Cuban Census Supports Early Municipal Suffrage
Washington reports the Cuban census shows natives form a large share of the population, whites outnumber blacks, and high literacy, supporting the administration’s plan for municipal suffrage in Cuba. The data project about 140,000 qualified native Cuban voters with fewer Spanish citizens in suspense.
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Washington
Sanger
War Department
Cuba
Spain
Hluvana
Llavana
Matangas
Vinar del Rio
Puerto Principe
Santa Clara
Santiago
Pinar del Rio
Plague vanishes in the Argentine capital and bankruptcy discharge granted
Plague is reported to have disappeared in Buenos Aires, while in New York John I. Haverly, a theater and minstrel manager, receives a bankruptcy discharge wiping out debts of 427,749 dollars.
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Tuenos Ayres
Republic
New York
John I. Haverly
Protest for Stamp Tax Removal on Shipments and Telegrams
Washington reports show the Merchants' Association of New York presenting a memorial to the Ways and Means Committee urging abolition or reassessment of stamp taxes on express shipments railroads and steamboats and on telegrams. The document claims 1400 New York firms support the move and criticizes express companies as monopolies harming commerce.
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Washington
Payne
House Committee
Ways and Means
Merchants’ Association of New York
New York City
United States
Memorial
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Iepresentative Levy
New York
Battle Reports Signal British Push Toward Pretoria
London April 21 dispatches from Bloemfontein indicate fighting near Karee Siding six miles north of Glen with British infantry and artillery holding a dam stronghold. Censorship tightens as troop movements increase and reports hint at an imminent northern advance toward Pretoria.
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London
Bloemfontein
Karee Siding
Glen
Pretoria
Lord Roberts
Cape Town
Hoece
Thaba Nt Chu
Mafeking
Col. Baden-Powell
Wepener
Joubert
Schalkburger
Louis Botha
Transvaal
Chermside
Rundle
de Wot
Dorp
Free State
Oorlogspupert
Col. Dalgety
United States pressure on Armenian indemnities gains approval
Constantinople reports broad approval in political and commercial circles for Washington hard line on American losses and massacres in Armenia. Negotiations on indemnity continue in Washington with Straus in town. Turkish minister Ali Ferrough Hey says a settlement may be reached soon, defending Straus over alleged breach of promise.
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Rio Janeiro
Charles Page Bryant
United States
Brazil
Tannery Uarnes
Williamsport
Wallace Tannery
Roaring Branch
American, ‘Tanning Company
Constantinople
Armenia
Washington
Straus
Lloyd C. Griscom
Porte
Ali Ferrough Hey
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Paris
le Journal
James Francis Smith
Kenger
Philadelphia
Express Companies
House
Navy
Porto Rico
Philippines
Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Coast and Geodetic Sur
Vey
Naval Academy
Secretary of the Navy
Senate
Congress
Carter
Spooner
Allan
Treasury Department
Mason
Senate Committee On Commerce
Lake Michigan
Minois River
Modder River
Roberts
Aliwal North
Little
Brabrant
Holbeck
Mr. Milne
Renter
N. B. Sherman
Hart's
KE. G. Brewer's
Madison St
Marshall Ave
Chas. B. Mead
Court House
Marshall
A. J. Robinson
Box
F. G. Powers
Dental
Welch
BLOOK
Marshall, Mich
EL Fausto
DIANA
CHASE
Co. HW. Smith
Mich
State St
Oudens
Amy
Afl Steel
West State Street
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