14 Oct 1896
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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1896
Page
1
In Sherburne Minnesota a bank robbery ends in fatal gunfire. Assistant Cashier George Shorburn is killed. a traveling salesman Olof Oestern dies as desperadoes flee on bicycles toward the Iowa line. The news spreads to Wells and Albert Lea with further manhunt updates.
Chicago marked the twenty fifth anniversary of the great fire with a grand rebuilding and growth display. A civic parade led by Business Men's Sound Money drew about 100000 participants while a counter dawn parade by silver forces drew around 15000. The event tied to the presidential campaign featured Republicans and gold democrats uniting under one banner. The parade stretched six hours with the rear guard dispersing at four oclock.
A furious northeast storm and high tide hit Atlantic City on Sunday morning. Two of three oceanfront piers were damaged with about 200 feet of the iron pier wrecked. The Camden & Atlantic railroad suspended service as Meadows submergence flooded tracks. Meadow side cottages are ringed by floodwaters forcing residents to use boats.
AChicago physician killed his wife Grace Nitz at 590 Ashland Ave and then shot himself, dying instantly as neighbors heard the gunfire. The couple had a first wife’s children surviving. Also: Indiana denies a petition to place the National Democrats on the ballot, Turks refuse Bancroft entry at Dardanelles, Germany blocks American canned beef, Lima family dies after poisoned biscuits, Noblesville man slays his family then himself, three men drown in the Mississippi near Meyer, mob shoots two Black men near Taylor’s Ferry, Atwater burglars loot every store in town, Garfield Park Welshman records a five mile bicycle time, Gen George A. Sheridan of Louisiana dies at Hampton veterans home.
In New York on Oct 10 G Dan & Co reports clearer signs of recovery with higher labor use and continued material buying. Wheat moves where needed. India’s cargoes tighten as surplus drains. Russia and Europe reduce exports. Atlantic grain exports and foreign corn demand rise while rail earnings show smaller declines. Iron and steel demand grows. hides and leather prices rise. shoes sell slowly. Gold imports rise to 4 million. stocks gains mix with modest railroad and trust yields. Weekly failures rise to 206 in the U.S. and 46 in Canada.
Baltimore defeats Cleveland 5 to 0 to capture the Temple Cup in Cleveland, marking the third season of the series. Baltimore has appeared in all contests, after losses in 1894 and 1895, and will take the cup home in 1896.
Oriental liner Tacoma reports great Siberian floods with thousands homeless and destitute. Rivers Siphoon Molot Santachasa and Inman overflowed, plains submerged, depths up to 26 feet. Siberian railway flooded for 120 versts from Inmat, telegraph to Vladivostok cut, grain crops and farm buildings destroyed, thousands of cattle drowned, death toll unclear due to disrupted communication.
The White House signals life as President returns from Gray Gables, Mass. He lands in Washington at 7:40 a.m. to resume the regular Friday cabinet meeting at 11. Officials hurry to resume work and clear unfinished business ahead of Congress reconvening.
Newark laborer John Varga in a drunken frenzy seized his eight month old child at 41 Rutgers street and dashed its brains on the floor. He then fled with his six year old son, returning home at midnight and was arrested and committed for the grand jury. The piece notes a gruesome crime and ensuing arrest.
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