24 Jun 1886
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1886
Page
1
A sensational St Louis Workhouse report claims inmates are paid reduced wages and face brutal conditions. White prisoners share one bath, scarce towels, and crowded cells while guards show lax discipline. The piece cites inhumane treatment, poor food, and punishments including dark cells and hanging.
Governor Marmaduke pardons two prisoners in Missouri. British Columbia elections held. Funds pursued for Methodist missions. Revenue cutter to intercept a ship bound for a disruptive expedition. Senate discussions on Alaska judge appointment. Springfield shooting of a former wife ends with escape. Jerry Lewis execution commuted to life imprisonment. Poisoning in Faris, Missouri. National convention opposing alcohol in Springfield, Illinois. Davenport man spurned by his lover, retreats to Mississippi. Roustabout thieves steal $250 on a train. arrested in Dubuque. Concord woman pleads guilty to housebreaking before marriage. Webber's Falls man shot amid jealousy. Bohemian man commits suicide in St. Louis. Miss Sturges marries John Lawler in Prairie du Chien.
Market opened lower for August at 74 percent then firmed before closing weaker. Rumors of a railroad strike weighed on afternoon trading. Corn and oats quiet with little changes. provisions stronger but gains faded. Flour dull. wheat prices steady to soft with limited sales. Wet conditions and market rumors influenced overall activity.
The Drovers Journal reports mixed cattle and shipping stock activity in Chicago. Market remains weak with slight declines and various classes including cattle, cows, calves, and lambs showing price movements. receipts near 24,000 to 26,000 with broader activity barely steady and shipping stock trading around 4.50 to 4.75 per unit amid overall market softness.
Market dull and lists of commodities with price bids and asks. Upland items include No. 2 red potatoes and live poultry rates. various grains and dairy items noted with bid and ask figures, July to September entries, and in store availability. Names of commodities such as corn meal flax seed butter and potatoes appear with values and time references.
A large segment of Lake Shore railroad switchmen at the Forty third street yards quit over unsettled terms, paralyzing business as Englewood sections joined. A mob attacked a moving train. conductor Charles Peas was injured. Later, switchmen vowed to stand firm, refusing compromise as Plumbers and plasterers strikes ripple nationwide.
Senate reports favorably a bill to pay steamboat inspectors expenses, tied to a president's shipping bill. Debate centers on a motion to reconsider a land grant railroads ethics bill. Veto messages read, and the judiciary is asked to review the measures. House adjourns after a tense rules dispute and a nonstop roll call.
The president vetoed several private pension bills including one for Alfred Dennis, citing no disability and later injury from saddle horns. Also reported are confirmations and postings of postmasters, fourth class office raises, railroad right of way filings, crop reports across Kansas Nebraska Wisconsin Illinois Missouri and Iowa, prohibitionist convention notes, bucket shop upheaval, and conspiracy law trial in New York with a guilty verdict.
Kansas City market reports show cattle receipts 2442 with shipments 1338, demand slow and prices lower across grades from good to common. Hog receipts 1777 with shipments 2274, market opening firm then weak. steady to lower in later. St Louis and St Louis area prices cited for multiple cattle grades, corn futures and butter, eggs, lard as part of a broader commodity roundup including New York money and foreign exchange. Domestic stock figures and market summaries include beds of oats and rye, apples, poultry, and local sale prices.
Milwaukee June 23 at 6 pm John Prolymann and Herman Lampel faced charges of inciting the Milwaukee garden riots with incendiary speeches and red flags. By midnight the jury had not reached a verdict and was kept overnight. Also reported Cleveland sent a check to Baltimore and Ohio officials for expenses at Deer Park.
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