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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1889
Page
2
Illinois House defeats Prohibition related measure by majority vote. States vary positions as Alabama Republicans discuss party organization around a tariff protection stance. Weather bulletin from April lists temperatures, wind, clouds, and light rain in Kansas and Missouri with forecasts for the next day.
Illinois legislators defeated a proposed constitutional amendment to enshrine prohibition. Representative Hunter moved the previous question to adoption, denying debate. The resolution failed with 7 affirmative and 40 negative votes, 24 members abstained.
An April report details a gathering of white Republicans in Tierra, Alabama, aimed at reconstituting the party along white lines and excluding Black members. The convention elected new officers, denounced Negro influence, and set up committees across districts to enforce a segregated party structure.
In the Rhode Island legislature ballotting began at noon with Dixon Westerly leading after three rounds. The tally showed Dixon II Wetmore 41 Arnold 4 Colt 2 Spooner 1, still short of a final choice. Washington meanwhile notes a separate appointment in the interior department and a remarkable misidentification of a judge in Emporia.
Lewes in April week long sessions before the Parnell commission feature Sir Charles Russell recounting emigration, Fenian roots, and the movement for lawful Irish self government in America. He argues the National League acted within law and was not linked to crime. Davitt and Parnell are defended against secret society allegations. Butter and cheese makers meet and plan a state board of trade. Junction City to host next meeting in October.
April 1 report from Castor and Louisvill e details another attempt to wreck the Fort Wayne Limited near Louisville, thwarted by an employee who found ties strapped across the rails and signaled the brake. The narrative also covers a hasty marriage plan thwarted by a minister’s timely intervention and a brief royal mention of Victoria visiting a former nurse.
The Interstate Commerce Commission heard William H Heard vs Georgia Railroad from Augusta to Atlanta alleging second class accommodations for a ticketed first class passenger. Counsel argued about section sixteen of the act. railroad witness testified white and colored passengers were treated equally in the shortened compartment car setup. The commission reserved decision after further argument.
An elegant visitor at the Smithsonian in Washington sues bold nerves to enter a bear pit with keeper Captain Weeden. She exits with the keeper by a side door after a daring approach to the largest bear, while other wild animal incidents, a jaguar incident and a new blackfoot weasel addition, are noted as part of a curious report on the zoo collection and related events. The piece also recounts a bank note exchange feud in Salem and a railway union meeting discussing fare rates and practices.
Theodore and Jacob Huehler brothers running 1543 Maxwell street were severely stabbed when three burglars pried open a bakery money drawer. The brothers fought back, knocking down two intruders before the suspects fled. both grocers were wounded but expected to recover. Police have not yet caught the burglars.
Captain Stubbs of the schooner Carrie A Buckner reports a Dominican war vessel tailed and fired near the Buckner on March 21 off Saoni Island. The pursuer, a low three masted craft, kept pace then gave up as the Buckner distanced under favorable winds. The incident occurred far from Spanish jurisdiction on the open sea with the American flag flying.
Over 500 members of the Loyal Legion attended a banquet at the Gibson house in honor of the Loyal Legion congress in session. Captain C A Major welcomed guests. Major General Rutherford B Hayes, president of the congress, responded. Toasts honored Our Future Army and Navy, The Old Vermont Brigade, The Mill Under of the Loyal Legion, and others.
News from Pyar Angèles reports Lord Londsdale and several Esquimaux guides reached Kodrick in mid February after a grueling overland trek from a mission near Bristol Bay Alaska. Londsdale was injured, the party faced brutal blizzards, and without food or shelter many guides died before reaching safety with the Cumberland arriving at Rodlack Island with details of the expedition.
The presbytery of Hochrstar weighed charges against three ministers ordained weeks earlier by the First Presbyterian Church. After deliberation, the ordination was rescinded amid accusations of disobedience and schism within the church.
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