President demands end to Cuba hostilities and mediators eyed
The article reports President Roosevelt or the U S government pressing Spain to halt Cuban hostilities and allow reconcentrados to return home. It notes Spain's pending reply, possible armistice talk, and France offering goodwill offices if invited. Army and Navy preparations continue, with Maine wreck decisions and base planning under discussion. Spain's Cortes delegate Mendez praised by conservatives. consular aid sought for Cuban orphans.
Senate panel eyes Cuba intervention outlook
Washington reports that the Senate foreign relations committee plans a 10:50 a.m. meeting to review resolutions on Cuba. Members favor intervention, with Gray as the lone dissenter on recognition of belligerency. Morgan may oppose rushing action pending inquiry. Maine court testimony could be reviewed in committee.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Gray
Delaware
Morgan
Maine
Court of inquiry findings provoke little surprise in Havana
In Havana March 29 Americans show calm reaction as newspapers discount the inquiry's main points. Naval men still bar talk on the Maine explosion and await the full text. Interest shifts to Madrid and Washington cables on possible cease of ding and recon rumors, with many awaiting details.
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Havana
Court of Inquiry
Madrid
Maine
Conference at Madrid Aims for Cuban Settlement
United States Minister Woodford met with Spanish ministers in Madrid for about an hour to discuss Cuba and reconcentrados. The two governments seek a settlement though tension remains high. Woodford will relay proposals to the queen regent and cabinet for final action.
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Madrid
United States
Woodford
Spain
Cuba
Senor Sagasta
Senor Gullen
Senor Moret
Colonial Office
Senor Silena
Cabinet backs the President on Maine crisis
Secretary Alger states unanimous Cabinet support for the President after his Maine message. He notes no dissent on the plan, reports forwarding to Spain, and says the next steps will be taken as negotiations unfold.
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Washington
Alger
Maine
Congress
Spain
Sicard Retired by Navy Order Amid Controversy
Rear Admiral Sicard was ordered by the Navy Department to appear before a retirement board, contrary to his wishes and prior understanding. The move, executed without his application, reveals a sensational shift in the end of his active career.
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Key West
Sicard
Board of Retirement
Navy Department
Spaniards raise funds for patriotic effort in Havana
Havana reports Senor Telesfero Garcia of Mexico telegraphed to Captain General Blanco that a Spanish committee will remit $200,000 for a patriotic fund with promises of $1,000,000. Rumors circulated of no war with the United States, yet tensions persisted as events unfolded.
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Havana
Senor Telesfero Garcia
Mexico
Blanco Pnter
Wln
United States
Spain
Spain and United States seek pacific terms on Cuba relief
The Spanish minister Polo y Bernabe met Judge Day in Washington and officials say the talks affirmed a continued pacific outlook. Spain has no objection to U S relief shipments to Cuba and may allow aid to the reconcentrados with agricultural implements as fits wartime policy, provided naval moves avoid aggression. Both governments aim to avoid war and explore adjustments, denying plans for Cuban independence or forcible intervention.
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Spain
Day
State Department
Cuba
United States
Washington
Senor Polo Y Bernabe
Judge Day
Pacific
American views on Cuban crisis and intervention
The speaker argues the United States must champion humane action on the continent and back President McKinley if sterner measures are needed. He compares European efforts in Bulgaria and Armenia to U S aims and asserts only the President knows when intervention is warranted.
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Denver
Bulga
Armenia
United States
McKinley
Anonymous Letter Ties Havana Plot To Maine Disaster
The Maine testimony report details an anonymous letter dated Feb 18, 1898 and signed An Admirer. It claims two men killed and a prisoner near the Maine and Alfonso XII., and alleges Pepe Taco the diver organized the blast for 6000 with payments split. He allegedly concealed facts after the explosion.
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Washington
Maine
Government Printing Office
Henry Drain
Havana
Lee
Alfonso XII
Pepe Taco
Mercares Street
la Marina
Regla
Santa Catalina
Roderiguez Batista Street
Gelabert Street
Muralla Street
Republicans Favor Intervention in Cuban Crisis, Speaker Expected Push
A House member predicted rapid action toward intervention and recognition of Cuban independence. He noted most Republicans support intervention, with potential cross party backing, and said relief funding would hinge on a concurrent call for intervention and independence.
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House
Congress
Recalled Ensigns Return From London Naval Study
Ensigns Robinson and McMorris have been recalled by Washington after assisting Lt Cmdr Colwell and studying naval architecture in Glasgow. They will sail home Saturday. The cruiser San Francisco and New Orleans left the Thames for the United States at nine knots due to engine trouble. New Orleans is to follow the San Francisco. Spanish agents watched both ships in the Thames. Reports say the United States is again negotiating at Athens to buy three Greek cruisers.
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London
Robinson and
McMorris
Colwell
United States
Glasgow
Washington
San Francisco
New Orleans
Thames
Howell
Athens
Sigsbee Returns Home From Havana After Maine Loss
Captain Sigsbee arrives in Washington at 7 41 AM from Havana, accompanied by Paymaster Ray Chief Engineer Howell Naval Cadet Holden and Dr Honeberger. Neighbors decorate his home as friends and officers send roses and ships designs. He reports no assignment yet and plans to file a written report on the Maine disaster. The captain notes bitter Spanish feeling in Havana.
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Washington
Sigsbee
Havana
Ray
Howell
Holden
Honeberger
Virginia
Navy Department
Department
Maine
Great Army to Organize
Lieutenant General John M. Schofield, retired, elected commander of the national military reserves, will go to New York to organize them. He believes pledges can be secured from men nationwide to standby for any government call, aiming for two million. General Longstreet is named vice commander with Howard Dodge Wheeler McCook among others.
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Howard
J. M. Dodge
Joe Wheeler
Alexander McCook
Invasion of Cuba Would Be Short and Decisive
General Schofield warned that an invasion could be rapid and successful. He argued naval superiority and proximity to supply bases would allow quick landings and decisive gains, with Cubans bearing much of the fighting. He lamented war but urged readiness and impregnable arms as peace insurance.
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Cuba
Havana
Butler
New Orleans
Schofield
Cornell President Returns From West War Sentiment Grows
President Schurman of Cornell University completes a two weeks tour visiting alumni in Illinois Missouri Colorado and Nebraska. He notes increasing war fervor the farther west he travels with Chicago showing stronger tension than New York.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Schurman
Cornell University
Illinois
Missouri
Colorado
Nebraska
Cornell
Chicago
New York
Muralla Street Names in Explosion Case Linked to Garcia Group
A consular report recounts a conspiracy tied to Muralla Street business talks with Garcia Corujego Villasuso Maribona and others. A jailed suspect was kept from giving evidence as the plot allegedly pleased those who orchestrated it. The clerk notes a misnaming of Pepe Taco, likely Pepe Barquin, both of whom died around the explosion.
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Muralla Street
Garcia
Corujego
Villasuso
Maribona
A. Marix
U. N
Drain
Pepe Taco
Pepe Barquin
Immediate and aggressive action debated in House
Washington reports strong sentiment among House members for prompt action over Cuba. Members of the ways and means committee and other leaders push to express opinion and link relief funds to war-stopping measures. Names cited include Hopkins, Tawney, Mercer, Hepburn, Lorrimer, and Graff.
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Washington
House
Hopkins
Illinois
Tawney
Minnesota
Ways and Means
Mercer
Nebraska
Hepburn
Iowa
Lorrimer and Graff
Lorrimer
Government Aid Proposal Faces Possible Opposition
The article notes uncertainty about how the plan to send governmental aid would be received and whether it would encounter strong opposition. It highlights a country context and the lack of clarity on response from leaders or the public.
Fighting Bob Evans Predicts War and Holds Spain Accountable
In Tampa Evans argues the Maine mine was laid by Spanish officials or those familiar with Havana Harbor. He predicts war soon, warns of possible assassination attempts on Consul-General Lee, and urges stopping the Spanish torpedo flotilla with a US strike first.
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Tampa
Fila
Bob” Evans
Iowa
Key West
Maine
Havana
Congress
Lee
United States
Hisses for President at New York Exhibition
At Proctor's Pleasure Palace in New York a biography exhibit drew strong reaction as pictures of Revolutionary era patriots and General Lee sparked cheers while a portrait of President McKinley at Canton provoked hisses and catcalls from part of the audience.
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New York
Proctor’s Pleasure Palace
Lee
McKinley
Canton
Seupondyeas
Audience Disrupts Showing for Quiet Backdrop
Yells cat calls and cheers rose during the screening until crowd noise forced removal of the picture to restore order and quiet.
Durango Mob Burns McKinley Effigy in Quiet Act
In Durango a mob burned President McKinley in effigy, acting with businesslike restraint. After the figure burned to ashes a humorous supporter started a subscription to reimburse Spain for the Maine powder, quickly reaching a notable sum.
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Colorado
Spain
Maine
Denver
Col
Durango
McKinley
Spanish seize schooner near Casildea forces release
The American schooner Hester of Pensacola arrived at Kingston after a Spanish gunboat boarded her on the voyage and towed the vessel to Casildea where she was detained for three days. Havana dispatches earlier reported an Esther capture by the Ardilla near Casildea and subsequent release after rudder repairs.
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Kingston
Jam
Hester
Pensacola
Fla
Casildea
United States
Havana
Cuba
Ardilla
Esther
Jamaica
Quiet in Havana and Key West report change of orders
An officer on board says the Grove’s voyage to Havana without U S officials resulted from a change of orders caused by unexpected quiet in Cuba. It is denied that the trip was tied to routine matters or premeditated by the department. Captain Evans arrives to take command of the Iowa as the Annapolis reaches port.
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Key West
Fla
Havana
United States
Cuba
Evans
Miami
Iowa
Annapolis
Lieut O'Brien Remains In Service After Withdrawal
Washington March 29 The Secretary of War signed an order canceling the acceptance of First Lieutenant M J O Brien Fifth Infantry resignation. O Brien figured in Atlanta court martial proceedings over trouble with Captain Romeyn Romeyn was court martialled but retired without punishment. Pending charges against O Brien were withdrawn and his resignation accepted. by intercession of friends the acceptance was withdrawn and he remains in service.
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Washington
M. J. O’brien
Fifth Infantry
Atlanta
Romeyn
O’brien
Anti American riot reports from Key West ferry to Havana
All US navy divers who worked on the Maine wreck returned aboard the Bache. Captain Chadwick, who went to Havana to assess further wrecking work, was a passenger. The Bache and Mangrove officers say Havana is outwardly calm but warn talk of anti American demonstrations and rioting continues.
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Key West
Fla
United States Navy
Maine
Tribute to Lieutenant Jenkins Arrives in Cincinnati
The Maine’s Lieutenant F. W. Jenkins body arrives in Cincinnati with a tender tribute. A Sixth Infantry escort under Captain Wetherill, Colonel Cochranes, Lieutenant-Colonel Egbert and many officers attend. General Cowin and about twenty five Loyal Legion members are present. Eight soldiers remove the casket.
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Cincinnati
F. W. Jenkins
Maine
Sixth Infantry
Wetherill
Cochrane
Egbert
Cowin
Ohio
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Columbia Sails From League Island Amid Fogbound Bay
The United States cruiser Columbia left League Island for Hampton Roads yesterday afternoon and anchored below encastle last night. Due to dense fog over the bay, it proceeded seaward about fifteen miles before reanchoring off Reedy Island at 2 49 PM today.
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Philadelphia
United States
Columbia
League Island
Hampton Roads
Encastle
Reedy Island
Torpedo Boat Somers Rechristened at Schichau Yard
Lieutenant John J. Knapp of the U S S N raised the Stars and Stripes over the torpedo boat purchased for the United States at the Schichau yard and renamed Somers after leaving the cruiser San Francisco.
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Berlin
John J. Knapp
U. SS. N
United States
San Francisco
Schichau Yard
Hotchkiss Guns Sent From Fort Sheridan To Eastern Ports
Five rapid firing Hotchkiss guns were dispatched last night from Fort Sheridan to eastern locations. A large gun went to Fort Pickens at Pensacola Florida, two smaller guns moved toward Long Island Head in Boston Harbor, and two were sent to Fort Warren Massachusetts. Each gun accompanied by 1500 rounds of ammunition.
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Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Fort Pitkins
Pensacola
Fla
Long Island Head
Boston Harbor
Fort Warren
Mass
Favorite Remedy Claims Cure for Kidney and Urinary Ailments
Advertisement touts Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy as a cure for Gravel Bright's Disease kidney and bladder troubles. It pledges reform when others fail and offers a $1 bottle and free sample by mail from Rondout New York with a note to mention the paper. A testimonial from Clarence Van Ostrom of Stissing Dutchess County New York is cited.
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Bright
David Kennedy
Dr. David Kennedy Corporation
Rondout
N. Y
Clarence van Ostrom
Stissing, Dutchess Co
N.Y
Pickets Hinge on Warships and Coaling at Jamaica
Pickets outside the cruisers and Bates ships hint at conversion to torpedo boats or dynamite cruisers as the Manning is an 18 knot ship. The Boston Fruit Company's Brookline ships 300 tons of coal to Port Antonio for Jamaica coaling station, normally stockpiled but drawn down by U S cruisers Cincinnati and gunboats Castine and Wilmington.
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Bates
Boston Fruit Company
Brookline
Philadelphia
Port Antonio
Jamaica
the Fruit Company
United States
Cincinnati
Castine
Wilmington
The
Fruit Company
Mill Rioting Forces 30 Officers at Lewiston Gates
Leewiston report says demonstrations at mill gates include revolvers. Thirty officers are to guard the gates in the morning. If needed an injunction against the picketers will be sought. Most of the crowd is not composed of strikers or loiterers.
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Lewiston
Mabel Adams Case Seeks Void Marriage Claim
In Chicago a suit filed by Maud Evelyn Mix formerly Mabel Shaw seeks to annul her 1896 marriage to Frank Fiske Farwell of Providence Rhode Island. She alleges she was a minor and that the ceremony was a mock marriage tied to a wager over chocolates. She recently wed H L Mix of Harvard University.
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Chicago
Mabel Evelyn Shaw
Frank Fiske Farwell
Providence
R. I
Maud Evelyn Mix
Miss Shaw
H. L. Mix
Harvard University
Farwell
Axe Attack Alleged in North End Domestic Incident
Mrs Alleya Guglielmo, 28, of 34 Clark Street, North End, says her husband Rafale and brother-in-law Antony assaulted her with an axe causing deep arm cuts and a scalp wound. She is in critical condition at Massachusetts General Hospital after the attack. The pair escaped. Antonio was arrested in the North End early this morning.
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Alleya Guglielmo
Clark Street
North End
Rafale
Antony Guglielmo
Guglielmo
Dunn
Massachusetts General Hospital
Antonio
Norfolk Cook Grantee New Trial After Supreme Court Action
John Anderson, cook of the schooner Olive Pecker, convicted last December of murdering Mate Saunders at sea, is set for a new trial after the United States Supreme Court granted the case.
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Cook
Givens
Norfolk
John Anderson
Olive Pecker
Mate Saunders
High Seas
United States Supreme Court
Fire Levels Three-Story Dorchester Building
A fire gutted a three story frame building at Brookside Avenue and Cornwell Street Dorchester this morning. Two alarms were sounded 1 33 and 1 a m. The owner Joseph P Shaw a carpenter and builder occupied the building formerly used by Etna Rubber Company. Damage estimated at 19000 dollars. The fire cause is unknown.
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Cornewall Street
Dorchester
Joseph P. Shaw
Carpenter
Etna Rubber Company
Shaw
Joes
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