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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1888
Page
1
Chicago bargain sale notes dominate this item with Globe offering shirts and drawers at deep cuts from manufacturing prices. Prominent lines include French balbrigan and striped styles, with prices ranging from a few to about 95 cents. Also mentions Missouri Methodists conference in Sedalia and various regional notices.
In Lawnsville Kentucky March 21 a suit was filed by Edward O Donnell against vaudeville theater owner William Mann a ward politician to recover part of a 17 amount alleging an old robbery by Alice Kremer who testified she was forced to plead to a lesser charge after serving four years in the penitentiary. The Kremer tale includes that Mann pressured her and that she kept a small share of the money. Also mentioned is a New York case where Samuel J Tilden will estate faces a legal argument before the supreme court seeking a construction of a clause in the will's provisions.
The ways and means committee reports Mills tariff bill will go to the House on Saturday with minor changes. The bill lowers or alters duties on several goods including tarletons mulls crinolines and uncleaned rice while changing duties on Waddy and Paris white and brick provisions. The OATES bill on judges and elections also advances, with raises for district judges and a move toward direct senator elections.
Senate committee on military affairs ordered a favorable report on the Manderson bill providing that each state establish homes for disabled soldiers and sailors. Widows and orphans receive $100 per person cared for in the home for one year. Also reports show internal revenue rise across categories and a note on increasing emigration to the United States from Scandinavia. President sent a brief message to the Senate regarding minutes and protocols of the Astiery treaty negotiations with Great Britain.
The Fiftieth Congress Senate notes bills and calendar items including a New York sale proposal and a halted mining lease on Indian reservations. It covers a president’s annual message, tax and tariff policy, and the Urgent Deficiency Bill conference results while listing numerous local and procedural bills advanced or postponed.
New York Mayor Hewitt dismissed a Grand Army of the Republic censure claim as unfounded, recalling a war department record of thanks for services to the government during the rebellion. He cited wartime efforts to secure material and information, asserting the government benefited from his actions and denying any bias or disloyalty.
A.B. Coons, a burly contractor in Woorviie Texas, intoxicated and jealous, attacked his wife with a knife in a boarding car of a passenger train. After threatening to kill her, he smashed a window and fired ineffectual shots as onlookers restrained him. A lynching mob formed but restraint saved him. several other passengers were injured and treated at home.
Louisville March 2 deficits in the state treasurer's accounts rise as auditor Hewitt reports a deficit of 197908.08 dollars and forecasts near quarter of a million. The office shows looseness and neglect with weeks needed to restore order while charges of mismanagement spark calls for impeachment and investigation by the legislature.
Fragmentary reports describe an RPI student named John S. Campbell of Newport Kentucky posing as a rich social climber at a university, with disciplinary actions and expulsion noted. Separate items include a death sentence commuted, court verdicts, a fatal mining accident, labor unrest, and multiple crimes reported from diverse U.S. locales.
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