28 Feb 1898
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1898
Page
1
Market slow with light activity and mixed quotes across cattle dairy and general goods. Prices show modest declines in some items while others hold steady as traders navigate uncertain demand and regional factors.
The board of Indian commissioners reports a serious flaw in the Dawes commission agreements with the Choctaw and Chickasaw in Indian Territory failing to provide for thousands of Chickasaw freedmen. Prompt ratification hinges on remedying this. allotment progress shows about 600,000 acres allocated nationwide, one third of tribes now possess land.
Reported in Parisian rater notes that drummer Bartholomew Brandner, found dead at the Palmer House, was killed with a woman's hat pin. Autopsy showed a brain concussion and a small puncture from near the left eye into the skull. Brandner entered bleeding and collapsed. authorities cite murder with a hat pin as cause.
Reports from Washington and Havana in late February reflect calmer sentiment toward the Maine tragedy with officials and public opinion shifting away from war. A court of inquiry continues in Key West to determine if the disaster resulted from design or accident, while Watervliet Arsenal ramps up production and ships more artillery to fortifications as investigators seek firm conclusions.
The United States House considers a resolution empowering the secretary of the navy to rapidly build ships and armaments, with twenty million dollars requested. Separately, Kansas City reports ongoing talk of state ownership of stock yards, including a potential law to condemn current yards on the Kansas side and operate them via a state commission. The mix includes veterans news and local political moves from Topeka and Richmond.
Doctors report a 65 year old patient at St Luke's hospital in San Francisco underwent a complete stomach excision for cancer. The operation lasted just over two hours with a stable recovery but full recovery remains uncertain. Also news on Prince Oscar of Sweden preaching for the YMCA in Stockholm and Missouri mine output forecasts.
A Fort Smith ruling declares the federal meat inspection system unconstitutional and void, undermining inspector authority and allowing packers to operate without fear of prosecution. The decision centers on Henry Boyer’s bribery indictment and Congress’s power to create the meat inspector post. The ruling could reshape U S packing house oversight.
The report that forty Western Union telegraph operators in Chicago would head to Florida next week under government orders was denied by assistant superintendent William J. Lloyd. He called the tale nonsense and said thirty five had already left New York for Jacksonville and Key West.
The president sent nominations to the senate for naval ranks including Sal Berliner in Teneriffe, Marshals John Overhall and Thomas Baker for Tennessee districts, Henry Robeson to commodore, Winfield Shelley to commodore, Theodore Jewell to captain, Wm Folger to captain, Andrew Dunlap to commander, Richard Rush to commander, with further promotions noted.追加: An additional one million gold to be imported to New York, totaling 83.2 million.
A conductor observes a group of five children and their guardian on a country train. The kids, quiet and well behaved, reveal they can talk through sign language, debunking the conductor’s assumption they are mute. The scene shifts to a vivid travelogue of the Grand Colorado Canyon with perilous rivers and immense canyons, emphasizing danger and awe.
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