16 Jul 1896
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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1896
Page
1
Fragmented dispatches report Democratic and Populist clashes in Arizona politics, crossfire over silver and tariff, with mentions of W. H. Boxface and local figures. Weather, malaria, and a death near Phoenix mingle with editorials urging stable policy and party loyalty.
French President Faure escaped unharmed after a would be assassin fired a blank cartridge in Paris He was arrested and claimed the act aimed to force a hearing on his grievance The event follows another earlier shot in the Chamber of Deputies. The National League of Colored Women opened its annual convention in Washington with talks on women education professions and home life.
London reports John Hays Hammond, the American mining engineer, will not testify at Jamieson’s trial unless Jamieson declares the Johannesburg relief effort did not want him. Hammond plans six weeks in London then a visit to America, asserting the reform committee urged Jamieson not to attempt the rescue.
The Pacific Mail steamer Colombia ran aground at eight o'clock this morning on rocks near Pigeon Point, five miles from Pescadero, amid heavy fog. Sixty passengers were aboard from Acapulco as tugs Active and Reliance began towage from San Francisco. rescue efforts continued as water entered a compartment and shore observers reported distress signals.
Hundreds gathered for the Bryan celebration in the court house yard as a fierce storm arrived from the northwest. Thunder roared, rain poured, and darkness fell, ruining bunting and draperies and alarming onlookers. The event, tied to a Pythian encampment in Minneapolis, describes preparations, and expected cross-city visits by Knights and Grand Army members amid plans for parades and interchanges.
Milwaukee July 14 The executive committee for the Wisconsin fifty year admission celebration meets to draft plans for a grand celebration in 1899. An industrial exposition modeled after a world fair is proposed with stock subscriptions already begun by Thomas B. Bryan and ex-directors of the Columbus exposition. Citizens of Milwaukee may subscribe about 200000 with the state to match. no legislative appropriation expected. State Senator James H. Stout supports a Director General.
On July 14 a large crowd of about five hundred representative Cleveland women arrived in Canton at 1145 to honor the McKinley home. A baton band led the march as thousands lined the streets while Mrs. Elroy M. Avery gave an oration stressing protection for American industry and family values, praising McKinley as a symbol of national integrity.
The National Retail Jewelers Association convention opens in Atlanta with attendees from St Louis Philadelphia Omaha Lincoln and Louisville. The meeting will discuss trade issues. A fatal home incident involved an oil lamp explosion that burned two sisters aged 63 and 65.
The silverites of Iowa met in convention with Rev S H Bosser of Waterloo named temporary chairman Thirty five delegates were chosen for St Louis all instructed for Bryan Also reports from London Paris and South Dakota on heat economic strains and Bryan endorsements by Populists in South Dakota New York market notes on silver prices and bullion trades
In Sax Francisco July 15 testimony links Mrs Bask ing as a confidante of Mrs Nettie Craven to a claim of being James G Fair’s contract wife. Witness says Fair killed Craven and noted Fair’s unusual use of pet names. A torn pencil will fragment was recovered and turned to attorney Reuben Lloyd. Edward Ludlow dies from heat after a day of overindulgence. He had worked as a cook at Central hotel and had recently left. W Connor is bound over to the grand jury after a shooting in a private office. A separate note covers rains, canal washouts, and regional departures including R Craig to San Francisco and Mrs A G McWilliams’s improved health.
Rioting broke out at Brown hoisting works with non union workers beaten stabbed and kicked. Troops were called as strikers and sympathizers attacked workers on the way to shift. G W Jackson suffered fifteen knife wounds and three broken ribs as police struggled to control the mob. Two companies of militia were ordered under arms amid fears of further outbreaks tonight.
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