Trade light as Christmas demand boosts autumn orders
Bradstreet reports general trade small in volume with activity mainly in woolens, clothing and hardware. Prices rise for sugar, corn and wheat while oats, lard and several commodities fall. wheat exports total 3,156,000 bushels this week. World wheat stocks stand at 164,000,000 bushels December 1, with U S and Canada stocks at multi year lows for this date.
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New York
Bradstreet
Milwaukee
Kansas City
St Louis
United States
Montreai
Canada
Opinion of the Struggle in Cuba Shrinks as War News Debated
A New York newspaper source quotes an American observer in Cuba calling the insurgents mulattoes and half-breeds, arguing the conflict is a farce and promising to write special articles instead. Other items report Navy investigation on the U S Naval Academy, a bookkeeper charged with cash theft, a miners convention adjournment, a retrial reward increase for a murderer, and a life sentence for a boy slayer.
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Cuba
New York
Arturo Balderano Y Topeto
Spain
Annapolis
Mathews
Secretary of the Navy
Herbert
Naval Academy
Congress
Changing Mode of Taking an Oath in House
In Brinqua Mony Virginia on December 7 a bill was introduced to dispense with the necessity of kissing the idle in taking oath. The bill proposes a new mode for oath taking.
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Bricua Mony
Reed
Arizona
Washington
House
Payne
Rep
N. Yi
Messrs
Terry
Dem
Ark
Boamner
B. Wright
Massachusetts
J. A. Barham
California
Orlando Burrell
Illinois
George C. Pendleton
Texas
Murphy
Congress
Fell Through an Elevator Shaft in Tennessee
A Dayton machinist A C Hoyle plunged fifty feet to death after an elevator boy failed to hear the signal at the Dayton Coal Iron works in Dayton Tennessee. In Paris the Marquis De El Angle-Beaumanoir, a senator for Cotes du Nord, died on Friday.
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CoatTancoca
Tenn
A. C. Hoyle
Dayton Coal Iron Works
Dayton
Paris
Marquis de El*Angle-Beaumanoir
Department
Cotes-du-Nord
Indiana police seize abettor in Lake Shore train robbery case
Muncie Indiana December reports Policeman John Seldomridge of LaGrange arrested Burt Cessline of Noble county at the Muncie post office. Detectives say Cessline’s letter from a prison pal pointed to the gang behind the Lake Shore train robbery a year ago. A full confession is expected identifying the robbers.
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Muncig
Ind
John Seldomridge
Lagrange
Burt Cessline
Noble County
Muncie
Kessler
Lake Shore
Cessline
Post Office
Decision Upholds Remonstrance Against Liquor License
Greencastle Indiana county commissioners rejected a Roachdale liquor license bid after a remonstrance by Franklin township voters and a counter petition from saloon advocates. The ruling confirms remonstrances against a single applicant and that signatories cannot be removed after signing.
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Greencastle
Ind
Roachdale
Franklin Township
Turning Point in Turkish History as Said Pasha Seeks Refuge
Reports from Constantinople describe Said Pasha seeking asylum in the British embassy signaling a critical moment in Ottoman history. U S Minister Terrell demands action over Kaisakca missionaries and praises local officials for restraint amid massacres. Three Protestant pastors are reported murdered for not renouncing Christianity.
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Pasha
Turkey
Terrell
Kaisacca
Mr. Terrell
Porte
Marash
Aintab
Marzovan
Ama
Amassia
Harpoot
United Press
Tanzarian
Itehnach
Kriker
Kossi
Atlasian
Hesenik
Gemerek
Kaisarea
Bill to revive McKinley Tariff duties proposed
congressman Morse of Massachusetts plans to introduce a bill to restore specific duties from the McKinley tariff act of 1850 for imports after January 1, 1896. It targets articles listed in schedules G J K L plus earthenware tin plates gloves and related items under schedules B C and N.
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Washington
Morse
Mass
Committee On Ways and Means
Heavy gale damages English shipping and ships driven ashore
A heavy gale on the English coast causes multiple maritime disasters with vessels seeking shelter. A brig is driven ashore at Kansay and the steamer Topaz is abandoned in a sinking condition off Start Point with one drowning. Minor casualties are reported elsewhere.
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Loxton
Kansay
Topaz
Start Point
Cubans Favor Negro Domination Over Spanish Rule
A prominent Cuban resident in Washington says the insurrection may win with U.S. aid this winter. otherwise insurgents will torch Cuba. He notes 40,000 insurgents in the fields and predicts Spain must withdraw after prolonged conflict like San Domingo.
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Washineton
Cuba
Spain
Campos
San Domingo
United States
Farmer Hathorne Confesses in Wife Murder Plot
F D Hathorne, a Perry County farmer who hired a Negro named Thompson Wade to kill his wife, has given a lengthy confession. He says his wife’s intense jealousy made living together impossible and that he sought separation and shared property before turning to murder. Wade and Hathorne were convicted and sentenced to hang January 8.
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Jackson
Miss
F. D. Hathorne
Perry County
Thompson Wade
Janary
Harveyized armor plate test seals Russia deal
Bethlehem Iron Co president reports to Lieut Meigs in St Petersburg that a severe ballistic test of Harveyized side armor for the czar’s Sevastopol ship showed minimal penetrations and no cracks, leading to a Russian acceptance of 550 tons and declaring American armor the best. Lord Salisbury’s reply to Olney’s Venezuela dispute sent to Paunceforte, then to Olney. In other news, a jail trick by diamond thief Harry Martin fails. indictments linger in Cleveland and Chicago. Banquet plans at Delmonico’s mark Commercial Day celebrations.
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Russia
America
Eketselehem
Linderman
Bethlehem Iron Co
Meigs
St. Petersburg
Sevastopol
Curiaco
Harry Martin
Martin
Cleveland
Chicago
Important Election in Louisville Sees 3600 Voters Poised
Louisville Ky December 7 3600 voters in two wards will decide the Carroll Blatz legislative election shaping the U S Senate allegiance in Kentucky. Open saloons on election day defy the usual law and heighten the contest’s significance. The piece notes national interest and unusual local turnout dynamics.
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United States
Kentucky
Louisviter
U. S
Louisville
Woman Says Neighbor Insult Prompted Fatal Shooting
Mrs. Jesse Owens accuses Jake Adolphus a young neighbor of insult prompting her to shoot him three times in Atlanta on December 7. One shot left him seriously wounded with likely death.
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Atlanta, Ga
Jesse Owens
Jake Adolphus
No New Trial: Durrant Conviction Upheld in San Francisco
Judge Mur phy denied the motion for a new trial in the W S T Durrant case and ordered the defendant turned over to the warden of San Quentin penitentiary for imprisonment following the conviction for the murder of Blanche Lamont and one other.
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Jorg Durrant
San Francisco
Murphy
W. S
T. Durrant
Blanche
Lamont
San Quentin Penitentiary
Death of Joab Scales Marked by Local Obituary
Joab Scales a wholesale tobacconist in this city died aged 74 born in Kentucky and long a resident since the time of the American war He hosted Jeff Davis during a visit to the city in Seales era and the report notes his death amid Cuban revolutionary activity in Havana with a blockade runner landing near Mariel
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ToRonTo
Joab Scales
Kentucky
Jeff Davis
Herald
Havana
Cuba
Mariel
Condensed News Across the Nation
Reports note Dumas left 3,000,000 francs. Seth J. Thomas dies at 88 in Boston. Winter navigation closes and Cronstadt customs flags lowered. St Louis probate court deems Rev James Duggan sane. Malvina Bennett appointed to Boston University chair. Peter Conlin named chief of New York police. Denver man shot over two sandwiches at a church social. both men colored. Ohio teen dies after fireplace accident. German Africa Co reports gold vein near Usambara. Bank of Oronogo robbed. safe blown, building wrecked, $1,300 stolen.
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Seth J. Thomas
Boston Bar
Cronstadt
St. Louis
James Duggan
Chicago
Malvina M. Bennett
Boston University
Peter Conlin
Thos. Byrnes
New York Board of Police Commissioners
Denver
Col
Sandwich
Wm. Byrd
Chas. Kelton
Byrd
Charlie Habriots
Ohio
Huntington
W. Va
German-Africa Co
Stapff
Tanga In
Usambara
Bank of
Oronogo
Markets Report with Wheat Corn and Livestock Prices
Cincinnati markets show Flour-Spring patent prices at 240 to 260.4 cents and various spring and winter grades. Wheat No 2 red futures quoted 65% to 66 11-16, corn No 2 mixed 29% to 34 cents, oats steady with fair inquiry. Cattle and veal ranges include prime and choice at 4.00 to 4.50, hogs to 4.50, lambs 3.00 to 3.85, assorted regional prices noted for New York and Pittsburgh markets.
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Cincinnati
New York
Western
Pittsburgh
Buffaloo
Des. G. Carris
Vealy
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