Spain Seeks Cruser Purchases and Arms Amid Naval Pressure
A London dispatch reports Spain purchasing two cruisers built for Brazil the Amazonina and a sister ship of 4000 tons 23 knots and ten guns. Spain also negotiates for two more ships and seeks arms supplies from England and Europe. US pressure could block these purchases as naval experts note Chile may buy the cruiser Ofliggine just finished.
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London
Spain
Armstrongs
Brasil
Amazonina
France
Brazil
England
Diplomate
Prench Gnaueiers
Armatrongesa
United States
Enyglish
Continental
Chile
Honors to Maden Dead at Havana Cemetery
A funeral tribute held Friday at Colon cemetery in Havana honored 161 Americans who perished in the Maine disaster. wreaths and a cross framed the graves as Can an General Tes Captain Bigsbee and Chaplin Chadwick attended and led a brief prayer. A red white and blue ribbon bore the inscription The memory of our dead American heroes.
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Havre
Colon
Havana
Maine
Tes
Bigsbee
Chaplin Chadwick
Chadwick
Reward for Lynchers in Postmaster Killing Readied at Lake City
Washington dispatch reports the Lake City postmaster Baker’s killing and the pursuit of justice. A long post office department inquiry consumed Friday as the government raises rewards to 1500 dollars in each case and pledges federal effort to convict the guilty.
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Lake City
Washington Dispatch
Post Office Department
Baker
Northwestern Cuts Flour Rates From Minneapolis To New York
Northwestern announces a through rate on flour from Minneapolis to New York with concurrence from Lake Shore and Michigan Central lines. Wisconsin Central and Erie lines are expected to meet Vanderbilt rates. The move aligns major routes from Minneapolis to New York amid statewide rail rate adjustments.
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Northwestern
Minneapolis
New York
Minneapolia
Lake Shore
Michigan Central
Wisconsin Central
Erie
Vanderbilt
Congress Holds Quiet Watch Over Inquiry Outcome
Washington dispatch notes Congress awaits the court of inquiry report. The piece warns the president must act in line with the majority and suggests party repudiation could follow if the disaster stems from treachery.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Reede
Court of Inquiry
Plant System Buys Walterboro and Western Railroad
A Charleston dispatch reports the Plant system of railroads completed the purchase of the Walterboro and Western railroad, a 27 mile line from Walterboro to Ehrhardt in South Carolina. The line will be operated in connection with the Green Pond and Walterboro branch.
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Westerboro and Western Railroad
South Carolina
Charleston
Walterboro
No Time Designated On Maine Court of Inquiry Findings
Washington officials and Navy leaders await a date for the Maine wreck inquiry report. Secretary Long asked Admiral Sicard for a timetable and received word that finding timing depends on divers’ progress and wreckage discoveries. The court will return to Havanna aboard Mangrove tonight after near completion of examinations, with crews’ testimony not yet yielding a definite conclusion.
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Washington
Secretary Long
Admiral Sicard
Maine
Governor Taylor to Retire from Politics at End of Term
Tennessee Governor Taylor announces he will retire from politics at the close of his term. He cites harrowing antagonism and slander, saying he can do more good and find happiness in private life. He thanks supporters and offers goodwill toward opponents with an olive branch.
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Kaya
Antonia
Petitioa
Taylor
Tennessee
Bate
United States Senate
Lee weighs outside agency theory on Maing explosion
Washington daily reports General Lee favors the view that the Maing explosion was caused by external agents. The administration is said to be moving toward a verdict backing this unofficial theory, with no official word yet from the court of inquiry.
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Conan] Lee
Washington
Lee
Court of Inquiry
Tennessee towns raise smallpox quarantine except Jonesboro
Quarantines imposed by several Tennessee towns against Knoxville over a few smallpox cases have been lifted, with Jonesboro the notable exception likely to end its quarantine soon. The move signals a relaxation of restrictions as the outbreak subsides.
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Tennessee
Knoxville
Jonesboro
Place
Austria cabinet resignations prompt new prime minister
Advices from Vienna report the Austrian cabinet tendered their resignations Saturday and Emperor Francis Joseph accepted them. Privy Councillor Count Vou Thun Yohenstim was appointed prime minister to form a new cabinet, with retired ministers to handle current business during the transition.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Count Vou Thun Yohenstim
Strike Ends at Pepperell and Laconia Mills Biddeford Me
Strike declared off after 8,500 mill workers walked out January 17 over a 10 percent wage cut. Mills resumed Monday as workers return, having lost about 210000 in wages during the stoppage.
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Biddeford
Maine
Keteen
Worl
Pepperell and
Laconia
Spain Demands Recall as U S Retains Lee Amid Cuban Relief
A Madrid cable reports Senor Gullen intimated recall of Consul General Lee from Havana and replacement of naval relief ships with merchant vessels. Washington refuses recall and continues cargo by naval vessels. The exchange signals diplomatic friction and ongoing Cuba relief plans. Stenographer Hulse arrives in Washington. testimony questioning the Maine accident proceeds, while government readies emergency measures.
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Madrid
Senor Gullen
United States
Woodford
Havana
Leo
Washington
Lee
Spain
State Department
Key West
Big Coal Deal Involves Navy Dept Contract
The United States government under Secretary John D. Long has awarded Peal, Peacock & Kerr a contract to deliver 400,000 tons of steam coal to Key West within forty days. The deal, made under the emergency clause, is unauthorized by Congress and bypasses specific authority, relying on national credit for urgent needs.
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Pittsburg
United States Government
John D. Long
Navy Department
Peal, Peacock & Kerr
New Pittsburg
Key West
Congress
Bryan Receives Warm Welcome in Talladega
Talladega residents greet Nebraska figure Bryan with a large turnout. He is met at the depot by thousands, escorted through the city by band and military, and later speaks at the courthouse urging continued support for bimetallism.
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Talladega
Ala
Bryan
Carter courtmartial in New York probes forged signatures
The Carter courtmartial in New York heard evidence on forged checks and embezzlement claims tied to Captain Carter. Witnesses identified numerous checks drawn on the sub-treasury to contractors for Savannah harbor and Cumberland Sound work. Handwriting expert testified that Gaynor signatures on bills were forgeries or simulations, linking to a broader scheme involving the Atlantic Contracting Company.
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Carter
New York
Army
Thomas I. Barr
Cumberland Sound
Georgia
Edward H. Gaynor
Atlantic Contracting Company
Jordan
Frank P. Blair
Chicago
Bank Ranners
Mr. Jordan
Tte
Captain Carter
Empire Construction Company
David N. Carvalho
Atlantic Construction Company
Carvalho
Gaynor
Indiana Judge Rules Hezekiah Hughes Not Guilty
The Cross Plains crowd and Judge Craig wrap a landmark case in which Hezekiah Hughes is found not guilty of complicity in a southern Indiana lynching. The September 14 lynching at Correct involved five men blamed for burglary pillaging and general lawlessness.
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Indiana
Cross Plains
Ind
Hezekiah Hughes
Squire Craig
Two Battleships to Cuba With Relief Suppies
Washington dispatch reports the administration will send two battleships to Cuba. The Montgomery and the Nashville will carry relief supplies to Matanzas and Sagua La Grande respectively. The ships will not dock in Cuban waters and will return after delivering aid furnished by the New York Cuban relief committee.
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Washington
Cuba
Montgomery
Matanzas
Nashville
Sagua Lagrande
Navy Department
New York Cuban Relief Committee
Powder Mills Busy Under Government Demands Near Santa Cruz
At the powder works near Santa Cruz California men work night and day. Four new presses have been received for smokeless powder production and are being set for immediate use. These presses add 4000 pounds daily output, boosting capacity to two and a half tons of government powder daily and nine tons of black powder. There is expectation to almost double current capacity soon.
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Santa Cruz
Cal
Government
Naval officers ordered to report for active duty on Miantonomah
Lieutenant William A. Gill in charge of the hydro graphic office at Philadelphia received orders from the navy department to report for active duty on the monitor Miantonomah March 10. The chief engineer and his assistant arrived Thursday and were formally received by the commandant.
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William A. Gill
United States Navy
Philadelphia
Navy Department
Miantonomah
Spain Fears War as Delome Letter Sparks Rhetoric
Spanish newspapers rail against American demands for explanations of the Dupuy DeLome letter. Imparcial charges patience with the Yankees fails to honor Spain, while The Pass contends war already exists and that the United States fights a hidden war via insurgents and ships without risking direct combat.
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Dupuy DeLome
Imparcial
Spain
Mendez Nunog
Callan
Cuba
Antilla
America
Ruiz
Europe
United States
McKinley
Pafs
Washington
Cubans Rout Spaniards in Holguin Battle
Reports from Holguin in Santiago de Cuba province describe a brutal clash in which Cuban insurgents routed Spanish forces. New York telegraph columns later corrected Havana reports of a Spanish win, noting a disastrous defeat and retreat by Spanish troops.
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Insurgenta
Holguin
Santiago de Cuba
New York
Havana
Loud bill defeated in house by cross party vote
The Lond bill was defeated in the house Thursday by a coalition of republicans democrats and populists. At 4 o clock the vote was taken Mr Richardson democrat of Tennessee moved to lay the bill on the table A rising vote gave the victory to opponents 125 to 101 and on Mr Lands demand the roll was called The record making vote confirmed the rising vote By a vote of 162 to 119 the bill was laid on the table
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House
Richardson
Tennessee
Land
Students Invite Bryan to Speak at Georgia State Athens
Georgia State University students in Athens invited Hon. W. J. Bryan to address them during his Georgia tour. The invitation was wired to Bryan and preparations began for a rousing reception for the Nebraskan orator.
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Georgia State University
Georgia State University At
Athens
W. J. Bryan
Georgia
Bryan
Nebraskan Crater
Saunders Gets Two Years for Express Robbery
L. L. Saunders, a railway route agent, pleaded guilty in Monroe to robbing the Southern Express company of 4000 at Social Circle Georgia about a year ago. He was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary after detectives tracked him for nearly a year.
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Express
L. L. Saunders
Southern Express Company
Social Circle
Monroe
Saunders
Butt
Atlanta
Express Company
Laurflers
Cincinnati
Hutchins
May Buy Foreign Warships Open Negotiations Directed
President directs the Navy Department to open negotiations for the possible purchase of foreign warships. The move follows reports of ships built abroad and offered for sale as the United States eyes options on nearly completed vessels. Navy attaches in London Paris St Petersburg Berlin Vienna Rome have monitored foreign ship construction for two months, especially since the Maine disaster.
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Navy Department
New York Herald
Washington
Spain
Elswick Company
England
Brazil
United States
London
Paris
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Vienna
Rome
Maine
Luetgert Moves to Joliet Penitentiary in Life Term
Adolph L. Luetgert was transported from the Chicago jail to Joliet penitentiary after his recent life sentence. He was cheered by jail inmates at departure, first appeared relieved and joking, then broke down in tears as the gates closed upon him at Joliet.
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Kausagemaker
Win
Adolph L. Luetgert
Chicago
Joliet
Juliet
Silver Question Again Seeks Open in Congress
A Washington special reports plans to reopen the silver question in Congress with a practical bill. Senators Bacon and Martin draw a measure to coin the seigniorage of 8,844,025 standard silver dollars from treasury bullion at the 16 to 1 ratio. The treasury figures underpin the bill, prepared at Bacon’s request after Senate action February 16.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Treasury
Bacon
Georgia
Martin
Virginia
Treasury Department
General Wilson Visits the South for Fortification Review
General Wilson, chief of engineers of the War Department, departs for the South to inspect fortifications and river and harbor works along the Gulf coast. It is the first tour of this scope since his appointment, and his trip may extend to Dry Tortugas. The move follows the tense U.S. relations with foreign powers.
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Oaur
Washington
Wilson
War Department
South
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Spain
Patterson Wins Seat in Patterson Carmack Case
The Elections Committee reports that Colonel Josiah Patterson should be seated to represent the Memphis district after resolving the Tennessee Patterson Carmack dispute. The sub committee’s recommendation is expected to be adopted by the full committee and sustained by the House.
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Elections Committee
House
Tennessee
Washington
On Elections Committee No. 2
Patterson-Carmack
Josiah Patterson
Memphis
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Plant System
Hoy
Austria
M’kinley
Asntl
Taige Day
Associated Press
Hulse
Havy Department
Mving
Secretary of the Navy
Board of Investigation
Navy
Long
Delome
Spaniah
Luetgert
Gen. Wilson
Patterson
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