Insurgents Burn Cane Fields and Commit Robberies in Cuba
Havana reports say insurgents set ablaze cane fields in Havana province and dynamited a railway culvert between Sagua and Remedios. Brigadier General Pando’s forces suffer losses amid rugged resistance. A dynamite blast in Puerto Principe killed seven insurgents and wounded eight. Bejuical residents stripped of clothing by insurgents during a foraging raid.
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Havana
Pando
Arangueren
Guanabacoa
Sagua
Remedios
Bejuical
Calabaza Sagua
Puerto Principe
Inquest Over Kidder Bodies Found in Idaho
Rathdrum Idaho December 27 The body of Mike Kidder died from blows and kicks in a drunken row at Sandpoint Brought from Spokane the coroner and a six member jury examined the remains and returned a verdict of death by blows and kicks attributed to James Allen and William Maney The two men waived examination and were remanded to jail News from Helena Montana details Gov Smith appointing William Piggott to the supreme bench to fill a vacancy created by Horace Buck's death Fort Worth Texas reports Senor Manuel Pichardo bought cattle for the Spanish army in Cuba and 500 or 600 head weekly are now being purchased by him Superior Wisconsin notices say Northern Pacific railroad will cut car repairers wages by 25 cents per day after year start currently 190 per day
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James Allen
William Maney
Justice of the Peace
Rogers
James Graham
Helena
Mont
Fort Worth
Tex
Manuel Pichardo
Cuba
Texas
Superior, Wis
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Lakes
New Mexico Chief Justice Nomination Planned for Mills
Washington reports J W Mills of New Haven Conn will be named chief justice of the New Mexico supreme court but the nomination awaits after the holiday recess. Meanwhile a prairie fire in the Great Panhandle burns 8000 acres, with cattle losses feared in the thousands. A Philadelphia jury clears Samuel C Perry of manslaughter in a boxing death. A M D Har ter flouring mill at Fostoria burns, $150000 loss insured. An aside notes ancient horse racing among Germanic tribes.
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New York
Washington Correspondent
the World
J. W. Mills
New Haven
Ort. Worth
Texas
Great Panhandle Country
Philadelphia
Samuel C. Perry
Edward J. Gibbons
Toledo
Ohio
M. D. Harter Company
Fostoria
Kin Chau Occupied by Russia North of Port Arthur
Kin Chau, a walled strategic point at the mouth of the Yalu and Gulf of Lau Tung, is reported to be occupied by Russian forces. Analysts say the seizure implies Russia controls Corea and Manchuria, threatening regional balance and challenging diplomatic powers. Uplifted by naval reinforcements, Russia strengthens its position in Chinese waters.
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St. Petersburg
Kin Chau
Port Arthur
Odessa
Russia
San Francisco
Eli T. Sheppard
China
Lau Tung
Yalu
Gulf
Manchuria
Corea
Gulf of
Wire trust expands aims in billet mill alliance
Cleveland steel circles report talks of enlarging the wire trust to involve all billet mills as contributors not members The plan seeks billets from any outside suppliers to keep billet makers content and prevent entry into the wire business Trust supporters express strong confidence in progress of these arrangements.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Forms a Coal Trust in Eastern United States
New York reports reveal a comprehensive plan by J Pierpont Morgan to form central selling agencies across the major coal districts of Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Indiana and Illinois. The scheme aims to standardize production allocation prevent rate cutting and stabilize coal trade by coordinating mine output and transport with a uniform market demand.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Ilinois
Trolley car held up. conductor shot in Swedenland
Four highwaymen stopped a Schuylkill Valley Traction Car near Norristown at about 10 p.m. Conductor Charles Galloway refused to surrender money and was shot dead. Robbers rifled the conductor’s body of money and a gold watch, then fled toward Philadelphia after threatening four women passengers. three shots were fired at the motorman but caused no injuries.
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Norristown
Schuylkill Valley Traction Company
Swedenland
Here
Charles Galloway
Matthias
Philadelphia
London unionist reform move on Cardiff sailors sentence
J Havelock Wilson, a labour member of parliament, will move a resolution when Parliament resumes to challenge the eight years penal servitude verdict against two sailors' and firemen's union members for assaulting a non unionist. The high court upheld the ruling, while unionists condemn the sentence as ferocious. Wilson is in the United States as a federation of labor delegate.
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London
J. Havelock Wilson
House of Commons
Sailors’ and Firemen’s Union
Cardiff
Wilson
United States
Convention
The
Federation of Labor
West Superior Iron and Steel assets tied to New York trust
Preparations begin to transfer property of West Superior Iron and Steel Company to Central Trust Company of New York. A mortgage of 1,730,000 with interest and taxes since 1893. A circuit court judgment led to scheduled sale on February 7 to satisfy the mortgage, James R. Hile as referee. Paris letter notes France’s Nile advances as of June 21.
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West Superior
Wis
West Superior Iron and Steel Company
Central Trust Company of
New York
Steel Company
James R. Hile
Gage Defends Gold Standard Amid Labor Resentments
Secretary Gage writes to President Gompers acknowledging possible errors on the monetary question while denying evil intent. He states that a gold standard breakdown would harm all classes, including wage workers, and that he would abandon his views if shown they hurt the economic body of labor.
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Washington
Gage
President Gompers
The
Federation of Labor
Nashville
Congress
United States
Hold up Your Hands Incident in Moscow Idaho
Walter Craig visiting at the Driskell residence near the ball park was shot in the nose when Miss Talla Driskell, playing with a revolver believed empty, shouted hold up your hands. Driskell's shot was discharged and the bullet's path remains uncertain as Dr. Watkins probes the wound. Craig remains conscious and Painful, with authorities awaiting developments.
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Moscow
Idaho
Walter Craig
Driskell
Ball Park
Walter Driskell
Talla Driskell
Craig
Bengal Chamber Urges India to Adopt Gold Standard
The Bengal chamber of commerce asks the government to adopt the gold standard saying four years without a functioning mint harms trade. It cites the four year mint closure and calls for disclosed measures or plans.
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Calcutta
Bengal Chamber of Commerce
India
Prominent Creston Farmer Murdered in Self Defense
Rockford reports Fred Halstead killed by former hired man Edward Brown who buried the body in a hog pen then surrendered in Rochelle claiming self defense. Brown held in Oregon jail as community turmoil grows. St Louis notes Marcus Nassauer shot his sweetheart Katie Dosenbach and then killed himself in Clayton.
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Rockford
Fred Halstead
Creston
Edward Brown
Rochelle
Halstead
Brown
Oregon
St. Louis
Marcus Nassauer
Clayton
Katie Dosenbach
Air Cushion Aims to Reduce Elevator Injuries
The article argues for safer elevator operation urging stricter credentials for operators and proposing an air cushion system at shaft bottoms to slow a falling car. It describes gradual stopping via air escape and notes experiments dropping 125 feet with no abrupt impact.
Three footballs used in games described
The article notes three kinds of footballs used by players: the Intercollegiate football is an ellipse, and the Gaelic ball is almost a different shape.
Intercollegiate Football Compared to Globe Shape
An editorial argues that the perfect globe and the association football are round, while the intercollegiate football remains the only ball that can be picked up and carried. The piece contrasts design and handling in play.
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Globe
Jack Rabbit Hides Demand Rises In Eastern Markets
Kansas dealers report a surge in demand for American bare pelts. Advertisements promise to buy jack rabbit skins at 3 cents each for various conditions and 5 cents a pound for cottontails. Hats use the fur, and high quality hats rely on fur from distant sources.
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Kansas
New York Times
Australia
Raft Spider and Weather Vane Lore Highlight Fragments
The excerpt notes the raft spider as Britain's largest species and explains its leaf raft method for water prey. It then shifts to a humorous aside about marriage and heaven. A San Francisco note reports State Senator J Mahoney dying of cancer. Also mentioned are advances in glass eyes for horses.
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San Francisco
J. Mahoney
Large Fire Devours Cleveland Business Center
A Northwest wind fueled a blaze in Cleveland yesterday afternoon, destroying nearly a million dollars in property. The Powers block and Wilshire block, both owned by J. Perkins, suffered extensive damage, with J. Johns & Co. lithographers among the heaviest losers. About 75 percent of losses are insured. Lieutenant McFeers was injured after falling through a floor.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Powers
Frankfort Street
J. Ls. Perkins
Wilshire
Mr. Perkins
Superior Street
Clothier
J.B. Perkins
J. B. Perkins
Blackstone
H. C. Rouse
Century
Lieutenant McFeers
Fire Department
Chestnut Street National Bank Fails in Philadelphia
The Chestnut Street National Bank has closed and is under national bank examiner care. Comptroller Eckels cited shrinkage in Singerly Pulp and Paper Mills bonds for the failure, noting no wrongdoing by the bank and hopeful for a voluntary liquidation without a receiver.
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Philadelphia
Chestnut Street National Bank
National Bank Examiner
Eckels
Singerly Pulp and Paper Mills
Elkton
Maryland
All Around Market Report from Spokane and West
Spokane market report lists wholesale prices for wheat oats barley rye and produce across regions including Spokane Colfax Oakesdale Garfield and Walla Walla. Also notes prices for meat dairy poultry fruit and vegetables plus early murder and crime notes from nearby towns.
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Spokane
Bluestem
California
Concord
Women Martyrs and the Warnings of Womb Trouble
The piece urges awareness of dangers facing women from uterine disorders and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy. It claims the product relieves distress, strengthens the womb, eases backache, and has been trusted by American women for twenty years with broad druggist endorsement.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
America
Czechs Attack German School Near Prague
Vienna Daily Telegraph reports that Czech rioters attacked a German school at Weishowitz near Prague. Police fired on the crowd, killing one person in the confrontation.
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London
Vienna
Daily Telegraph
Weishowitz
Prague
Man in Denver area prison makes three suicide attempts
Ed Kohlman, who killed Alexander Douali Jr. at a resort near Denver and is imprisoned, has made three unsuccessful attempts to take his own life, according to a Canyon City report.
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Denver
Canyon
City
Col
Ed Kohlman
Alexander Douali, Jr
Never Content and The Four-Horse Chariot Race Note
A warning about perpetual dissatisfaction cites neuralgia sufferers chasing cures and extols St Jacob’s Oil as a proven remedy. The text also notes the four horse chariot race as part of the Olympics since the 23rd Olympiad, presenting two unrelated items in a single, period tone.
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Heaven
Pitcher’s Castoria trademark dispute claim filed
Dr Samuel Pitcher of Hyannis Massachusetts asserts exclusive rights to the words Castoria and PITCHER'S CASTORIA with the facsimile signature of CHAS H FLETCHER on wrappers. He says The Centaur Company led by Fletcher has no authority to use his name and notes the product has served American mothers for over thirty years.
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Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Chas. H. Fletcher
Mothers of America
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la Lucha
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A. K. Prescot
N. Main St
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Herman Sperling
Henry Heneberg
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C. A. Wilder
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Enat
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West Superior Iron and Steel
Paris
Gil Blas
Marchand
Brussels
Sale
France
Nile
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Gompers
Jack Rabbit
Hig Business
Tacoma
Colfax
Palouse
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Garfield
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Lake Copper Quiet
Marcus Daly
Lexington
Bitter Root Farm
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Shipmate
Crasy
Dubois, Pa
Stephen Spellan
Michael Roher
Roher
Spellan
Kodaks
Woooaro, Craixe & Co
N.N. Av
Portland, Or
Cauechs
Bolomew
Maso? Chemical Co, P.O. Box
Philadelphia, Pa
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Princeton
Ind
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Alaska
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Southington
Conn
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Erie Medical CO
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Stewart & Holmes Drug Co
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