Turkish demands threaten further Greek war in Thessaly
London dispatch reports the sultan resents powers mediation and seeks direct talks with Greece. Turkey may demand a 3 million pound war indemnity and control of Thessaly until paid. Reports from Domokos and Arta show renewed military pressure as Edhem Pasha maneuvers. Times Athens notes the Greek government protests the armistice delay and rejects shared responsibility for further bloodshed.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Constantinople
Greece
Berlin
Daily News
Thessaly
Domokos
Arta
Edhem Pasha
Times
Athens
Armistice Proposal Presented to Turkey by Powers
Ambassadors from the great powers held a long conference in Constantinople and delivered a collective memorandum to Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Teviq Pasha. The document seeks an armistice with Greece based on ongoing peace negotiations and asks the Porte to halt Turkish troop movements.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Greece
Ahmead Twefik Pasha
Baron de Calice
Porte
Still Warlike as Armies Mass for Possible Engagement
An Athens dispatch notes no fresh fighting but tensions rise as Turkish forces skirt Domokos and the porte's slow reply signals continued hostilities. Telegrams from the front say both sides concentrate for a likely engagement while the city remains quiet amid fears of unrest among Italian volunteers and socialists.
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Athens
Domokos
Turkey
What Turkey Will Get Indemnity and Frontier Change Likely
London dispatch reports from The Daily Mail that Turkey will accept an armistice and place itself under the powers. The general terms of indemnity and frontier rectification have been acquiesced to by the powers, with possible deployment of extra troops in Crete.
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London
Rome
The
Daily Mail
Turkey
Crete
Greeks Reoccupy Imaret Heights After Turkiye Skirmish
Arta May 14 The Greeks led by Colonel Bairachariais moved toward Philippiada after sharp fighting. The Turks retired to Salopoulo and the Greeks reoccupied the Imaret heights.
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Arta
Bairachariais
Philippiada
Salopoulo
Imaret
May Fail to Pacify Crete Autonomy Faces Muslim Opposition
The Times correspondent in Jandia reports that autonomy may not pacify Crete due to strong opposition from about 20,000 Cretan Mohammedans who fear union with Greece. Insurgents remain defiant and talk of Greek troops leaving.
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Crete
London
Times
Jandia
Greece
Government Decree Sends Gendarmes to Larissa Districts
Constantinople May 14 A decree by the council of ministers orders a battalion of gendarmes to Larissa and appoints former Ottoman consuls at Volos Larissa and Trikala as Kaimakams to organize Turkish administration in those Greek districts.
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Constantinople
Council of Ministers
Larissa
Volo
Trikhala
Greece
The Czar Demands Cessation of Hostilities
The Athens correspondent reports by the czar’s express command that Count Muravieff instructs M. de Nelidoff to press for an immediate stop to fighting in Constantinople.
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Loxpon
Athens
Daily Telegraph
Count Muravieff
M. de Nelidoff
Constantinople
Allen After Chapman Move to Bring Witness Before Senate
In Washington on May 14 the Senate debated a sugar probe resolution by Mr. Allen of Nebraska. The measure recalls the 1894 inquiry, E R Chapman’s contumacious testimony refusal, his conviction, and current pardon efforts. The plan would bring Chapman to the bar to purge contumacy before pardon. Objections from Messrs Gal linger and Hoar caused the resolution to be laid over.
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Senate
Washington
Allen
Nebraska
E. R. Chapman
Chapman
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Hoar
Massachusetts
Canadian Tariff Propositions Seen Not Retaliatory
Sir Donald Smith, the Canadian high commissioner, told an Associated Press representative that Canada aims for fast steamship links with Great Britain within two years. He described Ottawa tariff propositions as reinforcing Canada’s attachment to Britain and seeking close commercial ties, not hostility to the United States.
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London
Sir Donald Smith
Associated Press
Canada
Great Britain
Ottawa
Donald Smith
United States
Michigan Railroads Hit With Higher Specific Tax
SPECIFIC TAX. LANSING May 14 A bill passed the lower house raising the specific tax on railroad earnings in Michigan from 700000 to about twice that amount. Rates: roads earning under 2000 per mile 2.4 percent from 2000 to 4000 4 percent from 4000 to 36000 6 percent over 6000 10 percent This is a partial victory for Governor Pingree but doubt remains whether any reform measures reach the senate.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Pingree
Senate
Through Freight Line Ties China to Russia
Receiver Oscar G. Murray announced an alliance linking Baltimore and Ohio with the Great Northern Steamship Company and the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads plus Pacific steamers. The through freight route extends from China to Russia via Europe.
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Pittsburg
Oscar G. Murray
Baltimore and Ohio
Great Northern Steamship Company
Great Northern and
Northern Pacific
Pacific
Baltimore
Europe
China
Russia
Coal operators form Jellico district combine in Tennessee
In Jellico the coal operators end their conference and announce a single district wide company that will buy all Jellico output. Russell Adams Clapp of Knoxville is named president. Miners and operators will soon meet to set next year’s wage scale.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Jellico
Russell Adams Clapp
Knoxville
State Department Disputes Report on Consul Killings
Washington May 14 The state department has received no information about the reported killing of Mr Alger US consul at Puerto Cortez Honduras, or the alleged insult to the American flag by the Nicaraguan steam tug Lucy R In the absence of official word the department discredits the report
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Washington
State Department
Alger
United States
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Lucy R
Department
Beet Sugar Mills for Iowa Move Gathers Backing
Des Moines May 13. John S Emery leading a push to build beet sugar plants across Iowa near Des Moines. He received a letter from New York brokers stating funds to erect six to twelve plants in time for the 1898 crop can be secured.
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Iowa
Des Maines
John S. Emery
Des Moines
New York
No Sunday Ball at Cleveland Clears Ultimatum to Players
Cleveland police chief Abbot warns baseball factions that Sunday games will be stopped by police and arrests will be made. If needed he will call out the militia to enforce the ban on Sunday play.
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Cleveland
Abbot
Minnesota Territorial Residents Form New Society
More than a hundred Minnesota territorial residents met at the Merchants hotel and organized a social society. All residents of the territory are eligible for membership with Colonel Allen presiding at the meeting.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Merchants Hotel
Territory
Colonel Allen
Cuban Situation Prompts Senate Action on Relief
Washington May 15 reports show a surge of Cuban sympathy in Congress with calls for rapid measures. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee backs relief for Americans and considers decisive steps, while the president seeks more facts from Cuba via Calhoun before acting. The subcommittee’s Cuba reports detail destitution among Cubans and Americans under Weyler and the army's lack of commissariat, intensifying pressure for action.
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Washington
Capitol
Congress
United States
Cuba
Weyler
Friends of Cuba
Americans Dying in Cuba Senate Reports Urgent Condition
Senate Foreign Relations Committee reviews a sub committee report on Cuba based on American consul reports. It describes hundreds of starving Americans in isolated plantation areas and notes daily deaths, with citizens treated without regard due to their nationality.
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Cuba
Lee
Span ish legation reports Cuba relief efforts balanced
At the Spanish legation the Capitol developments are received calmly. Suffering in Cuba is acknowledged but deemed war related, with Spain cited as doing its best to ease distress. The Red Cross and Miss Barton are authorized to aid the destitute, and no charity will be hindered if aimed at relief.
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Wasut Hi IncTon
Cuba
Spain
Red Cross Society
Miss Barton
United States
Warship Amid Relief Aid Urged by Foreign Relations Panel
Washington May 15 The Foreign Relations Committee advised President McKinley that if needed to secure food and clothing for Americans a U S warship should accompany relief shipments. The panel cites a list of over 100 heads of families in starving condition, corraled in towns, with thousands of Cubans also affected.
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Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Earthquakes Hit Leeward Islands Killing Dozens
The Leeward group islands Guadaloupe and Montserrat suffer severe earthquakes reported by the Journal. The Madina liner's dispatch from Antigua described two days of shocks and a deadly collapse in a brick church where 50 of about 200 worshippers died, with earlier reports of 50 killed in Guadaloupe.
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New York
Guadaloupe
Montserrat
Leeward Group
West Indies
Quebec
Madina
Leeward Island
Antigua
Danish Cabinet Falls in Crisis as Estrup Is Recalled
The long awaited ministerial crisis unfolds in Copenhagen with Premier Reedtz Thott resigning along with the foreign minister Baron Beedtz Thott. King summons ex-Premier Estrup to form a new cabinet as officers including Scha nack Ravn Luttichau and D Aarhus Bardenfield depart.
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Copenhagen
Baron Beedtz Thott
Estrup
Reedtz Thott
Herr Bump
Iceland
Schanack
Ravn
Herr Luttichau
Herr D’ Aarhus Bardenfield
Herr Herrang
Interior
Herr von Sahsted
Agriculture
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Alliance of Railroad and Steamship Lines
Coal Operators of
Tennessee
Senate Committee
Queen of the Antilles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Calhoun
Morgan
Alabama
Committee On Foreign Relations
Washingtoon
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Sherman
Davis
Foraker
McKinley
Leeward
Dunning & Longstaff
U. 8
Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau
Cates
Huron
Wind and Tempera
V. Glenn
Il Weather Bureau
Sherwin-Williams
Gypsine
Gunthers
Chicago
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