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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1886
Page
4
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The Lawrence Journal Company in Lawrence Kansas lists subscription prices by mail and carrier with advance payments for daily and weekly editions. Rates include daily one year six months monthly and weekly options, plus options for new and old addresses and payment methods such as draft post office order or registered letter.
Lawrence Kansas March 25 1886 The Law and Order League are prodding the Sheriff and County Attorney of Atchison County regarding open saloons in the city.
Bradstreet's reports that in the week ending March 20 strikers at industrial centers including railroads numbered about 55 000. A Kansas City man notes a beer flow of two inches diameter and 108 miles yearly. Kansas City officials salaries are listed under a new ordinance. Jovan Gutierie declines to block the governor's city consolidation proclamation. New England and New York manufacturers form federations against Knights of Labor and related unions.
The St. Joseph Herald enters the equinox in a fresh format printed with new type on a new press. The issue features copious news, spicy comments, and live editorial matter worthy of the updated dress.
A subscriber feared a spider in his newspaper signified a bad omen. Officials say no omen exists. the spider was simply surveying the columns to spot merchants not advertising, potentially spinning a web across a store door and leaving it undisturbed.
The quartermaster general announces the soldiers monument at Baxter Springs will be ready for dedicatory exercises on May 30, Decoration Day, with a War Department agent to supervise implementation of plans.
A Chinese magistrate ordered the arrest and public punishment of ringleaders of a December outrage against the American Mission in Chinkiang. Convicted men were to be cangued with 300 blows each in front of the U S consulate, a reaction linked to the Rock Spring massacre and other Pacific coast outrages.
Citizens of Dallas adopt a resolution denouncing any attempt to interfere with property rights or dictate how others conduct business. They condemn open or secret violence and boycotts as criminally unjust and subversive of free government and pledge to uphold the principle.
A refinery company for Fort Scott has formed with full officers, a superintendent and chemist. They advertise bids to build a three story refinery building 182 by 54 feet and related structures, and plan to contract with farmers for 1000 acres of sorghum, paying $2 per ton delivered to the works.
The Parsons business community signs a $10,000 indemnifying bond to support the railroad company in a restraining order case, with about forty leaders guaranteeing more than a million dollars in property. Congress considers bills to fund Haskell Institute buildings at Lawrence and to open Sioux reservation lands, signaling a push toward allotment and equal rights under general laws for Indians.
A traveling Bible distributor feigns charity at farmhouses, offers lodging and meals, insists on paying per meal, and obtains signed vouchers. After ninety days a bank notices the farmer to repay $126.20 on a note bought with the farmer’s signature, revealing the scam.
The Cincinnati Inquirer letter writer Gath accuses the President of misunderstanding the Federal Government by claiming the right to destroy papers in government files. The piece argues government files are public records, not private desk files, and notes the President’s alleged ignorance of applicable statutes.
The speaker argues the President and Lamont control the country and scornfully attacks his consistency. He alleges the President threatens removals and document burns while claiming civil service retention laws are absolute. He faults the President for withholding examination papers yet demanding officers be chosen without review.
The text asserts Congress may regulate commerce among states and remove impediments whether natural like bars or human resistance to railroads. It states the national government may aid when shipments are blocked and cites the constitutional grant and Senator Douglas's view that this underpins the right to wage war against rebellious states.
A special agent is sent to Madison Connecticut to investigate a unique boycott against the town postmaster. Merchants, all Republicans, urge residents to buy stamps from them and mail letters through their shops. Train mail clerks face partisan pressure as the bag remains empty. The Postmaster General directs action, though remedies are unclear.
Authorities blame game over interference with strikers and the railroad. Missouri Pacific moves to seek injunctions while governors can act only if local enforcement fails. The piece urges peaceful resolution, warns public interest demands settlement, and condemns private secrecy as a pretext to control business.
Tut Rock Island Railroad Company moves to form the Chicago Kansas & Nebraska Railway with capital stock of 315 million dollars. The charter covers five lines totaling 1 150 miles, starting opposite St Joseph Missouri and running southwest through Doniphan Brown Atchison Jackson Shawnee Wabaunsee Davis Morris Dickinson Marion McPherson Reno Pratt Kiowa Ford Clark Meade Seward to the Kansas border near the 101st meridian. line 2 begins near Lost Springs in Marion County.
The document details several proposed boundary lines spanning Kansas and neighboring Nebraska. It describes lines starting near St Joseph, moving through Doniphan Brown Ne maha Pawnee Gage Jefferson Thayer Nicholls to the west Kansas line, plus a southern route from Atchison to Topeka and a later connection to Waubaunsee, and another from Atchison to Holton via Jackson.
Habher’s Weekly notes intra party strain during early Democratic administration. It cites anger in Democratic press and speeches of party allies, linking Pan-Electric scandal and silver policy disagreements to a weakened, divided stance on sound finance and civil service reform. It argues the President remains the party’s strongest asset yet party unity erodes.
Missouri Pacific seeks court protection as injunctions are filed in St. Louis Atchison Parsons and other cities to stop strikers from entering company premises or hindering operations. The piece argues railroads serve the public and that blocking service harms the country, rejecting worker control over prices or shipments.
Obituary notes the death in Ironton Ohio of Rev John Rankin D D at almost 94. He was an early anti slavery leader, founder of the Ohio abolition movement, and a lifelong preacher who aided fugitive slaves, influenced Harriet Beecher Stowe, and shaped abolitionist thought with ties to Garrison Giddings and Beecher. His family life spanned sixty four years of marriage before his wife died, leaving six sons and two daughters.
Prrrescre Pa March 22 A general strike of the miners of the fourth district began after operators refused the eleven cent wage increase. The action halts mining activities as unions press for higher pay.
Important note describes baggage expressage and carriage hire near New York City with a Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot. Elegant rooms advertised at a million dollars reduced to $1.00 daily. European plan with elevator and best stal ant services. Horse cars and elevated railroad access to all depots. families urged to live better for less at this city hotel.
I have a spacious building at the corner of New Hampshire and Pinkney streets prepared to take day or week boarders. First class accommodations will be given. Mrs. Jack Hazes, Proprietor.
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