Cuba Is Magnificent Yet War-Torn Forged by Civil Conflict
William J. Calhoun reports from Cuba on the aftermath of the insurrection and the island’s chaotic condition. He describes censorship, depopulation, and forts at railroad stations, with Cubans controlling the eastern end for supplies and cattle. He notes Cuba’s beauty and soil, and discusses the Ruiz case and doubts about Dr. Ruiz’s death and confinement.
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New York
William J. Calhoun
Cuba
Ruiz
Firsf
Hayang
Matanzas
Ptli
Havana
Pinar del Rio
Lee
McKinley
Tee
Sherman
Bavang
Faota
Terrible Story of the Span ish Campaigns in Cuba
Tribune Havana dispatch reports Cuba’s rural population confined as prisoners of war under Spanish rule. Estimates place 150,000 to 250,000 people held in concentration camps with families, women, and children among the surrendering. Guards and military lines restrict movement, creating a constant danger of starvation or murder.
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Cuba
Curcaco
the Tribune
Havana
Spain
Weyler
Bahias
Campo
Florida
Appeal from Cuban reconcentrados prompts U S aid call
A Havana report says starving reconcentrados in Matanzas have signed a petition asking the United States for inclusion in relief efforts. The appeal, headed An Appeal to the United States, is now en route to Washington and has drawn pity from General Lee and Mr. Calhoun.
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Havana
Lee
Calhoun
United States
Y Titien's
Washington
Duke of Tetuan Advises Sympathy From McKinley
Cabinet meet reports President McKinley expressed sympathy with Spain. News from Rome and Fargo notes may indict North Dakota Milling Company officers. a Rome dispatch says Crispi to face ordinary courts, not senate. A Minnesota crossing accident kills Mr and Mrs Sables. Chicago fire damages five dwellings injuring several.
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McKinley
Maprio
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Daily Mail
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Judiciary Council
Senate
Editor James Williams Shot Dead in Arpsore
Clarence B. Douglass, a local attorney and Republican, killed editor James Williams of The Chronicle in Arpsore. The shooting occurred here. Douglass is the alleged assailant and an arrest is expected.
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Clarence B. Douglass
A O U W Convention Opens in Milwaukee with Five Hundred Delegates
Milwaukee June 8 About 500 members of the A O U W gathered to attend the supreme lodge sessions spanning the United States and Canada. The supreme lodge committee met to arrange preliminary work for the convention while the Degree of Honor Women’s auxiliary amended its constitution to allow separate lodges to adopt a beneficiary assessment system. Destructive hail storms reported in Rogers and Granger Texas caused crop and property damage, with churches and homes unroofed.
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Milwaukee
Supreme Lodge
United States
Canada
Superior Lodge
Wreck on the Omaha near Hudson causes five deaths
A catastrophic collision occurred on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Omaha line near Hudson Wisconsin as a westbound work train and a freight collided on separate tracks. Four Eau Claire men aboard the boarding car perished in the fire and two crewmen were severely injured. The wreck stemmed from disobeyed orders by engineer E W Brogan and the work train conductor who took the wrong track. Damage estimated at $60000.
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Tig
Chicago
Paul
Min
Neapolis
Thomas Riley
Hurd
Milton Swain
Joseph Leightheimer
Eau Claire
Hemnan Reby
Frank Thayer
Altoona
Seittleman
Menomonie
James Owen
Brogan
No 41
E. W. Brogan
Headanacters
Desolation from French cloudburst ravages Isere region
Grenoble reports a devastating cloudburst in Isere department causing massive landslides and flooding. Villages abandoned as riverside factories and some 500 workshops are wrecked leaving merchants ruined and thousands of workers homeless.
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Paris
Jilne
Grenoble
Isere
Explanation of Supposed Earthquake Shock in Iowa
June 8 reports from west of Lansing Iowa describe a large ball of fire seen in the sky moving northward as a quake was felt. An explosion followed, leading to the belief that a large meteor crossed the area and may have left a meteor trail.
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Iowa
Lansing
Republicans Elect Entire Chicago Judicial Ticket
Fragmentary OCR notes claim the Republican slate won the Chicago judicial elections. The text is garbled but suggests an affirmative result for the judicial bench and mentions individuals connected to the slate.
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Chicago
Senate Defeats Lumber Paragraph on Free List Vote
June 8 The Senate rejected West's motion to add white pine to the free list yeas 38 nays 20 a sharp party line break with eight Democrats voting no and several crossovers from Populists and Republicans The debate ended with plans to consider amendments to the sugar schedule while the tobacco schedule would be taken up next.
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Senate
West
Yeas
Baco
Nd Clay
Georgia
McEnery
Louisiena
McLaurin
Tillman
South Carlina
Martin
Virginia
Rawlins
Utah
White
California
Heitfeld
Ida
Carter
Rep
Mon
Quay
Allen
Neb
Harris
Kan
Kyle
Cannon
Mantle
Allison
Secretary Gage Plans Monetary Reform to Congress
Washington reports Secretary Gage drafting a financial measure for Congress next winter. He has asked 200 bankers for input to base currency on sound footing, aiming to retire greenbacks gradually and expand national bank notes to full limits. The plan would reduce circulation taxes, cap denominations at ten dollars, and consider branch banks and municipal bonds, while continuing greenback retirement under law.
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Washington
Gage
Congress
National
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