Crisis in Cuba Rumors Stir While Blanco Pushes Autonomy
Havana dispatch reports Havana denies Cuba crisis while real unrest grows in Santa Clara and Havana harbor. Insurgents gain support. Intransigentes seek U S protection. Blanco’s trip heightens tensions as Spanish authorities push autonomy despite resistance. The Aranguren brigade calls for vengeance for its fallen leader.
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Havana
Madrid
Cuba
Spain
Blanco
Santa Clara
Marcos Garcia
Weyler
Bianco
Garcia
United States
Havana Navy Yard
Alfonso XII
Maine
Aranguren
Looks Bad for Martin in Lattimer Trial Next Week
February 12 report from Wilkesbarre states Sheriff Martin and deputies resume trial. Witnesses describe initial shots, a volley, and deputies pursuing strikers. Testimony includes a deputy roughing a man, a servant girl fleeing, and deputies seen entering a machine shop with gaps. Prosecution expects fifty more witnesses.
League of American Wheelmen Adjourns Defeated on Sunday Racing Local Option
After three days of sessions the National Assembly of the League of American Wheelmen adjourned with the key issue of local option on Sunday bicycle racing again defeated. An amendment to grant divisions the right to decide Sunday racing was offered and failed by six votes.
De Lome Lingers As Departure Delayed
Ex Spanish minister Senor De Lome remains in Washington delaying his departure. No dispatches from Minister Woodford in Madrid have reached the state department and no explanation is given for the lack of communication since Thursday. The De Lome affair holds the same position as yesterday.
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Washington
Senor Dupy de Lome
State Department
Woodford
Madrid
American Marine Drowns Ensign Breckinridge
Navy reports Ensign Breckinridge of the Cushing drowned off Havana while en route to the harbor after a heavy sea. The body was recovered and will be sent to Key West to inform the family.
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Breckinridge
Cushing
Washington
Navy Department
Sigsbee
Maine
Havana
Key West
Supplies Arrive as Dawson Trade Decked for Spring
The Oregon reached Portland from Skaguay with news of January and a party returning from the Klondike carrying $30,000 in gold dust. The report says Dawson will have ample supplies to last until spring opening.
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Dawson
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Skaguay
McKeesport Police Chief fatally shoots self in station
At McKeesport Central station on February 12 Chief of Police Kline shot himself in the head and died almost instantly. The report notes Mrs. G B Stevenson and says two bats were sacrificed, though details remain unclear.
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McKeesport
Central Station
Kline
Public Buildings Bills Enter Favorable Path, Mercer Says
Congress man Mercer of Nebraska, chairing the Public Buildings and Grounds Committee, expects favorable action this session on several building measures. House funding for local projects remains limited by treasury economy, while Dorr backs two Clinton and Bluefield buildings at 75000 each and seeks WV priority.
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Washington
Congressman Mercer
Nebraska
House Committee On Public
Treasury
House
Dorr
Clinton
Bluefield
West Virginia
Third District
Ife
Ray
New York
Two Fatal Accidents Shock North Carolina Town
Arthur Garvey a Rocky Mount merchant died today at Murphy's Hotel when a window shattered his jugular vein and a second story fall killed an Archer Patterson infant on Grace street at Richmond.
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Richmond
Arthur Garvey
Rocky Mount
N.C
Murphy's Hotel
Ile
Murphy's
Grace Street
Archer Patterson
European and American News Roundup
London papers back U S actions in the De Lome affair while Dreyfus and Zola dominate Paris courts. Reports cite serious Klondike conditions, political strains in Congress, and Indiana Democrats planning a February 22 meeting. Notable incidents include a New York trolley hold-up, a fatal lower New York fire, a lumber mill collapse in Texas, and a fatal gas inhalation in New Jersey.
Local notes and arrivals in Bluefield area district
Community brief listing visitors and residents in Bluefield and surrounding towns. Notes include Pillman Sutton from Princes, E Olivier departure to Powhatar, Prof Baker and Dr Foster visiting, church services and speakers, train delays, Ensign Manufacturing car shipments, smallpox quarantine by Dr Hare, and the death of James H. McSherry with burial plans pending.
Fourteen Killed in Pittsburg Chatauqua Lake Plant Disaster
Rescue teams report two more bodies found in the Chatauqua Lake Ice Company plant ruins, bringing total dead to fourteen and noting one identified victim Willie Finch known as Little Chief and inspector George Newman of the Philadelphia Gas Company among the dead. The notice also advertises local trades and exhibitions, including M. G. Whitlow offering dinner buckets for railroad men and gold nuggets from Klondike on view at Elkhorn W Va offices, plus a piano trade request in Bluefield.
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de Lome
Canalejas
Joan S. Morter
Knoxville
Alsbing
N.Y
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Pittsburg
Chatauqua Lake Ice Company
Willie Finch
Little Chief
George Newman
Philadelphia Gas Company
Elkhorn-Alaska Gold Mining and Development Company
Klondike
Elkhorn
W. Va
Hood's Sarsaparilla Claims Quick Cure for Aches
An advertisement from Wadesville Virginia reports a user who suffered rheumatism backache and headaches. After taking Hood's Sarsaparilla she says seven bottles cleared the pain and fatigue. The copy asserts the tonic acts on liver and bowels and cures sick headache.
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Wadesville
Clearance Sale Feared as Hats Swept at Bargain Prices
A storefront window advertises a clearance sale with cheap hats and sailors priced at twenty five cents. Mrs Stevenson’s window entices shoppers to view the stock and be convinced of the bargain.
Sinking of the Veendam Prompted Rescue by St Louis
The Veendam en route Rotterdam to New York struck submerged wreckage on February 6 and sank, with 188 cabin and steerage passengers and 85 crew. The St Louis rescued all aboard after transferring them by 4:35 p.m. on February 7 amid high seas. Captain Stonger reported no injuries during the perilous operation.
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New York
St. Louis
Veen
Quarantine Declared in Mercer County For Smallpox
The Mercer County Board of Health imposes a strict smallpox quarantine along the Clinch Vale division of the Norfolk and Western Railway. Trains entering from Virginia will be inspected at West Bluefield tower and Bluestone Junction. Public cooperation is requested to enforce the quarantine. February 12, 1898.
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Christchurch
C. A Curisman
Mr. Marshall
Bramwell
J. A. Hare
Board of Health
Mercer County
Virginia
Bluefield
Mercer
Clinch Valeley
Norfolk and Western Railway
Sail Points
West Bluefield Tower
Bluestone Junction
Dr King’s New Discovery touted as cure for coughs
Editor Tiskilwa III Virulent praise for Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. It claims a long record of cures and guarantees satisfaction with free trial at N N White’s Drug Store.
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W.M. Repine
Tiskilwa, III
Dr. King
King
N. N White
Hats Sell From Fifty to Twenty Five Cents
Auction notes list hats priced from fifty to twenty five cents at Mra G Stevenson shops with remaining stock highlighted. Items include headwear sold in bulk at low prices as store clears inventory. Multiple buyers participate in quick sale event across the morning.
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Stevenson
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Lincoln County
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Princeston
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Powhatar
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Nelson Street
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Roanoke World
M. G. Whitlow
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