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Fort Wayne Evening Post

Location

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1896

Page

4

Negro delegates face hotel boycott at St Louis convention

In St Louis June 9, hotels refuse Negro guests as national committee weighs action. The Business Men's League seeks a hall with cot accommodations and cooks for the colored delegates while promising a fund to hire lodging. Leaders fear hunger and exposure for delegates during the upcoming Republican convention.

St.Louis National Committee Business Men’s League St. Louis National J. ©. Long Florida Republican Party Cooka League Business Men's League Washington National Republican Executive Committee General Hotel Committee C. C. Rainwater Bureau of Information

Tensions over hotel accommodations for colored delegates at convention

Committeeman Long reports insults to colored delegates as hotel managers refuse lodging and dining. Tennessee official George W Hill warns he will boycott if decent accommodations are not secured. Local and national committees scramble for solutions amid protests and delayed hearings forecasts.

St. Louis Long Florida League Committee Major C. C. Rainwater Business Men’s League Washington Perry Heath Thompson Ohio McKinley National Marcus’ A. Hanna National Committee

Free Silver Dominates Arizona Democratic Territorial Convention

The June 9 Phoenix gathering endorsed immediate free coinage of gold and silver, with W. A. Howe elected chairman. Delegates were instructed to vote as a unit for freely coined money and to redeem debts in silver where convenient. The party opposed retiring greenbacks and backed silver as redemption.

Phoenix W. A. Howe Yavapai Arizona Secretary of the Treasury Treasury Chicago Bland

McKinley decorated corn train departs amid cannon and crowds

In Wicuitar Ta Kansas the McKinley decorated corn train with forty orators starts for St. Louis at six last evening. The day becomes a Republican love feast with over 10,000 visitors in town. In Denver Colorado Frank Arbuckle, state Democratic chairman, abandons plans for another state convention to contest the national convention delegation.

WicuirTa Kan McKinley St. Louis Colorado Denver Frank P. Arbuckel State Democratic Committee

Cleveland Opens Sangerfest with Lighting of Flag in Pittsburg

President Cleveland formally opened the national Sangerfest in Exposition hall Pittsburg at 8 oclock by pressing a button that lit an immense American flag formed of colored lights. He sent a telegram of congratulations to the festival committee and received thanks from the executive committee of the Stoney one national Songerfest. The opening drew great enthusiasm and was deemed a success.

Pittsburg Cleveland Washington Executive

Actor Frank Mayo Dies on Train En Route to Omaha

Renowned actor Frank Mayo died aboard the Union Pacific Overland Limited while traveling to Omaha. He had recently suffered chest pains and slept in the car’s smoking room. company members later found him unresponsive shortly after 1 p.m., with no prior signs of illness.

Omaha Frank Mayo Union Pacific Overland Limited Maya W. J. Block

Case of Hank case opens in Montgomery court trials

In Crawfordsville on June 9 the Montgomery circuit court began the state case against Phil Hank amid hundreds of onlookers. Hank, linked to Grace McClamrock's death, faced sensational charges as crowds feared mob action. he later withdrew a confession but faces trial with strong circumstantial evidence.

Crawfordsville Phil Hank Montgomery Fountain Counties Hauk Hank Baldwin California Montgomery County Ufe Grace McClamrock Miss McClamrock Covington Waynetown Lemuel McClamrock Barcus Stout Fountain County Robb

Territorial thefts and legal actions across cities

Reported shootings linked to a robbery near Cyclone with Gustave Sokintag and George Hall among the injured. The piece also notes libel suits against The Herald, Democratic convention leanings on free silver, a sky plate glass order for Anderson, and Walling’s trial developments in Newport with dramatic testimony and denials surrounding Pearl Bryan’s murder.

Markets Review and Local Trading Notes

New York financials show money on call at 1549 percent, mercantile paper 4.5 percent, exchange rates steady with bankers’ bills quoted for demand and sixty days. Chicago grain and produce list wheat, corn, oats, potatoes and fruit futures. live stock at Chicago Union Stock Yards reports cattle, hogs, and sheep prices. public notices include the National Conference of Charities and Corrections session notes. a drowning incident in Chicago ends with a mother and daughter dead and a son surviving.

New York Financial New York Prime Mercantile Harling Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Today Michigan Union Stock Yards Texas Conference of Charities and Corrections Grand Ramps Mich National Conference of Charities and Corrections

Evening Post Letter List Unpaid Advertisements Noted

The Evening Post lists unanswered advertisements for the office including names and codes such as A. W. 3-B and Carrie Helstein 5-Carrie, with entries like 1-Furnished Rooms and 6-H. L. Readers see a general delivery note and several initials indicating missing responses.

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