27 Mar 1880
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1880
Page
1
The report notes Seymour has no intention of being a candidate while detailing political maneuvering around the Democratic party and ongoing conflict news. It includes weather alerts for the Upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys, and a sequence of crime and court notes from March 26 including hangings, a fatal shooting, and a wife’s throat being cut, with further reports on juries and political maneuvers in various cities.
The House refused to dispense with the morning hour by a 121 to 81 vote. Debate over private vs public bills dominated the day as committees considered reports of a private nature. The session adjourned after a long, uninterested discussion with no private bills resolved.
Heavy rains drenched the state while Gladstone’s health requires a week of rest. Paris artisans debate taxation by Bonapartist demagogues. King William thanks for birthday gifts. Louisiana strikers threaten violence over demands. Bombay dispatch reports British control of north and east Afghanistan. Britain faces election turmoil and police appeals amid political fervor.
A St Petersburg dispatch reports £105.00 defalcations at the Orenberg custom house with officials accused of granting low duty rates on high quality goods. The director and most staff are suspended awaiting inquiry. Over one hundred medical students were released after eleven months in custody by the government.
Panama reports from Washington say the United States will oppose foreign canal construction. Colombians fear protectorate claims and recall a 1866 Thompson concession overlooked since 1867. Tensions rise as Kearsarge surveys Chiriqui lagoon and a Peruvian monitor engages Chilean ships near Arica.
A federal committee of Representatives Beal Rose Deusher Henderson White Russell Moss and Clardy is appointed to study a proposed system of reservoirs at the Mississippi headwaters. Other items note salary reductions for government officers and House inquiries into alleged frauds in the Indian service. A Topeka Exodus witness, J M Brown of the Kansas Relief Association, discusses southern insecurity and racial intimidation driving the exodus, urging white Democrats in the South to change policy.
Payawa March 26 A Chilean force around ten thousand with cavalry and heavy artillery landed at Lo Peru on February 25 Ilo sixty miles north of Arica where a Peruvian force of about ten thousand is stationed At 25 miles south of Lo the Chileans landed three thousand more men.
National notices from Washington and Boston claim General Grant will withdraw as a Chicago Convention candidate. Texas Republicans favor a unit vote for president, while Tam many chiefs and New York Democrats plan conven tions and delegate actions amid Timid talk of Til den. News also covers habeas corpus for E Fairfax Williamson, Prince Leopold’s Canada voyage, and De Lesseps’ Chicago banquet.
San Francisco on March 26 reports the thirty days notice of Chinatown condemnation expired with the Board of Health yet to act. Laws will burden property owners more than Mongolian tenants if enforced, while arrests are unlikely due to overcrowded jails. No measures yet for housing detainees or enforcing cubic area ordinances. No negotiations with land-lotters despite rumors.
Money rates dipped with cent values eroding around 6 percent as discounts for mercantile paper fell to 6 percent. Sterling quotes showed weakness with 60 day bills at 483 white, $4.88. Government bonds activity noted but details sparse.
No Board of Trade session today keeping grain markets quiet. Wheat receipts 60603 bushels shipments 252277 to store 439046 bushels price bids 1.08 for No 2, corn receipts 15603 shipments 18115 in store 118th market weak, rye nominal, barley nominal, butter market weak with good to fair value, eggs firmer at sixpence per dozen.
Kansas Urry market report shows cattle receipts 248 over 24 hours with 150 shipments as buyers were more active but quotes steady. Steers trade at 1.00 to 21.50, stockers 9.90 to 5.75, cows 275 to 343.30. Whigs receipts 902 over 22 hours with 90 shipments, market steady, sales 3.84 to 3.85 with bulk near 3.50 to 3.00. Sheep receipts none native scarce and wethers around 4.15 per pound.
Market report from St Louis shows flour inactive wheat weak corn slow oats steady whiskey steady butter unchanged eggs better pork dull with jobbing values at 10.90 to 11.00 per barrel dry salt meats higher with sides priced around 3.80 to 6.20 and bacon higher for sides around 7.10 to 7.25 with lard nominal.
March 26 Lovia ledger notes cattle numbers and prices for native steers 1100 to 1500 pounds with values around 4.90 to 5.00 for heavy lots. Hogs trade strengthens then softens with mixed packers paying 4.10 to 4.50. Sheep firm with fall to muttons and primes priced 3.00 to 3.75 and 4.60 to 6.25 for higher grades. receipts and shipments listed.
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