Lifesavers Rescue 21 From Stranded Steamer Off Cape Hatteras
The British steamer Ariosto with 30 crew members foundered off Ocracoke beach after grounding near Cape Henry on December 26. Twenty-one sailors perished after abandoning ship in heavy seas, while eight men and Captain Barnes were rescued by the Ocracoke lifesaving station. Lifesavers fought high waves for hours to haul the survivors ashore and salvage efforts were underway. The vessel, owned by R C McAndress & Co of Boston, was seven years old and could be saved with prompt assistance.
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Weather Bureau
Hatteras
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Ariosto
Barnes
Galveston
Norfolk
Hamburg
Ocracoke Beach
James Howard
Ocracoke
R.C. McAndress & Co
Boston
Fragmented OCR Stock Ledger Brief
A damaged OCR fragment mentions stock speculation terms and irregular month references such as January September December February June and November. It hints at a ledger-like note with speculative dates but lacks coherent events or names. No clear actions or outcomes are stated.
Wood takes charge as governor general amid Cuban unrest
Major General Leonard Wood formally assumed the governor general role in Havana, accepting advisory cabinet resignations under General Brooke. Cubans broadly approve the move and expect civil reform experiments in Santiago under Wood. In Boston, Globe National Bank faces a special receiver after audit exposes bad assets and solvency concerns, with over 10.5 million dollars in liabilities linked to Squire failure and mining stocks.
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Leonard Wood
Brooke
Wood
Santiago
Chaffee
Ludlow
Wasuhington
Dawes
Daniel G. Wing
Globe National Bank of Boston
Wing
Globe National Bank
Boston
Special Examiner Wing
Squire
Dead of the Maine Moved to Texas for Final interment
Havana reports the Maine deaths moved without ceremony to a mortuary chapel then loaded in 10 wagons carrying 151 coffins to Machine wharf. The bodies were boarded onto steam lighters and taken to the battleship Texas for disinfection before final transfer. Three coffins were unaccounted for, attributed to clerical error.
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Havana
Machine Wharf
Texas
Chidwick
Globe National Bank in Boston Receivership Shocks Market
The Globe National Bank was placed under a receiver in Boston surprising many. Despite prior distress tied to copper specialties, markets appeared undisturbed with recent business resuming and clearing house certificates ready to aid solvent banks. The development is not expected to seriously rattle financial circles.
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Globe National Bank
Boston
United States Mining Company
Saratoga Grounding Tied to Pilot Error Near Merrimac Wreck
The Ward line steamer Saratoga ran aground near the Merrimac wreck above Sirella point due to a pilot's incompetence. United States coal steamer Merrimac had been sunk by Lieutenant Hobson prior to the incident.
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Santiaco
Cuba
Ward Line
Saratoga
Hobson
Sirella Point
Landslide Toll in Amalfi Reported at Least 12 Dead
Dispatches from Amalfi on the Gulf of Salerno say the Friday landslide killed 12 people and injured at least 15, with many others still unaccounted for.
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Rome
Amalfi
Gulf of Salerno
Wreck of Laura Marion Claims Two Lives at Newburyport
From wreckage and bodies washed ashore at Newburyport during the night it is now certain that the small steamer Laura Marion from this port was wrecked while attempting to cross Newburyport bar.
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Newburyport
Mass
Laura Marion
Newburyport Bar
Five Killed in Pomona Train Wreck
A Southern Pacific train wrecked in Pomona during the evening. Five people were killed and many injured as the train was left in a complete wreck. The incident is reported by a Chronicle special from San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Pomona
Southern Pacific
Forty-Fifth Arrives Regimen Recruited in Northwest Reaches Manila
General Otis reports to the war department that transports Senator and Ben Mohr arrived at Manila with the Forty fifth infantry and two batteries of the Sixth artillery. No casualties were reported.
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Manila
Washington
Otis
War Department
Senator
Ben Mohr
Jones predicts brighter Democratic prospects for next year
Senator James K. Jones, chair of the Democratic National Committee, met at Unity building headquarters and said prospects for Democratic success are brighter than in 1896. He named William Jennings Bryan as the only potential presidential candidate and endorsed the Chicago platform, opposition to imperialism, and regulation of trusts. He also supported the gold standard bill as aiding the party.
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James K. Jones
Democratic National Committee
Unity
W. d. Bryan
Chicago
Walker Post to Be Abandoned
Walker Post in St Paul will be abandoned after Captain Mercer reports the emergency has passed and no further garrison is needed following Sugar Point losses of Major Wilkinson and his followers.
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Walker
St. Paul
Wilkinson
Sugar Point
Army
Mercer
Georgia bans sleeping car berths for negro passengers
Governor Chandler signed a bill prohibiting sleeping car companies in Georgia from furnishing berths to negro passengers except in coaches specially used for the accommodation of negroes. The measure is now a law.
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Atlanta
Chandler
Westminster's Lemains Cremated
The Duke of Westminster's remains were cremated at Woking cemetery after his death from pneumonia last Friday at Grosvenor House London.
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London
Duke of Westminster
Grosvenor House
Woking Cemetery
Chicago bakers plan non union bread boycott start Jan 1
Chicago union bakers announce a boycott of non union bread beginning January 1. They aim to have wives daughters sisters and relatives refuse purchases of all bread not labeled by union bakeries. The action involves over 3 000 journeymen bakers with backing from about 100 000 members of other unions in Chicago.
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ChicaGco
Union Bakers of
Chicago
Trades Unions Bakeries
Saal
Alleged Defaulter Stone Arrested in New York
Edward P. Stone, former cashier of the Sioux City Savings bank, was arrested in New York as a defaulter. He allegedly misappropriated more than $35,000. Stone is a nephew of T. J. Stone, ex-president of the First National bank.
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Sioux City
Edward P. Stone
Sioux City Savings Bank
New York
Stone
T. J. Stone
First National Bank
Two Men Die in Zinc Plant Fire at Lanyon
In Tota Kansas on December 23 fire destroyed two thirds of the Lanyon Zinc company plant near Iola. Two workmen were crushed to death by a falling smokestack. the loss is about 50 000 dollars and fully insured.
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Tota
Kan
Lee Harpe
Iola
Lanyon Zinc Company
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Health Through Blood Purification
The advertisement argues health is lost by impure blood and recovered by Hood's Sarsaparilla. It claims thousands regained health after using the medicine and notes Hoodo Pills are gentle yet effective.
Iowa House Speakership Fight Grows Tense
Des Moines reports a tightening battle over the speaker’s chair as Bowen the Gear candidate and Eaton the Cummins champion lead a closely divided field. Unpledged lawmakers number about a half dozen, and hotel crowds of politicians and members swell the scene.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Bowen
Gear
Eaton
Cummins
Supreme Court cuts verdict in sidewalk case
In Anna Trow vs. Village of White Bear the Supreme Court approves reducing damage awards. Trow won $1,400 for a sidewalk dispute, but the verdict was cut to $800. The village argues that an improper verdict warrants a new trial.
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St. Paul
Supreme Court
Anna Trow
Village of
White Bear
Swedish Norwegian minister Lagerheim named foreign affairs chief
A Stockholm cablegram reports C. H. T. A. Lagerheim, formerly Swedish and Norwegian minister to Berlin, has been appointed minister of foreign affairs. The move pleases Norwegian citizens.
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Stockholm
Berlin
C. H. T. A. Lagerheim
Norway
Handwriting Expert Testifies in Molineux Trial
New York December 23 John F Tyrrell Milwaukee handwriting expert testified most of the day in the murder trial of Roland B Molineux charged with killing Mrs Katharine J Adams His testimony was entirely technical.
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New York
John F. Tyrrell
Milwaukee
Roland B. Molineux
Katherine J. Adams
Tyrrell
Colonizer Samuel Goberger Sentenced in York
Samuel Goberger, saloonkeeper and Tarhmany election district captain, convicted of colonizing in the recent election, has been sentenced to two years in Sing Sing.
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Eos
York
Samuel Goberger
Sing Sing
Printers' strike causes stereotype workers' defiance in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on December 23, printers ordered stereotypers to join the strike action but most refused to obey the order, with only two complying.
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Pittsburg
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