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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1887
Page
6
Cimbr ess Mesa, 75 miles west of Albuquerque, reports a canyon quake terrorizing a flock herding party. Cubert Gonzales found one dead, two others nearby, all apparently killed by fright without injuries. The incident is linked to the great southwestern earthquake.
At Defiance station seven miles west of Gallup a dispute in a village store led to E. T. Allen shooting and killing a Navajo. Borland and wife fled toward Gallup but were stopped by Indians who rifled the store. Allen and an old man barricaded the upper story. A freight train was fired upon as Allen and Hans escaped to Gallup. Cavalry from Ft Wingate has gone to Defiance to quell the violence.
John Blythe a prominent young farmer eight miles west of Mexico Missouri died after a feed mill accident. While showing a neighbor the mill he stood beside the operating beam which struck his head, tearing his brains, and he died an hour later. He was thirty, leaving a wife and two children.
A large enthusiastic gathering in Sr. Jor Missouri on April 7 adopted resolutions urging home rule for Ireland. The meeting demanded inquiry into a statement attributed to Mr. Phelps the U S minister to England that the American people are not in favor of home rule. It commended Gladstone and Parnell for opposing the coercion bill before Parliament.
Des Moines May 7 railroad commissioners ruled governor Larrabee's complaint against the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad. They determine tariff fairness, citing coal shipments from Cleveland to Glenwood 136 miles and Council Bluffs 157 miles, endorsing reductions to conform with interstate law. The unanimous decision sets class a terminal charge at 30 cents a ton and tiered mileage rates up to 400 miles, yielding a Cleveland to Glenwood rate of 1.45 dollars and marking Iowa's first long and short haul ruling.
Two challenges over Miss Bazaine at the Spanish Casino ball were settled without violence. The Casino expelled Spanish minister Senor Armesto and referred further action to a committee. Barron, a wealthy Englishman, clashed with officers after a controversial Boston dance.
A Times dispatch from Galveston reports a sale of 1.5 million bushels of June wheat in the Chicago wheat pit, likely for Galveston parties. A Galvestor syndicate holds 1,600,000 bushels in Chicago elevators delivered last Monday with contracts for 500,000 more.
Sum Bundy, a young man from Howenl Mo, was struck by a west bound engine while walking home from Kansas City in search of work. He suffered multiple injuries including broken arm, leg, and three ribs, and internal damage with little chance of recovery. He left home to find work after failing to pay his fare, and supported his widowed mother with his brother.
In Sturcoeon Missouri a wedding was halted when Daniel Hall 68 and widow Eliza Parks 44 faced opposition from Hall’s two sons and a son-in-law. Judge W F Roberts attended and the ceremony did not proceed. Neighbors serenaded later, finding the marriage had not occurred. all parties remain respected in society.
Conservator of Blind Tom seeks a writ of habeas corpus to gain possession of the famed musician. A telegraph embargo delayed details of the Wednesday wreck forty miles east of Doggett station. Eastbound train, three hours late at 40 mph, derailed after a burned bridge. engine survived, cars wrecked, Pullmans stayed on track. Fireman Charles Smith severely injured with low chance of recovery. numerous passengers injured including Snider of Walla Walla with scalp wound, Hanson with head injuries, Thor ton with contusions, Seels with a broken leg, Beard with a smashed leg, Edwards with a fractured arm, Mrs McMillan spinal contusion, and Green with a dislocated shoulder.
In Catcaco on May 7 Judge Blodgett heard a writ of habeas corpus to secure possession of Blind Tom Thomas Wiggins the renowned blind pianist. Mrs Eliza Bethune conservator appointed earlier by the pianist's mother alleges showmen again control his services for profit with little or nothing for Tom or his mother. The writ was issued returnable Monday.
William Davis of St. Joe Missouri was befriended by a sharpers’ stranger in a hotel lobby. The con man offered to take him to Missouri and produced a fake $750 order. Davis, lacking cash, lent $40 on a counterfeit gold watch that the swindler later vanished with. He sought police help to recover the item and pursue the culprit.
The Southern Baptist Convention held its second day in Louisville with Rev Dr Avellin presiding. Dr C C Betting of Philadelphia addressed Bible work Colportage, reviewed the Baptist publication society, urged support for the American Baptist Publication Society, and called for at least $50,000 for Bible work. Dr George C Lorimer of Chicago represented the Baptist Home Mission Society.
In St Louis on May 7 a weeklong session of the Texas cotton congress adjourned in Waco. The assembly aimed to organize manufacture of wagons agricultural tools cotton presses gins and oil mills with over 10 million dollars represented. Arrangements to collect statistics and issue charters under Texas law were finalized. Five hundred thousand dollars was set aside for a cotton mill and other manufacturing ventures were to begin. The body drew one hundred delegates representing Texas agricultural interests.
A 19th century tale recounts gypsy Preciosa foretelling Emperor William's life. She reportedly said he would live ninety six years with later trouble. A Countess later confirmed the omen, while Vienna physicians noted no major ailment and many Prussians live past ninety.
A New York Herald Washington dispatch notes gallery romance in Congress. Mr Conger renewed marriage prospects there and soon wed his former wife. Ex Governor Swan courted Mrs John R Thompson in the House gallery, while Speaker Randall allegedly cleared the field for a Maryland suitor.
Henry Ray of Gilmer Texas observed a quail hide by using a dead oak leaf as a cloak. He saw a covey startled and one bird crouch and throw the leaf over its back, vanishing from sight until he lifted the leaf to confirm the sighting.
The article surveys varied science notes from Mang power in Boston to an Italian ship with glass sheathing, a Frenchman’s waterproofing polymer, and a Pennsylvania iron nut maker. It cites Mars canal hypotheses, eye muscle function, a kerosene oil flame test, and population growth rates in France and Germany.
Practical household tips cover substitutes for meat and furniture care. Advice spans cooking tricks preserving juices in roasting, cleaning spattered surfaces, and simple mending methods. It urges encouraging boys with helpful chores, teething care for babies, carpet lining with paper, and salt use in cleaning. It also notes bath timing and health caution for excessive bathing.
Recipes and cooking notes cover lamb roasts, mushroom crusts, fritters and cake methods. Directions describe sauce bases, pastry fillings, custards, and cake frostings with steps, ingredients, and cautions on fire and storage.
Grand Master Workman Powderly addressed a large audience of the Knights of Labor and affiliates at the exposition building detailing aims progress and prospects of the Knights of Labor organization.
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