Maceo death disputed with reports of trap and bloodshed
Havana papers deny the killing story as false while Cuban and Spanish accounts differ. In Havana insurgents press entrenchment. Spain sends 2000 troops amid rising anti-American sentiment. In Jacksonville a detailed Havana-sourced letter recounts Maceo’s death at a trap, with staff slain, Dr Zertucha surviving, and calls for U.S. action.
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Maceo
Weyler
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Jacksonville
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Zertucha
Ahuminda
Marquis of
Ahumada
Trocha
Cirujeda
Francisco Gomez
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Cuba
Cuba War Aid Limited by Arm Shortage Says Quesada
Quesada confirms Cubans have enough manpower and leadership to advance their cause, needing arms, ammunition, and care for the wounded. No new information besides a Estrada Palma telegram alleging Maceo was killed in a plot. Major Cirujeda promoted to lieutenant colonel in Havana.
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Quesada
Estrada Palma
Ahumada
Zertucha
Cirujeda
New York
Havana
Wreck of the Salier Off Spain Drowns 300 Passengers
Berlin dispatch reports the North German Lloyd steamer Salier wrecked near Villagarcia, Spain, on December 7. More than 300 aboard, mostly steerage, including 109 Russians, 25 Galicians, Germans, and about 200 Spaniards bound for Argentina, all drowned.
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Turkish minister did not protest president's message
The State Department flatly denies a published report that Turkish Minister Mustafa Bey protested the president's message to Congress. The denial calls the report pure fiction and says Mustafa Bey did not visit Secretary Olney on the day claimed to convey the sultan's displeasure.
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State Department
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Olney
Wamburg Dockers Seek Conference With Employers
Hampura reports striking dockers adopt resolutions favoring an arrangement with employers. A conference to form a board of conciliation for reciprocity matters is planned between strikers and employers. Ottawa watchdogs note McKinley reciprocity talks eyed for early action per Premier Laurier. Armor Plate inquiry at Washington shows higher than expected defective plate supplied to battleships.
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Ont
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Treaty for General Arbitration Between U S and Britain Near
Washington Dec 14 negotiations for a general arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain have advanced toward completion with aims to operate within five years. A six member arbitration court will decide all differences excluding the Bering Sea and Venezuela questions. The pact seeks to prevent future conflicts and aids commercial interests, with ratification hoped before the current administration ends.
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United States
Great Britain
Olney
Julian Pauncefote
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Venezuela
Alaska
British North America
United States Senate
Alaska judge urges grand jury indict liquor and cannery defiance
Judge Delaney in Juneau Alaska delivers a sensational charge to the grand jury quoting a published parody on territorial justice. He says liquor men and canneries combine to defeat convictions and calls for indictments of those accused or of the printer for libel.
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Alaska
Port Townsend
Wash
Juneau
Delaney
Territory of
Grand Jury
A Century the Limit on English Coal Supply
A summary from London reports that Leneye Foster, a mineralogist, warns England may face coal exhaustion. He states output cannot sustain a 3.14 percent yearly rise and declines could appear within a lifetime. Professor Negin projects mines could reach 4000 feet, deeper than any current shaft. Wisconsin Paper Men Meet to discuss a proposed combine and a single selling agency, with details kept private.
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New York
Evening Post
London
Leneye Foster
England
Negin
Spanish Vessels Lurking Off Florida Coast Reported
Spongers arriving at Key West report a large number of Spanish warships off the Florida coast. They sail out by day and return at night, shining searchlights over land. Sightings have occurred several times along the shore.
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Key West
Fla
Florida
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