Cuban Question and Tariff Amendments Debated in Senate
Senate debates the Cuban question with splits over deferring versus immediate action and requests for State Department info. Gallinger proposes tariff amendment increases on lime, bleaching powder, building stone, papers, Portland cement, and surface coated papers. Executive session confirms nominations including Stanford Nines to The Netherlands and Edward G. Bradford as U S district judge. House moves to conference on sundry civil, vetoes Pearl Harbor funds, and expands Alaska mineral land commissions and seal fisheries probes.
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Washington
senate
Cubs
Morrill
Vermont
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Louisiana
Lodge
Massachusetts
Foraker
Ohio
state department
Mills
Texas
Allen
Nebraska
Kyle
South Dakota
Warren
meridan
Gallinger
Senate committee on finance
Stanford Nines
Minnesota
Netherlands
Edward G. Bradford
United States
district of Delaware
George Moulton, Jr
district of Bath
Ele
Henry A. Castle
post ofice
Samuel B
Pearl harter
Hawaiian Islands
Hitt
Minoig
committee on foreign affairs
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Cummings
New York
Henry
Connecticut
Parker
New Jersey
Simpson
Kansas
Messrs
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Tlinns
Sayers
Hilborn
California
Walker
house
Alaska
Cuban Letters to Cleveland and McKinley Sent to Senate
May 12 report to the Senate transcribes General Gomez letters appealing for U S support, with translations by different readers. It notes Cuban authorities barred cipher dispatches between Sagua La Grande and Havana. the mayor was reprimanded and officials ordered not to obstruct official telegrams to U S agents.
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Senate
Washington
secretary of state
state department
Gomez
Cleveland
McKinley a
United States
Sagua La Grande
Lee
Havana
Sagua Ina Grande
Tne
Prisoner Jumps From Train While Transferred to Maryland Penitentiary
Old mood Western paper recounts Jonhn A. Coler of Glencoe Pa under 15 year sentence for forging Union Pacific bonds attempting suicide by leaping from an express train on the Baltimore and Ohio. He was handcuffed to a deputy, struck his guard, and plunged from a window. He survived the fall but sustained injuries likely to prove fatal. Coler had earlier served nine years for forgery.
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Baltimore
Johmn A. Coler
Glencoe
Maryland
Union Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio
Coler
Cumberland
Maryland General hospital
National League Baseball Scores From Several Cities
In Cleveland Brooklyn and Washington games, hits and errors listed for Cleveland Brooklyn at Cleveland and Washington Baltimore matchups. Pittsburgh Boston and Chicago Cincinnati results show disputed scores with hits and errors tallied for each side.
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Cleveland
Brooklin
Brooklyn
Washington
Baltimore
Pitsburg
Pittsburg
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Nominated consul at Bordeaux and other dispatches
A. W. Tourgee named consul at Bordeaux. Senator Quay backs Chapman's pardon. Honduras insurrection over. peace restored. Kaiser Wilhelm sends 32,000 to Paris charity committee after bazaar fire. National Association of Chiefs of Police meets in Pittsburg. Baron Reediz Thott resigns as Denmark prime minister and foreign minister to King Oscar. Chicago reports Brig. Gen. Brooks may lead army in Miles' absence. Atlantic and Pacific sale to Santa Fe confirmed by Judge Ross in Los Angeles. Floyd Chilston and Bud Casbier from Dickenson county, Va., fought atop Cumberland mountains. Chilston died hours later.
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Bordeaux
Quay
Chapman
Honduras
Kaiser Wilhelm
Paris charity committee
National Association of Chiefs of Police
Pittsburg
Baron Reediz Thott
Denmark
Oscar
Chicago
Brooks
Miles
Atlantic and Pacific
Santa Fe company
Ross
United States district court
Los Angeles
Walker
Floyd Chilston
Bud Casbier
Dickenson county
Cumberland mountains
Chilston
Casbier ng
Crew of a Schooner Saved, New York
The schooner Theomas N. Stone of Boston captained by Newcomb left Philadelphia April 25 for Kingston Jamaica with a load of qunl. May 1 discovered leaky hull. pumps tried 41 times to locate and stop the leak but failed. By 10 p.m. eight feet of water. crew and captain abandoned ship. After four days adrift in a boat they were rescued May 5 by the British bark Africa Davison from Montevideo for New York and brought to port.
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New York
Theomas N. Stone
Boston
Newcomb
Philadelphia
Kingston
Jamaica
Africa
Davison
Montevideo
Youthful Culprit Pleads Guilty in Poison Plot
Exeter New Hampshire May 12 16 year old Frank Went Worth who attempted to poison his parents with paris green at Newton was brought to court and withdrew his not guilty plea He was sentenced to confinement in the State Industrial School until age 21.
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Exeter
N. H
Frank Went Worth
paris green
Newton
Professor Herman Shaffer Killed by Fall at Home
Theological seminary professor Herman M. Shaffer died after falling from a window at his Rochester residence on May 12. He left a son in Milwaukee and a daughter in Chicago.
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Rochester
Herman M. Shaffer
Theological seminary
Milwaukee
Chicago
Burglary raid hits Kingston townhouses in May
Burglars raided Kingston, breaking into several private residences in the upper part of town. Valuable articles and heirlooms were stolen. No thief crew has been found.
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Kingston
Work of the Fish Commission at Saratoga May 12
Captain Thomas Pierce of the United States Fish Commission at Cape Vincent released 400000 salmon fry into the upper Hudson River. The action underscores ongoing stocking efforts by the agency to boost fisheries.
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Saratoga
Thomas Pierce
United States fish commission
Cape Vincent
Hudson river
National Bank Organized in Kit tanning Pa
Washington May 12 authority granted for organization of the Merchants National Bank of Kit tanning Pennsylvania with capital set at sixty thousand dollars.
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National Bank
Washington
Merchants’ National bank of Kittanning
Cubans Victorious In Major Cuban Insurgent Raid
Havana dispatch reports a Cuban victory after a raid in Casqua Havana province freeing fifteen prisoners including two insurgent officers, while Spanish cavalry suffered heavy losses. General Weyler narrowly escaped a late western island ambush, fleeing on a short ride to safety amid renewed combat and casualties.
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Havana
Casqua
Ducagsa
Pinar del Rin
Ducassa
Pinar del Rio
Weyler
San Juan
Insurgents Grow In Numbers In Cuba, Lee Reports
Washington May 12 Consul General Lee's April 1 report to the state department says insurgents in Cuba are not declining and appear to be more numerous than when he left the island He notes lack of organization stems from a Cuban policy rejecting modern war concepts and that Cubans believe in their current method.
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Washington
state department
Lee
Bert o
Cuba
Defective Canal Work Delays Navigation Closures
An examination by a professional diver hired by contractor E. H. Bennett finds that the huge timbers of the sluiceway are sprung badly and 7 percent of the sluiceway must be removed to allow use of both lock sets. The diver began underwater sawing at 1 oclock. Preparatory work on the net lift rocks will be delayed until navigation closes.
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E. H. Bennett
Distillery Sold in Chicago Under Court Order
Distilling and Cattle Feeding company assets include the Calumet distillery sold by Receiver John McNulta. The plant fetched 250000 dollars, awarded to Levy Mayer as attorney for the Whiskey trust reorganization. The sole other bidder was A. A. Canavan, representing several retiring interests in the city.
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Chicago
John McNulta
Distiling and Cattle Feeding company
Calumet
Levy Mayer
A. A. Canavan
Uiewing
Annual Meeting of General Electric in Schenectady
The annual meeting of the General Electric company was held in Schenectady on May 13. About 210000 shares were represented in person or by proxy. The old board of directors was re elected. The board will hold its next meeting on the second Monday in June.
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Electricians
Schenectady
General Electric company
board of
wit
Rothschilds tied to Paris charity donation
London May 12 The Daily Chronicle Paris correspondent reports an anonymous 1,100,000 franc bazaar fund gift now identified as the collective donations of Rothschild family members.
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London
Paris
Daily Chronicle
Big Erie Canal Leak Disrupts Amsterdam Navigation
In Amsterdam on May 12 a major leak drained water from the Erie canal level and washed away hundreds of yards of earth into the Mohawk river. Navigation will be interrupted for a time.
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Amsterdam
Mohawk river
Greece Surrenders Brave Talk Amid War Weariness
May 12 Athens reports that the powers offer mediation for armistice if Crete is recalled and autonomy granted. Greece replies it will withdraw troops from Crete, accept autonomy, and entrusts peace to the powers. Constantine urges troops at Domokos to hold and advance if possible, while commissariat collapses leaving only bread and cheese.
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M. Onou
M. Skoloudis
France
Italy
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
Russia
Greece
Turkey
Crete
Constantinople
Constantines Brate Falk
Crown Prince
Constantine
Domokos
Pher- Sela
Greek commissariat
Outrages by Turks Reported in Epirus Destruction
London May 12 dispatches to The Daily Chronicle quote M Ralli stating that 24 villages between Toulour and Kastrosykia were burned after massacres of women and children. Survivors hid in Mount Zalongos forests or marshes and many perished before reaching Greek ships while Kama Tina village was completely destroyed.
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London
Athens
The
Daily Chronicle
M. Ralli
Vanos
Epirus
Toulour
Kastrosykia
Mount Zalongas
Kama- Tina
Mount Zalongos
Turkes's Terrible Warning in Epirus
May 12 report details Turkish atrocity in Louros plain as villagers suffer severed limbs. Greek western squadron bombs Sykia coast village near Nicopolis and Elia targeting Turkish depots to pressure supply lines.
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Arta
Louros
Sykia
Epirus
Nicopolis
Elia
Porte Denies Holy War Rumar In Constantinople Denial
In Constantinople May 12 the port a denied claims of a circular to imams fore shadowing a holy war and of a sacred edict being prepared. The official statement called the reports false and unfounded.
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Rumar
Constantinople
porta
sheik u o Islam
Was Duc d Aumale Secretly Married?
London May 12 According to a Paris dispatch to the Daily Chronicle the question of whether the late Duc d Aumale was secretly married grows more delicate and complex due to a woman residing on the Chantilly domain who was long admitted into the inner family circle She shared in the duc s literary work and is believed to have been privately married to him in Rome
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Duc VAumale
London
Paris
Daily Chronicle
Duc d'Aumale
Chantilly
duc
Rome
Special Excise Agents Appointed in Albany
Albany on May 12 Excise Commissioner Lyman appointed from the civil service eligible list two special agents Edward McLeer a Brooklyn veteran and George D Chichester of Poughkeepsie
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Albany
Lyman
civil service
Edward McLeer
Brooklyn
George D. Chichester
Poughkeepale
Survivors Land From Wrecked Bark St Jean
The French fishing schooner St Clair arrived at St Pierre with 32 men from the French bark St Jean. Captured off the Grand Banks in dense fog on May a collision with the Norwegian bark Loining sank St Jean four hours later. The St Clair rescued the crew next morning. the Loining was badly damaged and may have sunk after drifting away in the fog.
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St. Johns
N. F
St. Pierre
Millard
Focamp
Grand banks
St. Jean
Pension impostor jailed for impersonating examiner
James H. Ferguson pleaded guilty in Portsmouth New Hampshire to violating the 1884 act and received 18 months in the penitentiary. He allegedly operated across Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania Massachusetts and New Hampshire posing as a pension bureau special examiner. He offered to appoint agents at sixty dollars monthly plus expenses and charged ten dollars from each victim as security for handcuffs and a revolver.
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Bureau
Washington
pension bureau
James H. Ferguson
Portsmouth
N.H
Ferguson
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Indians Present Large Claim Against Rhode Island
Providence May 12 The Narragansett tribe seeking 214 000 050 against Rhode Island filed its claim with the judiciary committee clerk of the senate. The Indians challenge state authority in mass land laws that take their property and validate private title purchases from the late King Ninegret. The suit affects titles to land in the southern part of the state and will be submitted to the supreme court.
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Providence
Narragansett tribe of Indians
Rhode Island
judiciary committee
senate
supreme court
Acklan Divorce Case Moves Through Senate
Dover Delaware May 12 Mrs Laura Crocker Acklan of Cleveland daughter of ex judge Crocker and Cleveland millionaire seeks divorce from William H Acklan of Washington. The case, sparked by bribery and corruption charges, followed a June marriage and European trip before separation. Mrs Acklan relocated to seek the legislature divorce on grounds of crush treatment.
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Acklan
Dover. Del
Laura Crocker Acklan
Cleveland
Crocker
William H. Acklan
Washington
senate
Georgia Savings Bank Reorganized Vows to Fight Receiver
At a stockholders meeting in Atlanta on May 12 the Georgia Loan Savings Bank elected a new board of directors after finding cashier H A Cassin short 845000. The bank will resist any receiver action as stockholders report assets are ample to pay creditors. Ex cashier Cassin made a statement denying criminal guilt.
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Georgia Savings Bank Reorganized
Atlanta
Georgia Loan Savings bank
H.A.Cassin
Cassin
Meeting of Engineers in Boston on May 12
The American Order of Stationary Engineers met in annual session with 40 delegates from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Indiana and Massachusetts. Supreme Chief James Lightfoot presided as reports from Lightfoot, Franklin R. Moore and George Ficharnsen were reviewed. The organization has 2,500 members and strong finances.
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Meeting of Engineers
Boston
American Order of Stationary Engineers
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylania
Delaware
Maryland
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Indiana
Massachusetts
James Lightfoot
Supreme
Lightfoot
Franklin R. Moore
George Ficharnsen
England May Buy Wagons Here
New YorkMay 12 There is no truth in the report that the British government ordered 20000 trans Porte mule wagons from a Cortland firm for South Africa A Cortland wagon company received a cablegram from the British government asking for samples of various wagons shipping at once If satisfactory a large order may come for government use in India
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New York
Cortland
N. Y
South Africa
Cortland wsion
India
Cargo salvage hopes rise after wreck visit
Beach Haven New Jersey May 12 Captain F R Sharp foreman of the Merritt Chapman Derrick and Wrecking Company and Captain A Doane rep of the ship owners visited the wreck. Sharp said cargo between decks is a total loss but with divers aid the cargo below may be saved. Large quantities of California cider have washed ashore.
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Beach Haven
N. J
F. R. Sharp
Merritt & Chapman Derrick and Wrecking company
A. Doane
Yvette Guilbert to Wed Paris to Dr Max Schiler
A Paris dispatch reports famed cafe chanteuse Yvette Guilbert will marry Dr. Max Schiler this evening. The note also mentions a London date and a New Jersey gubernatorial action on turnpike purchases under state road law.
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fvette Gnuilbert
London
Daily Chronicle
Paris
Mlle. Yvette Guilbert
cafe chartant
Max Schiler
Landmark Minnesota land case seals sale in trusted heirs
Albany May 12 The New York Court of Appeals ruled in Hannah Niedlinger v Bernheimer that a sale of land once wilderness but now part of St Paul and Minneapolis stands. The case traces 50 years of Chicago City land plans with Bernheimer Bros controlling the venture and Niedlinger heirs seeking to reclaim one ninth of the Minnesota purchase. The court favored the Bernheimer heirs, upholding the sale.
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New York state court of appeals
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Hannah Niedlinger
Mayer A. Bernheimer
Isaac Bernheimer
Augusta Niedlinger
Bernheimer Bros
New York
Arnold, Nusbaum & Nierdlinger
Feiladelphia
Jacob Niedlinger
Arnold
Philadelphia
Minnesota
Chicago City
Bern
elmer Bros
Arnold, Nusbaum & Niedlinger
Bernheimer
Isaac Niedlinger
St. Paul Improvement company
Tooney
Niedlinger
Frederick Wiedlinger
St. Paul's
Niedtinger
Inheritance Tax Upheld by Illinois Supreme Court
In Tex Springfield on May 12 the Illinois Supreme Court ruled the state inheritance tax law valid, reversing a lower court ruling. The graduated tax applies to estates over 4000 dollars, with the Drake estate near 32 million dollars standing as a test case. the decision may go to the federal Supreme Court.
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Tex
Springfield
Illl
Taois supreme court
Jonn B. Drake
Grand Pacific
federal supreme court
Kingston steamer death man found in berth
John Kleeman of Kingston was found dead in his berth on the steamer James W. Goldwin, after traveling from New York. He had acted strangely, refused sleep, and distributed money on the street. He recently lost his wife, had six children, and had been given $80 by his brother.
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Kingston
N. Y
John Kleeman
James W. Goldwin
New York
Senators to Visit Jeffersons Home Washington May 12
Senators plan an excursion to Monticello Jeffersons home on Friday or Saturday next. Initiative by Senator Hear drew many senators, with a special train planned for the trip.
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Jefferson
Washington
senate
Monticello
Hear
Cattle with lumpjaw found in Montreal abattoir
Widespread lumpjaw disease detected in 12 to 16 cattle at the Montreal abattoir. Animals originated from northwest ranches and are being inspected by authorities.
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Montreal
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