Havana in terror as Maceo closes on capital Cuba
Eventful Havana special reports a Cuban victory led by Gen. Maceo after dynamite guns used in decisive battle. Madrid fevered by war news as Cubans threaten the capital. Insurgent Gen Serafin Sanchez killed in a major engagement at the reserve plantation in Matanzas province.
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Mac Ey
Cuba
Havana
Maceo
Tiavana
Madrid
Newa
Weyler
Serafin Sanchez
Te Reserve Plantation
Province of
Matanzas
Four Boys Burned to Death at Spencer Academy Fire
A blaze at Spencer Academy ten miles west of Antlers I T. destroyed the building and furniture, killing four Choctaw boys named John Smith Daniel James Thomas Kuniotubble and William Wilson. Nine others were injured with burns and sprains. The fire is believed incendiary. The school, built by the Choctaw Nation, housed 102 pupils and carried no insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Academy
Antlers
I. T
John Smith
Daniel James
Thomas Kuniotubble
William Wilson
Alfred Bryan
Harris Fisher
Colton Bacon
Edward Clark
Sam Spring
Murder in Abbeville: Shotgun killing over 25 cents
Matte Hillman confronted Milledge Malone at her home in Abbeville DC over 25 cents. He fired both shotgun barrels into her head, scattering her brains on the doorstep. Eyewitnesses call the act deliberate while Hillman claims accident. he is jailed as of now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbeville
D. C
Matte Hillman
Milledge Malone
Fatal Wreck On Eastbound Freight near Donohoe
A wreck split Extra freight No. 87 on the Pennsylvania line near Donohoe station in two. Fourteen carloads of merchandise were ruined. Three men died and several injured while en route to a firemen’s convention. Victims named include Peter Cavanough, Reuben Harkins, Noah Greene Wood, and Michael Volliday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Donohoe Station
Peter Cavanough
Reuben Harkins
Homestead
Noah Greenewood
Greensburg
Michael Volliday
Johnstown
Brothers Duel in Indian Territory Ends in Tragedy
In Indian country near Cushing Oklahoma Sam and Wash Shoustose brothers quarreled over a girl. Wash armed with a gun and Lane with a bowie knife battled. Lane overwhelmed Sam stabbing him repeatedly before Wash fired a fatal shot. Wash was badly wounded and died shortly after.
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Cruthrie
Okla
Dear Cushing
Sam
Wash
Lane
Torpedo Boat Contract Awarded to Union Iron Works
Secretary Herbert assigns the thirty knot torpedo boat contract to Union Iron Works of San Francisco for the largest vessel at Yo tung, and the two smaller thirty knot boats on Normand plans to Bath Iron Works of Maine, as originally advised by the construction and steam engineering bureaus heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert
Armenians Arriving in New York Under Frances Willard Aid
A cablegram from Gen Tooth to Commander Booth Tucker reports 160 Armenians who escaped massacres to Constantinople are en route to New York under Miss Frances Willard. The cablegram directs arrival reception and provisions for their temporary needs.
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Tooth
Booth Tucker
Minople
New York
Frances Willard
Leadville Mining Skirmish Between Soldiers and Strikers
A clash at the Resurrection mine in Leadville Colorado involved Lotweem soldiers and striking workers. Eight men fired on guards as both sides took positions behind rocks and exchanged shots for about twenty minutes.
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Dieturbances
Leadville
Resur Eation
Col
Lotweem
Fire destroys si k factory at Sterling New York
Alfred Streu and partners lose a log mill to fire in Sterling New York. The $200000 loss includes $150000 insured. The plant, normally 150 workers, is now in busy season employing 300. Also noting Boston clothing strike with 3000 workers seeking better pay and conditions amid alleged contract violations and near-starvation wages. Spreckels sugar refinery in Philadelphia shuts down indefinitely, about 500 workers laid off, with other city refineries likely to curtail output. Superior Court Judge Hopkins quashes key Ireland flag case against Patrick O Brien, who was fined $10 earlier and later discharged on grounds Ireland not a country under statute. no foreign flag at public building rule applies only to United Kingdom flag.
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Alfred Streu i
Sterling
N. Y
Boston
Spreckels
Philadelphia
The
Sugar Trust
SOO
Hopkins
Lawrence, Mass
Patrick O'Brien
O'Brien
New Ward & Schoolhouse
Stone
Uapkina
Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Disbarment and misadventure stories on Western page
Secretary Francis disbars William W. Osborne of Lansing from Interior Department practice for receiving flexal pension fees. An elopement in Massillon links Harry Smith, a Buffalo alumnus, with Rosa Ross. In Perry Oklahoma Territory A W Drake and M A Drake wed for the third time, having prior Missouri and El Reno ties. Leadville miners’ strike rages on with $4 day and militia, while Bouvier mocks hats with a theater protest. Indiana Supreme Court delivers tax penalty ruling against Western Union. A Kansas aeronaut George P. Anderson dies after a balloon cannon mishap at Paola. Burlington semicentennial celebration narrowly avoids disaster as reviewing stand collapse endangers officials. Santa Fe No. 2 wreck at Peterton claims several lives and injuries. engine explosion noted.
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Francis
Interior Department
William W. Osborne
Lansing
Mich
Massillon
Ohio
Harry Smith
Buffalo
Rosa Ross
Indy
Cloud Mhles
Isto
Missouri
EL Reno
Leadville
Colo
Cloud City
Alfred Bouvier
Baldwin Theater
San Francisco
Lenst Tao
Sopmen
Troomers
Cuion
Sherif Newman
Girand
Indiana Supreme Court
Western Union Telegraph Company
Telegraph Company
TSO
Supreme Court
George P. Anderson
Galena
Kan
Paola
Miami County Mail
Stevenson
Gov. Drake
Burlington
Iowa
Kurrus
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Peterton
Osage City
Drownings and a Kentucky duel headline regional chaos
Jacob Greiss of Chicago drowned at Rumney West Virginia while trying to save his family from a Potomac flood. In Shelby County Kentucky Thomas Newkirk and Henry Ashcraft fought a duel with Winchesters on Log Fork. both were killed. A RB Brosseau, large New Orleans pet dealer, made an assignment with assets and liabilities. He is half brother to Supreme Court Justice RE D. White.
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Jacob Greiss
Chicago
Rumney
W. Va
Thomas Newkirk
Ienry Ashcraft
Loog
Shelby County
Kentucky
Mary Dean
A. RB. Brosseau
New Orleans
Brosseau
RE. D. White
United States Supreme Court
Worldwide News Briefs From The Era Of Turmoil And Strife
A sweeping foreign dispatch notes a malarial fever in Turkestan killing thousands, with child deaths rising. A Vienna report says six thousand miners have joined a strike across North Bohemia. The Austrian budget for 1897 is tabled, detailing expenditures near six million florins. London reports a possible armament accord easing fears of war. Aberdeen witnesses a panic and multiple injuries after a theatre fire. A Shanghai robbery aboard the USS Boston is linked to two San Francisco seamen, later captured in Nagasaki. A bomb in Constantinople raises Turkish security concerns amid agitator arrests. UK revenue for the quarter shows a dip, while June yields a strong rise versus 1803. Antonio Maceo’s night attack devastates Spanish troops, with heavy casualties.
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Turkestan
Nha Toudon Daily News
Vienna
Bohemia
Tower House
Reichsrath
London
Aberdeen
Scothland
Shanghai
United States
Boston
Henricksen
Cooney
San Francisco
Nagasaki
Yenikappu
Constantinople
Peronangha
United Kingdom
Haruna
Antonio Maceo
Trochn
Massacres in Kgin Aid Dardanelles Torpedo-Boat Plan
Dispatches from Constantinople recount massacres near Kpirn with about 2000 killed. A torpedo-boat flotilla is ordered for Dardanelles defense after Tehıkatchoff’s recommendations. Reports detail Galata unrest and Spanish emigration actions tied to Cuba service forfeiture. Cuban fighting near Miceo pushes insurgents back, Spanish losses including Maj. Yzquierdo and Capt. Bannis.
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Trocha
Constantinople
Karpoot
Kgin
Dardanelles
Tehikatchoff
Dar
Standard Aays
Spain
Lowe
Havana
Mealguizo
Hernandez
Frances
Romero
Miceo
Yzquierdo
Bannis
Various 19th Century Topics From Washington News
Woodley at Cleveland summer home roofless after storm in Washington. Joseph Chamberlain travels to U S to dodge assassination plot in England. Bishop Keane ousted as rector of Catholic University Washington. Pope offers archbishopric, declined. Standard Oil to enter ice business targeting New York Chicago Philadelphia St Louis to oust rivals. Mint director reports September coinage total 5 815 863 50 with gold Col silver 2 754 165 minor coins 20 266. R G Dun weekly notes wheat rise due to foreign crops, cotton softens after price spike, storms cause some damage, general industrial strength remains. demand for pig iron hides wool and cotton supports prices.
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Keane
Catholic University At
Washington
Standard Oil Company
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Minta
United States Minty
R. G. Dun & Co
Market Reports From Major U S Cities Across The Grain and Livestock Trade
Market reports from Chicago Indianapolis Cincinnati Detroit St Louis Buffalo New York Toledo Milwaukee and Cincinnati detail bid prices for cattle hogs sheep and various grains. Prices vary by city with cattle 2 00 to 5 00, hogs 3 00 to 8 00, wheat No 2 ranges and corn No 2 varying by location.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Stand Collapse Injures Eleven at Iowa Centennial Parade
A flimsy viewing stand near Burlington Union depot collapsed at noon during a parade review by Vice President Stevenson and Gov. Drake. Eleven people were injured as the platform sank into soft ground after heavy rains. Stevenson and Drake aided in evacuations and resumed the celebration afterward at Crapo Park Coliseum.
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Iowa
Burlington
Union Depot
Stevenson Sud Gov. Drake
Stevenson
Maren
Gov. Drake
Hotel Delano
Crapo Park
Corn as Fuel Moves Northward in Minnesota and Dakota
A Minneapolis correspondent reports Minnesota and South Dakota will burn corn for fuel this coming winter for the first time in history. High coal prices drive the switch with soft coal at 4.75 to 5.20 per ton and anthracite 9.50 to 11. Rail and freight trends favor local fuel use. The shift reflects broader Northwestern changes as Minnesota and North Dakota expand home markets for apples and coal substitutes.
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Minnesota
South Dakota
Minneapolis
Freighs
Dakota
Lome
North Dakota
Cval Trust
Missouri
Red River Valley
Digest of 1930s Press Snippets Mix
A fragmentary excerpt recalls Du Maurier, Hearst, and sensational cases. A New York preacher condemns the Sunday saunter as sinful, a woman sues for $15,000 over a kiss, and Indiana farmer Frank Coppler endures a bizarre soap-eating act after a rejected proposal.
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du Maurier
New York
Hiness
Hearst
New York Journal
Frank Coppler
Indiana
Nic
Coppler
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Western
Southern
Woodley
Cleveland
Joseph Chamberlain
England
Ileces
Northwest
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