03 Sep 1891
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1891
Page
1
The article surveys Kansas and national politics with Blount-like echoes on Ingalls and Peffer, notes reform factions and alliance tensions, mentions prohibition standouts in Douglas and Shawnee counties, and critiques tariff debates affecting lace and iron. It also references editorials on England’s tin plate duties and domestic labor concerns amid shifting party lines.
Farmers in Franklin County report blasting to strike water failed as rock gave way to a cave. Explorers descended to a crystal clear pool, stalactites and arches hung from the roof, and shelves of glittering minerals lit by lanterns revealed a vast cavern with ancient canoe wreckage and crystal waters. The scene impressed passersby as divers observed its endless chambers.
Consul Thomas J. McLain reports on the Bahamas sponge trade noting small vessels of five to twenty five tons built locally, 500 vessels in use, and a labor force of up to six thousand mostly black workers earning fifty to twenty five cents a day for long hours. Profits go to owners and masters, with no fixed wages for divers and cutters. Sponges are gathered with hooks, some “rollers,” and beds are dredged out by hand. Sponges are soaked, beaten, and washed before sale in Nassau and the United States, with shipowners bearing outfitting costs and voyages paid in shares. The principal varieties include sheep wool and yellow sponges. total export in 1800 topped $806,896, with $296,000 to the U.S. market.
A bustling roundup notes Arthur and Katherine Grey marriage, Henry Irving’s Henry the Eighth spectacle, and the Chicago Sinbad shipwreck drama. It threads in Abraham Lincoln lore from a letter caught with John Wilkes Booth, and synopsizes Lincoln drama debates, McKee Rankin’s Abraham Lincoln, and views of audience reaction and authenticity.
A fragmented report describes seamless steel made under hydratolic pressure, a naphthol soda powder with safe properties, and rapid cannon velocities. It notes smokestack heights for ocean steamers, a tunnel project linking Butler Valley to Ebervalavein, and new timber wheels for steam placers. Aluminum in molten steel improves strength, heat conduction, and corrosion resistance, with small alloying additions reducing required amounts.
A historical note describes the camphor tree and camphor production from chopped branches in water, the banyan tree’s growth, and the snake tree of Guiana with twisted seeds resembling a coiled serpent. It mentions mahogany forests in Honduras valued at about $200,000 and Indiana using oats as an antidote for stake poison.
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