, E W Fareier, and J H Percival. also reported are drownings in White River and Long Creek and a severe hail storm in Logan County.
Chester Horn aged six, near Paris, was playing when a pair of scissors penetrated his stomach. His condition grew worse Wednesday, and recovery was feared unlikely for the boy reported by Paris Express.
The decision reviews the annexation question for land south of the Sixteenth section and near the Little Rock road. It partially approves the original order, excludes noncontiguous tracts, and demands a city guaranty to annexed land by Wednesday. The judge notes potential tax burdens and urges careful, limited expansion with solid benefits to new residents.
A series of arrivals, departures, and visits note Mrs. B F Atkinson in Boston and many others in Chicago Jenny Lind Waldron Muskogee and Keokuk. Officials and professionals including Police Judge Murphy and Col D M Wisdom travel within states and abroad.
Week in court includes contempt charge against Tanne Meele of Prairie City for threatening a judge in a letter signed Mp McGee. Lewis Rolston gains US citizenship by decree under Congressional act. Local school and music prize results noted. question arises about U.S. Commissioner jurisdiction in criminal cases.
Mr Jote D White, born January 8 in Missouri, lived near Spring Hill on Little Rees road east of Fort Sulton. He moved to the county in 1888 and called it home, leaving many mourners after a long illness with rheumatism. Interment followed, with Confederate veterans among attending comrades from the city.
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