Delegates Arrive at The Hague for Peace Conference
The Hague hosts an international conference with M De Smaat presiding as permanent president. Commissions will discuss limits on arms and warfare laws, mediation, and arbitration with many historical documents to guide deliberations. American delegates plan careful participation on arbitration rules and protection of field hospitals.
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Ihe
Prince Metternich
Prince Regent
England
Alexander I
Russia
David Dudley Field
United States
M. Merignhac
Napoleon III
Paris
Congress of
Giles
Institute of National Law
Venice
France
Great Brit
Amsterdam
Signor Mancy
Chamber of Deputies
Berlin
Zurich
Washington
Marquis of Salisbury
Julian Pauncefote
Great Britain
M. de Staat
Nicholas
Benjamin Franklin
Frederick the Great
James Monroe
James Buchanan
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
Rebels Fall as Advance Guard Seizes Isidro
General O U s advance guard of Oregon troops captured Isidro, the rebel capital, at dawn after a brief resistance. Col mers command and Paluarte batteries supported the move. Rebels estimated at 2000 were driven back two miles, with 15 killed and 6 wounded on the insurgent side. American casualties included one man from the gon regiment and one from the ip regiment, both slightly hurt. Pursuit of retreating rebels continued for miles.
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Bron
San Satdro
Manila
Colmers
Oregon
Idro
Clonel Summer
Paluarte
Isidro
Enbel
Gon
Death of Scout William H. Young T
Reports from Manila note the death of scout William H. Young, a member of General Lawton’s corps and previously tied to General Howard’s Nez campaign. The record describes his long service and loyalty in western campaigns.
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William H. Young
Lawton
Manila
Young
Howard
Miners Walk Out Over Reinstatement Demand
Legates from Tennessee Alabama and others met at Chattanooga to adjust mine pay rates. About three hundred miners at Soddy near Chattanooga were discharged from the Cincinnati Southern railway area and ordered out for alleged improper charges. They vow to stand out until reinstated and will use the situation to press their claims.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Chattanooga
Soddy A
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Opera
Alleged conspirators tried in Pretoria for high treason
Reports from Pretoria say the accused, common loafers, were arraigned on a capital charge of high treason and remanded for two weeks. Affidavits claim 2,000 men were enrolled to be armed in Natal and seize Johannes burg for 24 hours upon signal, with British troops to follow. The government calls it a local incident and progress toward a Bloemfontein meeting among Kruger, Milner, and the Cape governor.
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Pretoria
Transvaal
Natal
Rand
Johannesburg
Kruger
Cape Colony
South Africa
Alfred Milner
Bloemfontein
Orange Free State
Chattanooga to West Point Rail Line Extension Planned
Reports indicate the Chattanooga Rome and Southern railroad will extend from Chattanooga Tennessee to Carrollton Georgia and onward to West Point connecting with the Chattahoochee Valley railroad which will also be extended to Columbus after the contract was let.
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Chattanooga
Rome
Belmont Eyes Vice Presidency and Anti Tammany Delegation
The New York Sun reports O. H. P. Belmont as an avowed vice presidential candidate who is organizing an anti Tammany delegation from New York to the national convention. Belmont leads a slate opposed to Tammany Hall in the early party contest.
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Belmont
The
New York Sun
O. H. P. Belmont
New York State
Associated Press annual meeting in Chicago elects directors
The Associated Press of the United States held its annual meeting in Chicago with Victor F. Lawson presiding. Clark Howell led the director ballot with broad southern and national support, and A. J. Barr and Leopold Markbreit won three year terms. A one year vacancy was filled by McLean for the unexpired term. A Dewey house fund resolution was adopted unanimously, and the annual banquet followed at the Auditorium hotel.
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Associated Press of
United States
Chicago
Editorium
Victor F. Lawson
Chicago Morning Record
Evening News
Clark Howell
Atlanta Constitution
Potomac
Rio Grande
Messrs
Stephen O'Meara
The
Boston Journal
A. J. Barr
Pittsburg Post
Leopold Markbreit
Cincinnati Volksblatt
Clayton McMichael
Philadelphia North American
North American
Wanamakers
Philadelphia
McLean
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
McMichael
Howell
H. Hi. Cabaniss
Atlanta Evening Journal
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Southern
New England
Pacific States
Associated Press
Upshur
Brooklyn Eagle
Admiral Dewey
National Capital
Dewey House
Auditorium Hotel
Colored Brother Fooled in Pension Scam in Kansas City
About 1500 African Americans packed the Second African Baptist Church to hear I H Dickerson of Nashville pose as head of the ex Slave Mutual Relief Bounty and Pension Association. Major Charles Anderson and a US deputy marshal were ready to arrest him when he appeared. The audience grew restless and dispersed after Anderson denounced the fraud.
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Kansas City
Second African Baptist Church
I. H. Dickerson
Nashville
Anderson
Dickerson
Gold Shipment From New York To Philadelphia Mint
The United States assay office in New York shipped to the Philadelphia mint ten million dollars in gold bars on Wednesday.
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United States
New York
Philadelphia
AP Officers Elected for Ensuing Year
A Chicago dispatch reports at the Associated Press meeting the officers chosen for the coming year. Victor F. Lawson is president with Stephen O Meara of the Boston Journal as first vice president and Harrison Gray Otis of the Los Angeles Times as second vice president. Melville E. Stone serves as secretary and general manager, Charles B. Diehl as assistant secretary and general manager.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Victor F. Lawson
Stephen O'Meara
The
Boston Journal
Harrison Gray Otis
Los Angeles Times
Melville E. Stone
Charles 8. Diehl
Populists Meet In Kansas City For National Reform
The seventh annual People's Party gathering convened in Kansas City Missouri on a Tuesday with under a hundred delegates. The meeting unified the national reform effort and reorganizing committee under the party banner.
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Kansas City
The
People’s Party
Tuesiday
Van Wyck Denies Poolroom Ties On Stand
New York Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck testified before the Mazet committee and angrily denied links to poolrooms or any illegal conduct. He said he relied on his own judgment in firings and demanded proof if evidence of such ties exists.
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New York
Robert A. van Wyck
Mazet
van Wyck
Mose
Moss
Croker Orone
McCullough
Phillips
Hamilton
City of
Mr. Moss
James A. Mahoney
Texas
Mahoney
New York City
Carroll
Section
Boundary Issue Dropped in Anglo American Talks
A London meeting at the foreign office with Lord Salisbury Sir Julian Pauncefote and Ambassador Choate under Secretary Hay yields a forecast that the high joint commission will reconvene in summer or early fall to adjust issues with Canada. The talks consider submitting the Alaska boundary question to arbitration.
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Foreign Office
London
Lord Salisbury
Julian Pauncefote
Ambassador Choate
Hay
High Joint Commission
United States
Canada
Peace Conference at The Hague Opens Under Czar Initiative
The Hague peace conference began in Huis Ten Bosch with M. DeBeaufort delivering the inaugural address. Delegates sent birthday wishes to the Russian czar and Turkish gratitude to the Netherlands for hospitality. M. De Staal presided briefly, and nine secretaries were appointed as sessions were declared secret.
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Hague
Russia
Huis Ten Bosch
Wood
M. DeBeaufort
Netherlands
M. de Staal
Great Britain
The
Huis Ten Boach
DeBeaufort
A. P. C. Vanekarnebeck
Peace terms sought as Aguinaldo leaders meet Otis
General Otis reports insurgent cabinet representatives and Aguinaldo in the mountains twelve miles north of San Isidro will send a commission to seek peace. Forces facing MacArthur near San Fernando retreating, with about two and a half thousand insurgents demoralized and ready to surrender.
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Otis
War Department
Aguinaldo
General Otis
Manila
Washington
San Isidro
MacArthur
San Fernando
Tariae
Kobbe
Candava
Rio Grande
Hot Springs
Alger
United States
Philippines
McKinley and Diaz Invited to Trans-M Miss Convocation
The officers of the trans-Mississippi commercial congress invite President McKinley and President Diaz of Mexico to attend the Wichita Kansas meeting on May 31.
Old cannon as presents to G A R posts
The secretary of war, with Judge Advocate General Lieber, confirms the right to loan or give unserviceable guns to municipalities and patriotic groups including Grand Army posts. The first two bronze cannons, captured from Spain in Cuba and Porto Rico, were presented to Fort Thomas, Kentucky, on Thursday.
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Secretary of War
Lieber
Grand Army of the Republic
Cuba
Porto Rico
Fort Thomas
Barcelona
Manifesto of Old Gomez Justifies Cuban War Effort
Havana reports General Maximo Gomez issues a manifesto defending his role in Cuban negotiations with Governor General Brooke. He denounces US funding limits, outlines arms handling plans, and urges patience, unity, and continued struggle to restore Cuba and secure peace and prosperity.
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Havana
Maximo Gomez
General Brooke
Cuba
General Gomez
United States
Brooke
Military Assembly
McKinley
Where is Aguinaldo reportedly fled to in the Philippines
A New York Herald dispatch states Aguinaldo fled into the province of Nueva Ecija after retreating from Balinad via San Isidro on April 29. In the same report 5,000 Spanish prisoners held by the insurgents are moved to a northern province with small garrisons and would be beyond American aid unless a Filipino surrender occurs within three weeks.
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New York Herald
San Miguel
Manila
Aguinaldo
Nenva Ecija
Balinad
San Isidro
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Iners
Czar
M. de Smaat
Rusmbascador
M. van Karneboek
Chief Scout Young
MR. van Wyck
Metropolis
McKinley and Diaz
Old Gomez
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