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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1883
Page
6
The report notes 25 people, mainly Europeans, dead from cholera in Cairo since the plague resurfaced in Egypt. In Chicago, Circuit Judge Rogers ruled that labeling someone a liar does not constitute a legal cause of action.
It is said that of the 35 million trade dollars coined there are less than 8 million in this country, and those in foreign lands it is thought will soon be returned.
Mrs. Startle of Dayton Ohio, sister of Mary Churchill, thinks a letter Mary Churchill sent to her father in St Louis was dictated and that Mary is in the hands of kidnappers.
W. W. Nelson representing Miss Hill filed a complaint in the San Francisco Superior Court seeking 125000 dollars from Senator Sharon over alleged slander. The action marks a high profile civil dispute between a plaintiff and a public figure.
Reports say Anna Dickinson's company has fallen apart with all engagements canceled. Her search for a new manager failed, allegedly because no one saw any money in it.
Police report a Pike County Pa woman Annie C Cheever found dead by the roadside with a bullet near the heart and the left breast riddled with fine shot. Authorities investigate possible murder and search for suspects in the assault case.
Vast attendance marked the closing ceremony in London as the Prince of Wales declared the event a success beyond the hopes of its projectors. The remarks capped a showing that drew large crowds and wide interest in marine industries and commercial fisheries.
Miss Helen Close of Chicago sues Mrs McGlanan for 5000 dollars claiming the woman, hired to cure a scalp disease, matted her hair so it could not be combed. She appeals to the law to untangle the matter.
A horse thief known as Small remains confined in Easton Jail and, after entering his twenty-fifth day of fasting on the second fast, insists he will beat Dr. Tanner's record, aiming to imitate the famous fasting case.
A bull tried to butt an engine off the track on the Kentucky Central line near Lexington Kentucky. The engine withstood the impact but a baggage car and two coaches overturned. The escape from a possible catastrophe was miraculous as the track overhung a high embankment. The fate of the bull was not reported.
The Superintendent of Foreign Mails reports total mail weight to Postal Union countries excluding Canada at 2,352,980 pounds, up 329,114 pounds from last year. Forty-one percent went to Great Britain and Ireland, twenty-three to Germany, twenty-seven to other European nations, and nine percent to non European Postal Union countries and colonies.
A one‑armed Black man named George Edwards circulates through South Carolina counties. Officials claim he is connected to a murder in Orange County by another one‑armed man, Haines, who fled. Edwards was detained in Hampton County and returned for questioning, admitting a pattern of being blamed for crimes by others with a similar disability and recalling a near lynching incident.
Ms Nixes, a prominent Arkansas colored man, told reporters in Washington after the Supreme Court Civil Rights decision that blacks should separate from whites. He proposed moving to a Territory or to Africa, expressing preference for a Territory with government aid to start anew. He said natural law would guide if self-governed, and hinted most whites’ support would not be forthcoming. Niles shows enthusiasm but only a small following among his race.
General Sheridan assumed army command on November 1. Iris warned a French setback in Tonquin could bring serious consequences for foreigners in China. Interior advices showed widening political unrest and weakened Imperial authority in many districts. In Sligo Ireland Conservatives met where Colonel King Harman of Dublin MP denounced the Government for sanctioning National meetings.
The article notes the new standard railroad time to take effect on the 18th, with Washington adopting an eight minute twelve second shift per Naval Observatory guidance. It covers railway postal clerks funding asks of $318,000 for clerks and $50,000 for postal cars, plus aid to widows or guardians of clerks’ minor children. It lists pension disbursements, disasters, fires, crimes, and other 1890s items with various cities, ships, and officials named.
A Wisconsin farmer and landowner, Cyrus Larcent of Grant County, fell from a straw load and died from a broken neck. He owned about one hundred farms and large tracts in Iowa and California beyond his Wisconsin holdings. The report notes his prominent wealth and extensive property.
Secretary Teller writes Attorney General to ask if he may detail an examiner from the Pension Office to assist Colonel Corkhill in investigating frauds by attorneys and claim agents against pension ers. He pledges to carry out the law and aid in prosecuting pension-law offenses. Knox may refuse National Bank authorization in Indian Territory due to noncitizen status. Pensions may require 40 million dollars next fiscal year. Later, a four-man train robbery near Danville, Illinois, netted about 1,200 dollars plus a 1,700 dollar check and clothes. the robbers then hit another eastbound train for about 800 dollars. A Milwaukee bundle worth 6,000 dollars was stolen in Portage Wisconsin from a damaged Chicago & St. Louis Railway transfer bag. Antour B. Johnson, Utica lawyer and politician, was found dead with a pistol wound. possibly suicide after a shooting in Batavia. Whites and blacks clashed in Danville Virginia leaving several dead, including Walter Holland and Thomas Stewart. The Fat Stock Show at Kansas City was a success.
The Kansas Supreme Court case features the Kansas Pacific Railway Company denying state forfeiture of franchises and asserting congressional origin and federal control. Union Pacific also files a parallel answer. An application and bond seek removal to the U.S. Circuit Court.
The board refused the Benton Township depots request for two closely spaced stations along the Fort Scott and Wichita line, citing fairness to all parties and a preexisting condition for a Harri sonburg depot. In a separate Wichita lumber dispute, John Davis failed to prove overcharges by the St. Louis and San Francisco Company. The board upheld charges for transporting 56,000 pounds on a 24,000 pound car, deeming the per cent overcharge equitable.
Reports include a petition to compel Kansas City to build a depot and sidetracks between Oxford and Winfield, rising state school enrollment in Sedgwick and Pottawatomie counties, a husband who chloroformed and robbed his wife before disappearing, major fires in Whiting destroying several blocks, a dangerous bear encounter in Hartzell Park, and military notes on Fort Leavenworth leadership and promotions. Parson’s city status and federal mail policy notes also appear.
In Brannon Wisconsin on November 2 a sensational report follows Frank Dubois a wife and mother who dressed as a man and married Gertie Fuller. Dubois later confessed she is really Mrs Hudson and had sought life as a man while living with her wife. The couple traces from Waupun to Brandon and sought safety with a farmer before Dubois acknowledged her gender to a reporter. The pair, both women, described plans to continue living as women.
A massive Savannah fire began Wednesday noon at Garnett, Stubbs & Co. and razed a cotton warehouse and 300 houses over half a square mile. Estimated losses approach $1,000,000 with insurance likely under half. Three men and a woman perished, including J. Cash, a Dixie Base-Ball Club shortstop, and Moses Coston, colored warehouse aide. Police and a military guard of 1000 were deployed as fears of riotous unrest grew.
A large mass meeting of African Americans was held in Springfield Missouri on Tuesday night to discuss the Supreme Court decision on the Civil Rights bill. Speakers urged united action and self improvement through property and education to earn respect and civil rights without legislative aid.
George Knapp of Dawson, reported missing on November 9, was located yesterday in a demented, starving state along Halt Breed trail near Devil's Lake, about two hundred miles from his hometown.
A crew of counterfeiters operating in Pike Dubois Warrick and Crawford counties was captured on arrival in Indianapolis led by United States Marshal Foster and Secret Service Chief Abbott. Key arrest at Warrick County home of Jimmy Kinder followed by multiple takedowns in Pike and Dubois counties. Seven men, including Hanchin siblings, Smithers Woods Taylor and Grossman, faced jail. Henderson aided by detectives killed or wounded during the confrontation. one suspect likely to die. The operation, planned with two parties from Boonville and Huntingburg, ended after a gunfight in Pikeville. Henderson previously helped break the Tipton ring.
The Army of the United States passed the command from General William T. Sherman to Lieutenant General Philip H. Sheridan at the War Department in Washington on November 1 with no ceremony beyond a general order. Officials and officers then participated in an informal reception and later called on the President.
Coroner's jury met in secret from nine to two, finding Missouri Burns died from a throat wound inflicted by a sharp object in Lincoln. Jury names- unknown assailant. prisoner still jailed under peace justice warrant.
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