09 Oct 1896
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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1896
Page
1
Delegates at Amapila confirm the plan of Amapala for a three republic federation while Guatemala objects to Costa Rica backing a strong executive, arguing the old federation failed and hindering full union.
In Waste Grove on October 3 the M R E conference saw Rev G L Griggs face membership loss after a new location was started. The first year class advanced, others given school permis sions. Woodford and Snow placed on superannuated lists. Dr Paine spoke on the General Educational Society work. Morning Side college visit praised. Clear Lake request to join Upper Iowa conference tabled. Widow Haddock considered for assistance. church insurance plans discussed. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society discussed missions. Miss Pearson of Des Moines spoke. Secretary Smith spoke on missions. In Rock Valley burglars entered five homes with modest thefts including two overcoats. a sharp watch kept for suspects.
Montreal dispatch reports mystery around Abbe Proulx of St Lin sent by Premier Laurier to the Vatican. Laurier says mission not about Manitoba school controversy but to present bishops and priests’ political conduct for papal investigation. Delegates Cardinal Sato pror and Mer Sebastian Martanelli discussed. Quebec hosts most attendees amid Catholic factions.
Candidate Bryan arrived in Memphis from St Louis at 7 10 am with Senator-elect Money and others. Crowds cheered as he spoke at Overton Park and later at Poplar street, with banks and businesses closing for the visit. He urged support for bimetallism and warned against party regularity, then departed for Nashville at 12 19 pm.
In Richmond on an October day, efforts to create a fusion electoral ticket in Virginia collapsed. Populists proposed splitting electors for Bryan Watson while Democrats sought a Bryan Sewall plan. after mixed support and absences the plan failed. The Democratic ticket chosen at Staunton was filed before the deadline.
Senator Pettigrew addressed a crowded Rapid City hall on allger and other political topics last Tuesday while Governor Sheldon spoke Saturday night. Both drew overflow crowds and delivered strong logical talks. The prevailing opinion favored Pettigrew for his statistical and convincing presentation. Local women attended the political events in larger numbers.
Police at Harrison Street station investigate wholesale infanticide after three babies’ bodies are recovered from the Chicago River near the Harrison Street Bridge since last Thursday. Each infant appeared alive when thrown into the river, suggesting a large scale baby farm operating at night supplying such victims.
Arthur Sewall, Democratic vice presidential nominee, issues a written acceptance praising the party platform and denouncing the gold standard. He argues the crisis threatens the nation, binds capital and labor, and demands a return to policies protecting workers while challenging money power and monopolies.
A fragmentary passage reflects on resisting a selfish elite and demanding equal justice for all, with pledge to uphold republican values, honor debts, and preserve public faith. Signature appears as a garbled remark to Sewall, mentioning Easterners and broad citizen rights.
Willian J Bryan arrived in Indianapolis on Oct 7 to a rousing welcome. He delivered five speeches during the day and three at night before vast audiences in the state house park and at Domilnson hall. He spoke to laborers and travelers, with speeches well received and enthusiastic applause throughout.
A Key West dispatch alleges nightly disappearances of prisoners in Havana. Detainees are loaded with three guards into boats and never land, with eighty three missing between September 7 and 30 and five drownings on September 28. Torture and starvation are reported for suspects under suspicion of dynamite plots.
Florida voters used the Australian ballot in Pensacola and reported peaceful elections. The Democratic ticket is expected to prevail statewide with a large majority, and amendments to abolish October elections appear likely. Scattered returns show Democratic majorities across counties, while governor race margins remain unsettled.
Washington reports say the Democratic administration views Vice President Adlai Stevenson as aiming to succeed himself. They claim he believes a narrow Bryan win could lead electors to name him as a presidential compromise to avoid a Senate decision. The view hinges on populist defections and the house of electors.
William J Bryan endorses the People's Party bid for president in a published acceptance letter dated St. Louis. He praises bipartisan support for free coinage and bimetallism, urging unity to resist gold standard forces and foreign monetary control, while recognizing Democrat and Republican backing.
In Wayne, 3500 outsiders attended the Saturday event with 246 cavalry in the parade and 1509 filling the opera house to hear W E Reed of Madison in the afternoon and M W Harngion of O'Neill in the evening. An overflow crowd of 1000 gathered outside for Read again. Republicans concede an unprecedented turnout but vow to beat it on the 10th amid debates over laws and Silverites.
War era notes a betrothal of Miss Elizabeth Soles and Chauncey Mitchell Depew with plans for a November wedding at St Bartholomew's Church New York. An intimate friend reports Miss Collins, now in Russia, will reach New York late October. Collins, a Dewud victim with $8,000,000 fortune, is said to be a Vanderbilit granddaughter.
Noted in Toila San Francisco BI H Brown alias Wallace the forger arrested recently with a plan to depart for Fort Worth Texas tomorrow under custody of Vallee Maddox of that city. Brown sought by authorities for depositing forged draft for twenty thousand dollars in a national bank at Fort Worth. Yale graduate connected to eastern networks.
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