Cuban Platt Amendment Accepted by Cuban Convention
The Cuban constitutional convention approved the Platt amendment 16 to 11, with a plan to add it as an appendix to the constitution. Washington officials anticipate a rapid US military withdrawal after a stable Cuban government is established and order is maintained, potentially by next autumn. Separately, a body found headless in Chelmsford woods was identified as Mrs. Margaret Blondin of Boston. her husband, a suspect, fled toward Montreal.
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Havana
Benares Tamayo
Villandas
Quepada
Committee On Relations
Congress
Washington
United States
Istand
Lowell
Mass
Chelmsford Woods
Margaret Blondin
Boston
Margaret Casey
Lawrence
Blondin
Montreal
Itis
Chelimsford
Trottle Field to Wed in Maryland Match
Miss Mary French Field daughter of the late poet Eugene Field will marry William C. Engler of Maryland next fall. Known in Chicago as Trottie she read publicly after her father's death five years ago and gained fame for delivering his writings. Engler, a Frederick County native, moved to Chicago six years ago.
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Eugene Field
Trottle
Baltimore
Mary French Field
William C. Engler
Maryland
Miss Field
Trottie
Chicago
Mr. Engler
Frederick County
Haggenbotham Charged With Matricide In Philadelphia
Philadelphia June 18 John Haggenbotham 45 was jailed by Coroner Dugan on a charge of matricide alleging he killed his 17 year old mother at their Chestnut street residence last week The woman Mary Wright accuses him of hiding the crime with a brick He appears mentally unbalanced and the crime party is described as an accessory charge against the woman who was a witness to the event.
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Philadelphia
John Haggenbotham
Dugan
Chestaul Street
Mary’ Wright
John
Britons May Oppose Steel Trust in America
Fragmented report notes British capitalists consider entering the American steel market. The piece hints at opposition from Britons and mentions improving conditions during a period involving Mrs. McKinley, with sparse, unclear quotations about Morgan interests and profitability.
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Philadelphia
America
Morgan
Ster al
Eighteen Miners Dead In Port Royal Mine Disaster
A mine explosion at Pittsburg Coal Company pits in Port Royal Pennsylvania on June 12 killed eighteen miners and injured seven, with many more missing. Officials name the dead and those believed entombed while inspectors investigate the cause as rescuers worked.
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Pittsburg Coal Company
Port Royal
William McCune
B. and O
Taylor Gunsaulus
Fritz Kruger
Thomas Kruger
Harry Beveridge
William F. Allison
Dennis Wardley
John Keck
Darr
Michael Roy
Euclid Mines
Taylor Gunsaulus, Jr
John Canto
Samuel Hadley
Peter Marchando
John Stickle
Jerry Daly
Bernard Ball
John Peeples
David James
Big Indiana coal combine forms with Chicago capital
Chicago capitalists back a consolidation plan for Indiana coal mines with options on many Indiana mines owned by Chicago firms. John S Bays of Sullivan secured options as the new combine plans a 16 million dollar capitalization. The Chronicle notes this as a prelude to a larger coal trust spanning Illinois and other states through further consolidations.
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Chicago
Indiana
Johns. Bays
Sullivan, Ind
Combine
the Chronicle
Indisra
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Ohio
A Revolution for China Starts from Honolulu
Fan Yet Sen, the Chinese reformer, left Honolulu aboard the America Maru on June 5 to spark a revolution in China. He aims to topple the empress dowager and mandarins and establish a president guided by American lines with strong white and native backing. This marks his third attempted uprising, with promises of bloodshed soon and vague landing plans in China.
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Fan Yet Sen
Honolulu
San Francisco
America Maru
China
America
Sen
New Philadelphia Mint Opens as Government Accepts Building
Secretary Gage accepted the United States Mint completed at a cost over 2 million dollars. Mayors and officials spoke at the ceremony including Mayor Ashbridge Superintendent Snowden and Treasurer Roberts. In Annapolis a court awards Mrs. Deane 4500 dollars against Baltimore’s United Railway for a fatal drunk passenger incident.
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Philadelphia Mint
Philadelphia
Gage
United States Mint
Ashbridge
Col. A
Louden Snowden
Roberts
James 4. Beck
Chicago machinists settle for nine hour day and higher wages
June 14 Chicago. Six machine shops with 185 workers reach a settlement with striking machinists, returning to work under an agreement securing a nine hour day and wage increases. The accord ends the walkout that had disrupted production.
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Chicago
Smen
Wworf
Army Theft Allegations Stun Presidio Officers Debated
San Francisco reports the Presidio post quartermaster Captain A W Kimball defending his role amid alleged fraud in selling government supplies. Detective Seymour warns of continued fraud and collusion with discharged soldiers. warrants issued for Abe Abrams. 66 pairs of government shoes found in Sacramento street store.
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San Francisco
A. W. Kimball
Presidio
J. B. Rawles
Artillery Corps
Army
Abe Abrams
Louis Abrams
Reynolds
Sacramento
Cant
Seymour
Col. Mans
Abrams
Quartermaster’s Department
Uncle Sam
Week's News Condensed From June 8 1900s Times
A collection notes events from June including Texarkana asphalt discovery, Bernhardt and Adams theater tour, Carrollton lynching incident, Cap and Bells II winning English Oaks, Besant death in Hempstead, York dynamite car explosion in Vestal, yacht rule on Independence, Koons and Trainer drownings near Philadelphia, Daly suicide in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg railway franchises, Buchanan death in London, World Y M C A convention in Boston, Chicago bride murder suicide, Chicago plow factory plans, Newport News machinists strike, Bethany college suspension, Samford death in Alabama, Jelks succession, Boer court martials, Chicago heat deaths, Ching sentence, Cleveland christening, engineers aid to strikers, Harry Lee death, Confederate funeral plans, and varied market notes.
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Texarkana
Ark
Sarah Bernhardt
Maud Adams
Romeo and Tultet
Joseph Merrill
Carrollton
George Bennett
Foxhall Keene
Cap and Bells II
Walter Besant
Hempstead
England
Vestal
N. Y
New York Yacht Club
Lawson
Independence
Rosie
Mary Koons
Mamie
Philadelphia
Maj
W. H. Daly
Gen. Miles
Porto Rico
Pittsburg
Harrisburg
Robert Williams Buchanan
London
Boston
L. Hartman
Chicago
Newport News
International Machinists’ Association
Toronto
O’connell
Bethany College
Wheeling
W. Va
William J. Samford
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
W. D. Jelk
Joseph H. Ching
Maryland
Cleveland
Bath
Ruth Hanna
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
Harry Lee
Robert E. Lee
Macon
Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy
Hazen
Pingree
Michigan
Eastern High School
Washington
Claude MacDonald
Japan
San Francisco
President Loubet
France
Henderson
United States
House of Representatives
Gillet
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Island
Mrs. McKinley
Indiana Mines
Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Frank H. Deane
United Railway and Electric Company
Sho-rey
Henry ‘Rowe
Watson ‘Keiper
Charles
Pilc
Micnelsa
Atad
Ile
Walderaee
Misits
Bel
Aiepeie
Pala
McKinley
Cortelyou
Arthur
Arthur Kalbfieisch
Edward Sheets
Leonard's
Edwood Meade
Department of Agriculture
Hecessity Cheyenne
General “Markets
Wis
City Mills
New York
Perset
SINCO
What Is
Castoria
Ceataur Company
Murray Street
Goodyear
Chas. H. Frey
King Street
Lancaster, PA
E. Co. Diller & Sons
Carlisle
E. C. Diller & Sons
Roseboro& Son
Washington Avenue
Omiem
Iren
Addrem
Chas. L. Pettis & G0
Duane
Street
New
York
Danters, &Co
Bankers
Wall ‘Street
N.Y All
Express Con
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Canada
Holland
Sri Bay
Scone
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