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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1898
Page
4
A St. Nicholas excerpt extols Japanese children for their pure hearted joy and polite, brave conduct. It notes boys and girls enjoy play without quarrels, are warmly dressed, and spend much time outdoors with simple homes and little furniture. A Bordeaux vine post reports Botrytis Cinerea causing gray rot in grapes, reducing tartar and spoiling wine flavor.
A New York Post item cites a coincidence with the Zola defense and a separate Zola conviction for forging Madame Labori’s signature. The San Francisco Argonaut recounts a German juror’s weary observation of a coroner’s inquest and a comic misreading of a dead man.
Wasmaror D C special report that the Spanish government through Senor Polo de Bernabe delivered a document to the State Department declaring an unconditional armistice and announcing Liberal reforms in Cuba. The note appeals for US courtesy, cites Maine disaster sympathy, and reiterates Spain’s offer to subject the Maine issue to maritime powers.
In Havana crowds jeered as Consul General Lee left Cuba aboard the Fern. The American flag was lowered for the last time, with the British Consul in Havana tasked to assist remaining Americans. Lee met Blanco, who refused a farewell meeting. He then sailed to Key West and onward to Washington.
The steamer City of Seattle reports a massive snowslide at Chilkoot Pass nearly a quarter mile long and up to sixty feet deep. About 200 men were on the trail. sixty bodies were recovered, with many more unaccounted for. Ten of the dead were Seattle residents among the packing groups there.
A historical overview of Cuban unrest, reconcentration policies under Spain, and debates over whether the United States should intervene. The text argues against recognizing belligerence, discusses possible interventions, and notes prior precedents and humanitarian justifications. It references General Woodford, President Cleveland, and U.S. policy debates on neutral intervention.
President's message to Congress outlines aims to end Cuban hostilities with Spain. He cites the Maine disaster as proof of intolerable Cuban conditions and urges authorization to use military force, aid for starving islanders, and arbitration where possible. The note calls for a peaceful settlement if Spain suspends hostilities, otherwise justified intervention.
Crowds gathered before daylight at the Capitol as Congress prepared to hear a momentous message read. The Senate and House fell silent during the reading, then the President urged referral to Foreign Affairs Committees before action. A Boston native, Arthur Crumpler, 74, attends evening school in New Orleans via Halifax. The New Orleans and San Francisco ships, returning from London, docked short of coal after a fourteen day voyage. the San Francisco saluted the Citadel.
An enormous Washington crowd greeted Consul General Fitzhugh Lee on his Havana return. He spoke to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the destruction of the Maine, suggested Spanish officials may have known, but not Captain General Blanco.Lee attended a White House reception with President McKinley, then marched through a sea of cheering supporters including women from Mrs. McKinley’s reception, with a Cuban flag added to the carriage.
The document outlines an expurgated U S report on Cuba relation with Spain and the United States. It cites a 66 000 word correspondence between the State Department and Consuls in Cuba focusing on distress of reconcentrados. It notes high death rates in Havana and other towns, vast beggary from Weyler orders, reduced relief, and critiques autonomy and Spain’s relief effort.
A violent clash erupted in Hong Kong as about four dozen Russian sailors fought English and American personnel along Queen Street toward the water edge. The melee lasted roughly thirty minutes with heavy shouting and a fierce wedge against foreign forces, while officers fled to shore and reports described the incident as a failed attempt to deter the assault.
Testimonial from Seinst March credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with a dramatic improvement after taking thirteen boxes. The writer asserts renewed health, appetite, cheerfulness, and restored church attendance, calling the medicine uniquely effective among cures.
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