Cuba envoy Quesada faces Spain over Cuban settlement
Senor Quesada reports he has orders from General Gomez to reject Spain’s overtures to settle the Cuban question. Spain seeks to avoid war by diplomatic talks, while Quesada says the insurrection will not accept a negotiated settlement and Cuba will win its independence with or without Madrid’s consent. The Vienna Times notes three great powers would back Spain if the United States declares war.
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Quesada
Gomez
Spain
Washington
Senor Quesada
Republic of Cuba
United States
Albert
Belgium
Hobart
Govepment
Cuba
Tuan Cebalos
Ceballos
Cecutive
Shain P
Vienna
London Times
St. Petersburg
Bryan in Atlanta Draws Vast Moody Tabernacle Audience
An Atlanta dispatch reports William Jennings Bryan spoke Monday night at the Moody Tabernacle to an audience of about ten thousand inside and outside the venue. The crowd cheered the Chicago platform and Bryan’s campaign, with many citizens of Atlanta left outside as seats filled and more turned away.
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Moody Tabernacle
Atlanta Dispatch
Metabernacle
William Jennings
Chicago
Gate City
Bryan
Southern progress boosts trade and southern industry gains
A Tradesman dispatch highlights stronger foreign trade and steady home business in the South with eight fewer weekly failures year over year. It notes Birmingham pig iron exports, rising lumber shipments from Darien and Mobile, and substantial cotton and resin movements to Europe and Asia as southern ports press for a pan American bank with fair branches for the South.
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Ohio Furnace
Ohio
Birmingham
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Alabama
Mexico
Gulf
Darien
Jacksonville
Pascagonia
Miss
Mobile
France
Italy
Japan
England
Germany
Russia
South Atlantic
Chattanooga
Tenn
Editor Beaten by Atlanta Judge After Newspaper Article
Judge John D. Berry attacked Orth H. Stein editor of Looking Glass at the Kimball House in Atlanta during supper. Stein suffered a facial gash and bruises while Berry claimed he restrained himself as Stein drew a revolver and then removed cartridges. The assault followed a critical Looking Glass article.
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Law
John D. Berry
City Criminal Court
Atlanta
Orth H. Stein
The
Looking Glass
Kimball House
Stein
Judge Berry
Dr. Allen Returns for China Mission Centennial
The well known missionary Dr Young J Allen arrives in San Francisco from China. He is identified with a mission founded fifty years ago and will attend the semi centennial celebration in Baltimore in May.
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China
Young J. Allen
San Francisco
Celestial Empire
Baltimore
Insurgents Kill Comrades During Surrender Attempt
A Havana dispatch says near La Esperanza in Santa Clara province insurgents surprised leaders Cayito Alvares Nunez and others as they prepared to surrender to Spanish forces. Bodies of Alvares Nunez and Major Espinosa found naked on Luzo farm, killed by fellow insurgents who thwarted their truce plan.
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Havana
Santa Clara
Cayito
Alvares
Nunez
la Esperanza
Roberto Bermudez
Luzo
Numbez
Espinoza
New War Department Named Department of the Gulf
The War Department creates the Department of the Gulf with headquarters in Atlanta under Brigadier General W M Graham. It also forms the Department of the Lakes at Chicago under Major General John R Brooke and abolishes the Missouri and Texas departments. Atlanta becomes a major military hub and base of operation in case of war with Spain.
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Graham
Atlanta
Washington
War Department
Department of the Lakes
Missouri
Texas
Department of the East
Atlantic
North Carolna
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Chicago
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
John R. Brooke
Wm. M. Graham
South
Spain
W. M. Graham
San Antonio
Tex
Department of Texas
T. R. Adams
Fifth Artillery
G. F. Barney
W. P. Hall
A. G
F. L. Doods
John Simpson
Cuban Minister at Washington Diplomatic Function Surprises
A Washington special notes Senor Quesada attended the vice president's Monday night reception, astonishing the diplomatic corps. Foreign ministers see his social acceptance as a sign of potential official recognition of Cuba, an act deemed unusually significant in diplomacy.
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Washington
Senor Quesada
Quesada
Spain protests as US ships remain near Cuban waters
Washington reports Spain challenges US naval display in Havana as Bernardo seeks autonomy talks. Day declines a direct reply on warship purchases. Fern sails to Havana to relieve Montgomery and assist wrecking operations after relief duties conclude.
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Washington
Spain
Cuban
Senor Bernardo
State Department
Day
Uban
Klondike Death Trap Claim Sparks Pennsylvania View
Charles Jones, manager at the Douglass furnace in Sharon Pennsylvania, returns from Klondike alleging severe danger and exaggeration in reports. He says the Klondike is a deadly trap with grim prospects for vast crowds heading to the gold fields, and cites high failure rates among miners.
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Pennsylvania
Charles Jones
Douglass Furnace
Sharon
Klondike
Jones
Seattle
Chilkoot
White Pass
Graham Reaches Atlanta to Lead Southern War Department
Brigadier General William M. Graham arrives in Atlanta to take command of the newly formed Southern War Department. He is greeted at the union depot by Colonel Cook and Fort McPherson officers, escorted to quarters at the Aragon with Colonel John Simpson and Lt. G. F. Barney.
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Southern War Department
William M. Graham
Atlanta
Union
Cook
Fort McPherson
Department of the South
Aragon
Graham
John Simpson
G. F. Barney
Nobles Case to be Decided by Georgia Prison Commission
The Georgia Prison Commission will hear argument on a petition for commutation for Mrs. Elizabeth Nobles who is under a death sentence for the murder of her husband. Governor respites Gus Fambles until April 8, while Mrs Nobles faces execution on March 25. decision likely before then.
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Georgia Prison Commission
Elizabeth Nobles
Gus Fambles
Nobles
Chicago Fire Kills And Injures Many At Wabash and Jackson
A six story mill building at Wabash avenue and Jackson boulevard in Chicago burned with hundreds inside. At least three confirmed dead, many missing, debris cooling pending search. Fire origin disputed between a wall paper warehouse explosion and a chemical explosion. several named employees unaccounted for.
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Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Jackson Boulevard
Samuel A. Clark
The
Olmstead Company
Miles A
W. A. Olmstead
C. H. Armne
M. E. Harris
T. F. Anderson
Fred Hamill
Alfred Peatsy
Sweet, Wallach & Co
East Point Editor Shot in Ongoing Estate Fight
John L. Conley editor of the East Point Plowboy was killed by John C. Cox Tuesday afternoon. Five bullets struck Conley in the heart and lungs. Cox, a former tramp now jailed in Fulton County, was connected to litigation over the John Broad estate and guarding property tied to it. Witnesses were two enemies of Conley. deputies Trimble and ex-Marshal Jim McConnell saw the fatal attack. The killing follows years of heated legal conflict and alleged assassinations surrounding the estate dispute.
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John L Enleye
East Point Plowboy
East Point
John C.‘ Cox
Conley
Cox
Fulton County
Q. Trimble
Nelms
Reuben Arnold
Trimble
Jim McConnell
Fulton’ County
W. B. Callahan
John Broad
Arnold
Hapeville
Millionaire Amos Eno Will Filed for Probate in Hartford
The will of Amos R. Eno, proprietor of the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York, valued at 20 million dollars, is probated in Hartford. Bequests include 50 thousand to Amherst College, 7.5 thousand to Simsbury Congregational Church, 7 thousand to two societies, and 5 thousand to ten New York charities plus 3 thousand to another. A 150 thousand gift to the New York Chamber of Commerce aids poverty relief, contingent on matching funds. Remainder to be divided among children and grandchildren.
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Amon Eno
Amos R. Eno
Fifth Avenue
New York
Hartford
Conn
Amherst College
Simsbury, Conn
Congregational Church
American Home Missionary Society
American Sunday School Union
Corporation
The
Chamber of Commerce of New York
Sale of Cuba Not Likely as Madrid Agency Objects
A Madrid semi official agency states that selling Cuba is pointless. It says the matter cannot be arranged by parliament and no Spanish chamber would agree to sell the island at any price.
Madrid paper attacks Lee in Cuba affair
The Imparcial of Madrid dismisses General Fitzhugh Lee as a factor in the Cuban problem. It asserts that no European capital would permit such a consular agent to display his sympathies and good will with impunity in Cuba, criticizing his behavior.
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Imparcial
Madrid
United States
Cuba
Fitzhugh Lee
Europe
Relief Bill for Maine Disaster Victims Debated in Senate and House
The Senate opened with prayers referencing Mrs Thurston wife of Senator Thurston. The Maine disaster relief bill was called up in the House with Speaker Boutelle presiding to authorize payments to heirs equal to twelve months sea pay and reimburse survivors for lost personal effects up to twelve months pay.
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Maine
Thurston
Nebraska
John M. Thurston
Senate
Allen
New York
House
Boutelle
Naval Committee
Mrs. Thurston Dead in Cuba on Congressional Trip
The death of Mrs. Thurston wife of Nebraska Senator Thurston was reported by Consul General Lee in Havane Cuba. The pair were part of a congressional party that departed Fort Monroe March 2 aboard the yacht Anita and first stopped in Havana then Matanzas and Sagua La Grande. The notice described the demise as unexpected though she was in excellent health on leaving Washington.
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Nebraska
Sagua la Grande
Cuba
State Department
Lee
Havane
Thurston
Senator Thurston
Fort Monroe
Anita
Havana
Matanzas
Sagua LaGrande
Postoffice Delivery Fund Boost Sought in House
A Washington dispatch reports the postoffice appropriation bill in the House includes 150000 dollars for rural and city delivery for the next fiscal year, 100000 more than the current year's allotment.
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Washington Dispatch
Postoffice Department
GUNS PURCHASED IN EUROPE BY U S ORDNANCE
Secretary Alger secured presidential approval for a 3.5 million allotment from the national defense fund to buy thirty two six inch rapid fire guns. An agent in London was ordered to finalize the contract for immediate ordnance department use.
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Alger
London
McKinley
National Defense
Ordnance Department
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Samuel Reber
Merritt
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Warrington
Fla
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Fort Brown
Brownsville
Fort Clark
Montgomery
Fern
Key West
Secretary Long
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