McKinley Hosts Major Demonstration in Vermont
A large crowd attended a notable demonstration at McKinley’s Vermont home highlighting civic engagement. Organizers publicized the event and drew local residents to witness the display of support.
12 Sep 1896
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1896
Page
1
A large crowd attended a notable demonstration at McKinley’s Vermont home highlighting civic engagement. Organizers publicized the event and drew local residents to witness the display of support.
Vermont delegates arrive in Canton for a McKinley reception. Gov. Woodbury and Sen. Proctor lead a large party as a glee club performs and Major McKinley thanks Vermont for its steadfast support in opposing free silver and repudiation.
A speech denounces free silver as a moral issue and a threat to national credit. It praises Union victory, pension integrity, and debt repayment while urging voters to reject legislation that would devalue currency. Continued on Second Page.
In Banff on Sept 11 Col Li Hung Chang discussed Joseph Chamberlain and US silver politics. He supported international bimetallism and said a silver President would lift silver nations. He praised President Cleveland as a great man and head of his cabinet.
William T. Penwell, near Bainbridge in Chillicothe Ohio, was found dead in bed last Wednesday. Initially thought to have heart disease, his body swelled and burst on Thursday. Dr. R H Mc Kee found poisoning. Penwell and his first wife were divorced, and he married his mother in law on August 8. No clear evidence of suicide or murder.
Free turnpike regulators in Washington County Kentucky attacked toll gates at Tatham Springs and nearby routes. About 125 men destroyed eight gates including the one near Tatham after warnings against toll collection. Threats of lynching raise fear across Lawrenceburg and surrounding roads.
Thomas EB Ross a partially blind street beggar was found mangled beside the Big Four tracks above North Indianapolis. He died at City Hospital after claiming a man attacked him and threw him on the rail. Police have no clew to the murderer and say the assailant stole his money.
British forces push rapidly along the Nile as operations intensify in the northern sector. Reports say units are advancing with momentum toward key positions, signaling a widening offensive in the theater.
Dispatches from Cairo report the North Staffordshire regiment en route to Absarrat after reaching Kosheh camp. The Third Brigade and cavalry reach Absarrat while dervishes withdraw at forward moves. British Egyptian forces push toward Kasbar with gunboats supporting supply depots at Wady Halfa.
Governor Morton states in a letter to J L Mider that he favors McKinley for president and the Republican party, and that courtesy shown to William Jennings Bryan at Ellerslie does not indicate any support for Bryan or the silver platform. He says he was away in the Adirondacks and learned of Bryan's visit only through newspapers.
The Staffordshire Regiment detachment arrived at Kosheh by train and the Sirdar plans to move toward Kerma above the third cataract. Dervish outposts at Kerma are reinforced as desertion grows between outposts, with a rapid advance to Dongola anticipated to strike Khalifa power.
In Chicago Justice Court Thomas Gaffney and William Barton face assault charges after a fight with Daniel Keefe at a saloon on 162 W Washington. Keefe suffered a skull fracture and is in a precarious condition. An odd historical tie to President Cleveland surfaces as his prior Erie County hanging is mentioned.
Special Dispatch reports in Versailles Kentucky that Charles Bryant shot and seriously wounded James Lloyd after Lloyd knocked down Bryant’s father with a club. Lloyd was arrested in Frankfort last week while eloping with another man’s wife. Bryant remains in custody on a $250 bond.
Prof Francis J Child Ph D LL D of Harvard University died today in Boston at age 71. His name heads the Harvard instructors list by length of service since the August death of geologist Prof James Dwight Whitney.
Chicago on September 11 reports 200 manufacturers and jobbers plus over 30 000 retailers joining to form the National Association of Merchants and Travelers. Articles of incorporation received from Springfield. A board and executive committee named. Officers to be elected next week. First alliance meeting set for September 12 to 26 in Chicago.
West Virginia Senator Faulkner plans retirement at term end and aims for a seat on the State Supreme Court bench. Friends say he is not seeking reelection and wants a judicial post rather than further political office.
Gallipolis Ohio reports the probate committee probing ex County Treasurer El r's books will release its findings tomorrow after finalizing today at 6 pm. The shortage amount and transfers alleged against Josser are disputed. Buckeye Building and Loan bondsmen refuse action. Turnpike bonds sold May 20 did not clear due to money market strain. later issues were acquired by L M Beman and others with plans to sell in Cincinnati.
Albert J. Frantz pleaded not guilty in Police Court to murder in the first degree in the Bessie Little case. A vast crowd gathered outside the Police Station as Diver Graham searched the Stillwater river for the revolver believed to be the murder weapon.
Mrs. Rev. W. O. Scott, about forty, was found hanged to a cherry tree in her father James Craig’s garden at five this morning in Butler County. She had just returned from Toledo Hospital where she spent the summer. Rev. Scott was at a U P Conference in Cambridge and may bury her in Zanesville as their former home.
James H. Junkett a 53 year old Montgomery County Tenn planter married Margaret Pritt a 16 year old widow in Hopkinsville after a late evening elopement from their home. The bride had been married before and was widowed six months prior to the marriage.
A fire at the Institute for Feeble-minded Children in Frankfort Kentucky destroyed temporary workshops housing 120 children at 9 pm. Believed incendiary, possibly started by inmates after escape attempts. Several children injured during evacuation. others saved from upper floors. The structures cost 12000 dollars and were insured for 6000.
A press mill blast at the Ohio Powder Company in Youngstown on September 11 mutilated two workers, George Lynch and Reese Reese, killed or severely injured. The explosion leveled the press mill, destroying the facility and causing an estimated loss of $10,000. this marks the plant's third fatal blast.
Consul Seymour in Palermo reports lemon exports to the United States for the season will exceed last year by 300000 to 500000 boxes. He notes inferior fruit quality and low U.S. prices have made the season one of the trade's most disastrous.
Joseph H. Manley, chairman of the Republican State Committee, predicts Maine’s Monday election will yield the largest Republican vote ever in a Presidential year and a record majority for Governor. He cites past Septembers and estimates 90,000 votes for Republicans against 60,000 for the opposition if turnout is favorable.
The Great Sun Council of the Improved Order of Red Men voted to hold the fiftieth council in Philadelphia and approved liberal appropriations for the celebration. A National organizer was rejected and work assigned to the Great Incohonee. The ritual was adopted, and Pocahontas degree rites were deferred. Newly elected Great Chiefs were formally raised before delegates departed.
A brief note indicates discussions or concerns about finding a storage or dumping location for silver items. The fragment mentions eagerness to establish a place to dispose or store silver material, reflecting local interest or planning stages.
Edwin Sumner Gill notes editorial contrasts in Mexico with United States silver policy. He cites tenement conditions, waterless slums, and depictions of wealth disparity, alongside firsthand remarks on living costs for American workers in Mexico compared with the United States.
Wil Shinall of Heckletown was shot to death by Batty Buck a store clerk after Shinall fired five times from a window Buck leaped up and Shinall was killed Buck was in Mrs Shinall s room at the time of the shooting and is expected to dig
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