Cretan Committees Rally as Greece Faces Crisis
Defiant Little Greece confronts British concerns as Cretan committees threaten ships and arms toward Crete. Premier Delyannis vows decisive action while Greece seeks union with the mother country, with opposition leaders pledging support. Turkish authorities press protests, Greek flotilla movements loom, and thousands flee to Greece for safety amid mounting tensions.
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Ailyious
Athens
Greece
Thit
Chamber of Deputies
Delyaunis
Porte
Okete
Growk
Tilke
Actiairaly
Grete
Keyhu Anid
Dolymniy
Crate
England
Pall Mall Gazette
Crato
Vertmont
Grodso
Balishury
Agnith Boy
Foreign Office
Aonini Bey
Growee
Reek
Themaelves
Carson City to Host Corbett Fussimons Fight
Promoter Don Stewart arrived in Carson City on Thursday and announced publicly that the Corbett versus Fussimons bout would be held there. He said the city can accommodate the crowds and transportation, with favorable climate, though the pavilion site has not yet been chosen within the city limits.
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Stewnart Ia
Nevada
Don Stuart
Corbett
Fussim- Mons
Carson City
Mthursday
Fitzsinmions
Carson
Stewart
Major Ginter Plans Grand Colonial Ball at Richmond
Major Lewis Ginter, the Richmond millionaire, will host a magnificent hall on the 18th to rival the Bradley-Martin entertainment. Guests will dress in colonial ancestor costumes and are expected to include the Bradley Martins and a large number of New Yorkers.
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Major Ginter
Richmond
Lewis Ginter
Bradley-Martin
Bradley-Martins
Attempted arson shocks Union citizens
A report from Union reveals an attempted arson aimed at a row of prominent buildings including the Merchants and Planters national bank, the Union drug store, the opera house and several offices. A candle was set among kerosene soaked straw but was found before ignition. Names of implicated persons are described as of high standing. Further details promised.
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Union
National Bank
Union Drug Store
Opera House
Naval
Linnard
Brooklyn
League Island Dry Dock
Sermon Sparks Outcry Over Lincoln Killing Claim
In Unicoi county Tennessee Pastor John Hutching, citing a claim from Middlesborough Kentucky, said the Lord directed a bullet that killed Abraham Lincoln. The disclosure angered the congregation who rushed to hang him. he escaped into the mountains as locals later visited his home in anger.
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Lincoln
Middlesborough
John Hutching
Unicoi County
Tenn
Abraham Lincoln
Ghowers Demand Protection for Sea Island Cotton Prices
Farmers of Pistoo county convene at Binoksligay Georgia to address ruinously low Sea Island cotton prices. They form the Sea Island Cotton Grower Union to protect, improve quality, and raise prices, inviting growers statewide to join.
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Bea Island
Binoksligay
Pistoo County
Waa Island
Ardos
Sea Island
Growere
New Island
Pires County
Congressional Action on Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill
The House Appropriations Committee completed the sundry civil appropriation bill for the next fiscal year totaling 50,014,748 dollars. It shows 3,141,086 dollars under estimates and 19,644,190 dollars above the current year’s appropriations, with river and harbor contracts at 17,620,058 dollars and public buildings at 4,072.75 dollars. Major public building items include funds for Allegheny, Boise City, Buffalo, Cheyenne mint, Denver, Helena, Kansasey Meridian, Milwaukee, New York City warehouse, Newport, Portland, Pueblo, Pottsville, South Omaha, St. Paul, San Francisco, and Savannah. Harbor projects list large sums for Philadelphia, Galveston, Hudson River, Great Lakes channel, Humboldt Bay, Savannah, Cumberland Sound, Boston, Dunkirk, Delaware Bay, Winyah Bay, Sabine Pass, Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Grays Harbor. The river appropriations page continues with a long, varied list.
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Washington
House Committee On Appropriations
Allegheny
Boise City
Idaho
Buffalo
N. C
Cheyenne
Wyo
Denyer
Col
Mint
Helens
Mont
Kansasey Mo
Eenecon Meridian
Miss
Milwaukee
Wis
New York City
Newport
Portland
Ore
Pueblo
Pottsville
South Omaha
Neb
St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn., $125, 000; San Francisco
Savannah
Philadelphia
Smith
Galveston
Hudson River
Great Lakes
Chicago
Duluth
Humboldt Bay
Cal
Cumberland Bound
Florida
Boston
Dunkirk
Delaware Bay
Del
Winyow Bay
8. O
Sabine Pass
Tex
Cleveland
Twenty Crew Drowned in Gayanus Wreck Near Ushant
Twenty members of the British steamer Gayanus crew were drowned when the vessel wrecked off Ushant in France. The tragedy raises questions about the fate of remaining sailors and the rescue efforts by nearby ships. The incident underscores perils faced by maritime workers during rough seas.
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Ushanto
France
U S Consul General to Represent at Venice Plague Conference
W S Jones United States consul general at Rome will represent the United States at an international conference in Venice to discuss preventing the bubonic plague spreading from India. In Massachusetts the constitutional committee voted to report an amendment striking out the word male to grant women full suffrage.
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W. 8. Jones
United States
Rome
Italy
Venice
Europe
America
India
Massachusetts Legislative Committee On
Jackson and Walling to Hang in Pearl Bryan Murder Case
Kentucky Court of Appeals denies rehearing for Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling in the Pearl Bryan murder. The decision clears the way for the governor to set the execution date as the court's mandate is sent forth.
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Kentucky Court of Appeals
Daniel Ke Jyenring
Heart Bryan
Scott Jackson
Alonzo Walling
Pearl Bryan
Court of Appeals
Electoral Vote Counted in Joint Congress Session
The Senate and House joined in a ceremonial count of the 1896 electoral votes to elect McKinley and Hobart for the term starting March 4, 1897. McKinley received 271 votes to Bryan 176 for president, Hobart 271 to Sewall 149 and Watson 27 for vice president, with spectators noting no protests as the result was declared.
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Washington
House
Senate
United States
Lodge
Massachusetts
Blackburn
Kentucky
Groavenor
Ohio
Richardson
Demoocrat
Tennessee
Stevenson
McKinley
Bryan
Hobart
Sewall
Watson
Messrs
Murray
South Carolina
Grosvenor
Sowall
William McKinley
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Garratt A. Hobart
New Jersey
Arthur Sewall
Maine
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Garrett A. Hobart
Senator Harris Shows Signs of Recovery Amid Birthday
A Washington special reports Senator Isham G. Harris, aged 79, celebrated his birthday Wednesday while showing many signs favorable to recovery. The update notes cautious optimism about his health and potential return to duties.
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Senator Harris
Washington
Isham G. Harris
Cirujeda Promoted After Maceo’s Death In Cuba
A Havana dispatch says former Major Cirujeda who led the troops in the engagement that killed Antonio Maceo has been promoted to colonel. Cirujeda reported Thursday the capture of the rebel commandant Vilaneuve’s camp on the Havana province’s north coast.
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Maceo
Havana
Cirujeda
Antonio Maceo
Vilaneuve
Dolphin Fires on Three Friends at St Johns Mouth
News from Jacksonville reports the Dolphin fired on the Three Friends near the mouth of the St Johns River. No further details on casualties or motives are provided in the fragment.
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Jacksonville
The
St. Johns
Women Poison Their Husbands in Hungarian Village
A Vienna report from a Hungarian village reveals a mass scheme where eighteen wives obtained poison to kill their husbands. The tale describes a broader horror as multiple spouses attempted to rid themselves of their mates, a chilling case of lethal intent.
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Hungary
Vienna
Four Deaths From Fire Damp In Minnesota Potato Pit
A North Branch farm family perishes in a pit storage fire damp tragedy. John Benniman, his wife, and four children, ages eighteen to fourteen, all enter the pot pit to rescue and succumb one after another as lethal gas fills the shaft. The event unfolds on a farm where deep ground pits store potatoes.
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Atombara
North Branch
Minn
John Benniman
Bonniman
Taday
Ball at Waldorf Sparks Outrage Over Bradley Martin Gala
A glittering early morning ball at the Waldorf in New York hosted by the Bradley Martins drew praise for its luxury and fashion yet provoked sharp criticism from the poor and a social upheaval tone, with talk of moral sin over a lavish half million dollar expenditure. Some even speculated of potential disruption by upset elements among the needy.
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Bradley-Martins
Waldorf Hotel
New York
Dr. Rainaford
Haya
New York City
The Blockade Begins Amid Maine Accident
The Charleston blockade started with a calamity as a one pound gun cartridge burst on the Maine wounding a sergeant and two privates. The wounded were kept aboard hospital quarters while the fleet drilled off the harbor entrance. The Dolphin departed and later patrolled for filibusters as the ships regrouped south of the jetty.
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Maine
Charleston
Dolphin
New York
Marblehead
Amphitrite
Columbia
Twelve Men Die As Scaffold Collapses Over Cornwall Viaduct
London cable dispatch reports twelve men killed instantly when scaffolding collapsed over a railroad viaduct in Cornwall. In Tennessee a quarrel over a watch near Bristol ends with three men dead and one fatally wounded as two Taylor brothers are killed and Will Carswell is wounded. the father of Cornwall is implicated in the ensuing violence.
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Peet
London
Cornwall
Will Carswell
John
Reuben Taylor
Bristol
Tenn
Taylor
Carswell
Civil Tribunal Trial Set for Scovel in Cuba
The Spanish authorities will accord Sylvester Scovel a trial before no civil tribunal, to be held in Santa Spiritus where the offense occurred. If the verdict again harms Scovel, an appeal may move the case to Havana per Consul General Lee, as in U.S. law.
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Coerononadas
Washington and Lee Elects William N Wilson as President
The Washington and Lee University board in Lexington Virginia unanimously elected Postmaster General William N Wilson president. He will begin duties at the opening of the next session in September, after being selected at the prior meeting.
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Rtmaster Wilson
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
William N. Wilson
Arbitration Treaty Debate and Senate Action Amid Washington News
The senate opened executive session to consider the arbitration treaty with amendments aimed at ensuring senate sanction before arbitration. Morgan opposed the amended treaty, while House debate centered on the sundry civil bill and river harbor funding. Additional items include a Georgia election contest decision in favor of Black, naval funding disputes, Perrine land grant probe, and a proposal to aid Indian famine relief with ships and cargo capacity.
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Sherman
Committee On Foreign Relations
Morgan
Ones
Cannon
Sayers
Texas
Republicana
Congress
Prelianiansy
House
Bartlett
Georgia
Elections Committee No. 1
Watson
Black
Arizona
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