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Newspaper
The Two Republics
Location
Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico
Date
Feb 11, 1896
Page
1
Latest dispatches via telegraph report developments across cable networks and overland lines. The item notes rapid transmission updates, company actions, and regional impacts on communication services.
Loxpoy Feb 10 Bank of England raises bar gold price to seventy eight shillings one half penny with no change in eagles. Markets close at best with strong American interest and bullion enthusiasm. Political horizon clears in Venezuela. Rhodesia talk triggers rail and mine settlement activity. Scarcity of stock boosts prices. New York and Europe show buying strength. sterling exchange dips.
Wasuvictos Feb 10 Congress man Crain of Texas died this morning New York Feb 10 Messrs Ladenburg Thaman Co will ship 500000 in gold to Buenos Ayres by Wednesday’s steamer Wasmintox Feb 10 Senator Romero Mexican Minister says Mexican authorities would prevent the Maher Fitzsimmons mill from operating on Mexican soil Fr Worth Feb 10 John L Sullivan Parson Davies and Paddy Ryan left for El Paso THE PRECIOUS METALS New York Feb 10 Money on call 3 to 5 per cent London exchange 187 sight 4 58 Mexican dollars 43 14 cents Silver 67 4 68 cents in New York 30 7 pence in London</S:
The Bradford Observer notes Salisbury seeks inquiry into districts held by British subjects in British Guiana and hints at arbitration terms including retention or compensation by Venezuela. Salisbury may back Russia leasing a Khantung harbor for 20 years as several Russian ships winter at Kuinchin Bay. A Flying Squadron moves to Berhaven Bantry Bay, and Sir David Chalmers claims Venezuela could rightfully claim two thirds of British Guiana’s vast area, pending arbitration.
Special via Galveston reports Baron Hubert Von Schoremeraist arrested for forging bills totaling eighty thousand marks. The ex Prussian officer linked to the ex court scandals, with mentions of Duke fraese Guuihber of Schieswig EBelstein and Chauterlain von Rerze. Berlin money lenders discount such bills at fifty percent. In other news Dr WJ Lerds meets Prince Bismarck. Prince Luitpold named field marshal.
Havana reports Weyler arrives aboard the Alfonso VII at Morro Castle, is greeted by cannon salutes, and takes office with a public oath. He meets leading citizens amid city celebrations as officials detail the new command and harbor welcome. Bitter editorial reactions in Madrid and Havana reflect tensions over U.S. Senate actions.
Rome reports Gen Baratieri, Abyssinia commander, seeks twelve infantry battalions six mounted batteries and twenty five hundred males. Cabinet split on sending aid. Crispi consults the king. Some ministers favor settlement with King Menelik, but most favor continuing the war.
London dispatches report belief in a peaceful Venezuelan settlement acceptable to Britain, Venezuela, and others without loss of dignity. Telegraph notes a naval budget of £10,000,090. Cecil Rhodes left for Bulawayo quietly, via Suez, to attend the Jameson trial in June. Duke of Abercorn and others saw him off amid reports Rhodes sought to prevent interference by the colonial office.
French sculptor Jean Auguste Barre, renowned for his notable works, is reported dead in Pars on February 10. The obituary notes his status as a distinguished artist and highlights his influence in sculpture.
Time Standard reports President Krueger will accept an invitation from British Colonial Secretary Jos Chamberlain to travel to London to discuss the implications of Dr Jameson's raid into the Transvaal. The report notes Johannesburg dated February 10.
Renewed activity by the Young Turks prompts police to tighten controls in ConstantrixorLe where several leaders are seized including Mahmud Bey, son of Mukhtar Pasha. Dissatisfaction grows amid reports of rapprochement between Turkey and Russia.
Special by Mexican Cable from Rio Jaxgrgo on February 10 says the government claims news from Para that the report of the Brazilian vessel being captured by the French gunboat Bengaili was a misprint. Cabral is receiving ovations along the coast en route to Rio Jaxgrgo.
An immense ae rolite exploded above Galveston at 9.59 a.m. today causing a vivid light, a loud report, and panic. Officials in the Madrid observatory say the explosion occurred twenty miles above the earth as all buildings shook and many windows shattered.
A dispatch from Vla dvo stock via Novoe Vremya says ten thousand Formosa rebels operate against Tamsul Sancho Rosuli. Railroads and telegraph lines are torn up. rebels fight with courage. Governor General Gajama ill and to be replaced by Saigo, minister of marine.
Vladivostok dispatch to Novoe Vremya reports Viscount Murra acquitted in Corea trouble and restored all emoluments. Testimony links Quauvankun, king of Corea’s uncle, to the queen’s murder. Japanese adventurers receive heavy sentences. Despatch notes Japan seeks rapprochment with Russia but Anglophile dream in Japan doomed.
In Lima on February 10 reports put the Guadalupe fire loss at twenty five thousand sols and note private bank money tied up by lack of confidence. A private tax collection society has had ten times subscribed capital. Rumors of a ministerial crisis circulate as the Herald reports Abyssinian news causing sensation.
Panama Feb 10 President Zelaya replies to a cable request stating the revolution has been put down by the patriotism of the Nicaraguans and that everything is going along as usual.
Chile Foreign Minister and the French Minister at Santiago agree to cancel all French claims amounting to £5,000, a settlement said to equal sixteen cents on the dollar. With elections near, minor candidates Vanish and Reyes gain attention as Barros Luco or Altamirano emerge as coalition options amid clerical and democratic pressures.
Argentina reports uncertain wheat crop prospects with no improvement over last year. President Uriburu resumes office amid humid Buenos Aires atmosphere. Gold premium declines affect commerce while large maize shipments await. London confirms rich ore near Mendoza at three to five ounces per ton. Shipping and political dynamics stir in Buenos Aires as congress candidates loom.
The throne speech read in parliament hints at peace talks in the Venezuelan dispute and notes government openness to arbitration on unsettled boundary areas. It condemns Armenian atrocities, reviews Transvaal troubles, and urges navy strengthening while Liberals push for an amendment favoring arbitration on the border.
A Sunday night shooting near the Principal theatre ended with Manuel Rivera y Rio injured in the neck and Captain Jose Beltran firing four shots at him. Col Mauricio Beltran struck Rivera y Rio with a cane before the confrontation escalated. Police took all parties to the Nero Street station as the case went to the Fifth Corretional Court. Rivera y Rio is improving after doctors removed the bullet. The Beltran brothers are prominent, with Col Beltran noted for World’s Fair mining machinery work and Sonora coal field reports.
Guayaguil Feb 10 Ex-general Reynaldo Flores seeks to form an expedition against Alfaro in Pasta Peru with alleged support from ex-dicator Ventennila Venezuelan Minister General Yora heads to Quito. Quito Feb 10 One project for May convention is revising the commercial treaty with Spain. A road from Barra to Pailon is decreed and to begin work at once.
Adolphe May, who claimed a December robbery in Magdalena, was arrested in Tucson at the request of Collector Sam F. Webb for smuggling jewelry into the United States. Jewelry found at a sale site provides evidence. locals call him an allround fraud. Judge Alberto Mozfin of the Coup of First Instance, Venado, S. L.P., granted two weeks leave of absence.
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