Cuban election laws proposed for universal suffrage and Australian ballot
Havana June 29 The electoral commission appointed by Cuba’s constitutional convention has finished its draft electoral law. It calls for universal suffrage and the Australian ballot with party marks to aid illiterate voters. Electoral boards would be party-represented and overseen by judicial officials, with government influence barred from elections. Sailors soldiers and armed officeholders are barred from voting. Only Senores Silvela and Ale Man helped draft the project.
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Havana
Electoral Commission
Senores Silvela
Ale Man
Lucha Warns Annexationists Against Premature Action
Havana dispatch notes La Lucha editors urge restraint on annexation agitation and argue the United States will not push the matter while Cuba seeks its own republican government under the Platt amendment. The piece frames annexation as a Cuban issue and warns obstacles may arise when Cuba faces the question.
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Havana
United States
la Lucha
Cuba
Coutry
Radical reform plan faces conservative attacks
The commission’s members are described as radical, making it likely that conservatives will target many features of their proposal.
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Bers
Commission
Skagway Flag Incident Sparks Immigrant Sentiment
Vancouver report recounts Canadian customs agent E S Busby raising the British flag at his Ottawa directed office. A defender of the flag, a man named George Miller from Eugene Oregon cut down the ensign, rolled it and hid it as officials debated whether American flag norms applied on Canadian soil. The Skagway News notes strong public support for the flag puller and ongoing debate over jurisdiction.
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Vancouver
B. C
Skagway
E. S. Busby
Ottawa
Busby
George Miller
Eugene
Miller
Joaquin Miller
California
Skagway News
Andrews
Mr. Busby
Canada
Revolt in Sheng King as villages burn and Russians struggle
A Che Foo dispatch says Sheng King province is in revolt with rebels overrunning the region. Villages near Mukden are burned and hundreds of inhabitants slain while Russian forces are too small to restore order. The Times correspondent notes possible Mongolian invasion plans by Prince Tuan and General Tung Fuh Hsiang.
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London
Che Foo
Sheng King
Mukden
Times
Cabling
Shanghai
Prince Tuan
Tung Fuh Hsiang
Shan Si Governor Denies Belgian Missionaries Massacre
The Shan Si governor reports to Li Hung Chang that Belgian missionaries were not massacred. A June 21 dispatch said the Belgian minister sent a messenger to Sian Kian to verify reports of four missionaries killed.
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Peking
Shan Si Province
Li Hung Chang
Associated Press
Sian Kian
Want Shanghai Evacuated
Shanghai July 1 The taotai Sheng urged consuls to evacuate Shanghai as foreign troops leave Peking. Consuls refer the matter to their governments.
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Shanghai
Taotai
Sheng
Liu Kung Yi
Peking
Robbers Torture Millionaire Family in Wheeling Heist
Six masked men raided the summer home of Jacob T. White at Brothers Station near the Pennsylvania line. They bound and tortured the occupants to force a reveal, stole 3000 dollars and 3000 dollars worth of jewelry, then fled. Miss Sidney Mackey freed herself to seek help. victims not seriously harmed.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Jacob T. White
Brothers Station
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania Line
Sidney Mackey
White
Judge Woods Dies in Delano Lodgings
Indianapolis report states United States circuit judge William A. Woods died suddenly in his Delano apartments near midnight. His wife watched as he suffered sharp chest and shoulder pains before death. Dr. Jameson declared angina pectoris the cause.
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Indianapolis
William A. Woods
United States Circuit Court
the Delano
Judge Woods
Paris approves key law of associations bill
Paris July 11 with the chamber of deputies voting 313 to 249 in a single session to accept the bill as amended by the senate. Opposition and Socialist attempts to amend failed as the ministry triumphed with prolonged Leftist applause and cheers for Waldeck-Rousseau awaiting President Loubet’s signature.
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Paris
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
Loubet
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Chamber
Vive la Republiane
Iva Waeti
Rousseau
Firemen for the Navy Wanted in Chicago
United States recruiting officer at 421 Masonic Temple issued orders to enlist firemen of the first and second class and coal passers. Recruits will be sent to the receiving ship Vermont at the Brooklyn navy yard.
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Chicago
United States
Masonic Temple
Washington
Vermont
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Four Persons Drowned in Newbern Incident
Four people drowned in New Bern North Carolina on July 1 William E Clarke and his two daughters Mary B aged 12 and Frances D aged 9 and George B Bryan aged 10 were drowned. The bodies of the two girls have been recovered Clarke previously served as state senator representative deputy collector of customs and postmaster of New Bern.
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Newbern
N. C
William E. Clarke
Mary B
Frances D
George B. Bryan
Clarke
Navy Department supports naval militia program
The Navy Department issued a statement expressing readiness to encourage the naval militia, countering reports that it planned to abandon the militia and affirming continued support.
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Washington
Navy Deparment
Quarrel Over Fence Ends in Fatal Shooting at Elk Rapids
Elk Rapids Michigan July 1 D J Dickey a prominent citizen shot and killed Fritz Huegli a neighbor The dispute centered on a line fence Dickey surrendered to authorities and was taken into custody no further details given in the report
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Elk Rapids
Mich
D. J. Dickey
Fritz Huegli
Dickey
Bitter feud leaves Guilds dead at Dayton Iowa
Fort Dodge Iowa July 1 a bitter neighborhood feud near Dayton ends with the deaths of C. D. Guild and his son Clarence both aged 19. They were shot with a shotgun held by Oliver Bricker who faces arrest with his brother George seen at the scene Bricker reports he was attacked first and was wounded lightly by three bullets.
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Panther
W. Va
Peter Price
Lager
Price
George Hooks
F. M. McGraw
Charles Davis
Hooks
Morgan
Davis
Welch
Fort Dodge
C. D. Guild
Clarence
Dayton
Oliver Bricker
Bricker
Guilds
George
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