03 Sep 1896
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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1896
Page
1
Items span prices in Oklahoma eggs and Scotland strawberries, Africa to Canada depictions, labor strikes in Buenos Aires, a Bellamy colony in Texas, and vast notes on forests, 7 mile altitude limit, and train power needs. Reports mention crisscrossing leaders, unions, and inventions, including a new self-opening fish hook and a pope with a Vatican telephone.
St Paul Minnesota opens gates to encampment visitors with 80 000 strangers in town on Monday night and 40 000 expected Tuesday. Gen Walker arrives with staff to a reception at Hotel Ryan as 20 000 attend at the Capitol in support. By night 50 000 guests anticipated with ample quarters and helpers guiding arrivals.
Dredges pull up beds yielding large juicy oysters. By opening season, about 500 boats and 3,000 men will work Maurice River beds. Oysters destined for New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey from Maurice River coast, with Jersey and Chesapeake suppliers later. Prices expected at $1.50 for prime and $3.50 for cullens.
Li Hung Chang and his suite toured West Point on Sept 1 aboard the Dolphin. A parade of officers escorted the party, a 17 gun salute rang out, and the visitors departed after thanking U.S. officers. The Chinese envoy dined at his hotel before retiring.
Allen Miller of Moultrie Settlement near Savannah was bitten by a skunk on Wednesday and immediately displayed hydrophobia. He bit his stepson, fled into the woods, and raged, injuring two keepers. He escaped his restraints Sunday in a paroxysm, prompting a sheriff’s capture bid.
NEW ORLEANS September 1 The youngest girl criminal ever sentenced in this region is Hettie Record aged nine who was convicted Saturday at Holly Springs Mississippi of murdering her two year old niece and was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary Her lawyer and District Attorney Roane agreed not to argue the case and to send her to the penitentiary where she could be reared and cared for
Fragmentary text notes Hawaiian trade with San Francisco and calendar references. Mentions direct amounts and a government figure of 3,641,400 with a cents detail, plus mentions kilos and meeting Germany market. Context unclear. reads as an economic note on prices and trade flows without a clear event or date.
Capt. W. A Baldwin has tested a signaling method with worldwide reach and unique knowledge. The exhibit notes indicate strong interest in equipping the Fort Logan balloon park where tactical operations are to be inaugurated, signaling a broader adoption and practical use of the signaling system.
Sunday meeting with the Chinese ambassador and discussions on sound money marked the Cleveland convention. A large delegation reported capital estimates of 75 to 100 million dollars. Officers elected include President E L Snyder and first vice president Leopold Finstein, with a 21 member board and a five member executive committee. The convention was to adjourn sine die after Tuesday finishing touches.
Massive fires in Oregon and Washington threaten settlers and vast timber areas. Smoke blankets the Columbia River region impairing navigation while crews contain a blaze that consumed hundreds of square miles.
London reports Prince Lobanoff Rostovski Russian foreign minister died suddenly while traveling from Vienna to Kiev in the czar's company. The czar and Russia mourn a leader whose policies shaped European peace and Oriental concessions. Dispatches note consternation in St Petersburg and calls for inquiry into related deaths and political fallout.
On August 31 in New York a parade of onlookers gathered near Riverside Drive to glimpse Li Hung Chang at Grant's Tomb. Police under Acting Inspector Harley with 1250 officers surrounded the Waldorf to prevent crowding around the hotel as preparations for the ambassador's tomb visit went ahead.
A Boston report states Lieut. Alverado, from Gen. Maceo's army, arrived bearing claims that Weyler learned of a Cuban newspaper in an American named Charles Churchill of Pennsylvania. Churchill was reportedly wrapped in an American flag and burned to death on Weyler's order. Four American sea captains were mentioned in connection with the tale.
The report confirms artist Reinhart has died in New York amid unclear circumstances. Details suggest a medical failure or accident during the August period, with limited readable text referencing Bright's disease and a possible illness. Further information remains unavailable in the fragmented text.
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