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Newspaper

Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1896

Page

6

Relics of Maceo report through Cuban sources in Havana

Reports from Havana claim articles recovered from the bodies of Antonio Maceo and Francisco Gomez support their deaths. Dr Maximo Zertucha, Maceo's physician, is said to have surrendered and confirmed the death on December 7, with Cuban reactions mixed and observers awaiting final confirmation.

Havana Ahumeda Associated Press Cirujeda Antonio Maceo Francisco Gomez Smith Guzman Blanco Antonio and Maria James Shea Nassau Street Maximo Gomez Francisco Maceo Maximo Zertucha Melena del Sur New York Key West Zertucha Gomez

Criticisms of Cleveland Journal in Cuban Policy Debate

Havana readers see La Lucha rail against President Cleveland for not keeping him advised on the Cuban issue. The Madrid loyalist paper blasts the U S minister in Washington for not correcting press exaggerations and urges sharper responses to influence Spain. It compliments Cleveland’s diplomacy while urging harsher actions against foreign intervention. News also notes Captain General Weyler moving his column toward Havana province.

de Lome Havana la Lucha Madrid Cleveland Spain Washington Lua Lucha Cuba United States Swain Weyler Caruanajaya Pinar del Rio Wavana

Tramp sought after in Ohio train shooting

In Bucyrus Ohio on December 11 a brakeman on the Chicago and Kris was shot dead by an unknown tramp who opened fire after being ordered off a moving train at Galion. Armed men scour the county as the jumper’s two companions hurled stones and urged him to shoot.

Bucyrus Chicago Galion Schogle Huntington Ind Jack

Venezuela withholds consent on Guiana boundary agreement

Caracas reports Venezuelan minister Sehor Andrade will delay his Washington departure with cabinet approval for the boundary accord. United States Secretary Olney and Lord Salisbury had arranged a settlement, but Caracas plans to withhold consent. Montreal notes The Independence flag promoting Canadian independence gains strength and plans a March convention to unify pro-independence groups.

New York Herald Caracas Sehor Andrade United States Washington Guiana Venezuela Olney Lord Salisbury Montreal Canada

Miners to resume work in river coal mines soon

Pittsburg December 11 A broad resumption of operations in the river coal mines is expected in a few days, restoring jobs to about 6000 men. Miners will receive a wage advance of 37 cents per 100 bushels, with the agreement remaining in force until next July.

Pittsburg

Barberi case verdict in not guilty ruling

In New York a jury found Barberi not guilty after a 47 minute consultation. The defendant killed her faithless lover who had promised to marry her but refused.

New York Barberi

Bike race leaders at midnight scores across miles and laps

New York readers learn the latest standings in the midnight bike race. Hale leads with 1361 miles and 3 laps, followed by Rice at 1841 miles, Forster with 1341 miles and 6 laps, Moore at 1285 miles, Schock with 1258 miles, and Reading at 1289 miles.

New York Hale Rice Forster Moore Schock Reading

Wife fatally shoots husband in Lincoln quarrel

Lincoln Nebraska December 11 Charles Scott was killed by his wife after a domestic quarrel. Scott advanced holding a knife when she seized a revolver and shot him in the eye. The incident occurred last evening.

Lincoln, Neb Charles Scott Scott

Abbreviated telegraphs mix science strikes and obits

A string of brief items reports Dr A W McAlister dismissing a supposed cure all as not a doctor and a jeweler, Pacific Rolling Mills strike by 126 workers, and an inquiry into Leavenworth Soldiers Home. Also noted are a Welsh mine flood injuring 120, Venezuela cabinet terms, Alfred Noble’s death, U S cotton crop total, a New York man starving for his wife, Moody’s Cooper Union speech, several obituaries, and weather notices for Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin lowa.

A. W. McAlister Columbia Medical Department The State University State Board of Health Powell Pacific Rolling Mills San Franciso Leavenworth Kan Washington Abernant Wales Venezuela Salisbury Olney Congess Alfred Noble San Reno Italy United States Theophile Lee New York Cooper Union New York City Evangelist Moody Chicago Milton Wis William Walker Flint Mich W. B. McCreery

MARKETS REPORTS FROM NEW YORK CHICAGO AND CHICAGO STOCKYARDS

New York money easy at 2 to 5 percent. Sterling steady with bankers bill around 4 3/4 to 4 7/8. Chicago grain and produce shows mixed wheat corn oats and fats with December and May positions. Live stock at Union Stock Yards Chicago shows hogs $2.76 to $5.45, cattle $2.80 to $5.85, and sheep and lambs $1.00 to $5.40 depending on class and grade.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange United States Chicago Cnicano Board of Trade Burbanks Hebron CaIiado Union Texas

New Measuring Gate For Irrigation Ditches

A Colorado inventor introduces a sliding gate for irrigation canals that measures water by a fixed pressure and adjustable aperture. The device can be stationary or portable, with side scales and indicators to show water passed in cubic feet or inches. It remains accurate when flow is quiet, and can handle steep grades with a low weir board.

Colorado Denver Jield

Device for Smoke House Fuel Replenish Method

The article describes a smoking chamber for meat and fish where a fire is replenished using an old iron kettle filled with cobs or chips hung from the ceiling by a wire. A second wire attaches to the kettle to swing it toward the door for adding fuel, keeping workers outside in clean air.

New York Tribune

Soap wash proves highly effective in New Jersey

A New Jersey state station bulletin reports soap washes as highly satisfactory in eastern states. Two pounds of whale oil soap dissolved in one gallon of water, applied carefully and thoroughly, has proven absolutely successful in many cases and is recommended for use.

New Jersey

Generous Ruskin a Faithful Steward of Wealth and Art

Rev. N. W. Knapp praises John Ruskin for giving away nearly all his fortune by 1877 to support workers clubs art education and social reform. He funded public galleries and museums and founded a guild to redeem waste lands. Ruskin lectured at Oxford led students into working poor streets and inspired Toynbee Green and others to aid the poor.

Mr. Ruskin London Paria Peabody Switzerland Cruikshank William Stunt Publi Schools Worktaer Great Britain St. George's Guild Amorunt Greece Sheffield Tondon Ives Booth Oxford Arnold Toynbee Ruskin Whitechapel John Richard Green Green Trondon Rousseau Goethe Byron N. W. Knapp Chicago Inter Ocean

Dodgeville Line Passenger Train Schedule Fragments

Dodgeville line shows passenger and freight movements with Chicago & Northwestern ties. Multiple train numbers, arrival and departure times, and connections at Freeport and Rock Island indicate through coaches and westbound connections to Milwaukee and Cedar Rapids.

Deparve Bamegnner Kock Jutenc Freighe Aee i Cloise Kacina Sansantlies Madieon Rockford Chicago Rock Island Milwaukee Freeport W. W Baloit Lelano O Clinton Dubuque St. Paul Omaha Council Bluffs Kansas City al Pointe West Milwaukk Kreepers Savanna Baggaxe

Czar Maintains Four Horse Carriage Services

The Russian, French, English and gala sets each include at least 50 horses. The Russian set travels with the emperor and is used with the English at Gatchina. Gala and French horses are housed in St. Petersburg at the Winter Palace stables. The gala turnout features 50 Hanoverian white horses with blue eyes and lavish harness.

Russia Gatchhina St. Petersburg Winter Palace

Golden Medical Discovery pledged as cure for indigestion

An appeal extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for digestive disorders and impure blood, claiming it builds flesh, improves appetite, and purifies the blood. A Kentucky writer reports relief after one bottle, and The People's Common Sense Adviser offers a free edition and mail order details from Buffalo, New York.

Legion Dr. Pierce A. I. Gibbs Russellville Logan Co People

Unclear fragment notes and names in archive

The readable text is fragmented and omits clear events or entities. It references geographic, personal, and organizational items in a broken string, lacking sufficient context for a coherent news item or identifiable figures.

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