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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1889
Page
2
A garbled bulletin mixes political upheaval notes from Brazil with a weather section. It references Dom Pedro and a monarchic shift, then reports temperatures in Kan and Washington forecasts. The piece shifts to a revolution alert, then a violent murder case in Italy, a London bakers strike, and a Liverpool dock fire with damaged details.
Nov. 18 The United States of Brazil is proclaimed a federal republic after Dom Pedro accepts exile to Portugal. The imperial family departs by ship, a new flag is raised, and the provisional government vows to honor existing obligations while restoring order. The revolution claims no lives, and leaders pledge orderly transition as Brazil shifts from empire to republic with Brasilians in charge.
Mason reports a rise in aggregate receipts for the last fiscal year with oleomargarine the sole taxed item showing a drop in the first quarter. Spirits taxes climbed, salaries expenses rise, and calls to expand the force from twenty to thirty agents.
The Pan American Congress opened at 1 pm with Secretary Blaine presiding. Delegates from many nations attended, Brazil notably absent. The session focused on organizational matters due to multilingual proceedings, with adjournment set for next Wednesday to continue voting on credentials and secretarial appointments.
A pair of freight trains collided near Manassas Junction causing extensive damage and multiple deaths. The wreck, attributed to misinterpreted orders, left engineers unharmed while fireman James Murphy and brakeman William Estes died at the scene. Rescue efforts followed as investigators assess the cause and toll.
The Guthrie region reports that Daily Sens proprietors Messrs Thompson and Wajcott purchased three publications named the Republican the Times and another Okie Me Roown hogs paper. They are relocating the plant to the commercial bank building and keeping the price private.
Worth Dakota's political scene reports a Republican caucus called in Bismarck for choosing U S senators. Many oppose the plan. officials note Pierce potentially leads 65 of 93 seats, with Ordway Johnson Lamoure and McCumber as possible contenders for the second seat.
A mother laments the loss of her daughters to outside education and flirtation with independent life. The piece urges mothers to provide home guidance, companionship, and stricter training to keep girls within the family sphere and moral bounds.
An American carriage tale recounts a smoke filled journey aboard a train from Rome to Glasgow where a quarrel over a smoking compartment ends with windows shut and the carriage thick with tobacco smoke yet a young man complains of the ambiance and seeks to smoke in defiance. The scene shifts through farcical dialogue and grandiose names, concluding with a jumble of distant allusions and misreadings that appear to parody a travelogue or public piece on manners and manners in transit.
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