31 Aug 1898
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1898
Page
1
Market notes show dull receipts with cattle and hogs steady to uneven. Prices quoted include cattle around 4.40 to 4.55 and hogs near 6.40 to 7.60 per hundredweight, with varied Western sales and receipts posted for August through September.
A long, garbled report outlines a dramatic twist as investigators link a letter to the Dreyfus case, detailing arrests, political fallout, and debates in the chamber of deputies. It mentions Cavignac, Peliteay, and ministers, with references to war offices, trials, and public reaction across multiple cities.
Fort Leavenworth reports Quarters sergeant James A. Young of the Twentieth Kansas, convicted by a San Francisco court martial of embezzlement, begins a one year sentence at the U.S. penitentiary. He plans to appeal, claiming no confession and arguing inconsistent evidence.
Reports from Nebraska and Kansas detail Captain Bo Adlams nomination in Fifth District politics, Gov. Leedy's illness in Hutchinson, and calls for E G Wolcott as ambassador to England. Kansas Attorney General Bayle sick with malaria cancels September campaigns. a Jackson County judge faces murder charges after killing his wife. Bonne Femme Baptist meeting in Centralia ends with sermon by Rev Dy of Stephens College. Zionist congress in Basel moves to establish a London central bank with ten thousand dollars capital. Warrensburg posts as a free delivery point on December 2. Postal receipts exceed ten thousand dollars for the year ending June 1. Wariviers to be substituted. Interior Department to redeem Creek Indian war warrants totaling around seventy four thousand dollars held by Kansas City investors.
The Puritan Amphitrite Hannibal and Montgomery sailed from Ponce Puerto Rico and will head to Newport Rhode Island to move crews north for healthier climate. Newport citizens prepared forts with navy aid to host the larger ships while smaller vessels may be reassigned.
Queen Wilhelmina Helena Paulina Maria on her eighteenth birthday and majority day proclaims acceptance of the government for the Netherlands. In The Hague she expresses determination to strengthen constitutional respect and requests divine help for strength as she assumes the task with the nation’s fidelity behind her.
A Roosevelt Hospital report lists sixteen sick soldiers from Montauk Point admitted today, including John James of the Tenth Infantry and Percy Rembel of the First U. S. Volunteer Cavalry, among others. Separate dispatch notes rising tension in mining areas with thousands of miners arriving and racial labor shifts expected, plus local incidents in Peoria and Holly Springs involving church damage, threats to a priest, and a fatal transport death count.
War department orders accelerate return of the Fifth Missouri regiment to its state with no delay. Officers and men to receive 80 days of absence pay. unidentified men to obtain final ration commutation at two cents per day to help them seek work before discharge.
The hospital ship Olivette sank near the Prenandina guacaniioe station at about 7 40 in the morning. Thirty five hospital corps and forty two crew escaped in scanty attire, aided by a nearby schooner and shelter at the quarantine stand. The exact cause remains a mystery.
From Wooster Ohio on August 31 Col C V L iard of the Eighth Ohio volunteer infantry at Montauk Point denies starvation charges against his regiment while traveling home. He notes three day rations left aboard ship Mohawk and cites higher sickness and deaths than any regiment in Cuba.
TOrrea spiritual society lists round trip fares of 78 cte for September 16 11 14 17 18 21 and 24 with limit September 26 for ATCHI-OR. Woodman’s log rolling episode five charges 160 dollars for round trip with limit September 6 and special rein noted.
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