Powers seek peace as Spain US crisis moves toward mediation
Ambassadors from Great Britain France Germany Austria Hungary Italy and Russia meet President McKinley to present a joint mediation effort over Cuba. The six powers trust negotiations can restore order in Cuba and avert war while reaffirming U S interests. McKinley acknowledges the goodwill and urges peaceful solution to the Cuba dispute. Congress discussion notes Maine explosion remains under investigation with blame undetermined.
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Europe
Spain
United States
McKinley
Great Io
France
Germany
Austria
Italy
Julian Pauncefote
Amor
Bny
von Hollenleben
McKinley Iimely
Ers
Julian Cefote
Austria-Hungary
Britain
Russia
Cuba
Hesilent
United Hies
Germ
The
United
Queen Regents Armistice Backed By European Powers
News from Washington reports the queen regent of Spain has declared an armistice. European powers rally material and moral support to push Spain toward peace, with influence aimed at averting war and guiding intermediate steps in Cuba’s future status. Officials and diplomats, including Senor Polo at the Spanish legation, note improved prospects for peace.
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Spain
Cuba
United States
Europe
Washington
White House
Senor Polo
Britain Assures US Friendship in Cuban Policy
A London cable reports the British government has given the United States its fullest and most cordial sympathy in its Cuban policy. The assurance comes with full knowledge of U S Spain negotiations and the sense that events move toward armed intervention in Cuba.
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London
Associated Press
United States
Spain
Cuba
Cuban junta rejects US intervention without independence recognition
The Cuban provisional government in New York through attorney Horatio Rubens states that Cuba will refuse to cooperate with any US intervention unless Washington recognizes Cuban independence. It warns that continued intervention without recognition could provoke the Cuban army to resist and, if US troops are sent, to oppose them with force.
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New York
Horatio
Rubens
United States
Cuba
Crowded Capitol Halls Echo With Demand for President’s Message
Washington dispatch reports an unprecedented rush to the Capitol as thousands sought admission to hear the president’s message. By nine o’clock many stood outside and when doors opened only about half could secure gallery seats in the Senate or House.
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Washington Dispatch
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Senate
House
Bryan Receives Ovation At Indiana League Convention
Five to six thousand crowd at Tomlinson ball in Indianapolis applauded William J. Bryan as the second convention of the League of Bimetallic Clubs of the Ohio Valley closed. He spoke about currency for an hour and a half and briefly mentioned Cuba, urging focus on freeing America first.
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League of Bimetallic Clubs
Indianapolis
William J. Bryan
Tomlinson Ball
Ohio Valley
Bryan
Cuba
America
War Odds Rise As Cabinet Breaks Diplomacy Lockup
In Washington the cabinet discusses cipher telegrams and press censorship as Spain threatens, with officials signaling war as the likely end of diplomatic talks. Woodford has no withdrawal orders, while Britain may shield American interests. The Spanish minister in Washington has received no departure instructions.
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Washington
Associated Press
Havana
Woodford
Madrid
Spain
United States
Great Britain
Indignation Meeting At Lumberton Protests McKinley Message
In Lumberton North Carolina Thursday night residents held an indignation meeting over the president withholding his message. A hanged effigy of McKinley kneels before Mark Hanna with insulting verse attached. A Boston reform group endorses McKinley policy and calls for peace with Cuba.
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McKinley
Mark Hanna
Lumberton
N. C
William Mek
Jay
Spain
United States
Bostonians For
Reform Club
Massachusetts Reform Club
Boston
Charles Francis Adams
Congress
Cuba
War Funds Plans Signal Revenue Measures
Ways and Means Committee and treasury officials draft a war revenue bill to be introduced at hostilities with Spain. Internal revenue taxes may rise sharply on beer from 1 to 24 per barrel and tobacco products. additional taxes on bank instruments and medicines are likely.
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Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee
House
Treasury
Congress
Spain
Clash in Cuba Prompts War Move Suspects Madrid Mediation
Washington dispatch says U S policy rejects mediation while Spain faces growing war pressure. Madrid not negotiating. European powers urge surrender but offer none. Lee to leave Havana signals breakdown of talks. US demands end to Spain’s Cuban domination.
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Washington
Cuba
Spain
Madrid
Europe
Woodford
Lee
Havana
United States
Correo
Spain Mobilizes Warships and Reinforcements for Cape Verde
Madrid reports fifteen Spanish men of war sail from Cadiz for Cape Verde with battalions reinforcing Balearic garrison and Canary militia placed on war footing. Ambassadors of France, Germany, Russia and Italy present a peace note to Senor Gullen, who says Spain has reached the limit of conceding demands. Valencia steamship firms offer vessels as privateers. Biscay offers 25 000 000 pesetas for navy funds.
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Cape Verde Islands
Madrid
Balearic Islands
Mediterranean
Canary Islands
London
France
Germany
Russia
Italy
Senor Gullen
Senor Gallen
Spain
United States
Valencia
Barcelona
Biscay
England Will Hands Off Mediation Effort Vetoed
London advices report a firm British refusal to join a European backed mediation between the United States and Spain. The response suggests Britain rejects any U S interference in colonial affairs and warns European interests are threatened by the dispute.
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London
Europe
United States
Spain
Patrol Duty Begun as Detroit Joins Havana Blockade
A Key West dispatch reports Detroit steaming out for patrol with decks lowered and nets spread to catch splinters. Marines stand at magazines ready to fire upon any vessel that conceals identity as the Puritan passes and the fleet debates Havana blockade plans. The torpedo boat crews brace for likely peril in combat.
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Key Weoat
Key West
Havana
Terror
American Refugees From Cuba Travel to Jamaica
A Kingston Jamaica dispatch reports the steamer Brookline reached Port Antonio with US consul Pulaski Hyatt and twenty five Americans including children. Santiago de Cuba harbor remains guarded with torpedoes and three warships. London orders 2000 more troops sourced from Leinster West India Barbados regiments. Beverly and Owen McGarr travel to Boston via Key West from Cienfuegos.
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England
Kingston
Jamaica
Brookline
Port Antonio
Santiago de Cuba
United States
Pulaski F. Hyatt
Santiago
Hallowes
War Office
London
Leinster Regiment
West India Regiment
St. Lucia
Barbadoes
Beverly
Anderson
Cienfuegos
Owen McGarr
Boston
Key West
Snow Slide Kills Thirty-One On Chilkoot Trail
Advices from Alaska via Seattle report that around noon Friday a massive snow slide on the Chilkoot trail between the Scales and Stonehouse buried or seriously injured many. At least thirty-one men died, with fifty overtaken by the avalanche, near Sheep Camp five miles below. A blizzard hampered travel as thousands waited nearby and aided the rescuers.
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Chilkoot Pass
Alaska
Seattle
Chilkoot
Scales
Stonehouse
Sheep Camp
Opposed by War Officers Why the Armistice Was Hounded Down
A Madrid special says the main opposition to the armistice in Cuba came from the war and marine ministers General Correa and Admiral Bermejo. If Senor Sagasta had not yielded they would have resigned, risking the loss of heads of two principal departments at a critical juncture.
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Madrid
Cuba
Senor Moret
Marine
Correa
Bermejo
Senor Sagasta
Spain
Army
Navy
Zola Again Sued By Courtmartial Over Esterhazy Case
Paris dispatch reports the court martial that acquitted Count Esterhazy has decided to pursue libel actions against Emile Zola and M Perreux publisher of The Aurore. They were sentenced to imprisonment and fined for unfounded charges about the court martial. The officers also urged General Billot to seek Zola’s expulsion from the Legion of Honor.
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Paris
Count Esterhazy
Emile Zola
M. Perreux
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Aurore
General Billot
M. Zola
Legion of Honor
Stop Peace Negotiations Stormy Madrid Session
A Madrid dispatch reports the cabinet met until 10 a m Thursday and formed a committee to organize the national subscription to strengthen the fleet. It notes the government adhered to prior decisions, while a peace negotiation hitch unsettled the Cuban armistice plan and sparked bellicose public talk and rumors of a U S ultimatum.
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Madrid
United States
Spain
Rome
McKinley
Clemency Granted in Nobles Case by Georgia Governor
Governor Atkinson commuted the sentence of Gus Fambles in the Nobles murder case. The Twiggs county public favored matching Mrs Nobles clemency for the involved negro, while many preferred both suspects face hanging.
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Gus Fambles
Atkinson
Georgia
Nobles
Twiggs County
Whitecaps Leader Convicted in Tennessee Murder Case
Pleas Wynn and Catlett Tipton, leaders of Sevier county whitecaps, are convicted of murdering Mrs. William Whatley in Knoxville. Wynn faces two death sentences after also receiving a prior death sentence for another murder, now pending at the Tennessee Supreme Court in the fall term.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Wynn
Catlett Tipton
Sevier County
Whitecaps
William Whatley
Supreme Court
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