21 Aug 1896
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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1896
Page
1
The Spanish government plans a large damages bill over alleged expeditions from U S shores aiding Cuban insurgents. It cites the Wiborg decision and Geneva award as guidance, drawing parallels to neutral duties and Spain’s stance toward the United States from the Civil War era.
Lord Chief Justice Husserl of England arrives in New York with a distinguished party including Baron Russell of Killowan Sir Frank Lockwood and Montague Crackanthrope to attend the American Bar Association gathering at Saratoga. They represent the senior and junior bars of Great Britain and Queen’s counselors. A separate item notes Gen Sherman’s son Thomas E Sherman taking final vows with the Jesuits in Detroit.
Fire truck No. 6 from Buffalo with seven crew members collides with a trolley car at Waltz Avenue and Sycamore Street while en route to an alarm. The truck blocks the tracks. the trolley hits it at full speed. All crew injured. motorman and conductor arrested.
Chicago merchants report fruits and stone fruit losses totaling about 500000 amid a heated season. Carloads of peaches and Bartlett pears from Michigan and other states fail to fetch packing and shipping costs as demand collapses. Overripe, mellow fruit spoils in transit, hurting growers more than merchants and signaling widespread market distress.
Washington dispatch reports Hoke Smith will resign as Secretary of the Interior after his last cabinet meeting. He plans to return to Atlanta to practice law, while urging the President to honor his pledge to back Chicago nominees for the Senate with Crisp.
Judge Andrew Calhoun in Atlanta holds the Georgia Jim Crow law requiring separate coaches applies to street railways as well. The test case involved a negro ejected from an Atlanta Electric Railway car for not occupying a rear seat reserved for negroes. Company officers had previously required negroes to occupy the rear half of cars to appease white passengers.
The Canadian Indian Department received a telegram from Victoria B C dated August 11 reporting credibly observed sighting of the Andree airship by two Indian parties, noting a position at latitude 53.13 longitude 127.46 and a nearly due north course. attributed to Prof. A W Yowell.
The Leadville miners union adopted resolutions accepting the district wage scale fixed by Judge Owers of Weldon ming. The dispute centers on $3.20 for some workers versus $2.50 for surface men. A settlement is expected soon though the judge dined at a hotel dinner where a constable later attached a servant girl’s judgment.
A murky report states Mollalesa killed the Shah of Persia on a May morning in a public setting. The incident occurred in the capital with notable witnesses and government figures present. Details remain unclear as investigators probe motive and exact circumstances.
The weekly trade review notes no material improvement amid extreme heat and cautious sentiment across regions. Government crop reports show injuries, labor disputes grow, and bank loan refusals curb industry, with domestic business notably dull and clearing house figures down compared to prior years.
The Queen dissolves Parliament and delivers a speech noting anxiety over Turkish empire conditions. She mentions efforts to reconcile with other powers, and the Mashonas and Matabele uprisings. Troops press rebels while clemency is offered. Parliament’s measures are recited.
James F. Howard of St Joseph Missouri lies unconscious in a Juarez hospital with two bullet wounds after a confrontation with Mexicans on the way to Mexico City. Telegrams report three men were killed in the clash and he was later moved to Juarez. Celia Rose faces murder charges in Mimsfield Ohio for poisoning her father, mother, and brother. investigators say her confession emerged through a trusted confidant.
A jumbled OCR style summary mentions a latee man of war sighted near Anasticia Island heading north to intercept a Cuban filibustering steamer Laurida. It also references Oratio Dravens, messages to Jaurads, a deluge of toads, and gold production at Cripple Creek with figures for six months and 1896. It touches Russian distances and Transsiberian rail gaps, all presented in a disjointed, erroneous prose.
Dr Nansen and companions depart Christiania aboard the Fram on January 1 1895 bound for the Arctic. The vessel, with a 10 horsepower steam engine and a crew of twelve, seeks Fort New Siberia Island then drifts with the ice along the west coast in pursuit of land. Despite not reaching the North Pole, Nansen reports a record approach to within two degrees of it and confirms health aboard the ship.
A Halifax banking union announces a 4.5 percent discount on American currency at all Lueir offices in Yaurisime provinces starting Monday. A New York dispatch notes Canadian banks refuse to receive silver certificates at par, blaming US currency preference and silver agitation for the discount.
Three masked horsemen robbed the Bank of Montpelier in broad daylight on Thursday afternoon. They forced six bystanders inside, looted cash from behind the counter, and fled as a posse of about thirty pursued them. Officials keep the amount secret, but believed to exceed $10,000. Meanwhile, a separate report notes a fatal shooting in Springfield, Illinois, where farm hand Richard Shepherd was wounded during a quarrel with an emigrant named Gue.
The Ottumwa gathering opened with Judge Va Wag enen as temporary chair. The platform contains thirty five words endorsing the Chicago platform and urging unity among silver supporters. Elections chose LHS Carr secretary, G W Davis auditor, and James R Buiter supreme judge by acclaim. The ticket includes W D Boise attorney general and Amos Steckel railroad commissioner, with Horace Boies and James Weaver named as electors. A fire at Animosa Prison caused major losses including the chapel and library. repairs and emergency meal provisions were arranged.
Miss Nimmie Kinnie elopes with Murphy, leaving Beaton Street home and family uncertain of their fate. Mr Murphy, distant relative, is said to be with her. authorities search for the couple. A string of local misfortunes follow, from a barefooted escape during a man’s assault on a Plymouth County family, to a deadly shooting incident involving a Sioux City photographer and six victims.
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