Roosevelt Draws Treaty With Cuba Under Reciprocity Plan
Minister Quesada awaits Palma instruction to sign the instrument as Roosevelt moves toward a Cuba treaty under reciprocity, signaling a diplomatic approach beyond caucus reliance.
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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1902
Page
1
Roosevelt moves to push Cuba reciprocity treaty to Senate
Washington officials say President Roosevelt will bypass Republican delay by sending a Cuban reciprocity treaty for ratification within days. Colonel Bliss data shape the plan as Quesada awaits Palma approval, while opposition sees strategic value in a show-down move ahead of the next Senate session.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Cuba
Tasker H. Bliss
Army
Havana
State Department
Quesada
Palma
Senate
Colonel Bliss
War Department
House
Papal Acceptance of Taft Land Proposal Reached
The Vatican agrees on the main points of Judge Taft's land disposition plan for Friars lands with only minor points of dissent. Cardinal Rampolla informed Bishop O Gorman that official documents are being prepared and will be delivered to Taft today.
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Rome
Cardinal Rampolla
Thomas O'Gorman
Sioux Falls
Vatican
Taft
Philippine Islands
Italy Granted Mining Rights in Abyssinia Document
Rome reports in Giornale d Italia a contract for mining and industrial concessions between Emperor Menelik and Signor Martial’s government, opening Abyssinian provinces south of the Mareh frontier to Italian enterprise. A protocol ratifies the accord, signaling Italian potential commerce and mineral exploration.
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Philadelphia Times
London
Rome
the Times
Ferdinando Martini
Eritrea
Giornale d'Italia
Menelik
Signor Martial
Mareh Frontier
Italy
Italian Exploitation Rights Extend Across Abyssinia
The article notes Italian claims over a broad Abyssinian area along the Mareb river and Massawah port. It asserts Abyssinia’s past hostility and a 1896 war outcome that left Italy weakened, while Abyssinian concessions to Italians appear surprising amid ongoing tensions.
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Abyssinia
Eritrea
Kassala
Fillik
Adowa
Massawah
Italy
Triple ship launches stun Delaware river yards today
Three ships will be launched at once along the Delaware: the Finnland at Cramps yard, the cruiser Denver amid naval officers and officials, and the Hull torpedo boat at Harlan & Hollingsworth. The Kroonland liner will also sail on its trial trip from Cramps yard shortly after. A Denver party headed by Mayor R R Wright attends with prominent guests. Miss Wright to christen the Denver.
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Delaware River
Finnland
International Navigation Company
Cramps
United States
Denver
Colorado
New York
Delaware
Harlan & Hollingsworth Yard
Kroonland
Cramps’ Yard
Clement A. Griscom, Jr
International Navigation Comparty
R. R. Wright
Col
Tie
Charles 8. Onderdach
E. H. Ashents
John Good
E. H. Dove
Irving Hale
Joshua Grozier
John 8. Flower
Richard Grozier
Hotel
Walton
Wright
Denver Times
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Times
Postal officials seek more carriers to speed city mail
Postmaster McMichael is in Washington discussing a plan with the Post Office Department to expand staffing. A new time schedule at stations P Ninth Street Washington Avenue and D Eighteenth and Christian Streets has let southern business mail arrive half an hour earlier. If successful, the schedule will be rolled out to all local sub stations, but the current force is deemed inadequate and needs 100 additional carriers, with action to be recommended to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMichael
Washington
Post Office Department
Ninth Street
Washington Avenue
Eighteenth
Christian Streets
George W. Knowles
Knowles
Congress
Genera
Twenty Percent More Students Take Penn Examinations
Entrance exams at the University of Pennsylvania show a 20 percent increase in applicants in the college division compared with the same period last year. A large number from preparatory and other schools are expected to enter in the fall, especially in the medical department where lists show a slight rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Pennsyvania
Io Mie
Plan to license firemen to abate smoke nuisance
Philadelphia faces official action on soft coal use as a smoke nuisance. Councilman Hartman proposes licensing firemen after training and examination, then revoking certificates for derelictions. The plan follows Western models like Chicago and Cleveland three-shovel firing to reduce smoke.
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Hartman
West
Chicago
Cleveland
Roosevelt accepts invitation to visit rooms in Kansas City
President Roosevelt accepts an invitation from the committee to visit rooms in Kansas City on June 20, with officials preparing event details and security arrangements for the presidential visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Roosevelt
General Wood replies to Hill criticism in New York
General Wood, once Cuba’s military governor, releases a statement denying D. B. Hill’s remarks at the Tilden Club reunion in New York. He says Hill shows ignorance or disregard for the truth and asserts he would not have made the attributed statement if facts were known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Wood
Cuba
D. B. Hill
Tilden Club
New York
Hill
More Food for Militia En Route to Gettysburg Camp
General orders issued to the National Guard of Pennsylvania by Adjutant General Stewart direct the transport and distribution of expanded rations for the division in camp at Gettysburg from July 12 to 19. The enlarged ration reduces the need for troops to buy extra supplies from private subscriptions.
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Harrisburg
National Guard of
Pennsylvania
Stewart
Gettysburg
Message Found in Shark Carries Letter From Past
Mrs. Beulah Bate Cummings of West Cape May kept a time capsule letter in a bottle tossed into the Delaware Bay. A few days ago the British warship Thunder captain replied that, while off Portugal, a shark was caught and the bottle was recovered from its stomach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Cape May
George Cummings
West Cape May
Beulah Bate
Delaware Bay
Fishing Creek
Thunder
The
Portugal
Automobile Fire Injures Dauphin County Official
June 20 Harrisburg reports an oil gasoline automobile exploded badly burning Jonah Diffenderfer prothonotary of Dauphin county as the vehicle was destroyed and the machine wrecked in the incident.
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Dauphin County Prothonotary
Philadelphia Times
Harrisburg
Jonah DiGenderfer
Dauphin County
Diffenderfer
Merchants Bank Closes After Cashier's Suicide Attempt
Rhode Island bank near Newport closes under state action after Cashier Anthony S. Sherman attempts self harm. The bank, chartered in 1817, faced protest of its cashier's checks and a distressed financial outlook following the death of president William B. Sherman and troubled stock investments. The doctor says no hope for recovery for the cashier.
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Newport
Merchants’ Bank
Anthony S. Sherman
Kimball
Sherman
Mr. Sherman
William B. Sherman
No Smoking Order Fails To Quiet Camden Patrol House
Mayor Nowrey of Camden issued a no smoking order for patrol houses. A smoker began indoors and a fellow officer whispered for him to quit. The corncob pipe fell from the smoker’s pocket. sparks ignited hay but were quickly extinguished. The officer reportedly stopped smoking afterward.
Sons of Veterans depart special to the Times
Delegates and members of the Pennsylvania Division Sons of Veterans Reserves leave Doylestown after the twenty third annual convention. Colonel R M J Reed and staff remain with detachments. Camp Alexander will be deserted. Hospital Corps reports Joseph Souder of Reading prostrated by heat and concussion after a fall.
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Doylestown
Pennsylvania Division
Sons of Veterans Reserves
R. M. J. Reed
Camp Alexander
Joseph Souder
Reading
Trust G os Head Flees City to Avoid Arrest
Henry B. McDowell president of United States Trust Company of Philadelphia is sought by police in Philadelphia New York and Boston for larceny and embezzlement of securities and funds valued at 50000. A warrant was sworn by Ex State Senator Charles L Brown and McDowell may have left the country from New York or Boston. McDowell is about 45 tall well built and likened to General Grant with New York ties and Bronxville residence. Directors included C W Widener W H Hergeheimer and White of New York.
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Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Henry B. McDowell
United States Trust Company
McDowell
Charles L. Brown
Miller
Witherspoon
Brown
Hubbard & Rice
Liberty Street
New York City
State Banking Department
Senator Brown
General Grant
General McDowell
Bronxville
C. W. W. Widener
W. H. Hergesheimer
Mr. White
Chestnut Street
Suit Settled In Ardmore Chronicle Receiver Case
Gertrude Luby’s bid for a court appointed receiver ends as Mary Ensign buys Luby’s stake for 1500 dollars. Luby and Mary Busign formed Ardmore Printing Co and leased Ardmore Chronicle from Suburban Publishing Co for six dollars monthly. Luby claimed assets worth about two thousand dollars and that partnership books were removed and access denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
Gertrude Luby
Ardmore Chronicle
Mary Ensign
Miss Luby
Mary Busign
Ardmore Printing Company
Potters Fix Prices in Special to Philadelphia Times
Trent on June 20 reports a session ending with a decision to fix prices in the pottery trade. Officials and industry representatives attended the meeting outlining new pricing guidelines and enforcement measures.
Lifeguards Save Multiple From Drowning At Atlantic City
The first rescue of the season occurred at South Carolina avenue when Calhoun brought a distressed man to shore. At the same spot Guard Monroe and Alexius E. Miller saved a woman and a man who had gone beyond their depths. Guards at Arkansas avenue rescued an unknown man after a struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Atlantic City
Calhoun
South Carolina Avenue
Monroe
Alexius E. Miller
Miller
Arkansas Avenue
College Athlete Leaps to Death in Train Incident
Syracuse University student Robert Quaile Meaker while visiting his uncle Dr. M T Meaker at Carbondale died after leaping in front of a Delaware and Hudson Coal Company freight train. Classmate Willis Gardner of Syracuse witnessed the tragedy as both athletes were warming up on the tracks. Meaker apparently misjudged the train’s position and leaped across the rails to safety on the wrong track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Scranton
Robert Quaile Meaker
Syracuse University
M. T. Meaker
Carbondale
Delaware and Hudson Coal Company
Meaker
Willis Gardner
Syracuse
Delaware and Hudson
Farmer Daved Stewart Meets Hay Wagon Mishap
Churchville farmer David Stewart lost a load of hay when a hub nut broke loose on a hind wheel spilling hay onto the rail tracks near the Public Buildings. Hands Abe Anderson and Bill Edmunds were shaken but uninjured. Lew Allen from Montgomery county helped load the hay and restore the shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Stewart
Churchville
Bustleton Pike
Dave
West Meadow
Abe Anderson
Bill Edmunds
Samuel Friedman
Market Street
Squire Jennings
South Penn Square
Jack Lew Allen
Horsham
Montgomery County
Emporium
South Broad Street
Lew
Cavalry Arrives as Paterson Rioters Loom
Essex troop of cavalry from Newark arrived in Paterson and marched to the armory amid cautious crowds. Local National Guard units ordered to report for duty, mills reopen with guards, and police disperse gatherings. A mass meeting of the Dyers Helpers Union led by President McGrath condemned the prior riot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
Essex
Newark
National Guard
Dyers
McGrath
Dyers’ Helpers’ Union
Union Hill
Newlywed Man Missing After Fraudulent Check
J Walter Rowdin, newly married to Teresa Smith during illness at McKinley Hospital, vanished after presenting a $1 800 check from Philadelphia Fourth National Bank for furniture. Bank deemed the check worthless. police notified by his wife in Trenton.
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Trenton
J. Walter Rowdin
Teresa Smith
McKinley Hospital
Rowdin
Philadelphia Fourth National Bank
Philadelphia
Norfolk Banquet Plans for Major L J T Her Return
A June 2 banquet in Norfolk welcomes Major L J T Her back to his native city after service with the Nor from Artillery Blues. Preparations are underway for the reception and related events to honor his military service.
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L. J. T. Her
City
Nor Fom
Norfolk
Councilman Lives Charged in 28th Ward School Scandal
Bribery extortion and conspiracy charges allege a councilman influenced teachers in the 28th Ward case. Officials say the scheme involved improper payments and targeted faculty, with investigators pursuing multiple suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
28Th Ward
Weider Accuses Geo Sterr as Ward 28 School Board Scandal Surges
The Twenty eighth Ward school board case escalates with indictments against six figures including directors Joseph Travis Albert Weider and others. District Attorney Weaver unveils twenty four bills accusing extortion bribery and misuse in teacher and principal appointments. Bail set at 1500 for Travis and Weider. others sought in absentia as status of Seixas Johnson Sivel Brown remains unsettled.
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Joseph Travis
Albert W. Weider
B. Frank Brown
Thomas F. G. Seixas
David D. Johnson
William H. Sivel
28Th Ward
Director Weider
Etta Hannis
Travis
Sivel’s
Mr. Weider
George Sterr
Seixas
New York
Johnson
Trenton
Sivel
Mr. Brown
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Pope
Hull
U. OF P
John M. Hartman
Common Coun
Cil
Stokers
Board of Health of
Manhattan
Common Council
Twenty-second Ward
Gen. Wood
Rhode Island
Camden
Sons OF Veterans
Trust Gos Head
United States Concern
Police of
Europe
J. W. Rowdin
Trenton Hospital
Major Waller
Beitler
Councilman Lives
Weider
Geo. Sterr
Dure
Charles Aiman
York Street
Mr. Travis
John Monihan
Joseph P. Weider
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