Ambitious Cuba Intervener Ambiguity Across Washington
A Washington dispatch reports state department officials cautious over a circulating notice that US ambassadors were instructed to assess European powers reactions should the United States intervene in Cuba. The piece notes limited signals from Spain and Britain and cites a possible Woodford- Fish- Cush ing chain, with Grant era policy used as a benchmark.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Cuba
Grant
Cushing
Spain
Woodford
Haro
Saliabury
Uno
Sug
Fio
Cushlig
Fish
Mudius
General Grant
Bish
Angiollo Executed for Spain Prime Minister Killing
Michael Angiollo was executed by garrote at 11 that Friday morning after a court martial. He expressed surprise at the sentence and complained of priests visiting him, refusing entry to the chapel and declaring he would face God. An executioner from Burgos carried out the garroting following his defiant farewell.
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Cantillo
Afaots
Sebadtain
Spain
Michael Angiollo
Bonor Olinovas Dal Castillo
Santa Apueda
Angiello
Burgos
One Dollar Wheat Tops Opening Chicago Trade
Short crops abroad push prices as September wheat opens on change at Chicago. Prices rise to 1.40 as offerings remain light. Liverpool futures higher amid bullish Minneapolis crop estimates and Hungary crop damage. Wheat acceptances by cable show large export demand, with 62 boatloads to England and 28 to other points wired to New York.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Minneapolis
Hungary
New York
Enginna
Queen Regent Names General Ascarraga Spain's Premier
The Queen Regent of Spain on Friday named General Ascarraga who is also minister of war as premier. The cabinet remains, with no immediate dissensions expected, and the choice avoids Sagasta due to Weyler's looming resignation.
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Canovas
Spain
Ascarraga
Sagasta
Weyler
Sagnata
Bankers Adjourn as Hendrix Succeeds Russell at A B A
The twenty third annual convention of the American Bankers Association ends at 1 pm Thursday. First Vice President Joseph C Hendrix of New York is raised to president while George H Russell of Detroit wins a large majority for first vice president.
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Joseph ©. Hendrix
New York
Sucpecs Lowry
Atlanta
American Bankers’ Association
Joseph C. Hendrix
George H. Russell
Detroit
Encouraging Outlook for Trade and Farm Prosperity
Telegraphs from trade printers nationwide report rising farmer prosperity and higher prices for various agricultural products. Bank clearings reach 1.41 billion dollars this week, showing growth versus recent years, while staples like wheat flour pork butter eggs corn and oats rise in price. Exports of wheat flour from U S coasts and Montreal hit a peak not seen since 1894.
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Cariltou Brodstroat
Kobanda
New York
United States
Montreal
Pension Deserters May Win Liberalized Rules
A Washington dispatch reports the pension bureau may soon announce a radical shift in policy. Under current law any Confederate service blocks pension eligibility, but officials say honorable Union service after leaving the Confederacy could override past desertion. The question was sent to the President and Secretary Bliss for approval and may come within weeks.
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Biles
Washington
Pension Bureau
Commissioner of Pensions
Evans
Haying
Webster Davis
Bliss
Tillman to Speak at Brooklyn Democratic Meeting
A United Democratic Organization of Greater New York committee plans a Ridgewood Park gathering in Brooklyn on August 31. South Carolina Senator Tillman will urge Democrats on the duty of party members and rally labor groups against government by injunction seen as an assault on labor rights and citizen protections.
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Brooklyn
N.Y
United Democratic Organization of Greater
Armenians With Bombs Arrested in Constantinople
Police in Constantinople arrested two Armenian suspects after raids found two bombs at their residences. The pair confessed plans to target the Russian and German embassies with the explosive devices.
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Constantinople
Hay
New Lease for Flanagan as Judge Grants Stay
In Decatur Georgia Judge Candler signed a stay of execution for Edward Flanagan after hearing affidavits from both sides in the motion for a new trial. The court will not reconsider the issue for several days, delaying execution indefinitely with a potential appeal to the supreme court.
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Candler
Decatur
Edward Flanagan
Flanagan
Supreme Court
Appeal for Cuban girl urged by Howe and Davis
A New York dispatch says Mrs Julia Ward Howe has appealed to the pope to intervene for Evangelina Cisneros the Cuban girl threatened with transportation to Ceuta. Mrs Jefferson Davis has written to the queen of Spain requesting action in the case.
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Mra
Jefferson Davis
Julia Ward
New York
Julia‘ Warde Howe
Evangelina Cisneros
Ceuta
Spain
Gold Standard Debate Hits Wheat Prices in North Atlantic Trade
A London cable discusses rising U S wheat to 1 dollar a bushel and its political echoes. It notes alleged speculation and press commentary from the Baltic secretary and the Westminster Gazette. It argues high prices favoring the gold standard and critiques Bryanite opposition.
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Tondonaga
United States
London
the Baltic
Wallatraet
Liverpool
Cornf Exchange
Mark Lane
Wealminster Gazette
McKinley
Westminster
Bryan
Westminster Gazette
Five Children Drown After Harbour Float Capsize
At Toronto harbor on a sunny Sunday afternoon a rough timber float used to shuttle workers capsized midway across a 100 yard channel. Twenty one children aged eight to thirteen crowded aboard to bathe at the breakwater. boats rushed to the scene and rescuers saved sixteen, but five children were drowned. Authorities recount the tragedy as crews search for missing gear and assess the improvised raft’s safety.
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Toronto
Four Die in Davenport Dust Explosions at Elevators
A Davenport Indiana gin works elevator suffered two massive dust explosions Thursday morning. Four men were killed John Raap, John Haam, William Wolffe, and Paul Wolffe. Two others were seriously injured as walls and the fire escape collapsed.
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Estaypo
Davanport
Gincose
Davenport
John Raap
John Haam
William Wolffe
Paul Wolffe
Pennsylvania Railroad Faces Car Shortage Amid Grain Boom
A Pennsylvania Railroad official says business has not yet reached full strength but taxes and material costs rise. Grain movement east creates high demand for box cars, with none idle and stored cars now in use amid a car shortage.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Utport
Sherman Answers Japan on Hawaii Annexation Note
Washington dispatch states Secretary Sherman submitted an answer to Japan regarding Hawaii annexation. Delivered to Minister Hoshi, the reply reaffirms the United States stance on annexation while pledging to safeguard Japanese interests in Hawaii and support arbitration on Japanese migration. Tokio to receive full text. no action until then.
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Japan
Hawaii
Washington
Sherman
Hoshi
United States
Tokio
Georgia lawmakers back county book buying plan
A Georgia Legislature appointed committee recommended a plan to reduce schoolbook costs by empowering county boards of education to purchase directly from manufacturers and sell at cost. The Ohio plan would cut middleman profits, keep study unchanged, and let counties secure larger publisher discounts while bearing the book bill. The governor opposes uniformity. report approved unanimously after full session.
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Atkinson
Georgia
County Boards of Education
Ohio
Commission
Office-seekers Will Greet McKinley on Return to Washington
Washington dispatch reports President McKinley will face a renewed old guard of office-seekers on his return to the White House. The group, fewer in named individuals but larger in numbers, follows his vacation belief that spoils would melt away while he was away, a notion Plattsburgh reports he still clings to.
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Washington
McKinley
White House
Plattsburg
Railroads Win Injunction Against Tennessee Ticket Scalpers
In a Tennessee Centennial ticket dispute, Judge Clark granted a permanent injunction against scalpers handling special rate tickets for Nashville, Louisville & Nashville and other railways. The ruling blocks scalp ers from continuing the practice in the Nashville area.
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Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
George BE. McGonnell
Louisville & Nashville
Duckworth
Western & Atlantic Railway
Clark
Tennessee
New California Southern Railway Project Under Way
The California Southern Railway Company plans a 120 mile line from Biggs Station on the Oregon Railway network through Sherman Wasco and Crook counties to Pineville. Operations expected to start about September 5 up to Wasco, with that segment completed.
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California Southern
Californian Southern Railway Company
Biggs Station
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Sherman
Wasco
Crook Counties
Pineville
Miners face new court ruling as Pinkerton guards loom
Pittsburg area operators vow to reopen mines under Pinkerton protection threatening a violent clash with striking miners. Rival executives claim many non union workers will resume work and plan to deploy guards or deputies if needed. Courts grant permanent injunctions and bonds in related cases as DeArmitt camp confronts possible closure and abandonment.
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Pittsburg
Cleveland
Pinkerton
Rufus Cuddy
Cuddy Goal Company
Operatora
Minera
Stowe and Collier
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
Patrick Dolan
William Warner
Bunda
DeArmitt
Uriah Bellingham
Plum Creek
Monongahela House
Tennessee Health Officers Form State Association in Nashville
About 50 city and county health officers from Tennessee met in Nashville to organize a state association. Dr. Albright of Somerville was named president, with a organizing committee proposing Dr. W. S. Nash of Knoxville as president and Dr. EB Raymond of Memphis as secretary. Dr. FE Johnson Clarksville, Dr. T. E Abernathy Chattanooga, and Dr. J. B. Thornton Memphis named vice presidents. The report was adopted.
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Nashvlo
Tennessee
Nashville
Albright
Somerville
Dry
W. 8. Nash
Knoxville
Raymond
Memphis
FE. C. Johnson
Clarksville
T. BE
Abernathy
Chattanooga
J. B. Thornton
No bids received on Mathews Cotton PI foreclosure sale
The Mathews cotton mill in Selma Alabama was offered at a 385000 upset price with no bidders at Wednesday s foreclosure sale. It has previously been listed at 150000 and 100000. The plant, once profitable on 300000 capital, employs about 300 workers idle while awaiting a sale.
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Mathews
Alabama
Selma
Ala
Mob Slays Green After Shootings In Lovett Ga
A deadly daytime incident at Lovett on the Wrightsville and Tennille road left Andrew Green a Black man accused of fatally wounding Lula George a Black woman and fatally wounding George Heath a prominent citizen. Green was then fatally shot by others organized to avenge Heath’s death.
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Lovett
Wrightsville and
Tennille Road
Andrew Green
Lula George
George Heath
Smitth
Heath
Brown Alumni Appeal Over Freedom at University
An alumni petition circulating for signatures urges the Brown corporation to accept President Andrews and uphold academic liberty. It argues that resigning Andrews would refute charges of intolerance and defend Brown’s history of free inquiry against external pressures. It stresses enlightened toleration as the university’s guide.
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Brown Corporation
Providence, Hil
iAs
Brown University
Andrews
Brown, University
Eneral
Faure
Judge Field Breaks Record for Supreme Court Service
Associate Justice Stephen Field of the United States Supreme Court set a new record for continuous service with eighty four years five months and six days on the bench. He surpassed former Chief Justice John Marshall by one day and may retire soon with Attorney General McKenna expected to succeed him.
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Supreme Court
Stephen Field
Anpieme Court
United States
Supreme Bench
John Marshall
McKenna
Farmer Killed by Dynamite Explosion at Home
W B L Davis a wealthy farmer from near Rockmart Georgia was killed at 5 AM on Wednesday by the accidental blast of seventeen dynamite cartridges. He had placed the dynamite under the stove to dry. The kitchen and dining room were wrecked and the body was badly mutilated. Davis was sixty years old.
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Orgin
W. B. L. Davis
Rockmart
Davis
Alaska Boundary Not Likely to Change Despite Disputes
General Duffield of the Coast and Geodetic Survey says boundary lines between Alaska and British possessions will likely stay as drawn on the map. He notes Dawson City lies over 100 miles east of the standard boundary meridian and that the U S and Canada surveys differ on the 141st meridian by only a fault line, not a practical shift.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey
Sys
Alaska
Duffield
Dawson City
United State
Canada
Army of the Potomac Holds Twenty-Eighth Reunion in Troy
Great preparations were made in Troy New York to entertain 8000 visiting members and friends of the Army of the Potomac who gathered there Friday for their 28th annual reunion. The city sparkled with decorations as halls and spaces were turned into temporary accommodations for guests.
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Troy
Tls
Army of the Potomac
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