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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1902
Page
6
The Cuban republic is proclaimed with Senor Palm signing the document as president. General Gomes is hailed from the palace roof while General Wood lowers the American colors and raises the Cuban flag. Whiteside hands over command at Santiago as U S troops depart with ships clearing Havana harbor.
Havana dressed in banners as ships fly American colors and Cuban cobra flags. A statue of Queen Isabella is replaced in Central Park before an official noon transfer of Cuba’s governance from the United States to the Palma administration. General Wood reads the transfer letter from President Roosevelt, pledging constitution adoption and end of occupation. The ceremony includes officials, dignitaries, and a public breakfast for orphans by Mrs. Paine of Boston.
A giant merger plan aims to consolidate all public utilities at Norfolk Virginia including street railway, lighting, heating, refrigeration, ferry, and related interests. The agreement was completed in Baltimore on Tuesday with an underwriter syndicate forming to finance the deal and secure a mortgage backed cap.
A Dallas special reports the Tuesday session as the most sensational since the conference opened. Debate over the war claim extended to an extra session with a decisive conservative victory. The body condemned agents, held money, and ratified bishops action with conditional repayment, aiming to quell the long dispute.
A committee of locked out South Carolina cotton mill workers, who visited Augusta, Georgia, to confer with mill owners and striking employees, says the King mill men were not justified in their action. They attempted to persuade the King men to return to work, but the latter refused, citing interference by the locked out operatives as impermissible. Significant suffering among the South Carolina locked out workers is reported due to no relief from the textile union.
Senator Bacon of Georgia spoke for nearly four hours in a Philippine policy debate. He led the discussion on legislation affecting the Philippine islands while a large Senate audience listened, a notably attentive gallery amid a lengthy session.
A Texas cyclone devastates Goliad with about two blocks of western town destroyed and up to ninety dead and over a hundred wounded. The storm, likely born off the gulf coast, also damaged San Antonio with losses around 50 000 to 76 000 dollars and winds near 72 miles per hour lasting twenty minutes. Reports differ on fatalities in Goliad as authorities and trains rush physicians, nurses, and volunteers to aid injured residents.
A Charlton county grand jury indicted Harry B. Hawes president of the St. Louis police board, Congressman W. W. Rucker, William Flynn of St. Louis, and about thirty other men including several mayors and a Missouri supreme court judge for gambling. The alleged offense centers on penny ante poker played last summer during a fishing trip in Chariton county, following complaints by farmers who witnessed the game.
Pretoria dispatch reports 911 beer delegates gathered at Verenining Transvaal for private sessions with full facilities provided. A Friday private session is planned and all voting will be by ballot. Lord Kitchener guarantees immunity from attack to participating commando leaders.
In Montreal John FP Gaynor and B D Greene were housed at the Windsor under guard by a local detective and US agents. A Quebec writ of habeas corpus failed to compel return. Judge Lafontaine remanded them for exam Monday, while Chief Carpenter faced contempt risk for not delivering prisoners. The case hinges on extradition authority across the dominion.
A Methodist conference committee in Dallas reports on the war claim matter. The panel deplores any attorney deviation from book committee instructions and disapproves book agents telegrams to Senators Bate and Pasco. It notes bishops tendered funds and Senate said no church obligation to return. conservatives prevail, minority seeks return.
The Columbus Guarda voted Friday night to travel to Charleston on May 21 for Columbus Day events at the exposition.
Billings county notes G W Myers captures a seven foot ten Lupus with a nose to tip length of 168 pounds. Myers had offered 50 dollars for capture and estimates claim the beast killed about 5000 dollars worth of stock on his ranch. The hide will be kept as a souvenir.
In the Bay Area an auction is set to proceed as planned despite a hesitant bidder. The auctioneer remains hopeful that the right offer will come in, maintaining momentum for the sale.
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