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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1889
Page
2
Lawrence ran on March 7 1889 reports the interest bill championed by Senator Howard has passed with a few amendments and becomes law. The Leavenworth Times notes a case will be sent to the penitentiary without trial and is expected to stay there after conviction.
A recent legislative change to wage garnishment laws lets the adverse party counter claims that the debtor provides family support. The provision broadens grounds to dispute garnishment when a dependent exists. The reform shifts burden and may affect wage seizure outcomes.
The Topeka Chesnut region is described as learning a rhythm of time and wind, a scene echoed by Pomeroy who learned the dance fifteen years ago in a holy minute.
Emile Freeman of Marion is appointed Commissioner to Paris. The appointment prompts hope he can speak French fluently, though there is concern his dialect may miss the narrated picturesqueness of the former distinguished predecessor.
A remark suggests the Democratic party Dan Grover Cleveland and the Kansas Legislature are out of the way before Lent. The note frames this as a broad statement about political and social figures awaiting the season’s start.
The 1890 Kansas legislature voted to submit two proposed amendments to voters. One would create a ninety day legislative session and the other would increase the number of Supreme Court justices from three to seven.
All appropriation bills have passed with little change from prior reports. Among them are a State Printer appropriation of 527,003.99 to Samuel J. Crawford for services as claim agent and 247,934.33 for job printing and materials for State printing for the term ending June 30, 1890.
The act allows the board of education to elect officers except the treasurer, set rules, and organize graded schools. It authorizes establishing a high school when educational interests require, and gives sole control over city schools and property. It permits maintaining the high school by collecting tuition from all pupils. This provision creates a Lawrence high school preparatory for college.
Lawrence residents celebrate Gen J N Roberts appointment as Adjutant General noting his role in keeping order during the Parsons strike riot and his toils in organizing and equipment of the State troops. He is praised for leadership and readiness in managing state military forces.
A descriptive passage paints a bank side town with a high bluff, dense tree cover, and an irregular cluster of rough, unpainted houses perched on piles. A narrow, stony street runs parallel to the river, ending at rough beds laid to the edge, where barnlike structures form the city’s chief business hub amid the chaotic settlement.
A Kansas river town ruins and population decline frame a Civil War era tale. Teacher Alfred Vinton refuses to join Confederate forces as Jasper Harper and a team press him to enlist or die. A shooting on the riverbank ties to a woman named D'rindy, whose claim of killing a man follows a duel with a Star of the South steamer in the background.
The act appropriates funds for the University of Kansas for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1890, and June 30, 1891, covering salaries for the chancellor, professors, librarians and staff, and for building repairs, library enlargement, and grounds improvements. Additional items include apparatus and electric engineering, with detailed salary allocations and maintenance costs. Telegraphic items follow noting political and local incidents.
Across the United States a seasonal ritual marks the marble season with boys gathering on sunlit steps and muddy roads. The cry two a whack echoes as marbles, patches, and rivalries reappear, foes briefly patching up before play resumes. Helene Hast Times.
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