30 Jul 1879
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1879
Page
1
A dozen young ladies and gentlemen rode to the lake last evening for a moonlight picnic. Provisions were carried along and a fine spread made. They fished and enjoyed various sports, returning about midnight with praise for the pleasant gathering.
Telegraph reports from Washington showing warner winds across the Mississippi and Missouri valleys. Fall River mayor discusses peace with Governor as labor troubles loom. An arrest follows in St Petersburg related to a Tangaroy incident. Garners from Galveston note skirmish with Indians near Fort Davis. Vincennes fire devastates Cunningham starch plant. $150,000 loss and dozens of workers displaced. A card game tragedy in Washington Court House leaves one dead. A wagon accident near East Farmington claims several lives, with one survivor. Madrid reports Spain and Colombia treaty signed. rumors of royal marriage negotiations surface. Richmond men avoid duel after satisfactory settlement. In New Haven, collectors sue to recover $75,000 for Capital Life Insurance against notable local figures.
Memphis reports six new yellow fever cases with mounting deaths as the Board of Health struggles to recognize local officials and evacuates refugees to Camp Marks. Nurses from the Howard Association arrive while disinfection rules tighten in Louisville, Cincinnati, and New Orleans amid a regional quarantine push and evolving health directives.
In Chicago on July 20 the Congressional committee heard Hon J Y Lamon argue for more currency through gradual issues to balance supply and demand. Joseph R C Forrest blamed the panic on excess personal money and too little impersonal money, warning that continued inflating could crash the economy and urging repeal of the resumption act. William Haley, publisher, spoke on behalf of unspecified interests.
Washington reports include a $73,457 National bank note circulation reduction due to liquidation. A State Department commission for the Sydney exhibition is formed with M. Spenner as Commissioner and C.G. Lord, Augustus Morris, and Pr. Cox as members. Cox sails August 1. The War Department gains nearly $0.9 million in new appropriations for rivers and barriers, and standard silver dollar coinage faces a shortfall due to bullion shortages at San Francisco and Carson City mints, prompting extended Philadelphia mint operations in August.
Francis O Pa latko, who last week killed Bolander, foreman of the candy factory, attempted suicide in the Tombs today.
The report summarizes outbreaks and deaths from a cholera like illness in Centerpoint and Walker, Iowa, with ferried coffin orders, emigration, and exhausted physicians. It shifts to London reporting Kate Webster’s execution for murder, wage cuts in Durhamshire collieries, and a range of European political tensions including Italy and the Ottoman Empire, plus a Bosporus fire and currency decline in Constantinople.
Berlin notes fresh disturbances in Silesia near Katowice at a mine on the Russian border. Miners were quieted by Russian General Dannes as authorities consider measures for biennial budgets in Prussia and the German empire.
Great heat and rain devastate crops in Hungary and Austria. Skeletons of several bodies wash ashore on Long Island. An insane old woman who threw a stone at the King of Spain is committed to asylum. American capitalists propose a Sebastopol navy yard for a Russian cruiser fleet. Wonder Adventurer wins the Goodwood Richland Stakes two year olds. Dora third, Pappoose sixth. Evarta to present Col. Barreti’s Cuban case to Spain. he narrowly escaped assassination.
Bramble beats Benlet in the mile dash at Saratoga with a 1 49 time while Checkmate takes the one and a half mile event and Sensation wins the Saratoga stakes for two year olds. In Versailles the Chamber of Deputies passes Provost’s plan to demolish the Tuileries ruins and convert the site into a warden's area.
The market report from New York shows money rates near unchanged as of July 20, with prime mercantile paper steady. Sterling remains barely steady around 4.899 for 60 day bills and 4.899 sight, while coupon yields and new issues show modest activity amid steady overall prices.
Market notes from Saint Louis on March 26 show wheat higher for No. 2 cash with irregular options, corn steady to lower with mixed cash bids, and rye dull. Provisions list butter firm, pork and dry goods weaker, and lard steady. whiskey steady at 1.05.
By Louis Bto ck Markey July 29 St Louis cattle steady with good demand. Heavy shipping steers 4.40 to 5.10. light shipping 4.40 to 4.75. prairie Texans 2.00 to 4.15. Indians 2.25 to 3.12. Colorados 5.25 to 4.05. Receipts 1,600. hogs market lower with Yorkers and Baltimores 3.70 to 3.00. mixed packing 8.10 to 8.40. butcher buyers 3.63 to 4.30. Receipts 1,500. sheep quiet to fair ship mutton 2.50 to 8.50. Receipts 0. shipments 1,200.
July 29 market bulletin notes dull trading in flour and winter wheat with grades at 5.00 to 7.23 dollars per unit and spring at 3.25 to 4.50. Wheat and corn prices appear weak across cash and futures positions with July and August contracts mixed and several months showing declines.
In Chicago July 20 Crucano notes larger ranges across grades with native shipping around 4.40 to 5.24, shipments 2300. Hog market dull with packers active. common to good mixed 3.20 to 3.40, prime to choice heavy 3.60 to 3.85, light bacon 3.75. Sheep market slow with No lives at 1.75, Texans 2.40. receipts 1200, shipments 4200, 749 sheep receipts.
Wheat receipts 26 074 bushels shipments 5 557 bushels in store 178 017 bushels market active but lower. Corn receipts 16 550 bushels shipments 6 086 bushels in store 73 bushels market lower. Oats and rye listed with nominal values. Provisions butter firm, eggs plentiful and dull.
Kansas City notes cattle active but weak with medi an to common quality offerings native shipping steers around 1300 pounds at 410. native stockers and feeders 2.50 to 49.50. native cows 2.85 to 2.80. Texas cows around 2.15. receipts about 1100 cattle and 950 hogs. Sheep Colorado lambs about 130 pounds at 2.00 to 2.10. receipts and shipments sparse. New York produce market shows flour pricing soft, wheat, rye and corn ranges, No 2 spring around 1.05 to 1.54, red winter 1.00 to 1.12.
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