Navy in alert as Cuba unrest grows in Havana riots
Washington drills talk of war as Spanish unrest in Cuba escalates. Navy ships Florida waters near sight of possible action. Essex sails from St Thomas toward Port Royal while Marblehead favored for quick Cuba response. Rioters accuse Diario de la Marina of fomenting attacks. troops restore order in Central Park area.
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Cuba
Havana
Washington
State Department
North Atlantic
Florida
Antony
Spain
Hayy
Ie Orieve
Sipipe
Loo
Department
Marblehead
Maine
Essex
Hind
St. Thomas
Port Royal
Tndliau
Exsex
Hanna Triumphal March Receptions From Columbus to Cleveland
Senator Hanna returned from Columbus to Cleveland to enthusiastic crowds. He was cheered along the route with many business closures and a cordial reception in the Hollenden lobby. Hanna spoke briefly to gathered crowds at multiple points, receiving ovations throughout the journey.
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Columubus
Cleveland
Hanna
Columbus
Hollenden
Withdrawal Notice In Hancock Case At Newbern N C
Raleigh dispatch reports a sensational suit in Newbern involving Elizabeth Abbott withdrawing action against Robert Hancock president of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railway. The case sought 10000 damages for harming Annie Abbott Hancock’s niece.
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Newbern
N. C
Raleigh
Hancock
Superior Court
Robert Hancock
The
Atlantic and North Carolina Railway
Elizabeth Abbott
Thomas Abbott
Anit
Annie Abbott
Hanvcook
Indian Story a Fake
The Associated Press correspondent reports in South McAlester that the Indian uprising story is fabricated. The first account allegedly came from the agent for the G O G railway at Earlsboro to the Kansas City train dispatcher.
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Associated Press
South McAlester
Earlsboro
T. T
Kansas City
New Industries Started Across Several States This Week
Tradesman in Chattanooga reports: Brown Common Sense Harrow Co at Murfreesboro Tennessee with 220,000 capital. other developments include Nashville Electric Light and Power Co in Nashville. Conway Milling Co at Conway Arkansas with 12,000. a plant and grist mill at Loxwood Virginia. machine works at Gallatin Tennessee. Pratt Press Co and a 24,000 bicycle factory at Charleston South Carolina. vehicle works at Louisville Kentucky. Witherspoon-Ross Shoe Co 40,000 at Louisville. Bourgeois Motor Works 10,000 at New Orleans. Eagle Cap Quarry Co 10,000 at Shreveport. Elliott Farm Oil Co up to 100,000 at Parkersburg. a 2,875,000 sill mill planned at Newport News. 10,000 woolen mill planned at Madisonville. tobacco factories at Farmville. woodworking plants at Courtland Alabama Lexington Kentucky and Staunton Virginia.
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Brown Common Sense Harrow Co
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Birmingham
Ala
Nashville Electric Light and Power Co
Nashville
Gallatin
Eagle Cap Quarry Co., Limited
Capital
Shreveport
Elliott Farm Oil Co
Maxioum
Parkersburg
W. Va
Newport News
Madisonville
Farmville
Courtland
Lexington
Staunton
Chattanoopa
Water power plan on Chattahoochee river lands
New York and Pennsylvania interests have acquired control of a 16 mile stretch of the Chattahoochee from Jones Shoal to Power’s Ferry to develop water power for electric transmission. They have optioned lands valued at 175000 and will build 11000 horse power with masonry dams after surveys and a detailed report. They gained power to condemn under recent assembly legislation.
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CAP
Olattah River
Atlanta
Niagara Falls
New York
Pennsylvania
Chattahoochee River
Jones’ Shoala
General Assembly
Innocent Indian Burned? Lynchings Stir Oklahoma Territory
In Indian Territory a mob burned two Seminole Indians at the stake provoking fear of an uprising. Public sentiment favored the lynchers in Earlboro T. while Wewoka's residents showed sympathy for the victims. United States Commissioner Walter Jones oversees court actions to locate and arrest suspects for kidnapping and removal of murderers.
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Indian Territory
Earlboro
T. T
Wewoka
United States
Walter Jones
Oklahoma
Silver Leaders Unite In Washington For Silver Next Move
Silver leaders from the Democratic, Populist, and Republican silver organizations hold Washington conferences. Chairman Jones, Butler, and Towne plan a joint manifesto within days urging unity to avoid rival factions and pool strength in the silver political campaign.
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Washington
Jones
National Democratic Committee
Butler
National Committee
Court martial to sit in Augusta Ga for Carter trial
The Savannah court martial of Captain Oberlin M. Carter of the engineers will relocate to Augusta Georgia after a telegraphed request for permission from the secretary of war. Paul F. Wiggs, inspector on Savannah river harbor, is ill in Angwata. Carter's attorneys oppose deposition. judge advocate bar sought removal to Augusta.
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Judge Advocate Bar
Augusta
Tilor for the Senate Indignant Rivals in Nash ville
In Nashville Tennessee Governor Taylor announces his candidacy for the United States Senate. Friends opened headquarters while Turley refuses to consent or deny. Turley and McMillin stand firm, claiming no alteration in the race and criticizing Taylor’s move.
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Nashville
Tenn
United States
General Assembly
Taylor
Senator Turley
Turley
McMillin
Ben Butterworth Dies After Illness at Piney Woods Hotel
Hon Ben Butterworth longtime Ohio public official dies at 8 p m Sunday in Thomasville Georgia after weeks of illness at the Piney Woods hotel He was born October 22 1837 in Warren County Ohio and served in the House of Representatives He held posts including commissioner of patents and secretary of the World Fair project in Chicago His death follows a campaign stump tour with widespread mourning among friends and colleagues in Washington and Ohio
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Pooumor
Thomasville
Ben Butterworth
Piney Woods
Benjamin Butterworth
Warren County
Ohio
Senate
Warren
Butler
Garfield
Arthur
McKinley
Chicago
Himdelf
Washington City
Butterworth
Monthly Exports and Imports figures for December 1897
The Bureau of Statistics in Washington reports December 1897 exports at 128,181,713 dollars, up over 7 million from December 1896, with a twelve month increase exceeding 90 million. December 1897 imports totaled 61,014,783 dollars, of which 24,184,585 was duty free.
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Statistical Bureau
Bureau of Statistics At
Washington
Carter Trial Under Way Captain Gillette Testifies
Captain Gillette testified at the Carter court martial in Savannah narrating supervision of Atlantic Constructing Co work. He described Cumberland seams removed from his jurisdiction and noted material for Cumberland Island work was not as tightly constructed as it should have been.
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Gillette
Wis
Cassius EB. Gillette
Carter Ecourt
Savanah Priday Mornius
Atlantic Constructing Co
Cumberland
Cumberland Island
McKenna Urges Urgent Deficiency Funds for U S Courts
Attorney General McKenna sent to Congress via the treasury a recommendation for urgent deficiency appropriations totaling over 500000 dollars. The main item seeks 100000 dollars to establish sites and erect United States jails in the northern central and southern districts of Indian Territory.
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McKenna
Congress
The
Treasury
United States
Indigo
Largest cotton cargo clears Savannah bound for Bremen
The British steamer Ranza under Captain John Stanhope cleared from Savannah Georgia Thursday for Bremen with 18 200 bales of cotton weighing 8 903 855 pounds valued at 024 952. It is the largest cargo of cotton ever shipped from an Atlantic port.
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Savannah
Ranza
John Stanhope
Bremen
Georgia Export and Import Company
Atlantic
Rioting in Havana as mobs attack newspaper offices
In Havana at about 10 o'clock on Wednesday a thousand strong crowd attacked La Discussion El Reconcentrado and other outlets. Army officers intervened with General Garriche Solano Portado present, police restored order as Central Park became a military camp and authorities heightened precautions.
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Havana
HI Diarin de la Marvin
Diario
Avelas
Ramuar
Central Park
el Reconcentrado
el Diario de la Marina
Cuba
Journels la Discussion
Spain
la Discussion
Garriche
Solano
Oficers
el Diario de la Mariana
Portado
Battleship Maine Ordered to Havana Readiness
Key West dispatch reports the Maine has orders to hold in readiness to sail for Havana at an instant's warning. Captain Sigsbee has prepared to depart at once and is in telegraphic contact with Consul General Gee to confirm necessity of movement.
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Maine
Havana
Chicago Times- Herald
Key West
Cuba
D. Sigsbee
Gee
Court sensational witness pay offer shocks Augusta trial
In Augusta Georgia during a $50 000 damages suit over a husband’s death, a dramatic moment arose when a defense counsel produced a November letter offering ten dollars to a witness for testimony. The letter's disclosure sparked courtroom tension as counsel refused to relinquish it, claiming it was needed to bar the writer from the legal profession.
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Koawyer
Augusta
Mra
Alice L. Whitton
Augusta Southern
South Carolina and Georgia Railways
Brooks Whitton
Cors
Messrs
van Epps & Ladson
Atlanta
Whitton
Joseph B. Cumming
Bryan Cumming
Leonard Phinizy
Jos. B. Cumming
Ladson
Ruyelle
Major Cumming
Cumming
Fuller’s Sentence Reduced and Escape from Prison
W. B. Fuller, once labeled an inhuman father for deserting a child near Atlanta, escaped the penitentiary on a technicality. Convicted of assault with intent to murder, he faced ten years. a judge altered the verdict to twelve months in the chain gang plus a $100 fine after a new trial motion.
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W. B. Fuller
Atlanta
Fuller
Candler
Senate Moves to Vote on Hawaiian Treaty Defeat Expected
The senate intends a vote on the Hawaiian treaty sooner than anticipated as opponents forego delaying speeches, while Representative Livingston of Georgia backs the urgent deficiency bill, supporting costs for transporting bullion from the assay office to the mint.
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Senate
Livingston
Georgia
House
Populists Meet in St Louis Conference Session
National People's Party delegates gathered in St Louis for a conference called by the national organization. About fifty prominent populists attended the meeting and many were middle of the road. few invited members of the national executive committee attended, with most remaining away.
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National Organization For Conference
National Organization of the People's Party
St. Louis
Annaarad
Devastating Fort Smith Tornado Kills Dozens
A catastrophic tornado struck Fort Smith Ark last Tuesday night near the National cemetery, destroying buildings and causing numerous deaths and injuries. The storm razed business blocks and homes, sparked fires, and forced mass evacuations as investigators assess the full toll and possible additional victims.
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Fort Smith
Ark
National Cemetery
Silas Mincher
Harvey Rutledge
Burgess Hotel
John Grinwold
Yohn Martin
J.J. Riley
Madison County
United States
George Carter
Grand Opera House
Milt Burgess
St. John's Hospital
J. M. Foutz
Joe Kyle
Lefavre
Malt Knapton, Jr
Malt Knapton
Joe Licas
Ed Ferrell
Trene
Roy
Frank Richardson
John Adams
Charles Mauver
Ritter
Will Gawson
Lonie Sengel
Miss Holden
John Badt
Maggie Shehan
L. Woehle
James Smith
Jones
Federal Court
van Buren
Alma
Earthquake Devastates Amboyna City in Molucas
Official dispatch from Batavia to The Hague reports Amboyna capital razed by a powerful quake. Fifty people were killed and about two hundred injured, many seriously, as aftershocks rattled the region.
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Hague
Batavia
Amboyna
Oregon Se Committees Rule Corbett Not Entitled Seat
A Washington dispatch reports the Senate privileges and elections committee in Oregon voted 4 to 3 to report against S. W. Corbett’s claim to a Senate seat. The decision, party line based, counted absent Senator Burroughs in opposition, and a motion to declare Corbett not entitled to the seat was carried.
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Washington Dispatch
Senate
Spinners Union Grants Spinners Permission to Strike
At a general meeting in Fall River the spinners of the King Philip cotton mills asked to walk out and the union unanimously granted the request. Many expect the action to trigger strikes at other fine goods mills.
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Spinners’ Union
Fall River
King Philip Cotton Mills
King Philip's
New Populist Party Adopts People Party Name in St Louis
At a St Louis conference populist leaders christened a new political party the People Party. They endorsed a reform agenda to unite factions, promote harmony with the national committee, and urged the people as the source of political power. Seventy four national committee members attended with forty states represented.
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St. Louis
People
United States
People's Party
National Committee
Megers
Dixon
Missouri
Tracey
Texas
Reynolds
Illinois
Matsinger
Tudiana
McGregor
Georgia
National Organization Committee
National Organization
Organization Committee
The
Laclede Hotel
Organization Committees
National Committee and
Congress to President on Cuban Plana Resolution
Senator Cannon of Utah introduced and the senate adopted a resolution asking the President to transmit, if not against public interest, a statement of measures now in force by the government in Cuba and adjoining waters to protect American lives, liberty, and property. Later, Consul Lee telegraphed from Havana that conditions were very quiet and no trouble was expected.
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Cannon
Utah
Senate
Cuba
State Department
United States
Lee
Havana
Senate may be asked to probe Hanna reelection
A Washington special indicates some U S senators have been notified of a possible Senate investigation into Senator Hanna’s reelection. Ohio opposition managers seek to put Otis bribery charges before the state senators to determine if the U S Senate would take up the case if properly framed.
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Senate
Hanna
Washington
Ohio
Otis
Ohio Senate
State Senate
Senate of
United States
Tramps Start Fire at Wisconsin Lumber Mill
A Tagersol Land and Lumber mill at Eland Junction Wisconsin burned Friday causing about 70000 in loss. The mill, owned by Henry Sherry corporation, had been idle after an assignment by Mr Sherry. Investigators deem arson likely with tramps suspected as the culprits.
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Wisconsin
Tagersol Land and Lumber Company
Eland Junction
Wis
Henry Sherry
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Southern Progress
Tilor
Ben
Carter
Tavana
Oregon
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