22 Mar 1894
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1894
Page
1
Saloon keeper Philip Jacobs at Thirty ninth and Meurikirn streets faced five armed strangers who demanded 100 dollars. Jacobs seized two revolvers and fired as shots rang out. three assailants were wounded and fled. Jacobs escaped unharmed as patrons sought shelter during the exchange.
March 22. William Waldorf Astor is reported as elected to a Carlton club seat amid wide discussion. The nomination of the marquis of Abergavenny’s slate sparked the selection, with many waiting candidates on file. Rumors of naturalization as British subject denied. Separate items note German snow blockades hindering rail traffic, a man’s murder suicide near Raleigh Welch, and Italian emigration plans at Washington.
The tariff bill reported to the Senate is expected to produce about 431 million dollars in revenue, with a 30 million dollar surplus. The main reductions come from internal revenue on cigars and cigarettes, a lower tin plate duty, and restoring bananas to the free list. Sugar estimates stay similar, with minor shifts due to high grade sugar imports. The seigniorage bill discussion drew many lawmakers to the White House, while Senator Colquitt remains ill but hopeful. Reports also note a lynching risk in Kansas, church conference actions in Kentucky, irrigation talks in Nebraska, and a Vatican order withdrawal by Father Lambert amid Ingersoll chatter.
Reading of depositions resumed in the Pollard Breckenridge case at the Norwood Convent. Sister Augustine testified Pollard claimed confinement there and was not recognized as the same Louise Wilson. Lene Schmidt, long employed at Norwood, had no recollection of a woman named Louies Wilson in 1885 or Madeline Pollard.
A Nebraska western central region blizzard halts Union Pacific trains between North Platte and Cheyenne. snow plows operate to clear routes while gale winds lash the area. The storm extends to eastern Wyoming and the Black Hills, with cattle losses feared as ranges are buried under deep snow.
Reports from Rio Janeiro claim Peixoto seeks dictatorship while Adm De Mello seizes a Buenos Ayres bound arms vessel and Parana plans a loan to aid the revolt. Montevideo notes Peixoto’s victory as a fiasco with forts evacuated and ships disabled. New York reports a murder aboard a Glasgow bound steamer and a drowned suspect. Burglars strike a Columbiana church stone. a grand army of the unemployed forms in El Paso. Iowa suffrage moves to allow women to vote in school and municipal elections.
Market commentary across cities reports demand and rates for commodities and livestock. Prices for grain futures and cash belts show mixed activity with steady to strong livestock bids and higher hogs, while wheat futures edge lower amid uncertain demand and varied commodity quotes from Chicago and Kansas City.
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