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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1896
Page
5
The Chronicle reports Sir Frederick Pollack Corpus of Oxford is trusted to compile the British legal case on the Venezuelan boundary. Pollack traveled to the United States last summer to address Harvard University.
Des Moines reporters describe how after two years of contests with its gas company the city secured a staged rate reduction plan. The United Gas Improvement company will lower illuminating and fuel gas prices to 1.80 per thousand, with annual cuts and a 15 year street-use contract, pending repeal of an earlier ordinance and the suits against the city.
William H Murphy, a fireman detailing at the National theater, confronted James J. Corbett over smoking rules. A scuffle ensued with blows and a fall down stairs, leaving Murphy with a bleeding mouth and Corbett badly swollen and furious before others separated them.
Senate week centers on the silver bill and Davis Monroe doctrine resolution. Jones Ark will push a Thursday vote, seeking a late session. Utah support may secure a small majority while several senators seek floor time to speak. House opens foreign affairs debates amid Armenia resolutions and diplomatic funding. broader global issues loom including China, Venezuela, Transvaal, and Cuba.
Notices from Oregon California and Michigan list William W. Upton former supreme court appointee and legislator. George Ryerson former Lower California governor. E M Snyder Populist leader. Li How cousin of Li Hung Chang. Ferdinand Schiehau shipbuilder. ex Spanish minister Camich. Also brief items on People's Party convention, San Rafael land suit, South Dakota creamery earnings, Black Hills development effort, Eliza Mesher professor appointment, Squire on canal, Modjeska health, neutrality verdict, and miners returning to Joba.
A Commercial-Gazette special from Omaha discusses Ex-Senator Manderson of Nebraska as a possible dark horse for the Republican ticket, noting warm ties with Thurston and Nebraska’s stance for McKinley unless Manderson gains momentum during St Louis balloting. The piece asserts Manderson denies presidential candidacy but hints he could emerge if long balloting occurs. Des Moines fire chief Melander resigns amid graft and alcohol misconduct charges, claiming city council pressure and departmental manipulation. investigation centered on hose sales proceeds and discipline prior to resignation.
Luther J French, Oregon-born homesteader who founded Sutton in 1871, died January 24. He built a dugout with a hidden passage to protect his children during attacks by Indians and laid out Sutton after early wheat farming and posting as first postmaster.
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