President Hopes No Cuban Message Is Needed
White House signals indicate the president believes no second Cuban reciprocity tariff message is required after a Monday conference debate. Littlefield opposes reducing Cuban sugar duties. Grosvenor excludes Hackett from floor. Frye seeks reconciliation while Democrats push for equal punishment. Prince Henry of Prussia visits Washington with cap and ceremony. Mt. Vernon wreaths and a Linden tree planting mark the trip amid public interest.
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Littlefield
Maine
American Protective Association
Republican Party
Washington
Prince Henry of Prussia
Mt. Vernon
Washington, Arlington & Mt. Vernon
Capitol
Long Bridge
Virginia
Prince Henry
Prince Places Wreaths at Tomb of Washington
Prince places wreaths at the Tomb of Washington and greets a sailor who formerly served under him. The cordial gesture underscores enduring ties to democratic ideals and military service.
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Prince
Tomb OF Washington
Captain Streeter Indicted on Murder Charge in Lake Michigan District
Chicago February 27 Captain Streeter claimant to the District of Lake Michigan faces murder trial after grand jury indictment tied to the death of John Kirk watchman. Co-defendants William MacManners Henry Holdike and William Force also linked to the incident. Samuel Prattie, held as prisoner for inquest, was exonerated and released. Streeter’s indictment surprised given prior statements suggesting no direct involvement.
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Chicago
Captain Streeter
Lake Michigan
William MacManners
Henry Holdike
William Force
John
Kirk
Henry N. Cooper
Samuel
Prattie
Weltorogian
Michigan
He‘i
Streeter
Tortured Negro With Hot Irons At Middletown
Richard Hastey, a wealthy Black man, was brutally tortured by three masked men at his home east of Middletown, Col. They beat him, pressed hot irons to his flesh, knocked out teeth, slashed his forehead, and robbed him of $105 before fleeing. He is alive but terribly maimed with no clue to the attackers.
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Commercial Tribune
Middletown
Richard Hastey
Hastey
Davis Wins $9 000 Verdict Against Gamblers
In Vincennes Indiana the jury returned a sealed verdict for Richard Davis awarding $9,000 after a six hour trial. Davis recently confessed to embezzling $75,000 from a Washington Indiana bank where he was cashier. He faces prison in early April and notes he lost over $30,000 at the gambling table.
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Vincennes
Ind
Richard Davis
Davis
Washington
Das
Hammond Publishes Card Denying Kiss Claim
Massillon Ohio. Robert Hammond, a well known citizen and pillar in Praise Church, posted a signature statement denying a woman’s accusation that he kissed her and called her My Baby, declaring it a lie and noting his age and marriage. Rumors swirl as the public wonders who is involved.
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Commercial Tribune
Massillon
Robert Hammond
Hammond
Piraise
Senate subcommittee debates punishment for Tillman and McLaurin
A Senate subcommittee chaired by Republicans Burrows Hoar and Foraker with Democrats Pettus Bailey and others moves toward censuring Senators Tillman and McLaurin for last Saturday’s offense. They consider suspension but favor censure, while Democrats push for harsher wording. The full committee meets tomorrow to decide, with the President of the Senate to administer the reprimand.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Tillman and McLaurin
South Carolina
Senate
Burrows, Hoar
Foraker
Pettus and Bailey
Sitor Bailey
Compass Cietts
Beveridge
McComas
Tillman
McLaurin
Thomas Ordered To Pay Alimony
Judge Tuthill ordered Harold E. Thomas to pay his wife Adah Promas 1000 dollars as temporary alimony and legal fees, with 2,000 dollar appeal bond set. An appeal to the Appellate Court was granted and 100 dollars more awarded to aid the appeal, pending which the 1000 dollar payment is not enforced. Mrs. Thomas, now in Columbus, claims General Samuel Thomas, her father in law, is worth 10 million and that 100 thousand dollars in stocks and bonds were given to her husband in six years.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Tuthill
Harold E. Thomas
Adah Promas
Thomas
Columbus
Samuel Thomas
President to Ignore Tillman Insult Over Sword Gift
Washington February 27 The withdrawal of an invitation by South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Tillman for President Roosevelt to present a sword to a volunteer in the Spanish War raises doubt about his planned Charleston Exposition visit Telegrams from South Carolina and others reached the White House today but the president has not decided on canceling or altering the Charleston trip.
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Wilkie
Schmidt von Schwind
Washington
Prince Henry
Bancroft Davis
United States
Berlin
H. C. Chatfield-Taylor
Chicago
Ernest F. Henderson
Miss von Bunsen
Prince
Tillman
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Charleston
White House
Famous Fenian O'Donegin Rossa Near Death
O'Donegin Rossa the noted Fenian agitator lies dying at St Francis Hospital Cheed poisoning led to an operation removing the large toe of his left foot and doctors fear amputation of the foot may be required. He is comatose with high fever and weak circulation. Brother John Rossa attorney in Sioux City has been notified. Rossa came here from San Francisco as agent of the Copper Center Mining Company of Sonora Mexico and is now a charity patient.
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O'Donegin Rossa
St. Francis. Hospital
John “Rossa
Sioux City
Rossa
Grom
San Francisco
Copper Center Mining Company
Sonora
Mex
Fatal Jealousy Ends in Double Tragedy in Pittsburg
William A. Rinard a steel worker in Braddock shot and killed Margaret Lambert Wilbert at 80 Watson street Pittsburg after months of romance with the married woman. Rinard then killed himself. The Wilbert woman had separated from her husband A P Wilbert years earlier. The incident followed Rinard threats and a visit by two traveling men and occurred in the Weyman house parlor.
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Pittsburg
Watson Street
William A. Rinard
Edgar Thomson Works
Braddock
Margaret Lambert
Wilbert
Kendon
England
Oriso
Rinard
Tal
Lambert
Andrew P. Wilbert
A. P. Wilbert
Hoffman House
Diamond
Zip
Max Weyman
Police Department of
Weyman
Monody on McKinley by John Hay in Congress
Washington remembers President McKinley with John Hay delivering the memorial oration in the House. Prince Henry of Prussia attends, Roosevelt and Cabinet present, and echoes of Blaine Garfield memorials resound in the Capitol hall on the twentieth anniversary.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Congress of the
United States
John Hay
William McKinley
Congress
Supreme Court
Hall of Representatives
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Roosevelt
Prince Henry
Dr. Couden
House
Frye
Mr. Hay
James G. Blaine
Lincoln
McKinley
George Bancroft
Blaine
Garfield
Elopement on Foot Ends in Narrowly Averted Tragedy
In Bowling Green Ohio on February 27 Eugene Ellsworth and a farmer's wife attempted a foot elopement toward Toledo. The husband chased them and fired a revolver, but the wife shielded her lover and forced him to flee. They were brought back to Bowling Green under escort. the woman proclaimed she would die if harm came to Ellsworth.
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Commercial Tribune
Bowling Green
Eugene Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Toledo
Emperor William and Empress Celebrate Silver Wedding
Berlin February 27 Emperor William and the Empress marked twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a large dinner at the Schloss. Imperial Chancellor Count von Buelow and other cabinet members attended. Milwaukeean baritone Arthur Van Ewerk sang American songs after dinner.
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Berlin
William
Schloss
Count Ven~ Buelow
Arthur van Ewerk
Milwauikee
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Hackett
Grosvenor
BY Otto Carmichael
Ohio
Turner
Senator Frye
Committee On Privileges and Elections
New York
Washington House
H. H. Dodge
Secret Service
Chatfield-Taylor
Lfe
Frederick
Esc
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Mt. Vernon Homestead
Chicago Lake Front
Bank Caghler
Massillons
Majority Committee
Subcommittee
Con
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Der
O'Donovan Rossa
Colorado
Colorado Springs, Col
Hays Monody
Mkinley
Prince Was
Henderson
Crator
Bingham
Army
Gilmore
Marine Corps
Sion
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