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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1883
Page
6
Iris reports President Arthur will reference his Western tour from last summer in his message to Congress and draw conclusions from the experiences gained during that trip.
Two workmen at a Caperton West Virginia quarry reported discovering an old iron chest inside a cave. The chest contained coins and tools, suggesting artifacts from an ancient race. Authorities may study the find to determine origin and age.
Charles H. Craxeé, surgeon general and longtime Army medical officer, died in Washington. He led the medical department since July 1882 and had served 35 years in uniformed service.
Iris reports Bank of Nevada in San Francisco earned 740000 dollars net last year. The bank is owned by J C Flood and J L Flood, known as bonanza kings, along with ex senator Fair Brander and millionaire Mackey.
Miss Susan B Anthony, visiting Ireland, states English misrule has practically ruined the country and calls it undoubtedly a mistake. She notes the Irish hatred of the English and says she is not surprised by it.
A recent meeting of Massachusetts Independents in Boston issued an address to the people condemning money in political conventions. They demand repeal of the law compelling the coinage of the present silver dollar and recommend opposing the election of General Butler.
In Albany New York during the jury pool for State Senator Loring B Sessions bribery trial one juror stood out knowing nothing of Roscoe Conkling Thomas C Platt Sessions Bradley or the 1881 New York Senatorial contest His name Goodfellow and he was accepted as a good juror.
Frank Botsford, a young man, was arrested in Rochester New York and sentenced to six months imprisonment. He is named as part of a group that robbed the bodies of ex Mayor Hoyne of Chicago Professor Stone of Battle Creek and others after the Rome Watertown Ogdensburg railroad disaster last July.
At a late Salt Lake City meeting Apostle Cannon read church statistics. Utah membership 127,294. families 23,000. births six months 2,300. children under eight 37,000. marriages six months 330. new members 23,040. deaths 781. Arizona 2,264 members. Idaho not reported, has double Arizona.
The Tut Convention of the American Woman Suffrage Association held a session in New York. Presiding was Mrs. Elizabeth B Chase who outlined the group’s objectives. Speakers included Mrs. Mary F Eastman Rev J M Bosford and Mrs Lucy Stone advocating suffrage for women. Rev Mr Steinthal of England and Rev Oliver Johnson also spoke. Lucy Stone claimed Gen Butler would lose if Republican women in Massachusetts had votes.
French papers publish strong denouncements of Germans in employment. Hostile demonstrations and anonymous threats drive dismissals of German workers in Paris. A state tobacco factory at Gros Caillon orders staff to prove they are French or face dismissal. Only Germans faced penalties amid rising anti German sentiment.
Lizv Tenant Stoney, sent to distribute money to Indians, discovers a purported immense Alaskan river. He travels from Hotham inlet southeast with an attendant and interpreter, reaches the river mouth with huge floating timber, traces fifty miles inland, and learns natives say the headwaters would take months to reach. Rivers length estimated at fifteen hundred miles.
AUS politician A M Sullivan claimed O Donnell the Carey slayer is an American citizen and that his trial will wait for U.S. counsel in England. Interior Secretary accepted Edgar Marble’s Patents post resignation. Butterworth of Ohio offered as replacement. Nashville reform ticket unites races in a landslide victory. Lansingburg women vote amid fears of imported electors. Pardon talk grows for Sergeant Mason with 900000 signatures.
Secretary Folger accepts terms of compromise in the Hesing judgment, amount 80,000 with 2,700 offered and accepted. A cyclone damages Arcadia Wisconsin. Yellow fever hits Brewton Alabama and trains pass without stopping. Cotton Exch report shows 302,133 bales moved to ports and overland. Court martial set for Fort Huachuca October 1 over Lt. Col. Merron. Stouffer caught with engraved notes. forgery case. Four die in Minnesota threshing house collapse. others escape. Halpert arrested in San Antonio for forgery. Wurtz jailed as prisoners seize Clinton jail. October crop condition down to 68. Mobile and mobile towns quarantine Brewton. Boiler explosion at Santa Rita near Pieves, Mexico. Smallpox and yellow fever linger in Mexico. Ellerton arrested for mail theft. Janesville collision wrecks three engines. Whitman widow hangs herself. Mexican artilleryman kills his sweetheart and himself. Two lynched for murder in Russellville. Civil Service Commission mentioned.
After Sherman's retirement General Sheridan takes command of the army’s Division of the Army, with Han cock staying at New York. Schofield heads the Division of the Missouri in Chicago, Pope leads the Pacific Division in San Francisco, Augur to Missouri, Mackenzie to Texas, and Hancock leads the merged South and East Departments. Reports also note Ohio election returns, Prohibition defeat, Iowa Republican gain, and Republican Legislature. A Chicago Lyceum fire injures one man. a Pennsylvania wreck harms passengers. A Denver divorce case ends in more tragedy as Herrick’s wife kills his new wife and Herrick surrenders. Alfred White’s jail morphine attempt is noted amid ongoing horse-thief pursues.
The Secretary reports a dry September with no major rainfall in many areas, lowering corn yields from August projections to about 40 bushels per acre and reducing total production by roughly 16 million bushels. Some regions fared well, especially early Irish potatoes and sorghum for forage. Overall state yields hover around 40.9 bushels per acre with quality varying by county and crop.
An attorney general opinion states county attorneys must appear and prosecute all state or county cases in their counties, with fixed salaries. If a case moves on venue, the original county stops fees, and the new county prosecutes like original, with standard legal fees. no extra pay from either county. Costs fall on the county where the crime occurred. Governor Glick received lands list for the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe grant. likely no certification until land claims are settled. A veterans reunion at Leavenworth drew about 25,000. rain dampened but the event was a grand success. Odd Fellows lodge in Topeka reported 926 initiations, 211 lodges. officers elected. Wraxportz celebrated water works completion.
A violent incident in St Louis ends in the death of Police Sergeant P M Jenka after being shot by Sadie Hill. Jenka, 42, long-serving patrol then sergeant, wore shield No 3 and was praised for courage and conscience. Hill was arrested after threatening another officer. Jenka’s funeral benefits total 11000.
Fire in Memphis originated in Cole & Co's paint and window blind store on Union street, consuming Greenlaw's Opera House and adjacent shops. Losses totaled around 250000 with Cole & Co stock insured for about 40000, opera house valued at 170000, and extensive damage to multiple tenants as crowds gathered and firefighters faced collapsing walls. A separate Chicago hydrophobia case reports nine year old Pauline Hartman dying after hydrophobic symptoms nine weeks after a dog bite.
A man calling himself Dr Jo Rodgers, an Indian healer from Galesburg, killed his white wife on Twelfth Street near Vermont, then shot himself. Both died instantly. The wife, from Iowa, had planned to visit her parents, and had previously survived a drowning attempt in the Mississippi. The incident occurred today before noon in a house shared with locals.
A blaze started at 2 am in the top story of 34 Courtland Street New York. Three alarms cried out as roofs of 34 and 36 caught fire and threaten nearby 32 and 65. Firemen contained the flames by 2 45 am with expected losses under 50 000 pounds.
Samuel McDonald was executed for the murder of Louis Laurend in Arcola. Witnesses describe the long pre execution vigil, last prayers with Fathers Brammer and Hartman, and a crowd of over 10 000 watching the six foot drop at 1 26 pm. McDonald spoke only to apologize and return God’s forgiveness. The body was taken to Arcola for burial.
An Indianapolis report states counterfeit postal notes circulated in the city today. Four or five notes were redeemed at the post office before discovery. One note for 4.90 purportedly issued at Youngstown Ohio by Postmaster E. R. Mills. postmaster George R. Williams is noted. The paper is genuine but likely stolen and altered to read Youngstown Ohio.
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