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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1888
Page
7
M. Conn proprietor located on Vermont Street near the Court House, one block from the Opera House and post office.
President arrives in the Bee state with notable officials from counties and municipalities paying respects. Delegations from multiple towns greet the presidential party as schedule includes speeches and tours of key sites. Local leaders emphasize unity and progress during the stop.
A Des Moines or Indianapolis dispatch reports visitors to President-elect Harrison including Wisconsin congressmen Lafollette Caswell Thomas and Hagen who hint Wisconsin favoritism for a cabinet seat. They praise Governor Rusk but privately back General Payne. Senator Spooner may have backed Payne. Michigan ex-congressman Harr and Senator Palmer discuss Alger as cabinet possibility while fifteen DePauw University students call at the hotel. General Harrison hosts lunch and strolls with guests and press.
ToreKa Kas Dec 1 The convention of representatives of first class cities prepared a report for the legislature proposing ten wards instead of six and authorizing creation of a city auditor and a recorder of votes. It also recommends changes to extend city boundaries and to levy special taxes for public improvements.
The comptroller of the currency released the 26th annual report summarizing the state of national banks. As of October 4, 3,140 banks reported capital stock over 592 million dollars and surplus funds near 185 million. That year 132 new banks formed, 42 exited, with 34 voluntary liquidations and eight failures, netting a gain of 90 banks.
The monthly public debt report shows total debt principal of 1,690,917,706.23 dollars with interest 10,057,544.49 and total 1,690,976,250.72. Net cash in treasury is 292,234,610.01. debt increased by 11,199,817.00 this month and decreased since June 30 by 8,917,094,803.57. Total available for debt reduction is 390,200,787.64 and cash in the treasury per the treasurer’s general account is 612,734,621.19.
Reliable reports state Columbus Ohio will replace Cleveland in the American Base Ball association. Four citizens have pledged 240000 for forming a quality club, and a Columbus meeting of association officials is planned tomorrow to finalize the deal.
Nebraska City report notes John McCormick was arrested for repeatedly raping his 10 year old step daughter. Threats of lynching surface. John Crook, wanted since 1876 for a double murder with McWaters, is located at Pendleton Oregon.
In IpiaxaPolts Dec 1 the Grand Army of the Republic split remains a top veteran topic. The Evening News says the democratic soldiers organization is far less important than claimed and few members support Koontz in alleging political involvement. Notable figures like Major Robbins and Governor Gray decline affiliation.
A huge public banquet in the Metropolitan hotel drew perhaps the largest crowd in New York City, with over 5000 invited guests. Portraits of the president-elect and vice president-elect adorned the walls as President James P. Foster of the Republican league presided and several prominent figures attended, though no speeches were delivered.
Acsurn, N. December 1. Erwin A. Gardner was sentenced this afternoon to four years in the penitentiary and fined 310,000 for smuggling opium into the United States.
In Jacksonville on December 1 there were five new yellow fever cases reported in the last 24 hours, with two deaths. Totals rise to 4697 cases and 410 deaths.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claimed as the prescription of a top nurse and physician in the United States. Used for forty years with millions of mothers. Said to relieve teething pain and cure dysentery and diarrhoea, easing bowels and wind. Price 25 cents per bottle.
A Tulsa area convention, reported from Oklahoma, states settlers will drop their claims and abandon Territory and improvements until they secure full legal warranty to occupy and enforce the same amid pending federal legislation.
IxpranaPouts reports no new developments as traffic is resumed and the switch strike ends with workers losing employment. Talks of further strikes by engineers and firemen fade, and even the strikers back away from radical action in their favor.
A local paper reports renewed anarchistic agitation in Chicago with inquiries suggesting a social revolution may be near. It notes the movement is local national and international and that anarchists have fixed a new inauguration date nationwide.
In Wilkes county Georgia a mob of about 300 whites bound Tim Smith and John Coleman, threw them into the river, and weighted them with stones in a fatal act sparked by an insult to a white woman. Local authorities report a mass uproar and swift tension across the region as investigators pursue leads.
A collection of local advertisements from Lawrence promoting bathhouse steam, Arnicated extract Witch Hazel for cu and bruises, ice from Eidemiller & Co, sewing machine repairs, tailored suits at Weber and McConnell's, sample copies of Weekly Journal, Kemp's Liver Pills, Barber Brothers, and dressmaking services by S. T. Taylor system. Includes O. P. Leonard and J. Howell tailoring, and Eureka Tailor Cutting and Fitting System details.
Early morning funeral rites for Mrs General W. T. Sherman began at the union depot with friends and dignitaries arriving. The service in the private car of P Roberts followed a Mass and a simple dead service, the hearse carrying the casket to Calvary cemetery for brief rites.
In Janestown Dak on December 1 a large basket picnic drew the entire city to Fuller's grove. The weather was summer like and the mayor and city council led a procession in white hats and linen dusters with palm leaf fans. A four horse wagon hauled a barrel of ice as a feature before attendees relaxed in hammocks and swings and joined in games.
A dubious claim from Straffon and Zimmermann touts Shiloh's Cure as a quick fix for Covay. The brief makes bold guarantees without substantiation and presents no medical credentials or efficacy data.
Notices claiming to be from the White Cap organization go to residents near Glendale demanding they leave the county within twenty days for alleged failure to provide for families. Dispatches from Sarders deny whippings of two women. Burke's first victim, later reported insane, has signed a contract to appear in the Cincinnati museum.
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