Six Great Powers Seek Peace Over Cuba Crisis
Washington reports a six-nation note to President McKinley urging peaceful settlement with Spain. Consul General Lee to depart Havana amid escalating tension. Madrid shows warlike stance. The White House hosts a historic joint approach, with European powers seeking guarantees for Cuban order.
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Lew
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Congress
Madrid
Cuba
Europe
White House
McKinley
United States
Lee
Havana
Woodford
Correa
Continental
Euope
Washington
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Austria
Italy
State Department
Day
Julian Pauncefote
Diplomaticores
Austria-Hungary
Woodford Among Crowds in Madrid Holy Thursday Walk
Amid Holy Thursday crowds in Madrid General Woodford and Miss Woodford walked from the U S legation to their residence. Newspapers report statements by General Correa about possible US conflict, noting Spain’s stance and hopes to avert war despite tensions with the United States.
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Legation
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Globe Says
Memory of Ninety-Eight Irish Visit Party Plans Return to Old Sod
An American citizens’ party of about one thousand will sail from Leeland to Cork in April to celebrate the 98th anniversary. They travel on a chartered liner with clergy doctors orators and journalists. Queenstown will welcome them and Cork’s mayoral body will host events. Many pilgrims will visit Ireland for the first time.
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United States
State Department
Judge Day
Sherman
New York
Ireland
Chicago
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Cork
Queenstown
Emerald Isle
London
Continent
Natural Gas Celebration Marks Indiana Belt Anniversary
Anderson Indiana observed the eleventh anniversary of natural gas discovery in the Indiana gas belt with a public celebration. The planned banquet with Governor Mount was canceled due to national affairs, as Eaton gas sparked rapid industrial growth transforming rural towns into mid sized cities including Anderson Muncie Elwood Marion and others.
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Anderson
Ind
Indiana
Governor Mount
Eaton
Ohio
Muncie
Elwood
Marion
Lentz, Grosvenor clash over Wall Street charge in army bill debate
In the House a heated exchange erupted during the army reorganization bill debate. Ohio Democrat Lentz accused delay benefits stock jobbers in Wall Street and questioned Havana fear-mongering. Representative Grosvenor defended the administration, denying corrupt motives and warning war seemed likely unless Spain acts.
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Lentz
Wall Street
Capitol
Havana
Lewis
Grosvenor
John J. McCook
Spain
RUNS IN THE BLOOD MADNESS AND POLITICAL TENSION
Miss Mary Headley 40 of Dillsboro Ind declared insane after a panic at her host’s grove named for her father’s suicide, she will be transferred to central Indiana hospital in Indianapolis. The piece also notes labor disputes in Racine Wis and political debate over Cuban independence and war risk in Congress.
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Dillsboro
Ind
Mary Headley
Central Indiana Hospital
Indianapolis
Miss Headley
Philip Helms
Sangamaw
Helms
Indiana Headley
Cincinnati
Mary
Apology for Dindae Iscariot Proposal Sparks Laughter
The speaker argues for bringing back and deifying Dindae Iscariot, claiming Judas would be in the United States senate today rather than harming himself. Laughter and Democratic applause accompany the remark.
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Dindae Iscariot
Judas
Potters’ Field
United States Senate
War talk and naval incidents dominate early reports
The item cites debate on policy as war looms and notes events abroad and at home. It mentions Powelson being ordered from a wreck by a Spanish gunboat commander, the Maine incident aftermath, and a court martial in Marshalltown where Orr was found guilty of defamatory language about President McKinley’s Cuban policy.
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Grosvenor
Lenty
Ohio
Gen. Lee
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Lee
United States
Hanna
Wall Street
McMilline
John J. McCook
New York
Cuba
Spain
John J. Metlock
House
Congress
Herald
Havana
Powelson
Maine
le Cagpe
United States Fig
Wainwright Powelson
Marshalltown
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