Pacification Plans Outlined by Blanco for Cuba
Marshal Blanco declares aims to pacify four western provinces before June and two eastern provinces before the rainy season. He proposes reorganizing the local militia with loyalist guerrillas drawn from natives, requires 8 million dollars monthly for war costs and auxiliaries, and seeks to implant home rule in the west while pursuing full island pacification. The Spanish press praises operations in Pinar del Rio and Santa Clara.
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Marshal Blanco
Madvid
Pinar del Rio
Santa Clara
Blanco
Lake steamer Morley burned with crew escaping ashore
The George W. W. Morley of Cleveland caught fire off Evanston on Saturday night and burned to the water’s edge after an oil lamp exploded in the engine rooms. Thirteen crewmen reached the shore safely as the wooden steamer, valued at $35,000, was beached at Greenwood Boulevard.
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George W. Morley
Chicago
George W.W. ‘Morley
Cleveland
Evanston
Morley
Milwaukee
Greenwood Boulevard
John Cudahy Buys Controlling Interest in Big Seven Mine
Chicago financier John Cudahy has completed a deal for a controlling stake in the Big Seven mine for 225000 dollars. The mine, originally a silver operation with a 3 million dollar capitalization, recently yielded a gold lead producing about 3600 per ton, prompting expectations the gold discovery will prove rich.
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Big Seven
Barre
Mont
John Cudahy
Chicago
Cudahy
Italian cabinet resigns as war minister triggers crisis
London report from The Morning Post Rome on December 6 states the cabinet has resigned. General Pelliux’s action is seen as a political move to make it impossible for Marquis di Rudin to form a unanimous ministry. Ministers of finance, justice and public safety in the retiring cabinet will not appear in the successor.
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Pelliux
Funeral of Bath Guldensuppe in New York
Remains of Bath Rub Guldensuppe murdered at Woodside Long Island on June 16 were buried Sunday from an East Third Street undertaking shop after removal from the morgue. Also reports on Puget Sound salmon canneries output for 1897, a Kansas City murder verdict, and various boxing match negotiations.
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New York
Bath Rub“bar Guldensuppe
Woodside
Long Island
Artin Thorn
Augusta Nack
Third Street
Bouy
Politicians Held Up On Inspection Train Ride
An Atlanta committee of state representatives on an inspection tour was stopped in the Oheflnokee Swamp by two men posing as railroad officials. They ordered fares of 1.50 per member, were paid under protest, and the train proceeded after the suspects were appeased.
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Georgi
White
Atlanta
State House of Representatives
Oheflnokee
Ife
Death in the Drink at Marlusville Draws 7 Dead
Seven men died and seventeen more likely to die after drinking a mix of wood alcohol and cheap whisky sold in Selma and reaching Marlusville. The tainted beverage, labeled for paint mixing, caused immediate illness among farmers and railroad workers with no physician present. The incident has sparked a major local outbreak and investigation.
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Ala
Selma
Consumption's Harvest One Death in Every Seven in New York
Dr Biggs of the board of health told the New York board of estimates that one in seven city deaths are from tubercular consumption and that among workers the rate is about a quarter. The estimates board considered a $60000 grant for a tuberculosis hospital to aid the city budget for 1898.
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New York
Biggs
Board of Health
Board of Estimates
Booth Tucker unveils plan to colonize unemployed
A large Carnegie Hall audience heard Commander Booth Tucker outline a Salvation Army project to settle thousands of unemployed in western Colorado within six weeks. The colony would encompass enough land to house many people and nearly $80,000 in subscriptions were reported at the close of the meeting.
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Booth
Eucker
New York
Carnegie Hall
Booth-Tucker
Salvation Army
Colorado
United Union Pacific to consolidate with Vanderbilt system
Horace G. Burt is expected to become president of Union Pacific as the system moves toward consolidation with the Vanderbilt system. Quarters have been opened, and the arrangement is described as practically settled and certain.
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Union Pacific
Vanderbilt
Horace G. Burt
France May Face a Crisis in Senate Vote
Paris news reports a heated senate session over removing a magistrate deemed illegal. The chamber defeated the minister of justice motion 188 to 113 and adopted a resolution urging strict enforcement of laws, signaling a government setback and prompting Radical calls for cabinet resignations.
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France
Paris
Senate
M. Darlin
Day of Death Fixed for Electrocution Week
New York man Martin Thorn, recently convicted of the murder of William Guidensappe, faces electrocution in the week beginning January 10 after judges and counsel discussed a plea. Accomplice Mrs Nack reportedly will plead guilty to manslaughter in the first degree, a lesser charge with potential combined terms totaling seventy years plus seven years and seven months.
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New York
Martin Thorn
William Guldghyappe
Maddox and Smith
Youngs
Mat« Slaughter
Nack
Wm. Guidensappe
Italy's Great Scandal Crips Crispi Humiliated in Final Years
Rome reports the chamber of deputies has named a five member commission to probe charges against former premier Signor Francesco Crispi linked to Bank of Naples scandals and illegal traffic in decorations. Crispi urged open discussion, said he would testify, and lamented dedicating sixty three years to Italy.
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Crispi
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Signor
Francesco Crispi
Bank of Naples
Signor Crispi
Italy
Gould Sued by His Valet Over Yacht Explosion
Frank D. Mowbray, once Howard Gould’s valet, sues Howard Gould and brother George for 59000 in damages. He alleges injuries from a signal rocket explosion aboard the yacht Hildegarde on July 4, 1898, while serving as steward. Mowbray says Gould urged silence and promised lifelong employment.
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Frank Mowbray
York
Frank D. Mowbray
Howard Gould
Mr. Gould
George
George Gould
Hildegarde
Mowbray
Labor Leaders Denounced by Milwaukee Trades Council
Milwaukee labor leaders Compers Powderly Sovereign and others were denounced by the Milwaukee Trades Council which represents the city’s organized labor. The resolutions charge leaders with pursuing personal gain rather than labor interests and accuse them of hobnobbing with President McKinley and politicians under the guise of anti immigration laws. A separate note in New York reports the Yukon Cariboo British Columbia Gold Mining and Development Company closing its New York offices with refunds to shareholders and a former director citing Klondike field overcompetition.
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Milwauke
Compers
Powderly
Sovereign
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Trades’ Council
McKinley
New York
Yukon-Cariboo
British Columbia
Bryan's Visit to Mexico Reception Planned for Bryan
Resident Americans organize a cordial welcome for William Jennings Bryan in Mexico. The reception aims to reflect his political prominence as a Democratic leader, with inclusive hospitality across circles regardless of party.
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Bryan
Mexico
Crey
Wm. J. Bryan
Mgr. Bryan
Democratic Party
France's Big Sensation Panl Letters Court Martial
France's Panl writes to General Palltux demanding a court martial investigation to fully reveal the facts and secure due reparation.
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France
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
Palltux
Miners Strike Threat Looms Over Wages Talks in Pittsburg
National United Workers Union president M D Ratchford has arrived in Pittsburg to meet with District President Patrick Dolan for a joint convention with coal operators. Miners seek further wage increases before the December 31 expiry, warning of a possible national strike if denied. The union reports growth to about 10 000 in the anthracite region and notes renewed organization efforts amid past suspensions.
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Ratchford
Nn- Lona
Pennsylvania
Ratehford
Change in Method of Gathering Data for Crop Reports
Washington statistician Hyde, compiler of the agricultural department crop reports, recommends replacing volunteer correspondents with government employees in the 25 states to report monthly on crop conditions, appoint five traveling inspectors, and assign a separate statistical agent for each state. He argues the plan would cost little more and yield more valuable results.
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Washington
Hyde
Agricultural Department
St Louis Conference to Fix Livestock Quarantines 1898
Stockmen and officials from Missouri Missouri Illinois Indiana Ohio Kentucky Tennessee and Arkansas convene in St Louis to set 1898 quarantine dues, protecting northern territory while limiting hardship for the south. Hay and corn prices reduced at East St Louis stock yards, with a drop of 26 cents per hundred pounds for hay and 18 cents per bushel for corn. Spalding sentenced in Chicago for embezzlement of University of Illinois funds. Southern Sugar Refining Company chartered to promote beet sugar. Earthquake shocks felt in Conway Springs Kansas. Virginia senate measures to abolish football with admission fees. Market quotes across major hubs show cattle hogs sheep and grain prices varying by city.
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St. Lou
Ainimal Industry
Agricultural Department
Sanitary Boards
Missouri
Tinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
St. Louisa
National Stock Yards
East St. Louis
Kansas City
Banker Spalding Appeals Refused at Joliet Penitentiary
The judge denied Tevntch’s motion for new trial and sentenced Charles Warren Spalding, ex-president and wrecker of the defunct Code Savings Bank of Chicago, to Joliet for embezzlement. The court held that depositing university bonds as security made him debtor to the university, constituting embezzlement despite claims of no personal gain. Spalding protested, asserting thirty-three years of honest service and requesting mercy.
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Spalding la
Cincage
Charles Spalding
Globe Savings Banc
University Oflinois
Spalding
Charles Warren Spalding
Code Savings Bank of Chicago
Morton
Joliet
Merton
Finshed
Bar of Justice
Chicago
Trorton
Shay
Lorton
First National Bank
Mancoupin County
University of Hitnoia
University of Alandy
Spaulding
Thorn to die by electric chair for murder in Woodside
Martin Thorn was found guilty of the June 25 murder of William GuldenSuppe in Woodside Long Island. His accomplice Mrs Nack faces up to twenty years in prison after pleading guilty. Police found body parts scattered in the river as Thorn and Nack plotted revenge amid a web of jealousy and deceit.
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Martin Thorn
Guldensuppe
Long Island
William Guldensuppe
Will
Gaddesuppe
Lhorn
Thorn
bin Js
Chorn
Ile
Horn
Nack
Turk Declares No Responsibility for Mission Pillage
United States envoy James B. Angell renews demand for an apology from the Turkish Government for the pillage of American missions at Khartoum, Maras and Haskongj, Arme nent. The Porte denies responsibility claiming the government acted under unavoidable circumstances. Ambassador Angell insists Turkish troops and police participated in the outrages.
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Turkey
Constantinople
United States
Angell
Armenia
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