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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1896
Page
2
A mosaic of short items covers crime, exploration, education, and social quirks. Reports describe a deputy surveyor in Washington, D.C. and Pine Ridge allotments debates, a German Berlin settlement near Oranienburg, and varied European education and alcohol trends. Also noted are Wagner museum opening, Maori language press, and matrimony services in Americus.
William J. Bryan travels from Bath to Newburyport and Boston delivering speeches to crowds. He is introduced by John Dessoo at Highland Square and departs for Providence amid cheering supporters after a dawn stopover. Chairman Jones heads to New York as party leaders plan strategy following a gubernatorial candidacy shift.
A leaked Democratic National Committee letter from Boise urges Idaho voters to back Senator Dubois. It argues for his return to the U.S. Senate, condemns a prior party agreement with populists, and calls on local Democrats to oppose Republicans and Bryan's platform.
A one month old baby of Mr and Mrs Thuac Anher at 1160 Low Street Baltimore was attacked by three large rats gnawing the face head and neck. The father overheard cries and found the infant fatally injured in a crib on the second story. Despite a physician's arrival the child died shortly after.
Yankton opens a state fair with attractions, buildings, and a $3,000 cash prize program. Excursions and transportation from surrounding towns, parade events, and daily races highlight a five day schedule with notable speakers and visiting contingents from Vermilion Armour Mitchell and others.
The report describes extensive ore finds at the Tornado work and other mines in Deadwood and the Hills, with upper and lower contacts parsed for hundreds of feet. Ore values range from $14 to $60 per ton, while development and new facilities push to 200 tons daily. Several mines, including Welcome, Mark Twain, Troy and Singapore, and Haniscrabble, are expanding amid a regional mining boom. The Elkhorn road secures rights to support larger operations as multiple firms employ hundreds and pursue long-term production.
News recounts a rousing late evening at a Rostal hall where William J Bryan and Arthur Sowall drew loud applause as supporters debated silver delegation and police restraint. Delegates, including Bevan and other leaders, filled the hall amid calls for unity and accusations of party corruption.
Washington reports indicate heightened Army readiness and quarantine of arming all units as tensions with Spain mount. Troops including cavalry divisions are staged for possible Cuba deployment within ten days, while arsenals on Rock Island report full blast production despite delayed formalities. Officials avoid discussing details, but general movement suggests a looming Cuban crisis and broader conflict potential.
Milwaukee health and hotel districts bustle with delegates to the National Prison Association annual session. Prominent attendees include General Brinkerhoff, Captain Pope, Rev. Hickox, Judge McMillan, and other officials. The opening events feature welcomes from Governor Upham and Mayor Ruschenberg, with addresses planned by association president General Brinkerhoff and a sermon at Plymouth Church.
Report from New York details Bryan arriving at Miller Barracks with a crowd and his companion Mrs. Yammaney Wall before heading to Bridgeport to meet Fim About 500 people observed the scene. Bryan appeared anxious, his voice firm as he spoke on politics and law, insisting no one should escape responsibility for wrongdoing. Archibald Sewill and others described Bryan’s reception, while Sewall's remarks highlighted Bryan's continued influence in New England.
The Interstate Commerce Commission holds a hearing on railroad practices affecting transport across Missouri Kansas Texas and Illinois with officials Clements Yeomane and Morrison presenting. Separately Underwriters meet in Chicago as tornado tax questions draw attention at the twenty eighth annual convention featuring Willis Moore and George Lovejoy. Delegates from cities including St Louis Indianapolis New York Cincinnati Denver Des Moines Milwaukee and San Francisco attend.
Aberdeen D 8 Sept 22 Prominent dog fanciers from far and near have arrived to attend the coursing meet opening tomorrow morning. Notables include William Stephenson Boliver Mo A P Blohm Oaks ND H G Waters Fawnbon ND Arthur Masney Chicago Fr H Mulcaster Fox Lake Wis William J Fortuny Fortune Brow m viewing company Chicago William Chariton Minneapolis N P Whiting representatives from Minneapolis Coyne Huron Nichols Mitchell Dodds Warewell Hatherd Hensdale with many others. First heat of all age stake for winning silver cup and purse $500 will begin tomorrow at 9 a m Weather described as flat class. Two bank failures reported Kansan bank commissioner Barut day one at Argonia and one at Tribune Creeley county. No other cage jn nanigned for failures beyond shrinking business in western part of state.
A historical dispatch reports Spanish troops in Cuba and debates over expelling Black laborers as white migration from Spain is urged. It notes 27,000 Spanish reinforcements arriving and tensions surrounding American planter Rivary and local violence amid revolts and foreign intervention.
A London dispatch notes widespread belief that Princess Victoria of Wales faced mental distress after her marriage and sought treatment from doctors including Sir William Jenner and Sir William Broadbent. Reports claim experts judged her condition more emotional than physical, with political tensions surrounding royal matches and public scrutiny shaping court dynamics.
News from New York reports W C Whitney former secretary of the navy will marry Mrs. Waith Randolph widow of late ex Captain Arthur Randolph of East Court Wilshire England. The ceremony will be private with only a few intimate friends present at noon today.
The Cigar Makers International Union opens its twenty-fifth annual convention in Detroit with George W. Perkins of Chicago delivering the opening address. Delegates include Samuel Gompers and Canadian reps from Hamilton, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and St Catherine’s. The report shows 381 local branches and nearly 30,000 members in the US and Canada, with benefits totaling $41,366 for the year and notable sums for sickness, death, and traveling expenses. The union cites opposition from a New York faction and notes cigarmakers’ output rising in the fiscal year ending June 30. Canadian delegates push resolutions about Tollet factory conditions in Michigan’s First district. The convention is expected to continue tomorrow.
A long fragment recounts Oscar Wilde and the reactions of wardens and chaplains, describing Wilde’s chapel behavior, transfer to Wandsworth, and late-19th century prison routine. The text shifts to market notes and agricultural prices with scattered stock quotations and a separate report of a four-boiler explosion in Pennsylvania followed by local burglaries and a skeletal discovery related to Jesse James.
A violent Ottawa raid struck Potagranising on Drummond Island at dawn. About fifty Ottawa warriors landed in birch bark canoes and attacked Chippewa settlements, burning wigwams and looting homes. A wounded Chippewa man died as the invaders fled toward the Canadian shore. The Ottawa contingent, from Georgian Bay, sought revenge for old humiliations and the alleged spell on a Chippewa healer. They warned of a larger return next year to exterminate remaining Chippewas, a purge historians may deem last raid of the Ottawas.
Paris reports that ambassador Cambon told the sultan western powers demand reforms extend to the whole Turkish empire, marking France's first diplomatic move and a final warning. Russian papers shift toward Britain while Lord Salisbury visits the czar. amid disasters and local incidents, deaths and accidents are noted in Illinois, Ohio, Kansas, and Wisconsin.
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