Maine disaster court to begin in Havana today
The naval court of inquiry into the Maine wreck will start in Havana with Captain Sigsbee’s telegram acknowledged. Experts discuss divers skills and the enormous wreck mass, while questions of jurisdiction and international law linger between the United States and Spain.
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Diplomatic Row Over Sobral Spanish Attache Stirring Washington
Washington reports indicate Spain may recall Captain Sobral the naval attaché after quotes criticizing the US Navy sparked a potential state department inquiry. Secretary Long has not yet acted and Sobral’s position is described as minor though remarks were said to warrant official attention.
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State Department
Sobral
Long
Legation
Spain
Senor du Bose
President awards cups to Spanish officers for Wau-Bun rescue
In Washington on February 21 the president presented loving cups to Sub-lieutenant Jose Mendez y Herrera of the Spanish marines and Lieutenant Eugenio Monter o y Reguera of the Spanish navy. The cups honor their humane services to the captain and crew of the American brig Wau-Bun after it wrecked off the Cuban coast on October 25, 1897.
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Washington
Jose Mendez Y Herrera
Eugenio Montero Y Reguera
Cuban
Wisconsin Call for Judicial Elections Sets April 6
Secretary of State Casson issued the call for judicial elections to be held April 6 in Madison Wisconsin. The ballot will include an associate justice of the supreme court to succeed Judge C Bardeen a judge in the Fourth judicial circuit and a circuit judge for the Sixteenth circuit.
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Madison
Wis
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Supreme Court
C. Bardeen
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Sixteenth Circuit
Society of Husbandry calls for horse quarantine and branding
A special meeting in Berlin approved a resolution urging the government to subject all American horses to six weeks of quarantine and to brand them. The society also moved to prepare statistics on horse raising in America.
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Berlin
Society of Husbandry
America
Singer William J Scanlan Dies in Bloomingdale Asylum
New York reports William J Scanlan, the singer and Irish character actor, died late Friday night of paresis at Bloomingdale Asylum for the Insane. He was 42 and had spent six years as an inmate, cared for by his wife Maggie Jordan.
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New York
William J. Scanlan
Bloomingdale Asylum For the Insane
Asylum
Maggie Jordan
Maine disaster and Cuba hold House in check this week
The House plans to devote time to the dry civil appropriation bill unless Cuba or Maine disaster issues intervene. A state department report on Cuba is prepared but its release may be delayed pending the Maine inquiry. Debate could flare if actions disrupt calm judgment amid the disaster aftermath. A separate measure proposes a $1,000,000 US representation at the 1909 Paris Exposition with a nine member commission and nine scientists.
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Military Academy
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Oregon
Allen
Committee On Foreign Relations
Hale
Hawaii
Maine
House
Cuba
State Department
Atrocities of the Turks reported in Macedonia
A Bulgarian note to the Turkish government details brutal torture and mass arrests in Macedonian villages. It cites specific victims including schoolmasters, a priest from Zernovtzi, and others in Kumanova, with methods such as hot irons, hanging, beating, and sexual violence.
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Macedonia
Armenia
Zernovtzi
No New Trial Denied in Luetgert Case
Judge Gary denied Adolph L Luetgert a new trial and upheld a life sentence. Sheriff Pease refusal to stay execution was noted and Luetgert may be moved to Joliet this week. Ninety days were given to prepare a bill of exceptions for a supreme court appeal.
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Adolph L. Luetgert
Gary
Pease
Joliet
Harmon
Supreme Court
Luetgert
Young couple wed in hasty Elopement at Marion
Hyde Dyson a Fairmount farmer abducted Daisy Starr during a Rebekah lodge meeting and married her after her refusal by her father Do Starr. Dyson bought a farm and prepared a home, then carried Daisy away as the minister spoke. The pursuing father failed to halt the sudden marriage.
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Miss Daisy
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Dyson
One-Sided Responsibility Rules in Fatal Football Case
London case before Justice Hawkins holds that causing death by violence whether intentional or negligent constitutes murder, urging players to beware. The judge pardons the defendant on own recognizance in 50 pounds bail citing sincere sorrow and good character. Nearby reports from Laporte and Kalispell note a murder in a saloon and an expected open mining area release on February 25 with anticipated mineral wealth and a Klondike rush.
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London
Justice Hawkins
St. Paul
Kalispell
Mont
Washington
Blackfeet Reservation
Rockies
United States
Rochefort Guilty of Libel Sparks Paris Demonstrations
In Paris on February 21 Henri Rochefort editor of The Intransigeant began a five day term for libelling Joseph Reinach. Tens of thousands cheered as crowds rallied for Rochefort and denounced Zola and Jews amid anti Jewish chants and protests. The events coincide with near certainty of M. Zola’s conviction as public sentiment turns hostile.
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Henri Rochefort
Joseph Reinach
Dinge
Republique Francaise
Alfred Dreyfus
Garde Republic
M. Thiebaud
M. Rochefort
Zola
MM. Millevoye
Thiebaud
Petit Parisian
Illinois miners strike report details scope and gains
The state board of labor commissioners issued a long report on last year’s coal miners strike. It covers 507 mines and 29,166 men involved in Illinois, noting more activity than in 1894 and wage gains for participants. The average strike duration in Illinois was ninety one days with regional gains in the north near the Rock Island line.
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Ills
State Board of Labor Commissioners
Tilinois
West Virginia
Kentucky
Iowa
Illinois
Rock Island Road
Challenge for Lew Wallace Gen Lewis Wallace challenged to mortal duel
Indiana man George F E Oakes of Indianapolis challenges General Lew Wallace to mortal combat over Wallace's Lincoln McClellan anecdote. Oakes denounces the tale as fake but vows to defend McClellan's honor, threatening any weapon from firearm to Bowie knife. The incident follows Wallace's Lincoln birthday banquet in Lebanon Indiana.
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Ind
George FE. Oakes
Indianapolis
Lew Wallace
Lincoln
McClellan
Lee
Harrison
James River
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Trarrigon
McClelan
Klarvicon
Gevere KB. Oakes
Michigan Infantry
Uneder McClellan
Two Trains Collide in Snow Storm Near Rockford
A blinding snow storm caused a collision six miles southeast of Rockford between Chicago Burlington and Quincy and Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul passenger trains. Engineer R R Tilden of Rockford was killed. Fireman George Stevenson and Burlington crew suffered serious injuries. Conductor Dave Kelley of Burlington and JA Chittenden of Chicago sustained injuries. Twenty five passengers endured cuts or bruises. both engines were demolished.
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Frank Ettinger
D. T. Davis
Rochelle
JA. Chittenden
Veteran confesses fraud in pension claim at Chicago
David Burnham a respected Elgin resident and longtime Grand Army of the Republic member admitted he never served in the Civil War and sought a government pension. He was held on bail and sent to jail when unable to secure bonds. Also noted are arrests in Washington for stealing 6,000,000 envelopes from the Republican Congressional committee.
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David Burnham
Grand Army of the Republic
Elgin
Burnham
United States
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Federal Grand Jury
Bieta
Grand Army Post
James Verner
Robert N. Mills
Washington
Republican Congressional Committee
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