Cuban Army Rolls in Pay Scandal at Santiago de las Vegas
Report from Havana describes delays and padded pay rolls for Cuban insurgent veterans. Lieutenant George M. Randall and a Cuban escort oversaw a disputed $3,000 fund distribution with many applicants lacking proper credentials. Officials noted dead, absent, or non gun holders on rolls as scrutiny grows. Census data show 1,317,082 residents and island debt at $17,701,504 amid wartime destruction of 74 towns.
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Morse
Neanya
Santiago de Las Vegas
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Randall
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Spain
New Spanish Minister Arrives in New York En Route to Washington
Duke Arcos arrives aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to assume the Spanish minister post in Washington. He travels with his wife Miss Virginia Lowery and Senor Ryano as first secretary. He expresses confidence in a U S victory, notes Spain’s shifted focus, and declines on Cuba, citing lack of new information.
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Two Women Claim Body of Man Killed in Rail Wreck
Two women claim the body of Edwin J. Barker killed in a Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern wreck near Waterloo. Mrs. B J Barker, widow, travels from Hot Springs Arkansas to claim the remains. Miss Ida Shadville of Montana arrives claiming Barker planned to marry her in Minneapolis.
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Waterloo
Springs
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Port Rio and Cuba tariff talk and sugar policy note
A fragmented dispatch discusses potential U S action favoring Porto Rico over Jamaica and Cuba, with talks of tariff adjustments and sugar bounty abolition in cooperation with imperial policies. Local notes report drought in Thompson Creek, choir meetings, and several visits among residents including the Sherrod, Conway, and Wadsworth families through Magnolia.
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Jami
Cuba
Porto Ric
Discovery of gold reported in Lower California diggings
Excited crews aboard the steamer Curacoa and others after reports from Ensenada and Guaymas describe a gold find in Lower California. Miners and prospectors flock to the new diggings, with yields claimed at two ounces daily and claims of a wide, water-filled placers several miles across. In San Francisco and Seattle dispatches, arrivals and prospects tie to a potential rush and railroad progress.
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Coyote Springs
Cotton Chopped and Corn Laid By at Allenfarm
Local notes say farmers have cotton nearly chopped and corn laid by at Allenfarm. Residents express urgent need for rain. Mrs. Cothran and Mrs. Crenshaw of Spring Creek are visiting relatives in the community.
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Lillie Wadsworth
Plain County
Jesse Henry
Macy
John Newcomb
Mamie and
Mattie
Reliance
Ww. E. Conway
Horace Dillard
Hearne
Mary Sherrod
Henry Conway
Bethel
Lizzie Slaughter
James Sherrod
Magnolia
New York Life Reaches One Billion in Insurance in Force
The New York Life Insurance Company reports 1899 end-book in force of $1,000,168,803 excluding transit apps and un paid policies. It is the world’s largest life insurer, a mutual company owned by policyholders with profits to them. Over 400000 names enrolled in the Business Men's Club, reflecting mutual protection and self reliance.
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Europe
Surance Companie
Business Men’s Club
R. G. Tabor
D&wit
Bryan
Texas
New Great Rock Island Route Offers Faster Travel
Schedules show Fort Worth departs at 8 25 a m with arrivals at Lincoln and Omaha by 9 10 a m and Des Moines at 4 39 p m. The line promotes time savings and modern equipment as key benefits for travelers choosing the route.
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Rive Lincoln
Omaha
Iowa
Des Moines
Chas.e. Sloat
G.P. A
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Tex
Reas
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