Platt Amendment Accepted by Cuban Constitutional Convention
The Cuban constitutional convention adopted the Platt amendment by sixteen to eleven after a brief vote. Delegates voted aye or no with Rivera Corréoso Gener Robau absent. Ferrer aligned with conservatives, justifying the switch as the best solution. A commission will draft the election law.
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Tamayo
Villeunras
Quesada
Committee On Relations
Congress
Aye —Senors
Capote
Villeumas
Jose M. Gomez
Monteaguedo
Delgado
Betancourt
Giberga
Lorento
Sanguilly
Nunez
Rodriguez
Berriel
Quilzel
Ferrer
Zayas
Alléman
Eudaldo
Juan
Gualberto
Gomez
Cisneros
Silvala
Fortun
S Lacret
Portuondo
Castro
Manduley
Senors Rivera
Corréoso
Gener
Robau
Senor Ferrer
Covention
Platt Amendment Debate Shapes Cuban Withdrawal Timeline
Officials insist ratification of the Platt amendment is essential before U S withdrawal from Cuba. They say a capable police force and sanitation measures are prerequisites for forming a new government and that armed forces could depart promptly, with independence potentially by autumn if conditions are met.
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United States
Illinois Battleship Illinois Sets Record At Sea Trials
The battleship Illinois anchored in President's Roads after a government cruise from Cape Ann to Cape Porpoise. She achieved a 66 nautical mile run at an average 17.31 knots for four hours and demonstrated swift turning by circling within 300 yards in just over three minutes at full speed.
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America
Illinois
President's Roads
Boston
Cape Ann
Cape Porpoise
United States Naval
Found Dead by Roadside Farmer Frank Bennett Shot
Frank Bennett a prosperous farmer was found dead by a roadside near Belknap. He had been shot in the head and his skull crushed with a heavy instrument. The killer is unknown and no motive is yet discovered.
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Frank Bennett
Belknap
Child Burned in Armn Indian Family Fire
A six year old girl, daughter of Tene Wakerman, an Armn Indian, suffered burns and is expected to die. The incident details are sparse but the injury is described as critical with likely fatal outcome.
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Wakerman
Armn Ind
Count von Waldersee Arrives in Tokio for Imperial Reception
Foreign flashes report Count von Waldersee has arrived in Tokio and will be received by the emperor. He is lodged at an imperial mansion due to the absence of Beitr Ca pote, president of the Cuban constitutional convention, whose secret legion gathering was postponed.
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Count von Waldersee
Tokio
Japan
Beitr Capote
Nebraska Crop Conditions From University Report
Nebraskas weather bureau reports a cool week with showers statewide. Eastern counties ran about three degrees below normal, western areas one degree below, and rainfall generally under an inch in many spots. Winter wheat improved, oats and spring wheat mixed, corn slow but progressing, alfalfa cut and yielding very well.
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University of Nebraska Weather Bureau
Sma. Ateas
Nomination of Rev N Percy Silver as Army Chaplain
Friends of Rev N Percy Silver formerly of Omaha report he has been nominated by President McKinley as chaplain in the regular army. An official war department letter reached Silver via Omaha, but he had not decided to accept. Public announcement in Washington likely awaits his decision.
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Percy
Silver
Omaha
St.Louis
St. John’s Parish
Washington
McKinley
City valuation exceeds twenty million under Lincoln official
Tax Commissioner Aitken of Lincoln reports city valuation at 20 077 589 with real estate 16 077 990 personal 3 989 945 poll tax 9 654. Railroads last year valued at 99 084. likely over 100 000 this year and not assessed by the commissioner but added from the state board of equalization.
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Aitken
Lincoln
State Board of Equalization
Wind Rampage Wrecks Dorchester Neb Buildings and Train
A strong wind storm near Dorchester Nebraska wrecked six empty box cars and damaged several train cars as Burlington train No. 72 was pulling into the station. A tramp, James Randall, was injured but not fatally. The main line remained blocked about five hours while a Lincoln wrecking train cleared the track and telegraph lines were interrupted.
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Burlington
Dorchester
James Randall
Omaha
Lincoln
Five Negroes Lynched in Screven County Georgia
A Screven county dispatch reports Arnold Augustus Andrew Davis Richard Sanders William Hudson and Sam Baldwin were executed at the county jail yard. Four necks broke in the fall one died by strangulation. The men sang at the jail walked to the scaffold spoke briefly and were given lemonade by the sheriff before death. None claimed innocence.
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Sylvania
Arnold Augustus
Andrew Davis
Richard Sanders
William Hudson
Sam Baldwin
Cone
Screven County
Accident during branding costs Nebraskan an eye
Anton Bartophurst of near Monterey Nebraska was branding a young calf when another calf charged from behind. The kick knocked his hand and knife through the right eye, tearing the eyeball and causing the loss of an eye.
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Anton Bartophurst
Monterey
Neb
Hastings Victims of Smooth Swindlers Prostrated by Loss
Michael Hess a fifty one year old Adams County farmer told police he lost twenty five hundred dollars last week to three confidence men. Hess has since fallen seriously ill and is prostrated at home. Sheriff Sitamering has description of the trio who stayed Hastings hotels: George M Williams John Thom and G C Haines.
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Hastings
Michael Hess
Adams
Adams County
Hess
Sitamering
George M
Wil Hams
John ‘Thom
John Thom
G. C. Haines
Bolanos Surrenders With Five Officers At Tipa Batangas
Manila dispatch reports Colonel Bolanos surrendering with five officers and forty one rifles at Tipa Batangas after a battle near Lipa where Captain Spring and Captains Wilhelm with Lieutenant Lee were wounded. Deserters blamed for officer losses. Panay ravaged by rinderpest as natives haul carts to Iloilo.
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Manila
P. L
Bolanos
Tipa
Batangas
Lipa
Spring
Wilhelm
Lee
Panay
Iloilo
Cadets Paint The Town After Speech By Omaha Minister
Dr A C Hirst of the First Methodist church spoke to the Omaha high school class of 1900 on Self Sacrifice. Ushers were replaced by schoolgirls and a group painted Company D on walls and sidewalks. The company had just won the competitive drill medal.
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A.C. Hirst
First Methodist Church
Omaha
Omaha High School
New Teachers for Normal School Nebraska Peru
State board of education elected instructors for the normal school at Peru Nebraska. W R Hart of the University of Nebraska to teach psychology C P Beck of Blair formerly deputy state superintendent to teach arithmetic and C L Caldwell of Cordova to teach drawing.
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State Board of Education
Peru
Neb
R. Hart
University of Nebraska
C.P. Beck
Blair
Cordova
Jury finds Lulu Kennedy guilty of second degree murder
A Kansas City jury convicts Lulu Prince Kennedy of murder in the second degree for killing her husband Philip Kennedy in January. The twenty year old prisoner remains calm as the verdict is read and the sentence of ten years in the penitentiary is imposed.
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Kansas City
Lulu Prince Kennedy
Philip Kennedy
Fire at Shipyard Ravages Galleys Island St. Petersburg
A major blaze at the Galleys island ship yards in St. Petersburg destroyed slips, the cruiser Vitjas and other vessels, government buildings, and a large timber stock. The fire crossed the Nova Fontanka canal destroying several military warehouses. Ninety two? twelve persons died in the flames. Damage totals 10 000 000 roubles.
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St. Petersburg
Vitjas
Nova-Fontanka
Novoe Vremya
Carriage Struck by Train Kills Four in Flint Crossing
A Pere Marquette passenger train struck a double carriage at the Hamilton avenue crossing in Flint's Oak Park suburb. Four people died instantly: Maj. George W. Buckingham, Miss Abbie Buckingham, Mrs. Thomas Applegate, and Mrs. William Humphrey. The victims were connected to Flint and Adrian communities.
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Flint
Mich
Hamilton Avenue
Oak Park
George. W. Buckingham
Abbie Buckingham
Thomas. Applegate
Orian
William Humphrey
Adrian
Train kills Leroy Campbell near Madison crossing
Leroy Campbell and a woman believed to be his daughter-in-law Mrs Newton Campbell were struck and killed by a Chicago and Northwestern train while attempting to cross the tracks near Madison Wisconsin.
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Leroy Campbell
Newton Campbell
Chicago & Northwestern
Madison
Wis
Senator Platt to Retire at End of Term in 1903
Senator Platt will retire from the United States senate at the end of his term in March 1903. He is reported to be feeling stronger and not hastening his decision due to health. Friends expect he will publicly explain his reasons for leaving office then.
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Senator Platt
United States Senate
Platt
Movement to build large Omaha creamery sparks regional plans
A campaign to establish a major creamery in Omaha gains momentum as regional farmers anticipate new processing capacity. Separately a severe hailstorm near Greeley damages fruit alfalfa and wheat. The AOUW supreme lodge met in Buffalo, while Lincoln Christians plan a new church at Fourteenth and M. Two Boers were court martialed and shot in Pretoria for attempting to escape to rejoin commandos after neutrality oath. Samoa governor Tilley deems the islands of little value to the United States beyond harbor and coaling needs.
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Pretoria
Tilley
United States
Samoa
Kansas Ex-Congressman Peters Named Pension Commissioner
Dispatch from Topeka reports ex-Congressman S. BR. Peters of Kansas will be tendered the office of pension commissioner in Washington. President McKinley had considered ex-Congressman Blue and Peters for the post, and Peters’s summons reportedly clinched the appointment.
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Topeka
Kan
S. BR. Peters
Kansas
Washington
McKinley
Blue
Peters
Woman Fatally Stabbed in Village Street Tragedy
Ida M Thaile was fatally stabbed by her husband in Villisea Ja while the couple had not lived together for four years. The man was arrested and taken to Red Oak as angry residents threatened to lynch him on the spot.
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Villisea
Red- Oak
Ida M
Thaile
Lipton Open to Atlantic Race Challenge
London dispatch reports Sir Thomas Lipton not ruling out a Shamrock III versus the Independent if a cup is offered after his New York Yacht Club engagement ends. He also muses about arranging a transatlantic race with the Constitution to test seamanship and yacht stability.
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Lipton
London
Liv ’ Q
Shamrock
Independent
New York Yacht Club
Sir Thomas
Illinois Building Dedication At Pan-American Expo Date Set
Illinois commissioners fix July 2 for the dedication and public opening of the Illinois building at the Pan American Exposition. The Illinois day remains September 16 per Governor Yates, with prominent Illinois men involved in the event.
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Illinois
Chicago
Yates
Ilinois
Lincoln band wins prize at St Paul contest in New Year meet
Lincoln Nebr band under Hage man and manager Gildersleeve won first prize of three hundred dollars at a St Paul Minn contest. A wind and rain storm at Camp Northcott damaged tents and forced a suspension of the foresters' daily. Scores list Pontiac Illinois to Lincoln Nebraska entries and reflect a busy competition with multiple cities considered for next meeting of the Modern Woodmen of America executive council. Indianapolis Grand Rapids Saratoga Los Angeles and Denver were among the candidate sites.
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Lincoln
Neb
St.” Paul
Minn
Hagenow
Hageman
Gildersleeve
Camp Northcott
Pontiac
Trock Island
Elgin
Til
Rockyford
Hil
Omaha
Decatur
Duluth
A. R. Talbot
Nebraska
Woodmen of America
Executive Council
Indianapolis
Grand Rapids
Mich
Saratoga
N. Y
Los Angeles
Denver
Ferry collision sinks Northfield with many missing
The wooden side wheel ferry Northfield, in service 38 years, was rammed by the Mauch Chunk off Whitehall Street and sank within twenty minutes. The Mauch Chunk, badly damaged, landed about two dozen passengers. Over a hundred from the Northfield were rescued along the shore and by river tugs. several injured and police fear losses. Captain Gully reported that 25 to 30 leaped into the water, with many presumed dead.
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Staten Island Ferry Company
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Staten Island
Whitehall Street
Spanish Line
East River
Omaha Girl Assaulted By Stranger on Lonely Road
Miss Mary Mark a 13 year old daughter of Mrs Larson of 1007 North Fifty first street Dundee suburb Omaha Neb was assaulted by a stranger who fled after threatening with a knife. The girl is seriously injured but expected to recover. Sheriff Powers deputies and city police are pursuing the assailant with a good description on file.
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Mary’ Mark
Larson
North Vifty-first Street
Dundee
Omaha
Neb
Woodmen Parade Draws 200000 In St Paul On Thursday
In St Paul Minnesota the Woodmen of the World parade drew about 200000 spectators despite extreme heat. The Lincoln Nebraska division No 1 led the event, Hagenow's band marching with Captain Ringer on horseback, while spectators sought shade along the route.
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St. Paul
Minn
Lincoln
Neb
di Vision
Hagenow
Ringer
Sommarid
Omaha Camp No. 120
Mrs McKinley’s Doctors Drop Daily Bulletins
Physicians decided to discontinue daily bulletins as Mrs McKinley shows slow improvement. If her condition worsens, bulletins will resume.
Brave Army Vet Leaps 62 Feet To Save Two Men
Jack Smith, a former army member, sprang from a Columbus bridge into the Scioto River and rescued two men from drowning after a boat capsized nearby. He stood with a surveying party as the accident occurred and swam both victims ashore.
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Jack” Smith
Army
Columbus
Scioto
Smith
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Dorchester, Neb
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Gia Town
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Russia
Kroubles
Greeley
Cole
Supreme Lodge
U.W
Canada
Buffalo
Wirst
Fourteenth
M Streets
Kansan
Sion
Hagenow Band
Lincoln, Neb
Woodmen
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