Cuba preferring peace over war urges acceptance of Platt offers
Senator Proctor of Vermont, after a Cuba trip, reports many leading Cubans favor the Pratt amendment terms as the best solution to US relations. Some fire-eaters threaten to “take to the woods,” but most constituents want settlement. He notes improved business, American investment, employment, and widespread quiet in Cuba.
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Cuban constitutional convention meets in secret session
Havana April 2 A secret session of the Cuban constitutional convention was held with twenty five delegates attending Absentees included Giberga Senor Qui Jas and Genéral Sanguilly Supporters of the Platt amendment urged US duty reductions or preferences in Cuban product imports The resolution was tabled The majority report on relations was read but with opposition a motion to lay it on the table passed Reports from several senators were similarly laid aside A motion to appoint a Washington commission failed 18 to 12 Tomorrow public session expected to reconsider the Monteaugolo resolution
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Committee On Relations
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Tamayo
Nunez
Monteaugdo
Washington
Monteaugolo
United States Rubber Cuts Prices Further
Boston April 2 United States Rubber company announced a further 5 percent reduction in its price list. Compared with April 1 1900 the total cut reaches 28 percent, with 23 percent already reduced from the 1900 list. The price cuts apply to all goods in the hands of jobbers.
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United States Rubber Company Today
Attempt to kill the Oz in czar plot reported
A Kieff dispatch to the Morning Leader reports an assault on the czar by a household officer who fired and missed, then fatally shot himself. The event is described as a possible assassination attempt with no confirmed details beyond the reported sequence.
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London
Kieff
Rescue plan to ferry 400000 troops to Sian Fu
London dispatch reports Yang Tao viceroys and Yuan Shikai, military governor of Shantung, ready to send 400000 troops to Sian Fu to rescue the emperor from reactionaries. The move aims to lift pressure on Pekin and ensure escort to the capital.
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Globe
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Yuan Shi Kai
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Sian Fu
Handigg
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Russia threatens China over Manchurian treaty
An April 2 dispatch reports Russia pressing China to sign the Manchurian treaty or risk severed diplomatic ties. US reaction unclear. Chinese leaders divided, Li Hung Chang leaning toward Russian interests while southern vice royals Chan Chi Tung and Lia Kum Yi oppose signing. Treaty had not yet been signed.
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Russsia
United States
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Chan Chi Tung
Lia Kum Yi
Roosevelt to attend Pan American exposition dedication
In Buffalo on April 2 Vice President Roosevelt accepted an invitation to participate in the Pan American exposition dedication planned for May 20 with the fair officially opening May 1. A mass meeting at Delaware Avenue Baptist church drew about 1900 people opposing Sunday opening and a letter from Secretary Cortelyou was read referencing a Brigham missive stating the government building will not open on Sunday.
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Delaware Avenue Baptist Church
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Transportation witnesses named for hearings this month
Washington April 2 The Industrial commission released the list of witnesses who will testify this month Transportation witnesses include A B Randall chairman of the committee on government ownership and control of telegraphs of the International Typographical union and H G Burt president Union Pacific railroad company.
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Accidental shooting ends life of railroad employee in Weatherford
Irene Miller shot Andrew Morris, a Choctaw and Gulf railroad coach-cleaner, at her Weatherford Oklahoma residence at 9 am. He died instantly from a ball entering near the nose and penetrating the brain. The girl claimed the shooting was accidental. a coroner's jury was summoned to view the body and hear testimony.
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Treasury balances report highlights cash and gold reserves
Washington April 2 report shows general fund totals with $158,443,521 in available cash and $98,046,648 in gold excluding the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the redemption division.
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Treasury
Lanarkshire miners idle 30000 as eight hour strike spreads
Reports from a mass meeting in Hamilton Scotland say 30,000 miners are idle due to the eight hour day strike. The turnout reflects broad disruption across Lanarkshire collieries as workers press for shorter hours.
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Actor Hopelivasly Inesne Hospital Examination Report
New York April 2 doctors Stewart Wilman and Fitch examined Maurice Barrymore, now a Bellevue hospital patient. He has passed eight quiet nights, sleeping the deep sleep of utter exhaustion. The doctors announced the con?rmation of a diagnosis and ongoing condition.
Reception planned for Conger in Council Bluffs
In April 2 proposals to greet Minister Conger on Iowa soil are forming. Council Bluffs chosen for the reception transfer depot access, railroads to run special trains, and Conger’s first Iowa contact. Plans hinge on his San Francisco arrival and will be finalized by wire. Fruit outlook discussed by Grape Growers' Shipping association urges liberal spraying. Fontanelle man sentenced to nine days for obscene letters. Stolen express booty trace found in Manilla barn. $19 in silver recovered of the $450 originally missing.
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Boycott and oil finds in early April reports
London reports a boycott plan by European and American merchants targeting Hagish goods to press Boers toward independence. Des Moines dispatches confirm large petroleum discoveries at Greenville, Clay County, with multiple locations and rising excitement. A Fort Dodge jury awards Carver $1,100 in a Minneapolis & St Louis railroad suit after a fatal mail-bag incident at Otho.
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Taxes Express Compan ies tax plan in Iowa
DES MOINES April 1 The state executive council met to value express companies in Iowa by market value of stocks and bonds minus property not used in the business They proposed mileage based assessments for Iowa routes The American Pacific Wells Fargo Great Northern United States Express and Adams all show large securities and varying Iowa mileages Followers of the old law faced exemptions for much of their investments and real estate in eastern cities Prisoners Starting Story in Waterloo involves Reuben Goad accusing his mother of murder and kidnapping in 1993 Still Looking for Robbers in Burlington tracing catalogue recipients related to an Adams Express burglary case shown from an 8 train in Iowa and a painter injured in a derailment Pensy May Take on Iowa in football talks Damage Suit in Lemars slander case between Jacob Lichter and Richard Bernstein Reducing Federal Expenses in Des Moines internal revenue orders cutting jobs and offices in southern Iowa leading to further reductions
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