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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1888
Page
2
Reports from Wasnisutox and Nebraska City describe a widespread rail strike involving the Burlington Northern and related lines. Two men arrested for suspected involvement in a wreck near Nebraska City. engineers on other roads threatened to quit. Officials consider congressional investigation and cautions to other routes to cease assisting the Q line.
The article covers remarks on Lincoln and his proclamation amid Civil War history, notes on the negro vote debate, and a senate rule change allowing open discussion of treaties. It also mentions a favorable senate report on a bill for purchasing United States bowls by the treasury secretary.
The Democratic majority on the ways and means committee submitted to a full committee a detailed Internal Revenue expansion bill. It outlines taxes on tobacco products, cigars and dealers, new annual taxes on manufacturers and sellers, and penalties including fines and imprisonment for violations. The measure also covers warrants, commissions, and enforcement provisions, with section updates on penalties, tax rates, and regulatory power.
At a Junction City meeting the Board of Trade urges Congress to fund Fort Riley projects, arguing renewed development will boost local industry and land use. It calls for liberal appropriations to prevent suspension, preserving planned military facilities and regional economic benefits.
NO MONUMENTS FOR THEM JACKEON Miss March 6 The senate bill to appropriate 10 000 for a Confederate soldiers monument was the special order in the house. War emblems were displayed the flag of the Mississippi volunteers captured by the ninth Connecticut volunteers and returned at New Orleans February 15 stood over the speaker's desk a portrait of Jefferson Davis. The bill failed 49 to in Democratic Association Curesao March 4 The Democratic association of the northwest organized here to cooperate in the coming campaign Members states include Indiana Illinois Ohio Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Iowa and Kansas Quarters are in Chicago The association aims to promote presidential preference while the organization had no single candidate favored.
The trusts committee in Albany reports a uniform effect of combinations on the public: capital aggregation, price manipulation, and suppression of competition to fix prices from producer to consumer. It urges new legislation and enforcement against violations of law. Nearby, a mob attempted lynching in Independence Maine, with Libbie Heberlin brutally assaulted and Dave Fisher arrested, then moved toward Tu...
A March accident at the Cleveland mine trapped five miners during blasting. The blast occurred at the bottom of Nuastat as workers prepared with dynamite. Fire and rescue crews reported gas ignition caused the explosion. names of injured or deceased are listed among the crew.
Springfield, March 6. J. H. Thompson Oscar Goodman or Hugh Rodman, part of a band that operated on routes including Socket Temeepee and Frisco roads, were captured after their latest robbery of a Pittsburg drummer who lost 254. The gang member is a prominent farmer worth at least 6,000, and a compromise was reached amid the capture. In Pittsburg, wages at the tube works of Strong, Chalfant & Company led to a strike. work resumed at old scale this morning as demands for higher pay clashed with reductions. Hatton the journalist, New York, March 6. Frank Hatton has retired from the presidency of the Prvas Publishing Company after managing editorial and business ends since the paper’s start. he now focuses solely on editorial duties.
An extended visit with Henry Labouchere reveals a rebel journalist and parliamentarian famed for Truth and his Daily News contributions. The interview covers his background, stance on civil service political rights, and insights into London journalism, including distribution limits and the role of Truth in shaping opinion.
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