Scoville Rumors About Hanging Declared Untrue
Live report clarifies that Sylvester Scoville a New Work newspaper correspondent did not hang by Cubans. It notes injuries from Christmas Day explosions in Ashaville North Carolina and a Chicago fire. The item mentions Senor Rafael Madsigal the American consul at Sanat Spiritus and a dispatch from President McKinley to President Musso and Gen. Gomer.
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Hawana
Sylvester Scoville
New ‘Work
Senor Rafael Madsigal
Sanat Spiritus
McKinley
Musso
Gomer
Powder Explosion Injures Forty at Asheville Christmas Salute
A crowd of over 10000 men and boys gathered on the outskirts of Asheville North Carolina to fire a Christmas salute from an old cannon when a 30 pound powder can exploded. Thirty to forty were injured though not fatally. Joseph Finch had picked up the can and began reloading when the blast occurred blowing a man down a 200 foot bluff and spreading powder burns as onlookers rushed to aid the injured.
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Asheville
N.C
N. C
Joseph Finch
Japanese Ministry Resigns Likely Ito Premier Again
Count Matsuukata and Marquis Saigo Tsumichi have resigned as Japan’s premier and marine minister. Ito is expected to become premier again. A telegram to the Washington legation said the diet was opened by the emperor on the 24th, with a no confidence vote and dissolution on the 26th, due to domestic causes ahead of new elections.
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Ito
Matsuukata
Japan
Saigo Tsumichi
Marine
Count Ito
Legation
Washington
House of Representatives
Coliseum in ruins after rapid Chicago fire
Fire destroyed the Coliseum where the Democratic national convention was held last year, a rapid blaze caused by crossed electric wires turning the venue into a heap of bricks and twisted iron within twenty minutes. Dozens were injured but no fatalities reported as booths and exhibits burned.
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Chicago
Coliseum
Chicago Woman Imitates Miss Herbert in Suicide
Mrs. Jana Forrest, 69, killed herself by leaping from a third story window in Chicago. After years of nervous prostration and multiple attempts, she copied Miss Leila Herbert’s death, crawling through a small window to fall onto flagstones below.
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Chicago
Jana Forrest
Earthquake Disturbances Hit Western Mexico Coast
Seismic activity reported along the western coast by the national meteorological observatory in Mexico City includes morning quakes at Salina Cruz Tehuantepec Juchitpec and Oaxaca city. Movements were horizontal and vertical with no loss of life due to precautionary measures. An engineer will study the matter and report findings.
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National Meteorological Observatory
Mexico
Caast
Salina Cruz
Tehuantepec
Jeantipec
Oaxaca
Pacific Ocean
Lawyers for Durrant seek new vote on sentence
Theodora Durrant's attorneys in San Francesco file a notice to request a change of voting from Judge Bahrs order, arguing court prejudice. They also appeal to the governor for commutation, urging a review of Blanche Lamont and Minute Williams co relation, and plan to seek federal court review.
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Theodora Durrant
San Francesco
Bahrs
Blanche Lamont
Minute Williams
Canadian Behring Sea awards total $464000 for sealers
Behring Sea arbitrators awarded the Canadian claims totaling 464000 dollars for vessel seizures with two reserved cases, the Black Diamond at 5000 and the Ada at 1000. Judges King of Canada and Putnam of the United States presided as arbitrators.
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Behring Sea
Behring Sea Sealers
United States
King
Supreme Court of Canada
Putnam
Jury Commission Law Declared Constitutional in Illinois
A supreme court ruling upholds the 1887 jury commission law in Illinois emphasizing it was properly adopted. Opponents argued the 1887 measure lacked court adoption and thus was not in force. The decision settles the legal question surrounding jury selection procedures in the state.
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Supreme Court of Uinois
Large Failures Shake Chestnut Street Bank Philadelphia
The Chestnut Street National Bank of Philadelphia and its linked Chestnut Street Trust Company suspended operations after a government bank examiners action. Liabilities total about 8 million dollars, with 1.7 million in bank deposits and 2.1 million in the trust company, most funds tied to local firms and public funds.
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Chestnut Street National Bank of Philadelphia
National Bank Examiner Hardt
Chest+nut Street Trust Company
Police and Firamen
School Ouchera
Fairmount Park Commission
Bank and Trust Company
Trnal Company
Church Leader Falls Charged With Forgery
William H. Kent a Brooklyn relgious worker and Plymouth Church member is arrested on a forgery warrant. He allegedly certified a mortgage satisfaction and took at least 40,000 from clients. The case is brought by Mrs Mary Jr McCord with Assistant District Attorney Caldwell outlining the accusation.
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Brooklyn
William H. Kent
N. Y
Plymouth Church
Senay School
Penny Savings Bank
Bethel Mission Sunday School
Plymouth
Kent
Mary Jr. McCord
Caldwell
Sia
Gen Booth Coming Over Head of Salvation Army to Arrive in New York
Gen William Booth commander in chief of the Salvation Army is expected to arrive in New York on January 8. The visit holds special significance amid recent events involving Ballington Booth and the Salvation Army here. Ballington Booth has said he would meet his father but will not discuss the current situation or arrangements to return to the Salvation Army.
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Salvation Army
New York
William Booth
Volunteers
Ballington Booth
Balington Booth
Renewal of conflicts in Crete and Lynchings in Spokane
A dispatch reports renewed Mussulman Christian clashes in Crete with a caravan seized and twelve Christians taken hostage. From Spokane comes a claim of a lynching, possibly of Chadwick Marshall and John McDonald, said murderers of Orville Hayden, by a mob after jailbreak near Farmington. Also, coal firms in Alabama announce January wage advances of 60 to 70 cents per ton due to higher demand and labor needs.
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Washington
Spokane
Coronna Coal Company
Virginia and Alabama Coal Company
Birmingham
Ala
Walker County
Miners Invasion Fizzles In West Virginia Standoff
An expected push by Ohio miners into West Virginia to halt non union work at New Hagton failed. About 100 men who reached the site were blocked by United States marshals with injunctions prohibiting entry onto Consumers and Coal Mining Company property. The report notes a failed raid and legal restraint.
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Ohio
West Virginia
New Hagton
United States
Consumers and Coal Mining Company
Cattle Trader Wins Case in Wichita Downgrade Ruling
Judge Dale of Wichita Kansas ruled on a dispute involving a cattle shipment. The case concerns a return fare and alleged stolen cattle involving Pi Campbell and others. The decision grants relief to the plaintiff, with the court ordering compensation for transport and related costs.
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Dale
Wichita
Kay
Pass Tor
Pi Campbell
Train Strikes Stage In New Jersey Collision
A Delaware Lackawanna and Western train struck a stage carrying about twenty people at a grade crossing between Passaic and Delaware, New Jersey. Three or more were believed injured, with all victims employed at Western & Aldrich’s mill in Delaware, two miles from Passaic. The stage was hurled forward and scattered occupants as horses bolted on the tracks.
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Delaware
Stigo
Convicted Murderer Sentenced to Hang on March Date
John Anderson was found guilty at Norfolk Virginia of murdering William Wallace Saunders, mate of the schooner Olive Peekeor, on August 6. He faces hanging on the 18th of March unless the Supreme Court intervenes. A motion for a new trial was overruled. Anderson reacted with a gesture during sentencing.
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Cook
Olive Peekeor
Wil Houg
John Anderson
Pridwy
Plot to Kill Gomez by Cuban Junta in New York
Reported by the Cuban Junta in New York that Gen Blanco sent a man to join filibustering expeditions to Cuba to influence Gen Gomez. A junta representative claimed knowledge of the envoy, his ship, and his name, though the mission may not succeed. Meanwhile the U S Army orders Cheyenne to move a pack train to Alaska under I W Money with ten packers and eighty mules. Plate glass strike ends. Kokomo and Elwood plants agree to piece work pay for polishers. Madrid chamber to dissolve January 20 with elections February 20. resumption April 30. Two children killed by hogs near Kirby Mo. Call issued for United Mine Workers convention in Columbus, Ohio, January 11, 1898.
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Alaska
Cheyenne
Wya
Eighth United States Infantry
Army
Department of the Platte
Adaska
I. W. Money
United Mine Workers of America
Columbus
Ohio
Market Quotations From Multiple Cities
A digest of live cattle hog and sheep quotes by city including Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York and more. Prices cover cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and butter with ranges in cents and dollars per unit and notes on shipping grades No. 2 and white varieties.
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Chicago
Tudianagolia
Catte
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Oata
Milwaukee
New York
Gompers Re-elected President at AFL Convention in Nashville
Samuel Gompers was re-elected president by 1,846 to 407 at the American Federation of Labor in Nashville. New officers include vice presidents West Kroet and others, George Lennon treasurer, Frank Mayrlyon secretary, and Andrew Sum goth as war legislative committeeman. Delegates debated site for next meeting, immigration restriction, and urged support for England's striking engineers. AFL endorsed postal savings bank bill minus national banking feature.
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Nashville
Pene
Siumel Gompers
West
Kroet
Philadelphia
OT. Weining
Dines Punean
Stobert Adkien
MM. Garland
Geo. BR. Lennon
Frank Mayrlyon
War Legislative
Andrew Sumgoth
San Francisco
Kanes City
Detroit
Kinana City
Nnlone
England
United States Senate
House of Repronauniatives
Federation
Ite Diianage
Black Ruler of Hayti Elevates Reined Government Leader
Mead of the Republic, Augustus Simon Sam, a Black leader, has held Hayti’s government since Hippolyte’s death. He crushed Manigat’s rebellion, granted amnesty to political prisoners, and purged rivals including Fouchard and the entire cabinet, earning praise from Kaiser Wilhelm.
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Mead
Germany
Simon Sam
Liaytian
Ele
Reina
Hippolyte
Sam
Haytione
Hud
Manigat
Srum
Manigat Hved
Jamaica
Reindeer Needed Immediately for Klondike Supply Route
Secretary Alger authorizes 600 reindeer to be shipped from Alten Norway to the United States for draft duty delivering food to Klondike miners. Route planned via New York rail and across the continent, with condensed foods and vegetables aimed to ease supply lines. Canadian permission sought to pass stores duty free and soldiers across Canadian territory, with privy council approval anticipated. Fourteen Puget Sound cannery operations produced 5,500,000 fish and 467,000 hides in 1897, supported by numerous trappers and gillnetters.
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Dawson City
Alger
William Akellmann
Alten
Norway
War Department
Klondike
New York
Pueblo Canal
Dyea
Arctic
State Department
Privy Council
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Pupishen
Scoville
Ashaville
Express
Leavenworth
Kan
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Wis
West Union
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Barry
Will
Jimmy Barry
Wallace Croot
Croot
France
Rodatien
Department of 8
Blonet
Dof
Miss Herbert
Durrant's
Patterson
Clinton
van Buren County
Arkansas
Pattargon
Culpepper Mountain
Lee Mills
William Hardin
American Window Glass Company
Pittsburg
Lexow
Lexow Committee
Olcott
Kaiser
Yampa
Emperor of Germany
City Island No
South Hampton
Treasury
Ttia
Leander P. Mitchel
Indana
the Treasury
Bowars
Calautte
Benker of Commerce
Atondara
Philadelphia Bank and Trust Company
He- Nigtonsa
Jah
Gen. Booth
Crete
Fall River
Masa
City of
Gen. Grant
Claremont
Silverside Drive
Gomez
Lnchlana
Kokomo
Elwood
Cortes
Madrid
Chamber
Kifferty
Hayti
Sand
Vranea
Itaure
Fouchard
Finance
Bim
Louchard
Bam
Waperor
William
Bin
Presidint
Puget Sound
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