U S Cuban Relief Appeals and War News From Havana
President directs US charity the relief of Cuba’s destitute. funds provisions and goods go to General Fitzhugh Lee in Havana for distribution. Reports say Spanish authorities authorize travel to Gomez camp and updates on General Pando movements near Santiago and Bari with insurgent forces.
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Washington, D. C
Department of State
Publc
Cuba
United States
Fitzhugh Lee
Havana
John Sierman
Sylvester Scovell
Rafael Madrigal
Sancti Spiritus
Gomez
Scovell
Ifom
Congress
Fim
Blanco
Mosler Family Seeks Receiver for Herring-Hall-Margin in Ohio
William and Moses Mosler of the Mosler Safe and Lock company filed in Common Pleas Court for a receiver for the Herring-Hall-Margin Safe and Lock company’s Ohio property. Judge Nellan appointed C. Fitton of the First National Bank of Hamilton as receiver, with a $50,000 bond.
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D. W. Bitton
G. Ru
Insolvency Fight Over Notes As Receiver Controls Ohio Plant
The suit concerns two promissory notes for 18011 and 9355 dated December 18 1897 in New York. EB Belden and G Benninghofen act as sureties. The receiver reports assets at about 1.25 million with no insolvency danger. The dispute pits Eastern against Western creditors as organization efforts fail. Mosler owns 154 shares of cap stock at 100 each. The receiver now has full control of the Ohio plant.
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Ohio
Explosion at Jersey City plant kills two and damages works
A sequence of explosions at United States Acetylene Liquifying in Jersey City today caused two deaths and about 20000 in damage. Three other employees were injured while a nearby boiler fragment injured a man half a block away and tore a roof from a trolley car. Max Grim's body was found torn to pieces and Assistant Engineer Fowler perished in the ruins.
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New York
United States
Jersey City
Boller
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Max Grim
Fowler
Railroads gain time on automatic couplers drive brakes
The Interstate Commerce Commission issues a circular extending two years the deadline for railroads to equip cars and engines with automatic couplers and driving brakes as of March 2, 1893. The news appeared in Associated Press dispatches weeks earlier.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Associated Press
Bank Examiner Probes Chestnut Street National Bank
The bank examiner and assistants review the Chestnut Street National Bank books in Philadelphia. The examiner declines to disclose assets and liabilities until investigations end, while President Singerly and the directors strive to settle accounts so creditors receive every dollar due.
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Philadelphia
Vec
Chestnut Street National Bank
Witt
Singerly
Suspected Filibustering Movement in Florida Coast
Acting Secretary Spaulding orders Treasury officers to prevent departure of a filibustering expedition planned for Christmas or Sunday. Reports place the men munitions and departure points, though officials decline to disclose exact locations.
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Washington, D. C
Dee
Spaulding
Treasury
Florida
Department
Hanging in Hanover murder case at Hanover County
Peter Cote man colored was hanged at Hanover Courthouse today for the murder of Laura White at Old Church in the lower end of the county. He shot her when she refused to cook fish. The execution was without incident and near instantaneous.
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Richmond
Peter Coteman
Hanover
Laura White
Old Church
Christmas Postmasters Appointments Listed
Washington D C December 24 The following fourth class postmasters have been appointed Virginia Nekington Benjamin F F Byram Grape Lawm Mintle L Wood Mynidus Annie E Evans Ripplemead JH Durham Witts P M Woods North Carolina Fremont John Xk Smith
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Washington, D
Virginia
Nekington
Benjamin FF. Byram
Grape Lawm
Mintle L. Wood
Mynidus
Annie E. Evans
Ripplemead
Durham
Witts
P.M. Woods
North Carolina
Fremont
John Xk
Smith
Schooner Samuel Hall Goes Ashore Off Cape Henry
Three masted schooner Samuel Hall under Captain Mumford ran aground near Chicomicg Life Saving Station between 4 and 5 this morning. The Wilmington NC to New York lumber carrier with seven crew members was saved but the vessel is in poor condition and likely total loss.
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Cape Henry
Samuel Hall
Mumford
Wilmington
N. C
New York
Chicomicg
Schooner Katie J Hoyt Strands Off Delaware Coast
The schooner Katie J Hoyt carrying dressed lumber from Norfolk to Derby Connecticut stranded on Carter's bar five miles southeast of Cobb's Island Life Saving Station. A woman and the crew were saved. The vessel le jn foml condition Purs Fore Furs Furs. Large consignment from the manufacturer Walter J Simonsons Co Nervous troubles all kinds cured with animal extracts. Free booklet. Washington Chemical Co.
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Lewes
Del
Katie J. Hoyt
Norfolk
Derby
Conn
Carter's Bar
Cobb's Island
Washington
Chemica Coo
Washington, D. C
Coliseum Fire at Chicago Ends in Collapse and Losses
A Chicago fire on December 3 1897 destroyed the Coliseum at Sixty third Street and Stony Island Avenue after a blaze began in an X ray exhibit. About three hundred people were inside. several are missing and presumed dead. The building, twice the size of Madison Square Garden, collapsed within twenty minutes, killing and injuring many. two women dancers and two men aiding the exhibit are reported missing. The fire started when electric wires crossed the X ray booth, and rescuers struggled to save the Roentgen equipment as the structure burned. The Coliseum cost 250 000 dollars and covered seven acres with vast iron and timber supports.
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Chicago
Ill
Colseum
Shrest
Stony Island Avenue
Fremen
la Ladynil
Ladyni
Columbian Central
M. J. Morley
William Hobertson
Frst
Morley
Trobertsen
Wisnar
Are
Robertson
Madison Square Garden
New York
Marnum & Batley Clrens
Trevelowk
Memon
S. S. Beman
Policemmen Board A Stramber At Bennett's Wharf
Yesterday a patrol wagon was summoned to Bennett's wharf where a fight among a group of colored men on a Bennett boat bound for Pinger's Point was under way. Levy Minson Paul Emott and Robert Price were arrested for fighting and jailed awaiting a hearing before Justice Tomlin. Also noted are a marriage in Limestone Tenn and an academic remark from Dr Seybold on Dom Pedro of Brazil.
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Bennett’s Wharf
Allen and
Noe
Bennett
Pinger's Point
Levy Minson
Paul Emott
Robert Price
Wilhelmina Sundstone
Nehemiah Whitestone
Limestone
Tenn
Windstone
Flintstone
Seybold
Tubingen
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Buckten Arnica Salve Advertises Cures and Guarantee
Buckten’s Arnica Salve claims to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped skin chilblains and shin runnings with a guarantee of satisfaction or money back. Sold by Burrow Martin & Co at 2? cents per box.
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Buckten
Burrow, Martin & Co
Remarkably Heavy Holiday Trade Across Sectors
R. G. Dun & Co. notes exceptionally strong holiday demand across wholesale and retail, with foreign trade still solid. Wheat and cotton movements rise. prices firm for iron and steel products. railroad car orders surge. bank failures down from last year, and overall year-end activity exceeds prior expectations.
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New York
R.G. Dun & Co
Isol
Watt
New Mag Land Works
Fall River
Cation
Soos
Pavel
Wonlen Mills
Hevily
Montana
Territory
Jarre
Sali
Miny
Weal
Boston
Bessemer
Grey Forge
Pittsburg
Eastern Bar Association
Southern Pie 1
Borty
Ab Cy Care
Mexico
United States
Canada
Iigaltnet
Trade reports from multiple cities show varied demand
Reports from Noshville Savannah and Memphis indicate good reports on collections and business while cotton prices are low. Northwest demand for seasonable foods is up due to holiday activity with Milwaukee St Paul and Omaha noting strong showings. Wholesale trade remains quiet though shipments to the Pacific coast are active and buyers in Washington and Oregon watch closely.
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Noshville
Savannah
Memphis
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Omal
Washington
Oregon
Local Church Gatherings and Court Delay Report
The Chretiin Endeavor Union meets at the Disciples Church while the Baptist Association plans to gather at the First Baptist Church this afternoon. Mrs Sykes is jailed on a wife beating charge as the law and chancery court adjourns.
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Law and Chancery Court
Chretiin Endeavor Union
Disciples’ Church
Baptist Association
Pirst Bapile
O'Clork
Smvelts
Stampton
Whetstone
Teriley
Wil Spree
Ward
Washington
Winess
Control of the Khyber Pass and Afridi Rivalry
A historical summary describes Afridi control of the Khyber Pass, their brutal raids on caravans, and British military responses from 1842 to later periods. It notes two costly expeditions, British use of gunboats and “hanging these wolves,” and the gradual shift toward civil administration and a fledgling rifle corps under Warburton while Afridis gain some autonomy.
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Reine de Pras
Khyber Pass
Athans
Kuhio
Phielig
Taedla
Ameers
Reas
Afridia An
Nhyber Rifles
Warburton
England
I Never Advertise By Posters or Hand Bills
In a 19th century stance a merchant defends newspaper advertising over posters, arguing readers of posters are too poor to support mercantile ads. He houses his ads with a publisher, setting commissions by paper reach and promising profits from sustained newspaper use. He notes substantial annual spending and credits newspapers for his business success.
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Phi
Mercasa
Hum
President Eyes Civil Service Shake Up
Washington reports the administration seeks to modify civil service rules to allow distribution of many current classified posts. The plan would impact deputy collectors of customs and internal revenue, special Treasury agents, pension examiners, pension boards, post office inspectors, and executive clerks, excluding those far from public contact. The move aims to ease political pressure and align personnel with policy before the new year.
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Washington
Helms
Congress
Gage
Internal Revenue
the Treasury
Pension Boards
Cilef
Eoh
Nilenece Kelly
The Greatest Horror in Alaska Revealed by Sage
A West Virginia man named Sage recounts surviving Alaska by walking hundreds of miles in snow and slush. He endured saltless dry rations and freezing nights while paddling downstream on logs and facing polar bears. His fear rests on watching his thermometer drop toward fifty below, a terror greater than the brutal journey.
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Richmond
West Virginia
Alaska
Hanna's Ohio Contribution Ties to New Columbus Fund
The statement of expenditures shows the Republican State Committee used 65 000 in funds for the campaign with 15 000 contributed by Senator Hanna. State and office-holders gave 320 914 40, borrowed notes covered the rest, with Hanna's recent source in New York aiding the funds to pay debts.
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Waa
Hanna
New York
Hanna Ja
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