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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1883
Page
6
The Italian lieutenant Giane Bettini, who tried to take his own life in New York for love, faces trial under the new state law that makes suicide attempts a felony. He pleads insanity as a defense.
The Suez Canal Company announces plans to begin cutting a parallel canal across the isthmus immediately and has applied to the English Government for support to obtain land concessions from the Khedive.
Mrs Lupra Pinkham renowned for vast advertising of her medicines died recently in Lynn Massachusetts at age sixty four. Reports say she spent about 2 180 000 yearly on advertising and netted roughly 300 000 in yearly profit from trade.
In Dublin it is stated that Carey the informer is back only temporarily and remains a Crown witness in the Sheridan Tynan and Walsh cases. Police guard doubled since his release, and it is rumored the English Government will distribute rewards for Phoenix Park murderers to informers and may send abroad all who wish to leave the country.
Water Evans of Kentucky is described as a capable lawyer and notable Kentucky political figure. Former law partner of Benjamin H. Bristow in Hopkinsville, he supported Grant at the 1876 convention and was a Chicago Convention delegate-at-large in 1880. He ran for Kentucky governor in 1879 and is a close friend of Postmaster General Gresham, who aided his appointment.
A Goop deal of interest is said to be formed among tobacco manufacturers and dealers over Treasury Department action on foreign trade marks. The tariff law lets American makers deposit marks with the Treasury Secretary for distribution to customs officers, barring import of goods bearing marks unless the owner is the importer. There is fear that U S manufacturers may adopt foreign marks to block imports.
Colonel Ditty, collector of internal revenue in Baltimore, protests his removal to the President, citing high performance reports by Commissioner Raum. He claims illness prevented walking but asserts he never missed work, referencing Gov. Stephens as a comparison.
The Fifth Virginia Confederate and the Twenty-eighth New York Infantry met at Niagara Falls for a joint reunion, the first since the rebellion. The Virginia unit, which served throughout the war, traveled from Staunton, Virginia, and shared memories of war including Cedar Mountain where they captured and later returned the flag to the Twenty-eighth New York.
The summary notes the investigation of Supervising Architect Hill in Washington, Murch's testimony, and a New York labor union proclamation urging abstinence from bridge ceremonies on the Queen's birthday, with Sons of Liberty denouncing the event. It covers embezzlement sentencing, treaties, Creek Indian issues, and a wealth of 1882-era items from weather to shipwrecks and fire outbreaks.
A large foreclosure action before United States District Judge C. G. Foster in Topeka seeks a receiver to manage a 5200 acre cattle ranch owned by Andy Wilson. The estate carries two mortgages, 65000 from Howard M. Holden and 495000 from Scottish American Mortgage Co, plus unsecured claims. Appraised value around 167000 with cattle and sheep adding about 30000. Also reports arson at ex Governor St John’s residence in Olathe and river bridge incident near Winfield with fatalities and injuries.
A series of cyclones Friday caused havoc from Racine Wisconsin to Springfield Illinois and Harvard Illinois. In Racine residents awoke to a rapidly moving white cloud that blew away homes leaving few possessions. the Sabin triplets survived with minor injuries. Springfield reports widespread destruction of fences rails and even a large mirror smashed amid flying debris. In Harvard a farmer described funnel clouds colliding and lifting mud and water, cracking oaks and moving beams miles from their origin. George H. Stuart called a reunion for Christian and Sanitary Commissions and Confederates at Ocean City New Jersey on July 22.
Harrisburg Patriot reports that Republican operatives press a renewed civil war era hostility in South Carolina elections. Aimed at J Hendrix McLane, an anonymous letter threatens his life if he appears in Columbia on April 28, 1883. The piece questions the letter’s origin from the K K K headquarters and Lips Crandall’s role in disseminating it.
A Republican paper defends nominating President Arthur for a second term while noting Republican distrust of him and his allies. The piece argues the tradition of incumbents and questions the party’s support. Also reported: Vienna forms a window washing company for urban contracts. In Boston a woman sues over injuries from a coal hole not opened for sixteen years.
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