Cuba Welcomes New President Gomez as U S Occupation Ends
Jan 28 Havana reports Jose Miguel Gomez sworn in as Cuba’s president with Vices President Zayas beside him. American troops depart the stand by April 7 though some remain until April 1. battleships Maine fire a salute as Cuba regains full sovereignty.
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United States
Havana
Jose Miguel Gomez
Republic of
Cuba
Charles Magoon
Gomez
Zayas
Paretro
Eupreme Court
Recone
Mgr Aersa
Vatican
Roosevelt
William H Taft
Maine
Massachusetts
Intervention and Platt Amendment Define Cuba’s Occupation
The second American occupation of Cuba began in September 1906 after President Tomas Estrada Palma resigned and amid brief island disorder. The United States intervened under the Platt Amendment and established a framework for governance.
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Cuba
United States
Tomas Estrada Palma
New Deeds Tied to Taft Provisional Governorship
The source notes William H. Taft served as provisional governor, with Indiana Taft succeeded in October 1906 by Charles E. Magoon or similar, marking a change in territorial administration during that period.
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Withiliam HO Taft
Indae
Taft
Charles E Magoon
Cleveland Electric and Municipal railways to raise fares
Judge Taylor, who appointed receivers for the Cleveland Electric and Municipal company, announced fare increases beginning Monday. The Cleveland Electric lines will charge five cents, while Municipal lines remain at three cents, after months of deficits totaling about 125,000 dollars.
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Teveland
Moreland
Taylor
Cleveland Electric and Municipal Company
Ines
Cleveland Eleetie Railway
Fatal Accident At National Tube Works In McKeesport
A crane operator at the National Tube works releases a suspended crushing ball by mistake. The 30 foot ball falls and fatally strikes Caspar Luts, causing instant death at the scene.
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McKeespart
Craieman
National Tube Works
Coquelin, Famous French Actor, Dies After Illness
Paris reports the death of Benoit Constant Coquelin a renowned French actor who had suffered angina pectoris for months He toured with Sarah Bernhardt in America and elsewhere before rejoining the Comedie Francaise in 1889 He was set to appear in Rostand’s The Chanticleer.
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Paris
Benoit Constant Coquelin
America
Bernhardt
Comedie Francaise
Rostand
Tunnel connects Jersey City and New York via new Hudson link
The simultaneous blast cleared a river bed barrier as the third Hudson River tunnel section met on time. Officials hailed two records including rapid lining of 72 feet in 24 hours and 490 feet bored in 30 days with no fatalities. Trains may run in July with three minute Jersey City to New York travel. The tunnel promises vital regional subway connectivity to Brooklyn and Long Island.
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New York
Hudson River
Hudson and Manhattan
Cortlandt Street
Manhattan
Jersey City
Jacobs
Jersey Shore
Lower Manhattan
Interborough
New Jersey
Long Island
Brooklyn
New Hudson terminal to offer direct baggage checks nationwide
The mam moth New Hudson terminal will allow direct baggage checks to any part of the United States and will serve as the downtown terminal for the Pennsylvania and Erie systems. It will connect at Thirty-fourth Street with the New York, New Haven and Hartford line and at Atlantic Avenue with the Long Island Railroad.
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New York
Harlem
Bronx
New Hudson
United States
Pennsylvania and
Erie
Thirty-fourth Street
New York, New Maven and Hartford Railway
Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
Long Island Railroad
Flagler Praises Taft as Wiser Leader Than Roosevelt
Pittsburgh January 28 John H Flagler founder of the National Tube Works a unit of United States Steel Corp praised Taft at a banquet. He urged removing tariffs from politics and lauded Roosevelt for guiding the nation away from reckless individualism. He predicted Taft would lead into new lands of promise.
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Roosevelt
Pittsburg
John H. Flagler
National Tube Works Law
United States Steel Corporation
Taft
Alligator Dinner Planned for Taft Visit in New Orleans
New Orleans on January 28 reports Louisiana plans a grand alligator steak dinner for President-Elect Taft during his forthcoming visit. Secretary M. B. Trelevant of the Progressive union promotes the idea as a regional show of hospitality.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Georgia
Taft
M. B. Trelevant
The
Progressive Union
M Kinley Day Observed With Carnation Wearers
Thousands will wear carnations nationwide tomorrow to honor President McKinley. Lewis G. Reynolds of Dayton, founder of the McKinley Carnation League of America, says observances are widely anticipated and coordinated from Pittsburg where he is arranging events on the martyred president's birthday.
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Pittsburg
Lewis G. Reynolds
Dayton
McKinley
Reynolds
McKinley Carnation League of America
Newlands Re Elected Senator in Carson Nevada
Francis G. Newlands the Democrat was re elected to the U S Senate by both houses of the Nevada legislature voting separately. His renomination confirms continued representation for Nevada in Washington and marks another term for the veteran senator.
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Carson
United States
Francis G. Newlands
Gargoyle Speech Rejected From Congressional Record
Washington Jan 28 The committee recommends expanding the Gargoyle speech by Representative Willett for removal from the Congressional Record finding the criticism of the president exceeded proper limits in debate The House adopted the report with only faint dissenters and approved the recommendation to omit or restrict the remarks from the official record.
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Washington
Willett
House
Denatured Alcohol Fatalities Reported at Fort Dupont
Delaware City January 28 reports Sergeant Albert B. Graham Private Martin Barry and Private Samuel Albright dead after drinking denatured alcohol. Albert Freeman is believed dying from the same cause.
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Delaware City
Del
Albert BE. Graham
Martin Barry
Samuel Albright
Fort Dupont
Albert Freeman
Actress Hopper Linked to Auto and Insurance Claims
Charles F. Littlefield as trustee in bankruptcy for A. O. Brown & Co. sues Edna Wallace Hopper and A. O. Brown to account for a $7500 automobile and a $25000 life insurance policy alleged to have been given to the actress without proper consideration. The action seeks recovery and proper handling of the instruments in the defunct brokerage firm case.
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New York
Charles F. Littlefield
A. O. Brown & Co
Edna Wallace Hopper
A. O. Brown
Littlefield
Brown
Kings Son a Cafe Vocalist in Budapest
George Christie son of former King Milan of Servia has accepted an engagement to sing at a local cafe for 10 dollars a day. A separate brief reports a dramatic shower of thousands of tiny snakes in Golden Gate Park during a San Francisco storm.
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King’s
Budapest
George Christie
King Milan of
Servia
Frisco
San Francisco
Cal
Golden Gate Park
Hogs and cattle markets telegraph updates from Chicago
Market reports from January 28 1909 show hog receipts estimated at 30000 with varied loads from light to heavy shipping grades and mixed packers. Cattle and sheep also listed with prices and receipts, noting slow market trend with declines in hogs and sheep and steady to weak cattle activity.
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Texas
John A Babcock Ghibago I llinois Notice
The note asks for contact at any time and promises a square deal, signed by John A Babcock. It appears as a personal ad or message seeking ongoing communication. No additional details or context are provided.
Waterways Improvement Arguments at Chicago Meeting
Congressman J H Ransdell of Louisiana told the Tariff club that American internal waters yield about one third of railroad trade and would raise freight costs by 525 million if shifted to rail. He urged comprehensive, eight to ten year plans for deepening rivers and canals including the Erie and Ohio projects.
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Chicago
J. & H Keuedell
Louisiana
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Tariff Club of
Columbia
Missouri
Mississippi
Ohio
Tennessee
Gulf
Ransdell
Ohio River
New York
Erie Canal
Ilinois
the Union
Panama
California Senate Delays Anti Japanese Bills in Accord
California legislators, under pressure from President Roosevelt and Governor Gillett, agreed to postpone anti-Japanese measures for a week. Assemblyman Drew will amend his anti-alien bill, while Grove L. Johnson resisted postponement. The governor shared Roosevelt’s praise in a telegram to be made public.
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California
Sacramento
Cal
Roosevelt
Gillett
Drew
Grove L. Johnson
Haskell Witnesses Prepare to Accept Blame in Irregularities
Muskogee Oklahoma January 28 The federal grand jury probes into alleged town frauds continue and reports say Governor Haskell supporters on the grand jury will seek to force two Indianola Contracting Co members to testify They are expected to admit they scheduled dummies and that the governor as company president had no role in the alleged misuse of names
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Muskogee
Okla
Federal Grand Jury
Haskell
Indianola Contracting Company
Venezuelan President Allows Home Cigarette Making
President Gomez of Venezuela announced a decree voiding the tobacco monopoly and permitting imports and domestic manufacture of cigarettes. He said Venezuelan planters may grow and prepare their own tobacco and that anyone may manufacture cigarettes.
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Venezuela
Willemstad
Curacao
Gomez
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Feoea.e
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Flagler
M'Kinley
Newlands
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Beach- Wickham Grampany
Bing
John A. Babcock
North American Commission ‘Company
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