Weyler defends Spanish rule in Cuba amid rebellion
In Havana General Weyler tells Associated Press that Spanish troops face little resistance in Pinar del Rio and have recaptured key positions from Maceo. He defends colonial liberties, notes Cubans hold many public offices, and lists Cuban officers in the Spanish army while condemning rebel claims of tyranny. He cites reforms after the previous war and asserts broad Cuban alignment with Spain.
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Weyler
Pinar del Rio
Maceo
Associated Press
Cuba
Spain
San Juan
Justification for Treachery by Cuban Rebels
The general and a correspondent debate Cuban complaints about local posts. They argue wealth dictates office access, noting Cubans hold most municipal and minor state positions, while poorer Cubans are kept in the minority. The general dismisses the complaints as treachery to the nation.
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Puerto Principe
Santa Clara
Spaniards Routed in Every Fight Says the Cuban Junta President
New York reports quote President Estrada Palma denying General Weyler’s claims. Palma says Weyler overstated gains in Pinar del Rio, notes Cuban resilience, and asserts 8,000 Cubans faced 35,000 Spaniards with Cuban losses minimal. He accuses Weyler of falsehoods on tyranny and Cuban political rights. Additional dispatch from Jacksonville notes Cubans in Key West threaten Spanish consulate retaliation if Pendleton harmed in Havana.
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Weyler
Associated Press
Estrada Palma
Cuba
President Palma
Pinar del Rio
Havana
Maceo
United States
Spain
Jacksonville
Fla
Key West
Pendleton
Aransas
Cubans in New York Press Cuba Freedom Speech
In New York on November 28 a Cuban commemoration honored eight Havana medical students shot in 1871. Bourke Cockran urged U S action to aid Cuban independence and called on President Cleveland to speak out against Spanish rule.
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New York
Havana
Bourke Cockran
United States
Cuba
Spain
Cleveland
Cyclone devastates eight mile stretch near Mart Texas
A cyclone from eight miles west of Mart destroys a one mile wide strip, hitting Buck Douglass's home and injuring his wife while killing a child. Five others reportedly injured. In New York, Warren Lewis seeks a permit for a Corbett Fitzsimmons bout. District Attorney Backus declines to decide, likely a no.
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Here
Mart
McLennon County
Treisel
Buck Douglass
New York
Warren Lewis
Greater New York Athletic Club
Gackus
Brooklyn
Corbett-Fitzsimmons
Backus
Central American diets reassign foreign consuls
In Panama on November 28 the diet of the greater Central American republic canceled all exequaturs for consuls abroad representing Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua and appointed new consuls in each location to represent the three states.
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Panama
Republic of Central America
Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Miners to receive 60-cent rate hike after December first
Pittsburg miners win their demand as operators in the district agree to pay a 60-cent increase after December 1. The move ends any resistance and sets a clear pay raise timeline for the Pittsburg district.
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Pittsburg
Miners Refuse 45 Cent Rate Halts Coal Mines
A Sherodsville county Ohio coal mine district reports 90 miners walk off after rejecting a 45 cent rate. The stoppage pauses mining activities as negotiations continue.
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Cleveland
Vern
Sherodsville
Iss County
Miss Lottie Penticott’s Health Revival Story
An extended tale from Freeport Michigan recounts Miss Lottie A Penticott’s decline with pale, exhausted health and rheumatic pain. After doctors failed, she credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with a dramatic recovery, appetite return, weight gain, and renewed vigor, leading to praise for the remedy. Additional local testimonials from Tuscola describe similar improvements and the pills as a blood builder and nerve restorer.
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Freeport
Lottie A. Penticott
Charles Avenue
Til
Williams
Lottie
Tuscola
William Webb
Ald
Webb
Mr. Webb
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Schenectady
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