Commerce Review Reports Worsening Business Conditions
New York November 30. Dun and Company reports four weeks of November show total failures at 8,819,079, with 1,497,080 from manufacturing and 4,555,949 from trading concerns. Weekly failures reach 279 in the U.S., 47 in Canada, while price shrinkage and weak demand persist. Wool and iron markets weaken. wheat and cotton currents modest. exports and railway earnings show mixed results.
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New ‘York
R. G. Dun
O. Say
United States
Canada
Atlantic
The Denver Mining Exchange Surges On Wild Day
Denver Stock market reports a wild day as the Denver mining exchange and Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Cripple Creek markets all rise. Brokers note cheap stocks jumped, rushing prices beyond Wednesday quotes, with 1,230,000 in Denver trades and substantial totals across Colorado exchanges.
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Denver
Col
Denver Mining Exchange
T Lle
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Intermarriage bill passed by Cherokee legislature
The Sharp Intermarriage bill passed the Cherokee legislature by narrow margins in the senate and council. It repeals the existing intermarriage law and prohibits non citizens from being adopted into the Cherokee, Shawnee, or Delaware by marriage. Bona fide citizens by marriage retain existing rights, and a veto by Chief Mayes is anticipated but may be overridden by full bloods.
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Mayes
Millionaire Samuel Brown Wins Desertion Divorce Case
Pennsylvania report notes Samuel S. Brown, wealthy coal merchant and Monongahela House proprietor, claims divorce from Lizzie Pollock Brown. Although decree not shown, records indicate a divorce secured last week after suit filed in September. Property claims include desertion since 1879 with four children involved and allegations his wife was influenced by pitalders.
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Samuel 8. Brown
Monongahela House
Brown
Lizzie P. Pollock
Capt. Brown
Pi Talders
British to ban US sheep imports unless slaughtered at port
Washington reports the British government will, starting January, forbid importing American and Canadian sheep unless slaughtered on arrival. Dr. Salmon notes scab concerns but says the real issue is Britain’s preference for fattened American sheep, which yield superior mutton, challenging native stock. The policy mirrors a police regulation protecting health and livestock, with exports rising from 80,000 to about 3,850,000 last year.
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England
Salmon
Washington
Department of Agriculture
London
United States
Canada
Department
Bureau of Animal Industry
Great Britain
British Board of Agriculture
Dr. Salmon
Euntry
Texas Siftings Returns to Dallas as Publication
Texas Siftings is moving its operation to Dallas after founder Alexander F. Sweet decided to relocate from New York. W M O Leary resigns from Dallas Morning News to join as literary editor, with James J Gannon named business manager. The project aims to hire top artists and writers to elevate the Dallas edition.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas Siftings
Texas
Austin
Alexander F. Sweet
New York
London
W. M. O'Leary
Dallas Morning News
Sweet
James J. Gannon
Disaster on Ohio River coal fleets collide at Glass House Rock
Reports from Pittsburgh recount another coal fleet disaster on the Ohio River. The steamer Dauntless collided with towboat Onward in fog near Glass House Run, sinking several coal boats and leaving many adrift. About 500,000 bushels of coal were lost, with total damage near $50,000 as crews recover from the incident.
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Pittspurgh
Ohio River
Glass House Riffle
Dauntless
Deadman
Party Caucuses Name House Officers in Near Tie vote
Washington December 3 The Republican majority selected the slate for house officers with one exception Fisher of Kansas losing the chaplaincy to Couden of Michigan The ticket includes Reed of Maine for Speaker McDowell of Pennsylvania Clerk Russell of Missouri Sergeant at Arms Glenn of New York Doorkeeper McHirey of Ohio Postmaster Joseph of Ohio Chaplain Couden of Michigan Democratic caucus in Washington December 2 completed nominations for clerk doorkeeper sergeant at arms postmaster and chaplain Kerr Hurt Snow Ross Bagby unanimously chosen after a brief organizing period
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House of Representatives
Washmerton
House
Capitol
Fisher
Kansas
Couden
Michigan
Thomas B. Reed
Maine
Alexander McDowell
Pennsylvania
Benjamin F. Russell
Missouri
William J. Glenn
New York
Joseph ©. McHirey
Ohio
Henry M. Couden
Sexgeant
James Kerr
A. B. Hurt
Mississippi
Herman W. Snow
Illinois
John T. Ross
Maryland
Edward B. Bagby
Virginia
Holmes Sentenced After Denied New Trial in Pitezel Murder
Nerman W. Mudgett alias H H Holmes was convicted of first degree murder in Philadelphia for killing Benjamin Pitezel. He was denied a new trial by Judge Arnold and sentenced to be hanged after the court’s opinion, with Gov Hastings to set the execution date. The ruling, a thirty seven page document, covered all fifteen points raised by the defense.
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Philadelphia
Nerman W. Mudgett
H. H. Holmes
Benjamin IF. Pitezel
Arnold
Wolmes
Holmes
Hastings
Sensation as grand jury indicts Oklahoma financiers
Perry Oklahoma December 1 a great sensation spreads as the grand jury returns indictments against J W N Gregory Fred Farrar Fred Gunn and L Merry Richardson Jr for receiving deposits while the bank was failing Richardson Sr the wealthiest Oklahoma figure and former gubernatorial hopeful faces the case The four indictments charge taking money on deposit during the bank’s failing condition.
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L. Merry Richardson, Jr
First State Bank
Farrar, Gregory
Richardson, Sr
Oklahoma
Territory
Judge frees three Chinese detainees in Chicago
In Chicago Judge Grosscup dissolved the habeas corpus writ for three Chinese held under deportation law. The Chinamen are ordered remanded to Marshal Stearns in Vermont and will be sent from the country soon. Attorney Thomas A Milchrist did not pursue an appeal, having changed his mind.
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Chicago
Grosscup
United States
Horrible massacre described in Armenian village
An eyewitness letter from New York outlines a chilling massacre in Laiburt Armenia. Turks and Lazes attacked Lusshonk and other villages, burned houses, robbed, and killed men women and children. Leaders claimed sultan orders extermination, with women abducted, many villages destroyed, and churches desecrated.
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Balbart
Jmenia
New York
Laiburt
Armenia
Baiburt
Lusshonk
Lazes
Waji Khumri
Moussa
Birinji
Moush
Gars
Nahbed Aslanagan
Gadarine
Channers Avakian
Insurgent Victory Report From Cuban Skirmish Near Guantanamo
A 1,000 strong Spanish column arrived at Guantanamo after four to five days of war operations. In the suburbs of Yateras they clashed with rebel leader Gil, firing for over an hour. Spaniards suffered ten dead and four wounded with prisoners taken. insurgents reported seven wounded.
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Santiago DE Cuba
Key West
Fla
Rutger
Guantanamo
Yateras
Gil
Giantanamo
Personal particulars from a dated news fragment
The fragment outlines various biographical snippets including William Ludlam White of Tamales, General M. Clay deciding to send his wife to school, William Beckett appointed coachman to President Cleveland, and Reverend Joseph Nyutate of Massachusetts noted for dying after sermons. It also mentions San Francisco Police Judge Campbell joining the Salvation Army and Mrs Ballington Booth preaching there, with the judge seeking prayer and not planning a uniformed role.
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William
Ludlam
Tamales
M. Clay
William Beckett
Cleveland
Ynan
Washington
Joseph
North
Campbell
San Francisco
Salvation Army
Ballington ‘Booth
Notable Facts From Various Regions
A historic note highlights Mrs Madge Trueworthy of Scituate Mass as the sole woman steamboat engineer. It also mentions a pine and spruce pulp fabric used to make overcoats in Leeds Ing, resembling frieze. Additional items report 526000 acres in Missouri open to homestead entry and flour milling as key in Jerusalem, with wheat from the Jordan and Samaria valleys. France plans telephone rate cuts to five cents for three minutes within 15 miles.
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Madge Trueworthy
Scituate
Mass
Leeds
Ing
Missouri
Jerusalem
Jordan
Samaria
France
Multum in Parvo Proverbs and Reflections
A compact collection of maxims and quotations on virtue taste and truth. It contrasts purity and simplicity with worldly values and notes that wealth without wisdom harms. It highlights moderation, generosity among the poor, and the value of good company and discourse.
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Willmot
Poincelot
Heecher
Cumberland
Stanislaus
Aleyn
Izank Walton
Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson sails home from Samoa voyage
Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson has sailed from San Francisco for her home in Samoa, signaling a notable transfer of the famed author's spouse during a long voyage.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
San Francisco
Samoa
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Canton
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