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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1896
Page
3
Reports detail over fifty drowned after a wind driven boat collapse and a cyclone in Michigan and Illinois. Forty three deaths in Michigan with numerous injuries. a ferry capsized near Cairo. extensive storm damage reported across towns, rail lines, and depots.
A garbled OCR fragment describes a chaotic scene with scattered names and places. It mentions a late event near a market or stage and references various terms like war, wind, and music. The text is largely unreadable, offering few coherent facts to form a clear reportage summary.
A report on the push to investigate free alcohol appears amid a session of legislative debate. The text notes discussions on beer taxation, reformer arguments, and parliamentary maneuvering contrasting support and opposition from senators and party lines. It references measures linked to temperance, revenue implications, and the broader reform agenda.
In a May 27 assembly at the Westentay Episcopal congregation in Cleveland, members discussed three proposed resolutions from the board of temperance, including organizing temperance societies in all annual conferences and approving the anti-saloon league's aims. The report urged abstinence and church cooperation with broader temperance goals, proposing a November observance and quarterly Sunday school lessons. The evening session reviewed the temperance committee’s findings and urged state-level actions on prohibition. A final recommendation supported by the board urged government action to adjust internal revenue laws to curb traffic.
In Saratoga May 27 the Presbyterian general assembly saw a strong Christian Endeavor showing. The body moved to read a statement on relations between individual societies and churches and planned statistics collection. A nine member committee was formed to advise on retrenchment and debt, while new symmetry for home missions aimed at closer presbyterial oversight and self support within presbyteries.
The report compiles diverse May 27 items from a St Louis convention to county platform debates. It mentions the Conk county Delaea convention platform urging immediate restoration of bimedilic systems and coinage of gold and silver, delegates to the gate convention, and silent on the presidential question. It lists contests for state delegation at St Louis with 87 contests affecting 156 delegates. Knight Templar parade details, trials in New York and Missouri, a Paris era case, and a few other brief notes are included.
Fragmentary dispatches show Indiana and Oklahoma parties jostling for presidential picks with Bland and free silver. Debates, indictments, and alleged plot shifts touch politicians from Gowdy to Rus sell and Monspeler. The report also cites a czar coronation celebration and naval talk about Crete.
The piece details factional battles within the Prohibition movement over platform planks on free silver and women's suffrage, with leaders like Samus Dickie, Charles F. Bentley, and reps from Michigan and New York. It notes three enunciations, the threat of a split, and jockeying for a gold standard or broad platform.
A long list of baseball games across the National League with results and locations including Philadelphia at New York New York. Cleveland at Washington. Buffalo at Chicago and more. Several minor notes on other sports and events appear, including a funeral in Wisconsin and bribery trials in Nebraska.
Prices from New York and Philadelphia exchanges show limited movement with many readings unchanged. Cattle and hog markets vary, with mild shifts in dairy and produce items as buyers and sellers adjust to modest demand across regional listings.
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