Feeling in Cuba convention backs Platt amendment stance
Dispatch from Havana says delegates who backed the amendment fear further action would disrupt conservative forces and place radicals in control. They expect the convention to frame an electoral law or be dissolved, while awaiting official guidance on the appendix and future U.S. treaty relations.
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New York
the Tribune
Havana
Washington
Root
Fay
Gualberta Gomez
United States
Cuba
Enrique
United States Holds Cuba Control Over Constitution Action
Washington reports the U S government will stay in official control in Cuba until the Platt amendment is substantially adopted. Secretary Root briefed President Roosevelt for about an hour and a half on a forthcoming cable to General Wood in Havana about the constitutional convention. The message will be distributed to Wood for communication to the convention but remains unofficial and not public now.
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Washington
General Wood
United States
Cuba
Wood
Root
Havana
Croker Delays Return to New York Weeks Longer
A World dispatch from London reports Richard Croker has not sailed aboard the Deutschland from Southampton. He booked a stateroom but now plans to stay in England for two more weeks awaiting private New York news and possible Derby plans, delaying his voyage.
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Croker
England
New York
London
Richard Croker
Southampton
Wantage
Rioting in Corunna Leaves Fatalities and Wounded
A serious riot in Corunna Spain on Friday resulted in two men and a woman killed and multiple wounded. Hospitals report a high number of injured as authorities investigate the incident.
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Corunna
Spain
Fight at Vladfontein rekindles Boer war interest
London dispatch reports General Kitchener and Boer forces clash near a fortified position about 50 miles from Johannesburg. Casualties rise on both sides with Boer tenacity under Delaver noted. Other items include Boer attacks on Plumer’s convoy and predictions of later skirmishes along the Durban Johannesburg railway near Heidelberg and Standerton. General Botha allegedly seeks peace talks via Kruger. Final provincial tour of the US Philippine commission outlines Manila Morong province and new governance steps with June 20 arrival and July 1 inauguration anticipated.
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New York
the Tribune
London
Kitchener
Vladfontein
Johannesburg
Delaver
Dixon
Plumer
Colensa
Lydenburg
Durban- Johannesburg
Heidelberg
Standerton
Botha
Lonton
the Sun
Kruger
Netherlands
Lord Kitchener
Sun
Zululand
Miner robbed of seventeen thousand in Seattle street
George Mulligan of Liberal Kansas president of a mining and exploration company was robbed of about $17,600 in a dark alley on a busy Seattle street as two men grabbed him and ripped open his shirt to take the concealed cash. No clues yet.
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Klondike
Seattle
Seale
Wash
George Mulligan
Liberal
Kan
Baathit Mining and Exploration Compan
Yukon
Passports For Philippine Islanders Issued By US Ambassador
Secretary Hay orders Ambassador Choate in London to issue genuine American passports to two residents of the Philippine Islands who appeared at the embassy as citizens entitled to U S protection. The move may affect Philippine, Porto Rican, and Guam citizenship questions and follows spooner and Foraker act implications. A new diplomat will be sent to Caracas to replace Loomis, with Loomis’ exit and new appointee receiving identical instructions.
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Great Britain
Philippine Islands
Washington
Hay
Choate
London
United States
Philippines
Porto Rico
Guam
Loomis
Venezuela
United State
Caracas
Castro
State Department
Laomis
Duluth Leads in United States Ship Registration Push
In Duluth on June 3 the Mutual and Menominee transit fleets owned by United States Steel have left Cleveland's list and entered Duluth, boosting local tonnage to 23 720 tons and widening Duluth's lead. Minnesota ships at Ashtabula join, with Duluth poised to surpass Cleveland and the national total in ship ownership. Tonnage tax tallies 12 000 yearly, split between state and city.
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United States
Duluth
Mutual and Menominee Transit Companies
Mark Hannashpa
United States Steel Corporation
Cleveland
American Citlee
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