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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1896
Page
4
The May 30 St Louis tornado caused vast ruin from Tower Grove Park to Fourth Street and beyond. Officials report identified dead in St Louis 162 and East St Louis 102 with unidentified in St Louis 52 and East St Louis 2. Property losses widely estimated around 25 million.
Seneca Mo June 1 Disaster lanes the flood scene around Lost Creek wrecking the town’s main street and iron bridge. Searchers scour both sides for missing people believed drowned with 14 of 18 recovered so far. Thirteen killed near Vandalia as cyclone hits Irvington and Richview on Illinois Central line.
Delegates split over the money plank as the Prohibition party nominated Joshua Levering for president and Hale Johnson for vice president after a late night adjournment. Broad gauge faction bolted and planned a separate convention while inviting dissatisfied groups to unite with the national party. Charles E. Bentley had been the initial broad gauge choice but his boom collapsed after the silver defeat.
Port Lane Oregon June 2 Republicans appear set to win a large majority in the Oregon legislature with 12 holdover senators for the party, 2 for Populists and 1 Democrat. Supreme judge Bean is expected to have a 5000 plus plurality. Pennoyer likely elected mayor. Fatalities from the Moscow Khodimskoye disaster are rising with 1386 dead recovered and 286 seriously or fatally injured. estimates place total deaths between 2000 and 8000.
British agent reports most prisoners freed in Johannesburg reform drive with four leaders still detained awaiting later consideration. Fines and banishment in effect with suspension on pledge not to meddle in republic politics. Separately Hammond allowed to visit ill wife in Johannesburg. Yellow fever spreads in Cuba aiding insurgents. defectors increase Spanish strain. Trumpf pleads not guilty in Milwaukee bank case. Koetting already imprisoned.
A Bulawayo dispatch to The Daily Telegraph says Cecil Rhodes arrived late Saturday night. He received a long government dispatch which he will cable to the colonial office with his reply forthcoming.
Walter Wellman reports that silver forces will control the Chicago convention by a comfortable margin and push a 16 to 1 free coinage plank. Stevenson emerges as a leading candidate, with Illinois support and a potential delegation shift. President Cleveland eyes a strong anti gold stance, while some Democrats seek to save the party without his leadership.
A silver Democrat report from Washington says 360 delegates have been elected to the Democratic national convention with 188 pledged to silver and 172 to gold. Silver states include Alabama and Missouri. gold states include Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania leader Senator Quay concedes McKinley will be nominated on the first ballot at the St. Louis convention. He claims a vote tally of 479, surpassing the required 460 to secure the nomination.
Bangor dispatch reports J. H. Manley stating Thomas Reed will not accept VP nomination and that Reed is expected to be nominated for president. The Boston Journal transmitted the Bangor message on June 2.
The president vetoed the river and harbor bill on May 29, objecting to public funds for private ends and criticizing Congress for extravagance.
The report covers May events in Congress with amendments to beer taxes, a defeated tabling motion, and a bond resolution. It notes House passage of amendments to a deficiency bill, war claims, and spoliation claims, plus a Stokes election contest outcome. Kate Field’s death is reported along with warnings of adjournment and other civic items.
A busy June 1896 news roundup notes Charles Warren Lippitt was inaugurated as governor of Rhode Island on Tuesday. The New York Court of Appeals upholds the Raines excise law. Crete turmoil grows as Turkish troops face renewed resistance. Ex-Governor S. D. McEnery elected U.S. senator from Louisiana. Other items cover Baltimore businessmen's fund for Johns Hopkins, Moscow and Diaz explosive tests, and notable deaths and appointments.
New York June 2 The Herald reports Miss Helen Gould has donated 100000 dollars to aid victims of the cyclone in St Louis and East St Louis.
Prices for wheat, corn, oats, butter, hogs and cattle listed from Minneapolis Duluth Elgin St Paul and Chicago exchanges. Highlights include cash and future wheat near 53 to 59 cents, hogs steady to lower, cattle and sheep steady, and closing wheat around 55 to 56 cents with corn and oats traded in the mid to upper twenties and soy notes.
Washington June 1 report outlines renewed efforts to base convention representation on Republican votes by state or district. The idea traces to 1884 and 1892 debates, with Southern opposition and West Virginia's N B Scott reintroducing a district based plan for seven thousand votes per delegate.
Defects in the battleship Oregon's construction have been found. Investigations by the navy department show possible departures from contract plate thickness for the protective deck and concealment by using three extra plates. The contractors have agreed to rectify the defects.
In Butte Hamilton Smith says an English syndicate led by the Rothschilds has nearly completed a deal to gain a controlling interest in the Anaconda company. The price rises from 30 million to 45 million dollars for the full property after a major Camp Creek mine strike. Parliament Opens in London after recess with Curzon denying German correspondence, Italy talks deemed military. High water damage halts Oregon Railroad traffic between Wallace and Burke Idaho. Canyon Creek rises and threatens embankments but Northern Pacific suffers no track loss.
Midnight theft at Paterson & Co. general merchandise in Blairsville. Wagons backed to the front door, stock valued around $3,000 taken. In Greece, Turks sack villages Duliana and Tsivira after Crete union declared. Memphis bodies of a woman and child found floating in the Mississippi River, fate unknown.
The Grace Williams, towed by Temple Emery, ran aground between the Manitous and the west shore while bound from Suttons Bay to Two Rivers. The crew escaped and took to the tug.
Boston June 2. S H Roper of Roxbury, a mechanical engineer, rode a steam bicycle he invented while pacing Tom Butler the professional bicycle rider. Roper, age 70, was thrown and struck on the head, dying a few moments later. He had worked on his motor for 25 years.
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