No Extra Session, Philippines Policy Unchanged
Cabinet agrees no extra congressional session is needed this summer and that President’s authority allows continued governance of the Philippines. Civil government, duties, and the Philippine program will proceed under military authority, with Dingley tariffs on imports from the islands retained until further judicial guidance.
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Philippine Islands
Philippine Commission
Philippine Tarif
Supreme Court
Congress
Knox
Root
Philippines
United States
San Francisco
de Lima
Taft
The
Ek Cortelyou
Philippine
Porto Rico
Critea
Porto Rican cases praised by John W. Foster
Former Secretary of State John W. Foster, a leading international law authority, says the Supreme Court ruling in the Porto Rican cases fully satisfies the nation. He notes the decision directs Congress to regulate affairs in new possessions like the Philippines and will support future governance in the territories.
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Indianapolis
Washington
John W. Foster
United States
Supreme Court
Foster
United Sates
Congress
Indianapolis Journal
Harris
Durbin
Massachusetts
Debate on Philippine War Status in Supreme Court Opinion
The discussion questions whether the Philippine disturbances qualify as genuine war and whether Porto Rico precedents apply. It notes the differing conditions at annexation, with U S authority immediate in Porto Rico but not universally in the Philippines, and stresses the court must decide the war question and potential impact on Eastern cases.
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Philippines
Porto Rico
United States
Porton
Supreme Court
Orto Rico
Platt Amendment News From Washington and Appointments
Washington reports on Cuba and the Platt amendment with expected adoption after revisions by the Cuban convention. The piece notes Secretary Root initial approval and Cuban delegates pushing changes. It also lists several appointments by the President and moves involving former officials and Gov Durbin’s travel with Mrs Durbin.
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Washington
Committee On
United States
Wood
Root
Roottia
Cuba
Erie Wins 100 Mile Lake Race Over Tashmoo At Four Hours
The City of Erie beat the Tashmoo by 45 seconds on the Cleveland to Erie course. The Erie finished in four hours, nineteen minutes, and nine seconds, with about 100000 dollars wagered on the outcome. Crowds lined the shores as both boats fought a tight, fast duel in calm lake conditions.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Erie
City of Erie
Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Company
Detroit
White Star Company
Erle
Great Lakes
Fairport
Ashtabula
Manufacturers Meet Opens National Association Convention
The sixth annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers of the United States opened in Detroit with attendance by two leading manufacturers. Mayor William Do. Maybury welcomed guests as Theodore C. Search lauded the public school system for fostering independent thinking. The president read his annual report while committee appointments followed.
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Detroit
Mich
National Association of Manufacturers of the United
Search
Wilson
Scheiren
Desperate Viakfontein Fight Kills Many Brits and Boers
Lord Kitchener dispatches detail a May 2 engagement at Viakfontein near Johannesburg where 1,450 British with seven guns opposed 1,200 Boers. Casualties total six officers and 51 British dead, 171 wounded, 1 officer and 7 men missing. Forty-one Boers died on the field. Jamestown surrendered after four hours of fighting with light British losses.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Dixon
Viakfontein
Johannesburg
Twenty
Derbyshires
Yeomanry
War Office
Jamestown
Cape Colony
Kritzinger
French
Winkfontein
Kemp
Cape Town
Protests Over State Regulated Vice Policy and Women Leaders
Delegates in a marked meeting oppose introducing a European style state regulated vice system in new U S possessions arguing it degrades morals and fails to protect public health citing Paris and England as failed examples. The conference elected Carrie Chapman Catt president and outlined a program including Gail Laughlin on the servant question advocating business like treatment of household labor and fixed hours and pay.
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United States
Paris
England
Switzerland
Carrie Chapman Catt
Anna Howard Shaw
Kate Gordon
Alice Stone Blackwell
Harriet Taylor Upton
Laura Clay
Cora Smith Eaton
Gordon
New Orleans
Rachel Foster Avery
Eaton
Minneapolis
Catherine Waugh McCulloch
Chicago
Gail Laughlin
New York
Three Die and Sixteen Hurt in Atlanta Rail Crash
A switch engine is believed to have been deliberately rammed into a Southern passenger train near Atlanta, resulting in three deaths and sixteen injuries. Investigators examine motive as officials describe the crash as a possible act of deliberate sabotage.
Train Wreck Kills Three on Atlanta Yard Switch
A switch engine in the Southern Railway yards near Atlanta collided with a passenger train as it moved past, killing three and injuring sixteen. Dead include Mrs. A. A. Lemmon and daughter Irma of McDonough. many others named as among the injured or feared dead. investigation into Dunton’s alleged role follows. The wreck halted near coal chutes with sidetracks nearby and a special train was sent for the Lemmon family.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
Lmits
A. A. Lemmon
McDonough
Alma Massenburg
Washington
D. C
E. M. Smith
W. F. Tidwell
Rosa Lee
Stockbridge
J. E. Ridley
Huntsville
Ala
A. F. Bunn
Miss Bunn
N. H. Vickers
Fiovilla
Pierce Stewart
Lemmon
G. B. Dunton
Southern Road
Dunton
Southern
Mrs McKinley in a Very Grave Condition
Washington June 4 doctors held consultations at the White House over Mrs McKinley s health reporting she had a comfortable night and no material change since yesterday While one doctor showed slightly more hope the overall condition remained grave with no immediate danger and daily bulletins to continue only after forenoon consultations Attending officials and visitors expressed sympathy and concern while noting the funeral like silence after 9 pm and a very slender hope in the President s circle
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Washington
Mrs. McKinley
McKinley
Count Cassini
Miles
Wilson
Agriculture
Iss Barber
Smith
Rand
Navy
Hitchcock
Secretary of the Interior
A. W. Greely
A. B. White
Kansas City
J. Stanley Brown
White House
Train collides with oil tank in tunnel accident
In Pittsburg on June 4 Panhandle Railroad passenger No. 106 known as the Carnegie accommodation struck a tank car of oil in the Try-street tunnel. The oil ignited and the messenger train was destroyed. Nine aboard, seven railroad men escaped from the rear. Telegraph operator William J. Rees was slightly hurt. Cause cited as a signal mistake. Loss to the railroad company runs into thousands of dollars.
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Pittsburg
Panhandle
Carnegie
Try-street
William J. Rees
Eight Miners Killed At Chapin Mine Shaft
In the Ludington shaft seventh level at Chapin mine eight men died from suffocating fumes after a powder explosion. Rescuers found the workers lifeless as smoke poured from the shaft mouth. Victims named include Farnetti Amone Passiri Milano Tassi Bertelli Austinio and an unnamed Pole. The accident left about thirty children fatherless and halted mining work.
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Yron Mountain
Midh
Ludington
Chapin
Antonio Farnetti
John Amone
Joseph Passiri
John Milano
Louis Tassi
John Bertelli
Rinaldo Austinio
Pole
State Regulated Vice Debate at Suffrage Meeting
Minneapolis June 4 The National American Woman Suffrage Association opened its session with focus on state regulation of vice The Manila telegram to Secretary Root dated January 17 191 recites military authorities in Manila subjecting women of bad character to certified examination and General MacArthurs defense of the policy used to justify a set of resolutions and action proposals
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Minneapolis
Minn
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Philippine Commission
Root
Manila
MacArthur
Indemnity Settlement Tied to Modus Vivendi Talks
Washington discussions focus on a modus vivendi to resolve the Chinese indemnities totaling 337,000,000. Russia favors bonds backed by joint guaranty, Britain doubts joint guarantees, while the United States questions executive bond guarantees without Congress approval and notes 4 percent bonds may be poor value. The aim is to stop the indemnity issue from blocking progress on other Chinese negotiations and move toward permanent treaties.
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Washington
Hay
Europe
China
United States
Mr. Hay
Congress
Executive
Russia
Russia hesitates on Chinese loan guarantee and notes better ties
Russian Foreign Office officials deny backing the Chinese loan by constitutional powers. They favor a speedy settlement without legislative consent and downplay friction with Britain or Germany. They see potential French railroad links to Manchuria as long-anticipated. A Telegraph dispatch cites 31 officers and 2 men killed or wounded in the Peking operations.
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ST. Petersburg
Russian Foreign Office
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
Hainan
Seoul
Manchurian
London
The
Exchange Telegraph Company
S J. Petersburg
China
Peking
Von Waldersee Delays Departure Over Taku Road Incident
Berlin dispatch says Count Von Waldersee postpones his departure from Tien-Tain while authorities investigate a military affray on the Taku road. The delay centers on clearance after the incident involving troops.
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Berlin
Count von Waldersee
Tien- Tain
Taku Road
Instructions to Jurors in Streetcar Fatalities
Judge Horatio D Wood urged the June grand jury to scrutinize recent streetcar killings and maimings in St Louis. He warned that deaths may result from carelessness or recklessness by operators or timetable pressures that endanger pedestrians.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Horatio D. Wood
Goga Aed
Legal decree outlines penalties for manslaughter
The document states punishment for manslaughter in the fourth decree includes a fine of not less than 4 dollars or imprisonment from six months to two years. It specifies the penalties applicable to all such persons.
Puerto Rico arrest tied to Chilean currency package
Louis Munoz, relative of former Federal party leader Louis Munoz Rivera, was detained in San Juan after the US transport McClellan arrived from New York. He claims he carried a Caracas delivered package for General Uribe Uribe but left it with the purser. A New York dispatch notes the package reportedly contained 196,000 pesos in Chilean currency and a complaint by General Uribe Uribe.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Louis Munoz
Federal Party
Louis Munoz Rivera
United States
McClellan
New York
Bernos
Munoz
Caracas
General Uribe-Uribe
New York City
Consignee
Titus
Philadelphia
Desperate Break for Liberty Ends in Slayings during Jail Transfer
Three burglars from Chicago, Frank Rutledge, Fred Rice, and Frank Jones, being moved to Aurora jail after extradition shoot Officer Rutledge then flee town. Jones wounded Officer Steward, Jones injured, streetcar stolen then halted by trolley pole. Jones hospitalized with possible arm loss. other suspect captured.
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Toronto
Ont
Frank Rutledge
Fred Rice
Frank Jones
Chicago
Aurora
Boyd
Steward
Jones
Officer More
Rutledge
Carnegie Seer Says U S Will Speak To Keep Hands Off English
London June 4 Andrew Carnegie told Associated Press the continental powers may unite to threaten Great Britain and the United States would step in if needed. He argued Americans and British are close through shared language and cited King Edward’s interest in U S ties. Carnegie dismissed British fear of competition and hinted gifts to the University of Scotland may be settled soon. He appeared pleased with New York Chamber of Commerce delegates visit to Windsor.
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London
Andrew Carnegie
Associated Press
Great Britain
United States
Carnegie
Langham Hotel
Scotland
Chamber of Commerce
New York Chamber of Commerce
Windsor
King Edward
Edward
Mr. Carnegie
University of Scotland
Sooners Anger Indians at Fort Washakie
General Merriam said ill feeling among Indians stems from Sooners entering the Colorado Wyoming border in anticipation of reservation openings. Lieutenant Colonel Lee reported a possible Arapahoe sheep herder killing by a white herder north of the agency, though no further disturbances were confirmed. Troop E, First Cavalry, is stationed at Fort Washakie to meet any emergency.
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Denver
Col
Merriam
Department of the
Lander Ener
First Cavalry
Fort Washakie
Kipling Publishes Poem Bridge Guard in the Karroo
The Times in London prints Rudyard Kipling's poem Bridge Guard in the Karroo about troops guarding lines of communication. It notes the dreary routine and the arrival of a train with lines about week-old papers and a mouthful of human speech. The closing verse hints at loneliness and steadfast guarding in darkness.
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London
the Times
Rudyard Kipling
Karroo
Constitution Dismasted in Narragansett Bay S
The Belmont syndicate cup defender Constitution lost its steel mainmast off Bren ton's Reef lightship when a spreader failed. Second Mate Edward Nelson fell overboard but was saved. Designer Nat Herreshoff and manager W Butler Duncan survived uninjured. A new steel mast is nearly finished at Bristol, with racing postponed for June 15 and 17.
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Newport
R. L
Brenton
Reef
Edward Nelson
Nat Herreschoff
W. Butler Duncan
C. Oliver Ise Hn
Columbia
C. L. F. Robinson
New York Yacht Club
Newbury Thorne
Bristol
Duncan
Trenton’s Reef
Nelson
London reacts to Constitution accident in yacht racing row
From London, June 5, reaction to the Constitution accident mixes regret with satisfaction as a yacht design debate grows. The Daily News notes a dangerous trend toward tight margins in design, warning that yacht racing may need larger clearances to avoid future mishaps.
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Atlantic
Daily News
Iacht
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