Sea Is Their Tomb Carrying All on Board to the Bottom
The Sauer, a German Lloyds steamer bound Bremen to Buenos Ayres via Coruna and Villagariea, foundered off Coruna. All 274 aboard, including 65 crew, perished. 118 Russians, 34 Catalans, 61 Spaniards, and one German were among the passengers. Reckless navigation blamed as cause. the ship struck Corrobedo rocks near Coruna. A government steamer dispatched, city in mourning.
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Vigo
Spain
Lloyds
Coruna
Bremen
Buenos Ayres
Villagariea
Corrobedo
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani Arrives in San Francisco
San Francisco reports the arrival of ex Queen Liliuokalani from Honolulu with only a man and a servant as attendants. Colonel George MacFarlane says she plans to stay about a week and may visit Washington possibly London. She declines interviews and will announce her plans publicly in a few days.
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San Francisco
Liliuokalani
Honolulu
George MacFarlane
MacFarlane
Washington
London
Paper Men to Pool Their Interests and Pooling Plan
New York December reports ten days of talks among leading white newspaper manufacturers ending in a practical agreement to pool interests. A general agency will be established in New York to deal with consumers. about thirty companies are involved, dominating the industry nationwide.
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New York
Wisconsin physicians push bill to end fake medical schools
Milwaukee on December 11 reports several physicians have drafted a bill to be introduced at the coming legislative session. The measure aims to abolish fake medical colleges and diploma factories by rendering them powerless, even if they continue to operate.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Tragedy near New Richmond as siblings struck by train
Joseph Kriesl aged 21 and his sister Lena aged 12 were hit and killed while crossing the track twelve miles west of New Richmond Wisconsin with a horse and cart. The cart was demolished and the bodies were thrown about forty feet. The horse escaped unharmed.
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New Richmond
Wis
Joseph Kriesl
Lena
Here
Wisconsin Central
Miners and operators clash over wage offer at Pitt sburg conference
At the Pittsburg miners and operators conference the operators offered 10 cents until April 1 and 65 cents for the rest of the year. The miners refused. The miners demand was adjusted and conference committees were appointed to report to today’s meeting.
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Pittsburg
McKinley Weighs Secretaries as Handy Named Candidate
Canton observers predict Major McKinley will invite Major Moses P Handy of Chicago to be private secretary. Charles G Dawes once could have had the post, but it is understood McKinley seeks a cabinet seat, with the interior department preferred.
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Canton
McKinley
Moses P. Handy
Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Illinois
Interior Department
Bank Closure Shocks Harlan Iowa Community
Harlan State Bank closed yesterday with original capital of 350000. Organized in 1872 as a private bank, officials turned over property to creditors. Two other local firms are involved, one having assigned.
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Harlan, Ia
Harlan State Bank
Baker seeks mandamus to credit Sligh for governor bet
Fred A. Baker, chairman of the fusion committee, has applied to the supreme court for a mandamus to compel the state board of canvassers to credit Charles R. Sligh as a candidate for governor. The decision hinges on votes apparently cast for him but not credited due to misspellings.
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Lansing
Mich
Fred A. Baker
Supreme Court
State Board of Canvassers
Charles R. Sligh
Doctor Edward Johnson Struck By Bicycle Rider
In Muscatine Iowa Dr D P Johnson 55 a longtime local physician was struck by a bicycle rider while alighting from a streetcar at his residence last evening He sustained probable fatal injuries and had practiced in the area for more than fifty years.
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Muscatine
Bee
D. P. Johnson
Gold Democrats Confer In Indianapolis On Maintaining Organization
The Gold Democratic executive committee met in Indianapolis and unanimously urged preserving the national party structure. They planned no immediate address, will keep national headquarters in New York, and avoid alliance with Republicans while seeking to reunite the party’s two wings.
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Indianapolis
Gold Democratic Party
Meath
Fellows
New York
Charles A. Jannery
Illinois
Bynum
Bates House
Tve
Tinion
Henry Watterson
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Chicago drainage canal group forms Thi nois Valley association
A large Peoria meeting of city representatives along the Chicago drainage canal elected temporary and then permanent leadership. Martin Kingman became chairman while a nine member executive committee was empowered. They adopted resolutions urging Chicago to supply water, condemned fixed bridges, and urged a deep waterway linking the lakes to the Mississippi via the canal.
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Peoria
Ills
Chicago
Allen
RK. R. Stourland
Henry Mayo
Ottawa
Martin Kingman
Mississippi
Thinois Valley Association
Wisconsin State Grange Resolutions Adopted
Eau Claire Wis Dec 1 The Wisconsin state grange adopted resolutions urging rural mail delivery and recognition of the grange in selecting the agriculture secretary. It also backs appointing J H Bingham of Ohio as secretary of agriculture, favors uniform textbooks at state school cost, a state agriculture textbook, and an income tax constitutional amendment.
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Wisconsin State Grange
Eau Claire
Wis
Grange
Department of Agriculture
J. H. Bingham
Ohio
Fitzsimmons Sharkey Case Evidence Aligns With Prior Testimony
In San Francisco on December 11, evidence in the Fitzsimmons Sharkey case largely mirrors earlier testimony. Fitzsimmons and Julian are said to have promised a conspiracy story that would shock the sports world. Allen the trainer corroborates Smith, and William Abbott the saloonkeeper near the ring corroborates Smith as well.
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San Francisco
Fitzsimmons-Sharkey
Fitzsimmons
Julian
Allen
Smith
William Abbott
Acquittal or confession in Morning Sun marshal case
Decatur Illinois December eleventh Orian McPher son alias Charles Murphy confessed to killing the Morning Sun marshal after drinking for days. He claims the marshal clubbed his son and he shot the official twice while evading arrest and intends to return to Iowa without requisition papers. In New York the Monitor ram Puritan was commissioned at Brooklyn navy yard.
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Decatur
Ilis
Dev
Orian McPherson
Charles Murphy
Morning Sun
Iowa
New York
United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Civil Service Reform League Meets in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on December 11 the fourteenth annual Civil Service Reform League meeting drew prominent reformers including Carl Schurz R X Dana Silas Burt Jonbarare Roosevelt and RR Bowker. Speakers praised progress and urged wider adoption across national state county and city levels. In Plainfield New Jersey on December 11 ex Congressmen Roswell G Horr remains ill noting his condition worsened yesterday though doctors see no immediate danger.
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Philadelphia
Civil Service
Civil Service Reform League
Carl Schurz
R. x. Dana
Silas Burt
Jonbadare Roosevelt
S. RR. Bowker
Plainfield
N. J
Roswell G. Horr
Ill Senator Allison Denied as Secretary of State Candidate
Dubuque reports Senator Allison too ill to meet and an authoritative denial is issued debunking the claim of his selection as secretary of state. No cabinet post expected for Dubuque. In London Li Hung Chang is accused by the emperor of trying to show he outranks his sovereign.
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Dubuque, Ia
Allison
Dubuque
London
Li Hung Chang
China
Immigration Bill and Cuba Speech Dominate Senate
Washington, Dec. 11. The Senate moved to the immigration bill and heard the first Cuba speeches by Cullom and Call. A motion to post pone failed, signaling a move to pass the bill though amendments were debated. Cullom urged ending Spanish rule in the West Indies and warned against wastage of the region. A tariff-focused congress was planned for the incoming administration with a renewed push to refine the tariff bill for McKinley’s impending special session.
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Washington
Senate
Cuba
Gibson
Maryland
Chandler
Lodge
Gipson
West
Palmer
House
United States
Cullom
Call
West Indies
West Indian
Fair Island
Congress
Fifty-fifth Congress
McKinley
Lawmakers Move Bills as House Delays Appropriations
In Washington on December 11 the House spent four hours on calendar bills, passing two. A long sought copyright protection bill for musical works and dramatic pieces received final approval with penalties for unauthorized productions. A Capitol liquor sale ban also passed. A territorial land ownership bill failed, and a major bill to transfer Atlantic and Pacific Railroad rights to mortgagees upon reorganization was postponed until Tuesday.
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Washington
House
Congress
Capitol
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
Farm product prices in December report
The December farm price survey shows corn 21.4 cents per bushel, wheat 72.4 cents, rye 40.3 cents, oats 18.6 cents, barley 32.2 cents, buckwheat 39.1 cents, Irish potatoes 23.7 cents, leaf tobacco 6.0 cents per lb, hay $6.54 per ton, and cotton 6.6 cents per lb, with changes from last year noted for each item.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Meeting of the Bimetallic Union Executive Committee
Washington dispatch reports a meeting of the executive committee of the Bimetallic Union to be held December 15 in Washington. President A J Warner calls the session to decide on discontinuing literary work at the three union headquarters in Washington Chicago and San Francisco. Cleveland cuts Olneys Cuban report. Washington says Olney favored defying Spain and urging intervention, but President Cleveland blocked a date for action and trimmed passages he deemed too aggressive toward Spain.
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The
Bimnetallic Union
Washington
Bimetallic Union
A. J. Warner
Union
Chicago
San Prancisco
Cleveland
Olney
Spain
Washington House Ways and Means to Begin Work Before Holidays
Washington December 11 Varley DSVL notes the Ways and Means committee will start work before the holiday recess as the House commuter staff prepare for fiscal plans and potential policy reviews.
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Varley
Washington
Dec
Important Change of Method
Washington December 11 Representative Barrett of Massachusetts introduced a bill to select cabinet members from either Congress house and senate with the treasury secretary from the house and the secretary of state from the senate. They keep their seats and lose portfolios when their term ends. Only cabinet officer salaries are paid. A congressman switching houses keeps cabinet status. Confirmation remains as now. No set date for enactment.
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Washington
Representative Barrett
Massachusetts
Senate
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of State
Congress
Democrats Plan Quiet Senate Session Strategy
In Washington on December 11, Democratic leaders held a post adjournment meeting to discuss policy for the current session. They announced no party caucus is planned, and no obstruction will be used against the Dingley bill though Democrats will vote against it and seek amendments.
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Washington
Senate
Dingley
Supreme Court hears Indiana Ohio corpora tion tax cases
Washington December 11 Argument began yesterday in the supreme court in several cases challenging the validity of state laws of Indiana and Ohio imposing a general corporation tax on express companies of those states. Ex-Solicitor General Maxwell opened for the opposition.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Indiana
Ohio
Maxwell
Tennessee Representative Bibson Proposes Fraud Bill
Washington on December 11 Representative Bibson of Tennessee introduced a bill defining election frauds in the election of representatives and delegates. The principal effect would be to give the federal government cognizance of such crimes.
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Washington
Bibson
Tennessee
Outbreak of Zulus and varied 1890s notices
Reports from Blantyre detail two British columns marching against Angoni Zulus led by Chief Chikuski after raids on Nyassaland and a mission station. Other items note corn pricing reforms in Illinois, treasury notes debates, Milwaukee post office staff changes, Maplewood suicide, Springfield land office resignation pressure, and a West Superior iron works foreclosure.
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Capetown
Blantyre
British Central Africa
Chikuski
Nyassaland
Tete
Commissioner Murphy to Retire
Milwaukee dispatch reports Deputy Railroad Commissioner Jero C Murphy will retire at term’s end. He will be succeeded by C A Coon, current executive clerk in Governor Upham’s office, with appointment effective January 1.
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Murphy
Milwaukee
Jero C. Murphy
C. A. Coon
Upham
Coon
William Drury Not Dead Reported True
William Drury of New Boston in Werthsburg Illinois is alive after a paralytic stroke earlier reports claimed his death were false. He is improving and showing good signs of recovery.
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William Drury
Werthsburg
Wiliam Drury
New Boston
Drury
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