Cuba Situation and Senate Resolution Delayed Action
Foreign Relations Committee debates Cuba reports from Consul Lea and officers in Havana. Davis notes serious conditions, pending documents and wider state department facts to inform a possible resolution. Republicans urge careful review with the president before any decisive move.
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Washington
Lea
Cuba
Tto
Morgan
Senate
Conkmin
Foreign Relations Committee
Davis
Gomex
Sestern
Maceo
Campon
Atiol
Havana
Mnoso
State Department
Committee On Foreign Relations
House
United States
Captain Rice Assigned as US Military Attache in Tokio
Col Buck of Georgia, newly appointed minister to Japan, secured from Secretary Alger the promise that Captain Edmund Rice of the fifth infantry stationed at Fort McPherson near Atlanta, would be detailed as United States military attache at Tokyo. An order was issued later the same day. The post was previously held by Lieutenant O'Brien, 8th infantry, during the war between China and Japan.
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Colonal Buck
Georgia
Japan
War Department
Washington
Alger
Edmund Rice
Fifth Infantry
Fort McPherson
Atlanta
United States
Tokio
Liieutenant O'Brien
Ath
China
Death Toll Rises From Poisoned Pikeville Water
Three more people die in Pikeville Tennessee from drinking poisoned spring water. Victims named include Edward Minnix, Dorcas Alberts, and John Tompkins. Tompkins wife and two children are fatally ill. Chemists have not identified the poison or the guilty parties yet.
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Pikeville
Tenn
Edward Minnixy
Watson Requests Mistrial in Cooper Trial at LaGrange
In LaGrange Georgia on Wednesday a tense courtroom exchange erupted as Judge Longley and defense attorney Tom Watson clashed over a request for time to confer. Watson accused the court of misconduct while the judge apologized, then admonished the jury about propriety amid remarks on the trial’s dynamics and a controversial kiss remark.
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Cooper
LaGrange
Vere
Longley
Tom Watson
Watson
Lila
Colonel Watson
Morgan Cuban Resolution Stalls in Senate Debate
In the Senate on Wednesday a Cuban resolution by Mr Allen recalling the 1804 sugar investigation was introduced. Senator Morgan of Alabama commented on his Cuba resolution while the Foreign Relations Committee debated referring it. Mr Butler proposed asking the President for information on Union Pacific railroad sales, but the plan was left for later. The Senate then advanced several bills on the calendar.
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Haas Boon
Senate
Allen
Morgan
Alabama
Cuba
Committee On Foreign Relations
Butler
North Carolina
Union Pacific Railroad
Tragic mob lynching reported near Jeff Alabama
The bodies of Mollie Smith and Mandy Franks, two Black servant girls in the Kelley household, were found hanging from trees along the Jeff Huntsville road. About twenty men carried out the killing after suspects of poisoning the Kelley family at Jeff were rumored. Mollie Smith fled toward the Tennessee line when captured. Mandy Franks reportedly confessed.
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Kelley
Jeff, Ann
Mollie Smith
Mandy Franks
Jeff
Ala
Huntaville
Joshua Kelley
Méllie Smith
Tennessee Line
Mandy Franke
Coal Combine Announced in Tellico District Tennessee
After four days of coal operators meetings in Tellico Tennessee the Tellico Coal Company Limited was formed to buy the entire output of Jellico district mines. Russell A Clapp named president with several other firms joining to exit. A conference with miners and operators is planned next week to set terms for the coming year. Illinois Legislature rejects Humphrey street railway acts extending franchises fifty years and shifting control to commissioners.
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Telico
Tellico
Tennessee
Southern Jellico Coal Company
Russell A. Clapp
Tellico Coal Company, Limited
Jellico District
Illinois
Humphrey
Sugar men to be tried in Washington hearing
President Havemeyer and Secretary Searles of the American Sugar Refining Company will be tried in Washington on the 17th for refusing to answer questions before the senate sugar trust investigating committee. The senate in executive session confirmed Cornelius Vancott as postmaster at New York. McKinley nominated Brigadier General James W. Forsyth to be major general.
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Havemeyer
Searles
American Sugar Refining Company
Washington
Senate Sugar Trust
Vancott
Senate
Cornelius’ Vancott
New York
Miners Found Dead at Zinnore Mine Oxford N J
Two unfortunates, Adam Snyder and Barney Rider, were found dead at the bottom of the Zinnore mine on the Raub farm near Oxford New Jersey. They had been employed by prospectors and last seen alive after being hoisted from the mine at 10 p.m. following lunch.
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Adam Snyder
Barney Rider
Zinnore
Raub Farm
Oxford
N. J
Lively House Debates On Speculation and Bribery Charges
The house disposed of the Indian appropriation bill except for the Utah lands provision and adopted the conference report on Indian lands with a new judge added to the Indian Territory courts. A two hour parliamentary clash featured Mr Wheeler and Mr Simpson over session rules and chair conduct, ending with Simpson barred from speaking. In the Senate, Senator Tillman lambasted sugar stock speculation and urged investigation of sugar trust magnates as Chapman proceedings moved to Monday with Morgan Cuban resolution delayed.
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House
Utah
Omaha
Indian Territory
Wheeler
Alabama
Simpson
Kansas
Payne
New York
Dingley
W. A. Stone
Pennsylvania
Tillman
South Carolina
Senate
Chapman
Havemeyer
Allen
Porter Reaches Paris Amid Welcome by American Colony
General Horace Porter, the American ambassador to France, arrived in Paris on Thursday and was welcomed by prominent members of the American colony led by General Winslow, with plans to reside there temporarily. A Havana report claims no attack by General Gomez is imminent.
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Horace Porter
France
Paris
General Winslow
Gomez
Havana
Puerto Principe
Last stronghold captured in Cavite falls to Spaniards
Captain General Woyler received notice from General Azcarraga stating the Spaniards have captured the last insurgent stronghold at Cavite in the Philippine Islands. It is believed the authorities may soon send home the sick and disabled and require no further reinforcements.
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Spanianhilippine Isandssee
Woyler
Azcarraga
Cavite
Philipines Islands
Silver Democrats Rule In Turbulent Kentucky Senate
In a chaotic session the Silver Democrats challenged a fused GOP coalition over a bill to place a single name on two ballot devices. Senator Goebel chaired during a chaotic incident. insults flew as doors blocked, a near confrontation ensued, and the chamber adjourned with clerks gone. The clash signals ongoing quorum battles through the session.
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Kentucky
Senate
Silver Democrata
Goebel
Worthington
Halsehood
Stephen
Bronston
A P A Adopts Resolutions On Cuban Question and West
The American Protective Association supreme council in Washington endorsed Senator Morgan of Alabama on the Cuban issue and denounced Senator West of Missouri for remarks about Indian service teachers. The council adopted measures unanimously, revised the constitution, raised officers salaries, and planned an insurance feature, adjourning to meet next year in Washington.
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Morgan
Supreme Council of the American Protective Association
Washington
Alabama
West
Missouri
Senate
Vest
Supreme Council
Durrant Seeks Pardon Amid Confession by Sailor
San Francisco dispatch reports Theodore Durrant asks Governor Budd for pardon after Russian sailor John Rosenberg allegedly confessed to killing Blanche Lamont. Rosenberg swore before a notary and witnesses that he murdered Lamont for $700, claiming the crime was at the Emanuel church. He arrived from Hamburg late March or early April 1896 and is jailed for horse stealing, with alleged sanity noted.
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Nussian
Blanche Lamont
San Francisco
Theodore Durrant
Budd
John Rosenberg
San Quentin
Emanuel Church
Rosenberg
Hamburg
Germany
Cooper Escapes Gallows in Voluntary Manslaughter Verdict
In LaGrange Georgia a jury returns voluntary manslaughter against Douglas Cooper in the Cooper murder trial. Only the judge Harris pronouncing sentence remains to finalize the conviction in this celebrated case.
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Cooper
LaGrange
Harris
Douglas Cooper
Jersey Lily Gets Divorce in California Court
Emilio Charlotte Langtry known as the Jersey Lily secures a divorce from her English husband. The default decree, signed by Judge W. R. Crump at Lakeport California, ends matrimonial fetters with only interested parties present.
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Emilio Charlotte Langtry
Hemispheres
Jersey
Lakeport
Cal
W. R. Crump
Railway Disaster Kills Sixteen Soldiers In Russia
Reports from St. Petersburg say a terrible railway wreck Friday evening between Rockenhof and Hliya on the Valki Jursey line killed sixteen soldiers, with two officers among the dead and about sixty soldiers seriously wounded.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Rockenhof
Hliya
Valki- Jursey
Tigo
Mallory Succeeds in Florida Senate Contests After 25 Ballots
Ex-Congressman Stephen H. Mallory of Pensacola defeated W D Chipley by a 47 49 vote on the twenty fifth ballot in a long Florida legislature contest for the U S senate. The caucus unity shifted votes as Rawls and others switched to Mallory, with Mallory pledging support for the Chicago platform and free coinage of silver. Mallory, born 1848 in Pensacola, is a former congressman and son of Stephen R Mallory, late Confederate navy secretary.
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Stephen Russell Mallory
Pensacola
United States
Florida
Mallory
W. D. Chipley
Wilkinson Gall
Chipley
Stockton Hocker
Raney
Chipley Woul
Senate
Ransy
Hooker
Joint Assembly
Representative Morgan
Rawls
Obaira
Barber
Perrenot
Stephen H. Mallory
House of Representatives
Chicago
Hoe
Virginia
Georgetown College
District of Columbia
Commerce
Stephen R. Mallory
Nassau
Key West
Fla
la Grange
Johnson
Robbers Loot Train West of San Antonio
Three masked men robbed a westbound Southern Pacific passenger train about 250 miles west of San Antonio early Friday. They forced entry to the express car, dynamited Wells Fargo safes, and secured the contents. Local safe held 2000 to 3000 dollars, through safe likely 7000 to 8000 dollars, with final total not yet determined.
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Southern Pacific
San Antonio
Texas
Wells Fargo Express Company
Turkey may be forced to yield by European powers
A London cable dispatch reports Greece and Turkey peace talks faltering as European powers fear the Sultan will remain stiff necked and resist major European control, risking stalled diplomacy and a harder path to settlement.
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Cannon
London
Greece
Turkey
Bimetallic Committee Meets in London to Watch Talks
A London meeting of the bimetallic parliamentary committee of the House of Commons was attended by prominent bimetallists and labor leaders. Sir William Henry Houthworth presided and urged openness to global negotiations as US commissioners head to France. The committee vowed to monitor talks and stay ready to cooperate.
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House of Commons
London
William Henry Houthworth
Great Britain
Brussels
Pou
England
United States
France
Many Bibles Distributed to Mexico and Americas
The eighty first annual American Bible Society report to managers at the Bible House in New York shows benevolent receipts of 188,877 and benevolent disbursements of 266,668. Living gifts totaled 58,880. A record 101,854.875 Bibles were sent abroad, with seven eighths to Mexico, Central and South America.
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Mexico
Central
South America
The
American Bible Society
Bible House
New York
South American
Bank to liquidate Atlanta Trust and Banking deposit branch
The Atlanta Trust and Banking Company will discontinue its deposit branch after years as a leading Atlanta bank. Depositors are advised to withdraw funds. ample cash is available to pay all on demand, with balances likely transferring to other local banks.
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Atlanta Trust and Banking Company
Banks of Deposit
Atlanta
Second lynching at Jeff Alabama linked to poisoning case
A third man was reported hanged near Jeff, Alabama, on Thursday night. Authorities link the victim, Jim Nance alias Williams, to the Kelly family poisoning. The coroner ruled the two lynched girls died at the hands of unknown assailants.
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Kelly
Jeff
Ala
Jim Nance
Williams
Powder Mills Explosion Hurts Three In Ohio Fireworks Plant
An explosion at the powder mills of the A. L. Due Fireworks Company in Reading Ohio on Thursday wounded three men. Samuel Cherbolt was fatally injured while Frank Moore and George Buckenbruck sustained minor injuries. All three were the sole occupants of the building at the time. Loss estimated at $800.
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A. L. Due Fireworks Company
Reading
Ohio
Samuel Cherbolt
Frank Moore
George Buckenbruck
Plague Ravages Outchmandy District India
A London Daily Mail dispatch from Bombay reports bubonic plague causing 2000 deaths in the Outchmandui district in a fortnight. Half the population has fled the area as fear spreads. In Tennessee at Pinkney ore mines seven men were killed and several wounded. communications with Pinkney are cut off.
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Outchmandy
India
London Daily Mail
Bombay
Outchmandui
Pinkney, Tenn
Pinkney
Brazil Braces as Major Companies Fail and Government Tightens Taxs
A Herald dispatch from Buenos Aires reports Rio de Janeiro facing multiple corporate failures causing paralysis of business. The Brazilian government raises duties by ten percent and imposes higher taxes on postal and telegraph services to save seven million dollars through prudent national expense reductions.
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New York Herald
Buenos Aires
Herald
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Crisia
Straw Board Trust Formed in Secret Cleveland Meeting
Straw-board manufacturers in the United States held a secret session in Cleveland Ohio on Thursday and reportedly formed a trust to control the product nationwide. Representatives from Cincinnati Covington and Binghamton New York attended the meeting.
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Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Cincinnati
Covington
Binghampton
N. Y
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