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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1906
Page
3
About 200 horses bound for the Cuban government were shipped yesterday on the steamer Excelsior from New Orleans. Reports indicate a further consignment of around 900 horses and mules will be ready to ship by early next week.
Norfolk reports the cruisers Cleveland and Tacoma plus marine drafts depart for Cuba amid violent northeast winds and heavy seas. Marines from League Island and Boston join Tacoma and Newark crews as fog prevents identification at Cape Henry. A mutiny on Cleveland surfaces as a master of arms is severely beaten, hospitalizing the injured officer.
William Jennings Bryan stated he is glad troops were withdrawn from Havana and urged peaceful mediation rather than U S intervention. He said the parties should settle their disputes themselves, with the United States offering good offices to help reach an agreement.
Secretary Taft and Assistant Secretary Bacon depart Washington at 3 45 PM aboard an Atlantic Coast Line train bound for Tampa Florida to reach a naval vessel and sail to Havana per President Roosevelt instructions to assess the political situation. The party includes Rockwood Newcomb McCoy Cairns Macias and two messengers with Cairns aiding due to Cuban ties. Arrival at Port Tampa expected around 10 PM tomorrow.
The battleship New Jersey left Charlestown navy yard under sealed orders with 720 sailors 35 officers and 70 marines aboard. Many sendoff handkerchiefs surfaced as crews boarded and the envelope’s contents await at sea. Yard marines were depleted by a prior detachments, and 24 hour passes ceased as the Cuban question lingers. A 100 man detachment from Portsmouth was expected today to bolster barracks and posts.
The Sept 16 Havana report says a decree ending hostilities surprised observers who had expected officials to oppose peace. The sudden shift in stance followed two days of strong anti peace sentiment from the government.
General Menocal and Jose Miguel Gomez meet in prison to discuss peace terms after President Palma halts the campaign. Emissaries escort talks to Guanajay and Santiago de Las Vegas with Campos Marquetti’s forces encircled and threats of dynamite. U.S. involvement is awaited to back a stable, cheaper government and tariff reductions.
General Freyre Andrade said peace terms are not yet discussed beyond formal mentions. Government rejects annulment of constitutional elections and seeks a settlement with revolutionists, aided by U S goodwill but preferring no intervention. A decree frees 30 prisoners as hostilities pause while warrants target Felipe Romero, with immunity talks tied to a Denver visit.
The United States auxiliary cruiser Dixie received orders to sail from Havana to Cienfuegos, with departure set for 2 o clock tomorrow morning. Observers doubt the gunboat Marietta can adequately guard the besieged city.
Article promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female troubles to avoid surgery. It cites testimonials from women who allegedly recovered without operations and urges readers to seek Mrs. Pinkham's advice in Lynn Massachusetts.
In a tragic incident at Sheepshead Bay two Boston women perished after a drunken sailing trip ended when the Sausage boat engine failed belatedly and a scow dragged into their vessel, causing a fatal wreck near Navesink Light. Fannie Day recalled the events at home, noting the party with Walter Dodd and Mabel Cooke who was injured and hospitalized at Port Richmond.
Miss Day recounts a life threatening fall into a waterlogged well under a boat. She clung to a chain on a wooden shelf as garbage clung to the boards and救
Miss Minnie Fitzpatrick and Miss Ruth G. Saunders drowned in Sheepshead Bay after a yachting trip. Fitzpatrick lived at 102 Vernal Street Everett and previously at 386 Bunker Hill Street Charlestown. Saunders ran a dressmaking shop at 366 Massachusetts Avenue and resided in New Sharon Missouri. The Fitzpatrick family learned of the drowning yesterday morning and relatives headed to New York.
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