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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1885
Page
1
Rail timetable lists Union Pacific and Southern trains with departures and arrivals. Mentions Kansas City Atlantic Pacific Express routes to New York and other stops. Notes indicate daily Sunday service and southbound departures to Ottawa and southern stations.
A Dalton Georgia overnight Ku Klux Klan raid left at least six residents wounded with fifty lashes each at Mrs Jane Kidd’s house and later torture and death of Tom Carver. Armistead and others were beaten. victims warned to flee. Mayor’s list of suspects was left as mob terror spread through town.
At Saratoga two-year-old fillies race saw Faince take the win with Molly Mc Carty-second and Jennie third in 1:18. Bennette won the 400 maidens race in 1:45 with Belxir second and Lemar third. Pocahontas stakes winner Hands Down led by a length in 3:16. Emo Manly captured the mile and seventy yards in 1:54. Monmouth Park featured Miss Woodford in a dramatic $2,500 match race, edging Freeland by a head in 2:09. Other races included Luminous and Masylphide victors, with Jack O'Hearth and Rosy O. More winning later events. July 24–Aug 20 coverage spans multiple tracks and notable performers.
Lexpos reports Hugh Brooks of England may be Maxwell of St. Louis linked to the Hyde murder tale with overlaps in watch sales and a Dublin lawsuit. In Jackson Mississippi the Democratic convention nominated M. M. Stone for the third term as W. L. Wem m ingway treasurer. platform endorses restraint, state rights, and honest public service. The Pleasures Istind regatta saw Courtney Conley win the double shell race against Gandaur and Hosmer by 2 to 1 with a fast course time.
August 20 reports from Ft Worth say the late Thomas Nichols, city national bank treasurer, caused a bank shortage of 75,000 dollars with 25,000 more unsectured notes. A bank voluntary closing occurred after a commissioner’s order. Nichols is believed to have died by suicide after losing funds in silver mines and other ventures and had forged checks.
Washington notes report by John H. Oberly superintendent of Tadian schools on cooperation with the Choice Indian industrial school in Indian Territory and the Haskell Institute at Lawrence Kansas. The Chipcero school has 178 pupils with two teachers described as overworked. Oberly praises the Haskell Institute for English language gains and progress in industrial and mechanical training. The piece also lists pension examiners appointments and clerical promotions within the pension service.
A Reuters dispatch notes a spreading cholera wave in Mapseilles with alarming sanitary conditions. Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales plan a Norway tour, while a steamship Britannic Statesman sinks with significant loss. A seven year old girl dies of Asiatic cholera in Widnes.
Ireland August 20 Parnell calls Irish parliamentary party members to meet in Dublin on the 23rd to decide measures for the forthcoming electoral campaign. The gathering aims to unite strategy and advance the party’s cause amid rising political tension.
The Daily Indicator lists commodity movements with wheat corn rye uorn meal and hay prices and receipts. It notes receipts shipments and store stocks for wheat corn oats rye and related products with bids asks and market tone described as quiet.
Cattle shipments mixed with weaker prices as a marker trends lower. Hogs show rough shipments of 5.2 with open five cents down and overall market weak. Sheep steady with fair to good demand and prices around two dollars to medium quality.
Fragmented notes show prices and items at St Louis market. Entries mention oats hogs hutter eggs provisions whisky and creamery terms with varied pricing and closing references. The text lists multiple goods and rates without coherent structure or complete data.
Livestock receipts and shipments show a weaker overall market with softer prices for cattle and beef, while muttons and fat lambs hold steady amid steady demand. Notable entries include Colorado and Texas steers, native cattle, and assorted shipments in the hundreds to thousands.
Chicago subdued grain prices for August and September with wheat showing varied futures and oats easing. Livestock data indicate mixed shipments and market shifts as traders track prices, stock movement, and regional demand amid uncertain forecasts.
In the Circuit Court of the United States District of Kansas Francis L. Robbins complains against Elbert Hubble Franklin M. Keefer and others, including a wife with unknown first name. The court orders defendants to appear and plead by October 5, 1885 or face default, with publication of the order in the Lawrence Weekly Journal weekly for consecutive weeks.
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