Cuba to become a republic on May 20
Secretary of War Elihu Root orders General Wood to transfer Cuba’s government to its people on May 20 and convene a Cuban congress. The plan calls for keeping limited U S forces for coast defense and establishing a new Cuban government with Palma as president-elect while ending U S occupancy.
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America
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Vermont
Fort Sheridan
Ilinois
7Th Cavalry
Chickamauga Park
Department of the East
Department of Missouri
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
10Th Cavalry
Fort Robinson
Neb
Signal Corps
Fort Myer
Virginia
Coast Artillery
William L. Haskin
Artillery Corps
Fort Trumbull
Connecticut
Adjutant General
War Department
Havana
Hay
Cabinet Meeting Focuses on Cuban Transfer Details
The March 25 cabinet session centered on the Cuban question as the U SAdmin aims for a rapid handover once the Cuban flag is raised. Readings covered Governor General Wood’s withdrawal instructions and plans to retain Havana’s dry dock, naval stations, and meteorological stations while negotiating specifics with Cuban authorities.
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Washington
Wood
United States
Havana
Postal Service
Cuba
Santiago
Miles
White House talks on Cuban reciprocity in another conference
President and aides met at the White House on March 25 to discuss Cuban reciprocity. The session focused on trade terms and potential policy changes affecting sugar imports from Cuba.
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Washington
White House
Prisoners Escape from Rose Bud County Jail in Forsyth
Three men Frank Lowrey Porter McDonald and George McGuire escaped their county jail awaiting trial for horse theft by sawing iron bars and forcing a window. Seth Paine remained inside refusing to join. Deputy Muir slept in the jail and suspects outside help. Paine provided no details. Under Sheriff Lyndes recovered an old knife used in the attempt.
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Standard
Forsyth
Sherid Muir
Frank Lowrey
Porter McDonald
George McGuire
Muir
Lowrey
McGuire
McDonald
Seth Paine
Paine
Lyndes
Has Wives and 10 Spare Fells Into the Law's Clutches
Christian Nelson, a railroad contractor and horseman claimed to have 13 wives, is jailed in St. Joseph Missouri on bigamy charges after being brought from San Antonio Texas. He admits three wives while denying ten others and faces trial where the injured wife Mary A Parker resides. Authorities say he is wanted in multiple cities for bigamy.
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Christian
Nelson
San Antonio
Tex
Mary A. Parker
Plattsburg
Chicago
San Francisco
Des Moines
New York
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Sumter
Conway
Ark
Justice of the Peace
Woodard Granted Stay of Execution in Wyoming Case
Charles Woodard, condemned for Sheriff Ricker’s murder in Casper, has a stay of execution after his attorneys filed a petition in error with the Wyoming Supreme Court. The stay delays any hanging until after the court reviews the case, likely preventing execution before August 11, and rumors of lynching are noted but believed unlikely.
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Denver
Colo
Times
Cheyenne
Wryo
Charles Woodard
Casper
Ricker
State Supreme Court
Woodard
Supreme Court
Tubbs
Boy Electrocuted During Initiation in Parsons
In Parsons Kansas 14 year old Lee Watson died after grabbing a live electric light wire during a high school society initiation. Insulation on the wire had worn thin and the shock was fatal.
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Parsons
Kan
Lee Watson
Watson
Marriage Solemnized Between Groom and Mary A Parker
A nuptial ceremony was performed in September solemnizing the marriage of the groom with Mrs. Mary A Parker. The brief notice notes the union and partner names.
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Mary A. Parker
Fort Scott Woman Returns Prostrate After San Antonio Trip
Mrs. A. F. Melbourn, latest wife of alleged bigamist C. C. Nelson, arrived home from San Antonio in a prostrate state. Her family says she will press charges against Nelson if Missouri authorities release him.
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Fort Scott
Kan
A. F. Melbourn
C. C. Nelson
San Antonio
Nelson
Missouri
Cecil Rhodes Near Death After Severe Heart Attack
Cape Town reports Cecil Rhodes suffered a bad heart attack yesterday afternoon and did not rally as in past crises. By midnight he was weaker, oxygen given daily, and dropsy treated. friends show little hope. At 6 am he had a poor night but revived briefly this morning with some nourishment.
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Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
A Reign of Anarchy in Albania Reported
A Daily Chronicle correspondent reports from Constantinople that 40 Turkish battalions have been mobilized for service in Albania, where there is a reign of anarchy.
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London
Constantinople
Daily Chronicle
Albania
Dotson Likely to Break Down Before Death
Special Dispatch from Helena reports Frank Conley, the penitentiary contractor, kept his promise to Clinton Dotson by asking Governor Toole to commute Dotson's death sentence to life imprisonment. The governor declined, saying he could not interfere with the court's action. Conley notes Dotson appears near collapse and cries continually under the strain.
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Standard
Helena
Frank Conley
Clinton Dotson
Mide
Dotson
McArthur
Toole
Mr. Conley
Ghosts in the Flathead spur fear over Nigger Hill grave
Kalispell valley residents report eerie noises and lights blamed on the deceased Hart as fear spreads. A nearby death by suicide and ghost sightings prompt locals to plan a meeting and petition the county commissioners to move the grave site known as Nigger Hill.
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The
Standard
Spokane
Kalispell Valley
Hart
Baker
Lou Leonard
John Sizelone
Percy Duffy
Bill Collis
Lynching of Wallace in La Junta Turmoil at Courthouse
A mob of about four thousand in La Junta Colorado seized W H Wallace a sleeping car porter and hanged him from an electric light pole after overpowering sheriffs guards and breaking into the courthouse. Mrs Henrietta H Miller was brutally assaulted in the Santa Fe yards with her condition critical.
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Pueblo
Colo
la Junta
W. H. Wallace
Wallace
Farr
Henrietta H. Miller
Los Angeles
Cal
Denver
Santa Fe
la Punta
Robert Patterson
Fleming
Charles Dearborn
Fred A. Sabin
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