Cuban reciprocity debate stirs Republican conference aims
Washington June 18 interest in Cuban reciprocity centers on a conference of Republican Senators. Beets sugar men predict an adverse outcome while supporters expect the Spooner bill to be endorsed and sent to the Senate. Secretary Root asks for detailed Cuba war expenditures data from Steinhardt to inform forthcoming Senate discussion.
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Committee On
Cuba
Senate
Coriaites
Sion
Dubli
Pooner
Frea
Root
Steinhardt
War Department
Havana
General Wood
Platt
Connecticut
Senate Debates Isthmian Canal Route Choices
The senate spent the session discussing the canal issue with speeches by Perkins Gallinger Stewart and Morgan. Most backed Nicaragua route for feasibility and health reasons while Gallinger urged Panama as the healthier option.
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Washington
Senate
Messrs Perkins
California
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Stewart
Nevada
Morgan
Alabama
Nicaragua
Panama
Howard Tilton Dies at Council Bluffs Editor of Nonpariel
Howard Tilton editor of the Nonpariel and author of Lay Sermons died at his home in Council Bluffs after a three day illness. He had been in the newspaper business in the city since 1886 and was a well known Iowa journalist. Messages of sympathy came from General Dodge Secretary Shaw and Iowa congressional delegates.
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Council Bluffs
Howard Tilton
Iowa
Dodge
Shaw
Congress
O Gorman May Go to Philippines
Rome reports Bishop Thomas O Gorman of Sioux Falls South Dakota may be chosen apostolic delegate to the Philippines. The Right Reverend prelate has been in Rome for some time and his selection is anticipated.
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O'Gorman
Philippines
Rome
Thomas O'Gorman
Sioux Falls
S. C
Wind Cave National Park Bill Favored by Senate Panel
A Senate public lands committee report supports creating a national park around Wind Cave in South Dakota to shield the cave from vandalism. In Shanghai Consul General Goodnow reports rising cholera with about thirty foreign cases and many native deaths daily.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Public Lands
South Dakota
Gooduow
Shanghai
State Department
Democratic slate chosen at Illinois state convention
The Illinois Democratic state convention nominated John L. Pickering for Clerk of the Supreme Court, George W. Duddleston for state treasurer, Anson L. Bliss for superintendent, and trustees Julia Holmes Smith, J. A. White, and S. B. Paxton. John P. Hopkins was re elected state central committee chairman after a bitter contest with Carter Harrison. The platform condemns tariff policy, supports Philippine independence, anti trust enforcement, and pension liberalization.
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Supreme Ceut
John L. Pickering
George W. Duddleston
Chicago
Anson L. Bliss
Hillsboro
The
State University
Julia Holmes Smith
J. A. White
Urbana
Paxton
Monmouth
John P. Hopkins
State Central Committee
Carter H. Harrison
Hopkins
Harrison
St. Nicholas Hotel
Committee On Regulations
Illinois
United States
Altgeld
Amends Bankruptcy Law Set For House Action
The house debated a bill to amend the bankruptcy law amid strong opposition to repeal. The measure passed 65 to 137, defining preferences and adding four disqualifications for discharge. An evening session covered Indian affairs with Dawes commission ratifications for Creek Kaw and Choctaw Chickasaw agreements awaiting final action.
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Judiciary Committee
Toto
Supreme Court
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Chicago Title and Trust Company
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Committee On
Indian Affairs
Dawes Commission
Oklahoma
Lace Factory Clones Sympathy With Striking Miners
Wilkes Barre lace mill, the nation’s largest, shuts down after general manager refuses to discharge five girls with relatives in mines. About 1,000 workers quit. lace and cotton workers support the miners. labor tensions widen with potential nonunion entrants amid a broad coal strike.
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Wilkesbarre
Wilkesbarre Lace Manufacturing Company
United States
Cotton Workers’ Union
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Fort Hall Reservation Opened to Settlement Rush
At noon about 2000 people including old men boys and Indians rushed the Fort Hall line for land and mining claims. J R Mullen and E DeKay of Pocatello were first to reach Blackfoot. Only 27 filings were made that day as the scramble will last several days with likely contests.
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Blackfoot
Ida
Fort Hall
Land Office
J. R. Mullen
E. DeKay
Pocatello
German General Wounded by Own Troops in Prussian Drill
Berlin reports General Von Bock und Pollach, commanding a German division, was seriously wounded in the head and neck by his own lancers during a drill near Tilsit. The accident occurred after the bugle order about face, as troopers turned and the general moved into their rear. He was taken to a hospital for treatment. In Des Moines, Iowa, Justice Charles M. Waterman resigns from the Supreme Court to join a Davenport law partnership with ex-Congressman Joe R. Lane, effective July 1. he leaves the bench after ten years on the district court in Davenport.
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von Bock Und Pollach
Berlin
von Bock
Pollach
Tilsit
Prussia
Iowa Supreme Court
Des Moines
Charles M. Waterman
Supreme Bench of
Iowa
Cummins
Joe R. Lane
Davenport
Drowning Near Markeson Two Teens Lost at Kingston Pond
Markeson Wisconsin June 18 Maud Moore and Axy Walker both fifteen died when their boat capsized on a Kingston mill pond eight miles north of Markeson. Two bodies remain missing as search efforts continue.
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Markeson
Wis
Maud Moore
Axy Walker
Kingston
Here
Ruling In Big Mining Suit over $7,000 Judgment
Judge Carland refused to vacate a $7,000 judgment against Harden Mining and Manufacturing Co in the Black Hills. Charles B. Kelly loaned from Hi ram T. Gilbert of Chicago. James D. Harden contends a conspiracy and personal loan basis. The court held the judgment stands on its merits and a future hearing will determine further steps.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Carland
United States
Harden Mining and Manufacturing Company
Black Hills
Charles B. Kelly
Hiram T. Gilbert
Chicago
James D. Harden
Kelly
Gilbert
Porter & King
Bland Statue Unveiled in Lebanon with Bryan and Stone
In Lebanon Missouri on June 18 a statue honoring Richard Parks Bland was unveiled before an immense crowd. Speakers included William J. Bryan and William J. Stone and other dignitaries spoke at the ceremony marking Bland’s long congressional service from 1872 to 1899.
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Richard Parks Bland
Congress
William J. Bryan
William J. Stone
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