Autonomy Proclamation Aims to Unite Cuba Under Spain
Havana reports Marshal Blanco issued a proclamation to Cuba’s inhabitants promising broad policy aims and peace. He urged unity, saluting the Spanish flag, and offered protection for Spaniards while pledging decisive action against rebels and those who prolong war. The message followed Blanco’s formal assumption of palace duties and his call for Conservative and Reformist parties to unite for peace.
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Ial
Havana
Cuba
Blanco
Spain
Fever Cases Rise As New Orleans Health Board Reports
The New Orleans board of health reports at 1 o clock Monday two new cases and seven deaths, noting a material temperature change linked to the sudden rise in the death rate. The city records its coolest day since the outbreak, with uncertainty about how the illness will spread and whether the fever record will hold.
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En Orleans
Art Calendar Prize For New Subscribers
A Boston Youths' Companion promotion offers a color art calendar as a premium for new subscribers. The magazine promises additional prizes with illustrated Thanksgiving and New Year issues, preserving these works for art lovers who follow the paper's advertising instructions.
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Boston
Years for Fuller in Horrific Case Under Law
A jury sentenced Bud Fuller to ten years in the penitentiary after he left his helpless child in the woods near Atlanta. The defense claimed the law was too lenient and a higher penalty was warranted, with a motion and possible supreme court review anticipated.
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Pdler
Bud” Fuller
Candler
Atlanta
Fuller
Supreme Court
Vote in Iowa narrows as Republicans win state by reduced plurality
Five ticket race for governor and state officers ends with Republican L M Shaw carrying Iowa by about 14 000 in early indications though the fusion of Democratic Populist and Silver Republican affiliates aimed to widen the margin The Republican state committee claims about a 20 000 edge over the previous McKinley tally in 1896.
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Iowa
F. E. White
L. M. Shaw
John Cliggett
Charles A. Loyd
S. P. Leland
Des Moines
Shaw
McKinley
Republican State Committee
Detroit Maybury Triumph in Municipal Election
In Detroit Michigan on Tuesday the mayoral race ended with a decisive victory for Mayor Maybury, the Democratic ticket leader, shaping the city’s political direction.
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Detroit
Mich
Maybury
Four Die in Frankfort Street Battle as Election Locals Clash
On election night in Frankfort Kentucky a street confrontation between Republicans led by Frank Egbert and Democrats under Ben Marshall left four dead and two wounded. Deputy Sheriff Tes Deakins and several gunmen exchanged fire as Egbert and his followers fired from ambush. Egbert died at the scene and Deakins died later after being shot. Howard Glore also died, and Walter Gaines, identified as a Black man, was fatally wounded.
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Frankfort
Frank Egbert
Ben Marshall
Egbert
Marshall
John Smith
Charles Graham
Tes Deakins
Deakins
Howard Glore
Walter Gaines
Alabama Lifts Quarantine On Opelika and Atlanta
Governor Johnston ends Alabama Georgia quarantine with modified rules allowing travel from Atlanta after ten days from infected areas. All baggage and items must bear disinfection certificates from marine hospital service. Atlanta trains and goods face selective entry and quarantine checks.
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Alabama
Opelika
Atlanta
Johnston
Marine Hospital Service
Southern Railway
Austell
General James Longstreet Named Railroad Commissioner
General James Longstreet was sworn in as commissioner of railroads in Washington on Tuesday, taking over duties from General Wade Hampton.
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James 8. Longstreet
Washington
Wade Hampton
Smythe May Win Right to Remove Assistant Postmaster
A Washington dispatch reports Major Smythe the Atlanta postmaster could remove Assistant Postmaster Cooper and appoint a successor. The Post Office Department says first class postmasters can remove their assistants at will. No prior case matches an assistant in a presidential office resisting resignation.
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Couper
Washington
Civil Service Commissioners
Major Smythe
Atlanta, Ga
Cooper
Post Office Department
U S Ambassador Nominee Faces Nicaragua Diet Rebuff
Managua discussions disrupt Sherman backed appointment of Captain William L. Merry as minister to Nicaragua Costa Rica and El Salvador. Some factions seek fuller US recognition while partially acknowledging the diet.
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Uncle Sam
Republic of Central America
Managua
Nicaragua
Sherman
Illiam L. Merry
San Francisco
United States
Costa Rica
Salvador
Blackburn for Senate Succeed Lindsay Wins Boost in Kentucky Returns
Ex senator Joe C. S. Blackburn of Kentucky is seen as a candidate for United States senator to succeed Senator William Lindsay. Democratic returns show Samuel Shackelford expanding his lead for appellate clerk, with the party expected to hold majorities in both houses of the next Legislature. Voters contemplate 1900 silver currency debates as Bryan’s prospects loom, while some editorial pages push different currency stances.
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Louisville
Joe C. S. BlackBurn
Kentucky
United States
William L. Lindsay
Samuel Shackelford
General Assembly
Blackburn
Re-United Party
Standh
Silver Party
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Bryan Issues Statement on Free Silver in Nebraska Vote
Lincoln dispatch reports William Jennings Bryan stating returns are incomplete but predict growing sentiment for the Chicago platform. He argues for silver coinage at 16 to 1 and says fusion forces in Nebraska may gain percentage or majority, with a pledge to continue the fight against the gold standard.
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Lincoln
Bryan
Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Nebraska
W. J. Bryay
Maryland Election Net Tightens on Comptroller and Clerk Race
In Maryland the state contest centered on two offices, Comptroller and clerk of the court of appeals. Republican nominees were Philip Goldsborough and Alan Rutherford, while Democrats were Thomas A. Smith and J. Frank Ford. Early returns suggest a Democratic legislature on joint ballot, signaling Gorman's return to the Senate.
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Maryland
Court of Appeals
Philip Goldsborough
Alan Rutherford
Thomas A. Smith
J. Frank Ford
Gorman
United States Senate
Death in Burning Mine at Scranton Delivers Deadly Toll
A major fire in the Delaware and Hudson Von Storch mine at Scranton, Pennsylvania, trapped miners and caused at least seven deaths with another possible casualty. The blaze raged for about twelve hours, blocking the only two escape routes and filling passages with smoke. Missing workers were in deck and surface veins, with air shafts far away, leading authorities to suspect suffocation.
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Lackawanna
Wyoming
Pittston
Delaware and Hudson Company
von Storch
Scranton
Jewett Appointed Assistant State Librarian by Gov Atkinson
Susie Y. Jewett is named to fill the unexpired term as Georgia state assistant librarian after Ellen Dortch Longstreet's resignation. Her supporters expect her to win the full-term appointment by the next state librarian. Jewett left a permanent post in the state educational department for the new role, cited for readiness and capability.
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Georgia State Library
Miss 8
Jewett
Atkinson
Susie Y. Jewett
Ellen Dortch-Longstreet
Miss Jewett
State Educational Department
Department of State
Tennessee Centennial Exposition Closes After Grand Night
On Saturday the Tennessee Centennial exposition closed after a May 1 opening. About 30,000 attendees enjoyed fireworks and a concert, followed by a packed auditorium closing meeting with speeches and sixteen guns fired. The doxology ended the event as Tennessee showed strong pride.
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Tennessee
Germany in furor over German subject imprisonment in Hayti
Advices from Port au Prince say serious trouble between Hayti and Germany. German minister Count Scherwin has lowered the flag and three German warships are expected to back his demand for indemnity after the alleged illegal imprisonment of a German citizen. The incident has stirred native population excitement.
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Hayti
Port Au Prince
Germany
Count Scherwin
Cotton Oil Mills Burn at Edgewood
Fire gutted the Georgia Cotton Oil Mill complex at Edgewood Atlanta destroying buildings with only a few small structures spared. The loss is estimated at 117000 dollars.
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Georgia Cotton Oil Company
Edgewood
Georgia Cotton Oil Mill Company
Atlanta
Verything
Van Wyck Elected Mayor of Greater New York by Plurality
Robert A. Van Wyck Democrat won the Greater New York mayoral race by about 75 thousand votes. The Democratic ticket swept municipal offices and will govern for four years starting January 1. Parker and Wallace led the state race with Parker ahead by 148 thousand as Republicans retain some assembly strength.
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Robert A. van Wyck
Greater New York
Seth Low
Citizens
General Tracy
Henry George
Alton B. Parker
Court of Appeals
Assembly
Tammany Democracy
George
van Wyck
Low
Tracy
New York
Associated Press
Parker
Wallace
Ohio Gubernatorial Race Shows Six Tickets Listed
In Ohio the contest for state offices and legislature includes six tickets for governor. Candidates include Democrat Horace L. Chapman Republican Asa B. Bushnell National Democrat Julius Dexter Populist Jacob Coxey Socialist Labor William Watkins and Negro Protection Samuel Lewis. The legislature battle centers on Senator Hanna with Republicans leading the presidential vote tally prior year with 627,945 to Democrats 487,547 and minor parties combining for the rest.
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Ohio
Statehouse
Horace L. Chapman
Asa
Bushnell
Julius Dexter
Jacob
Coxey
William Watkins
Samuel Lewis
Hanna
Silver Wins in Kentucky Shackelford Clerk of Appellate Court
Reports from fifty five counties show Democrats win Shackelford as appellate court clerk and Charles P. Weaver mayor of Louisville by about 1600 to 2000, with gains in counties previously Republican and larger majorities reduced from last year.
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Blue Grass
Shackelford
Appelate Court
Kentucky
Charles P. Weaver
Louisville
Northern cotton men tour southern mills inspection
About fifty members of the New England Cotton Manufacturers Association arrived in Washington after concluding their Philadelphia session and departed to inspect southern mills. Invited by Southern Railway, they will visit Danville Virginia Greensbor o Salisbury and Asheville North Carolina Spartanburg Columbia and Greenville districts and most large mills in South Carolina.
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New England Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Philadelphia
Washington
Southern Railway
Danville
Greenesboro
Salisbury
Asheville
N. C
Spartanburg
Columbia
Greenville
South Carolina
New Industries Start Up Across the South This Week
Southern Progress notes a surge in new and enlarged manufacturing plants in the past week. The report lists ventures including Arkansas Brick and Manufacturing in Little Rock, Hygeia Ice and Fuel in Spartanburg, a Birmingham foundry and machine shop, Continental Land in Atlanta, and several power and oil ventures in Charleston and Corsicana. Also noted are Bessemer City Cotton Mills in North Carolina and Centralia lumber firms in West Virginia with additional woodworking plants planned in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Louisiana.
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South
Arkansas Brick and Manufacturing Company
Capital
Little Rock
Ark
Hygeia Ice and Fuel Company
Spartanburg
8. C
Birmingham
Ala
Continental Land Company
Atlanta
Southern Oil Company
Corsicana
Texas
Fink Creek Oil and Gas Company
Weston
W. Va
Tampa
Fla
Bessemer City
Centralia
Fitzgerald Lumber Company
Paint Rock
Ale
Arkadelphia
Ashland
Franklin
Chattanooga, Tenn
Union Pacific Sold at Auction for 57 Million
The Union Pacific road and operations were sold in Omaha to the reorganization committee for 53 528 532 76 with sinking fund 4 036 480 making total 57 564 932 76. There were no other bidders and payment is due in ninety days. sale described as unremarkable despite the crowd size.
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Union Pacific Road
Omaha
Neb
Reorganization Committee
New York
Extensive strike threat and economic impact in cotton industry
The Pall Mall Gazette warns a north England cotton operatives lockout could affect 200000 workers, last months, cost 70 million pounds, and ruin the cotton industry. It notes Lancashire cuts its own throat by supplying textile machinery to rivals as US tariffs curb imports and India and China gain neutral market share.
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Pall Mall Gazette
London
England
The
Lancashire
United States
Canada
India
China
Fiend Kills a Whole Family In Jackson County Raid
A Parkersburg dispatch reports a triple murder eight miles from Ripley. John Morgan, an adopted son, gained entry by knocking and clubbed Mary Green, killing her, then struck the oldest daughter and believed he had killed the younger one as well in a single violent assault.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Jackson County
Mary Green
Riple
John Morgan
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Merry
Senate
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Tennessee Centennial
van Wick
Southern Progress
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