03 Dec 1896
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Newspaper
Hutchinson Gazette
Location
Hutchinson, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1896
Page
1
Tension runs high as observers await the president’s forthcoming remarks on Cuba. Officials and citizens speculate on policy shifts, potential openings, and the island’s future, amid cautious optimism and wary scrutiny from neighboring nations.
Washington December reports that Speaker selection for the Fifty Fifth Congress is unsettled with Republican efforts to unseat Reed. Grosvenor denies candidacy. Postmaster reforms falter as Civil Service delays slow fourth class postmasters. Wilsons postal report waiting on presidential message. Window glass manufacturers reunite under ironclad pact consolidating market control. Otto Lyon dies after drinking at a St Louis saloon amid German estate debts.
In Teresa Kansas on December 4 federal judges Thayer and Yen June will hand down a decision in the Santa Pe case after arguments and authorities were submitted. The case has drawn attention as a major federal inquiry with no clear outcome yet anticipated.
Two children aged about four cremated when left in a burning house in North Alin. Grandchildren of William Lewis, tragedy follows a skating mishap as a 1-year-old unlocked the doors. Nearby, farmers poisoned gravy with strychnine. five men taken ill, three likely to die. Multiple deaths reported across St Paul Langdon and Alabama court case damage.
In Missouri, December 2, volunteers gathered at David Bernsberg’s home to enlist for Cuba. Bernsberg, a Missouri militia captain with U S Army service and prior German WWI era ties, talents for discipline, and Cuban freedom zeal, said funds would cover transport. about 150 men have already enlisted. Kansas Republicans Hear from Editors About Harbor Access to Europe.
Reports from St Louis detail diamond thefts at Planters House and Grand Avenue Hotel. Mrs Galbraith and Mrs Whittaker reported missing rings valued at thousands. detectives are on the cases. Separate dispatches describe job seekers clashing with guards at a reservoir site, a fatal footpad murder in Reed County, and a DeKalb man killing his wife before taking his own life.
J G Krag of Russell Kansas arrived recently and died by suicide yesterday amid suspected trouble over a real estate matter. A father's letter urged his return home and a note to Charles B Hall asked to tell his wife he loved her to the end. The Masonic order took charge of the remains.
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