30 Dec 1882
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1882
Page
1
Senator Logan delivers a lengthy speech reviewing his military career on the Porter case. Porter writes a letter to himself. Inside pages compile telegraphic news and briefs, delivering many items in a short space.
Washington dispatch outlines De Long's 1880 81 diary from the Jeannette expedition with notes on his proposed Wrangel Land plan and the ship’s icebound ordeal. It cites wintering hardships, crew heroism, and the December 1860 drift, ending with De Long’s death and Lena Delta discovery. It also covers tariff, public notices, and Porter relief debate shaping Senate actions.
Boston dec 29 General Fitz John Porter replies to soldiers of the Twenty second and Thirty second regiments and the Third Battery association. He recalls endurance and courage, laments government action that branded him with Cain. He asserts lifelong dedication and proclaims his eventual vindication as a soldier and patriot.
In Emporia on December 29 Mary Isabella Martin, found guilty in November of murdering Mrs. Lorraine McKenzie by poison, has been declared sane by a medical board and sentenced by Judge Graves to hang after one year of hard labor. The crime aimed to obtain a $5,000 life insurance policy, payable to the defendant’s son, who remains jailed and slated for trial as an accomplice.
Summary of brief items: editor denies management changes at Chicago Inter-Queen. Burlington mills burned for about 5600 dollars. Rockefeller refuses to answer questions in Senate corners inquiry regarding Standard Oil and related entities. two children in Meriden admit placing obstruction to wreck a NY passenger train. Lafayette train accident injures several with no deaths. beer price move debated by Chicago and Milwaukee interests, cash-on-delivery pricing set at eight dollars per barrel. Rhine water levels fall. Marritt Seymour faces forgery charges in New York. Tammany Assembly primary bomb incident in a New York liquor store. illness of Gambetta noted. Eureka surveyors robbed on the Eureka and Colorado River road. St Jacob's Oil promoted as rheumatism remedy.
A compilation of editorials and opinions across newspapers. It quotes remarks on Congress, party tactics, a proposed Colorado Senate race, electoral voting issues, foreign policy outlooks, a Danver military post project, and debates on polygamy enforcement and economic co operation. Notable mentions include Ben Butler, Carlisle, Teller, Hamill, Tabor, Hill, Blaine, and Monroe doctrine.
Washington notes from December 29 discuss Kansas lawmakers contending plans for redrawing districts. The Atchison Champion sketches five districts with odd shapes: first resembles boots with a wen, second an octagonal block, fifth sprawling from Topeka toward McPherson and Coffey, and sixth a creaking buzzard across Salina to the western half.
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