26 Feb 1897
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Newspaper
Middletown Daily Argus
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1897
Page
1
A London dispatch reports King George I reacting with distress to Britain and the powers backing autonomous Crete. Premier Salisbury outlines a moving plan allowing Crete autonomy, with eventual Turkish withdrawal and potential force to enforce the decision if Greece or Turkey resist.
London reports in The Chronicle an interview with the king who expressed astonishment and grief that Christian powers tolerated Turkish use of a fortified base for neutrality and peace aims. He condemned cannons fired on a Christian people driven by outrage and massacre for life and liberty.
Paris press reports Mr. Gladstone wrote to the Temps on the Cretan crisis. He says his guiding ideas from Bulgarian atrocities still guide him but Russia has made a complete volte-face. He wonders what Alexander II would think of Mussin's conduct and voices sorrow and indignation at the powers' actions, accusing them of measuring their dishonor.
In Vienna on February 25 a large group of Greek Italian and Slav students tried to convene a meeting to praise Greece and denounce foreign interference in Crete. Police barred the gathering for lack of legal announcement. Three students were arrested and the group later swarmed the university stairs hooting and shouting before dispersing.
Foreign consuls in Crete protect the plain and Suda valley between Akrotiri and Canea. Christians at Selin are allowing Muslims and families to depart as foreign fleets take the refugees aboard. Three foreign warships are involved.
In Washington on February 26 the Spanish minister announced the queen regent has signed Julio Sanguilly pardoning. The move, said to be agreed at a cabinet meeting days earlier, was withheld until formal signing.
Washington February 26. Representative Sulzer introduced a bill declaring war between Spain and its colonies and the United States and its territories. The president would be authorized to use the full land and naval force, issue commissions to private armed vessels, and pursue reprisals against Spanish vessels and property. The measure was referred to the foreign affairs committee.
George A. Kraft of Brooklyn N Y committed death by own action yesterday in Baltimore. His body lay at Charles and Twenty sixth streets. Papers indicated he worked in insurance. A note stated he would not die yet and sought God s forgiveness. A pawn ticket showed he pawned his overcoat yesterday. Coroner Buddenbolm ruled death by own action and no inquest was held.
Steubenville Ohio February 26 a vast cloud of nitro glycerine stored between Gould Station and New Alexandria on the Panhandle railroad exploded wounding many and reducing two men to atoms only a toe found. Debris hurled trees toppled and the blast heard ten miles away. Officials Kirby and Hallien were prostrated and absent due to the disaster.
Farmer Me Masters, beaten and robbed in his home near ICrenio on Wednesday night, lies in serious condition. He and his wife and two children were bound while burglars ransacked the house and escaped with several hundred dollars in plunder. no trace was left by the assailants.
Newport reports over 1,200 houses partially flooded as rescue work continues and police patrol boats aid residents. Families displaced by the inundation camp on hills while goods are moved from the submerged districts. Separately, Pittsburg notes iron and steel trade strengthens with prices edging higher and large skelp sales in Philadelphia.
Canton reports Major McKinley plans a street walk today as his health returns and a large escort to the railway station is planned for Monday night. Mrs McKinley improves and the grippe leaves her. Rumor of Col J J McCook's cabinet preference persists amid cautious public alarm. Gov Bushnell confirms McKinley thanks Hanna appointment support for Sherman successor in senate.
At the Seine assizes in Paris on February 26 Emile Arton appealed his two year bribery sentence linked to the Panama canal scandal. He pledged to reveal how 2,000,000 francs were distributed among French deputies who backed the canal project, causing uproar in the chamber as officials awaited his full confession.
Ottawa dispatch reports expected friction between Canada and the United States over proposed U S lumber duties. John Charlton M P and a leading lumber dealer warns that a two dollar duty favored by the ways and means committee could trigger retaliatory export taxes and undesirable consequences.
The Tarneyros shoe factory on Alley street remains at an impasse as workers strike for thirty six hours with no major influx of strikers. The Hoot and Shave Workers' union holds its position, awaiting overtures from the firm.
United States ambassador Wayne MacVeagh and his family have left Piobine Palace and are staying at the Grand hotel in Rome. They will dine at the Quirinal with King Humbert and Queen Margherita on Saturday and depart Rome next Monday.
Col Granger of Winsted Conn committed death by own action by shooting yesterday. He served in the Second Connecticut artillery in the late war and was a member of ex Gov Massie's staff. Ill health is thought to have caused the death.
London February 26 Edward Wingfield has been appointed permanent secretary of the foreign office succeeding Sir Robert N Meade who retired due to ill health. Wingfield has served as an assistant under secretary for several years.
Washington news recounts the February Senate session where supporters of the Cuban cause pressed the Sanguilly joint resolution despite the Indian appropriation bill. Debates featured strong rhetoric about Spain and Havana, with senators urging action while concerns over naturalization and citizenship were raised. The day closed with a house vote approving a national bank bill.
The record notes a 10 percent overage in bonds deposited, conference reports on the agricultural appropriation bill and the Sioux reservation relief bill, and a committee resolution urging the president to provide correspondence on the arrest and punishment of American citizens by Spanish authorities in Cuba.
In New Haven Conn on February 26 WW Bryan faced possible trouble as Yale students were described as feared and Bryan was escorted by five policemen from a hotel to Hyperion theatre where he spoke to about a thousand people on bimetallism. He also addressed the Retail Merchants' association at their annual banquet.
In Carson Nevada on February 26 Fitzsimmons staged a comic chase after attempting to escape a post office search. Photographers tracked the Australian as he leaped a rear window and landed in a ditch, snowballing crowds trailing him toward Cook's ranch. Corbett trains fiercely with George Green while promising a decisive win.
London reports that the chess master Steinitz is alive but near death from an incurable brain ulceration. Friends in Moscow informed Berlin authorities that he recently swooned and has grown worse, spending time on supposed philosophy essays and debating when he will return to New York.
In Washington on February 26 a delay in ratifying the British Venenneian arbitration treaty occurred due to haste in sending English copies to Vargeas. Verbal assurances have been issued, and the document will be reviewed by the Venesuckin and British ambassadors before heading to Caracas by the next steamer. Albany reports the state Insurance Superintendent authorized the Assurance Company of America to begin business with a joint stock, capital stock and paid-in surplus disclosed.
Connecticut officials report renominations to the Board of Pardons, listing Dr. Francis Bacon of New Haven and ex-Lieut Gov Ernest Cady of Hartford for four-year terms from July 1, 1807. In other news, Boston reports the Supreme Court ruling that county officers are not state officers and cannot be impeached by the legislature.
Washington reports a cable from Spain stating Generals Gasco Ruiz and Segura defeated Maximo Gomez, forcing dispersal and retreat. Twenty rebels killed and many wounded as four battalions block passes to Mantanzas and Las Villas, while the Jucaro line narrows Gomez’s eastward retreat. Seven dhimmns pursue Comez along the fronts.
The schooner Haskell, arriving from Cienfuegos, was fired upon three times on February 7 near the mouth of the San Juan River by a Spanish gunboat-like steamer. Captains misidentified the vessel as a filibuster as the steamer, with a low dark hull and light upper works, pursued briefly and then steamed away.
New York February 6. The Cuban junta offices report no confirmation of President Salvado Cisneros's death. Officers doubt the report and warn the loss would strike a blow to the Cuban cause given Cisneros's leadership and knowledge of the island's resources. They compare the potential impact to the earlier deaths of Vice President Marti and General Maceo.
Madrid reports Epoca discusses the Cuban crisis and notes Spain will punish any persons proved to have mistreated Nicardo Ruiz, an American citizen, in a Cuban prison. The incident tests Spain United States relations while maintaining friendly ties with Washington.
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