McKinley Expresses Implicit Confidence in Otis for Manila War
President McKinley and Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, returning from the west, held a long conference on the Philippines. Otis said the talks were routine and the president is satisfied with the campaign. Otis has implicit confidence and will receive needed support to press the war to a successful conclusion. The president denied any cabinet speculation and said no foundation exists for such rumors.
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Washington
McKinley
Harrison Gray Otis
Philippines
Otis
Adjt
Corbin
White House
Associated Press
Gen. Otis
Ots
Otiis
Mer riam Defends Labor Stance After Wardner Riot
Gen T C Merriam says he is not an enemy of labor or unions in an interview from Denver. He notes it was his wish that every union miner in the Casar d'Alene could declare his innocence and obtain government employment permits and higher wages.
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Denver
Col
T. C. Merriam
Wardner
Ida
Domes KK. Sovereign
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Casar d’Alene
WHY CUBA WAS GIVEN UP
Madrid July 5 The Spanish senate resumes the peace treaty debate as Senor Montero Rios asserts Spain relinquished sovereignty over Cuba to allow the island to become independent not annexed by the United States He notes Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines would have the same commercial rights as the United States Missouri Dentists Kansas City Missouri July The Missouri State Dental Association begins its annual meeting with about 200 members expected sessions include papers discussions and clinical demonstrations Amateur Mile Record Broke at Waltham track bicycle races yesterday the United States beat the amateur mile record in the album track event
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Madrid
Kingdom of Spain
United States
Senor Montero Rios
Spanish Peace Commission
Paris
Spain
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Missouri Dentists
Kansas City
Missouri State Dental Association
Flying start record toppled by E. E. Ryan at 1 40
E. E. Ryan of this city shattered a record with a 1 40 flat ride, riding throughout while being paced by two quads and three quintets. The time falls within three-fifths of a second of the world mark, with the former American record 1 43 3 5 set by Arthur Gardner at Willow Grove in Philadelphia.
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E. E. Ryan
Ryan
Arthur Gardner
Willow Grove
Philadelphia
The Texas Floods and International and Local Updates
Reports from flood districts indicate vast damage with death toll rising to 45 as Brazos and Colorado rivers recede. Other items note bait act tensions between Newfoundland and France, Frank Erne’s lightweight title win in Buffalo, South American armament talks, American expats in Mexico celebrating July Fourth, Vera Cruz yellow fever cases, and Toledo Commercial sale to G W Hull with independent politics.
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Houston
Tex
Bryan
Brazos
Colorado
Buffalo
N. Y
Frank Erne
George Lavigne
Saginaw
Mich
Hawtorne Athletic Club
Cheektowaga
Nn Scientific
London
Times
Tuenos Ayres
Roca
Uruguay
Brazil
Chili
Argentina
Mexico
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Missouri Treasury Report Shows Balance After Receipts
The Missouri State Treasurer’s report, dated July 3, shows May balance 2,008,869.02, receipts for June 240,455.80, disbursements for June 350,490.85, leaving a July 1 balance of 1,078,583.06.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Pitts
Treasury
Tume
Jane
Women Should Vote on Equal Terms, Reform Conference Decides
The Buffalo meeting adopts an address opposing militarism and plutocracy, calling for direct legislation, public ownership, proportional representation, and federal money issued by the government. A resolution for women’s suffrage on equal terms with men is unanimously carried, with Philadelphia set for the 1900 gathering. The conference also endorses abolition of liquor licensing and opposes laws restricting suffrage, while considering a Buchanan plan and a push to halt the Philippine war through legal steps.
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Iit
Buffalo
N. Y
Herron
Idaho
Philippines
Cuba
United States
Hue
Wberry
Huchanan
Union Reform Searce
Mr. Bliss
Philadelphia
George A. Gates
Iowa
Charles Fred Adams
George F. Hoar
John G. Milburn
Edwin D. Mead
Roderfel Smith
Land decision confirms innocent purchasers in Iowa case
Dubuque July 5 Judge Shiras ruled the O'Brien county land case favors innocent buyers. The Sioux City and Pacific railway grant, conditioned on Minnesota railway construction, was forfeited after building halted at LeMars. Supreme Court upheld. lands reopened and settlers retained property bought from the railroad. Leads to led by them ITH and Tawahoetua Seona acres.
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Dubuque
Shiras
Federal Court
O’brien County
Sioux
Iowa
Four senators arrive to confer on currency during recess
Narragansett Pier July 5 four members of the senate finance committee empowered by congress to sit during the recess for a conference on the currency question have arrived and begun deliberations. Senators Platt of New York Burrows of Michigan Allison of Iowa and Aldrich of Rhode Island are present. Platt of Connecticut is expected to join soon. The other eight members are not expected to attend.
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Narragansett Pier
R. L
Senate Finance Cores
Congress
Thomas G. Platt
New York
J. Burrows
Michigan
William Allison
Iowa
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Platt
Connecticut
Negotiating a Treaty with France Washington July 5
Ambassador Cambon returns and Franco-American reciprocity talks resume with progress. Key issue: concessions for France on a minimum schedule. articles to be decided while negotiations proceed.
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France
Washington
Cambon
Recruits Needed For Regular Regiments In Philippines
Washington dispatch details Gen Otis’s figures on required recruits for U S regular regiments in the Philippines, transports available to return volunteers and move fresh troops, and estimated enlistments and timelines. It reports that by early September, with transports Sherman Warren and Grant plus others en route, reunions of volunteers should be complete, and outlines shortages in certain regiments and total enlistments remaining.
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Washington
Adjutant General’s
Otis
Philippines
Mantis
Adjutant General
Firth
Fourth Cavalry
Sineers
California
Colorado
North Dunlcots
Wyoming
Minnesota
South Dakota
Mortans
California Artillery
Tennessee
Kansay
Nevada Cavalry
Wyoming Artillery
Lows
Signal Corps
Sherman
Worree
Otha
Mentlassee
Warren
Grant
Manila
Sheridan
Ind
San Francisco
Ohio
Pial d
Indiana
Senator
Morgan City
Helle
Merritt
Vermillion Collision Scrapes Passengers In Wet Rails
Head end collision near Vermillion Kansas between Central branch Missouri Pacific trains halted by delayed westbound train at Vermillion. Two engines disabled, passengers shaken. Willie Eike of Atchison and Miss Nellie Lowell of Seneca badly bruised.
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Vermillion
Kan
Atchison
Central Branch
Vilets
Willie Eike
Nellie Lowell
Seneca
Mat
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