Conservatives Lose Ground in Cuban Constitutional Fight
In Havana on May 21 conservatives claim a slim four vote majority in the Cuban constitutional convention as absentees weaken both sides. The radicals risk leadership splits over the Platt amendment with some peers threatening to draft an alternative report. Sessions remain secret with plans to extend discussions and attempt to rally conservative strength to back the majority position.
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Havana
Juan Gualberto Gomez
United States
Senores Portuondo
Bravo
Alenan
Eduardo Tamayo
New York
House
Union Pacific Bond Issue Rumor Surfaces in Wall Street
Wall Street swirls with unverified talk that Union Pacific Railroad may issue 60 million dollars of convertible four percent bonds to fund stock purchases from other companies. The stock exchange committee on lists met late, with possible review of the application, results pending governing committee approval before any auction. The next governing committee meeting is set for Wednesday May 22.
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Wall Street
New York
Union Pacific Railroad Company
New York Stock Exchange
Union Pacific Railroad
Col Coolidge Returns Home From Orient Voyage
SAN FRANCISCO May 21 Among the passengers on the steamer America Maru from the Orient was Colonel Coolidge formerly in command of the Ninth Infantry during the siege of Pekin. He took command after Colonel Liscom was killed and remained in charge until leaving for Washington where he will be stationed at Vancouver Barracks.
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Col. Coolidge
San Francisco
Orient
Colonel Coolidge
Ninth Infantry
Pekin
Coolidge
Liscom
Vancouver Barracks
Washington
Opening of Pan-American Exposition Dedicated in Buffalo
Clouds broke and crowds swarmed Buffalo as dedication day opened at the Pan American Exposition. Vice President Roosevelt and Senator Lodge arrived to applause while a morning parade led by state troops and artillery moved through city streets to the Temple of Music for formal exercises. Trevor Dill praised the effort and $10,000,000 in private funds without federal aid, then introduced Roosevelt who spoke at length.
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Buffalo
Temple of Music
Exposition Commission
Lodge
Wanna
Roosevelt
Milburn
United States
City Hall
Travor Deihl
May travel in ten days for Mrs McKinley recovery
San Francisco reports Mrs McKinley greatly improved and likely to be able to travel in a week to ten days. The presidential party will remain in San Francisco for that period before proceeding to Canton. President McKinley spends summers at Canton, and the move is timed near his usual visit, with Mrs McKinley recuperating at her old home.
Stock Yards Repair Complete at Long Pine Neb
LONG PINE Neb May 21 The railroad company has finished extensive repairs and rebuilding in the stock yards here All stock from outside the state is unloaded and fed at this point a big run is anticipated this year The improvements cost over $1000
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Long Pine
Neb
Pioneer resident Pat Quis ley found dead near LeMars
In May 21 the pioneer resident of Sioux county Pat Quis ley was found dead in the road four miles north of LeMars. His team and buggy were tangled in a wire fence.
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Rowdsid Lemars
Pat Quisley
Sioux County
Grant on Philippines work and aims in governance
General Frederick D. Grant, returning from Manila aboard the Sheridan, said the Philippines are stabilizing as real governance begins. He noted the need for orderly municipalities, continued troop presence to prevent relapse, and expected long-term robbery and brigandage while training local authorities. He cited his district of Batangas Pampanga Bataan with 600,000 people as previously lawless now free of robber bands.
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Philippines
San Francisco
Frederick DR. Grant
Manila
Sheridan
Bulacan
Pampanga
Bataan
Mrs McKinley Improves and Sits Up Awhile
May 20 1901 San Francisco Mrs McKinley shows improvement able to sit up for a while. no definite date set for return to Washington as doctors report a comfortable night and a very good day progress since morning. Secretary Cortelyou later confirms the favorable bulletin. General Shafter visited the president during the day. Secretary Long travels to Colorado Springs to see his ill daughter.
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San Francisco
Cortetyou
British Refuse Bond Plan Over Indemnity Lightening China's Burden
May 20 London reports Dr Morrison in Pekin says Britain and the United States oppose a joint guarantee for the indemnity. Britain rejects backing the German expedition to southern Chi Li and the expedition is said to be abandoned.
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London
Morrison
Times
Pekin
China
Great Britain
United States
Chi Li
Turkey Blocks Typewriters Entrants from Turkey
Turkish customs ban on typewriters bars entry and orders 200 machines held at the customs house returned to the consignor after seizure.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Death of Mrs Gage in Washington Near McKinley
Mrs Ly man J Gage wife of the treasury secretary died at 9 30 pm at 1715 Massachusetts avenue NW after a nine week illness Heart trouble caused death She was 58 or 58 years old and was native of Albany NY Married in Denver in 1887 to Secretary Gage They had no children and funeral plans were not arranged yet with services possibly in Washington before shipment to Chicago.
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Washington
Lyman J. Gage
Secretary of the Treasury
Massachusetts Avenue
N. W
E., Pierce
Evanston
W. W. Johnson
Gage
Albany
N. Y
Denver
Pierce
Rogohill
Chicago
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church
Hillis
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
McKinley
San Francisco
Associated Press
Cortelyou
Scott
The Bad Signs Return Mrs McKinley in Steady Decline
Mrs McKinley worsened after improving symptoms with restlessness overnight in San Francisco on May 18. She received powerful stimulants including oxygen as the bone infection worsened discharging pus from a new wound that had been lanced. Troy Strike Settled Amalgamated Association reports end of the walkout in Troy on May 18 with terms for 20 events per hour and company bargaining with union or non union members.
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Mrs. McKinley
San Francisco
Troy
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
Conway
Lim
Mckinley Improving Sparks Hope for President’s Wife
San Francisco reports show Mrs. McKinley rallying last night and again this afternoon with nourishment requests. Physicians used powerful stimulants, and late in the day officials expressed satisfaction. President McKinley’s bedside vigil continues as news notes cautious optimism.
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San Francisco
Mia
McKinley
Hirschfelder
H. T. Scott
Scott
Cortelyou
Insurgents in China Claim 70,000-Strong May Empire
Shanghai papers via Empress of India report 70,000 insurgents gathered at Yang Liu Tsing vowing to form a new empire. They allegedly attack women, loot houses, and target tax collectors as bloodshed continues amid foreign tension. 1000 boxers routed near Pao Ting Fu per German dispatch.
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Vancouver
B. C
Shanghai
Wang Lu Hsian
Chi Li
Miss Stonehouse
Mercury
Tien Tsin
Yang Liu Tsing
Chi L
Berlin
War Office
Pekin
Lius
Pao Ting Fu
New Industry Claim In Gloves Case At Des Moines
Judge McPherson ruled in federal court that glove manufacture for women is a new industry in the United States. The Morison case questioned illegal import of skilled European glovemakers under the contract labor law. The decision notes no U S gloves were made before 1487 and Morrison may go free unless his business existed before the law was enacted.
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Des Moines
McPherson
United States
J. W. Morrison
Grinnell
Europe
Morrison
Governor Nash Poisoned by Poison Oak at Santa Cruz
San Francisco May 17 Governor Nash is confined to bed following exposure to poison oak during a christening near Santa Cruz. He was at a Union League Club address and now cannot attend planned events for Ohio visitors. Doctors and nurses attend him continuously though the affliction is not deemed serious, it halts public engagements and entertainment in his honor.
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San Francisco
Nash
Ohio
Santa Cruz
Union League
Conger Chats With Bill in Washington Visit
United States minister to China Mr. Conger paid a tying visit to Assistant Secretary Hill before resuming travel to Iowa via New York. He will return to Washington to confer with the president prior to continuing to his post in China.
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Conger
Bill
Washington
United Sta
China
Hill
Iowa
New York
Ching
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Donnelly Bros
Glenwood
F. M. Shriver
F. M. McCluskey
McCluskey Block
South Side
Squas
Plimpton
M.D
Glen Woon
Mills County National Bank Nwood
Europr
D.A. Heinsheimer
F. M. Buffington
A. D. French
Cahier
A. A. French
Assi Cashier
F. M. Buffington, A. D. French
A.J. Geltler, Eb, Wendsafl
D. L. Heinsheimer
Jackson & Shepard
ALBO
Dan Lugsch
East Side
Haya
Hiradibala
Juan Gomez
Union Pacific
Gen. Grant
Mrs. Gage
Ilnexa
Vera
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