Cuba War Debates Grow Heated in Senate Hearing
Senator Gallinger recounts his Cuba visit and paints reconcentrados horrors. He asserts starvation and civilian suffering under Weyler, cites death estimates up to 425,000, and calls for U S intervention if necessary to end the crisis. Senator Thurston urges landing forces to compel Spain to withdraw.
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Ator Gallinger
Matanzas
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Zorno
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Tida
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Sreath
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New World
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Union
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Senate
Senator Thurston narrates Cuban misery in emotional Senate speech
Nebraska Senator Thurston described the Cuban situation as exaggerated at first but accepted the horrors as real after reviewing reports. His emotional delivery moved senators and gallery spectators, many weeping as he recalled his late wife’s dying wish that he hasten efforts to free Cuba and its people.
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Cuba
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Gallinger
N.H
Proctor
Vermont
Thurston
Nebraska
Benator Thurston
Hend
Murder suicide rocks Atwood Kansas community
Wesley Cochran Jr shot and killed Mrs Gerte Woodward in Atwood then killed himself. Both were known young locals. A separate Iowa note says the state Republican committee set Dubuque as convention site with September dates. In Kent Minnesota a house fire killed Howard Namsman his wife and children after March 28 blaze.
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Wesley Cochran, Jr
Gerte Woodward
Towa Reopublicans
Des Moines
Iowa State Rpublican Committee
Dubuque
Byrned
Kent
Minn
Tward Nansman
Mr. Agnsman
Numerous Dying and Deaths in Late News Items
Notable figures James Wayn dies in London at 68. multiple disasters including a Liege mine blast, a steamer sinking with 30 dead, and a fatal streetcar crash in Akron. Financial woes hit Philadelphia banks and a local company. Political shifts include Indiana district hopeful Jo ward Wilson. Widespread weather damage, a Wisconsin school loss, and a murder suicide case in Browntown. Government actions span Maine wreck aftermath and state guardianship appointments.
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Liege
Belgium
Philadelphia
People’s State Bank
Finance Company of
Joward Wilson
Peru
Congress
Indiana
George
Anthony Aldersmott
John Aldersmott
Akron
Henry Brown
Pigilist
Jacl Smith
Trenton
N. J
Lydia
Constantinople
Marseilles
W. H. Brilley
Emma Stover
Browntown
Wis
Burt Watson
Poll of Senate and House on Cuban policy in Washington
A March 25 poll shows 26 Senators favor intervention but doubt results without force, 26 hope for peaceful solutions, 7 favor recognizing Cuban independence, 1 supports immediate forcible intervention and annexation, 1 absent. Representatives doubting nonviolent results are 3, 15 seek peaceful solution, 78 back recognizing insurgents, 2 favor forcible intervention and annexation, 0 favor joint intervention, 100 seek official information from the president, 77 absent.
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Congress
Cost of the Flood Officials Put Damage at 12 Million
A Cincinnati report dated March 28 notes flood losses totaling about 12 million dollars with widespread property damage and many residents facing home loan concerns. The brief item cites uncertain figures and heightened local impacts as the event unfolds.
Floods devastate Ohio Indiana with massive damage
A chaotic nationwide flood toll cites 28 lives lost and about 12 million dollars in property damage across municipal corporate and private sectors. An estimated 17 000 people became homeless as rail and other traffic faced a practical suspension for 60 to 72 hours amid the disaster.
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