04 Sep 1896
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1896
Page
1
A local GAR post reported a strong turnout and robust finances in a showing of organization strength. Members praised support from the community and noted the group's solid financial condition.
Gen I N Walker’s annual address to the Grand Army of the Republic discusses war memories, Confederate uniforms, and fraternal ties between North and South. The session covers military instruction in public schools, membership figures, finances, and plans for the 1897 encampment in Buffalo with Denver as runner‑up.
A field report from Mexico City describes stark inequality between rich landlords and impoverished peasants. It details peonage contracts, low wages in silver, exploitative rents, and vast landholdings, with a discussion on silver coinage and its impact on labor costs and profits.
Excerpted dialogue shows a Mexican ironist urging suppression of American workers while an American speaker defends their endurance. The exchange centers on labor conditions and potential unrest, with Edwin Sumner Gill as a named source or observer.
The Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners elected R A Hancock of Fayette as Warden of the Kentucky Penitentiary to replace the late E M Nell and chose Hon L T Neal of Adair as Deputy to succeed Major Hancock who had already served as Deputy. Hancock has led the penitentiary since Nell's death.
Chicago Sept 3 Chairman Jones of the Democratic National Committee released a letter from Arthur Sewall to William J Bryan dated July 25 during the Populist Convention. Sewall urges Bryan to act for the success of the ticket, dismissing personal considerations as weighty factors, and notes that fusion politics are under scrutiny.
Special Dispatch reports a shocking Bluffton incident as eight year old Rinehard was dragged from a pasture by a frightened family cow. The girl was tossed multiple times, sustaining fatal injuries. observers describe a mangled body and severe trauma.
Columbus Sept 3 Captain J Airline announces a change in the deputy roster with Captain John Jona named Second Deputy and Chief Jetta in the office, detailing new assignments and responsibilities.
Lieut Jamies W Benton Quartermaster U S Army Fort Robinson drowned while bathing in a plunge bath yesterday near Hot Springs South Dakota. He was reported a skilled swimmer and was found at the bottom after entering the water as cramps were suspected. Officers were present at the grand military ball t o have been held last night.
The twenty third annual convention of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Lancaster District Ohio Conference convened at the Methodist Church in Lancaster today. Sessions featured addresses by Mrs. James M. Thoburn Calcutta India Mrs. J H Gardner Circleville Miss Grace McMullen Circleville Mrs D B Kumler Baltimore and Mrs Joseph Creighton Lithopolis.
Guthrie O T court reverses a Oklahoma divorce granted to Charles F Beach and Annie M Beach declaring Beach not a resident in good faith and annulling the divorce. Beach now may face a bigamous status as he and Cincinnati widow Mrs Day live in Europe.
In Kokomo Indiana September 3 1900 William Keeler a Tay lor Township resident attempted to kill his wife chasing her four miles with a gun. He was captured and jailed an old soldier drawing eight dollars a month his delusion centers on free silver and back pay hidden by enemies He will be sent to an asylum
A Fairmont dispatch reports the Monongah Coal Coke Company reduced mining rate from twenty cents to pee for machine work and from percent to thirty five cents for pick work. The tariff change was accepted.
In Columbus Ohio on September 3 the Gold Standard engine defeated Free Silver in a dramatic railway collision on the Columbus Sandusky and Hocking line near the State Fairgrounds. Both engines reached about thirty miles per hour, entangled with flatcars and a caboose, leaving only scrap iron of the Free Silver locomotive while Gold Standard remained largely intact after the high spectacle.
The Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias adjourned after amending statutes to allow two lodge sessions annually, to be held in Indianapolis. Minnesota opposed moving meetings. Supreme Chancellor empowered to call special sessions as needed. Next meeting scheduled for August.
Bennett Brundige, a wealthy Ashley resident, woke to a dynamite device placed under a stone at his front door. A fuse extending over twenty feet, burned matches, and a blast-capacity estimated to level his home were found. No enemies are known.
Martinsville Ind Sept 3 Bertha Bailey nineteen daughter of Mr and Mrs Milton Bailey killed herself at home in Monrovia last night. She was despondent about her health and had just told her mother she would kill herself. She used her brother s revolver to shoot herself through the heart.
Special Dispatch reports Ohio dedicates the Grant birthplace cottage at Mt Pleasant Clermont County. Gov Bushnell accepted on behalf of Ohio from donor Henry Z T Chittenden. Officials praised the historic site as the genuine Grant birthplace in a rain soaked ceremony with military presence.
Gold and free trade the leading declarations of their platform. Both born in Kentucky their formal notification to be given in Louis Viltac.
Indiana dispatch outlines Palmer and Buckner as main contenders with similar platform views despite Bryan opposition. It details ante convention maneuvers, key delegates from Illinois, Ohio, and New York, and notes the Convention's large attendance and strong Southern support for anti Bryan effort led by Bynum and Wilson. It praises Col. Ballard and others for organizing support across states.
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