Cuban constitutional panel drags feet over US naval base plan
Havana dispatch says the Cuban constitutional convention’s special committee met Governor General Wood at Batabano and reported no firm agreement. Delegates oppose U S naval stations in Cuba and want the future republic to settle relations later. Debate also centered on US intervention to preserve peace.
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Havana
United States
Republic of Cuba
Wood
Batabano
Cuba
Joans
Chinese peace dispatch reports edict and executions
A Pekin dispatch states the Chinese peace commissioners transmitted an edict ordering death by action for Princes Chung and Yu Hsien and announcing confinement for Tung Fu Liang and others. The ministers postponed judgment to Monday while Washington discussed indemnity with Wu.
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Pekin
Associated Press
Chung
Yu Hsien
Shan Si
Tung Fu Liang
Yang Nian
Chao Su Kian
Washington
State Department
Hill
China
Appropriations Cut Details in River and Harbor Bill
A Washington special reports the senate commerce committee cut river and harbor bill funding by about one quarter. They recast house provisions, added new items, and kept total cash appropriations under 60 million dollars. The bill lists specific allocations for Hillsboro bay Florida and other rivers plus contracts in Savannah Biscayne Bay Southwest Pass and St Johns River with a 300 thousand dollar surveys fund.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Commerce
House
Senate
Hillsboro Bay
Florida
Biscayne Bay
Potomac River
District of Columbia
James River
Virginia
Cape Fear River
North Carolina
Chattahoochee River
Georgia
Alabama
St. Johns River
Jacksonville
Coosa River
Savannak Harbor
Southwest Pass
Mississippi
Galveston Harbor
Railroad Builder Files Boston Bankruptcy Petition
George R. Eng er a Newton Mass railroad builder files voluntary bankruptcy in Boston claiming liabilities of 1 407 841 with 1 008 502 unsecured and 816 222 secured. Debts incurred 1888 1890 mainly in Tennessee. notes shared with others total 88 616. Heaviest Boston district failure since act. Major secured claims include Hambro London 52540 and O P Condon 84022 among others across Knoxville Atlanta and Chattanooga based creditors.
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Boston
George R. Eager
Newton
Mass
Mr. Enger
Tennessee
J. O. Hambro & Son
London
England
Kessier & Co
Wall Street
New York
Carey & Whitteridge
Jones & Monday
O. P. Condon
Kellar & Beals
Kellar & Tinley
Thomas McFarland
Knoxville
Tenn
Charles Lexington
Jellico
Atlanta Lumber Company
Measure to revive vice admiral grade in navy
Senator Hale introduces a bill to revive the rank of vice admiral and authorize the president to appoint two rear admirals to that office. The move aims to aid promotions for Schley and Sampson and officers who served with them in the Spanish war. A joint resolution of thanks to Admiral Sampson is also introduced per the president's recommendations.
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Schley-Sampson
Hale
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Schley
Sampson
Kruger Says He Drafted Letter To King Edward
Rumor in London claims President Kruger wrote a personal letter to King Edward outlining the Boer cause and seeking royal consideration. No confirmation available.
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London
Kruger
King Edward
Russia Retaliates with 30 Percent Duty on U S Imports
Report from St. Petersburg says Russia will enforce a 30 percent countervailing duty on American imports effective March 1, citing M De Witte's swift action. The move targets machinery iron and steel goods and may trigger a broader trade crisis with the United States as Russian sugar cases loom for a potential test in U S courts.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
M. de Witte
Gage
Senate
Count Cassini
Washington
Foreign Office
State Department
United States
Lynching of Thomas Jackson at St. Peter La.
A black man named Thomas Jackson was lynched Sunday at St. Peter Louisiana a Texas and Pacific station about twenty miles above New Orleans. He killed and mutilated engineer Alex Bourgeois his wife and two children before fleeing the scene.
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Thomas Jackson
St. Peter
New Orleans
Jackson
Alex Bourgeois
Belle Point
Bourgeois
Carter's Uncle Plans Appeal Over Ex-Captain Carter Release
L. D. Carter, uncle of Oberlin Carter, left Leavenworth Kansas for Washington to pursue an appeal after Judge Hook ordered no bond release for the ex captain. He aims to secure Carter's release on bond.
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Carter
L. D. Carter
Oberlin Carter
Leavenworth
Kas
Washington
Hook
Murder and death by own action in Cobb County tragedy
An Atlanta dispatch reports the bodies of Mia H. M. Wilson and William Hamilton found near the Chattahoochee river in Cobb County. Wilson was shot in the temple and burned. Hamilton killed herself and left a burnt scene with a partially emptied 82 caliber revolver nearby, concluding a murder suicide after a week of disappearance.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Dispatch
Mia
H. M. Wilson
William Hamilton
Chattahooches River
Cobb County
Hamilton
Plas
Wilson
Chattahooche
Smith & Wesson
New Industries Reported Across the South in One Week
Tradesman Chattanooga notes multiple new ventures in eight states including a $1,000,000 electric light plant at Pine Bluff Arkansas and a $1,000,000 fertilizer factory at Charlestown South Carolina. Also listed are textile mills furniture and lumber operations from North Carolina Georgia Texas and Tennessee.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tuscumbia
Charlotte
N. C
High Point
Nashville
Greensboro
Rutherfordton
Hawkinaville
Orange
Texas
Fairfax O. H
Pine Bluff
Ark
Huntington
West Nashville
Halletteville
Port Arthur
Greenville
Dawson, Ga
New Albany
Incendiary Fires Strikes Four Hotels in Chicago
A coordinated set of fires hit the Palmer House Great Northern Sherman and Hotel Grace in Chicago on Thursday night with a fifth blaze at the Great Northern. Two men fled the Palmer House while a guest reports jewelry missing from a Great Northern room. John McWilliams Jr aided by danger while extinguishing the blaze on the Palmer House fifth floor.
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Palmer House
Chicago
Great Northern
Sherman House
Osicego
Great Northern Hotel
Friest
New York
Queester
Orsigins
John McWilliams, Jr
Princeton University
John McWilliams
Odall, Ill
Young McWilliams
Odell
Army keeps mob from lynching Alabama schoolmaster
A Huntsville dispatch reports Berry Hall, a Guntersville schoolmaster who assaulted a pupil, was saved from lynching when militia detachments from Birmingham and Gadsden arrived at 8 pm. The jail secured, the courtroom raid failed as deputies and armed guards escorted Hall to safety.
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Hall
Noose
Huntsville
Aln
Berry Hall
Guntersville
Birmingham
Gadsden
Boers and Batons Fight Near Philipstown
Lord Kitchener reports British troops engaged with Christian Dewet north of Philipstown after Dewet crossed the Orange River at Zand Drift and appears to be moving west.
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Lord Kitchener
Deweet
London War Office
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Woods
Edward
Louisiana
Southern Progress
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