Armistice in Cuba Faces Doubt as Rebels Hesitate
Washington reports no new Spain United States moves while Cuba armistice begins. Blanco’s proclamation crediting pope and great powers noted, omission explained. Spanish consul in Key West faces threats driving relocation to Tampa amid tensions and disputed plans for Cuba purchase.
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General Bianco
Europe
Blanco
General Blanco
Spain
United States
Key West
Washington
Tampa
Polo
State Department
Cuba
Consul General Lee Testifies on Cuba and the Maine
In Washington on April 13 Consul General Lee testified before the senate committee on foreign relations for about an hour. He asserted Spanish agencies caused the Maine explosion and that while some Cuban officials may have known of the plans, he did not implicate General Blanco. He denied knowledge of any diver’s mine at Havana harbor. A crowd greeted Lee in Philadelphia and Washington with cheers and bouquets as he arrived from Havana.
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Lee
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Cuba
Maine
Blanco
Montgomery
Havana
Capitol
Committee On Foreign Relations
Committee Room
Pennsylvania Station
General Receives Hero’s Welcome at White House
The general arrived at the state department building to cheers from clerks and officials, then proceeded to the White House where crowds lined the corridors. He received multiple ovations as he moved between rooms and met supporters.
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State Department
White House
Arrives at New York from Matanzas Life in Peril for Three Days
The Norwegian steamer Jarlsberg brought thirteen passengers from Matanzas led by United States Consul Brice and staff. They fled threats from Spanish mobs after three days of danger. Brice aided starving reconcentrados before a Havana notice ordered withdrawal.
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New York
Matanzas
Herman Wedel Jarisberg
United States
Brice
Havana
Kjerland
Harrity Defends Himself Reply to Charges in Pamphlet
William F Harrity publishes a pamphlet replying to charges by Democratic State Chairman Garman and others urging his removal from the national committee He denies the state committee's authority to remove him and says removals rest with the national committee He admits refusing to fund the state campaign but contributed to the city campaign and asserts his loyalty to the party until his successor is elected in 1900
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Philadelphia
William F. Harrity
Garman
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Harrity
Gardener Injured on Rake in Lafayette
Mrs Thomas D Smith stepped on a garden rake Saturday afternoon in Lafayette Indiana two tines pierced the ball of her foot and the foot and leg are badly swollen doctors fear a possible fatal outcome from the injury. Clark South Dakota dispatch reports a country wide fire sweeping from Clark to Doland with heavy property losses for farmers. Niles Michigan reports Scott Heywood who went to Dawson City Alaska last summer has extracted about seventy five thousand dollars in gold from letters received there is no exact date given for the discovery.
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Lafayette, Ind
Thomas D. Smith
Niles, Mich
Scott Heywood
Dawson City
Alaska
Hanover college agent and family safe after flood rumor
Madison Indiana April 13 Reverend Alexander Dunn financial agent of Hanover college and his family are alive and well. They were not drowned in the Shawneetown flood as previously reported from Chicago.
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Madison
Ind
Alexander Dunn
Hanover College
Shawneetown
Chicago
Cuban War Debate Shifts to Unity Action in Congress
The Senate debated Cuba policy with three resolutions on Spanish fighting, independence for Cuba, and government stability. House Republicans pressed for a unified stance with the Foreign Affairs Committee and prepared a report endorsing intervention to establish a stable Cuban government with U S military aid.
Grosvenor Leads Battle Over Cuban Policy In Congress
In Washington the debate over Cuba intensifies as Grosvenor frames the president’s message as a call for U S intervention to install an independent Cuban government. Democrats challenge the policy as vacillating while discussions on the sundry civil bill make little headway amid sharp exchanges.
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Congress
Grosvenor
Ohio
United States
Cuba
Spain
Lentz
White House
Elkins
John J. McCook
Bailey
Hepburn
Iowa
Colonial aid urged as Cuba gains aid and defense
The passage calls for immediate use of land and naval forces by the United States to aid Cuba in maintaining independence and to provide relief. It authorizes a $1,000,000 appropriation to assist starving Cubans and supports protecting the republic from imperial threats.
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Maine
Havana
United States
Republic of Cuba
Cuba
War revenue plan eyed to fund possible conflict with Spain
Washington lawmakers outline a war budget with over 100 million in annual revenue. Taxes on beer and tea coffee stocks, tobacco, bank stamps, and a 500 million dollar bond issue are proposed, plus treasury certificates to cover deficits.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Spain
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Grave Robbery Shocks Greensburg Cemetery Crowd
In Greensburg Indiana April 1 a grave was found opened and the body removed from the Dowden plot at South Park cemetery. Four men were seen diggings including two Black workers and one White man. an autopsy was later reported by Cincinnati physicians. A will contest motive is suspected. The report also notes an American Machinery Exhibition opening in Lima Peru led by President Pierola to showcase U.S. machinery.
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Greensburg
Ind
F. M. Dowden
South Park
Tom Taylor
Bob Baker
John Barker
Beard
Lon Patton
Cincinnati
Dowden
Lima
Peru
Pierola
Citizens Savings Bank Invites Small Accounts
The Citizens' Savings Bank urges people with small means to save, arguing that a safe place for small deposits helps form a savings habit and that those accounts tend to grow over time.
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