Porto Rico Civil Government Demanded by Porto Ricans
A Santiago de Cuba dispatch reports Cuban opposition to foreign capitalists and Spanish-style liberty in Cuba. Porto Ricans favor civil rule over continued military administration and protest U S officers in municipal matters. Local Porto Rican officials resist restrictive military dictates. Protests grow against military rule in San Juan and through El Liberal.
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Chicago
West India Islands
Fantiago de Cuba
Cubano Libre
Cellig
Cuba
Jenahan
America
Porto Rico
United States
San Juan
Fred Grant
District of
Grant
Henry
el ‘Liberal
Liberal Party
Senor Munez Rivera
Insular
Payment of Cuban Army Dominates Havana Dispatches
Dispatches from Havana quote Senor Federico Mora the Havana civil governor who argues the Cuban army payments are vital for reconstruction and agriculture. He says Cuba could secure funds without American control but would need US backing to advance troops. The issue stirs daily in Cuban newspapers and concerns Spaniards.
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Havana
Senor Federico Mora
Washington
Cuba
United States
Senor Mora
Island
Marquis of
Pinar del Rio
Cuban Demonstration Marks Marti Birthday in Havana
Four thousand Cubans braved heavy rain in Pauli square for a Marti memorial, as 600 girls in white dresses and red liberty caps led the procession. Marti’s widow and family unveiled a memory tablet, while speakers urged unity for eventual Cuban independence and asserted patience for government changes. A telegram sent to General Gomez hailed the occasion.
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Havana
Pauli Square
Jove Marti
Marti
Cuba
Juan Gomez
Gomez
Beef Sausage of Tests Raises Swift & Co Allegation
Dr C Maxwell Christine of Philadelphia testifies before Major General Miles that in South Omaha last June a Swift & Co employee injected liquid into beef under a government meat contract. The claim is supported by Homeopathic convention physicians in Omaha. Albert H Veeder denies the accusations as untrue.
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Philadelphia
C. Maxwell Christine
St. Luke’s Homeopathic Hospital
Miles
South Omaha
Swift & Co
Omaha
Chicago
Albert H. Veeder
Maxwell Christine
Body Identified as Captain Sturtevant in Paul Jones Tragedy
In New Orleans on January 30 the body of Captain Sturtevant, pilot of the launch Paul Jones, was identified near Fort St Philip. The clothing and position suggest he was asleep when death came, and the vessel likely wrecked by an overnight explosion. Indianapolis reports Mayor Taggart says hope remains only if survivors were picked up by a passing ship bound for a foreign port, a slim chance amid the gulf disaster.
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New Orleans
Fort St. Philip
Sturtevant
Paul Jones
Indianapolis
Taggart
Gulf
Burglaries Hint at American Band in Santiago
Santiago de Cuba reports a spate of burglaries suggesting a regular band of American crooks operating in the province. Witnesses recall prewar storage of large sums in dilapidated Santiago safes, often left unsecured and easy to break into.
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Santiago de Cuba
Santiago
Wisconsin Cold Wave Drops Temps Across Interior
Milwaukee January 30 specials report very low temperatures in the interior. Appleton records 385 degrees below zero, the coldest in years. Black River Falls 40 below, Medford 40 below, Whitehall 88 below zero.
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Milwaukee
the Sentinel
Wisconsin
Appleton
Black River Falls
Medford
Whitehall
Chicago man drowned near Peavey Alaska in 1898
John G. Tait of Chicago was drowned on September 28, 1898, eight miles north of Peavey Alaska. His body was not recovered, and he was a large Joliet and Chicago building stone dealer with a life insurance of 100000 dollars.
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Seattle
Wash
John G. Tait
Chicago
Peavey
Alaska
Tait
Joliet
President picks George W. Wilson for IRS post
Washington reports on January 30 that President selects George W. Wilson, then deputy commissioner of internal revenue, to replace Scott as commissioner. Scott has been elected senator from West Virginia, shifting the key internal revenue leadership.
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Washington
George W. Wilson
Internal Revenue
Scott
West Virginia
Colonel Sexton's Condition Shows Slight Improvement
Washington January 30 reports Col Sex ton's condition about the same with slight signs of improvement including a drop in temperature. In Spain at Mazarron Palla mine explosion kills fourteen people near Cartagena.
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Washington, Jan
Sexton
Murela
Spain
Jana
Palla
Mazarron
Cartagena
Derby hat makers form price agreement in Connecticut
Dantury Conn Jan 30 The manufacturers of the lower priced Derby hat have formed a combination to go into effect Feb 1.
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Dantury
Conn
Leper Freed After Seven Years of Isolation in Lima Hut
A Chester Pennsylvania case ends with a grand jury ruling that John Anderson, long deemed a leper, is not afflicted and may be released. He spent seven years in a hut near Lima Media, living in filth and isolation while guards kept him inside and away from people.
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John Andersen
Sweden
Chester
Keystone State
Anderson
Philadelphia
Lima
Media
John Anderson
Andersen
Dreyfus
Man
Caravan of Telegraph Builders Ships Comfort to Remote Work
Foreman McCollum of the Postal Telegraph Company organized a three car caravan to support crews building telegraph lines in regions with scarce rail access. The x three cars include sleeping dining and a poles and tools car, all rail transportable, with stove heating and onboard provisions for weeks. The caravan, weighing about 8,000 pounds per car, is drawn by four horse teams and includes a cable truck for 3,000 feet of twenty five conductor cable to keep operations running while repairs or transfers occur. Three caravans operate near Wimira New York Baltimore and Somerfield Pennsylvania.
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McCollum
Postal Telegraph Company
Postal
Wee
Wimira
N. Y
Baltimore
Somerfield
Party Fashion Question Sparks Mrs Newlywed Mystery
Mrs Newlywed’s outfit at the party becomes a topic of playful gossip as Mrs Popinjay questions whether it was above or below the waist. Popinjay suggests she wore bangles and an eyeglass, riffing on the scene with humor.
Chicago man disputes surgeons after Garfield death in Lexington
A Chicago man in Lexington criticized the bungling of surgeons soon after Garfield's death, prompting a Kentuckian present to protest the terrible treatment and its outcome.
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Chicago
Lexington
Garfield
Curious carved panel sparks speculation of Japanese work
Fragmented passage describes a carved panel from an Oregon fir grain shoot. The pattern defies easy explanation, with observers guessing Japanese origin, while noting the beara and grain-dust interplay created irregular curves. The piece remains an oddity amid notes from the San Francisco Examiner.
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Pendleton
Kornela
San Francisco Examiner
Bethesda Mineral Spring Water Angel of Health claims
Bethesda Mineral Spring Co of Waukesha Wisconsin promotes Bethesda An Angel of Health Water curing Brights Disease and related kidney ailments. The firm offers a book with directions and lists many cured individuals from diverse professions. Sold only in sealed half gallon bottles by druggists. A. M. Jones is president. Also notes a parish life rule about ministerial settlements and continuance probabilities in old age and disability.
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Bethesda
Bright
A. M. Jones
Bethesda Mineral Spring Co
Waukesha, Wis
Christian Register
War is Over Sparks New Cuban Travel Boom
The War is Over. Cuba will see many American tourists this winter. The Chicago Great Western Railway offers low round trip Havana tickets via Galveston New Orleans Mobile or Tampa with possible return via Vera Cruz and Mexico City for Tampa routes. Also Sunshine Route to California with Pullman cars leaves Chicago Saturdays at 2 pm via Milwaukee Road to Kansas City then Santa Fe to California.
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Cuba
Chicago, Great Western Ry
Havana
Galveston
Texas
New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Tampa
Fla
Vera Cruz
City
Mexico
Maple Leaf
Adams St
Chicago
California
Pullman
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
Kansas City
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ra Y
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul I’y
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