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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1896
Page
3
Figures show Dor of the Others Tarrity and Aguinat support for Silver as delegates. Oregon election yields Republican victory. Distribution plans for Clicazo speech edited for broad dissemination. Nebraska’s Woof Javan notes old nomination rules to be dropped for a possible president race.
Partial returns show Deputy elects Hean Supreme Judge by about 10 000 majority. Republicans claim control of the Senate and a close House. Governor Pennoyer reelected mayor of Portland by a large plurality. Prohibition party claims 170 000 of 270 000 votes with new national party forming at Alliance Ohio.
Detroit June session of the national commercial tariff convention was postponed to 3 oclock to allow seating arrangements in the Chamber of Commerce hall after the Hoard of Troio invasion closing. Attendance appears lighter than expected with many accredited delegates not yet registered while more are anticipated.
News from Hampton Virginia reports six colored men aboard the sloop Irene drowned when a wind blast capsized the craft near Tanner’s Creek during Decoration Day exercises. Only two survivors, James Northingham and Albert Harris, are named. Other victims listed include David Harris, James Valentine, William Wilson, Lulu Wright, Millie Moore, and Mary Lizzie Woodhouse of Lambert’s Point.
Moscow reports a vast deadly crush near the Khodimskoje plain where tables for 500,000 and crowds reaching into the millions triggered a stampede. Officials fear 2,000 to 8,000 deaths as volunteers search the wreckage and injured pass away. Authorities wrestle with conflicting versions as the chaotic distribution of gifts sparked the catastrophe.
A long local legend recounts the famous ten horned cow born in Jack County Texas in 1887. The beast bore horn growths on hooves and head, with horns over two feet long, making grazing impossible and leading to sale after repeated attempts to trim them.
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