Letter Extracts Spark Cuban Plot In Havana Scandal
Philadelphia dispatch describes a Cuban junta plot to obtain and publish De Lome's letter to Canalejas. A Havana post office clerk read the letter, copies were made, and a complex chain of transfers followed before the original reached Canalejas in Madrid. Officials in Washington and the White House offered guarded statements as the affair drew international attention.
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United States
Havana
Don Joke Canelajas
Spain
Washington
de Lome
Wasshington
Legation
Legation de Mepana
Sener de Lome
Legaton
Conilejas
McKinley
Embleeay
Raleigh
New York
Jiavana
Jacksonville
Fla
Havna Post Office
Havana Altion
Senor Canalejas
Inglaterra
Poatyttios
Malle
Senor Canalejos
Minister de Lome
Witters
Canalejas
Madrid
Charce
Cnusy
Cipher Dispatch From Woodford Reported Decoded
Washington February 12. A long document in cipher was received yesterday from Minister Woodford. The three hundred word dispatch suggests significant diplomatic communications were handed in for deciphering.
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Washington
Woodford
Annexation sentiment grows among Havana Spaniards
In Havana on February 14, Spanish residents and Conservative members urge annexation amid war strains. They warn Cuba faces collapse as Weyler fights rebels and Spain exhausts resources. They favor selling to the United States or establishing an American protectorate to avoid further bloodshed and disaster.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Spain
Weyler
Pal
Reland
Weither
America
Benor Canovas del Castillo
Spanish cabinet weighs new envoy to Washington
Madrid February 1 The cabinet will discuss tomorrow the choice of a successor to Benito Dupuy de Lome in Washington. The candidacy of Senor Polo Hernade appears abandoned while several ministers favor the nomination of the Duke of Arcos Spanish minister to Mexico who could take charge of the legation in Washington this week.
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Philadelphia
de Lome
Senor Canalejas
New York
State Department
Day
White House
Duke D'Arcos
Madrid
Dupuy de Lome
Rey
Virginia Lowery
Washington
Mexico
Spain
Pauncefote
Mme, Dupuy de Lime
Benor Dupuy de Lome
Senor Polo-Hernade
Duke of Arcos
Whithington
Eldora Gold Camp Predicted to Boom by Aug
Captain Davis, a veteran miner visiting Colorado Springs, reports Eldora Colorado's new gold camp shows immense promise. He brings ore samples from the Colorado Sellers mine that assay from $11,000 to $110,000 per ton and predicts Eldora will reach about 15,000 residents by August.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Davie
Eldora
Colorado
Colorado Sellers
Davis
Arrest of boy who fired at officer in Bowton street
A 2 year old, named Peter Nickson of Bt Paul, allegedly drew a pistol and fired at Police Officer Walter G. Morton in Bowton at 0 o'clock. The officer was shot in the back but not seriously hurt. Suspect Niemen Horton was arrested.
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Bowton
Peter Nickson
Bt. Paul
Walter G. Morton
Nielson
Horton
Niemen
Sugar Machinery Order Sent to Hawaii Refinery
The City Forge and Iron Company of Cleveland reports a large order for sugar making machinery destined for a refinery in Hawaii. The total value of the order has not yet been estimated.
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Hawaii
Cleveland, G
City Forge and Iron Company
Steamship Arrivals and Departures Reported in New York
Steamship movements show Sailed ships including Spaarn dam to Rotterdam and Queenstown and Campania from Liverpool to New York. Arrivals include Auranta at New York destined for Liverpool and Scilly Sail to Havre with Bretagne voyage noted.
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New York
Spaarndam
Rotterdam
Queenstown
Auranta
Liverpool
Campania
Scilly
Bretagne
Havre
Crisis at the Cotton Mills Echoes Through New England
A meeting of fifty five New England textile union representatives voted to call a general strike in every cotton mill across the region. The outcome follows President Gompers' appeal to unite on a mill wage policy and to aid New Bedford strikers. If 147000 workers strike, cotton production would halt. partial strikes would keep many mills operating.
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Moston
Fel
New England
Gormpers
Federation of Labor
Wells Memorial Hall
New Bedford
United Textile Workers
New England Federation of Weavers
Fire Ravages Auditorium and Adjacent Stores
Moline reports a devastating fire that destroyed the auditorium and adjoining stores. The three story brick building held Porter Printing, Electric Wondry, Commercial heating, Postal Telegraph, and Arnold’s Fun makers troupe outfits. Insurance covers the loss as several rescues occurred using ropes and ladders.
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Moline
Auditorium Opera House
Porter Printing Company
Electric I Wondry
Postal Telegraph Company
Arnold's Funmakers
Tax on collateral inheritance ruled unconstitutional in Iowa
Judge Thornell of the district court in Council Bluffs declares the state law taxing collateral inheritances unconstitutional. The five percent tax on bequests excluding direct heirs, enacted Oct 1, was challenged for violating due process under the fourteenth amendment and for lacking an annuity provision. The state plans an appeal.
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Council Bluffs
Thornell
District Court
United States
Demonstration at Montjuich Fort Demands Torturer Prosecution
About thirty thousand workers demonstrated in Barcelona against torture by the anarchists at Montjuich fort. Resolutions called for prosecution of torturers and a revision of the trial, and were to be sent to the government.
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Barcelonaa
Montjuleh Fortiers
Gladstone Family Plans Riviera Return Next Week
Henry Gladstone says his father and family will head to a south of England waterline area by late next week. The elder Mr Gladstone's physician believes his health has gained maximum benefit from the Riviera visit.
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Cannes
Henry Gladstone
South of England
Train Fatality Shocks Harrisburg City Hospital
George Miller of Philadelphia died at the city hospital from injuries after being struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Middletown. He was horribly mangled according to hospital officials.
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Harrisburg
George Miller
Browd and
Norria Streets
Philadelphia
City Hospital
Pennavylvania
Middletown
Fire destroys plant of Chicago Portland Cement in Mawthorne
Fire swept the Plant of the Chicago Portland Cement company at Mawthorne destroying the drying room and all on the premises. Losses reach $100,000 with $50,100 insured according to reports.
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Chicago
Chicago-Portland Cement Company
Mawthorne
Dreyfus Agitation Spreads Across French Provinces
Paris report notes numerous provincial meetings on the Dreyfus affair. Some resolutions condemned the government, but there were no major disorder or disturbances reported.
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Dreyfus
Paris
Tainy
Cowed the Train Robbers by Crowded Passengers
Two armed road agents attempted a Southbound Iron Mountain train robbery near Bismarck Missouri. Passengers rushed the robbers and the bandits fired as a posse and local police pursued them. Walter L Peters suffered the lone robbery loss, a small amount of money.
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St. Lowie
Iron Mountain
Bismarck
Walter L. Peters
North Twenty-first Street
Tower Grove
Blemarck
Petera
Missouri
Tribute to Gloucester Fishermen Lost in 1597
Gloucester holds its annual memorial service for missing fishermen at the First Baptist church under the Gloucester Fishermen's Institute. Clergy from the city shared in the ceremony as relatives and friends attended. The memorial list notes 0 fishermen lost in 1597, average age 2, leaving seventeen widows and 43 children, with many natives of the British provinces.
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Gloucester
Maas
Gloucesters
Gloucester Fishermen's Institute
First Baptist Church
Pope celebrates Mass at Basilica amid pilgrims
In Rome the pope led a solemn Mass at the Basilica for pilgrims from across the country honoring his first mass election and coronation anniversaries. He was carried to and from the church in elaborate ceremony and appeared in excellent health.
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Rome
Yale Refuses Action on Willard WCTU Liquor Petition
Yale in New Haven declines to act on a petition from Miss Frances Willard and the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union seeking restrictions on liquor sales. A Yale professor states the faculty rules govern drinking matters and vows resignation only if unable to protect student welfare. The faculty and President Dwight will not officially address the petition.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Frances Willard
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
Dwight
Debate on censure of Senator Murphy resumed
Albany Feb 1 The senate will resume tomorrow evening the debate on a resolution censuring United States Senator Murphy for voting for the Teller resolution. Indications point to a lengthy and spirited discussion as last week’s discussion continued until 11 o clock. A similar resolution has already passed the assembly.
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Albany
Senate
United States
Murphy
Moody Stands Up for Yale Alumni Son Support
Dwight L Moody, in New Haven, defends his two sons' education at Yale and the college, saying if he believed harmful influences were present he would not have sent the second son, in response to attacks by a prohibition advocate.
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New Haven
Conn
Dwight
Moody, the Evangelist
Voice
Prohibition Orman
Yule
Yale
Robison Urges NL Help for Von der Abe in Jail
Frank DeHans Robison, president of the Cleveland baseball club, dispatches to National League President Young urging league intervention to pay Von der Abe's debts and secure his release from jail, proposing telegraphic action by Young on the issue.
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von der Abe
Cleveland
Ul-Frank DeHans
Robison
Cleveland Baseball Club
Young
National League
Chris von der Abe
Child killed by trolley car in Trenton incident
Seven year old Annie Shipeki was killed while crossing a street in Trenton New Jersey as two trolley cars approached from opposite directions. Her dress caught in a car wheel area and she was dragged under the wheels. Molerman Preston and Conductor Trainor were arrested and released on $500 bail each.
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Trenton
N. J
Annie Shipeki
Molerman Preston
Trainor
Japanese Crews Riot Aboard Hakate Maru Amid Night Attack
Reports from the Hakate Maru detail a drunken, violent assault by Japanese sailors on English officers and passengers. Forty Englishmen held back 38 crew and passengers with walking sticks overnight as fights raged. chief engineer and others were injured.
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Yoon Chan Fu
San Francisco
Oriental and Occidental Steamship Company
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Honolulu
Japan
England
Telegraph
Thomas Hall
Miss Garmany to Wed in March in Europe Story
Information from Europe says Miss Janie Garmany will marry in March. She is currently in Europe. the groom’s name is not disclosed. She is the divorced wife of H Hall McAleer of New York and previously wed the late Ward McAllister’s son in secrecy.
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HI. Hr. Mee Allister
Ward McAllister
Savannah
Europe
Janie Garmany
Looks Like Murder Near Athens Bayre Area
The mangled body of William Murrey of Waverly was found on Lehigh railroad tracks between Athens and Bayre Pa with several knife wounds. William Wolf, seen with bloody hands near the scene, is held pending inquest results as he gives conflicting statements.
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Elmira
William Murrey
Waverly
Athens
Bayre
William Wolf
Weather outlook for New York to New England
In the middle states and New England today partly cloudy and brisk winds will bring rain or snow, mostly light or moderate north of the region, with temperatures falling and skies clearing. Tuesday will bring fair weather and cooler conditions with northeasterly to westerly winds.
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New York
Middle States
New England
General Manner in Which de Lome Letter Was Secured
The article notes a Cuban Junta's involvement in obtaining the de Lome letter and outlines surrounding political maneuvering. It places the event in the international bulletin and hints at wider diplomatic repercussions.
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de Lome
New England
Sudden Death of Miss Margaret Gilmore at 22
Miss Margaret Gilmore, 22, died yesterday of heart failure at the Highfield residence after visiting her cousin Mrs. Emerson A. Highfield. She had come from Ireland with a widowed mother and siblings, lived at 624 Mill Street, and worked in North Scranton for months. The funeral is set for tomorrow from the Highfield home, with interment in Forest Hill cemetery.
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Margaret Gilmore
Ireland
Emerson A. Highfield
Highfield
Mill Street
North Scranton
Margaret Gillmore
Foy Involved In Carriage Accident At Phelps Street Corner
Police responded to a report of a man run over by a carriage at Phelps Street and Washington Avenue. Patrick Foy, intoxicated, was taken to Lackawanna Hospital after a struggle at the scene and later admitted there for treatment.
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Lackawanna Hospital
Patrick Foy
Phelps Street
Washington Averture
Ridgeway
L. A. Lange
Professor Lange
John Hawks
Thomas Thomas
Phelps
Washington
Dre, Newbury and Webb
Ned
Hawks
Sartor
Foy
Building a new vault amid Centre Street demolition
In Centre Street near Wyoming Avenue a vault is torn down and a brick chute extends from a Gas and Water building window to a wagon below. Workers labor to remove an old vault while another team constructs a new vault to replace it as the army has fled.
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Centre Street
Wyoming Avenue
Gas and Water Company
Week Ahead in Congress Focuses on Corbett Case and Hawaiian Treaty
Senate schedule prioritizes the Corbett case with expected voting early in the week and possible pauses for the Hawaiian annexation treaty. Senators Burrows Allen Hour and Spooner plan opposition or support, while Pettus and Pettigrew debate. Fortification appropriation may be postponed.
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Washington
Senate
Corbett Cave
Corbett
Pettus
Burrowa
Allen
Hour
Spooner
Gorman
Money
Lodge
Pettigrew
House to Debate Bankruptcy Substitute Against Torrey Bill
The House will consider a Senate passed bankruptcy substitute next week with debates on Wednesday Thursday and Saturday and a Monday vote at 4 o clock The Democratic and Populist opposition will challenge the Torrey style features while the majority aims for passage The Tuesday agenda covers District of Columbia day and committee business with Friday reserved for private bills
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House
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Ol Torrey
United Democratic
Back From Europe Captain Hubbel and Mr Macklow Return
Captain Hubbel president and Mr Macklow director of Boyle Macklow and Hubbel Electric Lamp arrived on the American liner St Louis from Ming land. They went to arrange sale of English rights for the invention but no deal closed and English patents not yet granted. A second trip will be required and they aided passengers and crew of the steamship Veondam.
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Hubbel
Macklow
Boyle
Hobbe
Mucklow
Boy Shot by Accidental Revolver Wounded in Leg
An X ray at Lackawanna hospital Saturday revealed a bullet in the thigh of 10 year old Wille Mahon of Priceburg. The boy was shot in the knee during play with a revolver. Dr Newberry, senior physician, directed the X ray and an operation will follow.
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Lackawanna Hospital
Wille Mahon
Priceburg
Newberry
King Oscar Forming New Cabinet in Christinia
In Christinia on February 13 King Oscar entrusted former Premier Broun with the task of forming a new cabinet. It marks a key political move as the country seeks leadership changes.
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Oscar
Christinia
Broun
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