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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1896
Page
2
A garbled miscellany reports varied items from cities and countries. It references a cave north of a city, Aldermen schemes, fashioning of a carpet for Queen Victoria’s prison, a homicide in Jasper Georgia, and odd notes on margarine bans, railway firms, and a wide range of incongruous anecdotes without clear cohesion.
A long letter by Bishop Newman defends gold standard policy, condemns Greenbacks and bank influence, and argues Congress lacked authority to issue non coin payments. It recounts 1860s finance debates, Treasury loans, and Chase’s role, urging restoration of sound money to protect the nation’s credit.
A fragmentary London style report recounts Count Pahlen's blunt critique of coronation oversight and ministerial handling, noting tensions with Grand Duke Vladimir and the push to move inquiry to a ministerial council. A Belfast minister’s sermon interruption and a London court note round out the disjointed account.
The obituary recalls Bishop Martin Marty, a Jesuit and Benedictine monk, whose long career spanned Dakota missions and the Sioux areas. He was ordained in the 1800s, served as professor, founded monastic houses, and was later bishop of St Cloud. His death occurred after a life of migratory religious service and leadership in the church’s western expansion.
Sept 21 Ogden Utah reports a violent storm causing widespread destruction. A large warehouse burned. power lines and railway infrastructure damaged. many buildings wrecked and debris littered streets. No loss of life reported though damage totals reach substantial sums as crews clear debris and restore power.
A Union Pacific express from Salt Lake collided with a mixed train bound for Helena four miles west of Hutte Montana. Several people were injured including John Murray Leoville Dan Green Quinn Murphy and others. News agent M16inber Ditgengernun and Charles J. Duarte were named among the injured.
Reports from Canton Ohio detail Major McKinley’s day amid a busy schedule with rail officials, merchants from Pittsburgh to Cleveland arriving for events. Meanwhile advices from Manila note a French plot against the garrison, 100 arrests, and clashes with rebels as tense conditions unfold in the Philippines. Hazardville Powder explosion injures workers after lightning strike. casualty details unclear.
Fragmented OCR note recounts a Cuban general, troop strength, and a funeral tribute, alongside reports of a Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows meeting. It mentions General Tollasowiyn and General Gureli, a Cuban campaign, and a grand procession with officers and governors in a period-appropriate tone.
Lawrence Kan Sept 21 coroner s jury investigates the death of Milita Stecord the woman found dead with hatchet wounds to the head a pocketbook missing from under her pillow and unaccounted money suspects say she was murdered for her money The crime occurred early morning as a boarder noticed the room was empty and Miss McCord was found dead later in the morning. the inquest continues with no clear conclusion yet expected Wednesday or Thursday
Governor Matthews of Indiana presented the native service and library to the Indian nation during a brief ceremony aboard the Dolphin off West Philadelphia. The party, including Harrison and navy officials, then toured Went Point. A separate dispatch reports General Wahdo, governor of the Philippine Islands, has disappeared and is presumed murdered. Consul Gibson’s death in Beirut is announced. Fran cia Collin, jailed for bank heist, commits suicide in Michigan City. In Alabama a 11-year-old dies after ingesting laudanum.
Violent unrest and dynamite use rock Leadville with miners striking over pay and conditions. Explosions and gunfire erupt around the Coronado mine as residents seek safety. officials request troops as fires burn and embedded dangers threaten the town.
Reports from New York Paris and other cities describe Irish dynamiter Tynan facing extradition debates. Authorities detained conspirators in Antwerp and Copenhagen while letters of threat circulated in France. Galligher and associates pursued access to Tynan as legal proceedings unfolded amid anti extradition measures.
The Courier Journal states Colonel W. H. Chilton wrote the August 1896 editorial on silver, not Mr. Watterson, and notes Chilton later died in an asylum at Lakeland. The piece explains the editor’s memory of the prolific writer and the paper’s stance on free silver.
A garbled list of incidents across multiple locales describes suicides, accidents, arrests, murders, and financial fraud. Notable items include a man’s death by hanging in New York, a bank clerk charged with check padding in Denver, a fatal shooting in Indiana, a drowning in Colombo Junction, and a missing defaulter in San Francisco. Also touched are petty crimes, nursing debt disputes, and odd anecdotes about potato markets in Scotland and cavalry bicycles in English maneuvers.
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