Cuba Constitutional Convention Backed by Military Governor
The military governor directs a Cuban constitutional convention to frame a new government, with elections in September 1900 and a Havana meeting in November to draft a constitution and define Cuba United States relations. The convention is ordered to transmit its work to Congress for consideration.
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Congress
Cuba
Congress of the
United States
Havana
Wood
Army plan to raise force to one hundred thousand debated
The memorandum argues to authorize the president to raise the army to 100 000, with 50 000 to 60 000 needed in Cuba and the Philippines and 15 000 native troops in the Philippines. It urges officer detail in multiple departments and supports Taft commission views on guerilla suppression.
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Porto Rico
Philipine Islands
United States
Cuba
Philippines
Taft Commission
Secretary of War
Adjutant General's Department
Inspector General's Department
Quartermaster General's Department
Subsistence Department
Pay Department
Ordnance Department
Signal Corps
Defense, Pensions, and Vision From President McKinley
President McKinley urges continued growth in the postal service rural free delivery to aid farm life and information flow. He approves navy expansion and a national naval reserve. He lauds forest policy, pension expansion to widows, and calls for a public records hall while warning against reckless government spending and entangling conflicts. executive mansion December 8 1900.
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Wonink
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Publc
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
William Meckinley
Executiva
Memorial Opening as Congress Honors Dead Senators
Opening exercises in both houses memorialize the deaths of Senators Davis of Minnesota and Gear of Iowa. President’s message read while floral tributes fill chambers, then both houses adjourn in tribute to the deceased.
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Davina
Gear
Washington
Congress
Davis
Minnesota
Senate
House
Capitol
Senator Davis
Iowa
Proctor
Vermont
William Paul Dillingham
Morrill
Dillingham
Bennett
Allison
John Henry Gear
Nelson
St. Paul
Daly
New Jersey
Moeffecker
Delaware
Yaquis Gather in Force in Mexican Mountains
Report from Torin Mexico states Yaqui Indians are assembling in large numbers in the mountains about thirty miles north of Torin. Officials fear an organized attack on government troops within the next few days as tensions rise among the indigenous fighters.
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Oritz
Mex
Torin
Typhoon Survivors Marines Reach Cavite News Cable
Admiral Remey reports from Cavite that detachment marines and Yosemite officers arrived by Lava, sailing from Guam on the 26th of last month. Restoration work at Guam is progressing favorably.
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Cavite
Washington
Navy Department
Remey
Guam
Lieutenant Commander Hall Struck By Timber at Navy Yard
At the New York navy yard in Brooklyn a piece of timber struck Lieutenant Commander Reynold T. Hall on the head fracturing his skull. He is said to be gravely injured and likely to die.
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Hall
New York
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Reynold T. Hall
Papago Indians fury over new white teacher on Gila River
In Arizona on the Gila River reservation Papago Indians grow greatly aroused by a white woman teaching a dream based creed. Her message urges reliance on dreams and predicts the world ending soon and the Indians entering the happy hunting grounds.
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Indiana
Phoenix
Ariz
Gila River
Delta Iowa Treated for Mad Dog Scare Grips Town
Delta Iowa reports a roaming mad dog causing panic and fatalities feared. The animal has bitten stock and several dogs prompting drastic public health measures as authorities respond.
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Med Doge
Delta
Iowa
Vindication of Earling Priest Ends Slander Suit
The slander case against the Earling priest was tried in Harlan Iowa and the jury verdict vindicated the defendant. The suit was filed by two women.
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Harlan
Iowa
Earling
No Deaths Yet From Smallpox In Winona City
Winona Minnesota December 4 There is no cause for alarm as yet no deaths from smallpox have occurred in the city A committee of physicians was appointed by the council to inspect and quarantine several houses to curb spread Two schools in the infected district will close for one week to calm the scare.
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Winona
Minn
Collins Offered Davis Seat Believed He Will Decline
St Paul Dec 4 Loren W Collins associate justice of the state supreme court has been offered the United States senate seat to succeed Cushman K Davis Gov Lind is said to made the offer An intimate friend said there is no doubt the offer was made but Collins was away and his decision to accept or decline is unknown Friends think he will refuse.
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St. Paul
Loren W. Collins
State Supreme Court
United States
Cushman K. Davis
Collins
Lind
Blue Mounds Sold to Keeven Bros and Martin
Blue Mounds in Dane County, a historic high point between the Rockies and Alleghenies, covering over 600 acres, has been sold by Milwaukee capitalists to Keeven Bros and Samuel Martin of Mount Horeb. They plan to cut thousands of cords of timber and convert the land to pastures. The site, famed in territorial days as a mining and trading halte, has history tied to Black Hawk war massacres and mining tragedies.
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Blue Mounds
Madison
Wis
Here
Rockies
Alleghanties
Milwaukee
Keeven Bros
Samuel Martin
Mount Horeb
Prairie du Chien
Duck Full of Gold Found Near Waterloo Farm
About thirty nuggets of pure gold were found in the crop of a duck purchased by a Waterloo woman for Thanksgiving dinner from F Haberman at his farm three miles east of town. The farm lies beside a marsh with springs that emerge from a sand bed, suggesting possible placer gold in the sand.
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Waterloo
Wils
F. Haberman
Hes
Two safes blown open in Minnesota burglary
Mountain Lake Minnesota December 4 unknown parties blew open the safes of Hiebert Bros grain buyers and Frank Balzer lumber dealer. Only a small amount of money or goods was taken.
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Mountain Lake
Minn
Hiebert Bros
Frank Balzer
Deaf mute Albert Huebner shot while rabbit hunting
Waterloo Wisconsin December 4 Albert Huebner a deaf mute was wounded in the leg by a companion while rabbits were being hunted. The injury was described as severe and the incident occurred a few days earlier.
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Waterloo
Wis
Albert Huebner
Brother shoots twin during rabbit hunt in Minneapolis
Minneapolis December 4. George Marker sixteen was accidentally shot by his brother while rabbit hunting near the Town and Country club. The injured boy was taken home and is expected to recover.
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Minneapolis
George Marker
Man Killed by Train Near Detroit In Roadside Crash
William Spike, a Detroit-area clerk en route home, was struck and killed by an eastbound passenger train. He leaves a wife and two children.
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Detroit
Minv
William Spike
Ain
Train boiler explosion kills five in Chicago power house
Five railway employees died and twelve were injured when a boiler burst in the Chicago and Northwestern power plant near the passenger station. The Ashland Limited was pulling from the station as the blast tore through the Pullman sleeper and drawing room cars, injuring four travelers including Mr. and Mrs. August Beck and Mr. and Mrs. William Becker.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
Ashland Lmited
August Beck
Milwaukee
William Becker
Sheboygan
Wis
Turkey to Pay U S Mission Claims Through Cramps Contract
Washington reports the Turkish government arranged to pay American mission claims via a contract with the Cramps for a warship. The state department will likely receive about £23,000 from the Cramps and disburse it to claimants, avoiding direct dealings with Turkey.
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Turkey
Washington
State Department
Constantinople
United States
Britain and Nicaragua renew commercial treaty talks
London reports Britain is negotiating with Nicaragua to renew the existing commercial treaty. No exceptional terms have been proposed, despite Washington dispatches cited by New York officials.
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London
Washington
New York
Great Britain
Nicaragua
American State Department
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Parliament Opens with Gully Re-elected Speaker
The fifteenth Parliament of Queen Victoria opened in London at 2 pm with little public interest. Conservative J C McDona won choice seats, arriving after midnight. William Court Gully was re-elected speaker for a third term. The queen's speech reading starts the real session on Thursday.
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William Court Gully
London
J. C. McDona
Rotherhithe
Southwark
Train Fatality Claims Gribben Lumber Worker
Edward Boberg, an employee at the Gribben Lumber Company’s plant on East Seventh Street, was struck and killed by a freight train on his way to work yesterday morning near St Paul. Details remain unclear.
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St. Paul
Edward Boberg
Gribben Lumber Company
Fast Seventh Street
Murder Strikes John Hossack in Warren County Farmhouse
In Des Moines on December 5 a farmer named John Hossack was found murdered in his bed likely by an axe blow. His wife slept nearby and cannot offer clues as to the assailant. The case shocks the local Warren County community and authorities investigate the brutal act.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John Hossack
Warren County
Fatal assault after drunken confrontation in Paris
In Paris on December 5 Henry Johnson a Black man was killed in an attack by Henry Lawson a White man who was intoxicated Lawson also tried to kill Jud Jackson a Black man and Capt W H Cox local authorities reported the deadly incident with Lawson under investigation for homicide and attempted murder
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Paris
Iky
Henry Johnson
Henry Lawson
Lawson
Jud Jackson
W. H. Cox
Overflows From the Wires Condensed Form
Secretary Hay signs a Nicaragua canal protocol. Mrs Julia C Pierce becomes assistant matron at Vermillion Lake Indian school earning 2500 yearly. A steam pipe bursts at Masee Felton mill in Macon Georgia fatally scalding B E Hathway and a fireman. Northern Pacific buys 56 acres in Tacoma tide lands. Warrants issued for 13000 to Sioux at Pine Ridge for beef contracts. Actress Georgie Cayvan hospitalized nearly blind after 1895 operation. J H Smiths racing stables burned near Ills Point Texas. Consolidated Street Railway of Washington may be taken over by Boston Street Railway syndicate.
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Ims
Hay
Nicaragua
Julia C. Pierce
St. Paul
Vermillion Lake
Minn
Masee & Felton Lumber Company
Ma~con
BE. R. Hathaway
Northern Pacific Company
Tacoma Tidelands
Treasury
Pine Ridge Agency
Georgie Cayvan
New York
J. H. Smith
Ills Point
Tex
Chicago
New Orleans
Consolidated Street Railway
Washington Traction Company
Washington, D. C
Boston Street Railway Syndicate
Grain and Livestock Market Quotes Across U S Cities
Market wires from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Milwaukee Sioux City and South St Paul detail Wheat Corn Oats Rye Barley and Flax prices by grade with cash and futures readings. Cattle hogs sheep and calves are listed with bid ranges and reported typical values.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Northen
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
Northern
Sioux City
Iowa
Texas
South St. Paul
Probably Fatal Fall at Eldora High School
Eldora Iowa December 5. Frank Foster janitor fell about forty feet from the roof of the high school and sustained injuries likely to prove fatal.
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Eldora
Iowa
Frank Foster
Governor of Poland Dead in Warsaw
Moscow dispatch reports Prince Emer Itinsky, governor general of Poland, died in Warsaw from paralysis of the heart. The news confirms his popular leadership and sudden illness.
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Poland
Moscow
Warsaw
Prince Emeritinsky
Fire Rips Six-Story Hardware Building in Youngstown
A blaze destroyed the six story Stambaugh Thompson company hardware building in Youngstown Ohio on December 5 causing an estimated loss of 100600 with 75000 insured.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Stambaugh-Thompson Company
Robbery duo sentenced to ten years in Kansas penitentiary
Emporia Kansas December 5 H L Weber and F Holmes were each sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary for robbery. Weber confessed en route to prison that he had spent ten years cracking safes.
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Emporia
Kan
H. L. Weber
F. Holmes
Weber
Czar Improves Health Says Czar Plans Rest
Livadia December 5 reports the czar is much better and wished to rise yesterday before doctors advised him to stay in bed through the week. His appetite is increasing and his condition is improving.
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Livadia
Report on South African War Skirmishes and Prisoner Toll
The Evening Standard cites war office dispatches from Bloemfontein dated Nov 30. Knox engages Dewet’s rear guard at Debetsdorp and Dewet retreats after two hours of combat with casualties including one killed and five wounded. Paget defeats Herzog at Viljoen and occupies Luékhoft. Lloyd is dangerously wounded. five officers and five men killed or wounded. Boers take 451 prisoners at Dewetsdorp.
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London
South Africa
Kitchener
Agus
War Office
Bloemfontein
Knox
Déwet
Jalx
Dewet
Dafelberg
Bethulie
Settle
Herzog
Luékhoft
Lloyd
Wei
Atty
Lyt
Tleton
Paget
Kruger Canceled Berlin Visit After Emperor William Inability
Kruger abandons planned visit to Berlin and heads for Holland after notification that Emperor William cannot receive him due to prior engagements. Cologne Gazette notes Germany disapproves Kruger aims at outside intervention in South Africa. Press similarly critiques Kruger for defying German advice and aiding guerrilla warfare.
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Berlin
Dee
Kruger
William
Holland
Cologne
Germany
South Africa
Bet
Hayving
Cruiser for Sultan Signs Cramp Contract in Philadelphia
Constantinople December reports Hessan Pasha Ottoman marine minister and Gen Williams representing Cramp Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia have signed a contract to build a cruiser for the Ottoman navy. Price set at £350,000 includes £23,000 indemnity to the United States for losses during the Armenian massacres.
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Cramps of
Philadelphia
Constantinople
Dec
Hessan Pasha
Marine
Gen. Williams
Cramp Shipbuilding. Company
United States
Swiss award grants Brazil 147000 square miles in boundary dispute
Berne reports the Swiss government award in the Franco Brazilian boundary case. Brazil gains about 147000 square miles of the contested territory while France receives roughly 3000 square miles north of the Tumac Humac range. The decision was announced in Berne on December 4.
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South America
Berne
Brazil
France
Dreyfus Arrives in Paris for Winter Visit
Ex Captain of Artillery Alfred Dreyfus arrives in Paris for the winter, his first long stay since leaving the capital for Devil's Island. Street recognition appears minimal as he moves about the city.
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Paris
Dreyfus
Devils Island
Investigation Ordered for Havana Municipality to Stabilize City
Secretary Tamayo ordered an investigation of Havana’s municipality to curb its chaotic condition and establish a stable system for conducting its business. The move aims to reform local governance and improve municipal operations.
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Havana
Senor Tamayo
Boy killed by playmate's shotgun discharge
In Belle Plaine a boy named Fred Lahn died when a shotgun in the hands of fellow playmate Harry Beloor discharged accidentally. The incident occurred as they played in the area near Grinnell Iowa on December 4.
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Jee Grinnell
Iowa
Fred Lahn
Belle Plaine
Harry Beloor
One Thousand Bolomen Surrender at Vigan
Manila reports that one thousand bolomen surrendered to Captain Green of the Thirty-third Infantry at Vigan in Luzon.
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Manila
Green
Thirty-third Infantry
Vigan
Island of Luzon
Tow Boats Collide Near Huntington With Heavy Loss
In Huntington West Virginia on December 4 steamers Tom Dodsworth and Volunteer from Pittsburgh collided twenty miles above the city. About thirty coal boats sank with 600000 bushels of coal and losses exceed 100000 dollars.
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Huntington
W. Va
Tom Dodsworth
Volunteer
Pittsburg
Fire destroys Chattahoochee Brick plant in Atlanta
A large fire in Atlanta on December 4 gutted the Chattahoochee Brick Company's plant, leaving only the stockade intact where hundreds of convicts are housed. The total loss runs about $60,000, with partial insurance coverage.
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Atlanta
Chattahoochee Brick Company
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