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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1896
Page
1
Two bodies were found concealed in a barrel behind a Prairie Avenue building in Hyde Park Chicago. An elderly man about 65 to 70 years old and a newborn baby were found after a nurse reported a barrel at the alley rear of a residence. Police pursue a mysterious female lead and motives behind the grisly crime.
Washington scramble over President Cleveland copying a Cuban policy note as Chicago Times Her ald reports the capital laughed at the president for rushing into print. Olney and Cleveland reportedly smooth over friction with assurances of no offense and continued administration harmony.
Bowen Sykes near Plant City Florida repelled a mob of about fifteen with a Winchester firing when they forced entry to his home after years of threats to leave. Four regulators died and six others were wounded before the assailants fled in terror. Admiral Walker and others are noted in separate items. further lines mention a Princeton student protest and a Missouri jealousy killing.
The Cuban leaders Gomez and Maceo outmaneuver Gen Weyler moving through Santa Clara and toward Matanzas while attacking from the Everglades. Fires, skirmishes, and rapid troop shifts mark a tense frontier scene near Havana as Metanzas and the capital loom. The Iowa battleship launch is set for March with Philadelphia hosting delegations.
Disturbances in Madrid grow as university students and residents demonstrate against the United States. They gathered before the university, publicly burned an American flag, and police dispersed the crowd with several arrests. The cabinet council ordered a temporary university closure and planned a special budget for naval armaments.
England gave Venezuela ninety days to pay indemnity for arrests on the Uraan River in 1804, but Caracas declines. Britain would treat the arrests as separate from the boundary dispute, risking force to collect. Also reports note Fitzsimmons cancels Pitts event while Corbett planned confrontation and details of counterfeit seizure in Chicago.
The Murela carnation, raised by a nine-firm operation led by the senior member at Breenhouse near Grind Rapids, attracts offers from prominent florists after years of careful cultivation and recent debut in varietal shows.
The Dun & Cas Weekly Review notes Cuban resolutions and receivers for the Bal timora 2nd Ohio impact markets though prices of rail stock remain near February highs. Wool prices fall about 24 percent in February while cotton goods see price cuts. Many mills plan stoppages to let the market clear. 285 U S failures vs 234 last year and 68 in Canada vs 63.
Gen Gordon of the United Confederate Veterans discusses a New York July 4 parade and the Richmond reunion dates. He notes no change unless a majority wishes and emphasizes cordial ties between former enemies and mutual support among veterans.
The Oldhouse family perished in a farmhouse fire near Barsiu Wisconsin two miles from Alma seven members including father mother and five children died from smoke and flames. The money rumored missing was found after the blaze diminishing theft theories.
Sioux City cattle and hog prices show beets at 3.00 to 38.50 for stockers and feeders and hogs at 3.73 to 33.88. Grain reports list wheat 49 to 82 cents, corn 17 to 15 cents, rye 20 cents, flax and hay values, with butter and eggs noted. Chicago quotes include cattle prices 3.31 to 4.73 for steers and 2.80 to 8.60 for stockers and feeders, wheat No 2 spring 80 to 86 cents, corn No 2 52 to 60 cents, oats No 2 39 to 42 cents, rye No 2 89 to 93 cents. Kansas City shows red steers 3.15 to 4.85, stockers 5.00 to 5.90, hogs 3.60 to 4.87, sheep 7.50 to 11.00. South Omaha lists cattle beets 4.20 to 4.20, stockers 2.75 to 8.70, hogs 3.86 to 3.95. St Paul notes beets 8.25 to 8.83, stockers 2.00 to 3.00, hogs 1.50 to 8.82. Minneapolis grain covers May wheat 121 to 69 cents, No 1 hard 2.5 to 2.75, No Northern 61 to 64 cents.
The Senate opened with Dupont of Delaware and Cuban resolutions prompt discussion. Debate centered on Cuba and Spain with Senators Mitchell Chandler Hawley Sherman and Hale. The House finished the legislative appropriation bill and passed the post office funding while debating stopgap reform and reforms to the fee system.
President Cleveland attended a large Presbyterian gathering at Carnerie Hall to support missionary work. He praised the nation’s aid to missions and urged extended effort. The meeting at Presbyterian Board of Home Missions raised 35,800 with many pledging future contributions. This event launched a nationwide home mission drive led by the New York Presbytery and others.
Massachusetts Governor Frederic T. Greenhalge died in Lowell after a two week illness of paralysis and kidney trouble. Bells tolled statewide as the commonwealth mourned his death. He was born in England, raised in Massachusetts, Harvard educated, and served as City Solicitor Lowell Mayor and state legislator before serving three terms as governor. The lieutenant governor will act for the unexpired term. W J Campbell also died at his Chicago area home after pneumonia, leaving his wife and father near death. Campbell had been a long time Republican national committeeman and former state senator. Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick of St. Louis died at age around sixty. A Queen's Hall London demonstration for US Britain arbitration drew a small crowd mostly of women. Resolutions supported an international treaty. In Bragg, LT Jack Chewis, a wanted murderer, and two Cherokee deputies escaped during arrest attempts by Gano Adair and Giram Stevens.
An article portrays Menelik I as a powerful Abyssinian ruler claiming descent from the Queen of Sheba. It notes his independence from Italian protection and his potential influence in European strategic games. Born 1845, he crowned himself emperor after King John of Abyssinia’s death, and his realm is described as rich in gold and lush lands with a population of about 5,000,000.
The article celebrates Mrs. Leland Stanford as the victor in a long litigation, calling the Supreme Court decision a splendid victory for education. It notes she sacrificed much, potentially risking millions, and praises her for humanity’s higher good, amid speculation about disastrous outcomes if the ruling had gone the other way.
The California case to compel the Stanford estate to pay about 15 million to the United States over debt from the Central Pacific Railway was affirmed by the Supreme Court. The decision holds stockholders are not personally liable for the debt, ending efforts led by Mrs. Stanford and the Stanford estate.
Reading of scattered lines shows Li Hang Chang departing Pekin for Moscow coronation. rumors of German politics and European finance. fires in South Holland and Guayaquil losses. miner disaster in Prussian Silesia with many dead and missing. A J Balfour debate on monetary conference. France backing a Chinese loan package.
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