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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1897
Page
7
A fragment reports a Sunday recept with a 45 millimeter measure and references a person or entity named Ence. Details are incomplete but imply a scheduled event or packing context.
General Daniel Ruggles died at his Fredericksburg residence after several months illness. He resigned from the U S army at the war’s start and served Virginia. His earlier service included the Seminole War and campaigns in Florida in 1836 and 1840.
In TorEKA Kansas on June 3 Major Calvin Hood of Emporia is openly announced as a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor. The news spreads through close circles and is expected to reach the state quickly.
Washington June 2 President McKinley conferred degrees on about fifty graduates of the National University Law School during last night's commencement in a crowded theatre. The stage held many notable figures.
Major William Warner of Kansas City delivered a Memorial day oration before a crowded Music hall audience in Cincinnati. Hon. E. S. Lyboyer of Ohio also spoke, addressing as many listeners as could find room to sit or stand.
Montpelier Vermont May 31 a folding bed at the Union house closed automatically last night trapping Henry Kendall 63 as he slept He was dead on removal with death attributed to suffocation or heart failure induced by fright Authorities report uncertain cause under investigation
An 19th century notice warns against mercury based cures and extols Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as a genuine internal remedy. The ad promotes the product and mentions Hall's Family Pills and a miscellaneous sale item by C. W. Prarsex of Lawrence.
News from Cheyenne agency reports a planned arrest of Indian fugitives by civil authorities. officials fear a potential outbreak near the Cheyenne reservation though some state leaders deem the danger exaggerated. Secretary Bliss orders delivery of fugitives to civil authorities with credentials. Cheyennes at Lame Deer agency face long-standing tensions with cowboys, bushwhacking and distrust fueling violence.
A Greene Avenue Baptist church party of twenty one from Brooklyn was struck by a Long Island Railroad train at the Merrick Boulevard crossing near Valley Stream Long Island. Five youths were killed instantly: George S. Fashley Jr William Cilchrist Jr Winslow Lewis Lester Kk Roberts and Dora Hurtsch. Several others wounded, investigation underway.
A race riot in Lee township Pope county near Atkins escalates with five or more killed or dying. Victims include Will Gaylord a colored man whipped by whites and Jesse Nickles badly cut by negroes. Deputies struggle to arrest rioters as a mob strips and beats Gaylord.
June 2 in Torenka Wan The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co wins a circuit court restraining order against State Superintendent McNall stopping him from enforcing a May 20 license revocation. The writ returns June 17. McNall says he will not obey Foster’s order and will bar Metropolitan and its agents from doing business in Kansas. He asserts the US Supreme Court holds injunctions do not apply here.
At dusk in Denver a spring wagon carrying eight children ages 3 to 9 was struck by a special Denver & Rio Grande train. Carpenter Henry Marsan drove the wagon. Four children died and the others, two mortally wounded, were severely injured with death likely.
Sacramento May 31 Theodor Durrant will hang on June 11 one week from next Friday. Governor Budd has telephoned that order to Warden Hale of San Quentin and directed the death watch be placed upon the prisoner.
Washington June 2 Judge Bradley ordered acquittal for sugar trust witness John E. Searles after ruling Senate committee questions were not pertinent or within its jurisdiction. Trials of reporters E J Edwards and John S Shriver postponed to next Monday.
Isaac Hoffman of Hoff man Alexander & Co. clothing men is dying in a city receiving hospital after two bullet wounds in the head. He was found by the night watchman in his office with the door on the latch, triggering conflicting murder and suicide theories.
Fur nace workers in Shenango and Mahoning valleys plan a general strike starting July 1 demanding higher pay. About 10,000 workers would join, timing the action for hot weather to pressure furnace operators to concede. Current wages range from 1.50 to 2 per day.
In BrimMineHamM Alabama on June 2, a White Caps mob whipped two Black women of bad character within an inch of their lives. Last night a band attacked a Black man named John Hayden by mistake, striking him while passing.
Metamora Michigan June 2 The Rev Dr W H Flint was horsewhip ped on Main street yesterday morning by Arthur Brownell who says Flint made statements reflecting on his character leading to divorce proceedings Mrs Brownell died before trial and no trial occurred
Sedalia on June 2 1900 Thomas J Lingle sold his interest in the Evening and Weekly Sentinel to owner GC Ji Walden who will conduct the business in the future Lingle also has a financial interest in the Clinton Mo Tribune and may relocate there
Washington June 2 officials say Mr Calhoun will not submit an official Cuba report. He will file only an official report on the Ruiz case and any broader war impacts will be a verbal briefing to the President.
Marie Pruett an elderly Black woman aged at least 104 years was buried in CalL uco Missouri today. Born a slave of the Pruett family in Kentucky she was brought to Howard County as a young woman.
Ex Senator Peffer writes in his paper arguing against an extra session. The June report from Torexa Kansas notes his stance and the legislative dispute fueling the push for additional meetings.
President McKinley informed Senator Baker he will not remove Warden French from the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth. The office remains under the civil service system. Irrank P Hastings, secretary of the ES consteration at Washington, is cear. The Manhattan Kan foundry burned, loss $25000, origin unknown. L C Sennett, Western Union operator, shot dead in the home of Maggie West, a vaudeville actress, at San Antonio Texas.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions discovery by Lowrene Lise and a printing department. It references theft profits, a cone line card, a heat posterior, and an attempt to turn off squinting. The text is unclear and unreliable.
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