Hope for the Best Military Department Created
Washington March 12 officials in the war and navy departments express confidence in a peaceful outcome yet prepare for worst if tensions with Spain escalate. The house naval committee pushes three new battleships while a new Department of the South is created to cover southern states. Retired officers offer to serve and rumors about the Maine inquiry are denied as false. Senator Bernabe meets with Secretary Sherman for credentials talks amid strained US Spain relations.
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Navy
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Bernabe
Washington
War and Navy Departments
House Naval Committee
Naval
Secretary of War
Allkelihood
Department of Texas
Department of the South
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Georgia
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Texas
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Flagler
Navy Department
Amazonas
England
Brazil
Long
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Colwell
Court of Inquiry
Mearix
United States
Secretary of the Navy
Board of Inquiry
Spanish minister discusses Cuba treaty autonomy and war question
Washington reports Senor Luis Polo y Bernabe says Spain has granted Cuba autonomy in negotiating a commercial treaty with the United States. Cuban delegates will shape terms while Bernabe acts as plenipotentiary. He excludes details on the Lee incident and doubts war will occur.
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Washington
Senor
Luis Polo Y Bernabe
Lee
United States
Spain
Maine Disaster Interview With Captain Peral Details
Captain Peral president of the Spanish naval court of inquiry says divers are examining the Maine hull amid deep mud and debris. He notes difficulty locating parts, mentions forward turret blown away, and that a floating dock may be used to raise the hull with American authorities’ involvement. Lieutenant Salas accompanies him.
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Peral
Naval Court of Inquiry
Maine
Associated Press
Naval Court
Salas
Army
Navy
England
Trade Activity Broadens Across Regions In March Reports
Bradstreet's notes continued distributive trade activity led by large western southern and northwest cities. Demand for dry goods groceries hardware iron and steel and building materials rises with exports of wheat and flour and soaring bank clearings. Fewer drawbacks include softer prices for some cotton goods and print cloths and slower wool and coffee demand amid war rumors.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
United States
Canada
All Caused By A Woman In Brazil Indiana Fair Divorcee Case
A sensational shooting in Brazil Indiana leaves Fred Krach dying after he confronted Fred Ellis at the home of Mrs. Brewer the divorcee. Ellis, who is jailed, had a prior link to the divorce suit and is a man of family. The Brewer case drew wide attention as Mrs. Brewer led troops in the Civil War era.
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Brazil
Ind
Fred Krach
Center Point
Ellis
Krach
Newton
Brewer
Clay City
State charitable institutions report 1897 surplus
The quarterly financial statement of Springfield based state charities ends Dec 31 1897 shows a net surplus of 76200.41 dollars. Total maintenance cost 348029.53 dollars with 61419.40 spent on winter clothing and fuel. Average inmates 8625 with 5358 in insane hospitals.
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Springfield
Tls
State Board of Charities
Walters Buckley Shot By Sister In Playful Scuffle
Washington Indiana March 12 Walter Buckley aged 15 was teasing his 6 year old sister when she plunged scissors into his back wounding him and piercing a lung. He is unlikely to survive.
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Washington, Ind
Walter Buckley
Hanged Man Executed in Sparta Georgia
Isaiah Thomas a colored man was hanged in Sparta Georgia yesterday. The drop fell at 12 56 P M and death was instantaneous. He was executed for the outraging of a negro girl in a case that drew local attention.
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Georgia
Sparta
Isaiah Thomas
Thomas
San Quentin
Cal
Wing Tung
Yu Lick Chung
Globe Hotel
San Francisco
General Rosecrans Passes After Long Life of Service
Los Angeles March 12 General William Starke Rosecrans dies at nearly eighty from old age on a ranch near the city while his family is at his bedside. He served eighteen years in the U S Army rising to major general and held civil posts including U S minister to Mexico and California congressman.
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Los Angeles
Cal
General Rosecrans
Union
William Starke Rosecrans
Kingston
West Point
Ohio
Peers
Murfreesboro
Chickamauga
Rosecrans
Alaskan Boundary Dispute Treaty Denial Reported
Washington reports from March 12 state the Ottawa warning that a treaty resolving the Alaskan boundary dispute between Great Britain and the United States is incorrect. No convention has been signed and negotiations continue. Sir Julian Pauncefote through secretary O Beirne denies any completed treaty and dismisses the detailed claims as erroneous.
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Washington
State Department
Ottawa
Great Britain
United States
Julian Pauncefote
O’beirne
Britain
Russia
Rosecrans Takes Command and Battles at Corinth 1862
Halleck places Rosecrans in command of the right wing of the Army of the Mississippi after Corinth evaculation. On June 13 Rosecrans assumes command of the Army of the Mississippi. By September 18 an engagement at Jacinto aims to dislodge Price at Iuka but coalition problems and heavy fighting delay success. Confederate forces retreat to Corinth, where the Battle of Corinth begins October 3 and ends October 4 with a decisive Union victory. Rosecrans then leads from Corinth until October 26 when he moves to command the Army of the Cumberland. Survivors note the army’s nadir in October 1862.
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McClellan
Virginia
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Indiana
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Roaring Creek
Rich Mountain
Bull Run
McCellan
Washington
Rosecrans
Cornifex Ferry
Lee
Halleck
Corinth
Miss
West
Army of the
Army of the Cumberland
Central American War Clouds Amid Central American Tensions
Advices from Central America report serious tension between Costa Rica and Nicaragua with troops already in the field. Honduras may aid Nicaragua while El Salvador promises neutrality if Honduras intervenes. Guatemala's envoy travels with documents to Costa Rica as war rumors spread of multi-country involvement.
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Central America
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Honduras
Salvador
Guatemala
Mangua
Murderer caught confesses to Lambert murder in Wilton case
Ben R Willis alias Charles Jerome Sharp was captured by Pinkerton detective Roach and local police for the December 17 1897 killing of David S Lambert at Wilton Connecticut. He admitted to a confederate Max Brokhaus after a sweating torture by Pinkerton Assistant Superintendent Robertson. The crime began with Mrs Lambert bound gagged and chloroformed while her husband was shot. Mrs Lambert later freed herself and sought help as Lambert died December 21. Willis was en route to California when arrested in Columbus Ohio based on information tied to a Columbus acquaintance.
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Columbus
Ben R. Willis
Charles Jerome Sharp
Roach
Pinkerton Agency
Willisle
David SR. Lambert
Wilton
Conn
South Norwalk
Willis
Max Brokhaus
Chicago
Mrs. Lambert
Lambert
Robertson
Brokhaus
Leading People of Modern Civilization Debate
A composite dispatch from St Paul and other cities reports diverse items. An aging Butte butcher, Owen Williams, testifies against labor unions in a Chinese boycott case and fears for his life while Judge Knowles threatens contempt. Williams vows blame on the judge if harmed. Other briefs note congressional debate over Bowman act claims, a pig iron trust rumor in Cleveland, and Richard C Gunnings acquittal in Chicago on bribery charge.
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St. Paul
Butte
Mont
Pioneer Press
United States
Blake
Owen Williams
Williams
Judge Knowles
United States Court
Remarkable Shilohs and Karl's Tea Advertisements
Local ad notices from Buffalo Gents promote Shilohs Consumption Cure as a leading remedy said to cure consumption and coughs sold by Glasgow and Lytle. Karl's Clover Root Tea is advertised as a blood purifier for constipation and headaches sold by Glasgow and Lytle. Also promoted is Shilohs Catarrh remedy with nasal injector free.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Gents
Glasgow & Lytle
Shiloh
Glasgow and Lytle
Karl
Des Moines Senate Tactics Stall Board of Control Bill
In Des Moines on March 12, Raneck challenged a vote by moving to hold an afternoon session until the president declared the senate adjourned. Opponents praised his ruse as a delay, while the house acted on several measures. The house rejected the pure food bill, allowed foreclosed property owners one year to possess, permitted a pharmacist partner with a liquor permit, and adopted a Cuba freedom resolution.
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Des Moines
Raneck
Board of Control
Senate
Ranck
House
Cuba
Princess Louise Grace Presented in London Drawing Room
The Princess of Wales yesterday held the second drawing room of the sea on. The only American presented was Miss Louise Grace, daughter of ex Mayor Grace of New York.
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London
Princess of Wales
Louise Grace
Grace
New York
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