McLeod Wins His Match In St. Paul
Danny McLeod American champion catch-as-catch-can wrestler defeated Turkish giant Hali Adali after a grueling 27 minutes, with Adali winning the first fall and McLeod rallying in the second before a tense finish at the St Paul Athletic Club under a $1,000 forfeit condition.
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Miles on Army Beef Sparks Fresh Embalming Allegations
New York February 1 General Nelson A Miles reaffirmed charges that embalmed beef was issued to soldiers. He cited reports from 80 regimental commanders plus affidavits and correspondence nationwide supporting his claim that the meat was treated with chemicals to preserve it. He contrasted canned roast beef as pulp boiled and canned and described its nauseating taste and discomfort if swallowed.
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Porter Starts on His Mission to Cuba for Gomez
Porter and Cuban commissioner Gonzales Quesada began a twofold mission to Caiburen seeking General Maximo Gomez to discuss the Cuban army’s position and invite him to Havana. The party aims for a rapid, amicable settlement of army claims, with Washington prepared to offer up to fifteen million dollars if necessary to satisfy the soldiery.
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Gomez Demands 860 Million From U S in Cuba Crisis
A Washington dispatch reports Cuban general Maximo Gomez has demanded nearly 60 million dollars from the United States and will not disband his army until paid. He repudiates Calixto Garcia’s agreement and the plan to distribute about 3 million to Cuban laborers to restart plantation work.
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Telegraphic Briefs From Across The Nation
Chief Justice Sir Thomas Taylor of Manitoba resigns. Union Savings Bank of San Jose suspends payment. Senatorial situation unchanged in Utah Delaware Pennsylvania and California. Fire destroys the carpet mill of Thomas Caves & Sons in Manayunk Pa with losses of 73000. Daughters and Founders and Patriots of America hold first meeting in Washington. Mrs Mary A Lawler 71 found strangled in Philadelphia. Annie Cox 18 shot and killed in Rochester N H by Lizzie Provenchia. Isadore Strauss and Jack Burnett fight ends in decision after 15 rounds at McKeepsport. Visit of Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia to Japan abandoned over safety concerns. Snow slide near Colorado Colo buried queen and 10 teams. Bert Handy dies. George Keplinger shoots sweetheart Laura Pegen then escapes. American Shropshire Sheep Association holds Detroit meeting. receipts 1170 and 169 new pew members.
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Philadelphia
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Indians on Warpath in Alaska Battle At Juneau
Alaska reports Indians on the warpath with fighting already occurred near Juneau. Four Indians killed and several wounded. Four deputy marshals wounded. Vigilance committee acted against natives, some prisoners freed next day, but tensions rise as blood feud looms.
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Telegraphic Briefs From Across The Nation
Central and west Texas faced the season's coldest weather Sunday. Stilesboro Georgia was nearly wiped out by a cyclone with no fatalities but several injuries. The J C Risher tow boat disabled entering lock No 1 on the Monongahela drifted over a dam after a miraculous escape. A warrant issued at Nancy France for a retired infantry lieutenant accused of conveying military documents to a foreign power. An optimist club meeting in Cincinnati saw the president in Chicago preside by telephone and toasts answered from New York. Promoters of a new cereal trust say plans advance and control is nearly complete save one plant. Colorado weather remains storm bound with cattle and sheep losses may reach thousands. Tron and steel sheet makers plan consolidation prompted by tin plate combine. Porto Rican cabinet resigns under Governor General Henry after reshuffling public instruction and public works. The first company of armed foreign cadets entered the United States landing at Port Huron en route to Tempa via Chicago for a mixed pleasure and instruction trip.
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Senate Votes Delayed on Penve Veonty Resolutions
The Senate failed to vote on expansion resolutions after hours of debate as Republicans pushed for action while Senator Davis signaled willingness to proceed. House Republicans pressed river and harbor bill action, with Hepburn opposing and a key amendment stripping a Galveston to Texas City channel appropriation. A grand car company consolidation loomed in New York, and U S transport Grant carrying General Lawton arrived in Gibraltar amid other city incidents and trade notes.
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Colonel Sexton Dies in Washington Leader of Grand Army of the Republic
Colonel James A. Sexton, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic and a member of the war investigating commission, died at Garfield hospital in Washington from complications of grip, kidney troubles, and meningitis after about a month of illness.
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