06 Aug 1896
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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1896
Page
1
In a brief note to readers the Gazette announces a lapse in reminders for overdue subscriptions. Advertising revenue is low and publishing costs remain high, with funds collected in the last three months failing to cover one week of publication.
Liu Mung thane of Baglan Loxpox arrives in Southampton from Navre to visit London. He stays at Carleton House Terrace with Lord Lonsdale as his residence. In the U S updates, Populist Republicans in Alabama expect no state win but chase legislature gains. Cyclone Davis is nominated for Congress in Texas. Bulgaria’s ex-premier Stambuloff’s tomb is damaged by a dynamite blast. Columbus Buggy Co fails. various political and social notes follow with multiple names and places.
Senator Jones of Arkansas says Bryan cannot accept the Populist nomination while on the Democratic ticket with Sewall. He warns central committees may withdraw in favor of another candidate. Jones praises northern and western Populists, while accusing southern leaders of seeking spoil. He favors fair electoral arrangements but rejects improper deals.
Eleven victims of the Atlantic City railroad collision were buried at Bridgeton as mourners gathered for funerals. Mourning attire and lodge processions marked the day with services in churches and prayers for the dead and living.
A New Jersey collision near Atlantic City on Thursday night killed forty four excursionists and injured forty three. The dead engineer Edward Farr is blamed for the wreck due to a failure to slow as a westbound train approached the crossing. Automatic signals locked red warnings, suggesting Farr attempted high speed to compensate for a past delay.
Spokane lawyer and Democratic leader K HL Platter was shot and killed by Henry Seifert a restaurant owner and sportsman after a courthouse confrontation. Seifert claimed he offered reconciliation before the shooting and turned himself in at the sheriff's office after the act.
News brief summarizes political moves as gold standard Democrats plan a Chicago convention around Sept. 1 to nominate a national ticket. Also notes Populist HQ in Washington and leadership changes, with other items on railway rate wars and a fatal workplace accident in Shawnee.
Experiments with pure nickel and aluminum substitutes for current cent and one cent bronze coins will be conducted at the mint in September or October by order of Director Preston. A House resolution authorized the tests. the Senate must act to implement. Public may resist changing coinages, risking recoinage of millions in nickel and penny pieces.
Frank Davis, a porter, killed Robert Pickett the dance hall proprietor by slashing his head with a razor and wounded May Rivers who faces death. Davis then cut his own throat but survived. Jealousy sparked the tragedy at the Crirpoe Creek venue where Davis worked. The city endures extreme heat, Dallas reports 107 degrees, intensifying the crisis.
Denver readers learn that a meeting of leading Republicans directed Senator Walcott to resign over his support of the Republican national ticket.
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