Cubans Open to Independence with U.S. Help
Cuban delegates in New York report broad acceptance of the Platt amendment but insist on full independence for Cuba. General Palma and Senor Portuondo describe fears of imperialism easing with U.S. troop safeguards, while most Cubans seek sovereign statehood by early 1902.
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New York
General Brooke
Governor’s Island
Fifth Avenue
Senor Capote
Root
Havana
T. Estrada Palma
United States
General Palma
Portuondo
Senor
Cuba
Washington
McKinley
America
Army Aims to Reach Seventy Thousand by August First
Washington April 30. War Department officials say the reorganized standing army will be fully officered and 75,000 strong by Aug 1. Efforts focus on securing capable line officers, with boards set across the country to speed examinations and fill subaltern positions. Also discussed are native Puerto Rican battalions and Philippine regiments to be led by American officers, while volunteer regiments may wait for commissions.
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Washington
War Department
Root
Corbin
Secretary of War
Adjutant General
Philippines
Army
Transmississippi congress set for large Cripple Creek meeting
Cripple Creek Colorado reports that the Transmissippi Commercial congress will hold in June, expected to be the largest ever. Notables signaling attendance include ex Senator Thurston William J Bryan Governor Sayers and John Henry Smith.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Transmissippi Commercial Congress
Thurston
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Sayers
Texas
John Henry Smith
Utah
Mormon Council
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Royal Blend Tea
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Methodist Missionary Conference
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Missionary Conference of
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Methodist Church South
J.C. Granberry
W.R. Lambaugh
Y. J. Allen
China
Corea
J. C. CO. Newton
Boston
Harvard University Corporation
John Wittmann
Bryan
Bryan Steam Laundry
A. E. Worley
Change Hotel
Franklin Brothers
Wefbuy
Bryan, Texas
New Marke Building
Courthouse
Bryan Grocery Company
Cudahy
Omaha
Edward A. Cudahy
Elgin
San Francisco
Rio de Janeiro
Bryan Grocer Company
Honolulu
Steamship Company
Jack the Ripper
Ludwigshafen
Exchang
Dan J. Ford
Prop
J. R. Barnett
Battle Ax
Dee Mike, JR
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