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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1888
Page
1
Come and see unlit goods offering Ladies Hosiery through Mens Half Hose at deep discounts. Quality items priced as low as 12 1-2 cents per pair, with French lisle thread and English lisle options advertised. Also gauze and lisle under wear 25 cents and more, all at one-third less than Wichita prices while supplies last.
In New Orleans on February 2, authorities arrested Pete McCartney, known as the "King of the Counterfeiters." Investigators traced a recent batch of faked fifty dollar notes cut from half dollar sheets, noting McCartney’s long history of fraud and a recent release from Michigan City prison after an eleven year term. Also reported is 14-year-old Johnnie Beall’s life sentence for murdering his mother, with the boy displaying callous indifference and continuing misbehavior in jail.
A Minnesota priest, Rev. Father William Kahl, former pastor near Norwood and Heilepaille, vanished in late November after a string of church duties and a gambling habit for fast horses. A parishioner from St John’s also disappeared mysteriously days later. He left debts totaling over 200 dollars to several individuals and was formally excommunicated by church authorities in Le Peal.
Deputy Sheriff Jim Madox arrested Mant Ti te during a requisition from the Governor of Kansas. The suspect is said to face possible transfer and will be brought to trial.
A Pine Bluff dispatch reports a St Louis Arkansas and Texas railroad robbery near Kingsland Arkansas. Three gunmen boarded the baggage car, forced entry after a standstill, and after a 35 minute raid transferred mail contents to a sack. Authorities pursue three suspects as $9,000 to $10,000 are believed stolen.
In Hillman life insurance disputes Sallie E. Hillman sues three insurers over her husband John F Hillman’s death. The case hinges on whether he died as claimed after a prior double mistrial, with Brown and others under scrutiny for the fatal shooting and subsequent inquest in Medicine Lodge and Lawrence.
A troubled scene unfolds with a hanging body found in a negro quarters area and a fatal fire outcome tied to a land dispute. In Michigan, Geaso Hamps reports a sensational adultery accusation against millionaire lumberman William H. Solomon, whose private life stirs society. In Missouri, the Midland hotel project near Kansas City collapses its roof during construction, injuring and threatening workers, while Manitoba reports contemplate financial deficits and political shifts as Premier Harrison departs.
In Sprixerieen, Missouri, four men were arrested for the brutal whipping of Ld Kinwartiy and Albert Adair, two white victims. In Justice CH Evans court the ringleader Charles Ra and three others were convicted and sentenced to months in the county jail, with orders to leave the country within four days. Fire at Wellington Illinois injures none. explosion from a gasoline stove caused a restaurant blaze.
The Indian compulsory education bill passed in the Senate amid lengthy debate on the soldiers and sailors pension legislation. Senator West and others sparred over amendments while praising veterans, with references to the army’s role and fears of misusing pension funds. the session adjourned without final action on the pension bill.
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