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Newspaper
Syracuse Register
Location
Syracuse, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1896
Page
2
The piece surveys season trends with: aristocracy at seaside resorts, dangerous cyclones, mysterious steamship visits, and a sea serpent vacation. It satirically cites a Boston paper on American Indians, eastern college women playing baseball, and Florida orange groves recovering after frosts.
A dramatic report describes the assassination of the shah of Persia and the swift inauguration of his son as the new ruler. The story circulated rapidly in American cities, as telegraph lines linked distant regions to the palace events.
A World sketch of Delmonico’s house recalls a founder who arrived with two dollars. It notes that if he were alive today he could scarcely buy a toothpick there, illustrating how much wealth and commerce have expanded over fifty years.
The piece contrasts Wonktsu emperors and European and Asian kings with the U S president who rises at four every morning. He leaves quietly through the kitchen and enjoys fishing, hunting, and recreation despite heavy guards and duties.
The scene aboard a New York bound liner shows Paderewski waving with his left hand while his right hand lies inside his pocket, fondling 286 660 dollars in American currency as the ship departs.
The Massachusetts reached 16.15 knots, .54 faster than sister ship Indiana. Builders delivered 9 large boxes, boosting the navy’s fighting strength. The ship proves American architects’ capability, while the need now is men to man the new vessels.
An amateur writer claims Mrs Gen Gun recently hosted a luncheon for Mrs Maj Eward, who was visiting Mrs Rev Grod. Guests named include Mrs Col Gnatling, Mrs Judge Blackstone, Mrs Commodore Monitor and Mrs Prof Music.
City engineers propose a double-deck transit structure from Harlem to the Battery with a top bicycle track and no fare on the round trip. They suggest adding another roadway above the bicycle track for carriages and a final pedestrian path.
Horwexa, labeled a multamyderer, argued before execution in Philadelphia that the osseous part of the head and face could be reshaped by persistent evil thoughts. He warned that sustained fear of disease may manifest physically and that thinking no evil is becoming seen as both scientific and ethical.
Paraphrased call to patriotic citizens to support home mission workers and Americanizing Christianizing newcomers from Europe and Asia. Stresses the value of quiet church labor to the state and nation and warns the safety of the republic depends on such efforts.
The Central American group led by Salvador and Nicaragua unites to form a republican major de cen am. The consolidation signals a single regional republic joining El Salvador Nicaragua and Honduras under a shared banner.
May reports show the senate examining the Peffer bond measure with Hill opposing and Pettigrew supporting. A protest against actions by a Spanish gunboat is urged. Pension bills pass, veterans and widows receive higher monthly benefits, and private pensions total seventy-two. The river and harbor bill advances with a deep sea harbor item pending.
John S. Seymour reports 21 095 patents issued with earnings of 1 245 247 and expenditures of 1 084 406. April fire losses reach 12 010 600, about 1 million more than 1895. Civil service coverage grows to 85 200 positions after a president order extends rules to the interstate commerce commission. Clearing houses show 31 135 083 412 in weekly exchanges, down 2.5 percent vs 1895. 238 U S business failures occur in the week ending the 8th.
The East reports a vast New York housemaids union forming amid labor activity, a New York American Trading Co. receiver action, and a deadly Brooklyn stove explosion that claimed three lives. Prohibition delegates are chosen in Pennsylvania and New Jersey while New Lebanon marks 250th anniversary. A Michigan Central train from Windsor to Buffalo covers 229 miles in about 220 minutes. In Philadelphia Herman W. Mudgett known as H. H. Holmes is executed for a 1895 murder. New Jersey Democrats name four delegates at large and endorse a gold standard. Near Boston a smoking car derailment kills two men and injures others. Rome train wrecks yield life terms for Hildreth and long sentences for Plato and Hibbard.
The West and South Iowa Republican delegates renominated S. M. Clark for Congress in the First district, keeping his name on the ballot amid party consolidation ahead of the upcoming election.
Reports from Chicago to Detroit note the adoption of the National Scaventtan platform and McKinley support at Republican gatherings. Delegates for at large included Russell Aler, Thomas J. O Brien, John Duncan and Mark S. Brewer. Indian execution in Indian Territory and multiple state contests are reported.
London report states Col J T Worth known as the altrate king died suddenly at his office at age 34. Transvaal parliament opens in Pretoria with President Kruger urging firm peaceful policy. Sentences of death for reformers to be reduced to fines and imprisonment. Heidelburg riding school burned. four suffocated and 27 horses perished. Emperor accepts Chancellor von Hohenlohbe’s resignation. $40 million indemnity from China to Japan transferred to Japanese agents. Puertoiejo Ecuador earthquake destroys city, 10 000 residents killed or missing.
Dispatches from Wavana report the five men captured aboard the American schooner Competitor have been sentenced to death. President Cleveland notified Spain that US action could follow and Spain asked Gen. Wexler to delay the executions. Destructive forest fires rage across Michigan and Wisconsin. Ashland losses total 500 000, while L Anse village is nearly destroyed with 300 000 to 750 000 in damages. Annie Anderson 24 was shot by her lover in Trenton and he killed himself. Ferdinand Schumacher, oatmeal king, failed at Akron for 1 500 000. Reynolds Salmon of Cardiff earns his 106th birthday. National League club percentages shown for weekly updates.
Reports from Havana and Madrid detail five prisoners sentenced to death aboard the schooner Competitor. U S officials urge protection under treaties, while Madrid presses for negotiations. Public sentiment in Spain grows, with calls to execute the sentences and tensions with Washington rise.
Four Taylor brothers attacked Nathaniel Dodge and his sister after church on a road near Mineral Springs. George and Sylvester stabbed Dodge to death while other brothers fled. Dodge lay uninspected until dawn as an inquest waited. Sylvester Taylor is under arrest. the others are at large.
Delegates at a convention adopt resolutions urging at large support for William McKinley of Ohio for president and back a tariff plan protecting workers. The platform endorses silver with gold backing, reciprocity, and specifies a full slate of state and judicial candidates led by Governor Mounts and Secretary Owens, with electors-at-large and other officials named.
E R Brainerd a prominent Chicago marble and cut stone dealer made a county court assignment to Title Guarantee Trust for creditors. The Brainerd and Sherman Flavin firms face large liabilities with uncertain assets and a hoped dollar for dollar repayment amid building trade depression.
Cleveland Ohio May 7. John T Rayne shot and killed William Worcester as he attempted to murder Worcester's wife Sarah at the Hubbard building 284 Detroit street. Worcester formerly lived Oberlin Ohio where he was deemed insane after assaults on his wife. A boarder Bayne fired the fatal shot after Worcesters threatened wife and children. Also reports from Florida Lafayette county indicate three men killed and five wounded in a white versus black clash with named victims Abram Duncan James Smith and Jonas Mabry among the dead.
Fire began at 1 am Thursday in William Henderson’s foundry near the canal and spread to Empire machine works and varnish shops of the United States rubber factory. The foundry and Empire machine works were destroyed while the rubber factory was saved. Total loss $25,000.
Lincoln Nebraska May 8 Frank T Walton a young money lender of the city notable in society killed himself Thursday morning by stepping in front of a Rock Island passenger train. His body was ground to pieces. The act was attributed to the shame from a divorce case in which his father was a defendant.
General Superintendent Kimball of the life saving service issues a circular forbidding members of a life saving crew to engage in ferrying boat ing oystering crabbing fishing shooting game gathering moss or similar paid work during the active season in competition with others in those trades.
The note cites North Franklin’s Mount Altitudes at 7,069 feet as Texas's highest elevation, and Mount Fairweather at 14,450 feet as Russia’s tallest, with Wheeler Nevada listed at 13,036 feet as a high town. The fragment references elevations and places but lacks full context.
Philadelphia reports the execution of Herman W. Mudgett known as H. H. Holmes. The drop fell. he died after 16 minutes. Holmes professed innocence of most killings while admitting two murders. Officials traced his criminal career through Boston and Philadelphia, linking insurance fraud with the Pitzel case. The event was witnessed with religious rites and formal proceedings.
In the Choctaw nation a condemned Indian murderer awaited execution but disappeared the day before the hanging. The ranch worker proved skilled, turning into one of the best hands before the fate was carried out, leaving the narrator with mixed regret.
The article notes that Russian railway stations are typically two miles from nearby towns to reduce fire risk. It explains that many local houses are thatched with straw, making proximity fire hazards a concern.
The digging fish is native to Central Africa's lakes and rivers. As the dry season nears it burrows two to three feet into the mud at its residence, sleeps, and awaits the wet season's return.
General Mannel P S Macgowan of the Walter A Wood Harvester Co reports strong fall prospects to liquidate debt and exit receivership. He cites influential stockholders pushing to reorganize the St Paul and Hoosick Falls firms to restore solidity and global market push under a new management. News notes continued machine demand and a likely solid foundation for future growth.
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