21 Sep 1888
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1888
Page
1
An OCR wreck of a city official notice listing roles such as City Clerk City Attorney Street Commissioner Superintendent and City Physician. The readable fragments include scattered names and an unclear date or opening reference. The legible content points to a municipal administration item or agenda note.
Reports from Jackson Mississippi and Decatur Alabama describe a yellow fever outbreak with 131 new cases and multiple deaths. Authorities in Memphis and Mobile impose strict quarantines as citizens flee and banks pay out deposits amid rising fears of a wider epidemic.
New York reports James Edward Bodell a trusted clerk for the law firm Shipman Barlow Larocque Choate at 35 Williams Street has swindled firm clients out of 264 500 dollars by forging bonds mortgages and seals. He is under arrest at police headquarters.
Brooklyn track results list seven eighths, one and a quarter, and longer distances with winners Sem Harper Bessie Juno Flora Dale Yum Yum and others. Louisville meet notes slow track from rain with winners Harry Glenn Lottie Wall Lamero Longides and Blessing among others.
The House members in the Fiftieth Congress report Mr. Mitchell addressing the Senate regarding the motion to refer the President's message. The debate centers on procedural steps and potential actions following the presidential communication.
The Senate debated the agricultural department bill and an amendment to move the weather bureau to the department. Mr Mitchell argued the tariff bill favored importers, while the Senate substitute protected American labor and industry. The session included executive proceedings and partisan exchanges over Chinese immigration and enrolled bills.
Governor Hillot travels to Indiana campaign as Senor Gardabsd secures telegraph from Cuba after paying a sum. Morton's exhibit garners seventeen prizes. Voter registration by Timnoic Negroes in St Louis leads to arrests. Marshal Pleasants funds short. Warrick and 11 others released after riot charge. Blair Nebs coal mill blast kills two. five injured. Wabash freight wreck at Brighton kills engineer and brakeman. conductor hurt. Scottsburg murder of Jeffersonville brewery agent Storts. throat cut. Wabash Western wreck likely sabotage. Herbert Ross tarred. Crook County deputy captures horse thieves. Tebbetts girl elopes with coachman, later recaptured. South Seas fighting. French gain flag and taxes. many French sailors killed.
Roger Q. Mills, Democratic leader of the House, spoke in Richmond Indiana praising the party as the true friend of labor. He attacked Republican taxation on the poor, railroads, and wealth, and urged tariff reductions benefiting labor over capital, citing equal rights under the law and the 1776 Declaration.
About 300 exhibitors from the Indians Fair visited General Harrison in Indianapolis this evening. A speaker praised American duties on foreign goods and lauded advances in farm machinery from scythes to modern reapers, noting the shift from drudgery to ease. The gathering ended with laughter and an invitation to meet again. Pozzoni's Powder ad follows.
The New York market shows varied moves with rates at 2 percent on some loans and 4.04 percent for 60 day bills, while demand yields near 487 percent. Cattle, hogs, and corn futures show steady to firm tones. grains and provisions markets list prices for dairy, beef, and pork items with notable quotes from Kansas City, St Louis, and Chicago exchanges.
Judge Thurman hosts a delegation of colored Democrats led by W. H. Furbush of Arkansas. He defends his record for fairness, recounts his stance against removing the word white from the constitution, and recalls personal history and views on suffrage and citizenship.
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