Cubans Stand Off Warships in Tense Peace Talks
Havana reports show peace in Cuba drifting further as Taft's mission struggles to bridge factions. Arrival of U S battleships and cruisers impresses but fails to quell insurgents who refuse recognition via U S mediation. Taft and Bacon abandon hope of neutral ground as Roosevelt anticipated to steer next moves. An interior canvass indicates intervention seen as only route to stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
United States
Taft
Cuban
Bacon
Freyre Andrade
Alfredo Zayas
Roosevelt
Interventions and Insurgents Shape Cuban Crisis
Report details a tense Cuban conflict as 300 insurgents encamp near La Lisa and rebels reach toward Havana while Taft weighs mediation terms. Moderate party resolution urges surrender of arms and acceptance of mediators decision. Government moves troops toward Havana amid rumors of resignations and a looming intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bacon
General Acosta
la Lisa
Morgan
Mariano
Taft
Havana
Pino Guerra
Zayas
Qcharles Hernando
Guerra
Mendez Capote
United States Mediatory Commission
Palma
Rooosevelt
Conditions in Cuba and proposed intervention report
Washington Sept 22 detailing pressure for intervention and annexation to restore order in Cuba. Notes crippling finances and a protracted insurrection with insurgents lacking organization yet outnumbering government forces. trade collapsed and tobacco and sugar crops at risk. Also reports on direct telegraphic link to Havana, Funston’s departure for Cuba, and navy plans listing a dozen ships for Cuban service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Havana
Cuba
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Bacon
Funston
General Bell
Bell
Mitchell
Navy Department
Cuban
Pythagoeras
Mormon Church Leader Faces Unlawful Relations Charge
Joseph F. Smith, president of the Mormon church, is cited for possible arrest on a statutory charge of unlawful relations with one of his five wives after the birth of a child to Mary T. Schwartz Smith. The case links to Senator Smoot, Gov. Cutler, and other church leaders, drawing wide attention in Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Smith
Senator Smoot
Utah
Salt Lake City
Mormon Church
P. P. Christensen
Salt Lake County
State Court
Charles Mostyn Owen
United States Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Owen
Justice of the Peace
Smith
Mary T. Schwartz Smith
Friends
Christensen
Howell
Smoot
Cutler
Mormon Capitol
Political tips and party standvals in New York area
News brief surveys party maneuvering across several states. Murphy stalls on Hearst support amid Tammany caucus delay. Gibboney withdraws over vote-buying affidavits. Palmer and Cobleigh nominations ruled invalid in Luzerne. Bailey remains deflective on Texas campaign. Campbell speculation on Hamilton bid. New York Central railroad fined for coal use. health officer enforces clean air rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
New York
James K. Magquire
Syracuse
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Martin FP. Dillon
W. R. Hearst
Hearst
Tammany
Buffalo
Jerome
Sulzer
W. H. Newman
New York Central Railroad
Bronx
Darlington
GRAIN AND LIVESTOCK MARKETS AND PRICES
Markets report cattle and hog prices in Chicago and other cities, with ranges for steers, heifers, cows, bulls, and stockers. Sheep and lambs, calves, and hog types priced across East Buffalo, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincinnati, New York, and Toledo with No 2 red and mixed grain values noted. brief humor item ends with a quip about matches in heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
East Buffalo
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Cincinnati
New York
Toledo
Ball's Capture Leads to Indictment of Posse on Murder Charge
Lee county Virginia grand jury indicts Kentucky officials who captured Frank Ball at Rosehill on Aug 9 after a clash in which Ball's ally John Lee was shot dead. Indicted are Bell County Sheriff Rice W. Johnson and deputies R J Giveng N J Wilburn John Glinn James Rollins Ike Van Bibber and John Wilson. Requisitions to be sought. Ball, jailed for murdering Jack Bolen, fled, triggering the posse. Ball's father is Lee county sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesboro
Lee County
Kentucky
Frank Ball
Rosehill
John Lee
Ball
Lee
Rice W. Johnson
Bell County
R. J. Giveng
N. J. Wilburn
John Glinn
James Rollins
Ike van Bibber
John Wilson
Pineville
Johnson
Jack Bolen
Explosion at Tellico depot leaves town split over cause
Fatalities will not be less than twelve with about 200 injured, many seriously, and estimated damage at $500,000. The Jellico Kentucky depot of the Southern railway is blown apart, wrecking warehouses and hotels on both sides of the state line. Many firms suffer, and the injured total reaches 209.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tellico
Southern Railway
Armour Company
Jung Brewing Company
Pinnacle Brewing Company
Kentucky Consumers’ Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Jellico Furniture Company
Smith Dry Goods Company
Cumberland Opera House
Jellico
Knoxville
Tennessee
Kentucky
Glenmorgan
Carmathian
Tests into Duluth coal rates and La Follette meddling case
In a Hastings freight rate hearing James Manahan pressed A W Trenholm for an admission that the Omaha road sent lawyers to oppose Senator La Follette in Wisconsin. The question was objected to and sustained as the commission prepared to take the lid off on alleged campaign spending by the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha railroad. Trenholm testified Perrin was employed by the road to fight La Follette in northern Wisconsin. Peonage verdicts and jockey death reports follow.
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St. Paul
Mion
Hastings
Minn
Duluth
Superior
State Railroad Warehouse Commission
James Manahan
A. W. Trenholm
Omaha Road
Omaha
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
State Railway and Warehouse Commission
Manahan
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad
Senator LaFollette
Trenhelm
Solon Pertin
LaFollette
Trenholm
Perrin
Ohio Olio and Traction News From Columbus and Beyond
Ohio Olio reports Gov Harris appointing a taxation commission to craft reforms for equity in state taxes. Philadelphia buyers consider extending a traction line to connect with Lima Kenton and Marion electric lines. Tragedies and incidents include a jealousy murder suicide in Dayton and a carbolic acid explosion in Youngstown. Sweet Marie sets a trotting record in Columbus. two Romanian laborers killed by a fast train near Sebring. burial planned for a Cincinnati accident victim. Madrid anarchist trial updates. jockey Lucien Lyne quits riding. and the Mongolia steamer is floated after grounding on Midway Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeye
Italy
Commission On Taxation
Columbus
Govepsiet Harris
Wade Ellis
Thos. H. Hogsett
Cleveland
H.C. Cassatt
Cincinnati
Atlee Pomerine
Odd Fellows Meet In St Paul Next September
A note from the era states the sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows will convene in St Paul in September. Tornado in Minnesota wrecked 11 buildings near Springfield with no fatalities. The will of Russell Sage was probated without contest and Mrs Sage increased heirs’ inheritance. US weekly failures count 200, Canada 34 from prior year. General James C Hill, Confederate veteran and Virginia railroad commissioner, dies in Scottsville. Hongkong typhoon sinks 600 fishing junks, toll rising. Dynamite blast near Finmark Ontario kills five, injures six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
St. Paul
Minnesota
Springfield
Russell Sage
Hongkong
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Finmark
New Ontario
Cap
The Goorals of Poland: Honest Yet Obstinate and Brave
W T Benda in Century describes the goorals of Poland as vivacious, honest, hospitable and brave, yet obstinate and quarrelsome. They revere mountains, mix Catholic rites with old beliefs, and celebrate Sobotka on St John’s night with pagan echoes. Their dress is a layered regional costume weighing up to thirty eight pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Tatra
Gooral
Lan
Sviatovat
Leigh
W. T. Benda
Unsuspected Art in Forestry Wood Cuts
A Baltimore American quip notes forestry as a form of art through its wood cuts, sparking a playful exchange on the artistry found in timber work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
The Unsatisfied Bachelor Philosophy
The New York Press quotes a bachelor declaring he has not married to keep a quiet life. He argues marriage would bring fear of loss with a good wife, misery with a bad one, wretchedness with a poor wife, taunts with wealth from a rich wife, jealousy if she’s ugly, and eternal jealousy if she’s beautiful, concluding that life is a nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Baseball scores and standings from early American leagues
Baseball results across the American and National Leagues show multiple games with detailed box scores. Batteries, runs, hits, errors, and lineups are listed for Detroit Chicago St Louis Cleveland New York Philadelphia Cincinnati Brooklyn Boston and other clubs with win loss records and league standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American League
Detroit
Washington
Siever
Schmidt
Smith, Kitson and Wakefield
ST. Louis
St Louis
Philadelphia
Petty and Spencer
Waddell
Cunningham and Byrnes
Chicago
R.A. EB
New York
Walsh
Roth
Chesbro
Orth
Kiemnon
McGuire
R. H. Ee
Owen
Hoge
Cleveland
Rh.e. Cleveland
Boston
Hess and Bemis
Winter
Armbruster
RHE Cleveland
Townsend and Clarke
Young
Carrigan
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Fleet
Gibboney
D. C
Harrisburg
Campbell
Hamilton
Peter Schwab
James E. Campell
Grain and Livestock
Heaven
Chiago News
Fairbanks
Board of Commissioners of
Cook County
Auditorium Hotel
Salisbury
N. C
B. I. Hedrick
G. C. Whitaker
Spencer
Whitaker
Hedrick
Li Hedrick
Covington
Thomas M. Doherty
Fourth
United States Infantry
Fort Thomas
Doherty
Philippines
San Juang Hill
Santiago
Congress
Kielec
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Charles M. Smith
John Reed
Smith Farm
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Charles M. Smith, Jr
Ben Stone
Ben Sids
W. Lee Rog Rs
William Woods
Floyd Woods
James Smith
Rex’ Smith
Joskey
Bertrand Freishon
New Orleans
Gravesend
C. Ross
Freishon
Ross
Ohio
OLIO
J. A. Vandegrift
C .B. Paist
W. C. Neuhaus
Delaware
Magnetic Springs
Larue
Lima, Kenton and Marion
Dayton, O
Alonzo Milliard
Susan Milliard
Milliard
Youngstown, O
Republic Rubber Company
Samuel Ciceco
James Dana
Elmer Beye
W. G. Beye
Sweet Marie
Salem
Pennsylvania
Sebring
Aleara
Marseilles
Charlotte Schmidlapp
St. Martin de Crau
Madrid
Assize Court
Ferras
Avino
Mackens
Morales
Mongolia
Honolulu
Midway Island
Werald
Goorals
V.l. Pol Chica
N.Y
Niewang Prp
Arphive
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