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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1895
Page
1
In a fragmented report, delegates from the Bimetallic Convention press for coinage reforms and gold monometallism as panics threaten the economy. They advocate silver support and oppose wartime bond issuance, while local groups organize to back the Washington Convention and push forest arrangements forward.
Fragmentary OCR item mentioning locations and names without clear actions. Refers to ports, banks, and possible regional terms but lacks coherent events or dates for a complete summary.
Washington reports a large Democratic conference endorsing free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, opposing gold monometallism. Delegates from Tennessee Arkansas Indiana Missouri Georgia Florida and others back a national bimetallic committee plan and urge rapid organization across states to influence the 1896 Democratic platform.
Washington reports a high level Democratic conference urging loyalty to party principles and forming a national committee for aggressive action. Officials discuss new strategies including limiting the president’s veto power to align with party majority views on silver and constitutional matters.
Egypt's council of ministers establishes a commission to find practical methods to destroy the cotton caterpillar, aided by a botanist entomologist and chemist. A $2,500 budget votes to fund the investigation. US Consul General Penfield in Cairo notes past control by leaf picking and burning, highlighting low labor costs in Egypt.
Champion James J. Corbett married Miss Jessie Taylor of Omaha Neb known as Vera Stanwood in a small wedding at the Corbett cottage corner Seventh and Emery Streets Asbury Park N J The groom returned from Buffalo and decided to wed amid immediate plans for the future
The boxing champion Jim Corbett wed Miss Taylor in a private Asbury Park ceremony performed by Justice John Borden. Witnesses included J E Wortman and Jacob Howland. The couple left for a wedding tour by train to Buffalo Niagara Falls and Thousand Islands, planning to resume training for Fitzsimmons.
A hippopotamus weighing 100 pounds was born Wednesday in the Sels tros circus menagerie exhibiting at Brockville Grt Renfrew Ont. It is the fourth ever born in captivity and if it Moes will be the only one ever reared. The parents are the only pair of these rare animals ever placed on exhibition in America.
The battleship Texas was commissioned at Norfolk Navy Yard on August 15 at 1:30 PM. Admiral Brown and the Bureau of Ordnance chief attended as sailors and officers lined the deck while the flag rose and “The Star Spangled Banner” played. Captain Glass read the orders, marking Texas as a ship built largely by local builders and praised as among the finest in the navy.
Winston August 12 Albert Alberts woolen corn and wheat mills near Mountain Citys were destroyed by fire today. The blaze started in the plotting room from a hot box and consumed the building machinery stock and 250 pounds of custom wool. Loss placed at 25000 with no insurance. Bud Cunningham murder case of his sweetheart last May goes to jury with manslaughter verdict expected.
Kiel August 19 Divers have recovered fourteen bodies from the Germania dockyards crowding accident as workers returned from a torpedo catcher. The death toll is believed higher than first reported, with divers continuing to seek additional victims amid the chaotic scene at the gang way.
Treasury department issues import regulations for articles shown at the Cotton States and international exposition in Atlanta Georgia. Rules mirror those used at Chicago for the Columbian exposition. Postmaster appointed at Houma Louisiana John T. Grimaze succeeds M H Wollis whose commission expired.
London reports the queen's speech to parliament praising the peace in the China Japan war and condemning outrages against missionaries in Fukien. It notes Armenian troubles, reforms urged to the sultan, Bechuanaland and Cape Colony incorporation plans, and Ireland's welfare despite no mention in the address.
From Nuevitas Cuba advices report Puerto Principe besieged by General Maximo Gomez with 6500 men and one field piece. Spanish under Mello repeatedly repulsed July 25 27 and 28. Insurgents reinforce as Gomez fortifies, with reports of forts burned and clashes near Santa Rita Villas and Sancti Spiritus.
Rumors swirl over Henry Biers, a prominent capitalist convicted of perjury, who remains under guard at his home. The Louisiana justice system is said to offer clemency for state witnesses, with immunities possibly granted to Biers and others like Maurice J. Bart, as federal grand jury testimony supported his confession. Biers’s meticulous records and corroborating proofs allegedly solidified his statements.
Ishpeming Michigan reports indicate major ore shipments may end this season with unions hoping the strike lasts till navigation ends. Stockpiles total 750000 tons, enough to push next season’s ore price 40 cents to 1 dollar higher. Stores shift to cash sales, risking hunger for striker families as shortages loom.
A young man identified as T. B. Cotter son of Policeman Cotter of Washington was struck by a train on the Washington and Southern Railway yesterday afternoon. He graduated from Georgetown University. When his father identified the body he was completely prostrated and carried away by friends.
Pierre South Dakota August 15. W W Taylor did not go to the penitentiary today. Late last night application was made to the supreme court for a writ of habeas corpus and two temporary writ granted returnable within three days. He will remain here until the court finally settles the legality of his sentence.
Jackson Mississippi readers learn that Marshall Fox and Coleman pleaded guilty to murder in the Brandon Dinkins tragedy and will receive life imprisonment. Bishop Galloway advised the plea, saying he would not seek mercy for the defendants but hoped the punishment serves justice. The trio is expected to be moved to the state prison in Jackson, with public curiosity high as a crowd awaits their arrival.
Emmet Divers, accused of murdering Mrs. Cain, was lynched at a bridge nine miles east of Fulton after a mob seized him from the sheriff and hanged him. The mob paraded the town, viewed the body on a wagon, then hung it from a telegraph pole at the fair grounds, as the murdered woman's husband requested.
Suffolk Va August 15 jury finds William J Urquhart guilty of murder in the second degree for the November 8 1870 killing of John E B Fay. Five years imprisonment is imposed. Defense declines a new trial fearing a harsher sentence. Urquhart had fled, later surrendered requesting a trial.
In Knoxville on August 15 a jailed Black man named George Gaither, feared by officials to be lynched, was moved to the woods overnight after a mob of hundreds surrounded the jail. Medical examiners found no match to the wanted man and he received a released alibi, freeing him. Syracuse Chosen For Democratic Convention In September 24.
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