12 Apr 1896
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1896
Page
1
A brief death notice records the passing of a young male in a local chapter of the United States era. The report cites a physician as witness and places the event within the Civil period, reflecting era naming and regional terminology.
Fragmented dispatches describe rumors of a consular death in Havana and unsettled conjecture about Bermudian munitions and Cuban harbor activity. Reports mention naval movements, mediation efforts, and a looming New Year event as global tensions rise in Atlantic ports.
Lieutenant A. G. Mendel of the US Navy testified before the House Committee on Commerce on the Nicaragua canal inquiry. He reviewed the mission report and noted expenditures, the board’s plan to rescue the canal project, and the lack of engineering detail on atmospheric and rainfall conditions. He stated the company paid Nicaragua 100,000 dollars for peat value and 50,000 dollars for the right of way, with nothing to Costa Rica.
John L. Waller, former U S consul at Tamatave Madagascar, arrives in New York aboard the steamer Peers and says he was released from a French prison on February 20 after an 11 month confinement. He asserts the events and seeks to justify his actions amid concern for his health and family. Nearby, a train robbery is attributed to a man named Robert Baland, rumored among investigators to be involved. A Denver ranch manager is reported murdered with few details given about the case.
In Franklin County Kentucky on April 11 a riot and blast near the prison wall led to discovery of a plotted escape. Prisoners William Clark Butler Swinney and Sullivan implicated with dynamite and a forged letter to a sweetheart guiding the plan.
April 11 dispatches report the assassination of Dr. A. H. Williams a prominent Samuel county physician near his Hendersonville residence. A single shot struck his left arm as he left home and he died in darkness moments later. Williams 85, and leaves a wife.
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