Taft Takes Charge as Provisional Cuban Governor
The American provisional government assumed possession of Cuba with Taft issuing a proclamation as provisional governor. The move aims to restore order while a permanent government is prepared, and the Cuban flag remains raised over government buildings. Troop sites have been chosen for the First Division under General Funston. In Galveston two mounted policemen were wounded by a negro during a circus train arrest, then carried twenty seven blocks to a hospital.
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Havana
Cuba
Taft
Officelal
Roosevelt
Representaives
Congress
Republic of Cuba
Palma
United States
Alexandra Rodriguez
Carlos Roloff
Quba
Oraer
William H. Taft
Tuba
Funston
Eneral Funston
Galveston
Ed Greve
W. R. Wilkinson
Greve
Wilkinson
Secretary Taft Proclamation Sparks Unparalleled Action
Washington reports a Cuba intervention provoked by Secretary Taft's proclamation establishing a provision government. The Cuban legation has no official notices, with world governments awaiting notification. Governor Taft wired Secretary Oliver at the War Department to deploy troops. Five thousand soldiers were reported at Newport News ready to embark Saturday.
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Washington
Taft
Cuba
United States
Oliver
War Department
Newport News
Revenue Agent Bell returns to Austin after probe
State Revenue Agent Bell has come back to Austin from a statewide investigating trip. He is expected to reveal startling disclosures including more than 40000 dollars collected this year from county officials in back fees due to the state. Prosecutions are anticipated against officials who did not pay. State Treasurer Robbins reports September land lease collections totaling 113873 dollars.
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Bell
Austin
Robbins
Train collision kills seven and injures fifty near Eddington
The Pennsylvania Railroad New York express crashed into the rear of the Trenton Philadelphia express at Eddington Pennsylvania. Seven people were killed and about fifty injured as the New York engine plowed into the rear coach and crushed the leading car into kindling.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Trenton
Eddington
New York Express
Three Perish in Gulf as Lighthouse Keeper and Family Lost
Reports reach New Orleans of Captain Johnson keeper of Horn Island lighthouse and his wife and daughter killed when the Horn Island light station was swept into the Gulf by wind and waves. The schooner Daisy also suffered a crew death while rocked near Horn Island.
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New Orleans
Johnson
Horn Island
Mississippi Sound
Louisville and Nashville
Gulf
Daisy
Horna Island
Oliver Orders 5500 Soldiers For Newport News Expedition
Washington dispatch reports Acting Secretary of War Oliver issued orders for the first expedition of 5,500 soldiers to sail from Newport News as soon as possible pending presidential approval. The War Department believed the president and Secretary Taft shared an understanding of the emergency. In Fort Worth a jail escape occurred as three prisoners climbed over transoms.
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Washington
Barnstable
Oliver
Newport News
War Department
Taft
Steel Bridge Planned Across Sulphur River Near Texarkana
Steel bridge will be placed across Sulphur River twenty five miles south of Texarkana, according to local plans announced on September 29.
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Texarkana
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