Senate Arraigns Spain Urges End to Cuban Rule
In a Dec 10 Senate session Senator Cullom urged ending Spanish control of Cuba arguing the United States must act without precedent. He cited the Inquisition's cruelties and pressed for intervention to protect American interests in sugar, tobacco, and trade.
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Illinois
Spain
House of Representatives
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Havana
Debate on Cuban independence and possible settlement
The speech argues the United States should end warfare, avoid annexation, and seek a fair settlement for Cuba. Supporters urge recognizing Cuban independence, with calls for a peaceful end and humanity’s benefit. Mr Call of Florida advocates recognition and references a committee review.
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List of Articles Taken From the Two Dead Cubans
A Havana report describes items taken from the bodies of Antonio Maceo and Francisco Gomez as presented through Major Cirujeda and the Marquis Ahumeda. Objects include a gold watch marked The Globe Minds a telescope a goblet field glasses a travel diary letters from Maximo Gomez and Francisco Gomez to his father and son and other personal effects.
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Ahumeda
Cirujeda
Antonio Maceo
Francisco Gomez
Guzman Blanco
Antonio and
Maria
James Shea
Nassau Street
Maximo Gomez
Francisco
Spaniards Claim and Cubans Deny Maceo Death
Special dispatch from Tampa reports conflicting claims over Maceo’s death. Cuban sympathizers doubt the Spanish rumor, awaiting corroboration from Maceo’s army within 24 hours. News from Weyler is unavailable and raids on Havana suburbs continue with casualties among Spanish troops and insurgent guerrillas burning homes and seizing provisions.
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Tampa
Fla
Maceo
Congress
Havana
Weyler
Pinar del Rio
Doctor Zertucha Surrenders and Maceo Is Reported Dead
Dr. Maxim Zertucha, personal physician to Antonio Maceo, surrenders to Colonel Tort at San Felipe. He confirms Maceo was killed on December 7 near Purita Brava in a clash between insurgents and a Spanish column led by Major Cirujeda. Zertucha says Maceo was shot in the chin and abdomen.
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Antonio Maceo
Tort
San Felipe
Maceo
Ember 7
Purita Brava
Cirujeda
Zertucha
Rebellion Grows Over Taxation in Philippine Islands
San Francisco dispatch notes insurrectionists gaining strength daily and controlling areas outside Manila as Spanish authorities claim suppression. War is said to be caused by excessive taxation and unrest spreads amid reports from Manila.
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China
Philippine Islands
Manilla
State Department Lacks Direct News on Cuban Killings
Washington reports the State Department still has no direct official confirmation of the reported killings of Maceo and young Gomez in Cuba as of December 10.
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State Department
Maceo
Young Gomez
Cuba
Nichols Law 1S Was Western Union Supreme Court Cases Dismissed
Supreme Court dismissed several Western Union cases under Nichols Law 1S. The ruling affects civil actions and confirms limitations on enforcement of certain statutes. No party details or dates are provided in the readable text.
Victory for Ohio Nichols tax law at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court hearings on the Nichols tax law cases from Ohio concluded with a ruling that favors the state. The Western Union Telegraph Company and express firms agreed to pay back taxes, boosting state revenue by about $125,000 from express firms and roughly $160,000 from telegraph taxes, with Indiana also involved.
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Washington
Nichols
Ohio
United States Supreme Court
Lawrence Maxwell
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union Company
Adams Express Company
United States Express Company
American Express Company
Indiana
Kentucky
McDougall and Richards
Express Companies
Thomas McDougall
Richards
Ketchum
Harmon
James C. Carter
New York
No pardon for Dick Tate. Worthington vacates office
Acting Governor Worthington left the Kentucky governor’s chair as Governor Bradley returned, leaving Tate pardon applications pending. Tate’s supporters pressed Worthington who hinted at a pardon only if Tate exposed beneficiaries or repaid embezzled funds.
Funeral Drivers Strike Delays Pittsburg Funeral
In Pittsburg on December 10 an eight-vehicle funeral party walked off the job, leaving the undertaker with the unburied corpse of John Sidroski. Drivers refused to proceed until a past due settlement was made, provoking postponement as new carriages and a hearse were sought.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
John Sidroski
Democrats Hold Council In Senate Strategy Session
Democratic leaders met in Washington to discuss Senate strategy for the current session. Senators Gorman Jones Harris Cockrell Walthall Brice Faulkner attended at times as they weighed senatorial elections and how to proceed on legislation and appropriations.
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Senate
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Jones
Arkansas
Harris
Cockrell
Walthall
Brice
Faulkner
Child's corpse sold to museum in New York tragedy
A New York painter William Brown found his deformed child's body placed on display at a Bowery dime museum after the boy died. Lacking funds the father pleaded to a charity for burial, which arranged interment, but the child's real body had already been sold to the museum.
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Trifune
New York
Bellevue
William Brown
Forty-fifth Street
Bowery Museum
Brakeman Shot by Tramps in Ohio Attempted Ejection
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune from Galion Ohio on December 10 reports C B E brakeman Neilson Schagel shot through the heart while ejecting tramps from a train. He died instantly. The murderer fled and remains at large as bloodhounds are used in the manhunt. Schagel left a wife and four children at Huntington Indiana, where the body was sent tonight.
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Commercial Tribune
Galion
Neilson Schagel
Huntington
Ind
Largest gas oil well drilled in Hancock County
The Jonathan Aurand farm in Liberty Township four miles west of Findlay produced a massive gas and oil well this morning. Oil flowed at about fifty barrels and gas at an estimated 15,000,000 cubic feet, with the roar heard in Findlay as the well was shut late at night.
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Hancock County
Jonathan Aurand
Liberty Township
Trenton
Erib
Karg
Seray
Jackson's Last Chance to Save Life in KY Case
In Frankfort Kentucky Colonel Crawford faces a Monday deadline to file a petition for a rehearing in Scott Jackson's case. If not filed, the Court of Appeals mandate goes to Governor Bradley who will issue the death warrant and set an execution date. Clerk Addams mailed the opinion to Crawford who is expected to respond quickly.
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Frankfort
Crawford
Scott Jackson
Bradley
Clerk of the Court of Appeals
Pinkerton hunts released prisoner for paymaster murder
Pinkerton Detective Baker left Clarksburg to pursue Lionel P. J. Smith alias Mc Cartey who was committed to Parkersburg jail on insanity charges and freed by the county physician. Smith raved about killing Paymaster Holderman at Westernport Maryland about a year ago with a $2,500 reward for his capture.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Baker
Pinkerton
Lionel P. J. Smith
McCarty
Parkersburg
Smith
Holderman
Westernport
Ex Queen Liliuokalani Arrives In San Francisco From Honolulu
Ex queen Liliuokalani and her attendants landed from the steamer China at noon in San Francisco. The party is said to be bound for Washington to present a plan to Congress for a political appeal and to seek relief.
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China
Honolulu
Liliuokalani
Washington
ELOPERS IN TROUBLE IN PAINTSVILLE
In Paintsville Kentucky Jonathan Stambaugh obtained a warrant for the arrest of Noah and Landrum Burchett on false swearing charges. Noah Burchett and Miss Lou Stambough wed secretly last midnight despite her father Esquire Stambough objecting to the match.
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Paintsville
Jonathan Stambaugh
Littoral
Noah
Landrum Burcheit
Johnson County
Noah Burchett
Lou Stambough
Daer
Esquire
Stambough
Burchett
Nose Bleed Attack Causes Death in Grand Junction Man
Denver December report says George Thomas a Grand Junction merchant died after nose bleeding triggered by lifting a flour sack three weeks earlier. The illness led to a fatal outcome as medical terms note a toxin or disease contributing to the death.
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Denver
Col
George Thomas
Grand Junction
Crawford Weighs Rehearing While Court Hops
Attorney L J Crawford said he has not yet formed plans to seek a further hearing and will consult the Court of Appeals Clerk to learn typical re hearing timelines. He may ask to again present the case to the highest court if time allows. A second item notes Shoedealer Poock’s improbable Pearl Bryan head theory and local officials show little interest. Newport reservoir drainage to search for missing Betts requires Water Works Board consent. The board meeting is scheduled later. Judge Hazelrigg’s Walling case opinion is largely complete and due Saturday, with expectations similar to the Jackson matter.
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Newport
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Cincinnati
United States
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Murder Trial Stirs Barboursville Court Aides Thwarted Shooting
Barboursville Kentucky opens a murder trial of Fields and Adkins amid serious trouble as bystanders halt a shooting attempt by Will Coombs, son of Judge Adkins, during proceedings. tensions rise in the courtroom Friday.
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Wednesee Na Will Coombs
No Adkins
Fields
Physicians report slight change in Mr Bushnell's condition
Springfield C December 10 The physicians of Mr John L Bushnell son of George Sasnell report slight change in his condition today and expect little change for several days.
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Springfield
John L. Bushnell
Gorges Sasnnell
Lincoln shooting ends in fatal firearm incident
In Lincoln Nebraska, Charles Scott was fatally shot by his wife after a quarrel. Scott advanced with a knife when she grabbed a revolver and shot him in the eye.
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Lincoln, Neb
Charles Scott
Scott
Inventor of Nitroglycerin Alfred Nobel Dies in Italy
Alfred Nobel, inventor of nitroglycerin, died last evening in San Romo Italy. His work led to dynamite production and significant scientific advances.
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Nice
Alfred Nobe
San Rgmo
Italy
Platt Confessed Murder. Requisition for Return to Lexington
Sheriff Gross and Commonwealth's Attorney Farrell travel to Frankfort to obtain papers to extradite Arthur W. Platt from Oxford England. Platt, imprisoned for robbery, has confessed a murder overseas and seeks to return for trial in Lexington on Tyree’s 1885 death. Officials await the Governor's decision and guidance from Washington on custody.
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Gross
Commonwealth
Farrell
Frankfort
Arthur Www
Platt
Oxford
England
Tyree
Stucky
America
New
Kington
Pratt
United States
Footpads Foiled By Grain Dealer In North Fourth Street Hold Up
Armed attackers tried to rob grain dealer William Ot near his home on North Fourth street. They struck him with a club but failed to take a valise containing $3,000 in cash and papers. The two assailants fled once the bag remained secure.
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Commercial Tribune
Eware
Wm. Ot
North Fourth Street
Riley Moosier tribute to a child loss in Parkersburg
Poem recounts James Whitcomb Riley offering condolence for a friend’s child death in Parkersburg West Virginia. The verse expresses shared mourning and a yearning to comfort the bereaved family with imagined empathy and personal sorrow. Riley mediates grief by admitting his own lack of a child and seeking solace in companionship.
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Parkersburg
Commercial Tribune
W. Va
James Whitcomb Riley
James
Whitcomb Riley
Enjoined Pipe Trust Faces Antitrust Suit In Tennessee
U S Attorney General Judson Harmon and District Attorney Bible file suit in federal court charging Louisville: forge Co. Bessemer Eton Pipe and Steel Works and related firms with a pooling scheme to fix bids in a defined region. The practice allegedly assigns the highest bonus to the winning bidder, keeping others overbid.
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Commercial Tribune
Hattanooga
Tenn
Judson Harmon
Attorn General
Bible
United States
St. i
A & Co
Louisville
Siren Co
Bessemer
Eton Pipe and Steel Works
All on board perished on Salier disaster at Vigo
The North German Lloyd steamer Salier with 210 passengers and 65 crew was lost off Corrobedo Rocks near Coruna. All aboard died. passengers included 113 Russians 35 Galicians 61 Spaniards and 1 German. The Bremen to Buenos Ayres voyage went via Corunna and Villagarcia.
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Buenos Ayres
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Villigarcia
Indiana wager pots threaten school fund from tied election
In Muncie Indiana a near two thousand dollar purse from a close Kentucky vote is in dispute. Indiana law requires the County Prosecutor to seize bets and turn funds to the public school fund, with possible double recovery and fines between ten and one hundred dollars each. Rumors say prosecutors may be stepping to boost the school fund.
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Muncie
Ind
Kentucky
Indiana
Indiana Public School Fund
E Secutor Eyemad
Cincinnati group forms Young Men's Institute and others
The Young Men Institute of Cincinnati was incorporated today by a list of Cincinnati leaders led by John J. McDade and J. F. Sullivan. The Manhattan Athletic Club of Cincinnati was incorporated by N. G. Albach and others. Dayton Castle No. 32 Knights of the Golden Eagle of Ohio, of Dayton, was also incorporated.
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Columbus, CO
The
Young Men’s Institute of Cincinnati
John J. McDade
J. F. Sullivan
James Smith
Frank J. Murasky
F. J. Kierce
H. W. Rives
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Body snatch scare at Oak Grove Cemetery in Peru Indiana
Mrs E E Dickerson found the grave area in Oak Grove Cemetery disturbed the casket box splintered and the body untouched. Authorities suspect body snatchers frightened away by the scene. The deceased Mr Haines reportedly lived ten weeks on lemonade, and doctors may have sought the remains for diagnosis.
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Peru
Ind
E. E. Dickerson
Oak Grove
Haines
Kiester Indicted for First Degree Murder in Perrysville
Ashland Ohio grand jury charges Elias Kiester with the first degree murder of Horace Stearns in Perrysville on November 29. Kiester declares innocence but says he would rather be hanged than return to Perrysville as his trial to begin in January.
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Ashland
Elias Kiester
Horace Stearns
Perrysville
Kiester
Ville
Philip Sheets Jr Charged With Selling Liquors in Savane Sax Case
A Dec 10 report from Y. O. states Philip Sheets Jr faced charges for selling liquor. The Savane Sax mention appears tied to the case as a referenced group or event, with context indicating a legal action in Cincinnati.
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Y. O
Philip Sheets, Jr
Republicans Press Bradley on Extra Session and Seat Rules
In Frant Kentucky Republicans dispute Governor Bradley over calling an extra legislative session to elect a senator and seating an appointee after March 4. Holt sides with Bradley barely, Taylor and editor Lewis criticize the plan, while others urge a March 1 session to avoid seating an appointee.
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Bradley
Holt
Ublican
Governor Bradley debated over extra session in Kentucky
Washington dispatch reports Governor Bradley may not call an extra Kentucky legislative session and instead seek a successor to Blackburn. Republicans favor Hunter’s bid for the Senate seat, while Senators Chandler Thurston and Allen warn against bypassing an extra session. The issue centers on legality and Senate seating precedent.
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Washington
Kentucky
Blackburn
Godfrey Hunter
Hunter
Bradley
Chandler
Congress
Senate
Thurson
Allen
Right to recover against carrier for tort not breach
Supreme Court syllabus from Columbus Ohio Dec 10 holds that a passenger holding a ticket good only for trains stopping at a destination may recover as a tort when a station agent induces boarding a non stopping train and is ejected by the conductor before reaching the destination. Judgment affirmed.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Grace Dolan Kills Intruder in Indianapolis Home
Mrs Grace Dolan a white woman about 24 shot and killed Henry Jackson a young negro porter at the New York store after he tried to enter her Liberty Street home He was armed with a brick and forced entry Miss Ott aided by giving the revolver before three shots were fired in self defense
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Indianapolis
Grace Dolan
Henry Jackson
New York
Liberty Street
Emma
Ott
German Nobleman in Jail for Forgery Swindle
Ludwig Waltenberg a German nobleman and noted composer and linguist was arrested in Chicago on forgery charges. In ten days he allegedly passed about 200 fictitious checks and swindled dealers and tradespeople of over $1 000. He studied under Rubinstein and speaks six languages.
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Chicago
Ludwig Waltenberg
Waltenberg
Rubinstein
Ohio Supreme Court bank tax ruling to be appealed
The Ohio Supreme Court previously ruled national bank stock is not a credit against indebtedness for tax purposes. The decision will be appealed to the U S Supreme Court for a final ruling. Also to be discussed is the Torrens land law and its constitutionality in Ohio. State officials advocate a pending friendly lawsuit to challenge it.
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United States Supreme Court
Thomas Chandler Dies After Morpine Overdose in Waterloo
Waterloo Ind Dec 10 Thomas Chandler an eccentric old soldier ended his troubles by taking morphine, dying noon today. His former foe E P Sherwood sued Chandler for damages and Chandler had a $72 monthly pension plus funds. The case followed a marriage link to Sherwood.
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Waterloo
Ind
Thomas Chandler
E. P. Sherwood
Sherwood
Chandler
Miners quarrel ends in fatality over empty car
In Allianch Ohio John Kellogg and John Brown miners at Bergholz clashed over an empty coal car. Brown seized the car and Release drove a coal pick through Kellogg fatally wounding him. Kellogg was arrested.
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Allianch
John Kellogg
John Brown
Bergholz
Brown
Kellogg
Senator Voices on Seating Governor Bradley’s Appointee
Senator Mitchell would vote against seating an appointee of Governor Bradley despite the seat’s importance. Senator Shoup said a Republican Kentucky seat should be won, not filled by appointment, stressing the election path over appointment.
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Mitchell
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Kentucky
Shoup
Idaho
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Louisville Lawyers Oppose Called Senate Election
Louisville lawyers split with Governor Bradley on the legality of a United States Senator’s election at a called session. The executive council plans to meet tomorrow to consider the pension issue and related measures.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Bradley
United States
Good Templars Elect Officers in Third Ohio District
The annual meeting of the Third Ohio District, Good Templars, elected officers. Velma E. Borham of Steubenville was named District Chief Templar. Anna Holman of Steubenville Vice Templar. Chas N. Webster of Salesville Past Chief Templar. J. H. Gitchell of Steubenville District Councilor. Jess Wilson of Bridgeport Chaplain. W. S. Thornburg of Steubenville Secretary. Mace Wrigh Been Massage oore of Cam "y Recording Secretary. Undrichsville Gaurd. Hammond, Pacha if Belltoe Seager Saw emples, 45tines, Charles Kugler Briipehore.
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Ohio
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Steubenville
Anna Holman
Chas. N. Webster
Salesville
J. H. Gitchell
Jess Wilson
W. 8
Thornburg
Mace J Wrigh
Cam
Undrichsville
Gaurd
Hammond
Pacha
Belltoe Seager
Charles Kugler
Briipehore
Maria Barberi Jury Returns Not Guilty Verdict
New York jurors acquitted Maria Barberi, the Italian girl who killed her faithless lover. She was released from Tombs Prison. The defense argued the family suffered epilepsy.
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New York
Maria Barberi
Tombs
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Pretty Presentation of Patriotism and Citizenship
A vivid report highlights community spirit with phrases like good fellowship galore and an abundant flow of wit. The piece exalts civic pride and playful patriotism through descriptive scenes and social camaraderie.
Testimonial dinner honors Grand Marshal Andrew Hickenlooper
The Burnet House hosted a testimonial dinner for Andrew Hickenlooper, longtime Grand Marshal of Cincinnati’s sound money parade on October 31. Generals Hickenlooper and Ryan led the procession as guests praised his service, while a gold miniature cannon and flag were presented amid speeches lauding unity and loyalty.
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