Armistice Granted for Island Cuba Say Spanish Note
Spain announces an armistice for Cuba with no conditions and liberal institutions promised to the island. The note, delivered to the U S State Department, states the armistice terms and invites world maritime powers to appoint experts to settle the Maine question. Cuban insurgent leaders and Gen Gomez face the reaction as to whether the armistice is accepted or rejected.
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Spain
Blancu
Montay
Cuba
United States
Maine
Woollford
Senor Quesada
Junta
Gomez
Genextes
Hiis
Sain
Lee Arrives at Key West as Havana clearance signals issued
Key West reports detail Consul General Lee aboard the Fern and Olivette in a staged exit from Havana. Civilians and crowds along the harbor watched as ships departed, while Washington instructed a quick withdrawal. Separate items note Alaska Chilkoot tragedy rising to 66 dead and 154 unaccounted, a Tennessee shooting, a Chicago butterine ruling, a Sacramento store fire with heavy losses, and a Sofia Bulgaria train wreck attempt thwarted.
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National Capitol
Cowles
United States
Havana
Lee
Arccani
Moro Castle
Cabanas
Hawaiian Royalists Split Rifts Grow Between Factions
The royalist movement in Hawaii shows deepening splits among five factions over restoration vs republican allegiance. The old Liliuokalani faction remains largest, denouncing Kaulia and urging support for the Republic, while others favor Princess Kealii and unity under the republic.
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Mawail
Tong
Kainla
Kaulia
Hawaiian Commission
Washington
Xaniia
Charges and chaos amid Gardner case and wreck saga
Affidavits filed in Columbus charge Osvar Gardiner with prize fighting and manslaughter over padded ring floor claims as autopsy disputes concussion theory. Gardiner released on 700 dollar bond awaiting preliminary hearing. vow to never fight again. Additional items note Maine wreck forcefully ordered away from site, an Ohio school board plans porch illumination, and Ohio centennial deliberations.
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Osvar Gardiner
Columbus
Ohio
Stout
Gardiner
Indea ns Acting Ugly as Troop Withdrawal Feared
White settlers alarmed by proposed US troop withdrawal from Arizona and New Mexico warn Washington of possible Apache outbreaks. Cattlemen fear loss of restraint with troop pullback. guards may be deployed. About 38,090 Apaches in New Mexico, temper volatile. tensions rise among White Mountain bands and settlers in the region.
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United States
Arizona
New Mexico
Cou
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Washington
National Guard
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White Mountain
Spain's torpedo fleet kept at Cape Verde Islands
Spanish naval units at Cadiz and Cape Verde are not ready for sea. The rumored sailings to Cuba or Porto Rico are denied. Torpedo squadron remains at Cape Verde. Villamalos squadron to Cadiz. Admiral Clarena ordered to accelerate preparations. The Cadiz area shows high activity due to nearby arsenals and shipyards.
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Spain
Evolusion
Cuba
Porto Riso
Admiral Cervin
Villamal
Cadiz
Marine
Clarenea
Cadiz Bar
Royal Arsenal
San Fernando
Sans-Atlantic Company
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Sets Fast Ocean Passage Record
The German steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse eclipses western transatlantic records from Southampton to New York with an average speed of 22.09 knots. Captain Engithart reports a Needles to Sandy Hook lightship time of five days and twenty hours, over two hours faster than its maiden voyage last September. The voyage also exceeds the best averages of any ocean liner and tops the Cunarders’ recross trip from Queenstown.
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New York
Engithart
Needles
Iook
Lucallia
Queenstown
Battle on the Nile forces take Mahmouds fortifications
Cairo dispatch reports Anglo Egyptian forces under Gen Kachener attacked the Dervishes at Mahmouds fortifications Friday morning. The center was rushed with no effective resistance and the Dervishes suffered heavy losses.
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Lor
Cairo
Kachener
Tome
Mahmoud
Diver Asphyxiated on Newport gunboat bottom test
A mate of the gunboat Newport, Johnson, died during a bottom examination off Ixey West. The cause is uncertain but may involve an entangled air pipe. he was drawn up without signals and found dead. Police report no cause for alarm or suspected defect in the routine inspection.
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Gumner
Johnson
Newport
Ixey West
Ile
Potiwade
Chilkoot Pass Tragedy Claims Dozens On Slide
A deadly avalanche on the Chilkoot Trail near the Scales and Stonehouse areas buried the route under snow and ice. A blizzard and warm rain led to a collapse that killed and injured many gold seekers. thousands helped search as telephones failed and debris blocked progress. Authorities report 3600 rescuers were working, with the nearest station four miles away and many bodies unrecoverable for days.
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Alaska
Nevi
Bapreen
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Yvet
Stonehouse
Chilkoot Pass
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Pope's Armistice Plea to McKinley Reported
A Madrid World’s special prints the pope's message to President McKinley urging Spain to grant a humanitarian armistice and suspend extreme measures. McKinley’s reply asks for respect and wishes success to the pope's endeavor while noting a wait for results.
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Madrid
McKinney
Rome
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McKinley
Hills 2 Bank President Shot in Gunbattle
David B. Landis president of the Conestoga Salina Bank was shot and killed by Ralph W. Wirebeck during a dispute over a house lease Landis had rented to Wirebeck wirebeck barricaded inside the house surrounded by officers and a crowd with further loss of life feared. Japanese All Excited in Yokohama dispatch public opinion opposes nothing but urges Japan to assert itself and seek foothold in Asia government hampered but likely to bow to public pressure. Margaret Mather Dead actress dies in Charleston West Virginia at 5 pm Thursday from convulsions caused by Bright's disease Miss Mather’s parents reside in Detroit. War Scare Injures Newport tourism cottage rentals down 30 percent from last year. Peoria Man Honored Commander Harrison of Peoria Illinois offered command of a monitor by the War Department.
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David BR. Landis
Dhe Con‘estoga
Salina Bank
Ralph W. W Wirebeck
Landis
Wirebeck
Wirebeek
Fife
Yokohama
Japan
Margaret Mather
Charleston
W. Va
Atute Bright
Miss Mather
Detroit
MARKER OUSTATIONS Ghicazo Cattle to Butter and Hogs Prices
Market fragment lists cattle, hogs, sheep, and grain prices across cities including Indianapolis Chicago Cincinnati Detroit and Milwaukee. It shows shipping cattle to 3.00 to 6.75 dollars, hogs from 3.00 to 4.25, wheat No 2 red 75 to 95 cents, corn No 2 30 to 38 cents, butter creamery 16 to 22 cents, eggs 10 to 102, with monthly and regional variations.
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Ianapulis
St. Louis
Wey
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
New York
Ministerial Appointments Announced by Evangelical Conference
The Evangelical Conference at Leaving last week announced ministerial appointments across Iowa districts. Presiding elder names include George Maller in Cedar Rapids, J. W. Hamilton at Cedar Rapids Center Point, J. E. Stauffacher resides in Des Moines, and William Jonas leads Le Mars district with several assignations to Ackley and Ackley area churches among others.
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Cedar Rapids
George Maller
Bette Plaine
J. M. Evans
Blairstown
L. A. Jones
Cedar Lapis
E. Ant
J. W. Hamilton
Cernter Point
William Klinefelter
Clermont
Smith
Grandview
Jang
Gifford
V. Hammond
la Porte
J. Walz
Lisbon
Rev. Biuulall
Marshalltown
E. F. Mell
Mantey
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North Liberty
S. Skogsbere
Raring
H.C. Arab
V. Urbino
Battle Creek
J. P.garmen
Bridgewater
G.L. Hertick
Cole
J. M. Bamford
Jows Center
Charles Pickford
Correctionvite
Willian Forel
Des Moines
Neiber
Harlan
C. D. Busenberg
Knoxville
Bel Oat
J. Wilsony
Stianwald
Presiding
Ackley
C. A. Raving
Aplington
Pla
Frase
Belmond
I. Belzer
Charles City
Gerhardt
Nora Springs
E. Mueller
Declamatory Contest Brings Northern Iowa Students Together
Northern lawa Schools representatives met in Webster City for the third annual declamatory contest. Judges awarded first in Oratorical Class to Olde Perris with Mirabeau as subject and second to Regulus speech by Freeman Morybrook. Dramatic Class awarded to Nancy G. Ladd with The Pilots Story, and Urhe Confessional. Humorous Class first to Jeli Webb with The Detaling Society. second to Frank Wright with Daring Greene and His Flying Machine. A Parkersburg special car brought visitors. about twelve cities competed and a parade honored the occasion with upper-grade scholars participating.
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Mirabeau
Regulus
Sara Luger
Waverly
Jeli Webb
Tampton
Detaling Society
Frank Wright
Greene
Parkersburg
Equal Suffragists Plan Divide Iowa Campaign
National and state suffrage groups split Iowa into north and south campaign zones with conferences planned in every county. Key organizers include Mrs Adelade Bullard Mrs N W Campbell and 4 Care Ritchie in Des Moines and Mrs Carrie Lane Chapman Catt directing national efforts from New York with assistants from Colorado Kansas New York and others. The first meeting occurred at Nevada and the next in Anamosa this week. For Defaming the President. A court martial at Marshalltown found James C Orr guilty for defaming President McKinley, sentencing him to a rank reduction and reprimand. Miners Return to Work. About 2500 Centerville district coal miners returned to work at the one cent rate after a wage dispute, with a United Mine Workers branch formed in Centerville. Darkin Gets Three Years. Robert Darkin, Chicago racketeer linked to the Elden bank robbery, pleaded guilty and received three and a half years in the penitentiary.
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Scott County
Association of Ministers of the Christian Chaarels
Cedar Rapids
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Wolves In Iowa and Cedar Rapids Gas Fatality Summary
J W Burris captured seven timber wolf pups near Hig Science about fifty yards from Buck Creek Bridge, alarming local farmers with chicken losses. In Cedar Rapids an elderly couple, Thomas Boshan and wife, were found unconscious from coal gas. Mr Boshan died but his wife is expected to recover.
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J.W. Burris
Atlantis
Hig Science
Buck Creek Bridge
Thomas Bushan
Cedar Rapids
Boshan
Ames Students Offer Patriotism to Governor in War Call
An Ames student meeting pledged to form one or more volunteer companies to aid the Governor in case of war. General J. R. Lincoln and faculty addressed the gathering noting plans to join or cover guard vacancies. Lincoln announced his resignation as inspector general to take an active command.
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Iyeadet
Tay
J. R. Lincoln
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Dinamite Disaster Plains Death in Dallas County
A farmer, A. D. Miller, stored a large dynamite load in a kitchen stove to thaw it and left his wife and two children inside. The stove exploded, demolishing the house and wounding the wife fatally. the little girl died and the wife is gravely injured. Miller had warned against thawing dynamite in that manner.
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