Conflicting Cuba Talks Cloud White House Visits
President McKinley met with cabinet members and naval officials amid unsettled Havana dispatches and Maine court rumors. Officials dismissed autonomy plans and said no formal negotiations on Cuban autonomy have begun, while Maine inquiry expected this week.
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Canadian Pardons and a Minnesota Anglophone Affair
In Tenia Michigan on May 21, James Appleyard of Minneapolis faced a criminal asylum case after shooting dentist Gahan in Cheboygan. Appleyard, once engaged to a Minneapolis woman who bore his child, claimed infidelity led to murder. Though guilty, he has not been sentenced and is described as mentally unstable. a pardon may be issued after intervention by Judge Adams who has pressed the governor.
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James Appleyard
Minneapolis
Minn
Appleyard
Cheboygan
Gahan
Chicago
Adams
House Will Revel in War Talk in Naval Bill Debate
Washington report notes the House will debate the naval appropriation bill of 50 million dollars. The discussion will cover emergency defense preparations, expansion of the fleet, and relations with Spain amid looming war talk. Spectacular speeches are expected as radicals press for a Cuba policy declaration.
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Maine
Congress
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House
Cuba
Which Preacher Won The Cake Walk Controversy
In Cedar Rapids Iowa March 21 prominent society and church women planned a charity entertainment at the Congregational church. After opposition from ministers and some parishioners the show went ahead to capacity with audiences from nearby towns. The program featured plantation songs and a cake walk in colored style and was met with enthusiastic applause and universal praise.
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Cedar Rapids
Congregational Church
Frances Hodgson Burnett files for divorce from Dr Swan Burnett
Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett seeks a divorce from her husband Dr Swan M Burnett on grounds of desertion abandonment and failure to support. Papers are kept secret though the couple has been apart over two years with strained relations. Burnett indicates the suit was by mutual agreement and a decree is not likely to be opposed.
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Washington
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Swan M. Burnett
Hendricks Sentenced for Highway Robbery in Omaha
Omaha judge Staubaugh in the criminal division sentenced Charles Hendricks to fifteen years at hard labor for highway robbery. He held up three men, shot two and took 10 cents. he was captured by his third victim.
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Omaha
Death of Doctor Dawley in Anamosa Ruled Self Inflicted
Cedar Rapids reports the death of Dr. E Dawley who died at his Anamosa office. Authorities found empty strychnine and morphine bottles in his hands shortly after the fatal act.
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Cedar Rapids
E. Dawley
Anamosa
M Millan to Pingree Terms on Readjustment of Taxation
Michigan senators reply to Governor Pingree with views on increasing taxes for railroads and telegraph firms. McMillan notes possible under taxation still allows public benefits. accuses Pingree of stirring envy and harm to the people while praising protective measures. Reports across Indiana and Illinois detail floods, labor, and political secret meetings as context.
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Trease
McMillan
Reform in Michigan Taxation and Political Moves
Michigan figures debate tax reform with state leaders urging a commission to study the system and report to the next legislature. The Michigan State Grange backs Pingree style equal taxation. A political gathering frames loyalty to Governor Tanner and considers district convention plans and a state treasurer candidacy.
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Pingree
Michigan
Burrows
Michigan State Grange
Lansing
Mich
George H. Horton
Grange
Master Horton
Vanner
Congress
Thomas Scott
Wm. A. Rodenberg
Tanner
Pingree the Cause of Unrest
W R Shelby vice president of the Grand Rapids and Indiana railway and chair of Michigan’s gold Democrats received a letter from Governor Tingree thanking him for support of equal taxation and enclosing a petition. Shelby declined to circulate the petition, noting that his reply permits no such circulation and that the real unrest remains unaddressed.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
W. R. Shelby
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway
Gold Democratic State Central Committee
Tingree
Bloomingdale Man Confesses Historic Murders
Bloomingdale Michigan resident E G Veeley, gravely ill, told his Gobleville doctor he might die soon. When asked if he could live, he admitted murdering a man at Scott's mill near town thirty years ago and hinted at other killings before beginning to recover.
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Bloomingdale, Mich
E. G. Veeley
Bloomingdale
Gobleville
Veeley
Scott's Mill
Here
British win International Cable chess match over US
The International Cable chess match in New York began Friday with Great Britain defeating the United States by 5 games to 4. Last year the Americans lost by the same margin, while the first match two years ago ended with the Americans winning 4 to 3.
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New York
Great Britain
United States
British Foreign Policy Teeters as Salisbury’s Return Looms
London reports Lord Salisbury’s absence from the foreign office amid Eastern tensions. Lord Rosebery lauds his decades of foreign policy mastery. Balfour nominally heads the office with Cromer as a possible successor if Salisbury steps down.
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Balfour
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Arthur Balfour
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Baron Cromer
Anglo American alliance praised by British public
London observers applaud Anglo American entente as America discusses closer ties. A Mansion House meeting backed a national millenary for King Alfred the Great and a memorial at Winchester, urging English speaking people to join the movement.
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Associated Press
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America
Great Britain
Europe
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Alfred the Great
Wantage
Berkshire
Winchester
Klondike Gold Folder Promises Complete Route Guide
Now ready the most complete folder and map of the Klondike yet issued shows location of gold mines costs to go there best routes what to take when to go wines paid high expenses and convenient condensed form One copy sent free write for The Gold Folder Address John Seawson G P A Chicago
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Klondike Egton
Shilohs Cure and Karls Tea Promote Health Remedies
An advertisement from Buffalo New York touts Shilohs Cure for consumption and coughs as well as Karls Clover Root Tea for constipation. It claims remarkable efficacy, guarantees, and free nasal injector, with Glasgow and Lytle as the selling agents. It warns coughs may lead to consumption and promotes home health products.
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