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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1890
Page
2
Fragmented telegrams describe Louisiana flood relief funding, population shifts in Palestine, and multiple violent incidents. Reports note arrests, shootings, and disorder affecting towns as authorities manage unrest and looming actions.
The trial of Frank Lackrose William Smith and Charles Robinson concluded with all three men found guilty of attempting to rob a back clerk and a bag containing money notes and gold. They received thirteen months hard labor sentences.
The record notes the Naval Appropriation bill amid partisan division and a proposed amendment on a battleship. It also covers the House committee actions on wages, import duties, and a proposed income tax. Separate items include compulsory education for Indian children and interior department duties on industrial schools.
An assortment of international notes: London suburb oil works venture valued at 360000. Dahomey combat casualties reportedly around 500 killed with more wounded. German ambassadors summoned to Berlin amid foreign policy debates. a Hamburg newspaper cites antisemitic riots near Cracow with 11 killed and multiple injured as troops restore order.
County clerk Geo W Early and commissioners Sullivan Green Lennart Harbor Role Wing and Dougherty face arrest rumors over swindling. A separate incident reports a railway beating and a fatal shooting after a dispute over land ownership. Counterfeiters area nabbed in New Orleans with over 200 in fake bills found on two men. An odd tale notes a man near Louisville Kentucky facing suicide after family tensions.
Fragmented report outlines resolutions on constitutional amendments for senator elections, police oversight, and voting reforms. Mentions Mitchell and Nin proposals, referrals to committees, and debates across sessions in April as bills move through House and Senate channels.
The House committee on public buildings favored a bill to erect federal structures in towns with populations over 3 000. It caps costs from 15 000 to 25 000 per building and authorizes 3 006 000 for related expenses, seeking to curb wasteful spending.
A historical record outlines amendments to immigration law focusing on Chinese laborers and the right to remain, with provisions for prisoner exportation, certification of non Chinese labor status, and surrender requirements for those entering or departing the United States. The text discusses punitive terms and identity verification by customs authorities.
The house committee on valuations has finished discussing the plan to fund the debt of the Pacific railroads to the government. Amendments aim to clarify management and extend the Central Pacific mortgage period from seven to one hundred years, with a full committee vote upcoming for final approval.
The fragmented OCR text mentions authority about army actions planned for May 1 and social measures. It also includes garbled medical guidance discussing remedies for stomach issues, purgatives, and a naval defensive girdle for ships to deter torpedo boats with a night beacon system.
The Republique Francaise recounts the life of Phopho the seal who traveled from Russia to Orleans to a fishmonger’s home. After six years the educated seal grew large and fell in with Paris audiences, waving his flipper and displaying notable tricks.
A rambling scene unfolds at a pawnbroker's counter where Tos Johnson and Jaane Schwelehenheimar barter for a strange array of items. The exchange includes selling shiny buttons and a silver chain while a wry talk about luck and misfortune drifts into a distant sermon on heathen politeness and migration.
The narrative recounts a colorful figure known as Old Din or Old Dan who claimed long service as a Mining Recorder and once a Justice of the Peace candidate. He describes a perilous snowbound journey with partner Joe, the loss of their horses and gold dust, and a survival ordeal in a blizzard before reaching safety. He also recalls attempting mining in Mealth Valley for water rather than wealth and the perilous cave of a Trey foi mine. The piece closes with a late April note on the Doran Wright bucket-shop suspension in New York, casting doubt on authority and indicating possible financial trouble.
The report notes a bond offer of 2,125,000 for Shoux City and Pacific railroad bonds at six percent due 1889, with funds aimed at Union Pacific sinking fund. It covers a memorial from agricultural and experimental stations seeking at least 10,000 dollars yearly to 25,000, and discusses legislation on silver remonetization and tariff revision for agriculture. President Harrison vetoes a measure allowing Ogden Utah debt increase, detailing limits and city needs for sewers and street improvements. The attorney general is asked to direct U S marshal Weeks to enforce writs in Florida obstructions, with instructions for firm but lawful action.
Floods threaten New Orleans and northern Texas as crevasses widen and water breaches lower levees. Reports describe rising waters, drowning risk, and emergency rescues while rail lines and roads suffer washouts. A parrot owner mourns a grief driven death. A new London women's club reports 800 members.
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