Reforms in Cuba and Porto Rico Promise Broad Suffrage
Spanish preamble to reform decree pledges amnesty for past offences and openness to arms negotiates broader suffrage while guarding illiterates. Duput de Lome says voting may ignore tax payments for non illiterates. Tariff terms favor U S trade and Cuba governs itself with Cuban and Spanish officials.
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Washington
Cuba
Porto Rico
Senor Canovas
Spain
Dupuy de Lome
Madrid
United States
Spanish West Indies
Council of Administration
Canovas Presses Cuba Reforms Despite Ongoing Rebellion
Madrid reports Prime Minister Canovas will push reforms in Cuba by law even if pacification is not complete. Dissatisfaction grows over concessions to Cubans and cabinet changes are anticipated. Marquis Pidal or General Martinez Campos may replace Canovas, who would offer himself to the crown if he resigns.
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Madrid
Canovas
Cuba
Marquis Pidal
Martinez Campos
Senor Canovas del
Mason to Stand for Cuba Recognition in Senate
Chicago February 7 United States Senator elect Mason vows to press for Cuba recognition once seated in the Senate. He states his voice will not be silenced until Cuba is formally recognized.
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Chicago
United States
Mason
Senate
Cuba
Icebound Atlantic Passage Delays Reach St John’s
The Allan line steamer Carthaginian abandoned its attempt to reach St John’s due to ice extending to Cape Race and headed to Liverpool. The Portia rests at Trepassey while coastal mail steamers are icebound. Nimrod searches for the missing State of Georgia, sighted off Cape Race in an ice floe with no other vessels nearby.
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ST. John’s
N. F
Allan Line
Carthaginian
Cape Race
Liverpool
Portia
Trepassey
State of Georgia
Seventy Fifth Anniversary of Universalist Church Cambridge
The T First Universalist Church of Cambridge marks 75 years with a banquet and speeches in the vestry this Thursday. Rev. George W. Bicknell delivers a historical sermon noting how Universalist believers grew from few in New England and the U S, once treated as outcasts.
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T First Universalist Church
Cambridge
George W. Bicknell
New England
United States
Hawaiian Annexation Dead Declared by Palmer
Washington reports a local paper will publish an interview with Colonel Palmer Queen Lilas private secretary in which he says Hawaiian annexation is dead forever.
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Washington
Colonel Palmer
Queen Lil
Noon Evangelistic Association meeting at Bromfield Church
The noon meeting at Bromfield Street Church will be addressed this week by prominent evangelists and Christian workers from the Moody meeting. Professor William B. Shaw and Miss Jeanne Wilson will lead the singing today. Shaw is organist and director of music at Dorchester Evangelist Lutheran Church. Wilson is the contralto of its choir.
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The
Evangelistic Association
Bromfield Street
Evangelista
Willam B. Shaw
Jeanne Wilson
Shaw
Evangelist Lutheran Church of
Dorchester
Mrs Beecher in Steady Condition Tonight
Stamford report says there is no material change in the condition of Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher as of tonight, with physicians continuing careful observation and supportive treatment.
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Stamford, Conn
Henry Ward Beecher
Furniss on English and American humor and politics
The interview covers why English humor appeals differently to Brits and Americans and notes Mr. Furniss’s view of political campaigning in the U S versus England. He cites Chamberlain as a leading figure, discusses Gladstone and Bismarck, and predicts shifts in journalism and satire including cartoons and illustrated stories.
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America
England
Philadelphia
Mr. Furniss
Chamberlain
Gladstone
Bismarck
Bryan
Furniss
Times
United States
Punch
Laying Foundations Sermon for Young Men at Dudley Street Church
Dr Gumbart urges Boston’s young men to set a firm purpose to excel and live pure lives He cautions against luck and urges consecration to Jesus Christ as savior Many prosperous men in Boston live Christian lives and invite others to join the effort at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley Street
Samson
Jesus Christ
Boston
First Parish Meeting House marks 50th anniversary
Ipswich observes the fiftieth anniversary of the First Parish Congregational Church dedication with morning and afternoon services. The program included a re reading of the dedicatory sermon by Rev. David T. Kimball and historical addresses by several clergy. Floral displays, music, and old pictures enhanced the event recalling its 1847 dedication on the site of the first local church built by early colonists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ipswich
David T. Kimball
E. Constant
T. F. Waters
South Congregational Church
Milo H. Gates
The
Ascension Memorial Church
Episcopal
George
Spaniards Pleased As Havana Publishes Cuban Reform Scheme
In Havana the authorities consent to publish Madrid cabinet reforms. Lucha and Diario de la Marina issue extras with the reforms but no editorials. Five female political suspects from Puerto Principe province are released from the women’s penitentiary.
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Havana
Madrid
Lucha
Diario de la Marina
Puerto Principe
Corbett Heads for San Francisco Fight Camp
James J. Corbett left Kansas City at 1 PM for San Francisco with Jim MeVey Kid Egan and Ruhlins the wrestler. Billy Woods will join in Denver to help train for the big fight. The party will stop one day and night at Salt Lake City spending Tuesday night there.
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Kansas City
James J. Corbett
San Francisco
Denver
Salt Lake
Jim MevVey
Egan
Ruhlins
Billy Woods
Corbett
The Rise and Madness of Mihaly de Munkacsy in Paris
The article chronicles Mihaly de Munkacsy born Mihaly Schroeder in Munkacz Hungary who rose from a carpenter's apprentice to fame. Americans funded his last days of a condemned man painting and his work sparked a fortune, with Wanamaker and Miss Wolfe owning major pieces. He married the Baroness de Marches and built a Parisian home rich in art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Munkaesy
Mihali Schroeder
Munkacz
Hungary
Mihali
Michael
Munkaczy
Avenue de Villiers
Paris
Mihaly de Munkacsy
Munkacsy
Dusseldorf
Knaus
Willstack
Hke Byron
Michael Schroeder
Mihaly de Munkaesy
Legion of Honor
Order of the Iron Cross
Catherine Wolfe
New York
Milton
Christ
Pilate
John Wanamaker
General Alger
Baroness de Marches
Rhine
Budapest
Yersin’s Plague Serum Tested in India Effort
Paris reports growing medical interest in Dr. Yersin’s plague serum after his India mission. Observers note his Hong Kong Canton Amoy Tonquin work and high survival in 1895 cases, while concerns persist about plague spreading to Europe.
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Dr. Yersin
India
Paris
Yersin
Pasteur Institute
Roux
Hong Kong
Canton
Amoy
Bombay
Europe
Tonquin
Rue Dutot
Academy of Medicine
Institut de France
Henri Monod
Pasteur
Elijah at Music Hall by Handel and Haydn Society
The Handel and Haydn Society presented Mendelssohn's Elijah at Music Hall with strong dramatic singing led by Mr. Lang. Ffrangcon Davies impressed in the role of Elijah and Miss Russell, Miss Stein, and Messrs. Rieger and Mills were noted for their performances. A future program includes Parker's Hora Novissima for Easter Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Handel
Music Hall
Handel and Haydn Society
Birmingham
England
Lang
Ahab
Baal
Zerrahn
Ffrangcon Davies
Davies
Donion
Jennie Patrick Walker
Louise Bruce Brooks
Quarantine Detains Glengyle Over Bubonic Plague Fears
The China Sea steamer Glengyle, arriving via Suez and Gibraltar, was held at quarantine and disinfected after ports touched showed poor sanitation amid bubonic plague concerns in India. The crew of fifty six received warm baths while effects were disinfected with live steam and the ship was fumigated before six hours detention. The Italian bark Filippo de Negri, from Singapore, underwent the same quarantine procedure and was released.
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New York
China Sea
Glengyle
Suez Canal
Gibraltar
India
Doty
James W. Wadsworth
Fillipo de Negri
Singapore
Plague Appears in Candahar Prompting Russian Watch
The governor announces bubonic plague found at Candahar Afghanistan. A force of Cos sacks will patrol along the Amu Darya River to prevent spread into Russian territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tashkend
trans-Caspian
Candahar
Afghanistan
Amu Darya
New Patent Office Rules Approved in Washington
Secretary of the Interior Francis approves the patent office rules to be officially promulgated this week. Fee changes are mostly reductions and the regulations are shorter and fewer in number.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Francis
Patent Office
Sacred Jerusalem lecture illustrated at Young Men's Union
The Rev. Julian K. Smyth of the Church of the New Jerusalem Roxbury gave a sacred illustrated lecture on Remembered Places in and About Jerusalem. Over eighty stereopticon pictures depicted scenes from Christ's time and modern Jerusalem including the landing at Jaffa, Mount of Olives, Gethsemane, Mount Zion, Bethany, Bethlehem, the Church of the Nativity, and more.
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Julian K. Smyth
Church of the New
Solomon’s Temple
Mount Zion
Ecco Homo Arch
Béthany
Bethlehem
Church of the Nativity
Tragic New York Merchant Amid Riviera Deaths
London reports reveal the death of New York merchant Mr. Lund near Monte Carlo and notes sixty five self inflicted deaths linked to Monte Carlo activities during the Riviera season.
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London
New York
Lund
Monte Carlo
Riviera
Queen Victoria Plans Sheffield Town Hall Opening
The Queen writes via private secretary Sir Alfred Bigge that she will open Sheffield Town Hall in May in person, countering rumors of severe illness or debility.
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London
Sir Alfred Bigge
Sheffield
Hanna's Ohio trip stirs Senate plans and cabinet talk
Major McKinley attended church with Representative Wilson and Pru den amid White House plans. National Republican Club official S. A. Perkins says Hanna's Senate appointment strong in Washington with Republicans nationwide. Hanna likely won’t accept a Cabinet post, and McKinley may delay diplomatic moves until the extra session. Wilson's visit appears to back General Woodruff for a Cabinet role.
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Canton
Major McKinley
Representative Wilson
Brooklyn
Pruden
White House
William McAfee
Columbus
Ohio
East
S. A. Perkins
National Republican Club
Washington
Cleveland
Hanna
Perkins
Senate
Wilson
Platt
Woodruff
Mother’s Tragedy on Yellowstone River in Big Timber
The wife of John Cort drowned her three children in the Yellowstone River and then killed herself after an apparent domestic unhappiness. All four bodies were recovered. Local authorities investigate the family tragedy in Big Timber Montana.
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Big Timber
Mont
John Cort
Yellowstone
Noted criminal lawyer Charles W Brooke dies in New York
Charles Wallace Brooke a famed criminal lawyer died at Smith Infirmary New Brighton S I after cancer surgery. Born April 10 1836 in Philadelphia he joined the New York bar in 1858 and had handled notorious cases including the Andre murder and the Woodhull libel affair.
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New York
Charles Wallace Brooke
Smith Infirmary
New Brighton
S. I
Brooke
Townsend
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Bishop Potter
Henry Watterson
Andre
Bank of England
Woodhull
Claflin
Doodle Aldermen
Napoleon Ives
Buchanan, Meyer and Fleming
Harvard gifts Peabody Museum to Harvard University
Harvard University announces the transfer of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology to the university. The four story Divinity Avenue building in Cambridge and the Serpent Mound Park in Adams County, Ohio become part of the university, with the museum now directed by a faculty group led by President Charles W. Eliot and Professor Putnam. The Mary Hemenway collection and Moki Pueblo items join the exhibit, opening 9 am to 6 pm daily except Sundays and holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard University
Peabody Museum of American Archeology
Mississippi Valley
North America
Peabody Museum
Divinity Avenue
Cambridge
University Museum
George Peabody
University
Harvard
Corporation
Charles W. Eliot
Putnam
Messrs
Stephen Salisbury
Charles P. Bowditch
Francis G. Lowell
Harvard Corporation
Mary Hemenway
Arizona
New Mexico
Frank H. Cushing
Southwest
General Raffaele Cadorna Dies at Milan Born 1815
Rome reports the death of General Raffaele Cadorna a renowned Italian soldier born in Milan in 1815. He played a key role in the war of 1848 rose to general and commanded Sicily after unification enforcing suppression of brigandage. He led the fourth army corps in Rome 1870 and becomes Senator in 1871. He later headed the Turin army corps before retirement in 1873.
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Rome
Raffaele
Cadorna
Milan
Italy
Sicily
Kingdom
Army Corps
Turin
Young Assemblyman Robert Emmett Jr. Dies in Albany
Albany reports the death of Robert S. Emmett Jr. a 28-year-old Assemblyman from Westchester's second district and prominent New York City lawyer. He fell ill during the Legislature's first week session and died this afternoon from typhoid fever.
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Albany
N. Y
Robert S. Emmett, Jr
Westchester County
Professor W. E. Peck Dies in Pomfret
Professor William E. Peck, principal of the school named for him, died this morning in Pomfret Connecticut of pneumonia. He was 65 years old, a Trinity College graduate, and leaves a widow and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomfret, Conn
William E. Peck
Trinity College
Captain Elishur Thompson Dies at Five Mile Point Light
Captain Elshur Thompson longtime keeper of the Five Mile Point lighthouse in New Haven Harbor died today at age 82. He served at the station for many years and was a respected figure in the maritime community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven, Conn
Elshur Thompson
Five Mile Point
New Haven Harbor
Veterans Buried Two Old Brighton G A R Veterans
Brighton post 92 marks first double funeral day since its organization. Albert F Brock’s funeral from 64 Parsons street at 2 pm with Rev A A Berle officiating. James W Hervey led a 75 member post procession. Eleventh Massachusetts Battery and United Workmen delegates attended.
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Brighton
Post 92
Post
Albert F. Brock
Parsons Street
A. A. Berle
Eleventh
Massachusetts Battery Association
American Order of United Workmen
Odd Fellows Funeral for Joseph A. Chabot in Somerville
The funeral for Joseph A. Chabot was held in Somerville with a private prayer service at his residence and a public service at Odd Fellows Hall. Delegations from Odd Fellows Knights of Honor Masons Encampment and City Council attended. Interment followed at Woodlawn.
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Joseph A. Chabot
Somerville
Park Street
Odd Fellows
Knights of Honor
Masons
Frank O. Hall
North Avenue
J. J. Underhill
Frank Noyes
John Downing
George S. Vincent
George H. Allen
Woodlawn
Hayden Funeral Held In Newton
The funeral of Henry C. Hayden who died Friday morning at his home on Washington park was held today at 3 oclock from the Central Congregational Church. Rev J M Dutton conducted the services with numerous floral tributes including special Masonic fraternity honor. The deacons of the church served as pallbearers.
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Newton
Henry C. Hayden
Washington Park
Central Congregational Church
J. M. Dutton
Masonic Fraternity
British Budget Speech Sparks London Stock Decline
Berlin reports Sir Michael Hicks Beach angered markets in the British House of Commons as Egypt policy Crete troubles and Paris Bourse relapse weighed on prices. Fontigues fell from 5 8 to 11 4 percent, Austrian credits dropped 21 2, bank shares down 1 percent.
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Berlin
Michael Hicks-Beach
House of Commons
Great Britain
Egypt
Crete
Paris
Fontigues
Fighter Joe Shelby Dies Threatening Illness in Missouri
General Joe Shelby known as Fighting Joe and former Confederate major general and U S marshal for the western district of Missouri is reported dying on his Adrian Missouri farm. He suffers from pneumonia developing into typhoid pneumonia fever. doctors called from Kansas City and his brothers have come to his bedside.
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Kansas City
Joe”’ Shelby
Joe
Missouri
Adrian
Ambitions and a Low Budget Marriage Proposal
A woman declares firm ambitions to solve a major problem and is then challenged with the idea of managing a family on fifteen dollars a week before marriage. The exchange reflects practical concerns shaping life choices in a domestic context.
Arbitration treaty rise and canal bill dropped for bankruptcy
Washington notes three weeks remain in Congress as the arbitration treaty with Great Britain moves toward a vote. The Nicaragua Canal bill is to be dropped and replaced by a bankruptcy measure amid Senate debate. The Hawaiian cable plan and McKinley’s anticipated presidential count are also outlined with prospects for passage doubtful this Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Great Britain
Sherman
Hale
Mr. Morgan
Nicaragua
Cameron
Republic of Cuba
Morgan
Hoar
House
Nelson
Teller
United States
Honolulu
Japan
William McKinley
Boston forger arraigned in Jefferson Market Court
Central office detectives brought Joseph LaMaitra 35 to Magister Deuel at Jefferson Market Police Court for passing worthless checks. He fled Boston after a victim learned of a warrant. He was remanded awaiting Massachusetts requisition papers. He admitted a prior three year sentence in Boston House of Correction.
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New York
Central Office
Deuel
Jefferson Market
Joseph LaMaitra
Boston
LaMaitra
Marino Starbita
Grand Street
Massachusetts
LaMautra
Boston House of Correction
Union Pacific Case Appoints Special Master in Washington
United States Judge Sanborne signed an order appointing William D. Cornish of St. Paul Minnesota as special master to receive intervening petitions in the United States against the Union Pacific Railroad Company. The master will examine and report on all accounts submitted by the receivers of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Sanborne
William D. Cornish
St. Paul
Lowell Birthday Observed by American Students in Berlin
American students in Berlin plan a reception concert on February 22 to celebrate James Russell Lowell's birthday. United States Ambassador Ui will preside. Professor Brande will give an address and Professor J T Hatfield will deliver an oration. Miss Leonore Jackson will perform on the violin.
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Berlin
James Russell Lowell
United States
Uhi
Brande
J. T. Hatfield
Leonore Jackson
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