28 Jan 1897
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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1897
Page
1
An editor notes a new remedy titled Dr. King’s New Discovery as the sure cure for coughs colds and whooping cough after tried others failed. The source claims the product is safe and effective for home use and urges housing and family use.
In Wasimatos on January 23 the Senate faced three shocks led by a letter from Central America envoy Rodriguez opposing the Nicaragua canal project. Morgan denounced it as British blackmail while Vilas warned it could doom the canal bill. The session also teased the Anglo American treaty as Turpie and Sherman tangled over Cuban timing and policy. adjournment followed with no quorum.
Insurgents attack the Spanish gunboat Cometa near Sierra Morena off Cardenas. After a hand to hand fight, the Spanish commander and many sailors are killed, survivors surrender, and the vessel is looted before being set ablaze. Prisoners are landed ashore as insurgents loot ammunition, cutlasses, pistols, rifles, and retrievable cannon.
General John D. Stevenson dies at his St Louis home after a long illness. Born June 8, 1821 in Staunton Virginia, he served in the Mexican and Civil Wars, led the Seventh Missouri Regiment, and earned brevet promotions to brigadier general in the regular army before leaving the service to practice law in St. Louis.
Reports from Cairo indicate the Anglo Egyptian expedition to Khartoum may begin within six months. Sir Redvers Buller is expected to head the British troops, with a rapid advance likely on this side of Berber. In Georgetown British Guiana Venexela paid 21057 indemnity for the Uraon outrage, while William Alfred Warrison and others faced arrest in a surveying dispute.
United States secret agents arrested Henry Barnard and his wife Charlotte at their Forty-fourth Street home on $5000 bond for counterfeiting silver coins. Agent Kragg says Barnard is a skilled counterfeiter who passed coins in West Side shops for weeks. In another item, Brake Man George Wise of Foxburg dies as Pittsburg and Western train plunges into Paint Creek after airbrakes fail at trestle. Dr Richard J Lai of Santa Barbara dies after failed intestinal surgery. A Rome dispatch notes Pontiff weighing Manitoba school compromise. In Florida a lynching follows alleged assault near Tar Lawassee as Pierce Taylor is taken from jail by a mob.
Listing gives Charles J. Simmons contact details at Office 721 Mass St and Residence 623 Indiana St. Rates show visits in city priced at $1.50 and night visits at $2.00 with country visits charged per mile at $0.81.
Lieutenant Wise of the Ninth Infantry U.S. Army reports a kite ascent testing aerial observation in combat conditions. The 42-foot lift used four kites with spruce frames and canvas and demonstrated wind-strong observation for surveillance and damage assessment.
A sensational San Francisco tale centers on Little Pete a major Chinatown figure with vast Shanghai ties and a half million fortune. He built a shoe factory and controlled crime and graft, inciting boycotts and bloodshed between See Yups and Sam Yups. Six arrests followed a fatal shooting as police boost Chinatown protection.
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