National Bank of Illinois Fails in Chicago Crash
Illinois National Bank collapses after loaning its entire capital and surplus to Calumet Electric stock. Dreyer & Co. Dreyer firms and Roseland bank fail as assets lock up. Clearing house will pay 75 percent of deposits. likely all banks resume with full depositors paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois National
National Bank of Illinois
West
E.S. Dreyer & Co
Wasmansdorf, Heinemann & Co
Roseland Bank
Calumet
Dreyer & Co
Clearing House Association
Clearing House Committee
National Bank Clinois
Dingley Bill Debate Ends With House Leader Views
Washington December 17 Senate session features a dramatic debate with leaders Frye Teller Sherman Gorman West Aldrich Platt Mitchell Chandler Hale and Allen addressing tariff finance and national contest tensions. McKinley Bryan and Cleveland discussed as West moves alien resolution delaying Dingley bill. Sherman and Platt indicate no passage aim. Final disposition: no further effort on the Dingley bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
Messrs
Frye
Teller
Sherman
Gorman
West
Aldrich
Platt
Michell
Chandler
Hale
Allen
McKinley
Bryan
Cleveland
Finance Committee
Woolsey Critiques Cuban Question Action in Senate
Professor Theodore S. Woolsey of Yale argues the Senate committee on foreign relations should have recognized belligerency before independence for Cuba. He suggests two possible motives for the committee’s move, sympathy for Cuba or hostility to Spain, and warns of war implications if Spain interprets the act that way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolsey
New Haven
Conn
Theodore S. Woolsey
Yale
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Cuba
Desperate Struggle for Life in Missouri Farm Robbery
John Green, nephew of Alfred H. Wilson, found his uncle dead in a blood splattered room after a burglary at a farm seven miles northeast of St. Josefa. Wilson was shot multiple times and robbed of a large sum of concealed money. robbers fled with no clue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Josefu
John Green
Alfred H. Wilson
Wilson
Sheriff Seizes Joe Patchen and 48 Horses in Illinois
Kankakee Illinois sheriff seized Joe Patchen the famed pacer and 48 trotting and pacing horses and colts as part of an attachment for over 11000 dollars. The stock belonged to John G Taylor of St Louis and was transferred to his brother Joseph Taylor of San Antonio Texas a year earlier after a mortgage to Third National Bank of St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Patchen
Kankakee
Ills
Bernier
Kankakee County
Pacer
Commercial National Bank
Chicago Title and Trust Company
John G. Taylor
St. Louis
Joseph Taylor
San Antonio
Tex
Third National Bank of St
Coffee War Escalates Over Roasted Coffee Prices
In New York on December 22 the battle between American Sugar Refining and Arbuckie Bros. coffee merchants intensifies. A second 4 cent per pound cut in wholesale roasted coffee prices widens the margin toward rock bottom, with roasters expected to endure only a bare profit or possibly none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Arbuckie Bros
Remarkable Demonstration for Cuban Insurgents in New York
Four thousand march from East Eighty Seventh Street to Cooper Union led by Frank Meyer survivor of the Virginius massacre. The parade is divided into ten columns with a large American flag at the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Society of American Friends of
Cuba
East Eighty-seventh Street
Cooper Union
Frank Meyer
Virginius
Franklin and Marshal football captain dies at home
AuToona Pennsylvania reports the death of Frank Croomer Cesna, re elected captain of the Franklin and Marshall College football team, who died at his home in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AuToona
Frank Croomer Cesna
Franklin and Marshal College
Army and Navy Salt Abandonment Debate Stalls House
Washington December 17 The house debated the army appropriation bill but stalled over the proposal to abandon the army and navy salt at Hot Springs Arkansas. The noes adjourned amid the deadlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Army and Navy
Hot Springs
Ark
Senate Passes Lodge Bill Excluding Nonreaders
The Senate on Thursday approved the Lodge immigration bill by 52 to 10. It adds a clause delaying exclusion for Cubans amid current disorders. The act bars admission to all immigrants over 16 who cannot read or write their native or another language, with exceptions for relatives accompanying or accompanying dependents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Cuba
Yeas
United States
Army Bill Passed as House Finishes Army Appropriation
The House approved the army appropriation bill and began consideration of the legislative, executive and judicial bill. The latter totals 21,669,469 dollars, about 36,399 dollars above the current year’s law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Spain Ready to Meet United States Over Cuba War Tensions
Spanish officials and prominent figures warn that Spain will defend its honor and widen unity at home while ready to confront the United States if war breaks out. Senor Dupuy de Lome reports reassurance from Secretary Olney that Cuba independence will not be recognized this year. Castelar urges a united appeal to prevent an Anglo American clash and warns that Spain could strike hard if pressed.
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Associated Press
Maprip
Senor Dupuy de Lome
Washington
Olmey
Spain
Congress
Cleveland
Cuba
Sam
War Office
Weyler
Spanish Peninsula
Azcarraga
United States
Senor
Emilio Castelar
Senor Castelar
Senor Canovas del Castillo
Senor Sagasta
Miners Saved From Death In Delaw are Shaft Disaster
A gas explosion trapped more than 20 miners in Baltimore shaft No 2 of the Delaware and Hudson. By night 14 had been brought out alive, with hope remaining for others. Rescue teams battled after damp conditions and doctors tended the rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Baltimore
Delaware and Hudson Company
House Passes Private Bills Friday Pension Relief Action
Washington December 19. Friday was private bill day in the house with most time devoted to the passage of 37 pension and relief bills favorably acted upon by the committee of the whole last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Appropriation for Nashville Centennial Exposition Passes
The House approved a bill by 127 to 25 to fund a government exhibit at the Nashville Centennial exposition with a $100 000 appropriation and $30 000 for related government display efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cuba's Day in the Senate Opens Cuban Independence Debate
The Senate crowded for half an hour as Cameron presents the foreign relations committee report supporting Cuban independence. The Cameron resolution and related report were deferred until after the holidays amid brisk exchanges over constitutional recognition of independence. Morgan and Mills echo the same view, while Hill questions if the report tackles legislative power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasa Hineton
Senate
Julian Pauncefote
Baron von Hengelmuller
Austrain
Hatch
Mills
Hill
N. Y
Cameron
Morgan
Mob Hangs Three Proctors in Kentucky Jail Break
In Russellville Kentucky a mob of about 1100 forced the county jail doors and shot Will Proctor in his cell after cursing the mob. Dink and Arch Proctor were hanged outside the jail while Will lay dead inside. Arch Proctor had earlier killed Aaron Crafton in Adairville. The Proctors had just faced an examining trial for Aaron’s death with Dink and Bill acquitted. Bill Proctor had faced murder trials previously.
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Russellville
Dink
Arch Proctor
Will Proctor
Proctors
Aaron
Doc Crafton
Adairville
Aaron Proctor
Bill
Bill Proctor
Prominent Railroader Hancock Dies at 51
Philadelphia obituary notes Clinton G. Hancock, general passenger agent of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, died at his home aged 51. He was a prominent rail industry figure with long service to the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Clinton G. Hancock
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Gompers Re-Elected President of Labor Federation
At the American Federation of Labor session in Cincinnati on December 19 Samuel Gompers was re-elected president by a convention vote of 2,447. Frank Morrison won secretary, John B. Lennon was re-elected treasurer. Debated were silver coinage and next convention site with Nashville favored by some, St. Louis and Kansas City also proposed. A motion for no militia service was rejected.
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Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
Yeas
Samuel Gompers
John McBride
Gompers
Edward Hirch
Baltimore
Frank Morrison
Chicago
August McCraith
Morrison
John B. Lennon
Bloomington
Ill
Harry Lloyd
Boston
Nashville
South
Mahon
Detroit
Kansas City
Whittaker
Utah
Salt Lake City
B.J. McBride
Harry White
New York
St. Louis
Boyce
Great Britain Endures Unprecedented Earthquake Tremors
London reports a violent earthquake felt across the country from Durham to Surrey and to the Welsh coast. Shocks began around 8:80 this morning, lasting four to thirty seconds with two shocks at some points. Cheltenham Ledbury and Danfort saw the strongest effects as buildings shook and residents fled.
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Great Britain
London
Durham
Surrey
Welsh
Chelten
Ledbury
Danfort
Magician Hermann Dies in Car Near Salamanca
Rochester December 18 Hermann the magician died today in his private car at Great Valley near Salamanca on his way to Bradford. He had just finished an engagement at the Lyceum theater in Rochester and was later entertained at the Genesee Valley club. Death attributed to heart disease.
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Hermann
Rochester
Great Valley
Salamanca
Bradford
New York
Lyceum Theater
Genesee Valley Club
Ex-Congressman Roswell G. Horr Dies in New Jersey
Ex-Congressman Roswell G. Horr died at Plainfield New Jersey after a two week illness with bronchitis and Brights disease. The illness led to his death at 11 oclock last night. He previously served in Congress and was a prominent political figure.
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Plainfield
N. J
Roswell G. Horr
Bright
Bishop Bonacum Still Holds Out Amid Feeney Rift
Bishop Bonacum remains defiant against the metropolitan court ruling and supports Father Feeney here. Services were held by both factions Sunday as the dispute continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonacum
Avsburrn
Neb
Metropolitan Court
Father Feeney
Foreign news sustains wheat in Chicago market
Foreign news kept wheat steady amid a Chicago bank suspension. Wheat closed near Saturday's levels on strong export demand, while corn oats and pork lard and ribs showed mixed or unchanged moves. Cash quotes listed for No. 2 red wheat and corn and oats prices.
South Omaha Live Stock Market Report Dec 21
Cattle receipts 2,200 with steady to higher prices for native beef steers and western and Texas varieties. Hogs receipts 4,200 steady with bulk sales near 8.15 to 3.20, best heavy hogs around 6. to 8. Hogs and cattle mixed. sheep receipts 2,000 with natives and westerns selling up to 3.85 for quality, lambs to 5.00.
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South Omaha
Texas
Market Cattle and Hogs Prices and Receipts Report
Hog receipts total 38,000 with prices steady to higher across light, mixed and heavy classes. Light hogs 8.25 to 3.45, heavy 8.40, rough 3.00 to 3.06. Cattle receipts 16,500 with desirable grades steady. beeves 3.40 to 5.20, cows and heifers 1.60 to 4.10, Texas steers 2.55 to 4.0, stockers and feeders 2.90 to 5.56.
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Carcano
Texas
Fatal shooting at Calbs gambling house in Sioux City
Sioux City dispatch reports G. W. Elliott fatally shot by Little Billy McDonald at Calbs gambling house. He fell, dying at the scene. Ottumwa report: John Rush, 35, single, fell 80 feet down a mine shaft and was instantly killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
G. W. Elliott
This Place
Little Billy’’ McDonald
Calbs
Ottumwa
John Rush
Ottawa Dry Goods Merchant Files for Bankruptcy
Ottawa Kan Dec 19 John Mc Henry dry goods merchant has failed liabilities about 30000 assets estimated at 0 000 indicating a serious business collapse in the Ottawa market
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Ottawa
Kan
John McHenry
Clay County Deputy Treasurer Winnie Traver Dies by Suicide
Winnie Traver deputy treasurer of Clay County died by self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Four shots ended her life with dependency listed as the cause. Mason Orry named in the incident with local authoritiesReporting the tragic death and its official note.
Lumbermen Win Damages Suit Over Railway Fire
A damage suit by lumbermen against the Chicago Great Western Railway over a locomotive spark fire has been settled for 75000 dollars, amounting to one fourth of the original claim.
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Dvusvaque
Lundermen
Chicago Great Wstern Railway Company
Marketing Diseased Meat Strikes Blakesburg Area
In Orrumwa Iowa on December 19 hogs die from a hole in the Blakesburg vicinity. Men roam the countryside buying carcasses and shipping diseased meat to larger cities, raising alarm about public health.
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Orrumwa
Blakesburg
American Press to Control Keokuk Express Line
A report from Keokuk Iowa dated December 19 states that after January 1 the American Press company will assume control of the express business on the Keokuk and Western railway from Keokuk to Des Moines, replacing the Pacific Express company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P ‘Ific Express
Keoxvuk
American Press Company
Keokuk & Western Railway
Des Moines
Pacific Express Company
Hart's Supposed Murder Suspect Captured in Ottumwa
Marshalltown Iowa reports a man arrested in Ottumwa matches the description of the supposed murderer in the Hart of Mameille case. Telegrams say the capture aligns with earlier descriptions and may end the manhunt.
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Hart
Marshalltown
Xury Hart
Mameille
Ottumwa
Libel Verdict Levied in Des Moines District Court
In Des Moines district court a jury awarded E. J. Moffit $1999.99 against the Chicago Chronicle for libel over a sensational grave robbery expose published last winter. The related case of J. B. Locke, Moffit’s uncle, for the same amount will be heard next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Marines
E. J. Moffit
Chicago Chronicle
J. B. Locke
Moffit
Grinnell Citizen Sentenced for Obscene Mailings
Grinnell hotel owner W. A. Little, a town council member, was fined 1750 dollars and sentenced to 10 months in the Indianola jail by Judge Woolson in federal court for sending obscene matter through the mails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Des Moines
W. A. Little
Mack
Indianola
Woolson
Slimmer Visiting In Milwaukee Report Denies Disappearance
Special telegrams received by The Gazette from Waverly Indiana confirm Abraham Slimmer the philanthropist is visiting friends in Milwaukee and reject rumors of abduction or foul play. The reports state there is no truth to the sensational disappearance story.
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Slimmer
Milwaukee
Croak Rapids
Abraham Slimmer
Waverly
Death by suicide shocks Clay County deputy treasurer
Mason City Dec 21 Miss Winnie Travis deputy treasurer of Clay county died by her own hand early this morning. She went to the office at midnight to attend to work and was found dead with four bullet wounds and an empty revolver beside her. Despondency is suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Crry
Winnie Travis
Clay County
Prisoner Makes Bold Leap From Fast Moving Train
Ed Ryan, in the custody of Fayette county Sheriff Hawkins, jumped from a moving train near Crepar Rapids as it headed for Marion. The train halted, a search ensued, and Ryan was found hiding on a building roof after the 80 mile per hour escape. His fall injuries were noted as the escape proved remarkable.
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Crepar Rapids
Ed Ryan
Hawkins
Fayette County
Anamosa
Liberty
Marion
Ryan
Extending an Iowa Railroad Opens New Line Talk
Des Moines business leaders toured the newly opened Keokuk and Western line through southern Iowa with a Des MoinesKeokuk delegation meeting at Osceola and Centerville. Negotiations neared closure for a through line extending the route.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Keokuk & Western
Keokuk
Centerville
Osceola
Convention of Iowa railroad unions to target Spaulding bill
A Des Moines gathering of delegates from 25 000 railroad lodges plans to form a legislative committee January 19 to oppose a proposed bill similar to the Spaulding measure defeated last winter. The bill would make it a misdemeanor to interfere with employees, carrying up to a year in jail and a $1000 fine. Labor groups fear strikes could be crushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Governor Drake Urges U S Recognition of Cuban Independence
Bes Mores Ia Dec 18 Governor F M Drake releases interview urging the United States to recognize Cuba as an independent nation. He states the time has come for official acknowledgment of Cuba's independence.
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Drake
Cuba
Bes Mores
F. M. Drake
United States
Burnell Sentenced for Libelous Mailings in Des Moines
Albert Burnell editor of the Inter-State Tracer in Marshalltown was convicted of sending his paper and libelous dunning letters through the mail in violation of the law and was fined 1400 dollars and ordered to six months in jail at hard labor by Judge Woolson in Des Moines on December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Albert
Burnell
Inter-State Tracer
Marshalltown
Woolson
Transfer of Samuel J. Kirkwood's body in Iowa City
The casket of Samuel J. Kirkwood, famed as the war governor of Iowa and Garfield’s secretary of interior, was exhumed in Iowa City. Grand Army men from Kirkwood Post oversaw the transfer to a new grave plot where a granite monument stands at the foot of the site.
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Kirkwood
Iowa City
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Iowa
Garfield
Statesman
Grand Army
Kirkwood Post
Fort Dodge farmer seeks $75,000 to add railroad home
Dec. 19 CepaR Raptos reports farmer Coffin of Fort Dodge is arranging with railroad leaders about an added wing for the new railroad men's home in Chicago. He says the facility is crowded and plans to raise $75,000 to build and equip the addition, addressing railroad paralysis concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cepar Raptos
Farmer” Coffin
Fort Dodge
Railroad Brotherhood
Chicago
Young for Secretary of Senate in Iowa race
Des Moines Dec 18 ex secretary Josiah T Young announces candidacy for the senate secretary post ahead of the Jan 19 extra session. He served three terms as secretary of state starting in 1872 and was a house member. G L Dodson names A O Smith Storm Lake deputy and A B E Shipley Marshalltown clerk of the executive council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Senate
Josiah T. Young
House
G. L. Dodson
A. O. Smith
Storm Lake
A. BE. Shipley
Marshalltown
Executive Council
Des Moines Publisher Sentenced For Mail Offense
A S Burnell publisher of the Marshalltown Interstate Tracer was sentenced in federal court to six months in jail and a 1400 dollar fine for sending improper matter through the mails. His paper printed lists of bad debtors and offered bad accounts for sale. Judge Woolson suspended most penalty and warned that repetition would bring full punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
A. S. Burnell
Marshalltown Interstate Tracer
Burnell
Woolson
Trustees at Iowa Soldiers' Home Postpone Pension Case
The Marshalltown Soldiers' Home case was settled with indefinite postponement. Trustees agreed to amend rules to stop taking pension portions from inmates and will seek Congress support for pension control. failure to comply could lead to arrest for interfering with pension laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Barthoat Opposes Senate Amendments In Immigration Bill
Rep Mo Barthoa argued that foreign residents aided the nation in the last election and deserve fair treatment, as the House concurs with Senate amendments and a conference is set. Debate resumed on the legislative appropriation bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Barthoa
Rep
Senate
America
Judge Cooley Cuba recognition opinion Concurred by Daniel
Cincinnati December 21. The Commercial Tribune telegraphed Judge Cooley’s letter on recognizing Cuba to Senator Daniel and asked for his view. He telegraphed back I concur in the opinion expressed by Judge Cooley as stated in your telegram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
the Commercial Tribune
Judge Cooley
Cuba
Daniel
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Uncle Sam
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Iowa News
Winnie Traver
Mason Orry
A.S. Burnell
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Soldiers’ Home Wil
Cooley
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