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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1883
Page
6
In Rowan County Kentucky James Robert, long married to a youthful wife, fell under the grip of jealous passion. The strong hold of jealousy culminated in him taking his own life, ending a troubled marriage.
The cable reports that a notorious Arabian slave-dealer who styled himself the Messiah has been captured in Soudan. He claimed vast wealth in Africa and earned infamy for destroying and enslaving thousands of Egyptian troops at Kardofan above the White Nile before selling survivors. If true, England and Egypt would seek action against him.
The Postmaster General has completed specifications for proposed postal notes and invites proposals from steel plate engravers and plate printers. Notes sized for sums under five dollars will be payable in the United States by the Postmaster at any money order office within three months from the last day of the month of issue. Issuance fee is three cents. notes are expected to become a popular method for remitting small sums.
George McKenzie, ex member of Mulford and McKenzie, faced a Kan sas City Ross ticket fraud indictment. Judge Van Wagoner ruled the tickets named in the indictment lacked contract elements, so printing or possessing them does not justify criminal prosecution. The tickets were printed to resemble genuine ones and some were sold or offered by others.
W D Donson of Pittsylvania County Virginia hatched a scheme to obtain life insurance payout by using a fake corpse for dissection. He hired two men to procure a dead body, wrapped it in bed clothes, doused it with kerosene, and lit a candle hoping to ignite the kerosene and burn the house to fake his own death. The candle burned all night, revealing the plan, and Donson was arrested and confessed.
In New York Supreme Court Miss Gabrielle M. Greeley heiress seeks a trustee to sell the Chappaqua farm and divide proceeds per Horace Greeley will. Ida Greeley Smith has not left a will. Gabrielle acts as heiress and administratrix of half the estate, while the other half goes to Mrs. Smith’s husband and three children.
The body of a middle aged woman, naked and decayed, was found in a dark Dayton cellar where it had lay unseen for over a month. She was wife of a Wilmington boot merchant, once wealthy, who drifted into drink and opium decline after running away last February. Her end came in recluse poverty, identity confirmed by family ties.
A Georgia special election elected Henry D. McDaniel to succeed the late Alexander H. Stephens as governor. Ohio abolishes the Cincinnati Board of Health and faces a court led appointment question. Dublin saw Timothy Kelley retried for the Phoenix Park case as Irish National Convention convened in Philadelphia with 1155 delegates and new leadership. Pennsylvania tax plan on crude oil and women as justices of the peace move forward. Civil Service changes include Randolph D. B. Keim as Chief Examiner and W. W. White named Clerk in Atlanta. The Irish National Convention closes with a broad Executive Council and calls for unity among societies in the U.S. and Canada. Federal health moves consider quarantine stations. Cas Kring faces bail in a famous murder case. Gas suffocation deaths in Elgin, and a New York broker's fatal family tragedy headline the week’s grim totals. Reports on a rumored Indian outbreak near the Columbia River are debunked. A Missouri case argues timber compensation in railroad construction. Detained mutiny plots among Mexican troops surface, with most of the unit contained. An ancient Aztec mine near Pascula is rediscovered. A Kentucky man dies after eating wild greens. Maryland sees a wife beating case punished by lashes. A Grand Trunk collision in Michigan kills three and injures many. a Middleton Ohio drowning follows a canal rescue attempt.
Wrarr Banks hanged for aiding a deputy sheriff during an 1882 killing. Decoration Day moved to May 31 for Otoe land sale. Mississippi cyclone reports kill multiple towns. Dallas bricklayers win wage raises, carpenters gain pay rise. Kentucky frost injures fruit crop. Texas panhandle ranches burned by strikers. Secretary Chandler to Moscow for czar coronation. A Houston-area boy kills companion over flogging fears. Turtle Mountain Chippewa in starving condition. Indian Agent supplies aid. Northampton dynamite factory discovery alarms England. Lexington horse sale totals near $100,000 across three days. Ohio murder suicide case reported. Western Nail Association affirms card rates. market outlook weak but demand high. Illinois fruit crop slight frost impact. Treasury warrants issued for pensions. Chattanooga debt suit ends in defendant. San Francisco counterfeiting case convicts gilding nickels. Eleven men arrested for...
The Secretary of the Interior approves a map fixing the definite location of the Northern Pacific Railroad through the Rocky Mountains. The line departs Gallatin City and rejoins at Little Blackfoot, shortening the route by 43 miles and releasing over 1,000,000 acres to public domain. Also notes silver dollar production, Mexico-Arizona border policy, Irish National Convention, clashes in Porte Said, tobacco tax law, a Newaygo fire, a lynching in New Mexico, a New York tanners' failure, and railroad freight offices operating overnight.
In Topeka Judge Foster sentenced Henry Mil holland to one year for embezzlement and other sentences followed for theft, counterfeiting, and liquor offenses. Reports cover a deadly powder magazine explosion near Larned, a barber barber windstorm in Barber County, a Topeka body found with a pistol, and rail line notes. Also noted are land deals, a suicide at Topeka, and local civic items including church cornerstone and public building disputes.
The document outlines William P. Kellogg’s defense against a 1876 election conspiracy, alleging a wide plot involving Chandler, Grant’s Administration, and key Republicans to steal the presidency. It details forged electors, the Returning Board, and the legal certificates, alongside actions by Wells, Anderson, and others, with Kellogg asserting he saved the Republican party. It mentions deportment by the Sun Canada notes on Irish emigration.
The piece discusses a proposed transfer of Mr Mahone s Democratic following in Virginia to the National Republican party as a delicate political maneuver. It explains coalition language, substitutes, and the plan to bridge Mahone s supporters into the Republican camp with formal indorsements, noting the Democratic base has not consented to such delivery. The Washington Post is cited for the analysis of feasibility and consent.
A St. Louis Republican summary argues that Indiana will again be pivotal for the Republican ticket, with Dorsey linked to 1880 election fraud schemes and $400,000 in contrived expenditures to buy votes and influence polling. It contrasts Arthur’s partial distancing with Dorsey’s harsher stance, noting shifts in party loyalties and legal peril for Dorsey amid accusations of government funds being misused to aid the ticket. Also, Vermilion Bay Louisiana yields a salt deposit island: solid salt two hundred tons daily mined by dynamite, twenty feet deep.
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