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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1896
Page
4
A Havana Herald dispatch from New York reports fear of a Cuban fueled uprising in Porto Rico if Cuban support sparks wider revolt. Spain tightens precautions as insurrectionists press on.
Consul Honia reports Niuchwang to Kirin tour showing Manchuria’s agricultural potential and vast cultivated tracts. He notes extensive trade along mainroads and growth spurred by occupation of the Liaoning peninsula with American and German agencies establishing presence.
Milton I. Haney a late chaplain received the Medal of Honor for heroism at Atlanta on July 22 1864. Frederick W. Font a late sergeant in the Fifteenth Battery Indiana Light Artillery earned the Medal of Honor for gathering men at Harpers Ferry Va on September 15 1863 and keeping guns firing. An explosion at the Empire magazine in Geneva Indiana injured many and shattered windows. The Hercules Torpedo Company's nearby magazine did not explode despite nearby blast.
A Washington Star recaps veteran lawmakers with long tenure in Congress. It notes Morrill’s 39 years in Congress and 27 in the Senate, compares him to Benton, Hamlin, Sumner, Sherman, Allison, Harris, Gaillard, and Nichols in service length, and mentions anecdotes about Holman and a surgeon G. G. Shrady.
Railway construction and travel in India surged with 489 miles built in the year ending March 31 1893 bringing total to 20005. Passenger traffic reached 127454013 an increase of 4001570 and freight tonnage rose to 30534232 with a gain of 119370 tons for the year.
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