Warship talk and Cuban unrest prompt U.S. warnings
Havana reports cite a misquoted telegram from General Lee denying promises of a U.S. warship. He warned he would request one if Americans’ lives and property could not be guaranteed amid rioting as Cuban authorities struggle to maintain order and deliver relief. Washington notes caution and potential intervention to protect American interests.
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Uncle Sam
New York
the Herald
Havana
la Lucha
Palace
General Lee
Lee
Washington
al Lee
Blanco
Blanes
United States
Brusen
Bartolome Masso
Cuban Republic
New York Herald
Spain
Cuba
Merroto
General Bernal
General Balecedo
Benor Marcos Guarela
Santa Clara
Aguirre
Pando
Manzanillo
Spanish Reports On Penortat Sent to Minister
Reports received by the minister indicate some state that everything is penortat. Washington dispatches dated January sixteen discuss grave apprehension and unresolved issues at issue.
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Penortat
Washington
Havana Quiet as Officials Expect Possible Disturbances
Officials in the state department and the Spanish legation feared Havana might see disturbances today as people eased into Sunday leisure. By midday Havana remained tranquil with no rioting. General Blanco’s precautions proved unnecessary and calm prevailed. No new signals from General Lee or the North Atlantic squadron arrived, and Admiral Steard was to execute existing winter maneuvers.
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State Department
Legation
Havana
de Lome
Blanco
Lee
Department
Lone
North Atlantic
Steard
Disturbances Rise as Havana Faces Possible Revolt
In Havana on January 17, amid tightened censorship, unrest grows. Rioters plan a peaceful march to the palace to demand the release of Senor Jesus Trillo, accused by political intrigue of mob violence. No Americans are reported in danger, with consuls observing from the Hotel Inglaterre balcony.
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Havana
Blanco
Senor
Jesus Trillo
United States
Fitzhugh Lee
Inglaterre
Martial Law in Havana Tightened by Spain
Madrid reports the cabinet agreed to the strictest martial law in Havana to preserve public order and military discipline. Ministers Correa Bermeja and Groizard were directed to draft bills protecting the army from newspaper attacks.
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Madrid
Havana
Correa
Bermeja
Senor Groizard
Marine
Justice
Spain
Booths Meet as Father and Son in Windsor Interview
General William Booth and Commander Ballington Booth met at the Windsor hotel with Dr. Josiah Strong and Rev. Charles Cuthbert Hall. The talks were described as strictly between father and son and aimed to end public controversy between the Salvation Army and the Volunteers of America, with no plans for amalgamation.
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New York
William Booth
Salvation Army
Ballington Booth
Volunteers of America
Windsor Hotel
Josiah Strong
Charles Cuthbert Hall
Floods on the Spanish Frontier Reach Perpignan
Paris dispatch reports continuous heavy rains on the Spanish frontier causing Tet River floods in Perpignan District. Villages evacuated, households rescued by boat, many houses destroyed and cattle drowned. No loss of life reported.
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London
Jan. Wi
Paris
Perpignan
Tet
German Warships Pass Perlm With Ill Rumor of Disabled Vessel
German warships Deutschland and Geflon under Prince Henry of Prussia passed Perlm en route to China and reported all well onboard. The British steamer Dunera, from Southampton for Bombay, sighted a German warship in a disabled condition at Perlin yesterday but provided no further details.
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Perlm
Deutschland
Geflon
Prince Henry of
Prussia
China
Dunera
Southampton
Bombay
Perlin
Charles Villiers Dies Father of the House at Age
London January 14 Right Hon Charles Pelham Villiers MP for Wolverhampton and long time Labour member known as the Father of the House died tonight at the age of S percent. He had served in Parliament for many decades.
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Charles Villiers
London
Charles Pelham Villiers
Booth Wolverhampton
House of Commons
Kid McCoy Challenges Fitzsimmons For World Title
Kid McCoy issues a challenge from New York on January 1 claiming the heavyweight title fight against Bob Fitzsimmons or James J. Corbett and posting 10,000 to bind the match. He states he can defeat either opponent and will fight no one but those two.
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Kid McCoy
Fitzsimmons
New York
Bob Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Kasagi launch marks pivotal Japanese warship program
The Kasagi, a protected cruiser built by Cramp's yard for Japan, will be launched soon. It represents a major step in Japan's modern fleet, with two four cylinder engines and 24 knot speed, and signals Japan's emergence as a Pacific naval power alongside Britain and France.
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Kasagi Io
Japan
Philadelphia
Cramp
United States
Charles Cramp
Kusagi
Pacifice
England
Wranes
Giurmany
Yokosuka
Pacific Ocean
France
Russia
Mediterranean
Pacific
Cramp Company
Young Saloon Passenger From Hamburg Line
Victor McKenzie aged 10 months traveled as a saloon passenger aboard the Hamburg American liner Auguste Victoria from Genoa. With his mother recently died in Italy and no abroad relatives, he was taken in charge by the Genoa US consul and sent home under Captain Kaempff and purser Losch to grandmother Mrs. Ashbridge of Philadelphia. The father is an American government officer in Peru.
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New York
Victor McKenzie
Genoa
Italy
United States
Kaempff
Peru
Healer Behlutter Reported to Cure Blind Girl in Zanesville
In Zanesville on January 16 Behlutter the healer claimed a remarkable cure restoring sight to a girl born blind and aiding an aged woman with spinal trouble who walked home after treatment at his hotel.
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Zanesville, O
Behlutter
Zanesville
Steameahip Arrivals New York Jan
Arrivals list includes ships La Nortracie Havre Augusta Victoria Genoa Bervin Liverpool Stilled Werkendam Rotterdam reaching New York harbor during January period.
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New York
Jan
Arrividi
la Nortracie
Havre
Augusta Victoria
Gena
Bervin
Liverpool
Stlled
Werkendam
Rotterdam
Death of Gen Auger and Butterworth at Piney Woods
Washington reports General Christopher C Auger U S Army retired dies at West Washington home at age. A three member class of 1842 West Point with Grant, Civil War service and later frontier duty. Thomasville Georgia also notes Benjamin Butterworth US commissioner of patents dies at Piney Woods hotel after illness. Survived by widow Maury Schuyler and four children. Butterworth served in Congress from Ohio and in war attained major rank.
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Benjamin Butterworth
Piney Woods
Washington
Christopher Colon Auger
West Washington
General Auger
West Point
Grant
Auger
Mexico
Colon Auger
J. A. Auger
Thomasville
United States
Warren County
Ohio
Cincinnati
Garfield
Arthur
Trent
Preeldert McKinley
Enterprise
Chicago
Statesman
Maury Schuyler
Pennsylvanian
After Forty Seven Years Love Ends in Fortunate Union
Webster City Iowa Jan 14 Elijah Davis sixty five and Miss Fannie Spaulding sixty seven were married last night. In 1851 Davis and Spaulding survived a rowboat wreck in the Ohio river with five others. Davis rescued her from drowning and later sought marriage but parental opposition delayed it. He later found her as a tenant on his Iowa farm and they finally wed to spend the rest of their lives together.
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Webster City
Iowa
Elijah Davis
Fannie Spaulding
Miss Spaulding
Ohio
Davis
Far West
Mise Spaulding
Death by Own Action Shocks City Man at Masonic Temple
J W Stonehouse sign painter and former business owner killed himself in the rotunda of Chicago's Masonic Temple by jumping from the sixteenth floor railing. He had made and spent two moderate fortunes and reportedly feared for a son missing in Colorado who had not been heard from after his death.
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Man J.caps
Masonic Temple
Chicago
J. W. Stonehouse
Stonehouse
Colorado
Convention progress in Bricklayers and Masons union met
Peoria Illinois January 4 convention reports 606 006 members with 10630 employed. Benefits amount to 616 expended and 8 536 in treasury. Support grows for establishing a national home for indigent members.
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Peoria
Bricklayers’ and Mason's International Union
Oklahoma City Bar Keeper Involved in Deputy Shootings
Early today in Oklahoma, Fred Jones fire a shot wounding Chief of Police G W Jackson in the thigh. Jackson returned fire, missing Jones and fatally wounding Deputy Sheriff Bishop Armstrong. Jones is brother of Bill Jones, Oklahoma City city marshal, killed two years ago by the Christian brothers Outlawa.
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Oklahoma
I. T
Fred Jones
G. W. Jackson
Jackson
Jones
Bishop Armstrong
Bill Jones
Oklahoma City
Christian Brothers, Outlawa
Hanna Leaves for Washington on Sudden Mission
Senator Hanna departed for Washington at 1.40 this afternoon, prompted by a late message urging his immediate return. He is expected to be involved with the Hawaiian treaty now before the Senate.
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Hinnan
Washington
Cleveland
Hanna
Capitol
Senate
Italian brig Celestina wrecked near Walling’s Island
The Antilla arrived from Nassau bringing nine crew members from the Italian brigantine Celestina which was lost on the south side of Walling's island while bound from Venlon to Savannah. No lives were reported lost.
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New York
Jan
Antilla
Nassau
Walling's Island
Venlon
Savannah
First Hour Demand Withdrawn by London Engineers Group
The official engineers' joint committee announced the employers' federation withdrew on behalf of the men from the eight hours' demand in London.
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London
Engineers' Joint Committee
Employers’ Federation
Five-Year-Old Found Dead. Henderson Arrested
Philadelphia report details the discovery of Percy Lockyar aged five in Reddies Creek weighed with heavy stones. Samuel Henderson aged 15 is in custody after admitting knife wounds and a fatal assault tied to alleged trashy Western novels.
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Percy Lockyar
Henderson
Philadelphia
Samuel Henderson
Reddies
Creek
Bixtieth
Catharine
Young Henderson
Counterfeit Certificate Countermeasures Quiet So Far
Washington reports daily receipts of $100 silver certificates at the Treasury but only eighteen counterfeit notes have surfaced. A Cincinnati note shows a new numbering pattern starting at 223 while others begin at 346. Secret Service and Crane & Co. review paper characteristics to locate the maker, with limited success. In Mobile, Alabama, Frank Morse and Daniel Pierce were arrested for passing counterfeit $10 notes. investigators consider possible links to the $100 certificates.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Cincinnati
Secret Service
Crane
Crane & Co
Atlanta
Frank Morse
Daniel Pierce
Mobile
Ala
News From The Morning Edition In Havana And Washington
The edition surveys the Havana crisis and a new Japanese cruiser along with a congressional agenda. It notes youth emulation of dime novel heroes and Alaska trade boat building, plus state milk supply status. Local Democrats name school directors and discuss a new judicial district.
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Havana
Congress
Alaska
Democrata
Whippen
Bulgin
Dunmore
Dickson Company
Wilken- Barre
West Side
Lackawanna County
Cruise of the Squadron Sets Course for Gulf Evolution
The North Atlantic squadron led by the flagship New York exits Hampton Roads at dawn en route to Dry Tortugas for a gulf cruise. Indiana Massachusetts Ohio accompany while Texas joins off the South Carolina coast. Foote takes an inner route due to rough weather off Hatteras. News notes a northeastern wind and well stocked magazines for a long voyage.
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Norfolk
Gulf
North Atlantic
Hampton Roads
New York
Indiana
Massachuetts
Ohio
Old Point
Capes
Hetteras
Admiral Sicard
Gold standard in India discussed by Calcutta minister
Sir James West land, the finance minister, said he could not commit to a final decision on introducing the gold standard. He noted progress toward the policy of 1893 and the potential need to divert some gold from the general stock for Indian purposes, warning of commercial implications.
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Calcutta
James Westland
Council
England
Death by live wire in Sing Sing tragedy
Walter Davin aged 19 and May Bennett about 12 both of Spring Street were walking on Maple Place when a broken telephone wire touched May’s lip and burned her. Davin grabbed the wire to help her and died within moments from the electric shock after the line crossed an electric light wire. The incident occurred last evening in New York.
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New York
Walter Davin
Sing Sing
May Bennett
Spring Street
Maple Place
Davis
Ely
Bennett
Death of Oakland horse trainer Raeside shocks Bay Area
Authorities probe the murder of Joseph Raeside a horse trainer whose mangled body was found beside a Shell Mound railroad track. He had just won 200 dollars on Ricardo and was last seen leaving a boarding house after supper. Police suspect robbery and a race track route connection.
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Oakland
Cal
Joseph Raeside
Shell Mound
Raeside
Ricardo
Advertising war in Denver ends with 11 percent rate rise
Denver news managers reject a 30 percent rate cut demanded by fourteen department stores and impose an 11 percent advance on all ads. Trade and labor groups boycott the department store chain. little storefront advertising remains, and city ordinances against handbill advertising will be enforced.
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Denver
Col
Weimarck Approves Eastern Grab Seizure
Berlin reports Prince Blamarck steadily improves in health and remains in good humor. He authored a letter to the Grand Dukes of Weimer and Mecklenburg approving the seizure of Kino-Chau bay.
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Wiemarck
Berlin
Prince Blamarck
Kino-Chau Bay
Weimer
Mecklenburg
Great Fire at Trikhain Destroys Property in Athens
A large fire in Trik halu near Athens caused about £50,000 in damage. No injuries reported. Fire crews battled the blaze as residents watched.
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Trikhain
Athens
Trikhalu
Tow by Gladys Drives Newlyn After Collision Strain
Queenstown reports the British steamer Gladys towed the Newlyn for thirty hours after their near collision on January 1. Both ships had damaged gear and Gladys departed 42 miles from Fast Net due to parted hawsers in heavy weather.
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Queenstown
Juno
Gladys
Dixon
Baltimore
Newlyn
Voss
Swansea
Philadlephia
Steamer Peru Poses at Golden Gate Hopeful on Board President
Steamer Peru arriving at the Golden Gate from China to Japan via Honolulu posed tonight with President Dole, of Hawaii, believed aboard en route to Washington.
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Peru
Golden Gate
San Francisco
China
Japan
Honolulu
Dole
Hawaii
Washington
Valencia Feeds Scarcity Hits Homes Reported
Madrid dispatch notes serious food shortages near Valencia and impacts on residents including thirty houses affected in the area.
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Valencia
Madrid
Senate to Debate Hawaiian Annexation Amid Immigration Talks
Washington reports predict the senate will again focus on the Hawaiian annexation treaty this week with many senators ready to speak. Senator Wolcott will report on the International bimetallic commission while Senator Morgan and others prepare lengthy remarks on annexation. The senate plans to vote Friday on Attorney General McKenna’s confirmation. Monday sees the urgent deficiency bill and foreign relations debates dominate the agenda.
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Wolcott
Bimetallic Commission
McKenna
Washington
Senate
Commission
Morgan
Pettigrew
White
General McKenna
Supreme Court
Saussier Honored as Paris Marks Retired Leader
A popular demonstration in Paris celebrated General Felix Saussier retiring as military governor and army commander in chief. Crowds saluted him as he appeared in full uniform with staff, while student bands roamed the streets shouting taunts and windows were damaged. Police dispersed rioters. socialist figures Louise Michel and Sebastian Faure condemned trial secrecy at a later meeting.
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Paris
Felix Saussier
Saussier
Zola
Testa
Louise Michel
Sebastian Faure
Comte Esterhazy
Bas Draumont
Bas Rochefort
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Meeting in Peoria
The executive committee holds its annual session to receive reports and monitor counts. Membership rose to 3,000 with ST new edges started. Officers note strong demand for Brotherhood men by railroads.
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Peoria
Jan
The
Brotherhood of Railway
Weather forecast for New York and New England today
In the middle Atlantic states and New England today fair to partly cloudy weather will prevail with nearly stationary temperature and fresh to high westerly winds. Temperatures rise slowly with variable winds then cloudiness in this section and possible light snow or rain in northern and western districts by night.
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the Herald
New York
Azalos
New England
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