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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1884
Page
6
Adherents Visit Gambetta Death Chamber Anniversary
Admirers of the late M. Gambetta visited the chamber where he died on the recent anniversary. The House Committee on Post Offices instructed its Chairman to report favorably a bill empowering the Postmaster General to establish postal service wherever public welfare requires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Gambetta
House Committee On Post Offices
Postmaster General
Morrison signals open floor on tariff issue
Congressmen Morrison indicates every member will have a chance to state position on the tariff. He plans to present the matter clearly so there is little room for evasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison
Congress
Forfeiture Bill Aims at Seven Railroad Land Grants
A sub committee drafted a bill for Congress to forfeit five million acres of land grants held by seven railroad companies. Several western lines are named, with Texas Pacific grants singled out for special consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Texas Pacific
Villard Transfers NY Residence to Trustees for Debt
Henry Villard, late Northern Pacific magnate, turned over his Madison Avenue residence in New York to trustees to secure a debt to the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. The obligation totaled about 344000 dollars, incurred through his financing system linking his headship of several companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Villarp
Northern Pacific Railroad
Madison Avenue
New York
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
Villard
Planters Oppose Mexican Sugar Imports Under Reciprocity Treaty
The Louisiana Sugar Planters Association adopted resolutions voicing alarm at the potential entry of Mexican sugar produced by semi slave labor under the Mexican Reciprocity Treaty. They called for Senators and Representatives to exert full effort to avert this perceived unfairness to free labor and sugar producing states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Sugar Planters’ Association
United States
Mexico
Virginia Constitution Fails to Restore Voting Rights after Duel Conflicts
The Virginia constitution disqualifies any citizen engaged in fighting duels from citizenship or holding office, a provision enforced by the legislature. While past legislatures reversed such bans, the current session refuses to follow precedent, leaving many hot-blooded Virginians disenfranchised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Commonwealth
Train wreck in Indiana injures Yale students bound for Louisville
A Louisville bound Sleeper train wrecked at Charlestown Indiana. About twenty Yale students aboard were injured in the fire. Otis Strong of Auburn Maine and W W Crehore of Cleveland were among the worst affected. Young Strang, a bright athletic youth with a fine bass voice, had his right leg amputated and faces possible loss of the left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Charlestown
Ind
Yale
Otis Strong
Auburn
W. W. Crehore
Cleveland
Strang
Fashionable Washington Duels End In Injury
In Washington, young men reportedly stage duels to display “honor able scars.” A dangerous mock fight ended when one participant thrusts a sword into his foe’s eye, leaving the injured man badly damaged and destined to live with one eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Natural son of Earl of Dunraven in Maine hunting tale
Arthur Legrand Stafford, claiming royal lineage, traveled with Southern men to Maine for a hunting trip after landing in New York in November. He became engaged to Grace of New York. In December, while Stafford strolled with his rifle during a snowstorm, both he and Grace were found frozen. A knife in a bear’s shoulder was reported in the incident. Grace’s shock led to her confinement in Elmira Asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Legrand Stafford
Earl of Dunraven
New York
Maine
Bangor
Grace
Stafford
Mies Grace
Elmirs
Congress Session Ledger of 1860s Debates and Bills
The record covers Senate and House activity with petitions on Oregon land grants, duties on cattle and pork, and numerous bills. It notes new rules discussions, executive sessions, adjournments, and proposed actions on Mississippi River works and postal savings banks.
Ohio and national political notes from a late report
The report outlines Ohio Democratic caucus nominating H B Payne for U S Senate to succeed Pendleton. Resignations from Brewster Cameron and Cherif Pasha are noted, with the Khedive accepting both. New York Woman Suffrage denounces Utah disfranchisement. A Republican Senators caucus weighs immediate election of President pro tempore. Anthony’s health improves but doubts remain about taking the Presidency pro tem. Gilmore sues Carl Schurz for 300000 over disbarment related to a General Land Office matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Democratic’ Legislative Caucus
H. B. Payne
United States
George H. Pendleton
Brewster Cameron
Department of Justice
Tucson
A. T
Khedive
Cherif Pasha
Woman Suffrage State Executive Committee
New York
Edmund
Utah
Friends of
Anthony
C. D. Gilwo
Abilene Alderman Threatened After Gambling Clash
In Abilene Texas Alderman Collins clashed with a gambler named Hemp hill Walter Collins Deputy Marshal tried to intervene and three men were killed in the melee. At Nokomis Illinois Dr. Thomas J Whitten his wife and son George nearly perished from a base burner stove fire. In Escentur Kaufman Texas Hampton note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Tex
Collins
Hemphill
Walter Collins
Nokomis
Thomas J. Whitten
George
Eas
Escentur
Kaufman, Texe- Hampton
Poisonings and fires mark crowded news year
Reports describe several fatal and near fatal incidents including poisoning deaths of Bird and two daughters, a older man burned in his home, a three year old freezing to death due to neglect near Pilot Grove, a snow shovelers accident on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and a fatal cabin event in Taylor County. Other items note political moves on the Sudan question, a sheriff’s posse shooting, and a theater fire in Pueblo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bird
Cmere
Negar Samuels
Depot
Robert Runner
Pilot Grove
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Russia
Gladstone
England
Sandy Robinson
Bannerman Plantations
Taylor County
Tex
Joseph Lathrope
W. G. Taylor
Lenoir County
N. C
William Croom
Croom
Union
Salt Lake
Utah
Johanna Offt
Erie
Max Deller
Saxony
Senate panel weighs Chinese Immigration Act amendment
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations reviewed the Pacific coast bill to amend the Chinese Immigration Act of last Congress. The long discussion suggested the measure aims to correct the law and end Chinese labor importation, with a favorable report anticipated. The War Department notes General McKenzie's condition improving, but recovery prospects remain uncertain. A coroner's verdict on the Billville convent fire condemns upper story dormitories and calls for legislative action, faulting management for inadequate precautions. Chinese fear French designs on Canton. Admiral Courbet reportedly ready to advance on Bacnih. In Texas, four masked men halted a St. Angelo stage and robbed mail and passengers. both stages were plundered, with a large regis tered cargo. Treasury announces $70,000,000 in three percent bonds will accrue interest and be paid March 15, 1834. Wheat tumbles in Chicago. brokers Coreman & Co. and Fuller & Co. fail in New York. About forty delegates attend a Philadelphia labor conference. John A. Rooney of Brooklyn urges protection of home industries and opposes tariff changes and political candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ConGress
Senate
Dolph
Oregon
Washington Territory
Oregon Central Railway
Townshend
Germany
France
Browne
Indiana
United States
House
van Wyck
New Orleans & Pacific Railroad Company
Secretary of the Interior
O'Donnell
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Anthony
Committee On Foreign Relations
Executive Department
Morgan
Alabama
Georgia
Arkansas
Texas
Kasson
Slocum
Fitz John Porter
Mississippi River Commission
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Ochiltree
Edward Lasker
Dawes
United States Postal Telegraph Company
Postmater-General
Sawyer
Jumb
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
King
Mississippi River
Lambi
Call
Cullom
Utah
Sennate Committee On Foreign Relations
Pacific Coast
Miller
California
War Department
McKenzie
Billville
Canton
Admiral Courbet
Bacnih
Colorado River
St. Angelo
Tex
Chicago
E. W. Coreman & Co
J. M. Fuller & Co
New York
Philadelphia
John A. Rooney
Brooklyn
Kansas State Board of Agriculture Holds Thirteenth Meeting
The Kansas State Board of Agriculture met at Topeka and elected officers for the year: President R W Jenkins, Vice President H C St Clair, Secretary Wm Sims, Treasurer John Francis. New directors include J Carter, J O Savage, Neill Wilkie, J M Harvey, L M Pickering. They discussed establishing an experimental farm, sought a $2,000,000 Congress appropriation to combat pleuro pneumonia, and urged measures on hogs, meat exports, pleuro-pneumonia territory, and Spanish or Texas fever. Governor Glick attended and outlined needs for cattle health efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Topeka
R. W. Jenkins
Clay Center
H. C. St. Clair
Belle Plaine
Wm. Sims
John Francis
J. Carter
J. O. Savage
Neill Wilkie
J. M. Harvey
L. M. Pickering
Glick
Chicago
Congress
Washington
Germany
Kansas
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Large sweep of arrests and political moves in Kansas frontier era
Deputy U S Marshal Williams reports many arrests in Kingman and nearby counties on charges of perjury and fraud in Osage Reserve land cases. Senate hears a 20 000 ex soldiers petition for a Kansas Soldiers Home. Leavenworth County backs Jarces F Legate for Railroad Commissioner. Reading Clerk contender Banks is U S Senate candidate. Drummers gripe at excessive baggage charges by railroads. Russell fights Union Pacific freight rates. Atchison dance ends in melee where Edward Smith kills Marshal Fail after a gunfight. City Attorney Cuartes Griffin dies. grain trade shows rising taxes and volumes. 1883 grain intake up sharply from 1882.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingman
United States
Williams
Osage Reserve
Plumb
Senate
Kansas
Board of County Commissioners
Leavenworth County
Jarces F. Legate
A. R. Banks
Kansas House
Reading
United States Senate
Tor
Council
Russell
Union Pacific Railway
Everest
John Fall
Smith
Fail
Cuartes T. Griffin
Atchison
Atchison, Topeka & Banta Fe Railroad
Railroad Commission
Osage City
Newton and Great Bend
Washington
Topeka
Brewer
McCrary
Horton
Valentine
State House
C. H. van Fossey
Wyandotte County
Kansas City
Globe
Hot Springs
Ark
Union Pacific Brass Foundry
Armstrong
Berryman Shumate
Grorce StaGer
Leavenworth
Tragic practical joke ends in gunfire at Hammill home
In Frankfort Franklin County, a failed joke led to a deadly incident. R E Carter and Sam Wayne visited Thomas Hammill's house to scare him with blanks. Hammill fired, Carter returned fire wounding Hammill in the jaw and neck. Hammill's condition became mortal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decquery
Inn
Frankfort
Franklin
R. E. Carter
Sam Wayne
Carter
Thomas Hammill
Hammill
Wayne
Prohibition of American Pork Sparks French Debate
Paris voices a forceful protest against Washington's planned retaliation on American pork imports. M. Simonin argues the ban harms France’s economy and consumers, cites import declines from 50,000,000 to 150,000 francs, and warns of broader losses if American reprisals extend to French wines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Jans i
Washington
France
Germany
la France
M. Simonin
M. Bert
Havre
Bordeaux
Marseilles
Academy of Medicine
Council of Public Health
Antes
Manipal Laboratories
American Congress
United States
Nantes
Poisoning Rampage Kills 3 in Texas Family Tragedy
In Kaufman County near Dallas a Byrd family of nine suffers seven poisoning cases with three dead and four others near death. A neighbor is strongly suspected as the toxin source after a water bucket was tainted during Thursday night sickness. Sheriff reports escalating alarm and possible arrest to prevent lynching as post mortems are prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Kaufman
Byrd
Bennett
Byrds
Wilson
Kauf& Iman
Five Elmira Sailors Lost In New Jersey Coast Wreck
A barkentine Elmira from Salmanco England struck near Life-Saving Station No 21 on Long Beach New Jersey. A gale and ice hindered rescue attempts. Five crew members washed ashore the next morning near Stations 4 18 and 19. A woman’s dress and a Bible survived among debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Beach Hawes
N. J
Salmanco
England
Long Beach
Elmira
Barkentine
Sca
Shooting Affray Near Fayetteville Ends in Death
A shooting affray about five o clock Wednesday afternoon three miles south of Fayetteville Arkansas resulted in the death of Jeff Gilliland. He and others, returning from Circuit Court, quarrelled with John R Malone a deputy constable. Gilliland drew a pistol and Malone fired in response as both dismounted. The feud between Gilliland and Malone underlies the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Ark
Jan
Jeff Gilliland
John R. Malone
Gilliland
Eros
Seth Mills
Malone
Bott
Tragic Brinton Station Snow Cleanup Accident
At Brinton Station on the Pennsylvania Railroad eight miles east of Pittsburgh a grave accident killed two workmen instantly and injured five others, one dying later. Twenty five men were clearing snow in the cut when an approaching train could not be seen or heard due to darkness and the lack of a lookout. Names of the dead were largely unknown except Jacob Heidelburger, 28, and the injured included Frank Collins, 27, Herman Sands, 18, T. Chilli, 28, and John Fisher, 30. five victims remained in hospital with serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Brinton Station
Pennsylvania
Here
Pennsylvania Railroad
Brinton
Jacob Heidelburger
Frank Collin
Herman Sands
T. Chilli
John Fisher
Manic 15 year old in Washington faces murder charges
Alphonso Kell a fifteen year old boy appeared in Judge Snell's court charged with a spree of arsenic poisonings in Washington D C He confessed attempts to poison family cattle and a barn fire set plan He claimed to have poisoned his mother and aunt in Baltimore and will be examined for mental condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Jan. Y
Alphonso Kell
Enjamin
Baltimore
Columbus Female College Burned In Lumans Ga
A fire at Columbus Female College in Lumans Georgia this morning origin traced to a defective flue. Hydrants froze, firemen struggled to thaw them. All inmates escaped. Building valued at 22000 with 20000 insurance and 5000 furniture insurance. Total loss about 30000, insurers likely to recover about 5000. College owned by stock company led by G R Glenn president. Established seven years ago in active operation.
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Lumans
Jan
Columbus Female College
G. R. Glenn
Also Mentioned on This Page
O8bun Shannon
The
Daily News
Proceedings OF Congress
Pueblo
Colo
State. News
State Board of Agriculture
Kan
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