Cuban Consternation Over Platt Amendments
The Cuban convention balks at Platt amendment changes and risks delaying Cuban independence under military U S rule. The New York Times argues Congress directions are binding and warns against blindly turning the island over to revolutionary leaders, urging assurances for safety and order.
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Havana
Executive Department
Congress
United States
Cuba
Spain
New York Times
Hogg Towne and Co Criticized for Press Change
The Fort Worth Register mocks Hogg and Towne for signaling no true shift in views on trusts and wealth. It recalls 1896 and 1900 prophecies of doom from the same figures and notes their current prosperity undercuts previous alarmist rhetoric. The piece ridicules campaign calamity talk as ineffective.
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Register
Hogg and Towne
Teller
Bryan
Hogg Nor
Towne
Tom Johnson
Jones
Round Cotton Bale Trust
Democracy and Court Decision Reflections in Opinion Pieces
The Coloredo Springs Mail comments on insular cases and the Court ruling as settled law. It argues Democrats must elect leaders to reverse or "pack" the court, while Republicans might press it as a campaign issue.
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Democracy
Supreme Court
United States
Congress
Coloredo Springs
False and Unreasonable Charge About Cuba Policy
A reflection dismisses charges that U S policy toward Cuba is tricky or dishonest, noting that anti imperialists have long claimed deceit in dealings with Cuba while arguing the present stance remains fair and principled.
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Cuba
Gray and Shiras Hold Stand For Progress In Supreme Court
The New York Sun notes Horace Gray and George Shiras as the justices who, across two pivotal questions, favored progress and the law. It contrasts their positions with those of Fuller, Harlan, Brewer, Peckham and others, including John Marshall Harlan who sided against expansion and income tax.
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Gray
Shires
Supreme Court
Fuller
Field
Brewer
Shiras
Harlan
White
Brown
Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
McKenna
Peckham
United States
Horace Gray
George Shiras
John Marshall Harlan
New York Sun
Platt Amendment Views Exchanged Amid Cuban Talks
Secretary Root and Cuban commission discussed intervention concerns. Senator Platt stated the amendment aims to safeguard Cuban independence and show U S friendly intent, denying any intention to establish a protectorate or suzerainty. He cautioned the interpretation should be read as a whole for clarity.
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Root
Senator Platt
Connecticut
Platt
Secretary of War
Havana
War Department
Cuba
United States
Congress
Washington Gossip and National Museum In Pekin Gate Item
War Department summary shows states’ claims for Spanish war volunteer troop fittings, amounts paid and balances due. Also details on Pekin sacred city gate exhibit and translation of Chinese inscription. Timber sales from South Platte forest reserve set prices for sound timber and firewood with per purchaser limits.
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War Department
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Mid - New Mexico
Arizona
National Museum
Khey
Pekin
Minster Conger
W. T. Hobart
China
General Land Office
South Platte Forest Reserve
Hermann
Western Men Appointed First Lieutenants in Regular Army
The June 6 presidential appointments promote several western men or sons of western figures. Kyle Rucker, a East Denver High School graduate and Philippine veteran, becomes a second lieutenant. Harry J. Collins, Denver, now captain in the Philippines volunteers, is made a first lieutenant. Herbert S. Brees of Laramie, son of Dan Brees, is appointed a first lieutenant while in the Philippines as a second lieutenant. Aubrey Lippincott, son of Colonel Lippincott, moves from second lieutenant to first while commanding Fort Washakie with First Cavalry. Guy V. Henry Jr., son of the famed general, becomes a first lieutenant. Sergeant Howard C. Price, long a Denver recruiting officer and D. W. C. member, is made a first lieutenant after years of service and a high commission exam score.
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Kyle Rucker
East Denver High School
Colorado
Philippines
John Rucker
Aspen
Harry J. Collins
Denver
Volunteers
Herbert S. Brees
Laramie
Dan” Brees
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Aubrey Lippincott
Lippincott
Department of the Colorado
Governor's Island
Department of the East
Lieutenant Lippincotts
Fort Washakle
First Cavalry
Guy V. Henry, Jr
Fort Logan
Howard C. Price
Army
Fort Leavenworth
Naval honors awarded for China campaign deeds
The Secretary of the Navy approved medals and letters of commendation for naval and marine corps personnel in the China campaign. Ensign G T Pettingill and Ensign A H McCarthy receive commendations for actions at Tientsin and on the Calamianes mission. Major George Richards is breveted lieutenant colonel for Tien-Tsin. Captains Bannon, Tuller, Long and Lt Wynne are commended for gallantry at Tien-Tsin and Pekin.
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Secretary of the Navy
Naval Board of Awards
Navy
Marine Corps
China
Long
Santiago
G. T. Pettingill
Battle
Tien- Tsin
A. H. McCarthy
Augusan River
Mindanao
George Richards
Tien-Tsin
N. HW. Hall
Pekin
Philip M. Bannon
B. F. Tuller
Charles Long
Robert F. Wynne
Tien-T'sin
Edict Delays Court Return to Pekin Until September
An imperial edict issued June 6 postpones the court’s return to Pekin due to heat and the dowager empress age. Astrologers call September 1 a lucky day to start the journey, delaying travel plans to the capital.
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Shanghai
Pekin
New Wheat Breeding Promises Higher Yields
The Minnesota experiment station and the University of Minnesota agricultural school report successful ten year wheat breeding trials. New varieties show larger yields and better disease resistance, with farm tests in 1900 confirming potential gains regionally and billions in value if widely adopted.
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Minnesota State Experiment Station
Agricultural School
University of Minnesota
Sir W. Crooks
British Association
Vilmorin
France
Henry Vilmorin
Verrieres-le-Bulsstai
M. Philippe Vilmorin
State Institution
Minnesota
Minnesota Experiment Station
North Dakota
South Dakota
Willet M. Hayes
Minnesota School of Agriculture
Telegraphic Brevities of World Events
General Greely sails to the Philippines Viscount Katsura forms a new cabinet Queen Helena of Italy has a daughter Jane in England Boer prisoners draft to Barbadoes Forty-fifth Infantry mustered out in San Francisco Turkey pays for new cruiser U S troops adjournments and reorganizations many notes on industry and politics including accumulations and adjournments in Michigan and Canada.
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General Greely
Philippines
Viscount Katsura
Japan
Helena
Italy
Jane
England
Barbadoes
Forty-fifth Infantry
San Francisco
Turkey
United Presbyterian
Pittsburg
Forty-sixth Infantry
United States Volunteers
Treasury Department
Porto Rico
Grand Rapids
American Shirt and Collar Company
Capital
Michigan
New Castle
Duke
Francis Hope
Canada
Department of Indian Affairs
New York
P. SH. Ashmead
Lehigh
Pennsylvania
Ecuador
London Mail
Edward
Arbuckle Brothers
American Refining Company
Grant Memorial Commission
Prices and receipts at Salina market report and church charges
Salina Kansas June 4 the Kansas Weekly market report shows receipts of cattle hogs and sheep up to June 4 with price ranges for beef steers cows and calves and hogs tied to stock categories. A separate clerical note reports D. Tubbs facing formal charges amid clergy disputes and delays in a coming year.
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Salina
Kans
Kansas
America
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Washington Gossip
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Julia Ward Howe
Boston
Charles Sutherland
Skibo
Andrew Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
Germany
Vonaische Zeitung
Ballington Booth
Booth-Tucker
General Booth
Salvation Army
Volunteers of America
Ira Remsen
Johns Hopkins University
Daniel C. Gilman
Portsmouth
Edouard Taylore
Frank Caldwell
Hartford
Philadelphia
State Department
Joint High Commission
National Suffrage Association
Buffalo
Texas
Santo Domingo
Hereaux
Westminster Gazette
London
Pace
Toole
Montana
Whirlwind
John R. Hoover
Custer County
Hudson Maxim
Grate and
Mery
Woaltry
Ore One
Boulder
Sree
Aja
Robert I Coyle
Lars
Sano
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