16 Jul 1881
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1881
Page
1
A crowded Arkansas town watched the hanging of Willis Reeves after a failed attempt to die by shooting. The trap misfired twice, first releasing him briefly before a fatal drop, followed by a second failure that proved deadly. Reeves, about twenty, faced the gallows amid protests and a charged scene at the cemetery.
July 15 report from Memphis notes Isaac Green and John Hardin were hanged before about 5,000 spectators, four-fifths colored. Green killed John Richards in Council Bend. Hardin killed William Brown in Phillips county, with venue moved to Lee. Both condemned at Lee county Circuit Court and later refused appeals. Confessions given on scaffold. audience reactions described. Green died quickly, Hardin after about 15 minutes. First judicial hanging in Lee county.
Reported rail accident near Dayton involving flat cars derailed after cattle collision. Dr. G. W. Sutherland killed, B. F. Peitenay badly wounded, J. and J. A. Clark lightly hurt. Simultaneous lava flow threat from Marina Sea reports may endanger Hilo harbor and area.
The Fiji Times reports a massacre on Tapitawa island where Rabu led natives against apostates, resulting in the slaughter of over a thousand women and children. bodies burned. Separate dispatches describe the St Louis Fort Scott and Wichita railroad opening an eastern route, with 500 excursionists welcomed in Iola and speeches by Cogswell and Blair. A New York theft at Grand Central involved 10,000 dollars in bills stolen openly. two accomplices seized the money during a wagon collision near Forty-seventh Street.
The President shows minimal fever and better appetite with favorable symptoms. Officials note today’s temperature at 100 and pulse 98 while a cooling air machine maintains a steady seventy five degree room temperature. Senator Batts conveyed Southern sympathy and joy at recovery. a mysterious visitor sought a newspaper writer at the White House gates.
A simmering senatorial contest in New York and Alapasos July vote rumors headline a day of bets and silent stalwarts. Reports say Speaker Sharpe’s vote shift is uncertain while Miller and Lapham appear near peak support, with light turnout expected as days pass. Mortality from extreme heat rises as July heatwaves drive business slowdowns and price shifts across grains, provisions, and dry goods.
Large arrivals meet previous orders as trade stalls at the Produce Exchange. Speculators largely control grain prices while lard pork and raw sugar trend upward or hold steady. Cheese receipts rise but demand meets supply. butter and cheese stay quiet. Wheat closes higher in Baltimore with firm activity. corn improves amid larger receipts. oats dull yet firmer today. Coffee softens slightly. refiners and sugar markets show tentative shifts. general country trade remains healthy for the season.
Frank Brown and Jesse Myers, last of a gang that terrorized New Madrid county with robbery and murder, were executed at New Madrid. The pair faced the crowd at 7 a.m. after twelve minutes on the rope. Myers’s rope was tightened after touching ground. About 5,000 spectators remained orderly. The men fought capture after wounding Sheriff Davis and Holton. two months and three days elapsed from crime to execution.
The article notes approval and signature of contracts for using Philadelphia and Erie and Allegheny Valley lines as parts of the Wabash system. Work has begun on the line between Red Bank and Allegheny Valley and Youngstown Ohio. It also includes Kansas City market details for July with wheat, corn, oats, eggs, butter and dairy prices and activity.
Kansas City market report shows dull demand with mixed cattle prices. Native steers around 1200 pounds averaged near 1.60 to 1.70 per hundredweight. hogs and lard higher or steady in parts, with shipments noted and prices per unit varying. Various grain quotes and futures figures appear, including corn and barley activity and whiskey steady.
Western Live Stock Journal notes receipts 2,000 and shipments 1,500 with buyers indifferent. Native steers around 335.05 to 540.00 pounds, cows and heifers up to 575.75. Texan stock and mixed butchers slow. Hogs near 6 4 per cwt with 5,700 receipts and 40 percent shipments. Sheep receipts 100 with best bells at 4.50.
Kano reports quiet and firm flour with fair wheat demand and unsettled prices for No. 2 milling. Oats show active demand with cash and forward bids. rye and other grains firm or advancing. Pork and lard rise amid stronger bulk meat and whisky prices steady at upper ranges.
Chicago stock market data shows receipts and shipments for cattle and sheep, with slower trading and mixed packing. Cattle prices range from lower to higher levels with common to choice shipping at around 4.79 to 6.75. Sheep receipts total 1,800 with demand steady, prices from 4.00 to 5.40 across grades.
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