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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1880
Page
1
A broad alert describes a strict quarantine to be set along the Atlantic coast. Reports detail fires, boiler explosions in Youngstown, immigration influx to Castle Garden, and fears of unrest with Russia. Weather notes include northerly winds and blizzards, with ships seeking harbor along the coast.
Reports from April 30 reveal resolutions on public land entries and a plan to delay action. The Senate discusses the Allison amendment for West Point cadets, then passes the naval appropriation bill. Washington and financial statistics follow, including bank data and currency notes, with Donnelly-Kintey inquiry ongoing and testimony about anonymous letters in the Washburn case.
National Capital items report an April 30 nomination for Orange For New York as Second Auditor of the Treasury, replacing French. A House War Claims committee favors returning 20 000 to H Johnson and others from damages levied on Southern sympathizers in Tennessee during the war. Cabinet discussed Ute Reservation tensions and approved dispatching General McKenzie’s forces to prevent clashes, deferring the army appropriation bill until the deficiency bill arrives.
The San Francisco letter notes threats and a witness summons amid California GOP debates on Blaine support. It reports Greenback Labor electing W A Howe and J S Loveland as delegates, and a New York conference backing Chicago opposed candidates while urging civil service reform joining several Republican groups.
In London a campaign against Jews appears to be starting. Sir Adh aytor is named Junior Lord of the Treasury and Lord Kensington Controller of the Household. Evel Cowper named Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord O Hegan 3rd Chancellor of Ireland, and Dr Hugh Law Attorney General for Ireland. A Berlin dispatch notes Reichstag defeats prompt reconsideration on strong government. Ablal Ribman Khas offers partial revenue remittance as settlement nears. A disorderly land meeting in Depus rotunda ends with personal clashes as Parnell presides. Captain Potter and eight officers to Mansion House ball as Galway events proceed. Dublin dispatch says Parnell national land conference a failure. New Commons sworn in. oath takers may affirm. In Bekun, Jews of foreign birth in St Petersburg ordered to quit in six hours.
A revolutionary Lastaka, famed for Kherson treasury theft, is arrested amid many Nihilists leaving Russia. The czar's birthday drawn a grand reception at the Winter Palace with extraordinary envoys from Germany and Austria. A Portuguese agent seeks Russian support over China in Macao matters. Osurgeti is burned with distress reported, and a Moravian fire incites anti Jewish violence leaving one dead and others wounded.
Supreme Court orders writ of habeas corpus in Dennis Kearney case returnable May 11. M H De Young Chronicle surviving proprietor arrested for libel over New York World editorial accusing Mayor Kalloch of suborning perjury. bail posted. Also reported Seattle miners drowned in Skaget River rapids after canoe capsize.
Col Joseph Segar American and Spanish claims commissioner died suddenly aboard a steamer from Norfolk. Col William Hemphill Jones, clerk of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, died of pneumonia last night in Washington.
A late April fire in Winrtenp Kansas destroyed six buildings starting in Fred Lenschen’s furniture shop. Losses listed include Lenschen $2,800 insured, Harter and Hudson properties with uninsured amounts, Hackney & McDonald livery, Central Hotel, Lindell Hotel, and J L Allen. Deputy Sheriff Frank Finch injured, fire cause unknown. Two blocks burned in Jacksonville, Illinois, destroying the city post office and inflicting about $80,000 damage with minimal insurance.
In Belleville Illinois and St Clair county coal districts unrest grows as miners protest four cents per bushel pay, eight hour days, and fifty bushels per day cap. They say operators lose control of business and may lock all mines, aiming to force concessions before reopening.
The dispute centers on operators terms and three cents per dig, with operators asserting control over their properties. Miners threaten action, prompting Governor Vullom of Illinois to authorize Sie Weber in St. Clair to safeguard property and order peace. Bellville reports indicate two men attempted to hire replacements to pit, while Coal Exchange members plan similar moves. nonexchange operators will keep working. No outbreak yet, but tension remains high.
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