Territorial Loan Bill Figures and Island Contingents
The loan bill totals 750000 with Hawaii 300000 Maui 170000 Kauai 150000 and figures to be refined in the House and Senate. Wharf allotment 400000 dredging 50000. some members seek 100000. Insane asylum 75000 penitentiary 10000. Maui school 30000 for Lahainaluna buildings. House action will allow island contingents to harmonize their appropriations.
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Hawaii
Maui
Kauai
House
Senate
Lahainaluna
Hawaii Senate and House debate six months salary bill
The Hawaii Senate passed an eighteen month salary bill and sent it to the House. A six months current expense bill passed first reading before adjournment. Senator Dickey faced ridicule over salaries but pressed cuts, urging $308 to $350 monthly for officials. The House considered loan bill deposit and adjourned in memory of C. Allen.
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Dickey
Teduck
Senate
Hawaii
Svork
Achi
Torrens
Ranger Sixth
McCandless
Brown
Lee's Acquittal Angers Davis in Mindanao Court Martial
Lieutenant Joel Lee of the Tenth Infantry faced a Manila court martial on a manslaughter charge for ordering two prisoners shot in Mindanao in January 1902. Lee argued the prisoners died while attempting to escape. A corporal testified the men were shot after alleged escape attempts. The court martial acquitted Lee, a result that displeased General Davis.
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Associated Fress Cablegeam
Manila
Davis
Lee
Joel Lee
Tenth Infantry
Mindanao
Secretary of War
English visitors study American life and railroads in Washington
The visiting Englishmen, lately abundant in Washington, monitor American ideas and patents. They note Americans’ rail device patents earning dollars in England and on continental lines, while pondering political trends. Although several target Senator Gorman for 1908, Parker still garners discussion among insiders.
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Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pitsburg
New York
Sheffield
England
South’ Africa
Tontin
Jonathan
Washington
Senator Reed Smoot May Revisit Hawaii
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, once opposed nationwide for church ties and polygamy, may visit Hawaii after a stop in St Louis. He plans to rest in the Islands for a few weeks, arriving by June 1 with his wife, a trip reflecting his earlier missionary work in Hawaii.
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Reed Smoot
United States
Utah
Hawaii
Smoot
St. Louis
Honolulu
Senator Smoot
Mormon Church
War expenses strain Turkey's cash and credit
Vienna reports in May 1914 that Turkish resources are stretched by war preparations. Contractors demand advance payment, troops are paid from the Sultan's private funds, while Sofia notes Bulgaria has no ambition in Macedonia. Diplomatic concerns rise as the French and Russian consulates in Satanica are found undermined with dynamite.
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Vienna
Sofia
Daneff
Bulgaria
Macedonia
In Satanica
President Roosevelt Heads to Yosemite Valley Tonight
San Francisco reports President Roosevelt will travel to Yosemite Valley tonight. Arrangements ensure the valley remains free of tourists except for those already present during the president’s stay.
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San Francisco
Roosevelt
Yosemite
Vatican Confirms Ongoing Friction Between Clergy and Friars
Vatican authority states the enmity between secular clergy and Friars in the Philippines remains undiminished. The Vatican expresses an unfavorable sentiment toward the friars.
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Rome
Vatican
Philippines
Ars
Rioting deaths and train wrecks lead May dispatches
New York reports two hundred dead and wounded amid rioting with arbitration soon arranged. Hot Springs Arkansas records a fatal train wreck killing four and injuring twenty. The piece surveys political chatter about Parker, Hill, and potential Supreme Court paths, plus Roosevelt’s Western tour and postmaster scandals. Also noted are customs rulings on Galingale rush to Honolulu and visits by Honolulu figures, with cable work advancing toward Manila.
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New York
The
Herald
Valpatinso
Parker
Hill
New York State
Washington
Shim
Judge Parker
Supreme Bench
Fuller
United States
Postoffice Department
Roosevelt
Payne
Board of General Appraisers
Honolulu
Kwong Yuen Hing Company
China
Board of Appraisers
E. G. Rowland
Raleigh Hotel
George G. Ward
Pacific Commercial Cable Company
Manila
Ernest G. Walker
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Wright
Koni
Nightingale
Kellinoj
Jeter
Pulaa
Raual
Purdy
Puiga
Kellino
Nakaleka
Oahu
Harris
Paele
States
Demonc
Sterey
General Fund of Information
Gorman
Maryland
U. & Senator
Turkey
Salonica
Hot Springs
Ark
Far West
Postoffice
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