Debating Philippine Bill Draws Civil War Echoes in House
Washington debate on the civil government bill intensifies as Republicans echo Grant and Jackson cruelties and Mahon recalls Andersonville and Libby. DeArmond attacks administration policy while Kitchin and Olmsted critique the Philippine stance. Democrats push expansion as a principle, not empire.
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Washington
Philippines
Grosvenor
Ohio
Grant
Jackson
Mahon
Pennsylvania
Andersonville
Libby
House
Henderson
DeArmond
Missouri
Mr. Olmsted
Willams
Illinois
Corliss
Michigan
W. W. Kitchin
North Carolina
Kitchin
American Citizens Held by the British in Africa
Washington reports the president responded to a House resolution seeking the names of U S citizens detained as prisoners of war by Britain during the South Africa conflict. Secretary Hay lists claimants and notes investigations by consuls yielded no clemency releases, except for Mandal Miller. The British require serious wounds for parole consideration.
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Africa
Washington
House of Representatives
South Africa
Hay
United States
Gengal
Cape Town
Pretoria
London
Mandal Miller
Grosvenor Defends Civil War Atrocities Debate
Members discuss the conduct of Union and Confederate prisoners during the Civil War and the Philippines, with Grosvenor defending actions and Bartlett countering with official figures. Debates reference Andersonville, Grant, Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, Beauregard, and Lincoln amid party lines.
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Grosvenor
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
Lee
Beauregard
England
Bartlett
Georgia
Lincoln
Valley
Virginia
Mr. Grosvenor
Mr. Bartlett
Philippines
Mahon
Pennsylvania
Andersonville
Richardson
North
Neville
Nebraska
Phillippines
Republican Party
South
Mr. Mahon
Mr. Richardson
Mahen
Sherman
Hell
Charley A. Dana
Stanton
Messrs
Gibson
Tennessee
Burnett
Alabama
Gaines
Zenor
Indiana
House
Dress Sale Aims to Save Your Vacation Wardrobe
The ad promotes boys wear from ages 2 to 8 with reduced wash suits and blouses. Prices drop from 1.00 to 5.00 for blouses and 1.50 to 5.00 for wash suits to half price. Not every size or pattern is available, but the discount narrows the gap.
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Sams
Cleveland party heads to Buzzards Bay for summer
Former President and Mrs. Cleveland with family departed Princeton New Jersey today to spend the summer at Buzzards Bay. They expect to return to Princeton around October.
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Buzzard Bay
Princeton
N. J
Cleveland
Buzzards Bay
Canal measure in conference delays senate bill clash
Washington June 3 opening conference on the Isthmian canal bill was delayed as house and senate confreres failed to synchronize. The plan to concur with Bacon’s amendment to Spooner’s substitute centers on creating an Isthmian Canal Commission of seven, with four engineers and one U. S. Army and one Navy officer, under president control, and with annual reports to Congress.
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Washington
House
Sénaté
Nicaragua
Senate
Bacon
Georgia
Isthmian Canal Commission
United States Army
United States Navy
Uhen
Army
Navy
Congress
House of Congress
Three Men Die As Rifle Range Walls Collapse At Sea Girt
Three men Anson Hale John B Marsh and Jacob Semibley residents of Manasquan N J are killed when partially completed walls at Sea Girt Rifle Range topple while workers attempted to escape General Spencer inspector general of rifle practice and Lieutenant Colonel Reading survive after narrowly avoiding the collapse The accident is blamed on braces removed too soon The interstate contests later in August and September will proceed as scheduled
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N. 3
Spencer
Rifle Practice
New Jersey
Reading
Anson Hale
John B. Marsh
Jacob Semibley
Manasquan
N. J
Hale
Gleat
Shibley
Olcott
Blacks Clamor for Office in Havana Meeting
In Havana on June 23 colored inhabitants gathered to petition Cuba’s congress to annul military orders that discriminate against blacks. They denied conspiracies, said they seek legal rights with dignity, and asserted racial equality while noting offers of eighty police posts and twelve letter carrier positions.
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Havana
Cuba
Two Roosevelts Injured in Lightning Strike
Milford Conn June 23 Rev R H Roosevelt pastor of the Congregational church and his brother J L Roosevelt of Brooklyn cousins of President Roosevelt were slightly injured when lightning struck the church during a storm. They were knocked to the ground on the church porch.
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Milford
Conn
R. H. Roosevelt
Congregational Church
J. L. Roosevelt
Brooklyn
Roosevelt
No fatalities in Dallas hotels collapse
Dallas dispatch reports no deaths from the collapse of the St. James and Sherman hotel buildings on June 23. All injured are recovering. one tailor, John Rose, remains in critical condition with a severely wrenched back and a broken leg.
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Dallas
Tex
St. James and Sherman
John Rose
Captain Hines Acquitted in Minnesota Court Martial
Plattsburg Minnesota June 23 Captain John L Hines quartermaster of the Twenty third United States infantry was tried before a general court martial last week and acquitted He was charged with ordering Private Penlon of his company stretched on the thumbs to force a confession of accomplices in a robbery
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Hines
Plattsburg
John L. Hines
Twenty-third United States Infantry
Penlon
Postal switch ends Western Union outlets
Negotiations complete as Postal Telegraph Company will secure 8 600 offices and all Pennsylvania railroad outlets operated by Western Union. Postal to take possession January 1 and Western Union to surrender trunk lines on Pennsylvania railroad property. Deal deprives Western Union of key west and south outlets and 9 500 feeders. Contracts cover lines controlled by Pennsylvania railroad and allied lines to take effect as current contracts expire in three to four years.
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Philadelphia
Postal Telegraph Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Western Union
Postal
Moros Hold Big Conference on Mindanao Preface to Peace
Manila reports Lt Col Frank B. Baldwin says Moros met at Bacolod to pursue friendship with Americans. Five soldiers from the Twenty-seventh Infantry formed guard and were wounded, while two dattos vowed to die rather than aid the Americans. Some western towns remain unfriendly, but Baldwin hopes to win them to peace.
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Manila
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Frank B. Baldwin
Mindanao
Bacolod
Baldwin
Spartanburg Telegraph Outfit Sells to Satisfy Mortgage
At noon today the Citizens' Telephone and Telegraph Company assets were sold at the courthouse door to satisfy a $3,000 mortgage. L. W. Floyd of Newberry, S. C., bought the outfit for $23,000 and was said to be an indorser on the mortgage. The company, formed four years ago, competed with Southern Bell and W. T. Gentry of that company attended the sale.
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Spartanburg
8. C
Court House
Citizens’ Telephone and Telegraph Company
L. W. Floyd
Newberry
Southern Bell
W. T. Gentry
Woman at reform school wounded in suspected shooting
Topeka Kansas June 2 Matron Lowe of the reform school is hospitalized with two bullet wounds and no hope of recovery her husband J C Lowe is in prison charged with the shooting He claimed accident a watchman found Mrs Lowe writhing and saying it was an accident a revolver with four empty chambers was nearby and Lowe later drank from a carbolic acid solution in the ward the affair remains enveloped in mystery
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Lowe
Lodge as Orator at Yale Denounces Popular Senator Elections
Yale University commencement opened with class day and law school anniversary events. Senator Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts delivered the law school address, opposing election of United States senators by popular vote and defending the Senate against charges of d...
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Academic
Sheffield Scientific
Law School
Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
United States
Senate
War Against the Meat Trust Company Formed in New York
The Retail Butchers' Protective Association announced a new company to fight the beef trust. Named The Retail Butchers Abattoir the firm has capital stock of 1 006 000 dollars with two thirds subscribed. Ed ward O'Neill reports western drovers will supply 2 000 cattle weekly within a month while New York demand runs ten to fifteen thousand head. The venture seeks backing from about 4 000 retail butchers in Greater New York.
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Combine
New York
Retail Butchers’ Protective Association
Beef Trust
Edward O'Neill
North German Lloyd Adopts Alliance Changes
An extraordinary meeting of North German Lloyd shareholders in Bremen approved alterations to the articles of association. The changes reflect new conditions after the German company joined the American steamship combine. Bert Plath stated the Morgan group contract remains commercial and will help the line develop its resources.
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German Lloyd
Morgan
Bremen
Lloyd Steamers
American Steamship Combine
Bert Plath
Lioydne
Morgan Group
Lioyd Mne
Infatuation for Woman Lands Norbeck in Jail
Minneapolis reports that City Detective Christopher C. Norbeck, wanted on bribe-taking charges, was captured after pursuing a woman. His bondsmen offered 3000 reward. Norbeck used a long distance call from Carver to reach Carrie Emerson, already jailed for aiding his flight. the operator alerted the sheriff and he was apprehended.
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Norbeck
Minneapolis
Minn
Christopher C. Norbeck
Nobeck
Carver
Carrie Emerson
Bribe disclosed during Cleveland council meeting
Cleveland officials report councilman Kohl raised $2.0 in cash and claimed it as partial payment for a $5,000 bribe to push unfavorable East Ohio Gas Company amendments. Mayor Johnson accused Dr F W Daykin of acting as the intermediary. Daykin was jailed at Central police headquarters at midnight and will not be admitted to bail without court order.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ural Gas
Johnson
F. W Daykin
Kohl
Tremendous Virginia Deal Unites Traction and Rail Assets
Richmond reports the sale of the Richmond Traction Company Virginia Electrical Railway and Development Company and West Hampton Railway and Park Company to a New York syndicate Merchants' Trust Company. Price about 4 million dollars including bonds and obligations. settlement in Baltimore. Meetings planned to ratify the deal. Local properties to operate as the Virginia Passenger and Power Company.
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Richmond
Richmond Traction Company
Virginia Electrical Railway and Development Company
West Hampton Railway and Park Company
Merchants’ Trust Company
New York
John B. Willams & Sons
K. W. Middendorf & Co
Baltimore
Virginia Passenger and Power Company
Lantern Fire Devastates Madison Illinois City
A lantern toppled in a Madison stable caused a major blaze that nearly destroyed the town. By midnight the damage was about 200000 dollars with no fatalities, though many horses perished and some insurance coverage is expected.
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Madison
Illinois
St. Louis
Fatal wreck at Seale Alabama reported with engineer killed
Meager details reach Columbus Georgia of a freight wreck 24 miles below Beale Alabama. The engineer's name is not learned. Both telephone and telegraph wires are down and a wrecking train has been dispatched to the scene.
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Columbus
Beale
Ala
Wyeth Wanted at Brighton for Derby Renewal
New York officials offer owner J A Drake a special race at Brighton Beach to renew the American Derby. If Drake sends Wyeth, the Brighton club will add 5000 dollars to a sweepstakes for a mile and a half race at the same weights as the Derby, to be run around July 19 at Brighton Beach track.
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New York
Brighton Beach Racing Association
J. A Drake
Wyeth
Washington Park
Brighton Beach
Brighton
Drake
William Engeman
Brighton Association
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