Government Victory Near Havana In Majay Engagement
Government forces under General Rodriguez with 400 guardsmen attacked rebels led by General Del Castro and Colonels Albert and Acosta at Majay twelve miles south of Havana. After heavy fighting the rebels dispersed with eight killed and twenty three wounded. guardsmen losses were one killed and thirteen wounded. General Rodriguez returned to Havana as discussions on intervention mirror Roosevelt administration moves.
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Rodriguez
del Castro
Albert and
Acosta
Majay
el Cano
Roosevelt
Taft
Bacon
Cuba
United States
Philippines
Cabanas
Rio Sud
Senor de Quesada
Associated Press
Palma
Roosevelt urges Cuba to restore peace and protect interests
President Roosevelt issues a strong plea to Cuba from Oyster Bay urging self government and peace. He orders a formal investigation led by Taft and Bacon to assess conditions and safeguard American interests. The letter notes threatened peace and destroyed American property amid Cuban turmoil.
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Oyster Bay
Taft
Bacon
Bonaparte
Roosevelt
Cuba
United States
Senor Quesada
Sagamore Hill
Beveridge
Indiana
Senate Committee On
Marines Land at Cienfuegos to Protect American Plantations
A dispatch from Commander Fulham reports Marines from the Marietta landed at Cienfuegos to safeguard sugar plantations. An owner of Constancia estate says insurgents raided Solidad, taking horses, but other messages suggest property damage may be overstated. Nearby, 65 marines under Captain Hatch left Portsmouth for Norfolk with southern deployment expected for Cuba. Secretary Root is named an honorary member of the University of Peru.
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Marietta
Washington
Fulham
Cienfuegos
State Department
Atkins
Constancia Estate
Solidad
Sleeper
Havana
Harry
Portsmouth
N. H
Charles Hatch
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Norfolk
Cuba
Root
Lime
The
University of Peru
Para Grass Experiment Aims to Test Forage in Texas
San Antonio September 15 C V Piper of the national department of agriculture will tour southwest Texas to lay groundwork for testing Para grass a forage hay to be introduced at Texas experiment stations. The grass is grown widely in Florida and reputed to be excellent cattle feed and to produce high quality hay.
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San Antonio
C. V. Piper
National Department of Agriculture
Texas
Florida
Boys Win Trike Against Western Union Telegraph Company
In Houston on September 15 two messenger boys rebelled against punishment and held up the Western Union Telegraph company. The strike ended with the boys winning their point as messages stayed undelivered and the call register filled with unrecorded entries. The trouble stemmed from alleged hockey play.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Houston
Negro Fined $100 For Improper Remark In Cleburne
A hotel employee in Cleburne was fined by Mayor Allen $100 plus costs totaling $108 after an improper remark directed at a white female waiter. The mayor said the penalty reflected the gravity of the offense, not the color of the complainant.
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Cleburne
Allen
Parker Bride Wanda Weds John Kahmah in Oklahoma City
Wanda Parker of Fort Sill daughter of Qua nah Parker of the Comanche tribe married Friday in Oklahoma City to John Kahmah of Anadarko. The groom is twenty three and the bride twenty. The couple met at the Carlisle Indian School.
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Oklahoma City
Wanda Parker
Fort Sill
Quanah Parker
William Zwick
John Kahmah
Anadarko
Carlisle Indian School
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W. C. Davis
Brazos County
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Para
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America
New York City
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Edgiam
E. J. Jenkins
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