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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1884
Page
6
Wages in nearly all Massachusetts factories were cut from ten to fifteen per cent on January 1. Two men died in Ithaca New York after drinking beer doctored with a poisonous ingredient. The man who sold it was taken into custody.
Edward H. Hall a Boston Justice of the Peace is disbarred from practice before the Pension Office for holding pension certificates as collateral security for loans.
The grave of the late Matthew H. Carpenter in Forest Home Cemetery Milwaukee has been marked by a granite monument. The structure stands seven feet square at grade and rises twenty five feet high, placed by his family.
Statistics show total fire losses last year at 103 million with 296 fires exceeding 100 thousand dollars. December alone accounted for 11 million in losses. The 1883 fire year ranks as heaviest aside from the Chicago and Boston fires in 1871 and 1872.
A lively fight is expected in the current session over repealing the Pre-emption law, as urged by the President and Secretary Teller. The House leans toward repeal but faces strong opposition from land speculators across the country.
Seven men in the Washington Supervising Architect's office were fired by the new Architect for idleness and unfitness. They had been drawing six dollars a day for six years while doing nothing. The late Architect Mr Al allegedly feared their influence, but Mr Bell acted with courage to dismiss them.
A.P. Rasing, a prominent Texas man, divorced seven years ago from his wife. They agreed to remarry and met in Galveston for the ceremony. En route Nasinas fell ill but reached the destination. The couple remarried and the husband died a few hours later.
Labor writers note extreme unemployment in Pittsburgh due to glass strikes and depression in the iron trade. An ad for twenty coal miners drew two hundred responses while a thousand workers could attract five thousand applicants at a dollar ten a day. Yet manufacturers stay hopeful amid rising iron demand.
At Waterbury Conn a man who used patent medicine nearly four hundred drops in twenty four hours survived an overdose. He sued the druggist for selling the poison without warning and the court convicted the druggist under arsenic labeling law. Jepver Beeknen plans a bill to abolish direct tobacco tax and raise 40 to 50 million dollars via higher license taxes on liquor and tobacco manufacturers and dealers.
A New Year’s Day inquiry determined who among the First Lady contenders ranked highest in social standing. The cabinet head Mrs. Frelinghuysen pressed her claimed rights as Speaker Carlisle entered with the President, prompting reactions that suggested not all were merry.
An eleven-car mule freight on the Missouri Pacific in Independence Missouri was examined after stopping to let a passenger train pass. Between eighty and one hundred head died from cold and starvation. survivors gnawed car sides. Mules loaded at San Antonio Texas, bound for Kansas City, had no feed or water since leaving San Antonio.
State Teachers' Association met at Topeka with delegates Canfield and Bishop chosen for Madison. Senator Ingalls spoke on Garfield. Principals' Association elected officers led by Tillottson and Knowles. County superintendents urged a statewide course of study. state superintendent promised eight weeks to release a broader plan. Rumor floated about AT&SF moves to Kansas City. Crick set March 1 special election for Haskell successor. Multiple local incidents touched on law, crime, rail tariffs, and insurance.
A suburban Grand Trunk train collides with a freight near Toronto at Union Station causing twenty two deaths and numerous severe injuries. Fire, steam scorched victims, and a morgue scene unfold as investigators identify a conductor Baker and others amid shifting blame and urgent fundraising.
CHATTANOOGA TENN Jan 2 Newton Leverett a street car driver in this city was arrested on a capial from Georgia for the murder of a convict near Graysville Ga in August 1882. The Grand Jury found a true bill for murder in the first degree Leverett a convict guard drew his revolver when the convict raised a warning arm and shot him then escaped and was later found driving a street car here
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