August 19: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
ON THIS DAY IN 1906, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “HAVANA — The rumors of uprisings in Cuba are confirmed in some quarters. A detachment of rural guards last night encountered a band of thirty men near Rio Hondo, Province of Pinar del Rio. The band, which is commanded by Colonel Pozo, the well known veteran, fled after an exchange of shots, leaving one horse killed on the field. It is positively stated that two other bands are roaming about Pinar del Rio, led by locally influential men, but at the palace here it is said that the Pozo band consists of fourteen men and that no other bands are out. Rural guards recently encountered a band of outlaws in Santiago province. It was led by Enrique Mesa, a notorious bandit. One rural guard was wounded and two of the outlaws were captured. The grounds for the uprisings are vague and are said to be simply general discontent and a recrudescence of the revolutionary habit among the ignorant, adventurous classes.”
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ON THIS DAY IN 1913, the Eagle reported, “ALBANY — Lacking a quorum for the transactions of business, both houses of the State Legislature failed to meet at the appointed hour, which was at noon today. Important matters are pending, and in view of the present turmoil, the leaders did not want to take any chances. Both ‘governors’ were in their respective chambers today as usual. The great seal of the State of New York was today, for the first time, affixed to a paper signed by Mr. [Martin H.] Glynn. It was an extradition request from Governor [Eugene] Foss of Massachusetts, asking for the delivery of Norman Foot, wanted for larceny in Berkshire County, across the state line from Albany. It is expected that Mr. Glynn will send a message to the Legislature as soon as the two houses convene, in order to give them an opportunity to give recognition to him as acting governor. … That Governor [William] Sulzer will decline to abide by the opinion of Attorney General [Thomas] Carmody declaring Lieutenant Governor Martin H. Glynn to be the acting governor of the state, but will seek a court decision to test the legality of his impeachment by the Assembly, was the general opinion expressed in official circles today. Both Mr. Sulzer and his counsel declined to discuss the attorney general’s findings.”
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