17 Apr 1886
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1886
Page
1
A fragmentary rail timetable item lists partial entries and stray letters, mentioning Atlantic Express and a passenger schedule. The readable portion hints at time, route, and station names but is largely obscured.
Wide reporting from St Louis to Chicago outlines union protests and dispatcher actions. Labor Troubles Committee plans westward investigation as Baltimore and Ohio workers strike in Chicago stockyards and switchmen walkout, forcing limited service and heightened security. Local schools threaten a general strike over recess and hours while authorities seek order in East St Louis theater and saloons.
A prominent Democrat cites party managers weighing Powderly as a Pennsylvania governor candidate. Knights of Labor could deliver 30 000 votes to flip the state, enough to surpass the Republican majority. In Cataca, a Lake Shore switchmen strike looms as non union firings are debated. Third Avenue drivers and conductors in New York nearly halt service demanding higher pay and shorter hours, while Powderly plans a move to Chicago with undisclosed purpose.
In Congress the inter state commerce bill dominates discussion as Mr Camden presses reforms on long and short haul discrimination. Debates sweep river and harbor funding, Indian depredation relief, and pension bills as the House and Senate set broad agendas for taxes, logistics, and infrastructure with notable speeches and amendments.
Solemn services held for cyclone victims in St Cloud and Sauk Rapids, with 13 buried in two graves and 54 wounded attended to. Amid devastation, 2,000 mourners gathered, property losses reach 70 000 in St Cloud and 270 000 in Sauk Rapids, while $25 000 is allocated for sufferers.
A sweeping telegraphic summary notes Cholera raging in Italy and public opinion shifting on Gilldstone’s bill. Reports persist of deaths in Kansas and Missouri mining, a postmistress appointment in Kentucky, and a spate of legal and political notes from Topeka to London. A naval inquiry, a lumbering skeleton find, and a broken wire plot touch diverse locales, while a Kansas City meeting yields no action on the strike.
New York Money market shows a 22 percent per tent rate on currency, discounts at 4005 percent for mercantile dealings, and dull but steady foreign exchange with 1.2 percent for 60 days and 4.4 percent for demand. Total stock sales today reached 891,000 shares.
ANBAREs April 16 market report shows flour and wheat trading slowly with dull demand and erratic bids. Cattle receipts around 459 with shipments 800 and market fairly active but 4 to 6 cents lower. good to choice cattle 3.96 to 4.15, common to medium 4.04 to 4.50, milked by orders and hogs mixed.
A noisy OCR snapshot shows grain and prov ision quotes including FLOUR and WHEAT No 2 red cash May June close around 3.50 to 4.95 per unit. Corn and BUTTER creamery and eggs listed with mixed prices. Whisky and lard quotes noted, flour market described as quiet with soft spring wheat and Minnesota prices. closing figures for corn and wheat appear mixed with several near 2.70 to 4.00 ranges and various monthlies.
The Drovers Journal notes cattle receipts around 16 000 with shipments about 7 000. Market slow and prices lower with steers 400 to 1500 pounds at 5.00 to 6.00 per cwt. Stockers and feeders seen at 2.00 to 3.50. Cows and mixed lots range 4.00 to 5.55, overall market softening.
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