Wheat Prices Rise as Failures Drop in Late November
Dun's Weekly Review reports mixed trade signals with little improvement and tariff uncertainty delaying activity. Wheat prices edge up while corn receipts surge but exports shrink. wool and iron sectors show weak demand and production cuts. US weekly failures total 330, Canada 4%. Manufacturing liabilities fall about a third, trading liabilities drop about 40 percent.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co’s
Congress
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
United States
Canada
Bradstreet's Trade Review Signals Soft Sales Trend
Bradstreet's Trade Review in New York notes disappointing improvements in staple commercial and manufacturing sales. It cites impending tariff changes within three months, large foreign-stock holdings, and a generally weak trade mood. Wool and iron show no revival signs, while Louisville St Louis and Kansas City report slight improvement in the West.
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Bradstreet
Trade Review
New York
Louisville
St. Louis
Kansas City
Militia Orders Confirm Roby Campaign Rendezvous
Have Received Marching Orders. La Porte Indiana December 9 The militia march on Roby Monday confirmed by official order from Colonel James K Coe of Hikhart commander of the 44th regiment making La Porte a rendezvous point for the companies. Captain Morrison of company L has marching orders and 100 militiamen with equipment will camp inside the athletic club inclosure at Roby.
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la Porte
Ind
Roby
James K. Coe
Hikhart
44Th
Morrison
Railroads Fight Kansas Taxes Over Perceived Discrimination
Topeka reports the Santa Fe law department will resist Kansas taxes due December 1 on grounds of unjust assessor discrimination. Taxes total $853,678, with injunction likely in U S court. Burlington and Missouri River road to pursue similar action. In St Louis, a fire at May Brothers' outfitting store caused heavy losses, basement stock flooded, estimated by fire dept at $20,000 and by owners at $150,000, fully insured.
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Topeka
Santa Fe Law Department
Kansas
United States
Burlington and
Missouri River Road
St. Louis
May Brothers
Denver
Hanging Before 38 000 In Cold Springs Event
Large crowd in Galveston witnesses a hanging in Cold Springs Texas as Alfred Watson, a Negro, is executed for the murder of his mistress. Watson speaks briefly from the scaffold and dies instantly with his neck broken.
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Galveston
Cold Springs
Tex
Alfred Watson
Watson
Tanning Establishment Burned in Major Fire
PawmTuckET, R. I., Dec. 9. The large betting house and tannery owned by James Davis was wiped out by a blaze. About 300 workers were left unemployed. The loss is estimated at $125,000 with insurance covering the amount.
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Pawmtucket, R
James Davis
Declared Insane in Katherine Fitzgerald Case
New York December 9 experts have declared Mrs Katherine Fitzgerald sane after she previously caused a sensation by shooting and killing Mrs Carrie Pearsal in a notable incident.
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New York
Katherine Fitzgerald
Carrie Pearsal
GOLORADO PENITENTIARY MUDDLE IN NINTH DEGREE
Grand Jury urged to indict Toy and Bruce over the Canon City prison seizure. Boettcher reports the Penitentiary board condemns the action, cites inciting a riot, and notes McLister remains warden while Toy and Bruce face possible charges. Bruce denied penitentiary ties. Toy acted under Governor Waite.
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Grand Jury
Toy
Brace
Denver
Boettcher
Canon City
Board of Penitentiary Commissioners
J. Toy
Waite
McLister
Bruce
Fremont County Grand Jury
Investigation Ordered by Oregon Railway Shareholders
Boston December 9 shareholders of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company met to decide on an immediate investigation into their connections with the Union Pacific and the company’s financial status. Mr Morefield Storey asserted the company had never earned enough to cover its declared dividends, heightening tension, but the meeting authorized its committee to investigate before taking further action.
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Boston
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Union Pacific
Morefield Storey
Governor Waite Offers Hearing After Attempted Removal
Denver December 9 Governor Waite wrote penitentiary commissioner F A Raynolds who he tried to remove from office but who remains on the board offering to revoke the removal order to grant him a hearing on charges including holding state money without interest Raynolds replied he did not recognize the removal order
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Denver
Waite
F. A. Raynolds
Raynolds
Heavy Gale Strikes UK Causing Dockside Damage and Loss
A heavy northeast gale swept the United Kingdom causing extensive property damage in Dundee and Dublin. Greenock and Clyde steamers faced severe conditions. Fenit pier suffered damage, 200 yards of railway at Tralee County Kerr destroyed, with a steamer ashore at Kilfinora.
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England
London
United Kingdom
Greenock
Clyde
Dundee
Dublin
Fenit
Trales
County Kerr
Kilfinora
Bank officers liable under state law for insolvent deposits
Topeka reporting attorney general Little held that officers of national banks who took deposits while knowing the bank was insolvent are subject to state law in the absence of federal legislation. The decision emphasizes the reach of local statutes over bank conduct until Congress acts.
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Topeka
Dec
Little
Strike at an End at Providence Mills
Providence December 9 The strike at the Providence National Mills ended as the operatives accepted a modified scale from the manufacturers Affecting three thousand workers and ending a period of labor tension in the mill district.
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Providence
Providence National Mills
Iron and Steel Workers Head Says Trade at Standstill
President N. M. Garland of the Amalgamated association of Iron and Steel Workers returned from the south reporting the iron trade is practically at a standstill.
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Pittspurg
N. M. Garland
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
South
Miners' Strike in Pittsburg District Settled
The railroad coal miners of the Pittsburg district have accepted the operators 65 cent rate, effectively ending the strike. In Rome, Sig Crispi is rumored to be charged by King Humbert with forming a new cabinet.
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Pittspure
Sig. Crispi
Rome
Humbert
Satellit
New York
Mgr
Satolli
Charleston Day Shines at Augusta Exposition
Charleston day was a big success at the Augusta exposition. Other items note 100 grip cases at Michigan City penitentiary and Ann Mahar burned to death in Akron after her dress caught fire from a kitchen stove. Free silver residents name a Colorado town for Senator Dubois. Frank Baker and wife poisoned by whisky in Cooper Texas.
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Michigan City
Ind
Ann L. Mahar
Akron
Senator Dubois
Colorado
Frank Baker
Cooper, Tex
Sedalia
Young Men’s Christian Association of
Emporia
Kansas Volunteers
West Superior
Wis
Duluth
Superior
Omaha Bridge and Terminal Company
Winona
Minn
Patrick Chambers
Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway
Allen G. Thurman
Henrietta
Columbus
Highland
Galveston
Tex
Stand Taken by Willis on Hawaii Crisis
Provisional Government stays on the defensive and fully armed as tensions rise with the United States. Minister Willis indicates no action until Washington replies, while residents claim 1,500 private rifles. Possible sugar duty reform and bounty repeal forecast to aid Hawaiian planters.
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Provisional Government
Mrgr
Willis
Willis in Trouble Over Honolulu Star Interview Scoop
San Francisco dispatch reports Honolulu Star published an interview with Minister Albery S Willis, drawing criticism for his frank remarks. Willis replies via letter denying political intent, defending press unity and urging peace and order, saying no official statements will be made until the government is ready.
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San Francisco
Alameda
Willis
Associated Press
Washington
Star
Bulletin
the Star
The
United States
Dole
United State
Honolulu Star
Schooner Transit
Honolulu Bulletin
Albery S. Willis
Will Stand Firm Plan Outlined by Thurston
Thurston told friends before leaving for Honolulu that a government plan of action was agreed. Provisional forces of 1100 are armed and ready to respond to the bell, will not fire on U S marines, and will resist interference while remaining in the government building until arrests of members. They will block queen supporters from entering the palace. Thurston heads to Honolulu to handle Hawaiian affairs, possibly via Chicago and San Francisco.
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Marshal Wilson
Walter G. Smith
the Star
W. W. Ashford
Wilson
San Francisco Chronicle
Honolulu
Ashford
United States
Willis
Washington
Associated Press
Hawaiian Islands
Sugar Trust
Thurston
Washineron
Miniater Willis
Honolulu. It Is Also Positively Asserted That Mr. Thurston
Chicago
San Francisco
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