Warlike Developments Abroad Signal U S Naval Moves
Washington March 14 reports rapid shifts in the Spanish American tension. The Amazonas and Admiral Abrenall cruise ships are purchased for Brazil by the United States, the Spanish squadron sails toward Cuba from Cadiz, and the Helena and Bancroft depart Lisbon for the same area. A Chilean battleship O’Higgins is rumored but unconfirmed. Army and navy preparations intensify as Brazil warships may soon join the U S fleet.
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Amazonas
Admiral Abrenall
England
Brazil
Cadiz
Cuba
Lisbon
Helena
Bancroft
Senor
Juan Aballos
Spain
O'Higgins
Chile
United States
Secretary of the Navy
Court of Inquiry Sees Relief Station Changes in Havana
No session today as Mangrove court discusses plan to close several relief stations in Havana and open a central hub with four suburban posts. Rumors swirl of Italian warships and US battleships Town or Indiana visiting port for brief calls. One unidentified Maine wreck victim recovered. Autonomist factions in Matanzas and Santa Clara vow to abstain from next month's elections amid unemployment discontent.
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Court of Inquiry
United States
Town
Indiana
Maine
Matanzas
Santa Clara
Reading Fleet Faces Government Question on Valuation
A U S government representative has discussed with Philadelphia and Reading Railroad the value of its fleet for potential wartime use. The company would only part with vessels if absolutely necessary but would assist the government in war, noting its ships are built for coal transport and could aid national needs.
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Philadelphia
United States
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Pennsylvania pensions issued in March list several recipients
Washington March 14 news lists original and supplemental pensions. Names include Robert M. Smith Dorrineedon Luzerne and Francie A. King Parsons Luzerne. Widow and renewal cases involve Narcy J. Atherton Huntock Creek Luserne with $8 and Seth M. Jordan Brandford Ovanda Hudson Kingston Ingerne. Reissue John Winnewetter Beranton $12.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Robert M. Smith
Dorrineedon
Luzerne
Francie A. King
Parsons
Lugerne
John M. Bitrubble
Austinville
Bradford
Narcy J. Atherton
Huntock Creek
Luserne
Mary Miller
Scranton
Seth M. Jordan
Brandford
Ovanda
John Winnewetter
Beranton
Famous Mine Locator Dies in Denver at 66
Denver mourns the death of MK C Bassick, famed locator of the Bassick Silver mine near Silver Cliff. Once a poor man in 1877 he located the Husk nick mine, earning initial wealth and later receiving $100,000 and $1,000,000 stock in a company. Bassick was 66.
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Denver
Col
C. Bassick
Bassick
Silver Clif
Bannick
Husnick
Miner Jacobson Family Perishes in Clearfield Fire
A Clearfield area miner named Jacobson and his 1 year old son died in a blaze that destroyed their home at D'Alcanter yesterday. Mia Jacobson and three other children escaped by jumping from second story windows.
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Clearfield
Mareh
Jacobson
D'Alcanter
Here
Mia
Fern brings relief to starving Cuban reconcentrados
The US dispatch boat Fern arrived at Key West with provisions for Matanzas and Laguna San Grande, aiding about 26,000 starving reconcentrados. Officials say Cubans remain tense, fearful of renewed conflict, while torpedo defenses and court of inquiry delays loom over Maine aftermath. The Winslow and Harry A. Bruner arrive with coal as tensions rise.
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Key West
Fla
United States
Fern
Matanzas
Laguna San Grande
Barker
Sagua
Ile
Associated Press
Cuba
Sagua la Grande
Fort Taylor
War scare and stocks move as markets tighten worldwide
The money market tightens and bank rates rise amid global tensions. American gold demand surges with Japanese yen purchases for New York, prompting the Bank of England to raise coin prices. Stock exchanges stay unsettled as Madrid, Brazil, and other markets slip while American selling weighs on Wall Street.
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New York
Bank of England
Madrid
Spain
Paris
Wall Street
Fortune for a Missing Girl in Stroudsburg
In Stroudsburg Pennsylvania a search is underway for Efe Woolbaugh a 135 year old daughter of James and Elizabeth Woolbaugh formerly of Smithfield The missing child would inherit an estate if found The mother eloped with the child when she was a few months old Woolbaugh has since died
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Stroudsburg
Efe Woolbaugh
James and
Elizabeth Woolbaugh
Smithfield
Ellie
Woolbaugh
Postmaster Nominations For Pennsylvania Sent To Senate
The president sent to the Senate the nominations of Pennsylvania postmasters including Eric Sobel, B J Kuntz, A M Woodward, Frederick W Ulrich, George W Shaoff for Reynoldsville, South Bethlehem, Lehigh ton and Buaquehanna, March M.
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Washington
March
Senate
Pennsylvania
Leader Sobel
Eric
B. J. Kuntz
Lehighton
A. M. Woodward
Reynoldayville
Frederick W. Ulrich
South Bethlehem
George W. Shaoff
Buaquehanna
Horning serenade tragedy ends in fatal shooting near Frederick
Leslie Horine, 19, was shot and killed during a horning serenade at the Gibbon home in Braddock near Frederick. George and Jacob Gibbon, the groom’s hosts, were arrested. a second-story window fired three shots as the crowd of eleven made noise. The elder and younger Gibbon deny who fired the pistol. Horine died at 2:10 this morning after being found unconscious in the road.
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Frederick
Lesiie Horine
George Gibbon
Jacob Gibbon
Hraddock
Gibbon
Young Horine
Death of Senator Thurston's Wife Aboard Yacht Anita
Consul General reports the wife of Senator Thurston of Nebraska died aboard the yacht Anita near Sagua la Grande Cuba while a congressional party voyage from Fort Monroe to Cuba. Meagre telegram says death possibly from apoplexy as rough seas contributed to the end. Funeral details and exact location remain unclear.
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Cuba
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Nebraska
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Fort Monroe
Hatteras
Charleston
Havana
Matanzas
Martha Poland
Lake Poland
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House of Representatives
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Cummings
Sacua
Matansan
Saqua
Recruits Pouring In at League Island Yard
Philadelphia March 14 recruit officers at League Island navy yard examined seventy applicants and accepted twenty mainly coil passers and mess attendants Landsmen are in demand and all who meet physical and other requirements will secure berths as landsmen if not suited as ordinary seamen Seamen and machinists will continue to be enlisted Government tug Leyden arrives tomorrow to place torpedoes on the Columbia and Minneapolis and tow the coal laden barge Edith Howes to Key West
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League Island Navy Yard
Washington
Leyden
Columbia
Minneapolis
Edith Howes
Key West
President Dole Returns to Honolulu After Absence
President and Mrs. Dole arrived in Honolulu on March 4 after a two month absence. No official welcome was held at the president’s request. A 21-gun salute from Baltimore and Bennington and shore battery fire greeted them. The president expressed pleasure at the reception and support for annexation.
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San Francisco
Dole
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Bennington
United States
Harrisburg Man Found Drowned Near Hollidaysburg
Christian Kamm of Harrisburg was found drowned in the Juniata River near Hollidaysburg today. The deceased, aged 41, leaves a widow and four children in Harrisburg. Relatives identified the remains this evening.
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Christian Kamm
Harrisburg
Juniata River
Settlement of Cuban question debated in US and New York letters
Dr John Guiteras of the Cuban junta in Philadelphia denounces autonomy plans as unworkable and harmful, arguing Cuba cannot be forced into self government while Spain starves its people. Thomas Estrada Palma in New York rejects any settlement short of absolute independence and notes Cuban bond sales as context.
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John Guiteras
Guiterns
Cuba
Canada
United States
de Lome
Spain
New York
Thomas Estrada Palma
Cuban Revolution Party
Senor Cebellos
Senor Palma
London
Mason Challenged by Spanish Editor in Swords Duel
Senator Mason received a challenge from El Cardo editor Marquis de Alta Villa for a swords duel. The piece taunts him as an inenoble Yankee and pits national pride against personal insult. Mason may meet the Marquis to discuss terms but notes the challenger names the weapons.
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Washington
Mason
el Cardo
Marquis de Alta Villa
Marquis
Insurgent Leaders Cayito Alvarez and Nunez Reported Killed
A Havana dispatch says Cayito Alvarez and Nunez were killed by fellow insurgents while en route to submit to Spain. Official circles in Madrid see it as proof that a significant insurgent faction may accept the legal regime.
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Havana
Cayito Alvarez
Nunez
Cayito
Harrisburg Clergy Urge Sabbath Tobacco and Cigar Sales Ban
The Harrishire Ministerial Association of Harrisburg adopted a resolution asking Mayor Patterson to enforce laws closing cigar stores and prohibiting tobacco and cigar sales in drug stores on Sundays.
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Harrishire Ministerial Association
Patterson
Queen’s Physician Sir Richard Quain Dead
London report states Sir Richard Quain Bart physician extraordinary to Queen Victoria and editor of the fanury of medicine has died. Born October 0, 1s, he was president of the general medical council and author of many medical and scientific works.
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London
Richard Quain, Bart
Queen Victoria
General Medical Council
Fanury of Medicine
Me Wae
Autonomy debate and Cuba policy in national columns
Compact headlines show mixed coverage from Cuba autonomy ideas to U S Senate actions. Notable items include Cubans' views on autonomy schemes, funding for revenue cutters, relief for reconcentrados, and local court and school board discussions. A broad page of editorial comment, local notices, and patent commission report completes the morning issue.
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Rev. W. A. Carrington
Forest City
Bartley
Board of School
Tlegal
Board of Control
Portruit
West Side
Lackawanna County News
Commissioner of Patents
Supreme Court
Navy orders urgent six inch gun to San Francisco
A hurry order from Washington sent a large rapid fire breech loading six inch gun from the Brooklyn navy yard to San Francisco. Weighing 10 070 pounds it was transferred from the receiving ship Vermont to the spar deck for use in replacement of a gun on the cruiser Philadelphia.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Washington
San Francisco
Vermont
Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Flood Devastates Western Ontario Towns Forcing Homelessness
Despatches from Western Ontario report overflow of the Grand and Thames rivers causing severe valley damage. London Brantford and Galt see five to seven foot floods. London reports 1 500 homeless as ridges and buildings are swept away. West Brantford becomes a lake and bridges factories and residences are wrecked.
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Toronto
Ontario
London
Brantford
Gait
Galt
Crand River
Great Coal Strike Looms in Central Pennsylvania
Cleveland Ohio reports Thomas Young of M A Hanna Coal says about 20 000 miners may strike in Central Pennsylvania as operators refuse to pay the Chicago scale The miners vow to strike and a coal rush is expected with lake navigation opening The Hocking Valley operators may sign the scale to protect spring business
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Cleveland
Thomas Young
M. A. Hanna Coal Company
Pennsylvania
Hocking Valley
Mining Booms Reported as Ore Firm Plans Ly ons Mountain Restart
Malone March 14 The Cheat Eauguay Ore and Tron company announces plans to resume work at Lyons Mountain and Standish Mines. Orders for iron from Pennsylvania and other firms with government contracts for steel plates for armored vessels have arrived. Previously two to three hundred workers were employed at these mines, but operations paused due to lack of orders for this metal grade.
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Cheateauguay Ore and Tren Company
Isarranging
Lyons Mountain
Standish
Pennsylvania
Lord Salisbury Suffering Illness Orders Vacation in France
London reports Lord Salisbury premier and foreign minister is weak and his doctors order a complete rest in the south of France. The rumor of resigning either post is denied as groundless.
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London
Lord Salisbury
Vno
France
Charles Sheer Dies At Mauch Chunk Coal Calculator Ex-Director
Charles Sheer, noted millionaire coal operator and former Tehigh Valley Railroad director, died late yesterday at his Mauch Chunk home. Born in 1812 in Luzerne County, he moved here in 1812 and was twice married, first to the adopted daughter of Hon. Aeo Packer and second to Mrs. Frank Walter, who survives him.
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Charles © Sheer
Tehigh Valley Railroad Company
Luc Zerne County
Aeo Packer
Frank Walter
Millville Bleacheries Run At Night To Meet Demand
Millville Manufacturing bleacheries in Millville New Jersey operated overnight last week to handle a surge in orders. Normal output for finishing goods stood at about three and a quarter mill on yards weekly, yet production last week exceeded 40 000 places.
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Millville
N. J
Millville Manufacturing Company
Revenue cutters authorized to cost 1 million dollars
In a three hour Senate session on March 14 legislators approved building eight new revenue cutters with a total cost not exceeding 1,026,000 dollars. The body also advanced a national quarantine bill to regular order and passed a resolution seeking indemnity from Spain for Augusto Bolton and Gustave Richelieu's arrest in Santiago de Cuba. The House paid 920,151 dollars to heirs of John Roach for labor and materials on the Chicago Boston and Atlanta gunboats. The session largely handled District of Columbia business.
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John Roach
Chicago
Hoston
Atlanta
Washington
Senate
Lodge
Maas
Foreign Relations Committee
August Bolton
Gustave Richelieu
United States
Gustav Richelieu
Santiago de Cuba
Chester
Boson
District of Columbia
European sympathy and Cuban policy tensions noted
Paris Times correspondent reports Austria urging Europe to warn the United States against further Cuban intervention. Emperor William backs Francis Joseph in pressuring restraint. Vienna Standard notes Austria and Germany favor Spain, Austria by dynastic ties and Germany by a longstanding U S grudge.
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Paris
The
Times
Europe
William
Francis Joseph
Vienna
Standard
Austria
Germany
Spain
United States
Peru and Chile Near Tacna Arica Settlement
Private information from Lima reports a cable from Peru's VP Billinghurst saying no Tacna Arica settlement has been reached yet but is likely. Santiago residents in Chill celebrate an expected agreement, while Peru prepares a general national guard inscription for April 10 covering ages eighteen to fifty nine.
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Peru
Galveston
Tex
Senor G E. Billinghurst
Chill
Tacna
Arica
Ancon
Santiago de Chill
National Guard
Russian naval credit limited by budget constraints
TheTimes correspondent in Peters burg minimizes the significance of the naval loan noting it will be spread over seven years. Admiral Tyrtoff had requested 200 million roubles but only 90 million were granted six months ago, exhausting the free balance.
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London
Petersburg
the Times
Tyrtoff
Juror Fired Over Boycott Threat In Hazleton Case
Alfred Washburn, a juror in the Sheriff Martin case, says Counts Bros. Freeland carriage makers discharged him amid threats of a boycott if he remained employed. The incident arose March 14 in Hazleton Pennsylvania.
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Alfred Washburn
Bhoriff Martin
Hounts Bros
Freeland Carriage Makers
Weather forecast for mixed regions in midwest and New England
The Herald forecasts clear to fair conditions in the middle states and New England today with light north to west winds shifting to northeast and east as temperatures rise. Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies with higher temperatures and easterly to southeasterly winds followed by rain in the region.
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