06 Jun 1896
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Newspaper
Lebanon Daily Reporter
Location
Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1896
Page
1
The Oneita Glove Fitting Combination Suit is praised as perfect and durable. A splendid line in all sizes ranges from TA cents to 81.00 per suit, with a one day sale on Monday June 3 priced at fifty cents per suit.
An ad lists Golftolton’s $40 shoes, Piclton’s 20 and 25 dollar slippers, Brooks Bros’ $459 shoes, and SM hadies’ fine slippers priced around $2.00. The text touts the goods as good value and quality.
Trial of Alonzo M. Walling for Pearl Bryan’s murder probes a long cross examination timeline as witnesses along the four mile route recount a midnight carriage sighting. Detective Witte’s testimony about finding Scott Jackson’s bloodstained coat and Walling’s instructions to review the scene frame a tense courtroom narrative of the case.
A diver employed by Captain Remi died during operations on the sunken steamer Caytin in Hanson, Michigan. He was lowered in the diving stage and hoisted without a helmet removed, his fate unclear. Nearby, a warrant was issued for Robert Lane, a Damribe schoolteacher, on charges of assault and battery. Other items note local events and unrest following a Christi procession incident with explosives and anarchist actions.
The Senate held a spirited revival on Cuban issues led by Mr. Morgan urging action and a request for information on Americans seized at Havana. Proposals to fund warships to Cuba were discussed as part of demonstrations of the president’s inaction. The day featured secrecy, parliamentary delays, and partisan frictions over seating and removals.
Alleged poisoners of the Mc Devitt family in Claytonville narrowly escaped a lynching as they tried to flee by train. Suspect William Staley was arrested in Tipton Indiana and escorted toward Claytonville by a Tipton sheriff. At East Lynn a mob of about 40 awaited the prisoner as the train stopped. A prior report notes Miss Lizzie Mel of the party implicated yesterday after an apparent poisoning. The chaotic sequence and arrests follow a chaotic afternoon.
In Indianapolis, Magowan N presents a dispute involving his wife and a betrothal associated with a Chicago marriage license dated 864. He notes legal complications in Oklahoma and a six month rule, while a separate Kansas City scene highlights Kinney and the potato market with pricing chatter and market drift. The piece blends legal anxiety with commodity reports and local gossip as authorities weigh timelines.
A garbled report from Louisville outlines political maneuvers around the Republican national convention with mentions of Governor Briley Bradley Hanna Platt Morton and others. It notes missing arrivals and officials as well as a carriage death in New York and a Bellevue Hospital transfer of an injured grandchild. Burden Robbers Arraigned in New York extradition case involving Townsend Harden household theft.
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