Cuba Nears Self Rule After US Exit In Havana Ceremony
The article describes plans for a Cuban government inauguration in the palace, marking the end of American occupation with lowering the US flag and raising the Cuban club. A Cuban minister to Washington will be named, a treaty based on the Platt amendment drafted, and a naval station at Guantanamo plus coaling stations to be agreed. General Wood’s orders contemplate keeping about 800 artillerymen at coast batteries until Cuba trains its own force of about 130. General Palma voices praise for US conduct, noting restraint and aid in Cuba’s liberation, while President Palma prepares for a family move to Cuba for the inauguration in Havana.
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Washington
Tomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
Roosevelt
Root
New York
Santiago
Havana
General Palma
Palma
Secre- Root
United States
Guantanamo
Wood
Spain
Deadly explosion at Punxsutawney powder mill kills three
Dubois Pa March 3 three men were killed and several injured by an explosion at the Punxsutawney powder mill this afternoon Four men were inside the building at the time and three were killed The victims named Clark Simpson Orrin Bergerstock and Joseph Weiss
Royal Baking Powder Seeks Superior Status
Royal Baking Powder from Seal Baking Powder Co announces its superiority over rivals. The firm lists its address at 100 William St New York.
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Seal Baking Powder CO
William ST
New York
Irish land bill aims to ease crisis with estate transfer plan
London dispatch reports George Wyndham launching the Irish land bill in the House of Commons to reform land purchase law. The bill would let the land commission take over estates offered for sale and resell to tenants with three quarters consent, allow landlords to repurchase up to one fifth, and permit Exchequer advances to fund larger purchases, while official reaction from Irish leaders remains cautious.
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London
Ireland
George Wyndham
House of Commons
Wyndham
Land Commission
Commission
John Redmond
House
Accra
Timothy Mealy
William Court Gully
Joseph Chamberlain
John Dillon
Dillonne
Chamberlain
Mae
James Lowther
Liverpool
Cardiff
Borax in European meats and a Roosevelt cartoon
Berlin reports the Department of Agriculture found borax in various European meat products and notes heavy use of chemicals for preservation in Germany. Simplicissimus runs a drawing of Miss Alice Roosevelt in a boat with a hog, captioned about hogs. The Kronprinz Wilhelm carries Emperor William's yacht crew and Adolf Von Sonnenthal, bound for a two week U.S. tour visiting major cities.
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Berlin
Department of Agriculture
Frankfurter Zeitung
Germany
United States
Simplicissimus
Lice
Igch
Grawiog
Alice Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Bremen
New York
Emperor William
Herr Adolf von Sonnenthal
Herr von Sonnenthal
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Arrests of Students Across Cities Stir Talk of Domicile
In St Petersburg authorities arrested Boris Gardner, a student, after a raid on his home of an American, Mrs. Gardner. Officials note broader unrest with ninety five students banished to Siberia from Moscow and six to three to six months in prison. The report also covers Danish West Indies treaty debate, a London forgery case, and tax protests in Yokohama.
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ST. Petersburg
Gardner
Boris
Siberia
Heavy seas shut English Channel and port damage
Heavy seas in the English Channel disrupt shipping with vessels in distress. Queen Alexandra's intended departure for Copenhagen was postponed due to the gale. Torpedo destroyers Lager and Fervent damaged at Portsmouth, Zebra's steering gear broken, others leaking and docked for repairs. A note from the Hague confirms Queen Wilhelmina will abandon her Amsterdam visit for health reasons. Turkish battalions mobilized in Albania and Pastor Tsilka arrested in Salonica over Miss Stone abduction.
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London
English Channel
Trish Sea
Queen Alexandra
Copenhagen
the Hague
Wilhelmina
Amsterdam
Salonica
Daily Telegraph
Pastor Tsilka
Miss Stone
Prince of Wales launch marred by salute blast injury
At Chatham today during the launch of the battleship Prince of Wales a gunner firing a salute was gravely injured as both his arms were blown off. The tragic accident occurred as the royal party watched the ceremony involving the new battleship.
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London
Chatham
Recalled Nord America Rescued in Mid Atlantic Storm
New York dispatch reports the steamer Nord America arriving in Bermuda after days adrift from Genoa and Naples. Passengers, including Frederick Taylor of the Royal Geographical Society, endured a brutal storm with depleted coal and water supplies. Immigrants lay drenched and fearful as waves swept the deck during a night of horror, prompting a desperate decision to seek Bermuda for relief.
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New York
Nord America
Bermuda
Genoa
Naples
Frederick Taylor
Royal Geographical Society
Borneo
Japan
China
Hawaii
Taylor
Eyos
Bes
North America
Hamilton
End of a legal fight over YWCA name in Chicago
Judge Chytraus enjoined the international committee of Young Women's Christian Associations from using its adopted name in a six year dispute with the Young Women's Christian Association of Chicago. The ruling bars deception regarding who represents the YWCA and aims to protect public donations and support from being misled.
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Chicago
Young Women’s Christian Association
International Committee of Young Women's Christian Associations
Chytraus
Young Women's Christian Association
Rear End Collision Injures Three in Pittsburg Rail Yard
A rear end collision on the Pittsburg division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Hickson Run seriously injures three men. A. H. Daugherty, James E. Spring, and G. Osborne suffer internal injuries, broken limbs, and serious bruising after a west bound passenger train collides with a freight engine due to an open switch near 1:40 p m.
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Pittsburg
Hickson Run
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
A. H. Daugherty
Glenwood
Garfield law repealed in Ohio Senate action
In Columbus on March 2, the Garfield law to curb election corruption was repealed by the Senate. The repeal won near unanimous support as the measure was deemed ineffective and encouraging perjury. The law required candidates to file sworn campaign expense statements, but enforcement was weak and prosecutions rare.
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Columbus
Senate
Kentucky man shoots daughter in drunken killing near Middlesboro
In Middlesboro Kentucky George Waller intoxicated shot his twelve year old daughter Nellie to death at Lyd gate Va The crime is believed to have occurred Saturday night The killer fled to the mountains A neighbor later found Nellie shot full of buckshot lying on the floor Nellie was Waller's only child and his wife had died two years earlier.
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Middlesboro
Lydgate
George Waller
Nellie
Waller
Fire destroys Lytle home. two young children killed
Uniontown reports a morning fire at Edward Lytle's residence near Uniontown Pennsylvania. Mrs Lytle was away borrowing a kettle when the blaze started and the home was found in ashes upon her return. The remains of two children aged three and two were recovered from the ruins.
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Uniontown
Edward Lytle
Grover Cleveland Plans Easter Florida Trip
Former President Grover Cleveland will depart with Prof. John H. Surely and Dr. J. D. Bryant of New York for an Easter pleasure trip to Florida. They expect to be away a week to ten days.
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Princeton
N. J
Cleveland
John H. Surely
J. D. Bryant
New York
Florida
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Promotes Child Comfort
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as a longtime remedy used by millions of mothers for teething pain wind colic and diarrhea in children. It also recommends Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike’s Toothache Drops, warning against delay and counterfeit products.
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Pike
Chinese Exclusion Bill Advances House Committee Action
The House foreign affairs committee completed consideration of the Chinese exclusion bill and, by a nearly unanimous vote, ordered it favorably reported. The measure tightens the ban on Chinese laborers across the United States and its insular possessions, adds enforcement provisions for the Philippines, and alters penalties and port designate rules. Hearings also covered a proposed Department of Commerce and Labor to be led by a Cabinet official, with business groups urging its creation to ease bureaucratic strain and boost foreign trade. The Senate and other actions follow as Congress debates related reforms.
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Washington
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
House
United States
Philippines
Hawaii
Pacific Coast
Philippine Committee
San Juan
Porto Rico
San Francisco
Commissioner General of Immigration
Fitt
House Committee On Commerce
Department of Commerce and Labor
Theodore C. Search
Philadelphia
National Association of Exporters
J. W. Ele
Chicago
National Business League
Edward R. Wood
National Board of Trade
Mahlon H. Kline
Trades League
L. W. Noyes
National Civic League
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George H. Barber
Detroit
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B. P. Wilson
Cincinnati
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Search
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Noyes
Anderson
House of Representatives
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Representative Lever Invites President to Visit Dunwody Family
Representative Lever of South Carolina delivered a White House invitation for the President to visit Rev. James Bullock Dunwody of Walterbury. Dunwody helped marry the President's parents. If possible the visit will occur during a Charleston trip next month. Chairman Cooper plans to push Burleson resolution to disclose General Miles campaign plan in the Philippines, with expected favorable committee action.
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South Carolina
White House
James Bullock Dunwody
Walterbury, & C
Dunwody
Charleston
Cooper
House Committee On Insular Affairs
Burleson
House of Representatives
Miles
Philippines
WILL OPPOSE STATESMAN Lively Fight Expected-New Albany Republican Municipal Ticket
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Kokomo Indiana March news reports a planned convention to nominate a joint Republican representative for Howard Grant Miami Wabash and Huntington counties likely to become a spirited contest as William Brandenburg Huntington county enters the race against J F Statesman Miami county who seeks renomination and speaker if re elected delegates gather amid the surprise challenge and support grows for Statesman’s candidacy
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Howard
Grant
Miami
Wabash
Huntington
J. F. Statesman
Miami County
William 8. Brandenburg
Huntington County
Simmons
Statesman
Barcus Nominated for Senator at Indiana Convention
In Terre Haute on March 25 the Republican joint senatorial convention for Parke Vermillion and Vigo counties nominated James Barcus of Terre Haute for the senate ticket. He won 38 votes against 21 for E B Owens and 10 for Dr. O M Keyes the retiring senator. Barcus pledged loyalty to the straight Republican ticket. A representative nomination followed, yielding 31 votes for G W Watson of Vermillion county to 20 for D C Johnson. Henry Daniels presided over the senatorial and J J Higgins over the representative conventions. No resolutions were adopted.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Parke
Vermillion
Vigo
James
Barcus
Owens
Parke County
O. M. Keyes
Vermillion County
Congress
Vigo County
Keyes
Indiana
D. C. Johnson
G. W. Watson
Johnson
Henry Daniels
Rockville
J. J. Higgins
WM M. Herschell
The
Terre Haute Tribune
Republican Nominates Shrader in New Albany Mayoral Race
In New Albany Indiana Republicans nominated Frank L Shrader for mayor with 859 votes to 7 for ex mayor Thomas W Armstrong City Treasurer Jacob Best and City Clerk Thomas M McCulloch faced no opposition for renomination A strong council slate was named with two candidates from each ward Three other notes cover Kokomo where two mayoral candidates withdrew leaving M A Brouse as sole contender and too late to change the field.
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Indianapolis Journal
New Albany
Ind
Frank L. Shrader
Thos. W. Armstrong
Shrader
Armstrong
Jacob Best
Thomas M. McCulloch
Theodore Detrick
Louis Bir
Walter Coons
Emmett Hardin
Kokomo
Wilson
L. Moulder
M. A. Brouse
Wharton Golden Dying in New Mexico
F Wharton Golden, a key Goebel murder case witness, is reported dying of consumption in New Mexico. His death would significantly weaken Commonwealth evidence against W Taylor and Charles Finley, and harm the prosecution’s case in Kentucky.
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Louisville
F. Wharton Golden
Commonwealth
W. 8
Taylor
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Powers
Henry Youtsey
Jim Hf
New Mexico
Golden
Goebel
Witeness
W. Taylor
Charles Finley
Will of a Rich Man Probate Records in Boston
Public bequests totaling 4, private bequests amounting to 68 000 are specified in the will of Robert C Billings once of the Faulkners Page Company. The estate inventory stands at 2 005 504 with gifts of 106 000 to Harvard College MIT and the Museum of Fine Arts.
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Robert C. Billings
Faulkners Page Company
Harvard College
Massachusetts
Three-way fight over rail interests in Los Angeles
The Times reports a continental battle over finance and trolley power in Los Angeles. H. B. Huntington and Senator W. A. Clark clash, while E. H. Harriman plans to join, aiming to curb Huntington and challenge Southern Pacific influence.
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Cal
the Times
Ean
H. B. Huntington
Sewator W. A. Clark
E. H. Harrimen
Harriman
Huntington
Southern Pacific
Clark
Harvest relief rates announced for wheat belt harvests
David Blaine of the Kansas and Oklahoma Implement Dealers Associations announced that railroads would offer special rates for harvesters teams to the wheat belt. He noted recent rains would yield a heavier wheat crop than last year.
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Wichita
Kan
David Blaine
Kansas and
Oklahoma Implement Dealers’ Associations
World traveler Henry ends life in church hallway
In Chicago, a famed traveler known as Henry, once an acronaut twenty years ago, died by his own hand in the hallway of the First Methodist Church. Reports say Jillson lost a fortune in a world venture in 18k, and poverty may have driven the tragedy.
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Chicago
Henry
First Methodist Church
Jillson
International Banking Association Votes Capital Increase in New York
In New York the stockholders of the International Banking Association met and unanimously approved raising capital stock from 5.0.00 to 1. and boosting surplus to the same amount The additional capital will be used to secure the co ape ie of important interests here and abroad.
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New York
International Banking Association
Governor General Wood Boards Kanawha for Jamaica Visit
SANTIAGO Cuba March 5 Governor General Wood's yacht Kanawha arrived today and will sail tomorrow for Kingston to take on board Sir Augustus Hemming Governor of Jamaica. Hemming joins Wood in Havana on his way back from Washington to visit General Wood.
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Santiago
Cuba
General Wood
Kanawha
Kingston
Jamaica
Sir Augustus Hemming
Olnange
Havana
Washington
Wisconsin Arrives in San Diego as Admiral Casey Remains Aboard
The battleship Wisconsin reached San Diego today from the south with Admiral Casey aboard. The Vaneal is present under waiting orders.
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Admiral Casey
San Diego
Cal
Wisconsin
Vveanel
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