Insurgent advances in Pinar del Rio region reported
Dispatches from Havana describe Maceo and Gomez moving through Pinar del Rio and surrounding towns with mounted forces. They seized rations and disrupted transport while declaring local governments in towns like San Cristobal and Mantua. Reports note scarce food, suppressed sugar grinding, and widespread insurgent control as Spanish forces struggle to respond.
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Eight Killed as Church Roof Falls on French Worshipers
In Meurthe et Moselle department near Maudétlievre a church roof collapsed during a Catholic Mass killing eight and wounding sixty. Most victims were women and children as the structure suddenly gave way trapping worshipers beneath debris. Some injured are in serious condition with fears more deaths.
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Paris
Mautdevrier
Meinet-Lotre
Bayard Popular in England Says London Daily News
The Daily News in London regrets the U S House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee action censuring Ambassador Bayard for his Edinburgh and Leaston speeches. It notes Bayard remains highly popular in Britain, is a persistent defender of American interests, and though his remarks criticized the U S commercial system, hopes he will not retire as the censure vote was party driven.
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Daily News
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Americas
Father throws children from roof to save them
In a dramatic incident in Newbury Balding, New York, Joseph Kushner reportedly hurled his four children from the roof to the adjoining building as a tire in progress. Bertha, 6, crippled, fractured a leg. the others were bruised. Mrs. Kushner fell while descending a clothesline and broke both legs. The father then jumped, escaping injury.
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Bertha
B O Reorganization Elevates Rail Execs in Trade Line
The Baltimore and Ohio reorganization raises Clits, DO, and Scull to passenger traffic manager and general passenger agent roles. J. P. Sehrgger will move from assistant general passenger agent to general passenger agent at Washington, with further shifts as noted in the labor reshuffle.
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Lewis Lethe
Pittsburg
Sullivan Recovery Report From Springfield Hospital
Sullivan is recovering from a wound in Springfield and may rejoin his company if no complications arise. His doctor notes he eats and sleeps well and hopes he can leave tomorrow. Also reported, Elizabeth Grand Duchess of Oldenburg died yesterday. she was born March 26 1821.
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rat
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Congress Teeters Over Tariff Bill and Cuban Resolutions
Senate nonsessions and pending measures cloud the pace of lawmaking. Debates loom on the tariff bill, Cuban resolutions, and Monroe doctrine while Senate committees prepare reports on Dupont, defense, and appropriation bills for action this week. House items include land sale amendments, Ways and Means review, and District of Columbia funding. Ambassadors Bayard speeches spark anticipated discussion.
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Dupont
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house
District of Combia
foreign affairs
Bayard
Edinburgh
Boston
England
More Trouble for Miners in Pittsburg District
The district executive board of United Mine Workers adopted resolutions urging men to continue work until a joint committee of operators and miners meets to act on a circular issued by President Dearmitt of the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company. The meeting is expected early this week, with the outcome uncertain and the potential for renewed unrest and difficult conditions as the Fifty-nine cents per ton rate is favored over the fifty-four cents uniform rate. Albany. Feb 3. Mayor Thacher asks Senator to advocate keeping Albany as the second oldest incorporated municipality and suggests naming a future cruiser after this ancient city.
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Dearmitty
New York & Cleveland Gas Coal company
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Albany
Ifon
John Boyd ‘Thacher
Ill
Not a Candidate for Governor in Tennessee Race
Nashville Feb 3 Congress man Renton McMillan announces he will not seek the democratic gubernatorial nomination and will seek re election as representative from the Fourth Tennessee district.
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Nashville
Tenn
Renton McMillan
Tennessee
Crowds Attracted To St Paul Wreck Near Long Branch
Long Branch New Jersey February 3 crowds near the stranded American line steamship St Paul totaled about 25000 as sightseers arrived from Philadelphia New York and Asbury Park. Restaurants ran out of food and stores sold snacks to feed visitors while crews from Cramp's shipyards and dozens of locals viewed the ship amid ongoing salvage efforts.
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N. J
American line
St. Paul
Merritt
Pennsylvania railroad
Philadelphia
Cramps’ shipyards
New York
Asbury Park
Wealthy widow Mrs Schwartz dies by own action
Feb 3 in Brooklyn reports Mrs Augusta Schwartz, a wealthy widow, suffered neuralgia and grief over her husband’s loss. She opened the gas jets, drank laudanum, then shot herself in the mouth, ending her life. Also notes arrivals of Clarry and Dallas Hyams in Buffalo and other brief notices from Providence and Richmond.
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Wereth
Brooklyn
Augusta Scbwartz
Banker George Bliss Dies Suddenly at Fifth Avenue Home
George Bliss senior partner of Morton Bliss & Co. died suddenly yesterday morning at his Fifth Avenue home from paralysis of the heart. He was eighty years old. In Cincinnati, February 3, Deacon Richard Smith, known to newspaper men as president of the board of supervisors, faces threatened blindness due to a cataract.
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George Bliss
Morton, Bliss & Co
Fifth avenue
Cincinnati
Richard Smith
board of supervisors
German Americans oppose Heine Monument offer to New York
The Heine Monument central committee unanimously disapproves of placing Prof Herter's Loreley fountain in New York City. They withdraw the offer, condemn the park commission's action as insulting to German American residents, and urge transferring the fountain to Baltimore where it will be valued and properly honored February 3.
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Lameburg torah
Taylor
Neal, Morse & Co. Denied Failure as Corporation Form Change
Boston, Feb 3. Morse stated Neal, Morse & Co did not fail or become embarrassed. The firm merely converted from co‑partnership to a corporation, a move endorsed by all involved. Correcting a misprint, liabilities are $300,000 with a surplus of $117,009. The corporation is in good shape.
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New York dispatch
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Albany Weighs Insurance Reciprocity and Excise Debate
Albany reports the senate will discuss new rules and a reciprocity bill on insurance with foreign countries, targeting Prussian firms, likely to pass and go to the governor this week. General hearings on the excise question end, noted as the most thoroughly considered issue of the session by the senate committee.
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senate committee
Avustin McCarthy to Retire as Irish Leader
London dated Feb 3 reports the anti-Parnellite faction of the Irish parliamentary party will meet in Dublin on March to select a new leader after Justin McCarthy retires this week due to ill health and workload. Thomas Sexton of North Jersey is favored to lead the party.
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house of commons
Drunkenness sentence and multiple trials across cities
A man named Burr was sentenced to attend thirty temperance meetings with each missed meeting costing a day in jail, while prison manager Mr Dennis witnessed the proceeding. In Philadelphia a fire-caused loss was placed at 1,000 dollars affecting Hazleton building and American Baptist Publication Society property. Numa Duboussat was jailed in Baton Rouge for a one year sentence after appeal exhaustion. Fort Worth reports indicate record Texas gains despite floods and rising streams across the state.
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Armerican Baptist Publication society
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fee
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quibbie
Numa Duboussat
Baton Rouge
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Tex
Texas
Gossip from Berlin on Italy Russia Turkey pact shifts
Berlin dispatch notes Britain aims to pull Italy into a Russia Turkey arrangement independent of allies. Crispi seeks changes to the Dreifund pact as Nigra travels Rome. Kaiser pauses planned Mediterranean yacht trip and Empress abandons Abageia stay. German women press for property rights without husband consent. An old Berlin anecdote recalls Kaiser Frederick III. Three Americans arrested in Hamburg for bank robbery attempt. Frank Read, 11, drowns skating in Kennedy's pond.
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