End War With War Have Failed Insurgents to Finish
Havana December 24 General Pando reports peace efforts failed and the only option is to finish the war. Ra vena leads 50 insurgents to Bacaramo near Guanabacoa plundering shops and homes without firing. In Santa Clara insurgents dynamite a bridge and burn cane fields near Aguacala causing heavy losses. Jaguey’s garrison concentrates to bring vegetables but are surprised and 63 macheted.
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Pando
Blanco
Ravena
Bacaramo
Guanabacoa
Santa Clara
Aguacala
Jaguey
Martial Law Extended in Rio Janeiro Arrests Stir
Advices from The Herain's correspondent report martial law extended for an indefinite period in Rio Janeiro due to unsettled conditions. Senator Pinheiro Machado and other high public officials have been arrested on charges of conspiring against President Moraes. The arrests provoke strong reaction given the stature of the accused.
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New York
Herain
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Pinheiro Machado
Moraes
Bickel Bank Official Cleared In Not Guilty Verdict
The jury finds Bickel not guilty in a Minnesota banking case. He served as vice president and was in charge of Minnesota Savings bank amid multiple indictments.
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St. Paul
Bickel
Minnesota Savings Bank
New York capitalists close San Bear mine base near Tucson
Castoria reports that New York capitalists have closed the base of the famous San Bear mine group from Boston owners. The seven extensively developed mines lie 16 miles south of Tucson, Arizona. Count Manfred von Matuschka of Silesia and Miss Lilla Walker of Detroit were married in Detroit on Tuesday. Miss Walker is Hiram Walker’s granddaughter, founder of the Walkerville distillery in Ontario.
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Boston
Tucson
Manfred von Matuschka
Silesia
Lilla Walker
Detroit
Mich
Miss Walker
Hiram Walker
Walkerville
Ont
President Reappoints Sinclair as White House Steward
Isabella Fulton a Chicago school teacher visiting her sister in Reading Pennsylvania killed herself by stepping in front of a train. William Sinclair is named steward of the White House a role he held under the prior administration.
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William Sinclair
White House
Isabella Fulton
Chicago
Reading
Million Seal of the Big 1d to Be Expensive
Dec 23 31 Caricaco huge Leiter Armour deadlock ends with settlement day approaching. Armour reportedly to lose about $1,000,000 on a December deal after bringing 6,000,000 bushels of high grade cash wheat to the city. Expected short selling costs pegged at 18 to 20 cents per bushel amid a push to acquire July and September wheat earlier in the year.
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Board of Trade
Leiter-Armour
Armour
Leiter Clique
Clique
Britain to oppose China partition over Chee-l'oo display
A Shanghai dispatch says the British squadron will stage a demonstration at Chee-l'oo to deter partition of China without Britain’s consent. It also notes rumors that Russia offered a loan to pay Japan’s indemnity and that Japan and England may back a Chinese protectorate centered at Nanking.
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Shanghai
Chee-l’oo
Shan-Tung
Great Britain
China
Russia
Japan
England
Nanking
Death of Ruiz Stirs Debate on War Conduct
General Emilio Nunez, returning from Cuba, argues Ruiz was killed as a spy not under a flag of truce. He contends Spanish efforts to paint the act as savage warfare misrepresent civilized conduct and exaggerate news dissemination to bolster their cause.
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New York
Emilio Nunez
Gomez
Cuba
Ruiz
Nunez
Miners and Operators Postpone Pittsburg Rate Plan
In Pittsburg on December 23 a large convention of local miners and operators postponed setting a district rate while awaiting an interstate meeting aimed at fixing a uniform rate for Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois. Over 100 miners and 28 operators attended with national officers present. A committee was named to meet December 27 in Columbus to authorize a temporary rate from January 10 to January 10 and to arrange an interstate convention to set yearlong pricing satisfactory to all states involved.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
D. M. Anderson
Finleyville
Chittenden Hotel
Columbus
Filibustering Expedition Sails From New York Harbor
Under fog, the schooner James M Haskell slipped from a New York pier evading customs for a Cuba bound voyage. It carried 500000 rounds of ammunition 2009 rifles packed in hay and boxed rifles with tins marked canned apples allegedly concealing dynamite loaded at night toward Charleston South Carolina.
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New York
James M. Haskell
Erie Basin
Bay
Cuba
Charleston
8. C
Japan Drops Formal Protest on Hawaii Annexation
Washington December 24. Minister Ho shi of Japan met with Secretary Sherman at the state department. The Hawaiian negotiations have shifted since the minister's return to Japan. There is no further protest from Japan to annexation and the policy never amounted to a positive protest. Japanese authorities now seek assurances that if Hawaii is annexed, all Japanese interests will be fully protected.
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Hoshi
Japan
Sherman
State Department
United States
Hawaii
River Mass Factory Plans Wage Cut Resisted
After a morning discussion a manufacturers' committee met and framed the answer to the operatives proposition. The document explains industry conditions in Fall River and the reasons for wage reductions, stating no change to the planned cutback. The wage cut goes into effect January 3 and employers reportedly favor resisting the reduction.
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Fa. River
Mass
Manufacturers’ Committee
Fail River
Will Not Go to Klondike
Spokane dispatch reports E R Ross of Fargo North Dakota arrived en route to the Klondike with $1000 cash and twice that in securities. After checking into a hotel he had neither money nor securities. He will not go to Klondike.
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Klondike
Spokane
Wash
E. R. Ross
Fargo
N. D
Ross
Millbury Mills Post 10 Percent Cut to Start Jan 3
Worcester Mass December 23 The Millbury cotton mills join Fall River mills in posting a 10 percent wage cut to take effect January 3 owners say the cut is forced by the business condition and was expected.
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Worcester
Mass
Millbury Cotton Mills
Fall River
Miners Oppose Striking Signals Deep Union Split
Ishpeming Michigan December 23 The secret ballot by the miners union ongoing for five days is expected to show a strong vote against a strike with a clear preference for continuing work and preserving existing agreements.
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Ishpeming, Mich
Miners’ Union
Holiday Traffic Large in Chicago Markets
Holiday trade boosts general merchandise across Chicago rail hubs with a 50 percent larger increase in the past ten days compared with the same period last year. Shipping and distribution strains grow as retailers rush to meet seasonal demand.
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ChicaGco
Chicago
Peddler Law Declared Unconstitutional by Judge
Sioux Falls December 24 Judge Smith ruled the peddlers law unconstitutional, disagreeing with other state courts and finding it conflicts with interstate commerce law, rendering the act void for traders and authorities.
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Sioux Falls
Smith
Militia to Protect Tollgates in Kentucky
Lexington Kentucky December 24 Major J Emory Allen of the Second regiment state guards has ordered the Lexington company to be ready for marching to an undisclosed location to guard tollgates. The move reflects heightened security and readiness in the region.
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Lexington
J. Emory Allen
State Guards
Helmbold Held on Threat to Kill U S Consul General
Charles Helmbold son of the late Dr Helmbold of New York, patent medicine proprietor, is locked up at Bow Street awaiting trial on a charge of threatening to kill United States Consul General Osborne. He has been haunting the U S consulate and demanding money.
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Consul Osborne
London
Charles Helmbold
Dr. Helmbold
New York City
Bow Street
United States
Osborne
Helmbold
Twenty Six Buildings Destroyed in Dontplan Fire
Fire in Dontplan Missouri destroys twenty six business houses worth about one hundred thousand dollars. The blaze started in a drug store warehouse early today and the cause remains undetermined.
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Dontplan
Women Engage in a Street Fight in Anderson
Ida Lemon and Queenie Skinner fought in a city street. The Lemon woman produced a knife and wounded Skinner in the neck and breast, with the action described as probably deadly. Skinner's condition is listed as desperate.
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Anderson, Ind
Ida Lemon
Queenie Skinner
Lemon
EXPECT HOSTILITIES: News From the Orient
San Francisco merchants watch Orient news as a Russian fleet occupies Port Arthur and Russia tightens Korea control. Widespread Vladivostock provisioning bids suggest looming war, with U S firms supplying army provisions for fleets and troops in the East.
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Port Arthur
Russia
Korea
United States
Vladivostock
St. Petersburg
German Chinese commission to fix Kiao-Chau borders
A German Chinese commission is arranged to settle the boundaries of the occupied district at Kiao-Chau, signaling permanent occupation. Rumors say Britain may occupy Talien Wan to guard the Gulf of Po-Chi-Li. Tokyo reports calm interest with no excitement. A large Russian force is rumored to be moving overland from Siberia.
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London
Shanghai
Daily Mail
Kiao-Chau
Talien- Wan
Port Arthur
Gulf of Po-Chi-Li
Tokio
Siberia
Believed Other Powers Will Soon Follow the Example Set
Berin December 23 The Cologne Gazette embarrasses the government by saying other powers would follow Germany and Russia now that the partition of China has begun. Other papers share this view. It is hinted Prince Henry's destination differs from Kiao-Chau and he may command the China seas. Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung denies these claims.
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Cologne
Germany
Russia
China
Prince Henry
Kiao-Chau
China Seas
Nord Deutsche Allegmeine Zeitung
Idle of New York Envisions 100000 Out of Work
In New York on December 22 The World tallies 297,850 workers with 92075 idle, with Central Labor Union secretary Ernest Boehm estimating about 100000 in enforced idleness. If clerks and others seeking work are added, the total nears 100000. Fires in Glass Factories Push Idle Number in Princeton New Jersey factories Cohansey Cumberland Moore Jones start work again by January 2, about 2000 idle workers expected to be rehired.
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Ernest Boehm
Central Labor Union
Brinceton
N. J
Cohansey
Cumberland
Moore- Jones
George E Waring, Jr
Department of
Mark Twain
Ndtz
South Asia
Frost
Peter Newell
Andrée
Strinberg
Svens Icdin
Asia
Lander
Tribet
India
Jackson
North Pole
McCure
C. K. Linson
W. D. Stevens
Alfred Brennan
Weavers Strike Against Reduction in Paterson Mills
New York Dec 22 The weavers at the German looms in William Strange Company mills Paterson New Jersey are on strike in protest of wage reductions.
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New York
William Strange Company
Paterson
N. J
Hood's Sarsaparilla credited for health improvement
Elizabeth A. Sandoe of Walkerville Montana reports that Hood's Sarsaparilla restored appetite and strength after a period of weakness. The testimonial endorses Hood's Hills as the best family cathartic and liver medicine, praised for being gentle, reliable and sure.
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Elizabeth A. Sandoe
Walkerville
Montana
Hoo’s
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