05 Jun 1896
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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1896
Page
1
A grim dispatch from Managua notes rebel violence in Mantanzas with prisoners executed and a woman and child killed during skirmishes. Accounts describe Molina's forces sacking villages, burning huts, and looting while insurgent bands overwhelm authorities.
Governor Atkinson announces five hundred dollar rewards for identifying and arresting participants in the Columbus mob incident. The message comes amid a tense situation in a densely populated city with active city officials coordinating the response. Local authorities seek swift action to restore order and prosecute those involved.
Macon June 3 Mercury reports President J B Gambrell of Mercer University has resigned his office to the board of trustees. He cites a January statement about reducing duties or turning them over to a chairman and submits his resignation in a formal letter.
In Wasnixctos on June 3 Miss Julia Stevenson daughter of the Vice President and Mrs. Stevenson married Rev. Martin Hardin son of General P Watt Hardin of Kentucky at the New York Avenue Presbyterian church. A brief Alaska delegation update follows with C S Blackman of Juneau speaking on convention topics.
The British cruiser Comus under Captain Dyke has entered San Diego after departing Corinto. She left Esquimalt months ago with sealed orders and remains linked to Crete deployment news from the Press association.
Senator West sought to take up the president's veto of the river and harbor bill as the senate met. The Foreign Relations panel again failed to act on Morgan's Cuban resolution. The session adjourned without action on key measures and the bond bill was left undecided. Arthur was reelected chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
A chaotic historical bulletin records various 1900s era items. Judges and generals attend a Silver Men meeting in Columbus to shape a convention agenda. News notes cover rail battles, tariffs, strikes, and overseas arrivals, including General Lee in Havana and Populists winning in Oregon.
In Lepaney Indiana Wallace Ri and their parents faced disapproval over a romance. Jessie and Harry married with help from a man who swore they were non able. They later tried to take a pistol from Riley at Putnam while Allen was shot in the leg and surrendered to the jail.
Sergeant-at-Arms Byrnes of the Republican national convention began creating a permanent staff in St. Louis. He will assign assistants and remain in the Southern sector until the event concludes.
The ceremony at First Methodist Church united Preston S. Ark Wright and Dorothy Colquitt in a picturesque evening wedding. Rev. Hopkins officiated as guests admired marguerite decor and duchesse lace. Afterward the couple hosted a reception at Edgewood before departing on a midnight train.
Miss Saida F. Whaley married James H. Porcher last evening at 8:30 at Dr. Wm. S. Whaley’s home on Prince avenue in Athens. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. L. Stevens in the family circle. The bride hails from a prominent Whaley family of South Carolina and the groom works in milling and lumber in southwest Georgia. A formal reception followed with a generous display of silverware jewelry and parlor furniture as gifts.
State notes detail surveyors from the Augusta Southern railroad tracing the Wrens to Louisville branch. Efforts to raise the Santee, the log steamer sunk on the Ocmulgee below Abbeville, are reported.
At a Mercer University board meeting Rev. Dr. J B Gambrell submitted his resignation as president. He cited earlier statements on revenue and expenses and proposed replacing the president with a faculty chairman to cut costs. He added that no reason exists to change his opinion.
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