Cuba Declares Independence as American Occupation Ends
Havana witnesses a grand transfer of power as Governor General Wood relinquishes control to President Palma. The Cuban flag replaces the stars and stripes, celebrations flood streets with decorations and crowds, ships in harbor display gala signals, and a donated ceremonial machete marks the handover to a republic in reality.
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Cuba
United States
Paris
Wood
Palma
Brooklyn
General Wood
Morro Castle
Ward Line
Trians
Freedom
Central Park
Isabella
Mr. Paine
Boston
Plaza de Armas
Central Veterans’ Club
Scenes at the Palace Havana May Transfer of Power Set
Observers gathered at Havana's palace for the noon transfer of island control. Attendees included American officials, Palma cabinet members, Congress, Supreme Court judges, provincial governors, visiting warships officers, foreign consuls, Bryan, Chanler, and other guests. The yellow stone palace overlooks Place de Armas with banyan trees and a Ferdinand VII statue.
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Havana
Washington
Palma
Congress
Supreme Court
William Jennings Bryan
Senor Palma
Central Valley
N. Y
Horatio Reubens
William Astor Chanler
Place de Armas
India
Ferdinand VII
Cuba’s Estrada Palma Sends Friendship to U S
In Washington a cablegram from Cuba’s new president shows gratitude and hopes for US-Cuba friendship. General Wood reports transferring island control to Cuba’s President and Congress, praising the ceremony. France’s Loubet also offers felicitations to President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New
Cuban Republic
Havana
Theodore Roosevelt
Republic
Cuba
United States
T. Estrada Palma
White House
General Wood
Congress
Republic of Cuba
Palma
Republic of the United States
Brooklyn
Loubet
France
Cronstadt
Miner survivor among 225 buried at Fraterville Mine disaster
Knoxville reports eight two bodies recovered from the Fraterville mine at Coal Creek after yesterday's blast. Ernest McDonald was pulled alive in a water-filled chamber but near death with mangled arms and eyes blown out. Coroner's inquest underway, rescue teams toil amid fear of another firedamp explosion.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Fraterville
Coal Creek
Ernest McDonald
Opera House
William Morgan
French cruiser Gaulois arrives for Rochambeau monument visit policy
The French cruiser Gaulois, with President Loubet’s commissioners aboard, passed Virginia Capes at 7 AM escorted by American ships. Under Admiral Higginson the squadron steamed to anchor off Cove Point at the Patuxent river mouth, then to Annapolis four miles offshore near the Naval Academy before continuing to the capital.
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Annapolis
Gaulois
Loubet
Count de Rochambeau
Washington
Virginia Capes
Olympia
Kearsarge
Alabama
Cape Henry
Higginson
Cove Point
Patuxent River
Admiral Higginson
Annapolis Roads
Naval Academy
Prisoners in Quebec Jail May Extradition Case Moves
Colonel Gaynor and Captain Greene are jailed in Quebec after a Montreal arrest. Counsel Taschereau will seek a writ of certiorari to transfer the record to Quebec. U S attorneys plan further steps, aiming to return Keene and Gaynor to Savannah to face charges over harbor contract fraud.
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Quebec
Colonel Gaynor
Captain Greene
Langlier
Taschereau
Messrs
Gaynor
Greene
Montreal
United States
Keene and
Savannah
Georgia to Have Libraries for Rural Schools
Georgia county school superintendents in convention accept George Foster Peabody's offer. For every dollar subscribed by citizens, Peabody donates one dollar toward libraries in rural schools. The plan covers two hundred sixty three libraries statewide.
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Augusta
Georgia
George Foster Peabody
Carnegie Library Donation Rejected by City Council
Albany dispatch reports New York City Council rejected an ordinance to accept 150000 dollars from Andrew Carnegie for a free public library. All council members were present with nine votes against and the rest in favor.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Albany
Times
Terrific Mont Pelee eruption raves Fort De France
In Fort de France on May 2 a thick cloud lit by lightning rose from Mont Pelee causing panic. Hazelnut sized stones fell, ships evacuated townsfolk fled to vessels, and rescue parties to St Pierre faced danger. American consul Prentis’s coffin was saved. The eruption and sea lava created yellow green waters as new craters opened and a fierce storm raged.
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Fort de France
Mont Pelee
Sels
I'Huerre
Suchet
St. Pierre
United States
Thomas J. Prentis
Prentis
Cincinnati
Basse Pointe
Island volcano aftermath widens disaster toll along coast
Early morning reports describe mudflows sweeping the northeast coast destroying twenty houses and damaging fifty other structures in the Vallee de la Riviere area. Abandoned towns persist as seismic activity continues and no additional fatalities are reported. Captain Freeman expected to recover as communications update the حالة from St Pierre.
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Vallee de la Riviere
Basse Pointe
Clover Leaf passenger train wreck at Charleston Illinois
A Clover Leaf eastbound passenger train wrecked in Charleston Illinois, with three overturned cars carrying 43 passengers. Eight seriously injured, all expected to recover. four railway employees killed and 21 others hurt including an attorney. Names of the most seriously injured listed.
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Illinois
Charleston
J. D. Robinson
East St. Louis
Maude Chandler
J. Louis
Vera Belmont
Cleveland
0. B. Clarke
Toledo
J. J. Harmon
Ottawa
William Shelman
San Francisco
Four Men Die in Ardmore Rail Disaster Through a Trestle
A Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway construction train plunges through a high trestle twelve miles east of Ardmore. Four men killed and twenty four injured, seven fatally. Victims include A. M. Oliphant of Tishomingo. Conductor Roberts and others seriously hurt as eight miles per hour speed preceded the wreck. The engine stayed on track and the injured were brought to Ardmore.
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Ardmore
I. T
Charles A. Black
Tishomingo
James Dolan
Fort Smith
Ark
J. R. Gains
Jim Hopegood
A. M. Oliphant
James Wear
Ed Clark
Arkansas
Hope Joy
Texas
A. D. Furney
Missouri
William P. Shipp
Conductor Roberts
Ed Bonner
Joseph Pratt
H. I. Sholer
L. Sullivan
Tennessee
J. M. Hootkins
Elmer Lanier
Little Rock
J. BR. Gaines
No Army Post Here House Conferees Instructed to Vote Against Scheme
Washington May 20. House action against the army appropriation proposal to sell Indianapolis Arsenal Grounds and buy new posts triggers Senate protests. Hemenway's speech backed Cannon’s resolution but shocked Indiana Republicans. Debate touched on enlarging barracks funding and disposal plans for arsenals at Indianapolis Columbus and Buffalo.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Hemenway
Boonville
Cannon
Senate
House
Spooner
Allison
Lodge
Hoar
Cullom
Conference Committee
Hull
Committee On Military Affairs
Secretary of War
Fairbanks
Beveridge
Overstreet
Indianapolis
Columbus
Buffalo
Committee On Appropriations
Conference
Indiana
Stevens
Appropriations Committee
Military
Plea for Fair Conference with Military Affairs Committee
A House debate argues for allowing the military affairs committee a fair and free conference on the military appropriation bill. Emphasis on equal privileges, avoiding Senate overreach, and ensuring due process in conference reports. The speaker supports fair treatment for the committee and resistance to perceived censorship by the Senate.
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Mittee
Senate
House
President Roosevelts Jersey City Stop Amid Train Incident
President Roosevelt traveled to New York with Cortelyou and Dr. Urie aboard a Jersey City bound train. A well dressed man leapt from his seat and collapsed in a seizure in the car ahead, drawing secret service attention but no danger. Roosevelt later visited Carnegie Hall and the Central Presbyterian Church before resting at the University Club.
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Roosevelt
Cortelyou
J. F. Urie
Navy
Jersey City
Twenty-third Street
Carnegie Hall
Washington
Senator Pritchard
Philadelphia
James Bottomly
James McBlaine
San Juan Hill
A. Noel Blakeman
Robert Curtis Ogden
Presbyterian Board
Central Presbyterian Church
University Club
Central Office
Twenty-third-street
Waldeck Rousseau to resign before June 1 in France
Paris May 20 officially announces that premier Waldeck Rousseau will resign before June 1. President Loubet will form a new Cabinet as the new Chamber meets. Waldeck Rousseau notified Loubet he achieved unity and will retire, remaining in office until a new majority cabinet is formed.
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Paris
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
Loubet
M. Loubet
Russia
Verdict in Brooks Case At Glen Island Hotel Death
New York coroner's jury in the Walter Brooks death at Glen Island Hotel on February 14 returned a verdict of death at the hands of a person or persons unknown. Florence Burns counsel Foster M. Backus wept when the verdict was read. District Attorney Jerome said no grand jury action would be pursued with the current evidence.
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New York
Walter Brooks
Glen Island Hotel
Foster M. Backus
Florence Burns
Jerome
Dr Milburn Injured by Runaway Horse at Capitol
Washington May report says blind Senate chaplain Milburn was struck by a runaway horse attached to a buggy as he left the Capitol just after giving the prayer at the session opening. His large toe was severed and several other toes injured. his daughter pulled him clear from danger just before the horse charged.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wabash
Ind
Eleventh
Fred Landis
Logansport
Landis
S. E. McConnell
Major Steele
McConnell
Cass County
Steele
Charles H. Goode
Huntington
Goode
Huntington County
Cowgill
Marion
Landie
Cass
Grant County
Milton Kraus
Peru
John A. Bonham
Hartford City
Tremont Hotel
Miami Street
George Fogman
Chicago
Cary Cowgill
Wabash County
Miami County
Blackford
Cas
Washington
Milburn
Senate
Capitol
Spanish-American War Veterans to Meet in Indianapolis
OSHKOSH Wis May W C Miller national adjutant general of the Spanish American war veterans announced on an official visit to Major Joseph Nimets Oshkosh Wisconsin that a third national encampment will be held in September in Indianapolis with participation expected from veterans across states.
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Oshkosh
Wis
W. C. Miller
Pennsylvania
Joseph Nimets
Department of Wisconsin
T Nation
Battle line forms as Eleventh District candidates vie
Republican convention draws a large Wabash crowd including many workers for rival candidates. The event highlights the contest among political figures in the Eleventh District as supporters rally and mobilize for upcoming votes.
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Wabash
Steele Confident He Will Receive the Ballots
Major Steele declares confidence that, in the end, he will receive the ballots. His opponents remain hopeful and rely on a combined effort against Steele.
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Major Steele
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