House Debates Porto Rico Tariff Bill and Island Status
The House will take up the Puerto Rico tariff bill with a heated debate likely over whether the Constitution extends to the island. Republicans split with Democrats on this issue, a key point in Cuba style insular policy. The Hawaiian Islands bill also moves, with tariff questions and possible amendments shaping the week. Senators Lodge and Kennedy plan speeches on the Philippine situation as currency talks loom.
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Puerto Rico
Congress
United States
Porto Rico
McCall
Massachusetts
Littlefield
Maine
Dingley
Roberts
Payne
Richardson
Batley
Texas
Senate
Hawaiian Islands
Islands
Union
Platt
Con
Necticut
Cullom
Lodge
Kenney
Hayward
Nebraska
Earl of Chesterfield Marries Muriel Wilson in Lavish Ceremony
The Earl of Chesterfield wed Muriel Wilson, cousin to Muriel, in a crowded London church. The groom, nearly 50, joked with guests as the pale bride received gifts including a $50,000 freehold, a $10,000 check, and crystal and silver pieces. The couple’s annual income runs about $25,000.
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London
Earl of Chesterfield
Iid Wilson
Muriel
Bellef
Arthur Paget
Enid Wilson
Miss Wilson
Duke of Westminster to Marry Miss West After Boer War
New York dispatch reports Mabel Tilton, famed beauty, married Count Georges Alexandre Staura of Thessaly and England after a secret ceremony on February 8. Staura, a British subject by adoption and Greek war veteran, courts wealth and titles. Tilton brings a vast jewel collection and properties in Paris and southern France.
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New York
Mabel Tilton
Georges Alexandre Staura
Thessaly
England
Zographos
Rothschild
Greece
Alexandre Staura
The
Hudson
London
Paris
France
Duke to wed after war in South Africa
The Duke of Westminster promised Miss West he would marry after the war ends. He delayed due to his grandfather’s death. The late duke’s will leaves him 12,009,000 pounds.
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London
South Africa
Duke of Westminster
Miss West
Indians Terrify Paris in Wild West Stunt
Two Sioux performers at Nouveau Cirque caused a panic in Paris fashion district. Black Cloud and Bright Eyes fired shots and brandished lassos in Rue Saint Honoré, engaging with bystanders. Bright Eyes collided with a heavy omnibus and was taken to a pharmacy after damage.
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Black Cloud
Buffalo Bill
Bright Eyes
Saint Honore
Bright
Wes
New York Woman Sues Doctor Over False Imprisonment
Mrs Madeline Miller files in the Supreme Court for 50000 damages against Dr Frank H Barnes owner of Grey Towers sanitarium Stamford Conn and her husband Eugene D Miller as co defendant alleging abduction conspiracy and a bid to dethrone her reason by locking her in a sanitarium She escaped by leaping from a second story window after being taken under false pretenses and driven to Connecticut The husband says he justified bringing her there and plans to seek an investigation of Grey Towers.
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New York
Madeline Miller
Supreme Court
Frank H. Barnes
Stamford
Conn
Eugene D. Miller
Barnes
Miller
Riverside
Connecticut
Grey Towers
Novy
Wickedest Woman in England Faces Deportation Arrival
The Madame, famed yet feared by authorities, arrives on the Phenicia and faces immediate arrest upon landing in the United States. She has been arrested fifty times and spent most of her life in prison, making her deportation a near certainty.
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United States
England
Phenicia
Prank Backfires Causes Hand Injury At Emergency Hospital
A prank left a friend with a sprained left thumb and flesh lacerations on a hand finger. Blood poisoning risk prompted urgent care at the Emergency Hospital.
Harvard to Host Cuban Teachers in Summer School
Harvard plans to bring 1000 Cuban teachers to the Summer School in July financed by private donations. President Eliot and Harvard leaders anticipate strong goodwill effects between the nations and will cover teaching costs while the government provides transport. Most instructors will teach in Spanish as English proficiency is limited among the Cuban teachers.
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Harvard
Eliot
America
Havana
Ernest Lee Conant
Conant
Frye
Leonard Wood
Ellot
Cambridge
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