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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1887
Page
2
The draft notes Dakota counties weigh local option in November elections. Waquoit Massachusetts towns lack Democratic voters and are praised as moral and delightful. An eastern paper questions Congress priority sugar or whisky with many members backing both.
The Atchison board ordered that colored and white children begin school together, but teachers refused obedience. The report notes tensions in school integration debates alongside unrelated items on industry proposals and a ship description.
Ges Snéman told veterans in St Louis that the southern drive to break the Union was wrong. He criticized recent southern orators for promoting disunion and urged unity.
An eastern exchange notes the discovery of an inexhaustible supply of rock salt in Kansan as a priceless blessing. It quips that the state has been too fresh, implying prior scarcity and need for preservation. The remark reflects humorous regional rivalry.
San Diego residents express preference to remain within United States borders rather than join Lower California. The city, famed for its bay climate and upscale outlook, lies about twelve miles from the boundary and avoids suburban expansion into a foreign nation.
The Emporia Republican questions the man who habitually speaks with a dangerous tongue and treats his mouth as an infernal machine. The editorial urges attention to his inflammatory rhetoric and potential harm to public discourse.
Torrexa Journal notes Governor Martin did not join the usual Monday arrival from Atchison and announces the birth of his third child. The piece also observes regional economic shifts, highlighting Mexico’s historic silver exports and the impact of American railroads on developing textile fibers, with henequen exports exceeding three million dollars annually.
Tux reports on Captain Black of Chicago and General Pryor as they back an anarchistic appeal to the Supreme Court, arguing lack of jurisdiction. Maryland’s campaign becomes a fierce test with Independent Democrats backing the Republican ticket and a push to end Boss Gorman’s ballot box operations and Higginsism. The fight targets Cleveland administration and local city leadership, with Republicans seen as having more than a fighting chance.
A Pennsylvania coal syndicate purchased 10 000 acres of Cherokee county land rich in coal. Two veins are described: the first at 44 feet depth, 2.5 feet thick. the second at 97 feet depth, 5 feet 4 inches thick. Plans call for building switches and opening the land. Cherokee county has historically produced about half of the state's coal output.
The Dakota corn crop is estimated at 20,000,000 bushels and the wheat crop should top 40,000,000 bushels. This is the same region General Hazen once called barren and uninhabitable.
A four and a half feet vein of coal at a depth of 91 feet was discovered by boring at a point on the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad, forty miles east of Wichita. A company from El Dorado and Wichita has been organized to develop it.
The Wichita Eagle argues that natural advantages aid growth but are worthless without material energy and liveliness from the people. It emphasizes that a city's progress depends on active effort and spirited local enterprise illustrated by home talent.
A rambling note mentions many Florida counties drying up as attention wanes. It references Jeff Davis writing to Texas about suppressing nuisances and maintaining public order, contrasting with his letter to a Florida man.
New York Tribune notes Democrats of Indians expect a dramatic Senate scene as Turpie faces Ingalls, calling Turpie a keen opponent in a rattlesnake metaphor. Sauna Journal reports three parallel railroads between Salina and Abilene, Union Pacific Santa Fe and Rock Island, within twenty five feet at Sand Springs.
Colored and white scholars in Atchison reportedly met to protest a color line in classrooms. They resolved to leave the Republican party and act independently after white students were directed to sit on one side and colored students on the other, a change said to be the first of its kind in years of coeducation.
Ex Mayor Grace asserts Blaine will win the Republican nomination and says the party must make the best of him. She predicts the nominee will face challengers within the party but will secure broad support from the masses and party members alike.
A fragmented item reports Missouri claiming Walter Voorman as the Mohican anarchist subject. It mentions Kansas City as his birthplace and notes Kansas’s attempt to quit claim all rights to Missouri and Voorman.
A local resident lighting a burglar downstairs believed it to be his sleepwalking son, deciding to aid the suspect’s escape rather than risk shooting a man under a similar mistaken impression. The piece warns of tragedy if a rightful fatal act had occurred and underscores the risk of harming one’s own child by error.
A tax editor in Harper's Weekly argues the President is in apparent alliance with reform’s enemies in Maryland and across other regions. He notes only a few places show any friendship to reform, while most areas reflect opposition.
The Hutchison investigation has drilled to 500 feet through 50 feet of first quality rock salt believed suitable for table salt. The News reports the drill will continue downward to reveal whether coal or gas lies beneath, but confirms plans to open and operate a large salt mine regardless of downstream discoveries.
A delegation urged appointing a certain gentleman to the Supreme Court vacancy, but President Cleveland remarked the newspapers had effectively decided the appointment for him. The note suggests Secretary Lamar may be named, and questions how long the press has influenced government, possibly since a New York World interview.
The piece centers on Maurice Thompson’s tale of adventure shipwreck smuggling and piracy featuring a bravely named boy hero likened to Robinson Crusoe. It closes with a garbled excerpt about the pitcher plant’s spiny interior and a kidnapper theme.
The New York Times notes the reluctance of prominent Central Pacific figures to present full details to the government investigating commission, contrasting with Union Pacific officers who urged inquiry, answered all questions, and made books and records available for review.
A late 19th century editorial argues that government negligence in naval readiness may yield unintended gains as pneumatic dynamite cannons demonstrate destructive power in New York harbor. It claims ironclads would be fragile before such weapons, noting projectiles outrun defenses and predicting continued losses in naval warfare.
The article notes prohibition already prevails in many areas via the four mile law banning liquor sales near schools. It records districts formed to block sales and says open saloons are scarce outside county towns. Some temperance supporters favor leaving the matter to local option and foresee the cause advancing without new measures.
Senator Ingalis voices harsh views from Castle Garden on immigrant treatment by sharpers, detention, baggage charges, and rail syndicates, criticizing a law meant to protect newcomers as a tool of exploitation. The piece then reviews the Volunteer’s victory over the Thistle, praising American yacht building, noting the inner and outer course races, and urging British yachtsmen to persist and improve against American craft.
The present week sees primaries and a county convention that will decide county offices for the next term. Critics fault the caucus system as controlled by a few political insiders, but argue the public must participate in primaries to influence results. Acceptance or rejection at the polls will determine outcomes, and voter turnout at the primaries is essential for a satisfactory convention selection.
Oregon reports the wheat harvest as the largest on record with an export surplus of 425000 tons. The Thistle had won thirteen races in English waters before sailing for America, marking Tuesday's defeat as its first. Chicago Postmaster Judd is reportedly slated for removal over alleged refusal to bow to Democratic bosses.
Superintendent Wilder of the state insurance department on Thursday issued an order revoking the authority of the People’s Mutual Insurance Company of Salina to do business in Kansas. Rev. J. W. Alderman D.D. has assumed the pastorate of the M E church in Atchison after stints in Burling ton Iowa and Portland Oregon. Texas miller Est TaTive Mills again pledges to fight tariff walls this winter, described as wind variety. The Democrat weekly now seeks public patronage with a notable shift in its makeup and purpose.
The Presbyterian church of the United States, organized in 1788, will mark its centennial in Philadelphia next May with a fundraising goal of one million dollars. A St Louis donor contributed the second installment of 10,660 to the fund as part of the campaign. A West Point competitive examination at Walla Walla, Washington Territory honored Tom Cavanaugh’s son from Olympia, formerly Saline County resident and former Kansas secretary of state.
A fragmented report links A H Lewis editor of the Dakota review to arson cases in Pennsylvania. It mentions a dynamite gun concept revolutionizing coast defense and critiques a sweeping presidential order banning Native language use on Indian reservations. The text reflects era confusion and scattered references to officials and policy debates.
The New York Tribune argues a Kansas druggist clerk jailed for seventeen years and fined twenty thousand dollars for selling liquor harms the public view of prohibition. It says the harsh sentence equates to manslaughter and highway robbery, inviting ridicule and undermining the policy.
The Topeka editorial laments prohibition policies amid party woes in Washington. It notes a Boston circuit ruling sustaining the Bell Telephone demurrer over patent cancellation and recounts the DOJ’s failed attempts to move suit across districts, ending with Massachusetts where Bell is headquartered.
The President ordered allotment of lands adjoining Baxter Springs Kansas including Quapaw Ottawa Wyandot Seneca Modoc Miami Peoria and Potawatomi reservations. Allotment to be made soon with a commissioner appointed. Government move will open hundreds of thousands of acres to white settlers despite petitions from tribes for division and sale of remaining lands.
Henry Cabot Lodge in Boston said free representative government requires political parties as the English speaking peoples have practiced for three centuries. He argued that protests advancing human freedom come through parties and that personal or factional politics centered on Cleveland are small and narrowing, warning a mugwump may reprove him.
A Rural New Yorker correspondent describes a rapid vinegar production method using a cider cask, a perforated box or stacked barrels, a fountain tube, sawdust and corn cobs, with air diffusion to accelerate oxidation. The process yields fresh, strong vinegar, adaptable to various setups and without honey or beech shavings.
A collage of brief curiosities notes drowned rates per land fatalities, Utah polygamy kin all under age, a Nevada record, a centuries old tree, a Boston girl quip, a house fly impact claim, and a wary reader’s sigh at affections.
A Philadelphia Press critique of a pampered summer resort swell who dominates a Long Island hotel scene. The narrator details the man’s ostentatious manners, gaudy dress, and arrogant behavior contrasted with the amiable, well-bred travelers. The piece mocks pretentious wealth and snobbery amid a bustling vacation crowd.
Excerpt reviews early ideas on magic ink with various proposed uses from fraud prevention to poetic writing and political satire. It then shifts to a treatise on why gold became the root of all evil, tracing its social value, exchange role, and the evolution of money from primitive adornment to monetary standard.
A collage of late 19th century science and industry notes sketches primitive adornments from Dordogne caverns linked to early gold and silver use. It discusses primitive beauty ideals, early metalwork, new materials, water purification methods, and industry strikes, with brief humor and varied reports on explorers and technology.
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