Cuban Problem Still Unsolved As Cabinet Discusses Platt Amendments
Washington dispatch details a Cabinet session after the Cuban constitutional convention accepted Platt Amendment terms with modifications. Secretary Root announced the failure of substantial compliance, and the government outlined next steps while noting sanitation, coaling stations, and intervention as key sticking points.
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Washington
Root
Platt
Connecticut
Lodge
Massachusetts
Senator Platt
Senator Lodge
Committee On Foreign Relations
Supreme Court
de Lima
Philippines
United States
Army and Navy Officers Face Widespread Transfers
A Washington dispatch lists numerous second lieutenants and officers shifted within the army and navy. transfers include infantry to coast artillery, cavalry to field companies, engineers and surgeons reassigned, cadets returning home, and senior commands reshuffled across Asiatic stations and domestic depots. Major moves involve Laddue, Jervey, Brice, Green, Crighill, and Bragg in varied postings amid broader reorganization orders.
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Wasitington
Fourteenth Infantry
Euevenih
Brice
Migny
Philippines
Francisco
William B. Laddue
Corps Eapeers
Fort Totten
West Point
Fantay M
Resieart
James P. Jervey
Corps
Pago Fur Owinging Board of
San Juan
Jamey A
Agresment
William E. Ayeet
Rico Rety
Euclid B. Frick
Surae
William R
George
Albert C. Blunt
Artillery Corps
Lyle H. Breta
Edward Fierdin
Saldio
San Francisco
Fifteenth Cavalry
Frank Cheatham
Nashville
Chicago
John Gibbon
Pension Certificates Granted across States May 81
Washington reports pension certificates issued for May 17 1901 with numerous original and increased grants. Pennsylvania recipients include Frederick D. Stence Penbrook and David Voss deceased among others. New Jersey lists Elias Tucker Boonton and George W. Herbert Bordentown with several increases and widows listed. Amounts range from 4 to 88 dollars and span multiple towns and cities.
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Pennsylvania
Frederick D. Stence
Penbrook
David Voss
Auburn Four Corners
David Stantinger
Pustevarg
William Thomson
Luzerne
Jonas Willog
Ibby
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George A. Nitzky
Sharon Hill
William Hays
Adrian
Charles Orth
Allegheny
Daniel Oswald
Lewisburg
Frederick Langenbacher
Pittsburg
Joseph Clemens
Philadelphia
Thomas Yi. Slays
John R. Miller
Lancaster
Alicia M. Whelan
Mary Burker
Apollo
Laura L. Smith
Hiladelphia
Margaret . Black
New Castle
Mary Lengel
de Turksville
Celesta J. Bates
Westfield
Ester Tickering
Dunmore
Adelaide A. Solly
Louisa More
Eliza_J. Stewart
Rachel A. Clawson
Johnstown
Elizabeth Conger
Augusta M. Ayres
Canton
Mary Hoover
Marietta
Elias Tucker
Boonton
George W. Herbert
Bordentown
George Kuiser
Stewark
Personett
Cedar Grove
Frank Burt
Jersey City
Willum Platt
Salem
David J. Lamphere
Trenton
Jacob B. Zabriskie
Soldiers' Home
Kearney
Hudson
Delia Vander
Wende
Paterson
Car Ticket Fraud Shakeup Enmeshes Washington Conductor
Frederick D. H. Engley and his brother Samuel E. Engley were arraigned after police uncovered a plan to flood Washington with bogus car tickets. Glasgow authorities sent word they recovered printing plates and 40,000 ticket sheets abroad, totaling 240,000 tickets. Bail was raised to 5,000 dollars each, which they could not meet.
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Washington
Frederick D. H. Engley
Washington Traction Company
Samuel E. Engley
Hyattsville
Glasgow
Scotland
Platt Intercedes for Cadets at War Department
Senator Platt of New York visited the War Department and appealed to Secretary Root on behalf of Cadet Keller dismissed from the Academy and Cadet Harry Hawley suspended. Root maintained the department's stance, standing by its previous decisions.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Senator Platt
New York
War Department
Root
Keller
Harry Hawley
Platt
Hawley
Cockrell
Loomis Won’t Return to Venezuela as Diplomatic Post Gaps
Washington reports that Minister Loomis will not go back to Venezuela. Health issues and persistent attacks after the State Department orders drive the decision. Loomis rests in Europe awaiting a new posting once a suitable position is found.
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Washington
Loomis
Venezuela
State Department
Europe
Armor Plate for the Maine Defective
An examination of Krupp armor plate for the Maine shows cracks existed before the official test at Indian Head. The government may run a second test and perhaps a third to confirm if the armor meets requirements.
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Maine
Philadelphia TimEs
Washington
Cramps
Indian Head
Conductor Elmer Jones Dies From Trolley Crash Injuries
Wilmington report says conductor Elmer Jones died at a hospital after a trolley collision that killed one other rider and left several hurt. Cars Nos. 5 and 16 plunged down a steep Franklin to Monroe street incline after air brake failure and a faulty ratchet brake, hitting and damaging multiple passengers.
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Wilmington
Del
Elmer Jones
Brandywine Springs Park
Franklin
Monroe Street
Benson
Krauss
Anateouis Tentencer
Sage Wins Stearns County Land Title in Supreme Court
The Minnesota State Supreme Court ruled today that Russell Sage is entitled to the land in Stearns county. The decision settles disputes with settlers who had claimed the farm, establishing Sage as the legal holder and ending prolonged contention over the property.
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Philadelphia
Paul, Minn
State Supreme Court
Huesell
Stearns County
Census puts US population at 76 million in mid decade
The Census Bureau released the first half of its final report showing the United States population at 76,303,387 including Alaska Hawaii and Indian territories. Porto Rico Cuba Philippines and Guam figures are cited from separate authorities with a 1890 base of 63,069,756.
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Philadelphia
Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Alaska
Hawaii
Indian Territory
Indian Reservations
Porto Rico
War Department
Cuba
Philippine Islands
Guam
Tutuila
Philippines
Taft Commission
States
Industrial Convention Draws Broad City Business Turnout
Citywide commercial bodies fully represented at the Southern Industrial Convention joint committee meeting in the Trades League rooms. Mahlon N. Kine chaired. John G. Croxton reported nearly $10,000 received and about $12,000 more needed to fund planned entertainment and details.
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Southern Industrial Convention
Trades League
Mahlon N. Kine
John G. Croxton
W. P. Wilson
Novitiate nun in Camden declared mentally deranged
Victoria Utkas a novitiate at the Convent of Ste Peter and Paul Camden was pronounced deranged and sent to Cooper Hospital after a hysteria at confession. She is from Pomona New Jersey and is about six months into her religious life. Doctors diagnose the mental disorder as Brights disease in a elderly patient context.
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Victoria Utkas
Ste. Peter and Paul
Camden
Cooper Hospital
Caen
Yesterda
Pomona
N. J
Hoyol
Bright
Coal Price Rises As June Discounts Begin
Anthracite coal in four domestic sizes is ten cents per ton higher this morning. Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co announces June shipments will be 30 cents cheaper than circular No 1. March price at the mines was 3.25. The plan aims to restore the 3.25 price by September 1 with July and August reductions. Demand surged in May after retailers stocked up, leaving many dealers unable to fill May orders and facing a 10 cent increase.
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Philadelphia and Reading Goal and Iron Company
Trolley War in Darby Sees 200 Rally to Block Switch
An armed clash arose as the Chester Traction and the Philadelphia Morton and Swarthmore railways tried to connect to Chester Pike. Foreman Arthur P. Jack led 200 workers with axe helves to seize a frog switch, arrest warrants issued for Jack and real estate agent Dr James W McFadden, bail set at 800 and 300 dollars respectively. Houses were shuttered and fires lit as Darby watched the confrontation unfold.
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Chester Traction
Philadelphia, Morton and Swarthmore Railway
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Squire
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Darby Creek Bridge
Five Horse Thieves Lynched Near Alturas Cal
Calvin Hall and his three sons Frank Jim and Martin Hall and Dan Yantia were seized by a mob of about forty men in Lookout near Alturas Modoc County. They were beaten to death at a bridge near Lookout before officers could intervene. Sheriff Street and District Attorney Bonney went to the scene as news arrived by courier from the remote Hot Springs Valley.
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Frank
Jim
Martin Hall
Dan Yantia
Lookout
Bonney
Hot Springs
Pitt River
Modoc County
Wife Kills Husband and Child Then Suicide in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on May 31 Mrs Kate Hester aged 32 shot and killed her husband Ottie 42 and their 3 year old daughter after a supper table quarrel. She then killed herself with the same revolver. The cause of the quarrel is not known.
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Cincinnati
Kate Hester
Ottie
Lawyer Moore Discloses New Witness in Kennedy Murder Trial
In New York on May 81 lawyer Robert M. Moore announced a new witness for Dr. Kennedy awaiting third trial for the murder of Dolly Reynolds. The woman claimed to have seen Kennedy leaving his office wearing a brown derby hat the day of the crime.
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Dolly Reynolds
Philadelphia Times
New York
Robert M. Moore
Kennedy
Moore
Kenedy
Emmeline Reynolds
Dolly” Reynolds
Julia Slayton
Staten Island
Osborne
Police Chiefs Meet Chooses Sylvester by Narrow Margin
Deputy Police Commissioner Devery lost to Major Richard Sylvester by one vote as 101 ballots were counted. The convention elected a first vice president by acclamation, with a parade and speeches by Commissioner Heneschel and Mayor Jones of Toledo. The meeting adjourned to Louisville, Kentucky, for next year.
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Hotel Savoy
National Association of Chiefs of Police
United States
Canada
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Washington
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Sylvester
Heneschel
Cincinnati
London
Glasgow
Jones
Toledo
Loulaville
Worth Monument
Whitman Fellowship Holds Eighth Annual Convention at Hotel St Denis
Admirers gathered at the Hotel St Denis for the eighth Walt Whitman Fellowship convention with readings and critiques. A 6 PM business session and 7 PM dinner drew about one hundred attendees including John H Johnston who displayed a Whitman autograph postal card with the 1879 inscription and backstory.
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St. Denis
John H. Johnston
John Street
Johnston
George Waters
Walt
Philadelphia
Whitman
Hegel
Waters
Charlotte Perkine Gilman
Edwin Markham
Joe Benton
Alma Calder Johnson
John Swinton
Thomas B. Harned
Isaac Hall
Platt
Biles Carman
Henrietta Hovey
Samuel M. Jones
Philip Dalmas
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises To Cure Headaches
The ad blames bilious habits for sick headaches and life long stomach upset. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a permanent cure by toning the digestive system and cites a user quote praising relief after starting the medicine.
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Eves Reese Villa
Elen
Deuce
R. I
Hood
George M Feeally Beedeche
Gee
Death by Self Inflicted Gunshot In Hoboken Soldier Officer
Charles Brown commander of EB. A. Stevens Naval Post killed himself at his home 202 Bloomfield St Hoboken after failing to borrow 15 dollars to repay money he had spent for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Brown a Civil War and Franco Prussian War veteran had aided revolutions in South America and had served the company as an agent The case of Olga Nethersole and Marcus Mayer ends with Cantine’s latest ruling of 1072 dollars after prior reports of 5107 15 and 1972 dollars.
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Charles Brown
EB. A. Stevens Naval Post
Bloomfield Street
Hoboken
Brown
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
South America
Nethersole
Marcus Mayer
Francis C. Cantine
Supreme Court
Olga Nethersole
Alleged Forger in the Tombs
John McCullough of Savannah Ga was arrested aboard the steamship City of Augusta as it entered port on a charge of forging a $557 check on the Savannah Bank and Trust Company. He was committed to the Tombs to await further examination.
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Savarnnah
Augusta
Savannah Bank and Trust Company
Clerical apology issued after presbytery clash
The Rev. Dr. Alfred H Moment apologizes to Rev. J David Gregg pastor of Lafayette Avenue Church for calling Gregg a hypocrite during a Brooklyn Presbytery meeting. Moment regrets the charge of falsehood and says he apologizes.
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Alfred H. Moment
J. David Gregg
Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn
David Gregg
Supreme Court Bankruptcy Ruling Shakes Merchant Transactions
The Supreme Court decision Carson, Pierie, Scott & Co. v Chicago Title and Trust Co limits direct recovery from creditors in bankruptcy cases. It allows indirect action to bar creditors from sharing in the estate, compelling return of payments to the trustee even when direct suits fail.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Carson, Pierie, Scott & Co
Chicago Title and Trust Company
Edna Wal lace Hopper Engaged to James Gallatin
Edna Wallace Hopper, a Casino star, announced her engagement to James Nicholson Gallatin, grandson of Albert Gallatin and son of the Society for Improving the Condition of the Poor president. The wedding will occur after the bride’s mother recovers, with the groom-to-be named by the dearest little woman in the world. Hopper was formerly married to DeWolfe Hopper.
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James Nicholson Gallatin
The
Society For Improving
Albert Gallatin
the Treasury
Jefferson
Big deal in street car lines
Union Traction Company newly incorporated in New Jersey with capital stock of 15 million dollars. The report notes a significant development in urban transit interests as this firm advances into the street railway field.
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Union Traction Company
New Jersey
Wylie Woodruff Arrested in Portland Child Kidnapping Case
Special to The Philadelphia Times reports Dr Wylie G Woodruff head coach of Kansas University football in 1895 and 1899 and former Penn guard was arrested in Portland with Edith Moyer and her child. Moyer, a Lawrence druggist, accuses Woodruff of kidnapping after his wife left him for the coach. The couple traveled toward Oregon while Moyer sought custody through detectives and a Kansas City contact.
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Prelphia Times
Kansas City
Portland
Ray Moyer
Lawrence
Woodruff
Beloit
Kaw
Ghisco
St. Joseph
Moyer
Dr. Woodruff
Moser
Edward Kirk
Mrs. Moyer
Wylie &. Woodruff
George Woodruff
University of Pennsylvania
Benedict
Pennsylvania
Kan
University of Kansas
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Woodruff and Mrs. Moyer on Bail in Habeas Corpus
Habeas corpus proceedings began in Portland for Dr. Wylie G. Woodruff and Mrs. Edith Moyer after their arrest. Chief McLaughlin must answer by next Monday, as the duo are released on $250 bail each pending their court appearance.
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Woodruff
Moyer
Portland
Ore
Wylie G. Woodruff
Edith Moyer
McLaughlin
Mrs. Moyer
Engagement After Ten Minutes Sparks Legal Proceeding
Ellen Hughes, 19, said she fell in love instantly with George B. Fleisher, 22, after meeting him briefly in Fairmount Park. Magistrate Roeschsperger held Fleisher on $800 bail as Hughes filed a complaint. the couple planned to wed in New York but had not married.
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George B. Fleisher
North Eighth Street
Rochersperger
Fleisher
Miss Hughes
Running Horses Kill Man On Market Street
Louis L. Miller of 78 North Sixth Street died after attempting to halt a frightened team on Market Street near Fifty-eighth. The team, owned by William Bury & Co. of 1210 North Third Street, bolted down Fifty-eighth as Miller chased and grabbed a horse to stop them. He was knocked down and fatally injured.
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Fifty-eighth
Market
Chicago road case factors Ohio traction deal
The text reports a Chicago road factor affecting a traction deal with Ohio involvement. It mentions General Ohio and Cleveland connections, indicating a business or legislative angle tied to regional transit or rail interests. The fragmentary notes suggest the deal hinges on Chicago and Ohio parties.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Baer
Ohio
Perry Tiffany Arrested in New York
Special to Tee reports Perry Tiffany was arrested in New York on an outstanding warrant. The brief item notes the confiscation and custody status as part of a city desk update.
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