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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1888
Page
6
The September cereal market in Chicago headlines the Wheat Corner, spotlighting the famed King of the Market Rooms. Traders monitor price shifts and speculative activity as supply cues and demand signals drive nearby contracts.
Mrs. Bishop Warren gives 100000 to endow a theological school with Denver University. Rev. Augustus Totten, the only colored Catholic priest in the country, pastors St. Joseph's in Quincy, Illinois. Rev. Walter L. Huffman of Peru, Indiana, has married 1200 couples and preached 1300 funerals, a state record. Kentucky counties lack churches. Germany expands missions with 522 missionaries and 210000 converts, receipts over 700000. A deacon in Bloomsbury, England fined for assault in church. a London sect revises the Lord’s Prayer. A humorous note on a married missionary to China and Artemus Ward’s war-time jokes.
In a bustling close the New York Produce Exchange saw a wild scene as brokers flooded the pit after a chaotic day sparked by the Hutchison Chicago Wheat corner. Prices rose slightly on cables from Havre and Hamburg though the local market rode a half holiday lull. Brokers faced rule breaches as they chased December options amid rumors of a surge to 2.50.
Minneapolis dispatch reports territorial statistician W. T. Sheridan estimates the Dakota wheat crop at 33 million bushels this year, down from 52 million produced during the previous year.
The forests along river valleys act as a natural sponge, storing rainwater in a thick soil coating under the canopy. Depths of a foot to two feet trap three to four inches of rainfall, slowly releasing it to streams and helping rivers endure droughts. Beavers used fallen timber pools to build larger ponds, shaping a vast reservoir system before widespread forest clearing.
The Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette quotes a late Charles Kingsley letter condemning gambling. He warns that gambling harms character, appeals to superior knowledge to harm others, and urges returning winnings to rightful owners. He states the head master would object to lotteries and urges moral restraint.
In Jacksonville Florida the daily health board reports 94 new cases including 25 white and 69 colored, with 66 deaths. Total cases reach 2,657 and deaths 249. Relief efforts cost over 30,000 for the week, with citizen disbursements near 47,000. Rock Island reports Mrs. Lillie DeWolf Price taken to the pest house after arriving from Decatur, Alabama where her husband died in 36 hours. New York notes 5,388 in yellow fever subscriptions, total 856,422 to date.
Caicaco officials raise the total bounty to 30,000 dollars for the arrest of the murderer and for recovery of papers from Amos J. Snell's residence. The new reward is offered by A. J. Stone of 544 West Madison street in the name of Snell's estate.
Denver report states Sheriff Weber released Carter at noon after determining he was not Tascott, murderer of Snel. New York sees an $80,000 Produce Gratuity fund attachment against missing councilman Foster, tied to an $80,000 suit. Whitechapel reports another mysterious murder in Mitre square with a mutilated body, and another woman killed nearby.
Residents in Sharon Springs and Cherryvalley report snow this morning. The Mohawk Valley experiences very cold conditions across the region.
Pierre Sept 29 A lower Brule conference concluded with Standing Rock delegates passing through Pierre Major McLaughlin. Indians remain firm and refuse to ratify the treaty though they offer to receipt 1.25 per acre for their lands and sign the bill They had previously refused to sign, claiming no land to spare Lawrence boasts the highest pole raised by young Republicans near Mayor Barkers residence a 50 plus foot Harrison pole excitement and energy noted for future Republicans. Swaines Ointment advertised for itching and ulcers claiming relief and healing with 50 cents.
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