Vanderbilt Whitney Couples Tie in Newport Nuptials
Rich made richer as Vanderbilt and Whitney pair exchange vows in Newport with notable guests and family present. The ceremony marks a high society nuptial event in the seaside town.
26 Aug 1896
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1896
Page
1
Rich made richer as Vanderbilt and Whitney pair exchange vows in Newport with notable guests and family present. The ceremony marks a high society nuptial event in the seaside town.
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt and Mr. Harry Payne Whitney wed at noon at The Breakers Newport in a simple ceremony due to Mr. Vanderbilt’s health. About fifty guests attended as Rev. George F. Magill officiated and Depew escorted the bride.
Owensboro Kentucky hosts the thirty first annual Kentucky Sunday School Union session with about 50 delegates present and many more expected. Rev James Boyce presiding in absence of George B Jennings. Miss M F Huber attends as secretary. Rev F S Pollett and Rev H K Renner address topics on pastors influence and the pastor a potent factor. The First Baptist Church venue is crowded as sessions begin with song service and addresses.
Indianapolis reports tension as the International Typographical Union investigates a strike at the New York Mercury over pay scales. The union links backers include Senator Stewart and the Bimetallic Union while the Silver Knight edited in Washington is printed in Alexandria to dodge union rates. President Prescott vows union power against the silver syndicate in the broader free silver conflict.
The Louisville Y M C A has purchased the Avery residence at Fourth and Broadway for 40 700 dollars. It fronts Broadway 110 feet and Fourth street 200 feet. The plan includes 80 000 dollars in remodeling and the building will be used solely for Y M C A purposes, with occupancy starting September 1.
Woodmansee stock rises as his Milwaukee convention speech wins supporters. McAlpin Woodmansee foes forge alliance to back the stronger after two or three ballots while Bryan’s populist stance draws sharp criticism from the Wisconsin gathering.
A deadly 45 explosion struck the Maul Coal Mine in Ston Indiana at 6 AM. Frank Gasner and Charles Gasner entered the mine without a lamp, causing a flash of gas that burned and bruised them. Rescuers recovered one body and worked all day to reach the other victim as state mine officials investigated damages.
Governor John P. Altgeld refused interview requests regarding recent charges leveled by ex congressman Forman from Colorado. The events occurred as officials returned home from Glenwood.
Local phrasing indicates black workers face legal or disciplinary action connected to the Louisville and Nashville construction gang operations. Details are sparse but imply institutional or workplace conflict requiring official handling. Further context from surrounding columns would clarify charges and outcomes.
Suppressed by sheriff armed deputies guard Elliston Kentucky as two rioters are wounded and not expected to recover. A clash among around one hundred Black laborers employed on the L and N tunnel two miles east of Elliston turns unusually severe with officials anxious about further trouble following recent incidents at the site.
The Lesh Manufacturing Company at Warsaw, the largest wood working concern in the region, has shut down due to dull trade. Fifty men are thrown out of employment.
In Hamilton Ohio some delegates clash over the Democratic nomination scene as Sorg accepts the bid with Joe Dowling controlling the plan. Sorg to write his acceptance aboard ship en route to Europe, while Frank Ray coordinates the deal from New York.
In Indianapolis on August 25 James McGraw was brought to Police Court after his daughter, a 16 year old, struck him, knocking him unconscious while he beat his wife. The incident began as the mother’s screams drew the girl to intervene and end the assault.
Seven standard blooming rose trees eight feet high lined the boundary to the life of guests. The bridal party left Newport on private car No. 493 with a special engine at 2 pm. Destination not disclosed, but believed to be Lenox, Massachusetts.
In Greencastle Indiana on Sunday night Buck Ford a Bainbridge youth was seized by local youths and covered in axle grease and feathers. The incident followed several reports of Ford causing trouble and several arrests have resulted from the melee.
Elwood Indiana workers at the McBeth and McClay lamp chimney plants totaling 1100 employees resumed operations tonight and will run at full capacity day and night to meet demand.
Lancaster Ohio faces an object lesson in finance as 65,008 dollars of bonds for a new city hall sit unsold due to unsettled money markets and wary investors. The Fourth National Bank of Columbus offered only nominal terms, while Lancaster bankers and brokers offered little else amid election jitters. The local delegation wrestled over candidate names with Miller and McElroy as they debated slate and campaign ties.
In Dawson's Woods near Harrisonville Ohio an unknown man's badly decomposed body was found this morning. The discovery followed a farmer William Bennett who shot at a masked highwayman during an attempted robbery three weeks earlier. Decomposition and hog activity prevented identification or cause of death.
Republican moves in New York with Mark Hanna and General Russell Alger shaping Michigan policy. West Virginia and Indiana campaigns outlined. bi metalism stance defended. Night clash at a tunnel site escalates violence as labor unrest and sheriff deputies restore order.
In Frankfort Kentucky Speed Smith of Madison says an extra session may be called after the November election. Governor Bradley is expected to include one subject in the call, the deficit of one million dollars, and to avoid reigniting the senatorial fight.
Carrie Stout was arrested in Louisville on a warrant for manslaughter after striking Sally Bird with a brickbat during a quarrel. Bird was pregnant at the time and delivered a stillborn child two days later. the coroner's inquest found Stout responsible.
A Big Four freight train derailed near Houston northwest of Piqua Ohio after an axle broke. Fifteen freight cars piled up and the track was torn up for a long stretch. Five men rode in a wrecked car. three escaped while two sustained serious and possibly fatal injuries. Traffic halted for seven cars.
A special dispatch from Anderson Indiana notes a city population rise to 21 042 from 1887 4132 and 1890 10787 with Elwood at 11732 Alexandria up to 6122. County population growth and wealth gains are described as remarkable as a magician's tale.
Alfred George Whitehead, an Irish American political prisoner released from Portland Prison, arrived in Skibbereen and became completely deranged after seeing his mother. He vanished soon after. Local search teams scoured the area through the night seeking him.
The Grand Castle convention of the Knights of the Golden Eagle began in Columbus with about seventy five representatives led by Grand Chief Spain J Southard of Bellefontaine. He proposed a 15 prize for every organizer of a new castle as eleven castles were formed this year bringing total castles to 76 and membership to 4083. The Grand Temple of the Ladies of the Golden Eagle held its second annual session with seventy in attendance and both groups were welcomed by the mayor followed by a parade and an evening speech by Si Scruggs of Pumpkinville.
At the State Board of Medical Examiners meeting in Columbus the Hygiea Medical College of Cincinnati was denied permission to graduate and certify students to practice. The decision follows earlier refusals and cites the college as not in good standing. The University of Louisville and the Kentucky School of Medicine in Louisville were granted licenses.
In Dayton on August 25 Revenue Collector Joseph Dowling clashed with Charles L. Hubbard at the Phillips House lobby after a political argument. Hubbard, a Dayton National Bank teller, claimed Democrats misgovern, prompting Dowling to respond with a counterpoint in the heated exchange.
In Louisville the A P A led aldermen confront the Democratic Board of Public Safety over police and city control. Amid a state of siege thousands gather as impeachment ends with new chief proposals and writs of contempt.
SEYMOUR Ind August 23 During the past week one of the largest land trades this season in Southern Indiana was completed by Alfred Guthrie of Tunnellton exchanging the famous Indian Springs in Martin County and four hundred acres for other property and money.
The confrontation began when Dowling accused Hubbard of holding an office he could not fill. Hubbard repeated the claim and Dowling struck Hubbard, sending his hat flying. Bystanders intervened and the pair retired to the hotel bar amid significant attention. Dowling later said he regretted the incident.
Special Dispatch reports a Brimfield, Ohio incident where the son of J. A. Mummier was fatally crushed when cider mill barrels toppled onto a wagon. The father and son were returning from the mill at the time of the tragedy.
The article details a transfer of twenty thousand acres of land in Florida to a wealthy Suene lady from a tract of dredged lands adjoining the Springs. The present owner plans a Keeley Gold Cure Institute building and a lake one mile long on the property.
Special Disputes Commercial Tribune reports Col. E. P. Hunt aged 80 of Chillicothe and Cincinnati died here last night of paralysis. He was once noted as a prominent citizen with a wife and two daughters in Cincinnati, one daughter identified as Mrs. Pettibone. Family troubles left him penniless as he passed away among strangers.
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