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Lawrence Weekly Journal

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1886

Page

2

The Anarchists Trial Ends In Courtroom Clamor

Crowded courtroom hears closing pleas in the Haymarket era case. Prosecutor Ingham asserts Lingg’s guilt as the bomb maker and frames a swift conviction. Defense argues murder criteria over conspiracy as Foster claims bias and defense of Lingg amid arrest pressure. Reports on the Chicago meeting and Irish questions follow.

Carcaco Ingham Lingg and Engle Haymarket Lings Aldrese Foster Mr. Foster Lingg Chicarro Tabor Arbeiter Zeitung Chicago Arbeiter Zietung Supreme Court of the State Instrumentii Inc Fostercourt

Massacra and regional races at Monmouth and coastal meets

On August 14 at Monmouth Park and Huntington Beach, several races produced winners across multiple events. Elgin and Lancaster swept wins in Delaware handicap and 3-year-old handicaps, with Hidalgo and Orifamme among others securing victories. Additional notes cover Chicago and Kansas City meetings, weather impacts, and local bond defeats in Wiseton and related harvest losses from storms.

Monmouth Park Massacra Rank Delaware Elgin Rupert Tornado Milton Firenzi Julatta Lancaster Quito Saxony Hidalgo Springfield Orifamme Lusier 3d Marsh Redon Ben Thompson King Arthur Buckra Mentman 2d Judge Tiriffith

Excursion and Camp Fire Plans for G A R Post

A mass meeting in the city hall arranged a grand excursion and campfire for soldiers of the southwest at this point on September 15 and 16. The public test of the new water works and the formal opening of the Border line road will occur on these dates. Excursions are being asked for the meeting. The Cherskve Strip Hive stock association will also occur on these dates. The Border line railroad opens up a new territory to St. Louis and the east.

Campwell Kus Border Line Road Cherskve Border Line Railroad St. Louis

Infantry organized in Strafford County

August 14 in Sr. Jons Kas. Strafford county forms an infantry company and offers its services to the secretary of war for possible trouble with Mexico.

Jons Kas Strafford County Secretary of War Mexico

Democratic Convention Delegates Chosen in Ottawa County

The Ottawa County Democratic county convention met in Minsearouis Kas on August 14 naming John J. Brown Joseph Park W He Washburn and Charles Attrige as delegates to the fifth district convention with no instructions. The body passed resolutions endorsing the state ticket and administration.

Minsearouis Kas Ottawa County John J. Brown Joseph Park W. He. Washburn Charles Attrige

Soldiers Reunion Planned in Emporia Kansas Change to October 3

At a city joint committee meeting in Emporia the date for the Soldiers Reunion was moved from August to October 3 with events continuing for four days, following a suggestion by Governor Martin and other prominent Kansans.

Emporia Kas Martin

A RAID ON THE REBELS

St Louis dispatch reports rebels under Quene alto Quenetero were beaten dispersed by rurals under Margarito Irevino as Col Matanilla pursued them. Cruz wounded fled toward Texas after being defeated at San Antonio Nuevo Leon. government forces suffered one officer and three soldiers killed while rebels had fifteen killed and many wounded.

St. Louis Globe- Democrat Matamoros Mex Quenetero Col Matanilla Margarito Irevino Cavilla Topai Cruz Texas San Antonio Nuevo Leon Gonzales Chapa

Mexico cites jurisdiction in Cutting dispute over foreign offenses

In a communication dated August 12 Mexico's foreign relations minister rebuts Secretary Bayards statements and argues for Mexican jurisdiction over offenses against Mexicans abroad. The letter cites Wheaton and Judge Story and suggests the matter may be settled by diplomatic negotiations as interest wanes.

City of Mexico Senor Mariscal Ministe Romero Washington Cutting Bayard Wheaton Story New York Jackson United States

Washington Briefs and international notes in August dispatches

The August 14 Washington briefs report a case involving Thus Noese versus the Central Pacific in California and a secretary Muldrow ruling on a Mexican private claim. Appointments note John Goode of Virginia as counsel in a suit to test a telephone patent.

Wasimoros Noese Central Pacific Railroad c Company Mount Diabo San Francisco California Muldrow Huard of Commiisi Uers John Goode Virginia United States Columbus Ohio Belfast John Edgewater

Attack on Washington Narrative by Ben Perley Poor

In Boston Budget Ben Perley Poor recounts the 1864 Confederate assault on Washington. Lincoln stood on Fort Stevens parapet as sharpshooters fired, watched by Wright and cabinet members amid stretcher-bearing field hospitals. The piece contrasts Lincoln with Breckenridge and analyzes Early and Grant in the failed Confederate bid to capture the capital.

Ben. Perley Poor Boston Washington Mr. Pond Fort Stevens Abraham Lincoln Gen. Wright Breckenridge United States Early Thither Grant

Sultan’s Prize Won By Man With Golden Jar Tale

An ancient tale tells how a sultan offered a golden ball to the biggest liar. A travel worn pilgrim arrives with a huge earthen jar of gold coins and claims the sultan must repay his father's debt to win the prize. The sultan, deeming the story impossible, awards the prize.

Empire Himsel Sultan Inshallah

Recollections of an Old Man from McClure Address

A. K. McClure reflects on vast progress from when the population was one fourth of today’s sixty million. He recalls witnessing the birth of eleven of the thirty eight states, the absence of steamships and railways, the imagined ocean cable, and the semibarbaric Northwest. He notes sensational changes in the South and the scarcity of schools and newspapers for the affluent.

A. K. McClure Washington and Lee University Pacific Great Northwest Empire State Southwest

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