Catholics Present Address to President in Baltimore
A Catholic Congress committee from Baltimore delivered an address to the President, expressing loyalty to the Constitution and urging unity in civil and religious liberty. The President thanked them, noting duties prevent attending Baltimore sessions but promising to attend the opening of the Catholic University near Washington, D C.
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Committee
Catholic Congress
Baltimore
Geemblea
United States
Ica
Ile
Republic
O'Donobos
New York
Batimore
Coul
Te Catholic University
Washingon City
Treasury Report Breaches Financial Standpoints
The annual report of the United States Treasurer Houston on the operations and condition of the Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1689, notes a remarkable year for public finances with revenues at 387,050,058 and expenditures at 399,283,978. Surpluses were 87,761,0%, compared with the prior year, and receipts on account of the public debt reached 215,111,350 while expenditures totaled 336,214,775. The aggregate government obligations at year end were 61,610,678,475, with debt less cash in the Treasury at 61,50,054,603, down from 1,159,000,978% last year. Total stock of gold, silver, and circulating notes stood at 2,065,334,571 in 1688 and 82,009,968,718 in 1689, with silver certificate circulation up about 656,000,003. National banks withdrew 666,340,900 of bonds, deposits rose to 65,243,700, and at year end there remained 146,121,45 belonging to 3,962 banks as security for circulation.
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United States
Huston
Treasury
Department and the Nations
Anarchist memorial day in Chicago marked by tame observance
An anarchist memorial at Waldheim Cemetery near Chicago drew under 2 000 attendees amid dreary weather. Mrs Lucy Parsons displayed a tea flag protested by police who removed it. Speeches followed after somber ceremonies, with little unrest and a subdued tone prevailing.
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Chicago
Lucy Parsons
Milwaukee Avenum
Pioneer Aid Society
Miss Opies
Mra Gchwab
Fischer
Pemom
C. G. Clemens
Topeka
Zan
Paul Grottkey
Catholic Congress Utterances at Baltimore Centennial Mass
The Baltimore centennial of Catholic hierarchy drew a vast global prelate gathering led by two cardinals and dozens of bishops. Proceedings featured speeches by John Carroll era figures, rebuttals on education, church-state issues, and calls for closer clergy lay ties amid resolutions on education, divorce, temperance, and the Holy See’s independence. The congress adjourned sine die after deliberations and a proposal for a future International Congress in Chicago.
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Baltimore
Globe
Catholic Congress
Pumber
Concordia Opera House
William J. Onahan
Chicago
Quahan
John Lee Carroll
Maryland
Carroll
Congress
Congress of
United States
Europe
America
Holy See
Cardinal Gibbons
Knights of Labor
Daniel Dougherty
Tammany
Carolinal Gibbons
Tascherean
Satoli
John Carroll
Harrison
John Gilmary Shea
Elizabeth
N. J
Henry F
Churh
Charles J. Bonaparte
Balti- Sea
Wm. A. Golden
Pittsburgh
Onshaw
Campbell
New York
Onahan
Ireland
Predictions of New England becoming New France
Speech by Charles Thibault in Montreal warned that French Canadians are expanding rapidly outside Quebec and may become the majority in five New England cities. He argued Catholics will gain political power as Protestant sects fracture, predicting Boston as a future center of a French Canadian nation and Catholic dominance across the continent.
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Montreal
Canada
L’ Union Catholique
Charles Thibault
New England
St. Jean Baptiste Society
Boston
New France
United States
New York City
Oceanica sets record crossing as Yangtze floods vast region
News from Yokohama to San Francisco reports the steamer Oceanica’s record voyage of 1 hour 14 minutes and rising Yangtze levels. Flooding devastates Ning Po and Wenchow, with tens of thousands homeless and crops ruined. Fuchien drought adds to hardships. railway, treaties, and political turmoil in Japan unfold as authorities arrest suspects in the Okuma assassination case.
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San Francisco
Yokohama
Ning Po
Wenchow
Fuchien
Peking and
Hankow
Count Okuma
SES
Blizzard Rages Across Colorado and Midwest Rail Lines
A new blizzard disrupts Colorado with the Fort Worth Railroad blockaded while the Rock Island passenger train runs late with heavy plows. Snow and wind sweep Southern and Western Kansas. Abilene and Wichita report severe conditions. In Calfax County cattle losses reach 7,000 head and 30,000 sheep die. Six bodies recovered with 12 to 15 stockmen missing.
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Colorado
Fort Worth
Rock Island
Kansas
Arkansas City
Indian Territory
Wichita
Syracuse
Abilene
Calfax
Uprising in Eastern Africa Heats Up Colonial Patrols
News from East Africa reports a native uprising tied to Arab incursions and German influence aims. The British East Africa Company mobilizes top troops, with Capt LugarJ and George S Mackenzie leading 100 men to Mombassa as preparations for heavy operations unfold.
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Stanley
Eoin Pasha
Peters
Lugarj
Lake Nyassa
George S. Mackenzie
Mombassa
Bible Burnings Shock Ottawa Parish After Mass
A Ottawa resident recounts several hundred Bibles burned outside a Quebec parish church on Ban day morning. The parish priest had warned against buying New Testaments sold by Bible Society agents who then collected books from disobedient parishioners. The Society plans legal action if the priest repeats the act. agents will loan Bibles to readers, enabling prosecutions if the books are destroyed or removed.
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Ottawa
Ont
Quebec
Bible Societies
Bible Society
Famine Prices Drive South Africa Relief Efforts
Advices in South Africa report great distress in the Transvaal due to drought and famine. Johannesburg faces famine prices for breadstuffs as Natal offers 2,000 to first fifty wagons for Johannesburg. Pretoria abolishes tariffs on food and plans forage depots with wagon bonuses. Hain fell at end of October promising to minimize the distress.
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South Africa
Transvaal
Johannesburg
Natal
Pretoria
Hain
Dying cries in Cronin case described at Carlson cottage
Witness Pauline Hoertel testifies she saw a white horse and buggy at the Carlson cottage between 8 and 9 PM the night of the murder. She heard cries and a struggle from inside the cottage as a man entered and Cronin is linked to the scene amid testimony tying other defendants to the Carlson residence.
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Cronin
J. B. Simonds
Reveille
Pauline Hoertel
Carlson
Chicago
Mr. Mills
Jesus
God
Daniel Brown
Clanne-Gael
Dr. Cronin
Myr. Brown
Coughlin
Clergyman Convicted For Bigamy in Penitentiary Arrival
John H. Taylor, a Baptist minister said to be about 50, gray-haired, was brought to the Penitentiary after being convicted of bigamy. He married in Springfield, then deserted his first wife and wed a second in Carterville, Jasper County. He claimed he believed his first wife had died when he married the second.
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Parson Simmons
Christian County
Bald- Knob
John H. Taylor
The
Baptist Church
Taylor
Springfield
Carterville
Jasper County
Mexican Riot After Lynching Near Mier Town
News from Neuvo Laredo reports serious trouble in Mier Mexico 165 miles from the Rio Grande. A merchant Gutierrez was killed by two customs guards who refused to stop for search. Local mob lynched the guards as Mexican soldiers and guards battled the crowd leaving 10 to 15 dead or wounded. Reinforcements were sent to Matamoros and the town remained in uproar.
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Neuyo Laredo
Mier
Mexico
Rio Grande
Guteries
Camatog
Matamoros
United States and Venezuelan Claims Commission in session
A U S and Venezuelan Claims Commission is in session in Washington to adjudicate claims of U S citizens against Venezuela presented before August 1, 1863, and to determine third party rights in certificates of award from a former commission. Citizens concerned should act quickly as the commission expires under the treaty in less than a year.
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Department of State
United States and Venezuelan Claims Commission
Washington
United States
Venezuela
Orits Legation
Caracas
Coal Miners Strike Across Ohio and Canada
Miners at Somers Coal Company Monday Station in Hocking County Ohio quit over being checked off by Progressive Union men and plan to work at Longstreth syndicate mines. Shawnee area crews at Upson and Wipperwill left after pay promised but not received. Officials say the dispute will be settled though district unrest grows with potential further trouble. War He Crossep tax Froxnes. Frank South of Fargo has gone to Canada with 15000 cash, leaving debts of 17000 to 20000 secured by properties worth less than 8000. He bought many items on installment plans with chattel mortgages. A creditor seized 40 cattle and Peace Pexvaus in Samoa. Dispatches say Germans have gradually withdrawn support of Jamesen and reports of fighting between Mataafe and Tsanseess followers on Suwai island are denied.
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Edmund F
Davns
Florida
America
Committee On Resolutions
St. Vincent DePaul Society
Republic
Somers Coal Company
Hocking County
Ohio
Union
Longstreth Syndicate
Upson
Wipperwill
Shawnee
Frank South
Fargo
N. D
Canada
South
Samoa
Gerraacs
Tamesen
Mataafe
Tsanseess
Suwai
Belgium
New England
Knights of Labor
Oklahoma
Brotherhood of
Railway Brakemen
Tag Journeymen Tailore Union of America
Oures
Severa
New York City
United States
Tax Supreme Court of Montana
Ee Planters
Hayes
Caldwell
Ara Ace
Michigan
New York
England
Ireland
Scotland
Beleven
Iron Moulders’ Union of America
Findley
Pittsburgh
Tuenz
Tron
Europe
Knights Labor
Federation of Labor
National Association of Silk ‘Workers
Yonkers
N. Y
New Jersey
Thas
Nevada
Sun
Market signals show improved business outlook and mixed commodity shifts
The week brings favorable news for public sentiment with signs of reform in cotton oil and a hopeful stance against the Sugar Trust. Bank activity remains strong abroad with gains in the Bank of France and a 5 percent Bank of England rate, while US figures show higher bank clearings and mixed commodity movements including Wheat, Corn, Oats, Pork, and Cotton, with 660,000 bales sold and exports down 25,000 from last year.
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Sugar Trust
Bank of England
Bank of France
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Dodge
Pennsylvania Notes and Notable Local Disasters
E B Zelmer, a fugitive insurance clerk wanted at Reading for embezzlement of 6000, was captured in Lebanon Kentucky. Five boilers at Pardee Co coal mine near Hazelton exploded, killing John Burke Frank Munk and Joseph Rind. Cold water in a hot boiler caused the blast and the mine will remain closed for weeks. The diphtheria epidemic that closed Erie public schools has subsided enough to reopen, though patron confidence remains low. Judge Pershing of Schuylkill coun ty warns constables to report violators of the Brooks law or face prison.
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Pardee & Co
Hazelton
John Burke
Frank Munk
Joseph Rind
Erie
Pershing
Schuylkill County
Labor World Labor Movements Across Nations Influx
The labor world reports a surge in union activity with 10000 members in the New England Lasters Protective Union, a Knights of Labor assembly in Oklahoma, and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen reform from Brakemen. Meantime eight hour meetings spread in England, and US unions push national federations while wage and labor conditions face legal and economic pressures.
Window glass trust forms among major U S manufacturers
A vast window glass trade association is forming with Pittsburgh Consolidates, United Glass and Chambers & McKee among likely members. Talks aim to unify prices and trade terms, with Baltimore and Ohio Indiana firms likely to join. Also notes embezzlement charges against Brown University heir, a silver convention in St Louis, Galena boiler upgrade, a new raft project, a California double murder suicide, Paymaster General Rochester report, and a remark on first thoughts of a fight when called Baldy.
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United States
Pittsburgh Consolidates
United Glass Company
Chicago
Chambers & McKee Company
Jeannette
Baltimore
Ohio
Indiana
United Company
Gilman P. Robinson
Brown University
Providence
R. L
E. G. Robinson
Robinson
St. Louis
Navy Yard
Galena
Live Stock Market Report Shows Decline in Demand
The latest consignments saw a fall in demand with cattle sales weaker than the previous week. Prices held for some fair grade cattle, but common stock sold lower. Sheep shipments were light with very small turnout, lambs and ewes bringing modest returns per head.
Household First Aid and Cleaning Tips From an 19th Century Page
A mixed collection of home remedies for burns including salves and poultices, plus advice on cleaning and organizing. It suggests oil soaks for blisters, baking powder or flour dressings, and slippery elm poultices, then shifts to storage and organization tips, and simple kitchen recipes.
Coast turtles described by Cylean correspondent
A Cylean correspondent details three turtle species found on the coast and inland, noting the common large ocean turtle and a tiny inland variety. The fragmentary text references local names and island involvement.
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White House
Treasury Report
Brebemakeable Teae
Sniveesare
Fred
Earl
Goodles
Chiba
Africa
Carlson Cottage
Missouri
Dan
Pennsylvania Notes
E. B. Zelmer
Reading
Lebanon
the Labor World
Heith
Mawe Mettans
Poe
St. Johns
N. B
Atlantic
C. A. Ross
Uckford
Califonia
GaxEkal
Rochester
Secretary of War
Baldy
Commercial
Pittsbuegal
Liegen
Ceee
Oor
Nouse
Rens Reynolds
American Agriculturist
Ted Buttter
Freehold
N.ocet
Morleyw’s
SAM
Tecumseh, Mich
Ogacan and
Pane
Tee Muscoe
Wot Ringers
Tome
E. C. Peieson & OR
Maple Grove Nucertes
Wateriso
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