Berlin Visit Rumor and Global Dispatches
Berlin rumor of a William and Augusta visit to French soil remains unconfirmed while Vienna reports American Charles Tinney to head a new Chinese university at Tianjin. Rhodes defies resigning, pledges civil rights for Uitlanders. Cape Town dispatch notes his readiness to attend the Chartered Company meeting in London. Venezuela ready to fight England as war nerves rise. Paris dispatches on Lord Salisbury unchanged on Venezuela.
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Chronicle
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Tien Tsin
Rhodes
Lowspon
Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
Caps Colony
England
London
Venezuela
Caracas
Germany
Paris
Lord Salisbury
Cleveland
Free Masons
Guiana
De Campos Recalled and Britain Rumored to Head for Bermudas
The Spanish cabinet plans to replace Captain General Martinez de Campos and General Arderius in Cuba with Generals Marin, Pando, and Polavija amid tensions with Cuban insurgents. Rumors place the British flying squadron bound for the Bermudas, enlarging the fleet near U S waters. Weyler appointed Cuba governor, czar to be crowned in Moscow in May, and McLeod defeats Atherton in Cleveland wrestling.
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Arderius
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Pando
Santiago de Cuba
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Polavija
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Bermudas
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Moscow
McLeod
Cleveland
Dan McLeod
Ed Atherton
Atherton
Sensational Florida militia order to readiness for war
A Tallahassee dispatch reports Governor Mitchell has asked Adjutant General Houston to place the Florida militia on alert for immediate field service. Rumors say the militia may be called today as officials nationwide discuss a possible Cuba sale to Spain and England. Generals Houston and state battalion commanders confirm telegrams and heightened mobilization amid widespread war fever.
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St. Louis
Republic
Tallahassee
Fla
Mitchell
War Department
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Houston
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Turner
Jacksonville
Pensacola
Tampa
Teacher killed in schoolhouse fracas near Drexel
Henry Foust Prairie View teacher died from injuries after a fight with two 16 year old pupils. Arthur Bishop and Earl Donington allegedly beat and kicked him following a prior punishment and a knife instruction from Bishop’s father. Foust died after 36 hours unconscious with spinal injuries. No arrests reported.
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Drexel
Prairie View School
Here
Foust
Arthur Bishop
Bishop
Earl Donington
Appeals and crimes mix in Jan 20 news from Denver to Nigeria
The wire reports Nathan Thomas Sherzhan, son of General Sherman, appealing for Hammond’s treason trial in Johannesburg. Yale ties bind Father Sherman and Senator Sherman to influence. Mexican exposition funds falter amid wary merchants. Dayton woman dies after 21 days fasting inspired by Christian science. A card game dispute in Dinces ends in gunfire with multiple injuries. Wyoming man sues for 25000 after losing a leg at Diamondville Coal. Creek Governor Espartchecher drowns crossing Deep Fork. Rome dispatch notes France and England to grid Niger frontier downriver toward Dahomey.
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General Sherman
Denver
Nathan Thomas Sherzhan
W. T. Sherman
James L. Honteling
Chicago
Peabody & Honteling
John Haya Hammond
Johannesburg
Hammond
Honteling
Yale
Sherman
Senator Sherman
Miles
Endeavorers Convene as 3,000 Committees Plan 1900 Convention
The fourth annual Christian Endeavor convention in Washington closed with a packed Central hall as 3,000 committee volunteers map plans for the July international gathering. Expected 60,000 to 75,000 delegates may register. tents for 10,000 each to rise near the executive mansion, with hotels and church headquarters assigned by state. Strong resolutions on Armenian questions and Sabbath observance were adopted amid preparations for widespread city canvassing and daily services.
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Christian Endeavor Union
Central Hall
Wayland Hoyt
D.D
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Baltimore
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John Willis Baer
Boston
Baer
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Moody Choir
Pennsylvania
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New York
Church of the Covenant
Massachusetts
Indiana
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Louis
People’s Party National Committee
Weaver
Iowa
J.G. Field
Virginia
Marion Butler
North Carolina
John ©. Bell
Colorado
E. M. Wardell
California
J. H. Turner
Georgia
H. Gerry Brown
Bimetaillic League
But One Vacant Bishopric
Waspinaros January 18 The announcement of Dr O Gorman s appointment as bishop of Sioux Falls is expected to be followed soon by the appointment of a bishop for Sacramento Cal This will complete the appointments to vacant bishoprics in the United States.
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Sacramento
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United States
Weather Bureau Tests Kites to Gauge Rainfall
The Weather Bureau under Professor Moore conducts large scale kite experiments at Fort Meyer to lift instruments two miles up to measure atmospheric conditions. The aim is to improve rain forecasts by collecting data from high altitudes, with a varnished modern vel lular kite and automatic recorders.
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Weather Bureau
Moore
Fort Meyer Military Reservation
Weather Service
Finance and Monroe Doctrine in Senate this week
Washington reports the week will focus on finance and the Monroe doctrine based on the Davis resolution, with senators Teller Daniel Cockrell and White slated to discuss the silver bill. No vote until Utah senators appear. Pugh may push a coin payment resolution, but prospects are uncertain. The tariff bill awaits Senator Jones Nev.’s consent for reporting. In the House, appropriations bills take priority unless Cuban belligerent recognition arises. The weekly work includes urgent deficiency and military appropriation measures.
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Cockrell
White
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Monroe
Pugh
Jones Nev
Wasnixaron
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Campos Versus Cuba Governing Drift Sparks Rift
A Havana dispatch reports General Martines Campos, now private citizen, condemns the removal of his governor general post. He accuses Cuban factions of provoking unrest and asserts Spain’s Americas decline stems from Spaniards and shopkeepers seeking power amid distant Cuba. He vows not to bend and hints at past war massacres impacting policy.
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Supreme Command
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Marin
Key West
Spain
Americas
Weyler as Cuba governor general candidate and Cuban refugee flow
Havana rumors place General Weyler as Cuba's next governor general with a month of quiet needed to reorganize forces while insurgents move. Cuban refugees arrive in Florida with 45 aboard Olivette and 120 landing at Key West as more travelers book trips.
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Janu
Weyler
Cuba
Phillipine Islands
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Florida
Tampa
Fla
Olivette
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