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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1889
Page
2
The report notes a major wage cut by Oregon Tilway Navigation Co and widespread effects from a water service disruption on the Columbia River. It also mentions consolidation plans for Ogden Union Pacific branches and a forthcoming meeting of the American League, with weather updates showing a cool, windy period and temperature readings across Kansas and Missouri.
A long wage dispute grips Pontisso and surrounding Willamette and Columbia river work sites. Oregon Railway & Navigation cuts wages for all employees 20 and up to a reported 0 percent, prompting stoppages across pilots engineers and crew. Travel and mail contracts face disruption as unions press for higher pay while public sympathy leans toward the strikers.
Fragmentary text mentions elections for high offices including president and general counsels, with names and places garbled. It references a historical political context, possible figures from various states, and a wartime setting. The readable fragments indicate an electoral notice or campaign discussion with limited coherent facts.
The Supreme Court reversed a circuit court ruling in Potter J. Kimball et al v. Grand Central Mining, confirming master reports in a mining ownership dispute and addressing trust findings. It also ruled in Stewart H Shotwell v. Moore that misused deposits to evade taxes may be improper, and upheld Ohio tax concepts for capital-derived levies. The decision discusses Oregon Railway Navigation and related corporate powers along with municipal bond questions in Heuwnsville.
Private citizen Grover Cleveland and party arrived in Nes Yous on a Baltimore and Ohio special train to the Central Hallroad of New Jersey depot at 6 pm. Crowds cheered despite a late start blamed on Mrs Cleveland. The party, including Secretary and staff, proceeded to a banquet, with Mrs Cleveland in a York-material coat. The visit unfolded amid weather and security frictions, with attention to Cleveland’s earlier private life and business ties.
The American Trotting Association met in March for informal rule changes covering 15 pages. Key reforms admit all 314 local associations to active membership, tighten entry rules, require testimony under oath, and set driver pay rules. Officers elected for two years include President Charles Greene Sr and First Vice President J C Beaman. The congress adjourned in Detroit with plans to reconvene in two years.
At Langley Avenue Methodist Church in Chicago, mourners heard Rev. J M Caldwell defend Newton Watt, the Joliet prison brakeman and murder suspect in the Kellott Nichols case, insisting Watt was innocent amid accusations by detectives and criminals. The sermon denounced detective methods and questioned the $10,000 reward, arguing Watt’s good record and deathbed demeanor negate guilt. Local readers also learned about athletic remedies and a chilling murder of a four-person family near Eagle Pass, plus Texas Pacific directors elected and Washington fireworks display.
Charleston March 6 By a senator president of the state senate to serve Governor Wilson with a writ no warrant to compel him to show by what right he holds the governorship. The case will not come before the court until the legal fight over Wilson and Golf is acted upon. The suit against Wilson and Golf will likely move through the supreme court. A horrifying case from Sprice Creek near Mt. Sling reports Frank Conkwright Jim Holden and Steve Holden charged with poisoning a family including a wine child aged 4 to 14. Conkwright widow in intimate relation with Holden woman. children beaten and threatened. alleged nighttime assault and abduction of a 0 year old girl. one child near death. Dr Cook reports possible poison. case under intense judicial attention.
The report details active dry goods trade in New York as buyers remain cautious amid steady volumes. It notes a drive to Calcutta by Chaplin & Co and Weiser with diverse shipments, while a Panama Canal collapse case looms in federal court and gold excitement draws crowds to Ensenada as San Diego steamers adjust service.
New Mexico adopts a new meat inspection law aimed at banning sale of four hot meat items and providing for live animal inspection. focuses on humane handling and safety of cured and uncured meat products.
In a ragged summary, Milan abdicates amid regency changes as Crown Prince Alexander is set to be proclaimed. An assortment of scattered items mentions deaths by self-inflicted actions, a captain long resident in the city, laborers and illnesses, and a trip to the Pacific coast. Also noted are liquor selling convictions in LaCoowst Kansas and multiple county court sentences for various parties, with terse references to perjury and district court changes.
A cluttered OCR segment mentions E Lewis and Co at 110 North Main Street as a one price cash and delivery boot and shoe house. It includes stray lines about a sports event, a Colored Press Association meeting, a murder by a pugilist, a fire in New Orleans, and a long traveler’s tale, all in fragmented form with names like Smyth, Stancer, Brooks, Degood, Langston, Murray, and Purvis.
A garbled but spirited reminiscence centers on Senator Ingalls, his early life in Lyne Massachusetts, and his rise as a college writer and public figure. The piece mentions his humorous satire on professors, a wartime speech, and controversial views on dress reform and authority, reflecting a complex public persona and the era’s cultural debates.
Special bargains feature ladies genuine handmade French kid shoes in multiple widths from B to E and children’s infant styles from A to EF. Prices range from 25.50 per pair for welts to five dollars for French kid and E C Burt styles, with a large stock of sizes and toes, plus mens shoes at four dollars per pair.
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