04 Dec 1897
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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1897
Page
1
Orleans reports the Crescent City Jocksy club inaugurated its annual rauning meet today. Other items note Mme Sembrich to perform again in New York and various public notices across Washington Chicago and London highlighting events, sermons, and society meetings amid a busy news day.
Low pressure stretches from Ohio valley to Gulf coast with depressions near New Orleans and Nashville. High pressure covers the Atlantic states while northwest sees cold air. Northwest Texas and Oklahoma clear. clouds elsewhere with heavy rain reported at Vicksburg and other stations. Temperatures fall, freezing conditions likely in North Texas tonight. winds to 41 mph at Galveston.
Prague reports show vigilant committees formed by Bohemian groups to secure order as troops reinforce, with clashes in Pilsen and Badenoch. Germans attacked Bohemian schools, properties damaged, and measures to quell unrest expanded. Dreyfus affair updates and other global notes follow.
The document outlines payment of freight and an advance per bale on core weight and grade, with 6 percent interest on the amount advanced. It references charges, handling, and monthly allocation, but the text is garbled and incomplete, leaving key details unclear.
The Pittsburgh Leader reports a wire trust proposed by J Pierpont Morgan & Co backed syndicate. The plan aims to control all wire, wire rod, and wire rail production in the United States with two chief blast furnaces and five plants including one with ore supply.
A December 4 format reports a sharp earthquake near Blacks Earth twenty miles west of here. Four distinct shocks lasted about a minute with rattling windows and shaking buildings but no serious damage.
Wide array of items from diplomacy to weather and crime. Mentions Dawes treaty, Chickasaw, governors, and municipal events. Notable names include Griks, Rapier, Barker, Nack, N. W. Cuney. Reports on fires in La Crosse, storms, stock market shifts, and upcoming elections.
In Chicago Kan City South Omaha East St Louis Loville Fort Worth St Joe Pittsburg and South St Pont exchanges require full delegations except Pittsburg President W. H. Thoorpson addressed the convention outlining the concept.
In Washington on December 3 the Maye apeeles Deass of officers directed a meeting to denounce republican rule and invite all populists to quit with Democrats to regain state control. The sentiment urged no fusion and emphasized a unified front to resist fusion.
Washington reports Haytian consul in Kingston cabled two German warships waited yesterday for ports at Port-au-Prince. Disturbances feared as ships cruise south toward U S waters. German cadet ships Charlotte and another vessel expected to Charleston by Feb 1. Officials note ships may cause tension in Haitian waters amid mounting alarm.
The annual report to the secretary of the Treasury estimates total receipts for the current fiscal year at about 156 million dollars, up roughly 5.8 million from the prior year. Spirits and tobacco show shifts, alcohol revenue declines, and collection costs run around 3248 thousand. Moonshine suppression reports include ten years of losses and arrests, with seizures across Alabama Georgia North Carolina and the Sixth Wireless District. Postmasters in Texas and shifts in several offices are noted, alongside a tour of Western military posts by a top war official praising conditions and personnel.
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