Greeks Land Troops on Crete as Crisis Deepens
Forces from Russian French English Italian fleets disembark on Crete at Canea. Greek squadron commander notes landing. Proclamation by Colonel Assos calls for Turkish surrender. Athens sees palace area protests and Crete union cheers begin. Prince Georgi Berovitch resigns after seeking Greek protection.
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Atroeus
Canea
Assos
Greece
Fiatonics
Athens
Creers
Crete
Georgi Berovitch
Greek Troops Land On Crete Amid Naval Occupation
Regulars from four Greek ships disembarked on the western coast of Crete. Fighting reported near Heraklion as Turkish villages burned. European powers discuss a Crete charter with autonomy. Emperor William’s influence cited. Public anxiety eases as occupation is praised for bringing peace.
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London
Crete
Piraeus
Heraklon
Chronicle
Athens
the Times
The
Standard
William
Greece
Berovitch Pasha
Calamara
Corfu
Mushavir Ismaal Bey
Sitia
Kisamo
Selino
Battle Near Havana Ends With Cuban and Spanish Losses
A clash near Havana between Lacret’s detachment and guerrillas under Major Selasco, aided by Havana volunteers, left Cubans about 109 dead or wounded while Spaniards lost over twice that. The fort was dismantled to prevent insurgent capture, a paytrain near Candelsria yielded over 600000 dollars in silver, and four Spanish guerrillas were captured.
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Havana
Key West
Lacret
Selasco
Sanchez
Candelsria
Pinar del Rio
San Martin
Spanish Forces Clash Reported Near Arroyo Blanco
Private advices from Havana say Spanish troops led by Colonel Arjona engaging General Gomez near Diego Avila. It is claimed Gomez was wounded in the same leg and nearly the same place as last year.
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Havana
Arjona
Arroyo Blanco
Diego Avila
Gomez
Consul's Pitiful Story From Chemnitz Loom Labor Struggle
United States Consul Monaghan reports to the state department that German and English textile makers view English mill practice as a model. German mill hands fear doubling work per loom will damage health and jobs, as a new order to match England spreads. The consul calls it a life and death fight for market survival.
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Washington
United States
Mon-aghan
Chemnitz
State Department
England
Germany
Greeks in America face possible Greek-Turkish war call
The CuicaGco report notes a Greek colony in Chicago and about 20,000 Greeks nationwide. After news of Turkey declaring war on Greece, locals said they would return to arms if needed while cautious about enlisting to avoid provoking hostility before it becomes necessary.
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Turkey
CuicaGco
Chicago
Supreme Court settles Minnesota land grant cases
The U S supreme court upholds circuit court rulings in four Minnesota land grant cases involving the Winona and St Peter Railroad The Winona and St Peter Land Company The St Paul and Sioux City Railroad Company and The St Paul Investment Company The decision protects bona fide purchasers and ends government recourse on these titles Representative Tawney says the ruling will settle all land grant titles in Minnesota and avoids disrupting valid holdings by current occupants
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Minnesota
United States
Winons and
Tawney
Minnesota
Interior Department
Litchfield
Confined to His Room at McKinley Residence
Canton Ohio February 17 1896 Callers sought access to the president elect but were turned away Colonel W W Dudley pension commissioner under Garfield arrived from Cleveland but postponed his visit Major McKinney remained in his room with medical advice to avoid visitors until full recovery from a cold This marks the first time he has been inaccessible since returning from Columbus over a year ago.
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Canton
McKinley
W. W. Dudley
Washington
Garfield
Cleveland
McKinney
Columbus
Populist Caucus in Pierre Chooses Goodykoontz Leader
At Pierre South Dakota on February 17 the Populist caucus held a second meeting. Twelve ballots were cast with Goodykoontz leading in all but one. On a joint ballot for U.S. senator Pickler led with 49 votes, Goodykoontz 24, Kyle 22, Plowman 10, Hinckley 8, and 2 scattering.
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Pierre
Goodykoontz
Kyle
United States
Pickler
Goodykountz
Plowman
Hinckley
Scattering
Collapse of the big machine bolt trust shocks Cleveland
The big machine bolt trust, uniting leading U S bolt makers, has failed in a cutthroat drive led by distrust and rivalry. A S Upson of the Upson Nut Co in Cleveland chaired the group, but intense competition toppled the arrangement.
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Cleveland
A. S. Upson
Upson Nut Company
MR ST JOHN DIES AFTER APoplexy LINKED TO FREE SILVER FURY
William P. St. John ex president of Mercantile National bank and treasurer of the Democratic national committee died suddenly in New York after an apoplectic stroke. A veteran banker and noted free silver advocate, he had just returned from the South and had been dropped from bank directorships at the start of the year.
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New York
William P. St. John
Mercantile National Bank
Democratic National
Mr. St. John
William Pope St. John
Mobile
Ala
Mercantile National
Second National
Secret Revolutionary Societies Grow Across Nation
J R Sovereign grand master workman of the Knights of Labor writes to the Industrial Advocate urging that secret orders the Iron Brotherhood and Industrial Army are forming nationwide. He warns against Dalzeill's warlike rhetoric but vows not to be among the cowards if revolution comes, and recalls appeals for joining these movements.
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Carcado
Times-Herald
Denver
J. R. Sovereign
Knights of Labor
Lhe Industrial Advocate
Daizell
Iron Brotherhood
Industrial Army
Dalzeill
Tak
Sovereign
Mr. Sovereign
Swedish Singing Societies Plan Swedish Tour
The American Union of Swedish Singers develops plans for a summer trip to Sweden. The executive committee in Chicago coordinates details with leaders from New York Minneapolis and Chicago. About 500 singers will ride a special train from Chicago to New York for a Carnegie Hall festival before 200 members depart for Sweden in early June to tour major cities and attend King Oscar's jubilee.
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United States
CuicaGco
Sweden
American Union of Swedish Singers
Swedish Glee Club Rooms
Charles K. Johnson
Union
New York
F. Nelson
Chicago
Vi Nusson
Minneapolis
Gustav Holblom
John F. Ortengren
Northwest
Carnegie Hall
Oscar
Turkish consul in Boston falsely arrested for embezzlement
Turkish consul at Boston Joseph Lasigi was arrested by New York police and a magistrate, a move deemed unlawful. Mustapha Bey, the Turkish minister, protested to the state department, which finds the arrest illegal as foreign consuls must be tried under federal process in federal court.
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Wasninetos
State Department
New York
Joseph Lasigi
Boston
Mustapha Bey
Turkish consul Iasigi paroled after Boston embezzlement arrest
New York February 17 Consul Iasigi who represents the Turkish government at Boston and who was arrested for alleged embezzlement upon request of the Boston police authorities has been paroled in the custody of F R Coudert.
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New York
Iasigi
Boston
F. R. Coudert
Former Lebanon banker pleads guilty to embezzling funds
John H Hofer, former cashier of the First National Bank of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, admitted embezzling about $19,000. Judge Butler sentenced him to a $1,000 fine and 10 years in the penitentiary.
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Puivapetruia
John H Hofer
First National Bank of Lebanon
Butler
United States District Court
Mrs Booth-Tucker Ill in New York City
Mrs Booth Tucker wife of Commander Booth Tucker of the Salvation Army grew ill in Brooklyn on Sunday and left her work there to return home. A Salvation Army captain called it likely a relapse of the Indian fever.
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Booth-Tucker
New York
Bismarck House Supports Rail Rate and Prohibition Stance
In Bismarck on February 17 the legislature passed a resolution affirming no railroad should be assessed for its roadbed at less than 5000 dollars per mile and another resolution opposing unconditional repeal of the prohibition law. The moves aim to calm temperance agitation.
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Bismarck
House
National Creamery Buttermakers Open Convention in Owatonna
The National Creamery Buttermakers association holds its annual convention in Owatonna Minnesota with sessions at the courthouse. Exhibits come from California, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Missouri, Iowa and many other states as delegations arrive. Organizers expect 1500 to 2000 attendees over the week.
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Owatonna
Minn
National Creamery Buttermakers’ Association
California
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
New York
Missouri
Iowa
Duel in Chicago Park Ends in Fatal Duel
In Lake Front park near the Columbus monument on February 16, two Italians sparred over politics and anarchy. The challenger, Batiste Melleri, was shot and killed by Joseph Bernascerie in a deliberately staged duel.
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Chicago
CuicaGo
Columbus Monument
Lake Front Park
Gond
Batiste Melleri
Joseph Bernascerie
Railroad bill urged to cut freight rates in Senate
Topeka Kansas February 16 The railroad committee of the senate has definitely opened a railroad bill making reductions in freight rates on coal twenty percent livestock fifteen percent grain and all other classes of freight ten percent.
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Topeka
Kan
Railroad Committee of
The
Senate
Boston’s George Dixon and Jack Downey Draw in 20 Rounds
In a fast paced 20 round bout at the Broadway Athletic Club house New York February 17 the referee could not pick a winner and declared the fight a draw. Dixon of Boston and Downey of Brooklyn battled with speed and skill, drawing cheers from the crowd.
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New York
Broadway Athletic Club
George Dixon
Boston
Jack Downey
Brooklyn
Dan Stuart Secures License for Corbett Fitzsimmons Fight
Carson Nevada February 17 Dan Stuart has taken out a $1000 license for the March 17 Corbett Fitzsimmons contest. He paid by check and nothing legally can stop the big fight from happening.
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Carson
Nev
Dan Stuart
St Mary's Falls Canal in Detroit to see new $8 million project
Charles E S Osborne reports a new company formed to complete the St Marys Falls Waterpower canal at a cost near 8 million dollars. Backers include the Cramps shipbuilding firm and the Chicago Gas Company aiming to locate works at the Falls and establish a lake shipbuilding industry. Contracts to be let in spring for a 60000 horsepower capacity.
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Detroit
Mich
Charles E. S. Osborne
Sault Ste. Marie
Washington
St. Mary’s
Osborne
Great Cramps Shipbuilding Firm
Philadelphia
Chicago Gas Company
Cramps
Spri
Bryan plans continued lectures for bimetallic leagues
William J. Bryan, in the city, says he will keep lecturing as needed under the auspices of bimetallic leagues or similar groups that share receipts. He aims to aid the saver cause while earning income from the talks.
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CubcaGco
William J. Bryan
Whch
Burnt-cork minstrel Charles Christie Dies in Kansas City
Charles Christie an old-time burnt-cork minstrel famed nationwide died in a city hospital at age 67. In recent years he earned a living by cutting silhouettes on the streets of Kansas City for passersby.
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Kansas City
Charles Christie
City
Theosophical Crusaders Return to San Francisco
Theosophical crusaders arrived aboard the steamer Alameda after leaving Boston last April to travel around the world. They plan to stay in California to establish a temple and school of theosophy.
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San Francisco
Australia
Alameda
Boston
California
Blockade runners break through as Dolphin slips past fleet
Washington reports that the Dolphin slipped around Admiral Bunce’s line at Charleston and reached the bar off St Johns River Florida. Officials seek the Vesuvian as a faster, better hidden rival while Secretary Herbert plans to depart for Charleston on the 17th to observe blockade progress.
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Washineoton
Charleston
Admiral Bunce
Dolphin
Department
St. Johns River
Florida
Cover
Herbert
Bin
League of American Wheelmen Proceeds in Albany
Albany February 15 The League of American Wheelmen at its annual convention declined to admit professionals to any membership level and rejected local option for Sunday racing. It also refused to let the assembly choose the annual meet city and to cut club initiation fees. It created consulates of 25 clubs and raised bonds for officers. St Louis chosen for the 1898 national meet.
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Albany
N. Y
League of American Wheelmen
St. Louis
Rail prices stiffen as Carnegie bids rails at 17 to 18
PrttspurG February 15 Carnegie Steel announces steel rails priced at 17 to 18 per ton amid rising demand. Carnegie appears to control rail pricing as J W Gates of Clindig Steel travels to Pittsburg then New York seeking to halt rate cuts. Mills booked for months keep thousands of workers employed.
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Prttspurg
Carnegie Steel Company
Iron and Steel
Carnegie Company
J. W. Gates
Clindig Steel Company
Pittsburg
Carnegie
New York
Harris Sets Senate Resolution On Arbitration Treaty Vote
Topeka Kansas February 15 United States senator elect W A Harris a Kansas legislator has prepared a concurrent resolution calling Kansan senators to oppose ratification of the general arbitration treaty arguing it unwise unnecessary and a departure from Washingtons entangling alliances warning.
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Topeka
Kan
W. A. Harris
United States
Kansas
Washington
British French Russians Naval Balance in Crete
In Crete on February 13 the British deploy three warships and cruisers with 1,483 men while France fields three cruisers with 616 men and Russia uses one turret ship and an armored gunboat with 770 men. Britain leads in tonnage and manpower by 9 710 tons and 147 men.
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Cretan
Great Britain
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St. Peter and St. Paul
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Mother Land
Taroled
National Buttermakers
Stuart
ST. Mary’s Falls Canal
Ry. N
L. A. W. Proceedings
Pittsburng
Oman
Hood
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