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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1896
Page
4
The committee appointed by Judge Dale to investigate Assistant Attorney General Campbell has filed amended charges adding two counts to the original accusation of receiving money in various cases. Campbell will answer the amended charges before Judge Dale sets an early trial date.
Fremont hosts the Nebraska Beet Sugar association as delegates from across the state attend in Love's opera house. Mayor Fried opens with praise, Meiklejohn delivers the annual address, and Governor Holcomb urges more sugar factories across Nebraska.
Herena Montana February 6 Governor Rickards demands Secretary Olney remove Cree Indians from Montana calling the matter an international issue while asserting federal duty to act. He cites past spread of scarlet fever and diphtheria linked to Cree groups and current smallpox outbreaks as justification for immediate removal.
The Maurice State Bank in Maurice Iowa closed its doors with D M Gibbs named receiver. South Dakota stockmen face shifts in cattle sourcing as Washington rules allow government rental of range lands enabling large growers to secure grazing rights and affecting local purchases.
A Caracas dispatch reports Germany will recognize the Monroe doctrine but will not release Venezuela from a just debt. Berlin demands payment on a railroad claim and says force will not be used. Venezuela is said to settle the claim and 40 political prisoners have been released. Ex-Treasurer Huston’s bank failure follows a bank assignment in Connersville Indiana with deposits promised in full. Oscar Wilde’s mother Lady Wilde dies in London at 85.
National news from Washington reports 2440 bids totaling 558 209 850 dollars for 100 million in United States 4 percent bonds to run 80 years from Feb 1 1895. Morgan syndicate expected to take at least 50 million. Treasury officials cautious on awards while Carlisle praises the offering. Also Farmers Alliance elects officers Mann Page Virginia president and more.
A noon funeral service for the late Prince Henry of Battenberg was held at Westminster Abbey. Attendance included the Marquis of Salisbury, the Archbishop of Canterbury, cabinet ministers except several who attended the funeral at Cowes, and the United States ambassador Thomas Bayard with Mrs Bayard.
In Wasmneron Feb 6 the House passed an antifighting bill making pugilism a misdemeanor with at least five years imprisonment near El Paso. Delegate Catron of New Mexico introduced the measure to stop the El Paso fighting carnival, but Rep Knox of Massachusetts objected to consideration. The District of Columbia appropriation debate failed 135 to 143, while the antifinite fighting bill passed without division in a sparsely attended session. The floor exchange featured silver Republican rhetoric and secession bravado, including a heated exchange between Pearson and Talbert over South Carolina’s past actions and party alignments.
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