Various Global Affairs Highlight Local Civic Notes
The report covers Lamar Arkansas adopting the apple blossom as its floral emblem amid a clash with women’s clubs favoring the passion flower. It notes a Maine court ruling on burial rights, Lubeck’s move toward issuing its own coinage, and French charity funding toys for creche children with bans on military toys. It also mentions Greece expanding tobacco cultivation with seeds from Trebizond, Havana, and Maryland and expert instruction.
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Arkansas
X ray discovery aids writing revealings and art forgery tests
The piece notes X rays revealing writing on old manuscripts when red lead, altamarine blue, or cinna bar were used. It mentions forgeries and masters in miniatures, then shifts to art, reporting Va Velasquez’s The Prince Balthazar Carlos and His Dwarf in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, from the Earl of Carlisle at Castle Howard, bought via a New York dealer for about $80,000.
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Rome
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Va Velasquez
Prince Balthazar Carlos
Earl of Carlisle
Castle Howard
York
England
New York
Medal Awarded to James R. Garrison for Mobile Bay Bravery
James R. Garrison, former midshipman aboard Admiral Farragut’s Hartford at Mobile Bay, receives a Navy Department meritorious conduct medal. He was wounded in action and refused to leave his post, prompting Farragut to pledge reward for valor. Now serving at the National Soldiers’ Home near Hampton, Virginia.
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James R. Garrison
Farragut
Hartford
Mobile Bay
Nowan
National Soldiers
Homse
Hampton
Navy Department
Garrison
Denver Election Outlook and Tax Reform League Ticket
Denver reports on the city election due April 2 with the Republican Tax Reform League backing a reform slate. Robert R. Wright heads the ticket for mayor, with Sours Kratzer Barton and others renominated. Johnson pursues an independent bid amid party splits. The piece notes the Bush bill creating a new Denver county and potential tax impacts, plus reflections on Harrison’s death and lingering political shifts.
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Jobi
Tax Reform League
Denver
Johnson
Judge Wells
Maloney
Patterson
Leutenant
Thomas
New ‘Tax Reform League
Robert R. Wright
Messrs
Sours and Kratzer
Reform
Robert R. Wright, Jr
Paul J. Sours
D. A. Barton
Harper M.orahood
Arapahoe
South Arapahoe
Elbert County
Adams County
Fire and Police Board
Board
Efficiency of Expansion and the New Empires
The piece argues expansion strengthens liberty by showing how democratic principles work under different conditions. It notes as a key defect the large number of elective offices and calls for appointing trusted Americans to administer newly acquired territories under national oversight.
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Woodrow Wilson
Atlantic Monthly
Porto Rico
Philippines
Wilson
Congress
Republic
McKinley
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
The Fruit of Tillmanism and South Carolina Law
The Indianapolis Journal criticizes Tillmanism arguing it strips South Carolina blacks of legal protections and rights, comparing it to serfdom while praising freedom given to Filipinos and Cubans as a contrast to U.S. policy. It asserts the Democratic South Carolina leadership panders to racial oppression and leaves African Americans unprotected.
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South Rolina
Tillman
Democratic Party
Tillmanism
South Carolina
Indianapolis Journal
Surrender of insurgents in Philippines seen across United States
Reports from the Philippines show several islands largely free of disturbance and a nearing end to campaigning. Most prominent local leaders are in American hands except possibly Aguinaldo, whose fate remains uncertain as the insurrection enters history.
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Philippines
United States
Relad
Aguinaldo
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
The True Motive Behind Cuba Policy
The article argues the government’s Cuba proposal aims to aid the new republic in governing itself, presenting the motive as practical support rather than idealistic aims.
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New York Mail and Express
Cuba
New Republic
In Good Time
The Cuban question will be solved when Cubans begin to view their future as a business proposition.
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The
Sioux City Journal
Cuba
Antlers hotel set to open in Colorado Springs
Colorado notes report the Antlers hotel in Colorado Springs will open about July 1. Other items include political nominations for Denver and Cripple Creek, a Chautauqua session in Boulder, and railroad and civic news across the state.
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Antlers
Colorado Springs
J. B. Johnson
Montrose
Democrats
W. C. Jones
Rocky Ford
G. W. Swink
Colorado Retail Credit Men’s Association
Denver
A. C. Foster
H. C. Stone
Leadville
W. M. Dickinson
Cripple Creek
E. Howell
F. O Mays
Boulder
M. E. Lewis
Florence
Diamondville
Wyoming
John Cash
South Park
William C. Ferris
State Historical and Natural History Society
Capitol Building
Kansas City
Denver News
Frank T. Bayley
Plymouth Congregational Church
J. B. Gregg
Europe
D. S. Bennett
Boyd
la Junta
Cedars
Las Animas
Trinidad
Samuel Gibbs
Richard Berry
John A. Kleinsorge
Colorado State Normal School
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Colorado House debates constitutional amendments and tax bills
The Colorado Legislature considers a two thirds vote for a constitutional amendment authorizing initiative and referendum. Bills on water bonds for Denver and Austra lian land tax are discussed with mixed support. Senate actions include anti trust and municipal finance measures plus proposed reorganization of Arapahoe and Adams counties. The initiative referendum bill fails in the House by 36 to 19 with 10 absent.
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Morris
Grand Army
State Senate
Soldiers’ and Sailors
H. M. Crahood
Thomas J. Foote
Marshall
House
Arapahoe County
South Arapahoe
Adams
Denver
Senate
Rush
Board of Public Works
Bucklin
Yeas
Ballinger
Bell
Balsinger
Bradley
Briscoe
Burwell
Caley
Carringer
Chisholm
Davidson
Davis
Dunlavy
Eaches
Fall
Gabrin
Gorman
Hammond
Hart
Heartz
Hollenbeck
Insley
Judkins
Kennedy
Lorber
Lyttle
Madden
Manion
Martin
McGuire
Meredith
Neeley
O'Connell
Ong
Park
Pitschke
Platt
Pochon
Raney
Rawalt
Schweigert
Smith
Sprague
Stubbs
Taylor
Weldon
White
Whitelaw
Willets
Cannon
Cunningham
Dinkel
Garcia
Harris
Lewis
McLean
Riley
Twombley
Bartels
Dickerson
Luthers
Sanchez
Whitford
Public Utilities
Stock and Sanitary Inspection Boards
New Zealand
Mr. Montgomery
Bolsinger
Tammond
Kenned
Speaker
Nays
Beaty
Itiley
Ylor
Lubhers
Mr. Morris
Reconsideration Vote Threshold Affects House Bill Outcome
The reconsideration aimed to alter the bill's fate, as Morris' potential vote would have surpassed two thirds of those voting but would not reach two thirds of the entire House membership, leaving the bill short of passage. The outcome hinges on the full membership requirement rather than just the voting tally.
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Morris
House
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Hayes
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W. W. Rowan
Ouray
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E. T. Wells
H. V. Johnson
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Tip
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Henry Newman
John Darling
Rio Grande
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Robert F. Coyle
Central Presbyterian Church
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E. M. Ammons
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Clear Creek County
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