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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1896
Page
6
At Indianapolis Tomlinson Hall housed 1,415 delegates as Indiana Republicans nominated James A. Mount for governor after a long ballot process. The platform urged protection and honest money while favoring McKinley for national leadership. Delegates selected Haggard, Owen, Daily, Scholz, Ketcham, Geeting, Thompson and several appellate judges and electors, with mounting cheers for McKinley and Harrison.
Newport May 7 the fifteenth day of Scott Jacksons trial opened to a small audience with public interest waning. Lawyers argued before Judge Helm who remitted Crawford's fine. Witnesses testified linking Jackson and Walling to the Hamilton county ail while three women testified of prior acquaintance with Scott Jackson. Will Wood rebuttal led to affidavits about Wood and Pearl Bryan, and Judge Helm ordered ladies to leave during the display of indecent letters. Weather official Bassler testified of foggy damp weather the Jan 31 night. Adjourning to Saturday, arguments resumed as Mrs Jackson and Mrs Post observed, as Colonel Nelson pressed instructions limiting a guilty verdict to throat severance in Kentucky and urging acquittal on reasonable doubt.
In Newport on May 6 the Jackson trial heard that W R Truste, who testified about hauling a dead girl from a George street house, vanished after the court convened. A mandamus was issued for his appearance as investigators and other witnesses testified, undermining the defendant’s alibi and lowering hopes of acquittal.
At the New Jersey State Convention in Trenton on May 7 the Democrats elected four delegates at large to the Chicago national convention: U S Senator James Smith Jr of Essex County ex U S Senator Rufus Blodgett of Monmouth ex State Chairman Allen L McDermott of Hudson and ex Judge Albert Tallman of Gloucester. Sixteen district delegates were also ratified. The platform backed a gold standard and praised President Cleveland’s administration. Cleveland’s possible renomination was discussed but no instruction was given to delegates. The name of ex-Governor Russell of Massachusetts excited the crowd. Southern delegates favored ex-Governor Patton of Pennsylvania.
The Philadelphia execution of H. H. Holmes occurred at 10 12 a m on May 7. He declared his innocence of all murders and swindling while admitting responsibility only for deaths linked to his criminal operations. About six ty spectators witnessed the hanging. The neck break ended the sentences, and Holmes remained unpronounced dead for half an hour. He remained notably composed and did not reveal the two female victims.
The president issued a long awaited civil service order on May 6 expanding coverage to about 30,000 additional government employees. Most remaining outside the civil service will be assistant secretaries, bureau heads, and a few private secretaries and laborers. The order takes effect immediately. Senator Teller said he will not go to St Louis as a delegate nor back a Republican gold standard ticket.
The May 6 to May 11 period in Washington featured rapid action on private pension bills totaling monthly grants to widows and generals, a Senate inquiry into bond sales, and votes on clerk hire allowances during recesses. Debate highlighted party lines and cost estimates as the river and harbor bill faced opposition and district matters dominated Senate discussions.
The court martial at Havana sentenced Alfredo Laborde and three others to death after capture on the Competitor. President Cleveland vows against summary executions of American citizens and orders a diplomatic approach with Spain to delay and reconsider the sentences while seeking treaty interpretations.
Havana report states James Creelman and Frederick W. Lawrence were expelled from Cuba for calumny against Captain General Weyler and the Spanish army. They must depart by the first available steamer. Will Wood returns to Greencastle to live with parents. A Cleveland Methodist conference report reveals more than $600,000 loaned to divinity students over twenty years with $50,000 repaid. Montana Republican State convention adopts free silver platform and names delegates Mantle Carter Hartman to St Louis. Voorhees on ailing terms in Washington and monitored by physicians. Methodist committee favors allowing women delegates to keep seats. future admission to be referred to annual conferences.
The Michigan Republican State convention in Detroit on May 7 grew stormy over money questions. The gold plank was quashed, the silver plank defeated, and the 1892 Minneapolis platform money plank adopted. McKinley was endorsed, four delegates at large chosen, D. M. Ferry chaired the state committee, and Depew was invited to speak. Telegrams from California and Indiana urged McKinley. Premier Steel Works near Indianapolis will restart within sixty days with 1000 workers, to be run with the American Tin-plate Company and American Wire Nail Company. Senator Quay reported sixty Pennsylvania delegates pledged to vote for him at St. Louis.
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