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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1899
Page
6
Washington reports a light week with no Senate agenda and short daily sessions as both houses plan to adjourn for Christmas on Wednesday. The House will focus on the currency bill with eight Democratic votes predicted and seven possibly dodging.
A fire at 655 and 657 First Avenue in New York destroyed a large factory complex housing a wire factory a cigar maker and machinists. Fifty horses burned in a nearby livery stable. many tenement residents fled in panic as flames illuminated the area. Loss pegged at about 75000 with fire under control by 2 o'clock.
A Kentucky accident near Alliance Post Office Floyd County killed Nelson Hamilton and three of his children while he prepared blasting powder. A four year old tossed powder into a fire triggering a massive explosion that buried the room and burned victims who died within hours. Neighbor freed trapped survivors but all died.
Pittsburgh researchers Prof Reginald Fessenden and assistant Prof Kitner report a wireless receiver for telegraphy 2000 times more sensitive than Marconi's coherer. They say messages could span distances well beyond 90 miles, with potential to cross the Atlantic using shorter towers.
Dispatch from Laoag dated December 15 reports Aguinaldo in disguise with 500 men moving toward Salsona and Cabugaon. Maj. Swigert’s 3d Cavalry engagement with about 120 insurgents near Dinglas left two Americans dead and two wounded while Filipino losses were reported. Capt. McCalla’s Newark occupies Claveria and Pantelonia. 1,000 rifles surrendered.
Eastbound and westbound trains run daily with Sunday service two trains each way. Georgetown to Cincinnati departures at 6:25 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., arrivals 10:20 a.m. and 7:35 p.m., with return trips via Portsmouth connecting to Ironton and Kenova. Officials include Ralph Peters and Samuel Hunt.
The Havana report notes bodies from the Colon Cemetery disaster will be removed with scant ceremony as the US battleship Texas under Capt. Sigsbee arrives. Capt. Greene, commandant of the naval station, is mentioned in the dispatch.
The Penn block at the corner of Eighth and State streets in Erie was destroyed by fire Sunday. Loss on building and contents estimated at 75,000 dollars.
A historical note discusses sending messages across the Atlantic with poles under 200 feet high. It argues the ultimate distance should be proven by experiments to become strict scientific fact.
London commentary warns that the empire faces greater danger than during the Crimean war and the Indian mutiny. It argues Britain is widely disliked, isolated, and must act decisively to support its status as a great power amid Boer threats and miscalculations.
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