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Newspaper
Mora Tribune
Location
Mora, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1895
Page
1
A week in review surveys key events from home and abroad drawn from telegraph reports. It highlights notable developments, political moves, economic trends, and cultural moments that shaped public interest.
Three day tests of pneumatic guns erected at the Presidio reservation in California are finished. The board of military examiners expressed satisfaction, noting that the tests exceeded requirements in every instance.
A roundup of prominent figures who died, including John Davis of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Mrs. Guthrie of Bloomington Illinois, Dr. J Edwin Michael of the University of Maryland, and John Brunner of Vandalia Illinois. Also listed are Louise Dow Benton of Lancaster New Hampshire, Senator Sherman’s royalties, ex President Harrison on marriage rumors, and other notable deaths from Kansas Ohio New York Maryland and New Jersey with brief biographical notes.
Reports describe deaths from a train incident near Oak Hill Ohio and a streetcar collision involving a five year old. Fatal boiler explosions hit Bloomfield Iowa and a Mobile & Ohio worker crushed at Mill Creek. A schooner Elwood is missing off the Alaskan coast amid great storms. A Troy fire kills two. cotton on a British steamer catches fire after docking in Havre.
A saw mill operated by Ezra Post about ten miles from Greenville Pennsylvania collapsed, killing engineer Frank Perkins and Solomon Hastings instantly while fatally injuring Stephen White and Curtis Johnson.
Eyewitness letters from Harpoot describe planned massacres of Armenians by Kurds and Turks with authorities failing to stop the violence. Christians armed for protection were attacked. missionaries sought refuge as the city burned and plunder spread. Reports from Constantinople recount forced Islamization, massacres, drownings, and mass abductions across Marash Kaisarich and nearby areas, with British officials deeming conditions appalling.
The American Federation of Labor convention in New York chose Samuel Gompers as president replacing John McBride. Gompers led in a vote of 1,041 to 1,023 with all socialist delegates backing McBride. Officers named include Peter J. McGuire as first vice president and James Duncan, James O Connell, M. M. Garland as vice presidents, plus Lennon treasurer and McCraith secretary.
Vice President Stevenson reportedly told Thomas S. Newell that there are no grounds for arbitral settlement of the Canada Alaska boundary and that England would have to fight for any claimed rights. Newell, Alaska delegate elect, says locals back the 1824 boundary and will oppose ceding any Russia‑purchased territory. The incoming Congress is expected to grant Alaska a delegate and enable related legislation.
Washington December 16 Col Kiefer introduced a bill to place Josiah King of St Paul on the retired list. Capt King claims to be the first to enlist in the Union army and the First Minnesota is regarded as the first regiment raised for Lincoln's call. Senate speeches on Monroe doctrine rules and exchange rates loom.
The Evandale arrived in Yokohama after a month at sea. Reports from St Petersburg note delays in Lasker’s Russian tourney. Quebec maps reclassify Nile of the North as Mehiskan river. European storms damage Swiss villages amid broader upheaval. Vienna alert over a fake dynamite bomb. U.S. capitalists win Chinese rail concession to Pekin, tapping coal districts. French deputies cap meat supplies to the army after Jan 1, 1897 unless locally produced.
Ohio coal operators refuse concessions to miners in company stores, signaling a possible state strike. Reports also note a ghostly apparition at Franklin Junction Missouri station house, and NY attorney general action to dissolve Walter A Wood company. Banking figures in Manchester NH face receivership after a large Indianapolis fire prompts insurer risk sharing.
Springfield Mo Dec 16 The inquiry from Grand Forks North Dakota leads to suspicion of a double murder in which Mr and Mrs George Cutts died after Mrs Cutts sudden death Oct 29 and Mr Cutts Thursday Louis Cotter and two others with a deed signer Han are jailed on murder charges. Post mortem found both elders poisoned.
Gelsimino Maglione, who murdered Pasquale Ferrero in December 1893, died today in Stillwater penitentiary from consumption while serving a twenty year sentence. Reports say he would have received a gubernatorial pardon today had he lived. The crime occurred behind a warehouse near the Chestnut Street depot, with five shots fired, including a final shot as Ferrero died. Several witnesses were present.
Police were alerted. Lieut Murphy arrived in the patrol wagon and found the frozen bloody body at the scene. The murderer was captured two hours later by Officer Dell Osso at Fifth and Pine. The trial showed long standing enmity but the act was unprovoked.
In Sofia on December 16 the sobranje erupted as M Neuhhoff opposed funding the government over the heir Boris's baptism in the Orthodox church. The president left amid uproar, ordered Neitehoff removed, ushers were attacked, and a tumult led to the president offering to resign as deputies carried themselves back to the chair.
A district court jury found Dr. John F. Johnson guilty of abortion in the death of Clara Bergh. He had been indicted for manslaughter for causing the death during an abortion. The case raises whether abortion alone can support a conviction when manslaughter is the greater alleged crime.
Dr Chauncey M Depew spoke at his New York home about personal liberty outlining three points European peoples earned liberty through struggle liberty means choosing one s own path and the right of women to pursue the same rights as men He framed liberty as individual choice without interference and equality before law.
A Washington special reports John A. Logan's secret is out as details of Tom Anderson and twenty great battles emerge. The Chicago dispatch notes the disclosure follows a December date and ties to Logan’s narrative.
Anonymous publication titled Fa aest mopar mFson and Twenty Great Battles was exposed as John A. Logan with Tom Anderson as himself. Written in 1884 after his Republican ticket with Blaine, the book mixes imaginary framework with Logan's real life experiences and observations and claims its incidents are authentic.
State inspectors F J Casserly and D T Wellington probe factories and homes for underage workers. Casserly has visited about twenty five establishments, interviewing two hundred children and finding forty under sixteen not yet compliant. Most have returned to school voluntarily.
The deputy was removed at the port over two fee overcharges of one dollar each. The erroneous charges were refunded to the harmed party when the mistake was found. A Pembina personal enemy triggered the trouble.
Crawfordsville Indiana December 16 W L Babbit of this city whose father was a Chicago lumber merchant who divorced his wife and kidnapped his son twenty five years ago has just been rewarded after a search of sixteen years for his mother by finding her at Cuyahoga Falls Ohio The mother is a relative of ex Postmaster General Bissell.
Chicago December 16 W H Harvey known as Coin launches the Patriots of America a secret gath bound organization to promote free silver and cleanse politics. National officers include Harvey McClure Adams with an election due the first Tuesday in April to choose or re-elect leaders. No national officer can hold elective or appointive office under the constitution.
A new organization will be confined to the second sex and its leader will bear the title First Woman of the Republic. It is not a suffrage group but a helping hand to Patriots of America who are expected to vote.
In St Paul on December 16 the Hewitt diamonds disappeared from the safe in J B Hewitt room 210 Germania Life building. Mrs Alice Hewitt and her son James B Hewitt withhold comment as police probe the theft. Loss estimated between 5000 and 8000 dollars.
President Cleveland arrived in Washington today after a hunting trip in the waters of North Carolina. He was accompanied by Dr. O Reilly Lighthouse Inspector Lamberton and Commander Wildes. The return voyage from Norfolk was timely and a sizable crowd greeted the president at the landing. A good string of ducks taken on the trip was shared among the party.
Rochester N Y December 16 women suffragists plan to attend the twenty eighth annual convention in Washington January 23. Expected to be one of the largest gatherings of political equality advocates with at least 30 state society presidents and large state delegations expected.
From Havana word reports 800 insurgents led by Rodriguez Lopez and Recio attacked Capt. Borrego's 72 man Spanish column near Nuevitas. Lieut Ardieto and 29 Spaniards were killed. nine wounded. Borrego and four men escaped while the rest were captured.
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