15 Apr 1897
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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1897
Page
1
A fragmented note presents a quirky claim about Dr Ring and a new discovery for consumption amid high demand, implying a sensational health breakthrough. The garbled text hints at marketing wording and unclear attribution.
Amid pending treaty action a U S Britain dispute over seal fisheries escalates. Secretary Foster and Assistant Secretary Sarlin will aid in negotiations as British vessels resist renewed arming restrictions and the Paris arbitration context looms large.
Ex governor Lewelling claims he is a victim of a conspiracy aiming to remove him from the railroad board. He denounces statements by Warden Landis and Senator Titus as part of a political plot linked to coal land deals and state purchases. Separate items report Navy armor plate funding disputes and a $1,000,000 life policy tied to Leland Stanford Jr. killer claims.
Indiana's Daniel Woolsey Voorhees, a U S senator for twenty years until March 4, died at his home Saturday morning from rheumatism of the heart. He had suffered poor health for years and rarely appeared in the Senate in recent times. Known as the tall Swamere of the Walsh, he led the Senate finance committee and was a key Democratic leader on the floor.
Mrs. S G Wilson, wife of murdered S G Wilson, was held on a murder charge while Jim Jones, a Black man, was jailed at Sheriff Myers' residence. No further facts were released as rewards for the killer climb high amid anxious Grundy County citizens.
A permanent coalition was agreed among Democrats Silver Republicans and Populists in the Senate. Representatives Gorman Cockrell Walt Hall Jones of Orkin and Murphy Cannon Mantle Allen Pettigrew attended the meeting in Mr Gor man’s committee room at the capitol. King Leopold of Belgium visited London to discuss a syndicate renting the Ardennes chateau for years as a gambling club with a hotel to follow. Authorities expect rivals to Monte Carlo and no protests emerged against the gambling dens expansion in Lelgun.
At a meeting of the Patriarchs in New York last night the association voted to dissolve. The Patriarchs included leading citizens and social figures. secretary Piven stated there was no significance beyond dropping further rules.
W W Peabody vice president and general manager of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway based in Cincinnati has been offered by the president the role of inter state commerce commissioner to fill the term of W R Morrison of Illinois who currently chairs the commission. Davis Old Plantation Flooded in Mississippi Narciez April 12 The county around the levees is submerged by six feet of water endangering crops and a church where Jefferson Davis married Taylor's daughter.
April 12 reports the Red River rising with 250 families stranded on upper stories and barns as floodwaters spread across farms. April St Collins sues a weekly paper for defamation over a December libel claim. Ove, a wealthy ex mayoral candidate, sues EL M. Ilige and others for 5000 dollars for defamation of character.
The Michigan lower house passed a bill taxing inheritances over Five thousand conveyed by will or by other means to non-relatives, aiming to avoid Supreme Court objections to the 1593 law. Floods near Vicksburg Mississippi rise to fifty feet by noon and breach reports affect Kellogg plantation lands. Sol Miller in Toronto Kansas grows much worse, relatives report.
Avruens April 12 reports Greece and insurgents clash on the Thr Eastern Crete frontier with 3000 troops, including Amthcure Cipriani and Greek volunteers under ex-officers, as European powers watch. Naval shelling and shore landings escalate the crisis amid conflicting accounts. In Larissa area artillery roars while frontier actions unfold and oathbound bands advance.
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