Cuba and Platt Amendment Debate Central at Cornell
President J. G. Schurmann spoke to Cornell students on the Cuban situation emphasizing the Platt amendment as essential for Cuba's peace and independence. He noted Cuban concerns, urged U S support, argued for sugar duty reduction or a low interest loan, and urged Cubans to establish a republic with U S markets and protections.
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J. G. Schurmann
Cornell University
Liberty Hall
Revolutionary Army
Ito
Washington
Cuba
Claude
United States
McKinley
Congress
British Columbia Crisis Over Rail Subsidy Bill
British Columbia faces a political crisis as the government pushes a 5 000 900 subsidy bill to aid railway expansion. Supporters demand explicit gifting to an independent company, while defections and party lines shift the balance as the government seeks the best bargain amid regional opposition. The dispute centers on river cities and potential political realignment.
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Victoria
B. C
British Columbia
Midway
Canadian Pacific Railway
Joe Martin
Lucal McInnnen
Stables
Martin
Leutenant
Smith Curtis
Roxsland
Helmeken
Melios
Carden
van T
Supreme Court ruling affects Hawaii appeals to Ninth Circuit
The Supreme Court attaches Hawaii to the Ninth Circuit for appeals in admiralty matters, aligning Hawaii with Alaska. The ruling, tied to an 1891 act, contrasts with Hawaii's 1900 territorial status and prompts debate over constitutional reach and jurisdiction in territorial courts.
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Ninth Circuit
United States
Alaska
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Supreme Courts of Territories
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Circuit Court
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House
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Ninth Judicial Circuit
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Wilder Steamship Company
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Exhall
New York ‘Sun
Laborers’ Contracts Fraud Leads to Prison Sentence
Kingston report shows laborers deceived by Frank Puller and Thomas Smith who were sentenced to six months in jail for forging contracts with Jamaican workers bound for Cuba. They extorted money from each laborer involved. A Countess Germaine Vanieur, a social figure, recently caused a stir by an abrupt appearance at a dinner hosted by a local society.
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Kingston
April
Frank Puller
Thomas Smith
Cube
Fuller
Smith
Persace Tmorey
Germaine Vanieur
Ebeusingy
Mark “Wainjie
George Phillips
Chicago
Cuba
Washington
War Root
Wood
Count Tolstoi
Russia
Joseph Muir
Stockholm
Atlantic
Sharpa
Gaynor
Brooklyn
Herrin
General Land Office
Oregon
Clark
Nevada
Black Jack Ketchum
Clayton
N. BL
Otero
Southern Pacific
Stanford
Lopes May Yield In Surprise Homeward Hint
Springfield dispatch reports Lopes, amid chaotic spelling, signaling possible retreat on sovereignty stance. He says he may join Amutnalds to speak and will sail to Masila after San Francisco. Chinese expedition mobilizes with eight thousand French and unknown German forces gathered at Pao-ting Fu.
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Mane
Siena
Sizto Lopes
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Amutnalds
San Francisco
Masila
Zély
Pao-ting Fu
Tse
Versatile World News Roundup Hits Daily Briefs
A mixed wire of notes reports Gyeongseo negotiations and top stories from politics and science. Ada Rehan ill health. Vesuvius lava indicators. Comox steamer aground near Vancouver. Tolstoi plans new novel with moral lesson. Various crimes, disasters, and political moves across nations.
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New York
Vesuvius
Ada Rehan
Corea
Joan
France
Count Tolstoi
Vancouver
Banta Parbara
Ytip
Yukon
Kenwick
Cal
Gordon Paddock
Seoul
Indiana
Burlington
Duke
Duchess of Marlborough
Ogether
London
St. Louis
Santa Barbara
Wu Hss
Percy Rockefeller
Isabel Goodrich Stillman
Herron
Brooklyn
Fanchon Thompson
Alice Neilgon
Frank Perley
Denver
Cheere
Sears Britain
Butte
Mont
Moving on the Chinese amid Great Wall advance
Berlin dispatch reports German and French troops nearing the Chinese front as the army concentrates near Nieng Twi Kan. The Chinese defenses appear entrenched with 25,000 troops, and a Chinese retreat behind the great wall is expected. Washington notes U S troops in China and debates over policing duties at the Forbidden City with German objections.
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Lokal Auzeiger
Cabling
Cheng Ting
Pao-ting-fu
Great Wall
Nieng Twi Kan
Peking
Mr. Rockhill
General Chaffee
China
von Waldersee
Forbidden City
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United States
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