Spain Refuses Recall of General Lee Amid Cuban Relief Debate
Washington reports Madrid formally asks recall of Consul General Lee in Havana but the United States declines. Spain also questions sending relief aboard the cruiser Montgomery and gunboat Nashville. Washington answers negative and confirms brief stay for ships. President McKinley and officials move quickly with an extemporaneous statement and plan to ship aid to Matanzas and Bagua via Key West naval vessels.
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Washington
Lee
Havana
United States
Montgomery
Nashville
Unitedates
Madrid
White House
Day
State Department
Loner
Navy Department
Associated Press
Judge Day
Key West
Matangas
Bagua
Leval
Cuba
Lees
Woodford
Senor du Bose
du Bose
Miniter Woodford
Benor du Bose
Ume
Maine
General Lee
Sirsbee
Blanco
Mantarola
Spain
Galvez
Senor Dupuy de Lome
Captin Sigsbee
Dr. Congosto
Madad
General Weyler
McKinley
Long
Fern
Mr. Long
Nashtide
Proctor
Senate
Artemisa
Clara Barton
Ellwell
Damag
Pern
Correspondents Arrested in Cuba Conspiracy Case
Thirteen arrested including Henri Laine American correspondent and Vicante Pardo Lunares editor of La Republica plus eleven others. Eleven to be sent out of the country and seven to the Isle of Pines. Court of Inquiry held a conference. divers examined wreck plans of the Maine. Diver Olsen logged extended diving hours.
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Cuba
Havana
Henri Laine
Vicante Pardo Lunares
la Republilica
Jove Natrada
Ernesto Guiyabina
Ee Rusti
Manuel Pardo Lopes
Anibal Enriques
Francisco Diaz
Manuel Arencibia
Pedro Montello
Manuel Vazquez
United States
Isle of Pines
Viscaya
Almirante Oquendo
Ensign Powelson
Maine
Olsen
New York
War Talk At Havana As Crisis Feared And Preparations Favored
Report from Havana via Key West on March 6 notes a growing belief that a U S war with Spain could follow if indemnity talks fail. Citizens expect U S troops to land east of Havana and insurgents aided, with a blockade or bombardment of Havana possible. The Viscaya shows heightened readiness while other ships lack boiler power, underscoring tense debates rather than certainty.
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Havana
Key West
Maine
United States
Spain
Lkely
Havane
Viscaya
Associated Press
Beat
Almirante Oquendo
Alfonzo XII
Activity at League Island Navy Yard Seethes With Repairs
At Philadelphia March 6 work continues at League Island navy yard on the cruiser Minneapolis the monitor Miantonomenoh and the Katahdin. Sentries guard the piers as crowds observe the old turret monitors while tests on ships with modern guns are discussed but not officially confirmed. The cruiser Columbia heads to Key West while its bottom is painted and dry dock work progresses.
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Philadelphia
League Island Navy Yard
Minneapolis
Minneapolia
Miantonomoh
Wrenald
Immenia
Montauk
Jason
Manhattan
Lehigh
Cancnicts
Columbia
Cait
Key West
Quay Forces Triumph in Chester County Primaries
Returns from three fourths of Chester County precincts show Quay forces winning the Republican primaries. The county convention will be held on Tuesday with resolutions urging delegates to secure William A. Stone’s gubernatorial nomination by all honorable means.
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West Chester
Chester County
Quay Forces
William A. Stone
Duel Ends in Death of Italian Radical Poet Cavilotti
Rome reports Signor Felice Carlo Cavilotti, noted poet dramatist and Radical deputy for Corte Olona, killed in a sword duel near Porta Maggiore with Signor Macola, deputy and Gazetta Venezia editor. Macola unharmed. seconds from Turin and Lompo present. Cavilotti dies ten minutes after being wounded and medical efforts fail.
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Rome
Signor
Felice Carlo Cavilotti
Chamber of Deputies
Corte Olona
Signor Macola
Gazetta di Venezia
Milan Secolo
Gazzetta di Venezia
Signor Cayilott
Zellino
Submarine Mines Sold to Spain Allegedly by Engineer
An Englishman in London, posing as an electrical engineer, claimed to have sold Spanish officers years ago a large number of submarine mines. He described mines with special cables and bulbs capable of firing from a boat and claimed one mine numbered 2 could cause the Maine wreck, containing five hundred pounds of guncotton. He offered to testify in the United States.
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London
Washington
Havana
Maine
United States
Louvre acquires fifteenth century Madonna painting
The Louvre buys a fifteenth century Madonna with landscape by Piero del Fra Filippo for 19000 francs, the only work by the master in the gallery. The purchase followed controversy over a Paris council budget limit and private donations covered the rest.
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Paris
Evalir
Piero del Lau Franceten
Louvre
French Council of Miserime
France
M. Muro
The German Naval Bill Quickens Ship Completion Time
Berlin March 6 budget committee of the relchatug adopts proposal to finish new navy vessels in six years instead of seven. Admiral von Tirpitz, secretary of the imperial navy, says adoption would yield notable military and political advantages.
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Berlin
Relchatug
Admiral von Tirpitz
Imperial Navy
Cidade do Porto Abandoned At Sea After Fire
Barbados dispatch reports the German bark Cidade do Porto under Captain Kaurnn was abandoned at sea on fire. Crew reached shore at Pernambuc and later Barbados. Built in 1876 in Germany, registered five tons and hailed from Hamburg.
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Barbados
Cidade Do Porto
Kau Nn
Pernambuc
Rio Janeiro
Germany
Mamburg
Bulgarian frontier tensions prompt Turkish troop inquiry
Constantinople March 6. The Bulgarian agent requests explanations from the Turkish government over alleged troop movements toward the Bulgarian frontier. Reports say Macedonian and Bulgarian Khundea crossed the frontier yesterday.
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Constantinople
Mine Fire Claims Twenty Bodies in Hreslau District
A fire broke out in the Saturn and Besnowice mine at Hreslau Prussia. Twenty dead bodies have been recovered with more believed trapped below the burning inky depths as rescue efforts continue today.
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Hreslau
Prussia
Saturn and
Besnowice
Nicaraguan Congress Adjourns Until August Banquet Held
In Managua the Nicaraguan congress adjourned until August as President Zelaya hosted a banquet at the national palace for members of the house.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Zelaya
National Palace
Fate Warmer Demands Recall of Consul General Lee
The report notes Spain demands the recall of Consul General Lee amid the Far Eastern Question. It mentions a duel incident claiming a victim named Tlian Noevellat. Editorial comment and local reports cover Richmond Mine controversy inspector Roderick speaks on citizenship topics and Emmet memorial services. Resignation of Rev. Dr. Dixon from Penn Avenue Baptist Church is listed along with a missing person note for Korneweki.
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Spain
Lee
Ttlian Noevellat
Roderick
Richmond
Emmet
Dixon
Penn Avenue Baptist Church
Korneweki
West Side
Lackawanna County
Congress
Fire Engulfs Pittsburg Building Ending in Fatalities
A severe blaze at 6144 Webster Avenue traps three families in a ramshackle structure. One woman, Mrs Dominic Enriello, dies from suffocation while others including Harry Levin and several Verlinski and Levin family members are badly burned. Firefighters report floors and stairs eaten away as residents shelter in place.
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Pittsburg
Webster Avenue
Dominic Enriello
Harry Levin
Lillian Levin
Max Verlinski
Jessie Verlinski
Ethel Verlinski
Elizabeth Levin
Rita Levin
Mrs Brown Holds Key Role in Founding W C T U
Cincinnati March 6 The Enquirer notes Frances Willard is often named founder of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union but Mrs McClellan Brown led the first convention in Columbus in February 1874 and prepared a full plan at Chautauqua. She called the Cleveland convention in November 1874 where Willard joined as secretary. Mrs Brown kept the original plan’s copyright dated January 12 1876 and once lived in Alliance and later Pittsburgh.
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Cincinnati
the Enquirer
Frances Willard
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
McClellan Brown
Columbus
Chautauqua
Cleveland
Miss Willard
Brown
Anna Wittenmeyer
Philadelphia
Spofford
Alliance
Pittsburg
Picquart and Henry Duel at French Military School
Colonels Picquart and Henry dueled with swords at the Paris Military school after testimony related to M. Zola. Picquart was wounded in the wrist and arm, Henry was scratched and later elbowed, both sides treated. Henry's wound dressed and he returned home with General Boledette waiting.
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Paris
Filequart
M. Zola
Henry
Piequart
Secret Service
War Office
Picquart
Rane
Colonel Henry
Duc
Boledette
Offi
Tug Underwriter Brings Derrick Tow From Rough Hatteras Gale
Charleston area report says the tug Underwriter towed the Merritt Wrecking Company's derrick into Charleston harbor after a heavy storm off Hatteras. The gale shelved a dock coal load and swept the crew through 24 hours of turmoil. the derrick lost its copper bottom. The tug is expected to sail to Havana tomorrow.
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Charleston
B. C
Merritt Wrecking Company
Harleston Harbor
Hatteras
Havana
Williamsport Primary Endorses Quay Stone Mahon For Office
Williamsport reports a Republican primary in Union county with unanimous support for United States senator M S Quay governor W A Stone and congressman Thad M Mahon. Representative Mucht is renominated for the fourth time by about 1000 votes.
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Williamsport
March
Union County
Quay
United States
W A. Stone
Thad. M. Mahon
Congress
Mucht
Fishermen Lost in a Storm in Koenigsburn Prussia
A brief from Memea states four Nehing vessels from Koenigsbure were wrecked in a storm last night. Ten fishermen were drowned and six others are missing.
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Koenigsbure
Prussia
Ton Tehermen
Leeward Islands Rocked by Severe Earthquake
A strong earthquake震 struck the Leeward Islands with effects in Augusta St Kitts Quadroupe and Montserrat. Significant damage reported in Antigua with many structures affected and residents affected by the tremor.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Augusta
St. Kitts
Quadroupe
Montserrat
Leeward Islands
Antimua
Sailed from Havre to New York via Queenstown routes
A 19th century shipping notice lists vessels sailing from Havre and via Queenstown to New York with ports including Rotterdam Gotam Liverpool and Hirurla, detailing transatlantic crossings.
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New York
la Gascogné
Havre
Gotam
Rotterdam
Queenstown
Hirurla
Liverpool
Eastern War Clouds Debated Over Port Arthur and Loans
In Peking on March 6 reports say Japan pressed China for signed assurances on May indemnity payments while Russia urged evacuation of Port Arthur. Russia's stance challenges peace in the Far East as France and Britain seek their aims, with China noting Britain's loan talks were disinterested and focused on independence.
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Russia
Far East
M. Gerard
China
England
Germany
Frussia
France
Negroes Belligerent Shooting in Saloon on Third Avenue
In a Manhattan saloon at 1801 Third Avenue two Black men quarrelled over seven dollars. Henry Counsel, 15, was shot in the abdomen. William A. Howell, 44, of Astoria, fired three shots and was arrested. Counsel, hospitalized, has slim chances of recovery.
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New York
Third Avenue
Henry Counsel
West Sixty-first Street
William A. Howell
Court Street
Astoria
Counsel
Harlem
Howell
Geldwarmann
East One Hundred-And-Fourth Street
James H Carpenter Dies at 11 in Reading Pa
James H Carpenter inventor of the Carpenter projectile died in Reading at age 11 from pneumonia. Born in New York he served with distinction in the navy during the Civil War after entering the Naval academy. He founded Carpenter Steel works in Reading in 1489 and became its general manager. The firm secured large government contracts for projectiles. He retired a year ago and pursued steel improvement experiments in New York. He was a noted authority on iron and steel and wrote on scientific topics.
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Reading
James H. Carpenter
New York
Naval Academy
Navy
Carpenter Steel Works
Carpenter
Weather Forecast for Midwestern and New England Regions
The Hoernich's Weather Forecast predicts clear and fair conditions in the middle states and New England today with gradually falling temperatures and fresh northwest to southwest winds. Rain or snow is expected in the lake region and southern areas later. Tuesday starts partly to mainly cloudy with minor temperature changes and brisk variable winds, with rain or snow and possible coastal high winds, then interior clearing.
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New York
Middle States
New England
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Gazzetta di Vine
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J. H. Carpenter
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