Unclear Wire Service Brief From Various Locales
Fragmentary wire item reports scattered local locations and names with unreadable details. Readers must rely on later editions for coherent facts and full names.
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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1891
Page
3
Fragmentary wire item reports scattered local locations and names with unreadable details. Readers must rely on later editions for coherent facts and full names.
The Washington scene on Feb 11 to Feb 20 features Senate action on the Junction City and Fort Riley street railway right of way, modified Greece envoy funding, and a copyright printing provision. Pensions, including increases for Gen. Landrum, plus the Nicaragua canal bill and a new New York custom house project, occupy much of the agenda amid resignations and committee work.
The document records a judiciary committee report favoring impeachment of Judge Alexander Howrman, with House actions on the Indian appropriation bill. Amendments via Carter of Montana and Holman of Indiana alter tribal land and Cherokee Outlet sales terms. Debates touch on silver issues and political positions as assembly proceeds with amendments and adjournment.
Fragmentary notes show Congress debating yeas and ways on motions, the post notice appropriation bill, and committee of the whole. Mentions Mr Taylor of Ohio and proposed raises for district judge salaries up to 9000 and amendments shifting figures, with no quorum and adjournment.
Feb 17 reports describe a collision near Columbus Ohio between a Fox procuring target night and a Scioto Valley freight train. several fatalities and serious injuries. Other notes cover flood damage in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, a train wreck near Cincinnati to New Orleans with three lives lost, and various political and legal items across Illinois, New York, Arkansas, and Missouri.
The garbled text references a murder suspect linked to Gen. Seliverskoff, a body found in Bulgaria, Whitechapel women protesting against “Jack the Ripper” accusations, a mayoral affair, and a financial proposition to fund £16,000. It also mentions evicted tenants, a steamer voyage at Wuhu with 200 perished, unrest in Chile, a divorce suit in London, and a failed publishing venture in London.
In Wichita on February 21 James Dunham, described as a bog thief, faced punishment after a night incident in Kechi township. A farmer named Martin killed hogs the day prior, dressed and left them to cool. Dust from a missing hog led to discovery near his house where a thief tried to cross a board fence with the hog upon his shoulder and slipped.
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