02 May 1896
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1896
Page
1
The ad boasts the finest line of novelty dress suits with new jewelry trims and buttons, highlights a stock of black goods in crepon mohair and figured weaves, and promises low prices. Wash goods include organdies dirim talle chatelains piqué soft batiste jacovat duchess lawns with laces ribbons and embroideries to match.
Clothing department promotes warm weather wear and spring suits with serge lining and piping. Special prices range from five to seven fifty, including all-wool blue and black serge coat and vest for five dollars. White duck pants priced at around one twenty-five to one sixty.
The quadrennial Methodist Episcopal conference opened in OCnemtry with Bishop Bowman presiding. About three thousand attendees filled Central Armory as delegates debated women’s seats and layman rights, amid ceremonial readings and prayers. A later North Carolina fertilizer bulletin reported a 50 percent rise in fertilizer sales this season, totaling over 2.5 million dollars, tied to cotton cultivation costs.
Advices from Key West dated May 1 state General Calisto Garcia with 1,500 troops defeated General Munoz’s Spanish column near Sanga on the Cauta river. Over 300 killed or drowned, about 400 wounded, Spanish retreat along the Qanto, saved by gunboats. Gomez and Macao reportedly advancing toward Havana. Diaz arrives at Tampa after arrest in Havana sparked international attention.
Four Princeton athletes A Tyler F A Lane H B Jamieson and Robert Garrett arrive in New York from Bremen aboard the Spree after competing in the Athens Olympian Games. They are greeted by families and plan to return to Princeton. Garrett carries laurel leaves and gold medals. wreaths are packed for shipment.
The steamship Doria arrives from Hong Kong and Yokohama with nine cabin and 300 steerage passengers. Panic reports from Canton and Lampasas describe foreigner hunts and proclamations while a Cantonese canal dispute stirs tensions. A major fire on April 16 at Tateishi destroyed 1,500 houses.
Judge Moon restores a habeas corpus case that interests the medical field. On Feb 18 Mrs Baker died under heart failure during a chloroform surgery at a sub site. Surgeons Dr Tripppe and H B Wilson were arrested for murder and negligent administration of anesthesia. Bond amounts and local proceedings are noted.
The South and West Grain and Trade Congress met in Charleston for its third annual session on May 1. The meeting elected officers including G. Potter of St Louis as chair and listed several committee members from Illinois Missouri and Tennessee with Charleston represented.
President Panton grants a pardon to R. J. Gilley of Alabama convicted in July 1893 for conspiracy to intimidate witnesses. The case is noted amid other clemency mentions and a disrupted report on the J. L. Hussoo company and related matters. The text is a fragmented summary from an 19th century executive actions column.
Teheran dispatch reports Shah of Persia shot dead at 9 PM while entering the Shrine of Shah Abdul Asim. Shah was born April 34, 1820, succeeded Sept 10, 1849, crowned Oct 20, 1849. heir Mu wat-er-ed-Din born March 5, 1853 with four sons and one daughter. Official confirmation from Teheran May 1.
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