Healers, Copper Rods and Odd News From Newton
A curious copper rod claimed by Healer Schlatter as a Rift from above is guarded as a talisman. The issue touches cattle trade plans with Europe, Mexico’s beef canning, and a shock of news from lightning deaths abroad. Local crimes flank a prison birth and a murder sentence while Britain’s sea traffic notes a giant 400 foot long ice chunk near Capes Charles and Henry.
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Schlatter
Feeberes
United States Hydrographic Office
Capes Charles and Henry
Chesapeake
Great Britain
Maceo Crosses La Trocha to Target Santa Clara Front
Dispatch from Havana dated December 4 confirms Antonio Maceo crossed the La Trocha line on November 29 with bands Miros, Cebreco and Quintin Banderas. The detachment attacked La Redonda as a diversion while the main force marched toward Santa Clara, pursued by Generals Aldave Alderon Suarez Valdes Navaro. An 800-strong assault on a fort near Santa Clara occurred. 150 troops relieved the fort and insurgents were dispersed. Lieut Aguilar led 28 guerrillas, surrounded by 200 insurgents under Rios near Manzanilla. battle left 3 insurgents dead and 5 wounded, and 1 lieutenant and 6 troops wounded.
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Havana
Antonio Maceo
la Trocha
Miros, Cebreco
Quintin Banderas
la Sanchez
la Redonda
Cergo de Avila
Manzanilla
Santa Clara
Lieut
Aguilar
Rios
Leutenant
Imitators of Messiah Schlatter Cause Alarm in States
The article warns that impostors claiming divine healing mimic Messiah Schlatter, touring Colorado on a white horse as fake Schlatter healers. It mentions the United States Tobacco Journal noting a 70,000,000 drop in cigar consumption last year and ends with a note of praise for the eyelet.
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Messiah Schlatter
United States Tobacco Journal
United States to Invite American Republics to Conference
Representatives propose a bill authorizing the president to invite governments of American republics to appoint plenipotentiaries for a conference in Washington within one year to formulate and declare international law. The United States weighs seeking British cooperation on the Venezuela boundary issue and may request evidence from Britain.
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Washington
Beach
Ohio
United States
Congress
Law Commission
British Guiana
Venezuela
Olney
Lord Saldnry
Foreign Office
Commission
Dec
Republicans Prepare Twin Bills to Bolster Treasury
The House Republicans plan to introduce two post Christmas bills addressing the treasury appeal. A tariff bill aims to raise revenue and curb deficits with McKinley act adjustments, while a second measure authorizes bonds and treasury certificates to protect the gold reserve and fund deficits if needed.
House Ways and Means Delay in Treasury Relief Bill
Washington December 24 The ways and means committee was not expected to report its bill for treasury relief by today causing continued attendance in the House.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
House set to meet over Christmas for urgent bill response
Representative Dingley of Maine chairs the Ways and Means Committee as it meets to respond to the President’s Friday message. He says bills will not be ready before Thursday and urges the House to reconvene tomorrow to align on the President’s urgent request and relieve the nation’s situation, with the holiday recess to be interrupted.
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Dingley
Rep
Maine
Ways and Means
Committee On Ways and Means
Congress
Mears
Democrats Oppose Revenue Bill in House Debate
Washington on December 24 reports Democrats in the House will unite to oppose the Republican revenue bill. Silver and anti-silver Democrats argue no revenue increase is needed, citing treasury cash excess over the gold reserve to cover two years. debates over bonds to fortify reserves, retirement of greenbacks, and currency expansion plans are outlined.
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Washington
House
Silver Democrats
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Bailey
Texas
Banking and Currency Committee
Walker
Senate bill to accept the Katahdin for U.S. Navy
Senator Hale of Maine introduced a joint resolution directing the secretary of the navy to accept the ram Katahdin and make her part of the United States navy. If enacted, it would overrule previous objections to the ram. Hale expressed confidence Congress would approve the measure.
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Washington
Hale
Maine
Secretary of the Navy
United States Navy
Congress
The Great Philadelphia Street Car Strike Ends
Philadelphia workers return to duty as the Amalgamated Street Railway Employes conflict fades. John Wanamaker brokered the settlement with Christian League help. Police fired during Eighteenth and Girard clash, wounding a motorman and a conductor. Riots spread to Terre Haute as Debs responds to striker request.
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Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Christian League
Amalgamated Street Railway
United States
Eighteenth and
Girard Avenue
William Hi. Matthews
Samuel G. Crossley
James Harrnet
Terre Haute
Ind
B. V. Debs
A. R. V. Test
Auditor vows vigorous policy against noncompliant insurers
Indiana Auditor of State on December 24 announced a crackdown on insurance companies failing to meet state law requirements. FourChicago firms Illinois Mutual Reliance Mutual Underwriters and German Mutual of Philadelphia were blacklisted for noncompliance including deposits fees and reports. A Kentucky mob attempted to lynch Booker Steinberger for alleged murder and rape but he was moved to safety in Bowling Green after an armed sheriff prevented further violence.
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Indianapolis
Ind
State Daily
Indiana
Illinois Mutual
Reliance Mutual
Chicago
German Mutual
Philadelphia
Keriff
Kentucky
Gsnow
Booker Steinberger
Anna Fell Steinberger
Baringe
Steinberger
Bowling Green
Cleveland policy draws mixed reactions in South America
Colon, Colombia dispatch reports Admiral Mello calls Cleveland's policy selfish while Brazil's Dr. Moreas supports him. A Rio Janeiro paper endorses a Pan American alliance against European aggression yet resists viewing the United States as the greatest American republic. In Colombia, the English press keeps silent on Cleveland's message.
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Colon
Colombia
Mello
Rio Janeiro
Cleveland
Moreas
Brazil
Avork Pan-American Alliance
United States
Visible grain supplies rise amid steady New York report
The New York Produce Exchange shows mixed grain totals for December 21 with wheat at 69,398,000 bushels up 2,563,000, corn 5,789,000 up 562,000, oats 6,408,000 up 274,000, rye 1,556,000 up 1,000, and barley 4,204,000 down 271,000 bushels. In Mexico City reports, Cleveland gains backing as press lauds his Monroe doctrine stance and continental ownership protections.
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New York
New York Produce Exchange
Floods cause widespread devastation across multiple towns
Reports from Illinois describe the Grand River rising to seventy to eighty feet in the channel with houses wagons and animals afloat. People sought shelter in tree tops for hours before rescue while another woman floated away in a wagon box. The Illinois river crested twelve feet above low water as snows melt and crops drown. Dikes broke near Pekin flooding La Marsh district and forcing families to flee, with thousands of dollars in losses and more damage expected.
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Catmors
Hetuge
Wagoner
J. T
Dee
Lacon
Mlinois
Princeton, II
Hennepin
Peoria
la Marsh
Pekin
Illinois
Stormy Cooper Union meeting condemns Venezuelan policy
In New York at Cooper Union eleven hundred attendees hissed and cheered as Rev Dr Lyman Abbott and Henry George attacked President Cleveland over the Venezuelan policy. A resolution denouncing the policy passed amid split sentiment. Nearby, battleships Maine and Texas anchored off Tompkinsville, sighted together by New Yorkers as they prepare to join Admiral Bunce's squadron.
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New York
Cooper Union
Cleveland
Lyman Abbott
Olney
Charles Frederick Adams
W. G. Bliss
Boston
Franklin Pierce
New York Harbor
United States
Maine
Newport
R. I
Tompkingville
Texas
Bunce
London Chronicle Urges Respectful Venezuelan Commission
The London Chronicle argues that a commission for Venezuela should include Edward J. Phelps Andrew D White and George F Edmunds to command respect. It suggests Lord Salisbury might propose limits on the Monroe doctrine discuss boundary arbitration and seek expedient action.
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London
Caromere Seat
the Chronicle
Edward J. Phelps
Andrew D. White
George F. Edmunds
Lord Salisbury
Fatal accident at Panhandle track injures workers
December 24 report from Panhandle iron works describes two freight cars pushed by one gang while a second group lost control. The collision fatally injured A Rankin and badly injured three others. Five men were crushed in the resulting crush.
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Dee
A. Rankin
France May Have to Discipline Kingston Forces in Cayenne
Advices from Cayenne report fugitives arriving daily from the contested border area between French Guiana and Brazil. Cabral and his troops occupy the disputed land, fortify forts, drill large forces, seize Carsevenne, and commit daily outrages against foreign miners with several fatalities. Indians Leave Their Reservation at Fort Bayard Crisis.
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France
Kingston
Jamaica
Cayenne
French Guiana
Cabral
Carsevenne
Bilver City
N. M
Fort Bayard
San Carlos Reservation
Coal shipments leave Pittsburg for the south
Between five and six million bushels of coal departed yesterday from Pittsburg for the south and about three million more were slated to sail today. After this, millions still linger in the harbor awaiting the fleet's return.
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Tmamenso
Pittsburg
South
Panic subsides as Clearing House revives loan certificate plan
New York reports Wall Street relief at week’s end as stocks rise and failures shrink. Clearing House convened a brief meeting, adopting a 1893 style plan to issue certificates secured by bank bills receivable, with interest and a small premium to the clearinghouse. Banks and brokers reassessed liquidity. gold withdrawals and deposits shift among major institutions as markets stabilize.
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New York
Wall Street
James Walsh & Son
H. L. Langhaar
Clearing-House Association
Clearing-House
Nash
Elecrin
Clearing House Association
Rothschilds
A. Belmont & Co
August Belmont
Assay L. von Hoffman & Co
Maller, Schal Co
Merchants’ Bank of Canada
British-American Mortgage Co
Bank of British North America
Phenix Bank
Bank of America
Murdered by Apaches Near Phoenix Christmas Tragedy
Fatire family Silughtered by Apaches near Phoenix Arizona on a Christmas trip to Ellison ranch. Perley Ellison and his kin died in Pleasant Valley while en route to Cherry Creek Valley to visit their father. Sheriff’s posse previously killed Apache sub-chief Nantago, heightening settler fears of further raids.
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Fatire
Hedsuine
Phoenis
Art Phoenix
Ariz
Perley Ellison
Lower Pleasant Valley
Here
Ellison
Cherry Creek Valley
Naintago
Sergius Stepclak Killed at Chiswick Crossing England
In London at Chiswick a passing train fatally struck Sergius Stepclak as he walked a level crossing. Exiled from Russia in 1876 for criticizing Tolstoi’s system, he settled in Geneva and wrote popular works in the Ruslan dialect while advocating political rights and opposing both socialism and absolutism.
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Sergius Stepclak
England
London
Sergius Stepnlak
Chiswick
Russia
Count Tolstoi
Geneva
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Formosa
Spain
Sweden
Waverly
G. A. McCandless
E. R. Vining
Alice Miller
Nancy Ward
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Reed
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Trefelts
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Philadelphia Street Car Company
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