Hawaii Annexation Treaty Stirs Senate Opposition
US Senate met to read President McKinley’s Hawaii annexation treaty as opposition forms. Senators White Pettigrew and others vow to fight ratification while Japan protests the agreement. The six article pact would cede Hawaii to the United States and set governance terms with future legislation and immigration limits.
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White
Pettigrew
Japan
Washington
Hawaiian Islands
Senate
McKinley
Gray, Mills
Pasco
Caffery
McEnery
Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Gray
California
South Dakota
United States
Hawaii
Uncle Sam
John W. Foster
Harrison
Indians Seek Permission to Erect Wounded Knee Monument
Sioux braves petition the government to erect a 15 foot high monument over the graves of Wounded Knee dead seven years after the battle. They offer inscriptions in their language and vow no further hostility. Government marks graves but officials remain silent on approval. The project would be funded by the Sioux.
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Wounded Knee
Rapworry
Battle of
Tariff bill progress on two major schedules in Senate
Washington reports the Senate finance committee debated schedules on tobacco flax and hemp, with Vairbanks favoring senate tobacco rates and others backing house rates. vice president Hobart and Sewell attended. The panel will reconvene after failing to reach a conclusion.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Vairbanks
Incl
House
Hawley
Hoar
Davis
Minn
Stewart
N. J
Hobart
Sewell
Wasuixeton
Jones
Ark
West
Allison
Decision on pension claims alters widow Catherine Geronzin case
Assistant Secretary Davis of the interior department reversed a pension office ruling denying Catherine Geronzin, widow of an Ohio infantryman, a pension. He calls for further inquiry into her husband’s fate, citing the 1886 act allowing death presumed after seven years of absence with no news. Other brief items: Liliuokalani protests annexation. Hot Springs convention set. Sage ouster movement. reporter delayed at university commencement leading to a second address.
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Hawaii
Congress
United States
Liliuokalani
Kaiulani
Japan
Hoshi
Mufasu
State Department
Hawaiian Legation
Hatch
Legation
Davis
Washington
Interior Department
Catherine Geronzin
Ohio Infantry
Geronzin
Wiping Out the Hoppers Prof Lugger Investigates SD
Professor Lugger state entomologist of Minnesota probes the grasshopper outbreak in South Dakota noting warm eggs hatching and past infestations. He urges widespread deep plowing and hopperdozers to prevent spread, warning partial plows spread the pest and cost incalculable damage. Circulars go to farmers as the scare may be brief.
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Lugger
South Dakota
Aperpsun
Minnesota
Nebraska
Cornell University Holds 29th Commencement Ceremony
Cornell University conferred 432 degrees at its 29th annual commencement on Thursday. Widespread news notes other events including international arbitration interest, Ascot Derby results, and local incidents such as a large windstorm near New Orleans.
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Cornell University
Faure
Costa Rica
Colombia
Prince of Wales
Persimmon
Ascot
Sullivan
Winkfield Pride
Basa
Love Wisely
Kansans Central Railroad
Leavenworth
Dillon
Topeka
New Orleans
Barcarin
Paris
Newton Athletic Association
Newton
Mass
Lom Meyers
New York
Hearing Ends Over Interstate Schedule Reasonableness
In Dusyells Iowa June 17 the Northwestern Iowa Train Shippers association suit against several railroads ends as Judge Shiras overrules the demurrer. He holds schedule rates published under interstate commerce law are conclusive of reasonableness and cannot be proven unreasonable. Shippers may petition the ICC for modification. Total claims approach 1.6 million dollars.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Hany Shipper
Shiras
Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
St. Paul
Sheriffs Elect Officers At Interstate Association Meet
The Interstate Sheriffs association concluded its deliberations in Owana on June 17 as Nebraska and Iowa sheriffs arrived for the final day. Council Bluffs won the bid to host the 1898 convention, with officers elected: President James E. Stout Des Moines vice president J J Trompen Lincoln secretary treasurer W C Davenport Sioux City. Sheriff Davenport was reelected.
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Council Bluffs
Interstate Association
Owana
Interstate Sheriff’ Association
Nebraska
Iowa
Barker Block
Burlington
James E. Stout
Des Moines
J. J. Trompen
Lincoln
Neb
W. C. Davenport
Sioux City
Davenport
Printers and unions back shorter work day plan
In Detriot on June 17 representatives of the Typographical union heard from President Prescott and James J. Murphy that the International Presarmen's union will ally with printers for a nine hour day. E A Struby of Detroit backed the effort for the trades and a joint committee was to act with printers.
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Detrott
Mich
The
Typographical Union
International Presamen
Prescott
James J. Murphy
New York
Presamen
E. A. Struby
Detroit
Book Binders’ Union
Galowski
Pressmen’s Union
Vast Telegraphic Roundup of Global Events and Local Happenings
A sweeping telegraph digest notes the Lynn Massachusetts iron molders strike ending, Leibinger & Brewing of Newton LI facing a crisis, Cuban rebel leaders Rivera and Bacalica sentenced to death, Senator Aldrich ill, Foster to London return soon, Eastman resigns as Kansas insane asylum head, Wetmore appointed, a new Mexico City volcano eruption with lava flow and village destruction, Kansas Grand Army push for Memorial Day dating changes, Parkersburg hailstorm crippling crops and livestock, Consuelo Duchess of Marlborough named for royal decoration, City of Everett whaleback sails to India with corn, large bond sales by Kuhn Doeb Co, Georgia State Univ trustees reject women’s admission without legislative authority, Fort Missoula riders head to Jefferson Barracks, Central Pacific extension notes, Farrelly antitrust test prep, Kansas grocers to sue, Carney defeats Fitzgerald in high-stakes handball, Whallen dies after knife-blade removal, Baron Hirach fund buys ground for two training schools and a girls’ home, Beatrice Chautauqua opens with record audience.
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Masa
Leibinger & Chem Brewing Company
Newton
L. I
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Aldrich
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India
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New Orleans
Georgia State University
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Mont
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Ite
Kansas
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Kansas Wholesale Grocery Association
Kansas City
William Carney
West
Soven
James Fitzgerald
Ireland
Brooklyn
Harry Whallen
Kangas
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