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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1889
Page
5
A deadly fatality at a jail is reported with claims of a rival faction’s arrest likely after examination of the death. An inmate outside his cell describes a killing during a quarrel as others watch, while distant notes mention weather and a batch of brief telegraph items from across the nation.
Post mortem on Dr Cheney shows head wound likely murder not stray shot. Honenissos dispatch notes arrest expected. earlier jail fight ends in fatal stab between Job Shultz and Thomas McNulty after a quarrel. Shultz injures McNulty, who dies.
The report notes a man named Mullin killed and buried after a shooting. Canal work and new brick blocks rise on Main Street. A brick lock project advances rapidly. A capitalists group seeks natural gas and coal drilling. contract for two thousand feet deep. Cotton cars moved for claim holders. Oklahoma City town site legislation discussed. Miambis bill opposed. A Republican organization forms with officers led by Artur and Mickly. Public agitation grows as hundreds of dollars in goods flood the city to merchants. Town rebuilding continues as citizens plan and move forward amid confusion.
Kansas City dispatch reports C B Tramilton of Meade Center Kansas president of American Sugar Company expounded that his firm was not connected with alleged fraud in bond sales to build sugar plants across several Kansas townships Willis Emerson of Meade Center allegedly funded using the company’s roasting process and paid royalties from votes. Hamilton denies company involvement and cites Emerson as the sole actor involved. Separately Secretary Mohler calls for clear accounting from factories receiving state bounty to illuminate true sugar industry status. Bank of Richfield failed to open and assigned to creditor agent amid bond-deposit pressure. Morton County’s bank unaffected as county seeks new bonds.
Mrs. N A Johnson wife of Hon A B Johnson of Arkansas City Kan died after apoplexy at 790 pm She was daughter of Hon Madison F Merritt of New Hampshire Survived by husband and two relatives her remains to be taken to Franklin NH for interment next Thursday The death cast gloom over the community Market House for Guthrie Ok still seeks exclusive twenty year franchise with $100 offer and building to city after term to be completed at once
The dispatch outlines shifts in Reichstag politics after the Center party's gains and pressure on government deputies. It notes plans to import Chinese labor amid general strike mood, Portuguese loan talks, and a looming civic upheaval. A theater fire in New York endangers performers and prompts charity actions amid the disaster. Four killed in a Pennsylvania express wreck near Washington, and jurors debate a Chicago case with potential retrial.
The Santa Fe Route promotes harvest excursion season with round trip tickets at reduced rates to Old Mexico New Mexico and other destinations. Transit limits vary by destination with 13 days for some points and six months for others. Tickets include stops at Las Vegas Hot Springs New Mexico Ogden Salt Lake City and other western cities. Inquiries directed to W. Ui. Murdock Office and locations.
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