10 Jun 1896
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Newspaper
Connersville Daily News
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1896
Page
1
A clipped note hints at mison space and daily changes by Ward Jemison, the Alligator Druggiat. The fragment signals ongoing internal column updates and shifts in publication staffing.
An old resident laments cricket abundance and denounces Ward Jemison of Connersville Indiana for stocking poisons Paris Green London Purple insect powder and related products to kill crickets and insects He urges readers not to buy these articles and claims community cruelty to wildlife while promoting humane pest control alternatives.
A drive to form a four federation trades and labor council in Kenosha Wisconsin is reported alongside notices of the Allge mein er Arbeiter Bund of Michigan at Muskegon. Other items note executions at Newgate London, corporate troubles in Boston, a U S minister taken ill in Paris, a Green Mountain farmer's alleged confession, a Cincinnati diamond case, and South Dakota Masons assembling for a lodge meeting amid a broad patchwork of scattered events.
Report from St Louis notes a flood of delegates arriving for the Democratic convention with contests for seats across many states. Discussion centers on the financial plank and the threat of a silver bolt, aided by figures like M H De Young and concerns over colored delegates' housing.
In Cleveland on June 10 the McKinley headquarters stirred as news spread that the color line would be drawn in St. Louis for the Republican convention. M A Hanne wired Thompson to ensure colored delegates receive comfortable quarters. Leach offered the St Louis exposition as HQ. George Myers, a leading Ohio Republican, plans to go with 15 associates, arranging hotel lodging and, if refused, to convene a mass meeting to decide next steps.
Indianapolis June 10 Republicans protest hotel and restaurant exclusion of colored delegates to the convention. Chairman Gowdy and Secretary Mansfield telegraphed the Business Men's league urging a change of meeting venue if possible. Rumor says McKinley favors Charles W. Fairbanks as convention chairman. Fairbanks avoids comment. Indiana delegates to meet in St Louis Monday to choose a national committeeman. candidates include Durbin Hawkins Nee and Huston.
Police restored order after a clash at the Eighth legislative convention where candidate Thomas and others bolted. Delegates clashed as chairs and desks were overturned and pistols brandished, prompting police to intervene. Regulars swept major county nominations while reformers won a few seats. Washington correspondents arrive to cover the national convention as reports of weather and debates continue.
In Newport Kentucky on June 10 the circuit court heard 22 depositions in the main day, defense experts cross examined by Colonel Nelson, and testimonies questioning George H Jackson’s veracity. Alibi attempts for Walling involve McNevin sisters and Ohio dental college officers. The judge saw dramatic cross examinations and evidence regarding Pearl Bryan’s murder and Walling's age.
Professor E. D. Cope of the University of Pennsylvania denounces Ohio moving to adopt electric execution as barbaric and uncertain. He notes shocks used in the New York method and recalls post mortem examinations suggesting some electrocutions may have died from the procedure rather than the initial sentence.
A 17 year old girl Minnie Osborne of Oakland City Indiana is arrested in Bellevue hospital after two men and a woman took her Monday night and registered her as insane. She later confessed her identity as Rosa Milburn or Clara Easton and is held pending Indiana officers. The incident follows a $500 theft from her parents.
Mrs Henry Ingham enters the 111th day of a documented fast in Laporte Indiana. Doctors attend, watchers moisten her lips, weight dropped from 210 to a frail level, and recovery after previous 300 day fast is noted. Observers warn death may result from starvation. Nearly one hundred Richmond lots cultivate for the poor garden plan.
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