Recognition of Cuba Sparks Senate Debate on War
Washington dispatch reports Senate interviews on Cuba independence and possible U S recognition. Senators Sherman Morgan discuss Monroe doctrine limits and Spain’s possible reaction. Amended Cameron resolution favors Cuba independence and set terms for U S good offices.
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Commercial Tribune
Sherman
Morgan
Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
K Street
Cuba
Spain
Spain Will Hold On To Its Rule In The West
In debate over Cuba and the Philippines the senator argues Spain would retain sovereignty over its long held territories. He says no European powers would aid Spain and urges publishing the report before any Senate action. He warns Spain faces internal dangers from nationalist unrest and warns Canovas may inflame public opinion against the United States.
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Cuba
Spain
United States
Europe
Republic of Cuba
Senate
Western Hemisphere
State Department
Congress
Philippines
Canovas
Ailed by Te Dons Maceo Again Reported Dead
Maceo, once again reported dead beyond a doubt, remains a central figure in ongoing confusion and conflicting accounts surrounding the Te Dons. Authorities and sources diverge on the true status, fueling continued rumors and uncertainty.
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Maceo
Insurgent Letter Claims Leader Assassination Positively
A letter from an insurgent group asserts the leader was assassinated. The document presents a positive claim of success and hints at ongoing militant activity. No independent verification is provided.
Three Friends Safe After Cuban Expedition Lands
Roberto Solar, freed from an insurgent camp in Havana and Matanzas, says the last Three Friends expedition landed Tuesday. He cites Cienfuegos and Havana reports, mentions Maceo’s death, and describes Spanish cruelty including drowning prisoners at Playa del Chivo, with victims tied and weighted to drown near shark-infested waters.
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Tampa
Fla
Roberto Solar
Raoul Arango
Havana
Matanzas
Olivette
Solar
Maceo
Junta
New York
Adolfo Castillo
Cuba
Playa del Chivo
Two Carloads of Artillery Bound for Cuba Shipped
Two solid carloads of heavy artillery bound for Cuba passed through Little Rock on the Iron Mountain Railroad. The freight cars, routed to a Texas port via Texarkana, were rushed as time freight. An official refused to disclose the Cuban recipient or final destination, stating only that the arms were for Cuban patriots.
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Commercial Tribune
Little Rock
Ark
Cuba
Gulf
Iron Mountain
St. Louis
Poplar Bluff
Texas
Texarkana
Cubans Jubilant Over Senate Plan to Recognize Cuba
News from Washington reports a Senate Committee proposal to recognize Cuba has Cubans in Jacksonville celebrating excitedly. They urge permission to send arms and ammunition and expect quick end to the war, while fearing Spain may react by declaring war on the United States. Advices from Key West and Tampa confirm revelry among Cubans in both ports.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
England
Cameron
Spain
Cuba
United States
Mexico
Peru
Bolivia
Chile
Confederacy
Sumter
Jacksonville
Fla
Senate
Congress
Key West
Tampa
Pispes
Elation at the Junta marks Cuban independence bid
Cuban delegation at 56 New Street rejoices over a U S Senate Foreign Affairs Committee resolution. General Tomas Estrada Palma says the measure is a great stride for liberty and expects passage in both houses as public support grows for Cuba’s independence.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Junta
New Street
Washington
Tomas Estrada Palma
Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
House
Cuba
Enthusiastic Columbus Meeting Supports Cuban Belligerent Rights
An energetic Columbus Ohio City Hall gathering endorsed granting belligerent rights to Cubans. Colonel W A Taylor presided and State Librarian Galbreath served as secretary as resolutions urged Congress action. Prominent speakers included D J Ryan Thomas E Powell John J Lentz and others. A copy of resolutions was to be sent to Ohio's Senators and Representatives.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
W. A. Taylor
Galbreath
Congress
D. J. Ryan
Thomas E. Powell
John J. Lentz
E. de Rexford
James Poindexter
H. H. Barbour
James A. Miles
H. C. Taylor
W. C. Pearce
Emmet Tompkins
J. Bracken
United States
Ohio
Engineers Survey Tampa Channel For Harbor Fortifications
A corps of United States engineers are at the entrance of Tampa to survey the channels for potential harbor fortifications. It is understood torpedoes could be used if necessary. The U S naval training ship Salmon P Chase has arrived in Tampa Bay from Gibraltar via St Thomas.
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Commercial Tribune
Tampa
Fla
United States Engineers
United States Naval
Salmon P. Chase
Bay
Gibraltar
St. Thomas
Insurgents Concentrate Forces in Santa Clara Province
Havana dispatch reports insurgents concentrating troops in Santa Clara with a plan to move west toward the Matanzas and Havana provinces, signaling a coordinated advance evident beyond doubt.
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Havana
Santa Clara
Negro Preacher Fined After Wood Theft Confession
Rev. Yef Young, a colored preacher, was jailed in Mecefanicsburg C for stealing wood from Jacob Hort's coalyard. Hort hired a night watchman who witnessed Young stuffing wood, then Young was brought to Mayor Pangborn and fined $20 plus costs at trial. Unable to pay, he remained imprisoned.
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Commercial Tribune
Mecefanicsburg
Yef Young
Jacob Hort
Pangborn
Rev. Young
Heir to Millions A Tramp at Princeton Ky
John Kearney son of millionaire J W Kearney of Newark New Jersey arrived in Princeton Kentucky traveling as a tramp from the West. He had been placed on a ranch, used up his funds and began a tramp tour. He attended this locale's school years ago in 1890 and friends supplied him with new clothing.
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Commercial Tribune
Princeon
John Kearney
J. W. Kearney
Newark
N. J
Witness Cash Eversole testifies in Fields Adkins murder case
Breckinridge in Barbourville courtroom reports Cash Eversole, son of the late Joseph Eversole, as the sole witness detailing the assassination of Judge Gombs. He places Adkins at about fifteen yards with a gun, while another unrecognized man stood about thirty yards away. A courtroom controversy erupts as Breckinridge and Judge Riddell quarrel over questioning, then Breckinridge asks pardon for perceived discourtesy.
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Commercial Tribune
Barbourville
Adkins
Breckinridge
Tinsley
Riddell
Judge Riddell
Colonel Breckinridge
Forgery and Embezzlement Charge Hits Indiana Agent
William W. Marmaduke, an Indianapolis State House Building and Loan Association secretary, was arrested in Washington Ind for embezzling funds and forging receipts. He remains jailed as authorities pursue the charges.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ind
William W. Marmaduke
State House Building and Loan Association
Indianapolis
Arrested in England for Lincoln Ky murder extradition case
Arthur Platt, released from Oxford Jail after six months for burglary, was arrested as he left the jail charged with the December 1885 murder of Jesse Tyree at the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Lexington Kentucky. He faced Bow Street and Extradition Court proceedings, remanded for a week, with US Embassy representation.
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London
Arthur Platt
Oxford
Jesse Tyree
Eastern Lunatic Asylum
Lexington
Bow Street
Magistrate Bridge
Platt
Hobson
United States
Ot Land Yard
Platts Crime Charged in Murder at Eastern Kentucky Asylum
Arthur Platt, jailed in England, is charged with the murder of Jesse Tyree at the Eastern Kentucky Insane Asylum in December 1885. Tyree, an epileptic patient from Pulaski County, allegedly resisted meals. Platt allegedly shot him through the heart.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Arthur Platt
England
Jesse Tyree
Kentucky Insane Asylum
Platt
America
Pulaski County
Tyree
Chenault
Gross
Oxford
Taylor
Kentucky
Lamp Chimney Explosion Hurts Dressmaker In Portsmouth
Special dispatch reports Miss Anna Bennett a 2 dressmaker in Portsmouth D struck by a lamp chimney fragment on the right wrist severing an artery. She lost consciousness from blood loss before a doctor arrived and remains in serious condition.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
Anna Bennett
Mrs Scholl Behind Bars After Lye Attack
Mrs Elizabeth Scholl is jailed in Chillicothe awaiting bond after throwing a bucket of lye at Mrs Wheeler and her baby. Wheeler lies in critical condition with sight loss. the infant also faces probable death as a result of the attack.
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Commercial Tribune
Chillicothe
Elizabeth Scholl
John Wheeler
iIt
Geologists Claim Find Near Scottsburg
Three Chicago youths while surveying near Scottsburg Indiana report finding deposits they claim contain pure gold. They are digging and examining ore in a stream on the farm of G Ritchie north of Jeffersonville.
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Chicago
Scottsburg
Ial Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Jeffursonville
Ind
G. Ritchie
Battle in the Senatorial Race Between Platt and Choate
Reports from New York on the senatorial contest between Platt and Choate. The Choate Club plans offices at No 2 Broadway with branches to influence lawmakers. Choate supporters claim Republican Assembly members and Senators back Choate, while Platt delays candidacy and emphasizes party backing.
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Commercial Tribune
York
Platt
Friends
H. Choate
S Lve Choate Club
No. 2
Broadway
Choate
Brooklyn
Furtbh
Erie ‘County
McKinley
Kinley
Ate
National
Missing preacher’s kin urge return to Monton town
The town learns of Rev. G. D. Cole who has reappeared but refuses to rejoin the community. His relatives press for his return while the Coleman family seeks a stable country life. Local efforts to bring him back continue despite his stance.
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Cial
Commercial Tribune
Monton
N. J
G. D. Cole
Dr. James W. Bowers Dies In Laporte At 55
Dr. James W. Bowers a former Highland County Ohio physician and Cincinnati resident died in Buchanan Laporte Indiana at age 55 He served with the Twelfth Ohio Regiment during the war and was once active in local politics.
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Commercial Tribune
Laporth
Ind
James W. Bowers
Highland County
Cincinnati
Buchanan
Twelfth Ohio Regiment
Fraud charges loom over Manhattan Railroad control of elevated lines
Mor timer Hendricks a bondholder petitions New York Attorney General to remove Manhattan Railroad Company officers and directors alleging malfeasance. He claims forged or inflated dividends masked true losses and asset values, asserting the 70 million dollar capital is impaired and accounts show misleading surpluses.
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Albany
N. Y
Mortimer Hendricks
Manhattan Railroad Company
New York City
Manhattan
Hendricks
Board of
Raiilroad Commissioners
Canada Lynx Killed in Defiance County Rabbit Hunt
In Defiance Ohio on December 18 a full grown Canada lynx was killed by Henry Thierson and William Powells during a rabbit hunt. The animal ambushed the dogs in a ravine, felled the dogs, and mauled Thierson before he killed the lynx. It marks the first lynx sighting or kill in fifteen years in the area.
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Commercial Tribune
Defiance
Henry Thierson
William Powells
Thierson
Mrs Willis Bond Dies While Officiating in Indiana
Mrs Willis Bond a noted lady minister and her husband both ministers of the Friends Church died tonight at Azalia in this county where they were holding services. They will be taken to Traverse City Michigan for burial.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ind
Willis Bond
Friends’ Church
Azalia
Man’s Foot Amputated After Train Collision at Forest
In Richland Township, old resident Joseph Lutz had his foot on a rail as a Pennsylvania freight passed. A siding train cut off his foot, prompting medical aid at the scene.
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Commercial Tribune
Upper Sandusky, CO
Joseph Lutz
Richland Township
Forest
Pennsylvania
Young Floyd County Farmer Killed by Horse Kick
John W. Stirgill a young farmer of Floyd County was kicked by a horse and instantly killed. The dispatch reports the fatal accident occurring in Lexington on December 13. authorities noted no further details at press time.
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Tribune
Lexington
John W. Stirgill
Floyd County
Five Trainmen Dead in Grain Silo Accident
M. B. King of Reynoldsville West Virginia and four other trainmen perished when trapped by grain in a silo. Rescue crews recovered the bodies after hours of effort.
Fatal Hamden derailment leaves two injured and one dead
In Hamden Ohio passenger train No 3 on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern was derailed after striking a cow at the east end of the Hamden yards. Engineer George W. Cutter and Fireman George Ewing escaped, while Conductor Brown and Fireman Ewing were badly hurt. The crash followed the cow striking a switch stand and causing rails to come loose.
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Chillicothe, O
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Hamden
George W. Cutter
George Ewing
M. B. King
Wreck derails train. postal clerk killed and others injured
Oliver H. Smith's derailed wrecks a car of shelled corn beside the track. Postal clerk M. B. King is buried under grain and killed. O. H. Smith is severely injured. Frank Shannon and Conductor J. A. Brown are hurt but survive. Fireman Ewing and Engineer Cutter fare with injuries. Wrecking train dispatched. authorities vow full information. King lived in Reynoldsville West Virginia and had long served in government employ.
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M.B. King
O. H. Smith
Frank Shannon
T. A. Brown
Ewing
Cutter
C. H. Howard
I. G. Rawn
S. W. Railway
Cincinnati
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Rawn
M. King
Reynoldsville
W. Va
Postal Clerks Remembered After Train Wreck
W B King died September 21 1891 as a respected postal clerk. Oliver H Smith, oldest Railway Mail Service clerk since 1864, was fatally injured and regarded as faithful and efficient. EB Shannot suffered minor injuries and is expected to recover.
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Oliver H. Smith
Shannot
Two Masked Men Rob Southern Train in Fayette County
Train No 35 westbound on the Southern Railway was halted last night near Banberry and Bankston in Fayette County by two masked men. They boarded the engine and baggage car, forced crews to open a safe, tampered with a large through safe, and escaped with unknown loot as bloodhounds ferret the area.
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Fayette County
Ala
Birmingham
Southern Railway
Banberry
Bankston
Jones
A. L. Buffington
Frazier
Southern
Coalburg
Train Robbery Reported on Southern Railway West of Birmingham
Assistant General Manager T. W. Leary of the Southern Express Company confirms a train robbery on the Southern Railway west of Birmingham Alabama last night. He says the robbers secured about 500 pounds.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
T. W. Leary
Southern Express Company
Southern Railway
Birmingham
Ala
Sugar Trust Buys Woolson Spice Stock In 1,100 Shares
The American Sugar Refining Company known as the Sugar Trust has bought 1,100 Woolson Spice Company shares, eleven eighths of its stock, for 1,265,000 dollars. The move follows Arbuckles expansion into sugar and signals a strategic flank against Arbuckles in coffee business. Lawrence Newman, Woolson’s large shareholder, aided negotiations in New York. Woolson’s price cut of half a cent per pound supports market shift.
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Toledo
American Sugar Refining Company
The
Sugar Trust
Woolson Spice Company
Arbuckles
Coffee Kings
New York
American Sugar Refining
Refining
Arbuckle
Woolson People
Lawrence Newman
Woolson Company
United States
Cleveland to Return Home After Georgetown Visit
George town hosts former President Cleveland with a public reception at Indigo Hall. He will travel by water launch Water Lily to Wisteria then depart on the Coronet to Washington. Cleveland reportedly bagged fifty eight ducks over two days as part of marsh hunting.
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Georgetown
Dr. O'Reilly
Lamberton
Morgan
Cleveland
Wisteria
Winyah Indigo Hall
Washington
Ex-Marshal’s Interference Frees Robbery Suspect
Aberdeen Colorado December report says William Dawson with John Weaver arrested Moses Jones in Maysville on a robbery charge without a warrant. J. B. Jones, ex-marshal and Moses Jones’s son, seized his father forcing him away. Dawson faces arrest warrant for arresting out of jurisdiction without a warrant.
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Commercial Tribune
Aberdeen, CO
William Dawson
Maysville
Moses Jones
Dawson
John Weaver
Jones
J. B. Jones
Aberdeen
Year for Each Wife: Five Marriages End in Sing Sing
In New York on December 18 Clarence F. Foster received five years in Sing Sing for marrying five women. He stood unmoved as Justice McMahon pronounced sentence after Foster pleaded guilty last week when faced with all his wives Mamie Elling Maggie Dow from Kingston Edna Gamble Brooklyn Belle Detmar Brooklyn and Emma Leroy Manhattan were named as his victims.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Sing Sing
Clarence F. Foster
Texas Representative Surrenders Collateral Over Disorderly Conduct Charge
Washington dispatch reports Representative Miles Crowley of Texas forfeited five dollars deposited as security for his appearance in Police Court. The charge stems from alleged rough handling of an elderly organ grinder. The incident occurred late last night at the police station.
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Washington
Miles Crowley
Texas
Shooting at Mrs Dean’s home wounds man in Sistersville
In Sistersville West Virginia this morning James McElroy fired three shots at Grover Davis at Mary Deans home. The wounds likely prove fatal. Davis and McElroy had been paying attentions to a young woman visitor. McElroy fled the scene.
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Commercial Tribune
Sistersville
W. Va
Mary Dean
James McElroy
Grover Davis
Davis
McElroy
Young man shot at Smiths Place near Jackson Ky
Lee Thorpe, employed by Price Cole in Jacksons area, was ambushed near the mouth of Smiths Planch six miles from town last night. He is reported to be dying from his wounds. Police have not identified the assailants.
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Commercial Tribune
Jackson Ky
Lee Thorpe
Price Cole
Smith’s Planch
Frank Ross
Bessie
Ross
William Sigler
Charles Shellabarger
Stillwater
Idywild
Jeannette Dlerby
George W. Mannix
Cooper
Bell
Miners End Strike at Trolls and Standard Mines
About 15 coal miners on strike against a 45cent rate at Trolls' and Standard mines on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near Bellaire Ohio agreed to return to work. They will be governed by the Pittsburg and Cambridge District.
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Commercial Tribune
Bellaire, O
Trolls
Standard
Baltimore & Ohio
Here
Pittsburg and
Cambridge
Witnesses Greet Frantz Trial as Crowd Grows in Dayton
The Frantz trial enters day five with no major surprises as crowds swell outside the Dayton courthouse. Witnesses including Mrs Freeze and others describe events around Frantz and the fatal river area, while gun purchases and bullet fragments are detailed for the jury.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Frantz
Nevin
Wood
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