Cuban Insurgents Gain Ground Near Havana and Robbery at Marion
Reports from Cuba indicate cannon and musketry near Guanajay as insurgents push toward Havana while fires burn around Calabazar. In Indiana, Yienry Baker of Dayton’s Soldiers’ Home is murdered by three colored men in Marion during a robbery, leaving him near death.
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Island of
Cuba
Laporte
Ind
Havana
Guanajay
Pinar del Rio
Suarez Valdez
Calabazar
Vento
Hoyo Colorado
Baracoa
Yienry Baker
Dayton Ohio Soldiers
Marion
Baker
Indiana Infantry
All Went Down Wild Flower Sailed from Philadelphia in December
The British steamer Wild Flower under Captain Tonewell departed Philadelphia December 11 bound for Rouen with 1,178,626 gallons of crude oil valued at $60,000 and a crew of thirty. She disappeared after the December 14 gale with no word since leaving the Delaware breakwater.
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Wild Flower
Tonewell
Philadelphia
Rouen
France
Delaware
Stag Line
Laurestina
Sligo
Ireland
Daring Robbery at Laporte and Fire Toll Near Chicago
A clothing store in Laporte Indiana owned by Matt Kreidler was entered between 6 and 7 pm with the safe unlocked. The thief carried away 800 dollars from the vault while the proprietor was away at supper. A suspect man boarded a westbound train to Chicago shortly after 7. A deadly fire in Wheatland Illinois killed two, injured one, and destroyed two houses as workers were crushed under a collapsing chimney. Albert Grant and Arthur Vernon died. Brigadier General William Polke Lasselle, 59, died in Washington from a fall. Lasselle was born in Lomana port Indiana and served in the Ninth Illinois Volunteers with breveted gallantry. Emperor William of Berlin refused to recognize Transvaal suzerainty after a talk with Dr Leyds. Britain still claims treaty-based suzerainty from 1884.
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Laporte
Ind
Matt Kreidler
Chicago
Wheaton
Albert Grant
Arthur Vernon
Washington
William Polke Lasselle
Ien. Lasselle
Lomanaport
Jnlions Volunteers
Emperor William Firm
Berlin
Dr. Leydes
Transvaal
William
Great Britain
Tragic Freight Car Shop Death in Huntington
A car repairer named William Stewart was fatally crushed at the Chicago and Erie car shops in Huntington Indiana. The accident happened when he was caught between the end of a coach and the shop entrance. Florence Bindlay Bruce Wallace and The Engineer are listed for upcoming theater offerings at Ft Wayne. In Cleveland Tennessee Alien Shultz allegedly shot his wife, jealousy cited as motive.
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Chisago and
Erie
Huntington
Ind
William Stewart
Masonic Temple Theater
Ft. Wayne
Indiana
Florence Bindlay
Bruce Wallace
Alien Shultz
N Ogre
Cleveland, Tenn
Naval Officials Face Senate Inquiry in Navy Contract Scandal
Washington dispatch reports Senator Chandler leads a Naval Affairs Committee probe into alleged extortionate charges in warship construction. Officers in the Ordnance Bureau are accused of financial interests in patent processes, with estimates of losses between 500 thousand and 750 thousand dollars per vessel. Secretary Herbert proposed direct contracts but faced Ordnance opposition, prompting a return to the old system and a public stink over alleged graft. The inquiry aims to expose abuses and purge wrongdoing or vindicate the department.
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Washington Dispatch
Chandler
Navy Department
Senate
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Ordnance Bureau
Herbec
Ordnance Burens
Department
Congress
Naval Committee
Boers win decisive Transvaal clash trouncing Jameson
London dispatch reports a British invasion forces defeated near Krugersdorp east of Johannesburg. Dr. Jameson and 20 British soldiers killed or captured after a sharp engagement as Boers unleash famed marksmanship and heavy losses.
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Transvaal
London
Jameson
Johannesburg
Dr. Jameson
Krugersdorf
Smuggled Chinese Evade U S Inspectors in San Francisco
A San Francisco dispatch reports two carloads of Chinese from the Atlanta exposition escaped federal inspectors via a custom house officer and are said to be in Chinatown. Authorities estimate 40 to 104 escaped passengers with over 100 believed to have slipped away. A separate derailment on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern near Hexabell Ohio killed one and fatally injured six. a Schooley's special train carried President Bacon and officials.
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United States Inspectora
San Francisco
Custom House
United States
Chinatown
Port
John H. Wise
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
Hexabell
Que
Ron
Schooley’s
Bacon
Awn
Captain Batchelor Remembered After Steamer Loss
The Ardle. a British steamer from Haytian ports, arrived in New York with mournful tribute to Captain Batchelor who was washed overboard and lost during a hurricane on December 8 while the crew tried to secure the deck. The note adds details of the tragedy and memorial gesture aboard.
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Ardle
New York
Haytian Porta
Batchelor
Montreal City Bill Targets Reckless Alderman Spending
The Quebec Legislature passed a measure holding aldermen who vote for overspending personally liable and banning them from council for five years. The city treasurer is also responsible for payments made beyond approved appropriations. The reform aims to curb the long standing extravagance and dire financial state of the city.
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Quebec
Montreal
Death on the Rail at Schooley's Station
Six people died and two were injured in a crash at Schooley's Station Ohio when a switch was left open by Conductor Hendershot, allowing an eastbound express to collide with a standing freight. Conductor Tom Brown telephoned news to the city afterward.
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Ohio
Schooley’s Station
Chillicothe
Tom Brown
Hendershot
Business Failures Last Year Report Show Liabilities Rise
R G Dun and Co weekly review reports 1895 saw 13 197 business failures, up from 13 885 in 1894, with total liabilities at 173 106 000 up slightly from 172 902 856. The average liability per failure rose to 13 124 from 12 458, despite a large early year drop and a sharp late year surge with more deferred liabilities.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Cotton bears forecast hike prompts growers meeting in Memphis
President Lane of the American Cotton Growers Protective Association says reports of a 10,000,000 to 12,000,000 bale rise next year are false and will push Southern producers to sell. He calls a meeting of cotton growers in Memphis to limit next year’s plantings. Utah is proclaimed admitted as a state, with officials noting the signing pen as a relic.
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Lane Gays Bears
Lane
American Cotton Rowers’ Protective Association
New Orleans
Iucrena
Memphis
Memphis, Tenn
Utah
Congress
Washington
Thurber
Salt Lake
Cleveland
Chinese Born in U S Declared Citizen in Landmark Case
Judge Morrow of San Francisco ruled in US district court that every Chinese born in the United States is a citizen. Wong Kim Ark, born in Sacramento, California, was denied landing after returning from China, with the port collector appealing to the Supreme Court.
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Morrow
San Francisco
United States District Court
United States
Wong Kim Ark
Ist
Sacramento
China
Supreme Court
Government to sell 100 million dollar, 30 year bonds
Secretary Carttele announced a circular confirming a popular 100 million dollar thirty year 4 percent coupon registered bond issue to be listed Feb 1, 1806. Buyers must pay in gold or gold certificates. Huntsville notes a boom as N E Thompson of Birmingham appeals to Hunterville businessmen on immigration and rapid growth. A mass meeting is planned to pursue a railroad link directly to Chicago.
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Carttele
Huntsville
N. E. Thompson
Commercial Club of
Birmingham
Ala
Hunterville
Chicago
Awful Accident at Elwood Involving Train and Street Car
A Lake Erie and Western special train collided with a crowded street car in Elwood Indiana Sunday afternoon. One man was killed and four people injured, with one in critical condition possibly dying.
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Elwood
Ind
Lake Erie and Western
New Phase in Venezuelan Boundary Controversy Emerges
Londoners discuss unpublished correspondence between Britain and Venezuela from 1840 to 1842. The Schomburgk line and its removal are under fresh scrutiny as The Chronicle calls the dispatches momentous. Officials note undisclosed letters may alter views, hinting at a contrasting U S stance on Olney documents.
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London Daily Chronicle
Washington
Great Britain
Venezuela
Robert Schomburgk
British
Insana
Schomburgk
The
Chronicle
Foreign Office
Senor Fortique
Olney
Britain Fears For Subjects In South Africa Crisis
London reacts to delayed news from the Transvaal as the Boer forces reportedly repulse British troops and a German message to the Transvaal president sharpens warnings of a crisis. Rumors of Johannesburg uprisings heighten British anxiety.
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Great Britain
South Africa
London
Transvaal
Dr. Jameson
Johannesburg
Insurgent advance near Havana prompts martial law
Dispatches report insurgent cavalry under Lacret moving toward Havana from Tapaste and Lapaste Bandera wing nearing La Catelina, prompting authorities to reinforce defenses. Xenes station burned near Bainon as martial law is proclaimed in Havana province.
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Havana
Lacret
Tapaste
Cguanabacoa
Quintin Bantera
la Catelina
Raines
Baines
Xenes
Bainon
Markets Across The Midwest And New York Prices
Markets report cattle hogs and sheep prices across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with varied grain quotes. Wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and broom corn also listed with regional ranges and quality notes.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Bee
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Boundary Commission Appointees Named by President Cleveland
President Cleveland announces the Venezuelan Boundary Commission with David J. Brewer Richard H Alvey Andrew D White Frederic R Coudert and Daniel C Gilman named to serve in Washington They will assemble promptly and bring their high judicial and scholarly reputations to bear on the Venezuela British Guiana dispute. The commission splits three Democrats two Republicans and is authorized a 100000 appropriation.
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Cleveland
Vendezuelan Boundary Commission
David J. Brewer
Kansas
Justica
United States Supreme Court
Richard H. Alvey
Maryland
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Andrew D. White
New York
Frederic R. Coudert
Daniel C. Gilman
Washington
Justice Brewer
Justice Alvey
Daniel G. Gilmen
White
Commission
House of Representatives
Senate
Republic of Venezuela
British Guiana
United States of America
Congress
Great Britain
Venezuela
Rifaat Pasha Named New Grand Vizier of Turkey
The Sultan of Turkey reshuffles his cabinet with Hifaat Pasha appointed as grand vizier after Rifaat Pasha’s prior interior role. Rifaat, a seasoned diplomat, is expected to keep the post long, while former ministers face new postings and exile. A brief note on a new self opening fish hook follows the political update.
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Turkey
Hifaat Pasha
Smyrna
Rifaat
Eanal Pasha
Hifaat
Raia Mipor
Said Pasha
Keanal
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Golling Mola
BL McKennis
Moore, Ok
Lee Martin
Tiffin
Lee J. Martin
Alvia Miller
August Schultz
Lookout Ian
Reid
Lookout Mountain Consolidated Companies
Chattanooga, Tenn
Lookout Inn
Crooked City Dads
Carlisle
Bix
Milledgeville, Ky
Waltera
Porte
Zeitoun
Port Townsend
Wash
Grover
Venezuelan Commission
Stewer and
Alvey
Frederic Rb.’ Came Dert
Rifaat Pasha
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