Mont gomery Welcomes President in Confederate Capital Pride
President visits Montgomery, hailed by 5000 celebrants, at the Capitol where Jefferson Davis was inaugurated. He praises unity, notes the Civil War is over, and recalls wartime heroes as Alabama hosts ceremonies amid national colors and cheering crowds.
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Commercial Tribune
Montgomery
Ala
Johnston
Capitol
Alabama
Atlanta
Jefferson Davis
House of Representatives
Confederate Congress
United States
Confederacy
Teal Divorce Case At Providence Reveals Sensational Testimony
The Cline Teal divorce case heard in Providence with no party present. Depositions from New York show Teal earning about $100 weekly plus other holdings. A key deposition from Annie Jackson alleges Teal visited a West Sixteenth Street home with a woman not his wife. Custody of their eight year old child appears likely to Mrs Teal.
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Commercial Tribune
Providence
R. I
Teal
Annie Jackson
New York
West Sixteenth Street
Cuban shoots guerrilla during arrest in Santiago
A guerrilla who landed at Santiago de Cuba from a Baracoa schooner was recognized, attacked, and shot. He survived in hospital likely to die. A Cuban suspect is jailed, and General Wood vows to make an example if he is charged. US troops will protect guerillas who come, if needed.
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Santiago DE Cuba
Baracoa
Wood
Trust to Assume Control of East Liverpool Pottery
East Liverpool manufacturers prepare for the big pottery trust formed in Trenton. Officials say potteries will come under trust control by January 1 with abstracts of title being prepared. Orders pour in as dealers seek goods before absorption. The trust plans to employ a chemist to inspect clays and materials and production is expected to double. John Taylor of Knowles Taylor Knowles is named as president with officer elections in New York next Tuesday.
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Commercial Tribune
East Liverpool
Big
Pottery Trust Incorporated
Trenton
John Taylor
Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Company
New Trust
New York
The Sixth Goes To Manila In War Department Move
War Department orders the Seventeenth Regiment from Columbus and the Sixth from Ft Thomas to Manila. Women of officers may accompany at Government expense for up to three years, reversing prior policy. Bryan faces Eastern Democrats over party leadership amid debates on the peace treaty.
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Hal D. Landon
Commercial Tribune
Washington
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Democratic Party
Bailey
Democrats
Manila
Columbus
Ft. Thomas
War Department
Philippines
Shattuc
Jealousy Triggers Murder Attempt in Carthage
In Carthage Missouri on December 16 John D Mc Crellis a retired businessman shot and mortally wounded W J Gilfillan at Gilfillan s home The shooter claims Gilfillan ruined his home Both families are prominent Mc Crellis surrendered and was released on bond
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John D. McCrellis
W. J. Gilfillan
Gilfillan
McCrellis
Brice Funeral Services Set for Ex Senator Brice
New York December 16 funeral services for ex Senator Calvin Stewart Brice will be held at noon tomorrow at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. Rev Dr Wallace Radcliffe of Washington is expected to conduct. No pallbearers planned. Body to be sent by Erie Railroad to Lima Ohio for interment in Brice family plot. Messages of condolence from President McKinley, Secretaries Hay and Alg er, Senator Hanna and Governor Bushnell received.
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Calvin Stewart Brice
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Wallace Radcliffe
Washington
Erie Railroad
Lima
Brice
McKinley
Hay
Alger
Hanna
Bushnell
Ohio
Merchants urged for Army supplies patronage in Cincinnati
The termaster General's Departments pressed for liberal treatment of Cincinnati merchants in Army supply purchases. He will meet General Ludington and General Egan again in the morning to argue for Queen City patronage. George E. Gith, Ohio newspaper man, longtime associate of Senator Brice, and B. W. Layton head to funeral services for Brice. A bill was introduced to preliminarily survey the Limestone River to enable wharfage at Covington and Newport, with plans to extend from a point up to Cincinnati to Falmouth Kentucky.
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Ludington
Egan
Queen City
George E. Gi
Ohio
Brice
B. W. Layton
Senate
Covington and
Newport
Falmouth
Underground Rapid Transit Revival in New York
New York City revived interest in a tunnel to provide rapid transit along Manhattan. Richard Croker is quoted claiming work will start within a year funded by private capital, with encouragement from Tammany Hall and the city government. Croker estimates a $50 million cost and says the city lacks funds and credit to build it.
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Dec
Manhattan Island
Today
Richard Croker
Fatal gas explosion hits Muncie power plant
Special Dispatch to the Com Tribune reports a deadly gas explosion at the city owned electric light street plant power house in Muncie Indiana. Superintendent William Warner was killed when he ignited a gas flame under an unused boiler, triggering a massive blast that hurled him through a door and caused about 3000 dollars in damage.
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Muncie
Ind
William Warner
Lfe
Warner
Strathcona Family Donates Additions to McGill and Khartum College
Montreal December 16 Lady Strathcona and her daughter Mrs Howard donate 50 000 each to McGill College. Lord Strathcona brings his total to 1 435 172. Lords Strathcona and Montroyal chaired a Board of Trade meeting to launch subscriptions for Kitchener's Gordon Memorial College at Khartum.
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McGill College
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Board of Trade
Kitchener
Gordon Memorial College
Khartum
Hawaiian Governor Candidates Seek Support Amid Revolt Petitions
News from Honolulu via Gaelic lists three possible governors S M Damon Harold M Sewall and President Dole with strong backing. Petitions urge McKinley to avoid revolved officials and France to restore the monarchy. Kinney heads to Washington to speak for Hawaiian planters as labor talks discuss a Finnish Russian Quaker colony proposal with 7000 potential settlers and 25000 dollars pledged.
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Yokohama
Honolulu
S. M. Damon
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Dole
McKinley
France
Washington
Hawaiian Commission
Spain in a Plicht Raid on Conspirators
Spain contemplates wholesale arrests of Carlists amid heavy debt pressures. Government tightens censorship on Carlist telegrams and Havana disturbance reports as El Heraldo notes 635,000,000 peseta debt interest against 866,000,000 peseta revenue leaving limited funds for military needs.
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Bordeaux
Havana
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Madrid interview confirms Carlist torture reports
Count Casa Sola, brother of the Marquis Ceralbo, said reports that Savaged Cruelties similar to those at Montjuich fortress have been used on Carlists arrested at Bilbao to extract information about their armament and designs are true. Authorities fear reprisals if Carlists take the field.
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China Buys Half Million Berdan Rifles From Russia
Advices from the Empress of India report Russia sold about five hundred thousand Berdan rifles to China through the Russo-Chinese Bank at a high price. Viceroy Tan of Canton is ordered to pay five taels per rifle and twelve taels per thousand cartridges. Every two rifles receive extra cartridges, and the empire plans rapid arming of troops with the weapons.
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Wash
Empress of India
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Canton
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Empire
Rebels Decimate Chinese Province as Missionaries Targeted
News from Chung King reports Yumantze and 50,000 rebels paralyzing Szchunen with systematic raids. 6,000 Catholic refugees, 20,000 displaced, 62 killed including missionaries. J Fleming, an English missionary, fatally wounded at Tsing Ping. France seeks 6,000,000 taels in damages for mission property losses.
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Empress of India
Chung King
China
Shanghai
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Yumantze
Yuan Chuan
J. Fleming
Tsing Ping
France
Remains of Calvin S. Brice Return to Lima Ohio
The late Calvin S. Brice's remains arrive in Lima on Sunday noon and are taken to the Brice home on West Spring Street. Monday the body lies in state at Market Street Presbyterian Church from 9 to 12 and services follow at 1 p.m.
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Brice
West Spring Street
Market Street Presbyterian Church
Why Harcourt Resigned as Liberal Leader in Commons
Special Cable reports a high Liberal insider view on Sir William Harcourt resigning the Liberal leadership. It notes Harcourt cannot support the new liberalism and will lead only in the Commons occasionally while Morley pursues Gladstone’s life. Lord Rosebery may resume overall leadership later, with action depending on circumstances.
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Africa
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London
Liberal Party
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Birmingham
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John Mersley
Sir William
Morley
Gladstone
Boone County Residents Oppose New Courthouse Plans
Boone County residents rally against replacing the courthouse with a new $300,000 building. At a mass meeting 3,647 remonstrating taxpayers petitioned and demanded reconsideration. Anger flared with threats of violence if demolition proceeds.
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Boone County
Commercial Tribune
Lebanon
Ind
Board of Commissioners
Suffering of a Crew on Drifting Schooner Clarissa
The schooner Clarissa bound for Gloucester from the Bay of Islands with frozen herring was driven into the Bay of St George dismantled and helpless after drifting nearly three weeks in the Gulf of St Lawrence. Eight crewmen suffered terribly from exposure and frost bite as they faced possible sinking.
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Clarissa
Gloucester
Bay of Islands
Bay of St. George
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Starved in Fertile Country General Davis Report Cuba Western Province
General Davis reports on the western province of Cuba from Pinar del Rio dated December 14 1898. Troops encamped and supplies arriving amid enthusiasm. The Alcalde offers services, a small Cuban police force maintains order, and plans to raise a flag tomorrow. Treasury empty and taxation system near confiscation. Half the population killed or starved. no customs houses. Mariel and Guapajay cited with detachments.
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Washington
Leyburn
Guapajay
Mariel
Davis
Pope Thanks McKinley for Catholic Liberty Promise
Rome hears from the Vatican that President McKinley assured equal Catholic liberty in Cuba and the Philippines. The Washington Government pledges measures to stop provisional authorities from seizing churches or convent property, and the Pope extends warm thanks to the U S leader.
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Rome
The
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Vatican
McKinley
Cuba
Philippines
America
Washington
Merits in Civil Service Debate at Baltimore Convention
National Civil Service Reform Association meets in Baltimore on its second day. A resolution praises good government and opposes removing positions from civil service, warning spoils politics would harm public service. Officers elected include Carl Schurz and Henry Hitchcock among others. Afternoon papers tackle civil service for new dependencies, spoils in the Indian Service, and trust in the army.
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Charles Francis Adams
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St. Louis
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New York
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Chicago
H. C. Potter
P. H. Ryan
Wm. Potts
Dorman B. Eaton
Indian Service
Herbert Welsh
The
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Chas. J. Bonaparte
Gardner Will Leaves Life Interest To Widow In Large Estate
Boston probate records reveal John Gardner’s will distributing about 2000000 in legacies to relatives and friends. His widow receives a life interest in the remainder with 275000 donated to charities after her death including 100000 to the Museum of Fine Arts and 100000 to Lying-In Hospital. Executors named are John Chapman Gray George Peabody Gardner and Augustus P Gardner.
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Boston
John Gardner
Suffolk
Massachusetts General Hospital
Brookline
Ice Bound Fleet Releasing as South Winds Mend Roads
Warm south winds are loosening the ice fleet around Point Pelee and by tomorrow all ice-bound vessels are expected to be released by tugs and ferries. The up-bound fleet in St Clair moved on after a twelve hour delay at Algonac and Amherstburg on the Detroit River is clear of ships.
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Detroit
Mich
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Amherstburg
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Preferred the Devil Warden Favors Life for Mary Talbot
In Columbus Ohio on December 1 Mary Talbot arrived at the penitentiary to begin a four year term for picking pockets. She has prior incarcerations. Warden Coffin told the Court he would prefer to condemn the devil to life rather than Mary, and the Court replied it would sentence him to a long term if arrested.
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Columbus
Mary Talbot
Mary
Coffin
Paris Work Over Protest of Filipinos
A Aguinaldo representative lodged a formal objection to annexation amid protests from Filipino leaders. The action marks a diplomatic dispute centered on colonial governance and national self-determination.
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Aguinaldo
Peace Commission Returns Home As Agoncillo Protests Noted
Paris dispatch notes the American Peace Commission leaving Havre for New York after farewell at the station with a special saloon car. Agoncillo lodges a detailed protest, urging recognition of Philippine independence and citing Dewey and McKinley statements.
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United States
Horace Porter
French Foreign Office
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Havre
New York
Agoncillo
Aguinaldo
Philippine Republic
Madrid urges patience on treaty after Senate ratification
A semi official note states that the government should await United States Senate ratification of the peace treaty before acting. It warns against hasty cession of territory the Senate may reject, stressing the need for U.S. approval to make any transfer effective.
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American Senate
United States Senate
Salisbury Seeks Foreign Policy Prudence and Bureaucratic Aid
The Marquis of Salisbury at a London banquet urged governing by policy over lone actions. He noted the need for a national Foreign Relations Committee like the United States to allow ministers to explain actions to diverse audiences and gain broader confidence.
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Marquis of Salisbury
Constitutional Club
Rhapsody
United States Foreign Relations Committee
Harcourt resignation mourned by National Liberal Federation
At a Birmingham meeting the National Liberal Federation adopted Spence Watson’s resolution expressing deep regret at Sir William Vernon Harcourt’s resignation as Liberal leader. The motion thanked him for brilliant service and noted he will continue to aid Liberalism. An amendment to reinstate leadership failed.
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England
National Liberal Federation
Spence Watson
William Vernon Harcourt
Liberal Party
Sir William
Mr. Watson
Bolivian rebels proclaim federation amid siege
Reports from La Paz via Galveston say Bolivian insurgents have formally proclaimed a federation. President Severo Fernandez Alonzo remains in Gruro at the head of government troops and has declared a state of siege.
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