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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1887
Page
1
Tetzpo Ohio July 26 Republicans crowd as state convention opens with half the delegates arriving. A resolution endorsing Senator Sherman for the presidential nomination is expected to pass amid national attention. Thurman arrives and Gov Foraker remains at the capitol pending tomorrow’s session.
Confident of Suc Toepo, July 26. Anti Sherman supporters arrived by late trains and met by telegraph. Senate friends expect no serious opposition to endorsing the resolution. Conciliatory policy favored as Sherman’s long service is cited. Endorsement resolution to be introduced tomorrow and likely passed if unopposed.
The old Harrct Beecher Stone house near the theological seminary in Andover was burned down. The structure, famous for housing the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, suffered total destruction.
San Francisco July 26 In the Pacific investigation Miller treasurer of the Southern Pacific was examined. He discussed first mortgage bonds possible renewal at 3 percent and a reader from the state line to Ogden. Bonds total about 25 million with maturities 96 97 and 98 and saving interest at 750000. The consolidated roads carry about ninety million in mortgages at 6 to 7 percent due 1890 to 1900. Outstanding tack totals sixty eight million while 1885 records show fifty four million with five million unaccounted for, prompting Miller to say no living man can answer its purpose.
In Springfield Missouri a circuit court grants divorce to Mrs. Sarah H. O Day from Jobs O Day after 23 years of marriage. Alimony set at $40,000 with homestead valued at $18,000 and custody of the younger son. O Day delivers deed, bills of sale for assets, and $40,000 cash. party tensions ease. O Day formerly chief attorney for St Louis and San Francisco railroad and now its first vice president and Democratic state committee chairman, reputedly worth $1,000,000.
In East Tanvas Michigan on July 26 Walter Travis allegedly struck and kicked his wife after she slapped him in front of a neighbor. He is jailed on a charge of crime less than murder. The woman, badly injured, was taken to a neighbor and Travis killed the canary then tried to make the dog eat it, nearly killing the dog for disobedience.
In London and Loxton reports, Mr. Balfour asserts the Crime Act proclamations in partially disturbed Irish counties are justified by more than crime statistics. He says constitutional liberties were not abandoned, despite protests. Lord Beresford resigns over a Spithead etiquette breach involving a royal signal.
The will of Girard B. Allen read in Lov, Missouri, leaves all property to his four children. Charitable legacies include 50000 to the Washington University Fine Arts Museum, 5000 to multiple religious and orphan institutions, 25000 to two hospitals, and 5000 to several aid societies.
In New Orleans July 26 an elderly black man named Bob Jones was killed by his son-in-law Lloyd Martin while tied to a post. The crime occurred in Sunflower County and adds to a troubling wave of violence.
Washington notes report district realignments effective Aug 1 1887. Illinois moves to western district becoming Indiana district. New Mexico shifts to Missouri district. parts of Ohio north of the Panhandle shift to Indiana district with others remaining in Potomac. Also pensions examiner Behle dismissed after hearing. internal revenue reports show total 118 185 557 dollars with gains in tobacco and liquors and falls in spirits. Death of John Taylor president of the Mormon church noted with biographical details and funeral arrangements.
A Republican survey across western New England reports bay crops about 15 percent above normal though quality lags. Floods hurt oats and rye while corn recovers after heat. Acreage rises and tobacco declines in the Connecticut valley with potato bugs threatening early and late potatoes, though late crops look promising if wet weather does not rot them.
Sheriff Martin sets a 3600 reward for the capture of McGarrigle. Commissioner McDonald and Elisha Robinson testify as state’s witnesses. McDonald previously reform-leaning, but accepted pay for votes after 60 days in office. Prosecutors implicate additional county commissioners Wrenn Doeselman Vanpelt Odie and McCarthy. Robinson details long running bribes from ten to twelve percent, exhausting county warrants after 1885.
Nasaville Tennessee reports a murder in Lebanon where Lt K T Lane a prominent lawyer was shot dead on East Main Street near the public square by A B Lester. Lane rose this morning as was his custom and sat outside his door when Lester emerged from three houses away and fired a shotgun from about six feet.
The coroner's jury ruled murder in the first degree after an inquest. Lester was committed to jail without bail and sent to Nashville for safekeeping. He had married Mrs. Gibson, a K of P member with $9,000 insurance that Gibson’s heirs received. Lane handled the money and Lester, jealous, had threatened to kill Lane's wife. General J. M. Comby, editor of the Commercial, died at 55 of heart and lung trouble. a Perry county, Ohio native, he rose from printer to colonel and brigadier general, later serving as postmaster, minister to the Sandwich Islands, and owner of the Commercial. He leaves two sons and a daughter.
In New York on July 26 Chris Van Der Ache of St. Louis charged President Wikoff with being a tool of the Brooklyn club. He grew excited and threatened to jump into the league. A new meeting is planned for September. Games listed include Athletics 3 Cincinnati 2 and Mets 0 over New York 3.
At 11 o clock a large six story brick building known as the Big Boston caught fire. All city engines were called, and by 12 30 a.m. the blaze was under control. Loss is estimated at between one half and three quarters of a million dollars. W E Steel & Co extensive clothiers occupied the first floor. Franklin Bazar on the upper floors likely incur heavy losses.
Reports detail a recall of a ban on colored troops at an October encampment, a fatal shooting near a Kentucky fairgrounds with an on horseback suspect, Lorens Krug found guilty of poisoning his niece for life insurance money, a mysterious murder near Concordia, and a new yellow fever case in western Kansas with no deaths.
A jumble of brief items reports the Princess of Wales pursuing tandem driving, Porter named editor of the Boston Advertiser, about 125 Washington correspondents, Brady not destitute with a top eastern Virginia farm, Nellie Johnson’s arrest for smothering an incest child, Granville jailed for infant murder, Holmes and Whittier in a Walt Whitman society, a colored man from Joseph Mo sleeping then hospitalised, a Eureka Springs man hanged for abusing daughters, J W Barnes dying after horse injury, and a Panama telegraph deal granting Central and South American access via the Isthmus.
The National German American teachers' convention began sessions in Milwaukee with about 300 attendees tonight marking the start of the gathering.
July market notes show easy calls around 4.5 percent with 4 percent offers in Parma Prime Mercantile paper and varied bids across grains and corn meal. Wheat futures move with bid ranges noted for No. 2 soft winter and related commodities, while live stock in Kansas City and St. Louis sees steady to higher packer activity and strong receipts.
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