Review of the Week’s Notable Global Propositions
The week reports negotiations for a first class armored cruiser, the Concho arriving in New York with 968 bales of Cuban tobacco, and英ish engineers planning to continue a strike. It notes Afridis seeking peace talks, a major fire in Lebanon Tennessee, and Chicago’s low year death rate. Other items include a 224 day overdue British bark, a stabbing near Marseilles, hurricane damage in Liverpool, and a fatal yard accident in Philadelphia. Additional notes cover theft from Indianapolis banker Volney Mallett, embezzlement by a New York clerk, a Pacific steamship service start, Irish and Ute land sales, a Chi town windstorm, trials for Narodnaya Volya editors, and large ore contracts in Cardiff.
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Mob frees and hangs a suspect at Colfax Courthouse
In Colfax Washington Chadwick Marshall known as Blackey is said to have been dragged from the jail by a mob at 2 am and hanged from a window on the courthouse wall. Dakota Slim was wounded by a gunshot during the raid and survived. A coroner's inquest found Marshall fatally hurt by unknown parties.
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Mira
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Pittsburg
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Spokane
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Dakota Slim" McDonald
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empire powers near agreement on Corea reports
A Hong Kong dispatch to the Daily Mail says England Japan and Russia have an agreement on Corea with details unknown and the British fleet returning to Hong Kong. A Times Hong Kong correspondent cites a Russian official traveling to Canton to press demands on the viceroy who has been ordered to concede.
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Corea
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Cuban leaders to join field with Blanco in Cuba reports
Rumors from Havana say General Fitzhugh Lee will accompany General Blanco when he goes into the field. Senor Estrada Palma, the insurgent delegate to the United States, is said to arrive soon to join the expedition and meet General Maximo Gomez for a conference. The chatter has stirred the city.
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Fitzhugh Lee
Blanco
Senor Estrada Palma
United States
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Maximo Gomez
Six men buried in a cave at Walter Beach quarry
News from Allentown says six men were entombed in a cave at Walter Beach's slate quarry in Slatintown about 15 miles away. Two bodies have been recovered, four may be dead. Earth vibrations and a distant explosion alarmed Exeter and nearby New Hampshire towns.
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Exeter
New Hampshire
Frozen to death wandered near eighty miles in circle
A search party found William Putnam and Parrish Johnson, who left December 20 for 80 miles northeast, frozen to death about 80 miles from Coulee City Washington. They wandered in a circle after a sudden storm as they attempted a 40 mile unsettled route with snowshoes. Johnson was an elderly man and Putnam a robust farmer who had recently been released from insanity detention.
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Medical Lake
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Mr. Holt
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Insurgent Surrender and Havana Relief Efforts
In Havana a man named Ramon Vivesa attacked during cathedral service firing several shots damaging the image of St Peter. Vivesa was disarmed and sent to a lunatic asylum. The first U S relief supplies distribution was held at Dr Villisola's residence for reconcentrados. La Discussion praises American charity and urges insurgents to seek peace. Insurgent leader Nunes and five others surrendered in Santa Clara.
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United States
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Santa Clara
el Recontrado
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The Last Chapter Theodore Durrant Executed
San Quentin Cal January 8 Theodore Durrant died on the gallows for Blanche Lamont's murder. He faced death with calm defiance and forgiveness, switching from Baptist roots to Catholic rites before the sentence was carried out at 10 34 a m. His plea of innocence stood as the black cap fell and the trap opened.
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California
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Judges for Alaska Senate panel may back three judges
Washington, Jan. 11. Senators Thurston Carter and White of the committee on territories favor recommending three Alaska judges instead of one and granting them power to appoint U S commissioners. They discussed allowing congressional delegation though not decided. A polling-place issue is seen as a hurdle. Bedford, Ia, Jan. 11. James R. McCown, a justice of the peace, shot his ex-wife last night in a custody dispute and was later found dead in the sheriff’s yard from a self-inflicted gunshot.
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White
Committee On Territories
United States
Congress
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Sheriff Lane
Train engine rim bursts near Netherwood injuring three
A Baltimore and Ohio line engine rim burst as the train passed Netherwood New Jersey at about 50 miles an hour this morning. Three passengers were slightly injured. Earlier reports note broad riots in Girgenti Sicily with rioters firing at municipal buildings and troops called out.
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Baltimore & Ohio
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N. J
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Sicily
Cuba seeks full independence as price of peace says Gomes
General Maxime Gomes declares Cuba will not yield and must be recognized as free. He urges Spain acknowledge independence, provide fair compensation, and accept a Cuban protectorate instead of annexation. The interview notes strong support from Cuban business interests and a plan for an American capital syndicate to fund peace.
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America
Cotton for the Northwest expands farming scope east of Cascades
Oregon and Washington to raise cotton next season as part of a broader industrial program by the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company. Trials will test cotton and other crops in Wasco Sherman Morrow Umatilla and Whitman Adams counties with aims to alleviate irrigation limits and spur dairying and livestock. A Cuban tobacco initiative and drought resistant tree experiments will accompany the program along with a new water-raising device and forage production studies.
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