01 Jun 1897
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1897
Page
1
On Monday morning the store offers deep discounts on ladies undervests shirt waists laces and embroideries with prices from 5c to 50c and a celebrated organ shirt waist at 90c. Early shoppers will find the cheapest lace and embroidery line yet shown in Americus next week.
A Washington dispatch reports bold moves toward ending the Cuban War. President McKinley plans to appoint a new minister to Spain and outline mediation terms while seeking Spain’s response to the Ruiz inquiry. Calhoun is due in Washington as instructions to Madrid are prepared. The United States will offer its good offices in a firm humane bid to halt the conflict.
Dispatches from Havana report General Weyler forbidding sale of imported meat in Puerto Principe and forcing public consumption of beef from his agents. Troops have driven confiscated cattle from adjacent districts. insurgents and troops clash, with casualties in street fighting. A government warship anchored in harbor shelled positions as rebels retreated.
San Francisco May 31 Theodore Durrant faces gallows with his parents invited to attend. The elder Durrant vows to use legal rights to be present, while attorney Eugens Duprey says a federal writ of supersedeas may halt the hanging. Warden Hale will act per attorney general guidance.
Reports from May 31 recount student riots at a Carolina college with General Watts under fire for the charge. The Southern Presbyterian assembly dissolves after a ten day session in New Orleans with tributes to Dr Goetebins and a window honoring the late pastor. Details include filibuster armament trips, the tug Alexander Jones delivering war supplies to Cuba, and notes on private postal cards and a Japanese earthquake near Tacoma.
Helena dispatch reports Cheyenne Indians on the warpath in southern Montana near Crow territory. White settlers mobilize and join ranchers, while cavalry and infantry head toward the scene as tensions rise and cattle and stockmen fear attacks amid renewed Indian threats.
Faction of inmates rioted in San Quentin with guards ordered to shoot the first breakout. Prisoners screamed and battered cells as doubled guards fired buckshot loaded weapons to quell the disturbance amid rumors of ringleaders from a local mill and opium-using prisoners in the yard.
Senator McLaurin passes through Columbia en route to Washington and defers on tariff questions until floor debate begins. The piece notes his opposition to free law and his views on Cuban bases and trusts amid in‑place party tensions.
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