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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1896
Page
3
Ernest J Enabe Jr serving as president with James D Mason as vice president and J Wesley Gust as treasurer. Navy veteran and community leader named in organizational roster. Details indicate a corporate or nonprofit board listing with these named officers.
In Louisville on August 21 Colonel Breckinridge addressed Kentucky Democrats, denouncing the Chicago platform as revolutionary. He urged defeating Bryan and Sewall, praising past Democratic battles and calling for Buckner’s nomination for vice president.
A garbled report outlines Democratic and gold standard factions across multiple states. It mentions Indiana delegates, Maine, Maryland, Colorado, and Maryland conventions, fusion talks with Populists, and nominations for electors and governors amid the 1896 era party realignments.
Reports from Tromsoe and Hammerfest detail the Fram under Nansen departing Skersoe and reaching open water near North Cape with plans to ascend the Pole next spring. Descriptions cover ice conditions, crew prospects, and survival provisions, with notes on Captain Sverdrup and Dr. Nansen.
In Pittsburg Aug 3 a mound near McKee's Rocks is being excavated for scientific study. Thomas Harper of Union City believes the artifacts are over 1,000 years old and trace to ancient mound builders. A tomahawk and bone implements are found, with some evidence of restoration and ancient tool use. The find adds to knowledge of prehistoric peoples in the region.
Mark A. Hanna stays in New York to assess eastern politics while Samuel Fessenden rejects a gubernatorial bid to pursue a U S Senate seat. Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt seeks peace between Cornelius Jr and his son who wed Miss Wilson. Orlando S. Doremus halts a train to save a child on the tracks. Daniel Whalen, ex cashier of New York city excise, faces bail on a $5,000 theft charge. Mrs Holds Snell retires from a Montana fortune dispute after learning the will favors another.
A massive flood hit Gerepetown near Mogollan washing away houses and triggering a wall of water over eight feet high. At least twenty miners were living in the danger zone. dozens more homeless as six mules disappeared below Ateuta Meintred. Property losses totaled thousands for Colonial Mining Company and Deep Down Mining Company.
A mixed stock market showed uneven gains and declines in New York and Philadelphia exchanges. Prices across grains, dairy, and livestock fluctuated, with wheat and butter varying and cattle and hogs trading at mixed levels amid European cable influence and regional market shifts.
Four burglars burst into a home as two men defended it. William Adams and a companion exchanged gunfire with the intruders. Adams was mortally wounded, while the elder Adams and a burglar were shot. the two attackers escaped, and now face pursuit.
National League action in Philadelphia and Baltimore featured multiple games with scores: Louisville 6 over Philadelphia 2, Philadelphia beating Louisville in another game, Baltimore routing Wilkes Barre 8 to 1, Syracuse winning at Scranton 5 to 1, Lancaster Athletic 9 Lancaster 8 in 11 innings, and Newark sweeping Paterson 9 to 8 in the opening game. The Eastern League and other matchups included New York beating Chicago and Washington taking a 2-? result, plus a postponed Brookyn contest.
Frank Biles, a half breed Indian from the New Perco reservation, was seized from Asotin jail by a mob and hanged. The crime involved Miss Mary Richanison of Enterprise, Oregon, who was visiting nearby when assaulted on August 4. Biles was captured after escaping jail, the sheriff overpowered, and mob action followed.
Police captured a gang of young robbers in Brivestos New Jersey after a spate of break-ins in Borth Bridgeton. Ages 19 to 25, the youths met at a location then roamed the northern city at night, stealing from stores and milkmen. Several pleaded guilty.
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