Cuban Reciprocity Conference Ends Without Vote
Republican senators met in Washington for a three hour discussion on Cuban reciprocity and adjourned without action. Foraker Beveridge Lodge Hale Warren Aldrich McComas Hanna spoke for reciprocity while Burton and Burrows opposed. The group urged party harmony and hoped to pass a relief bill before adjournment.
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Foraker
Beveridge
Hale
Lodge
Warren
Aldrich
McComas
Hanna
Washington
Allison
Beveride
Platt
Connecticut
Burton
Burrows
Cuba
Repubican
McComa S
Senate
McKinley
Buffalo
Kansas
Senator Platt
Conect
Senator Foraker
Sugar Beet Industry Protecting Care Debated
Senator Burrows cited President McKinley’s Buffalo speech to argue beet sugar policy should mirror protections given to other struggling industries. A conference adjourned with a plan for another meeting next week as discussions continue. War Department gathers data for a potential Cuba reciprocity treaty, unlikely this session due to time constraints. General Wood denounces D. B. Hill’s Cuba administration criticism as ignorant or untruthful.
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Senator Burrows
Hanna
President McKinley
Buffalo
Burrows
McKinley
War Department
Washington
Cuba
Senate
Congress
Cal
Olney Declines Memphis Presidential Club Invitation
Richard Olney states he is not a candidate and cannot address a Memphis Democratic club formed to promote his nomination. He explains that appearing would be misconstrued as a candidacy and asks to be excused from delivering the requested address while thanking supporters for their frank invitation.
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Memphis
Tenn
Richard Olney
Massachusetts
Olney
Boston
Mass
M. B. Nortlet
Republic
Democratic Party
Somerie
Blacklist plan in Paterson to starve out agitators
Paterson New Jersey June 2 A vigilante committee of fifty wealthy businessmen plans to blacklist known reds to force them from the city. Private detectives shadow leaders while militia guard mills and dyehouses. Italian Chamber of Commerce in New York seeks arbitration. Union Hill reports riot disturbances and bail for arrested rioters. Detectives seek three Italians. cartridges used in arrest.
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Paterson
N. J
Hinchliffe
Italian Chamber of Commerce
New York
Vislt
Union Hill
Democratic resolve in steady course amid shifting moods
Mr Cleveland argues the party should avoid flashy schemes and false visions. He asserts the Democratic party remains strong and steady, contrasting it with rival movements that exploit changing moods and prejudice. He recalls Tilden era sentiments and the rarity of Northern Democratic officials today.
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Cleveland
Democratic Party
Tilden
Wreck damages four coaches in Northern Pacific collision
A collision between Northern Pacific trains wrecked four railway coaches and mail baggage and express cars. The crash was caused by misplacement of a switch leading to the derailment and fire.
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Northern Pacific
Five Die as Northern Pacific Collision Near Staples
A head end collision on the Northern Pacific near Lower Lake siding west of Staples at 1:45 AM left five dead and twenty nine injured. Engineer Scott and other crewmen feared dead, while Harry Zeigler of Hammond Ind sustained internal injuries. Fire follow suit as wreckage burned four coaches and several cars.
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ST. Paul
Northern Pacific Railway
Staples
Henry Greer
Minneapolis
Montgomery
Charles Delmore
Claude R. Black
Concord
N. C
F. N. McBride
W. F. Haggard
J. Elmer Nelson
Cooperstown
Andrew Manser
William Krause
Iowa
Félix Simmons
Fargo
Henry Shippenheit
Bears
Minn
Charles Nadtzke
Delmore
Ed Belcher
Blue Earth City
E. Gaye
Spiritwood
N. D
E. Keck
E. J. Schultz
Harry Zeigler
Hammond
Ind
Fred Taylor
Batavia
A. J. Kirkpatrick
H. Gaver
Samuel C. Feltis
la Moure
Oliver Resnick
St. Cloud
F. F. Wilcox
Panora
George Brean
Wadena
L. A. Kennedy
Winnipeg
G. C. Bellows
French Creek
I. L. Gordon
Chicago
F. ©. South
New York
Nellie G. Sanford
D. Moore
Buffalo
Lower Lake Siding
Scott
Brainerd
Kansas City Mystery: Dresser Found With Morphine Bottles
In Kansas City Missouri Charles D Warner son of Major William Warner United States district attorney and past commander G A R was found dead in the house after noon Police found empty morphine bottles in a dresser suggesting overdose or foul play Immediate investigation launched by local authorities to determine cause and circumstances of death while relatives mourn the loss of a prominent family connected to national service and veterans organizations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Charles D. Warner
William Warner
United States
Gigantic Meat Trust and the New Jersey Consolidation
The Chicago Chronicle reports a New Jersey corporation aims to rival United States Steel in size by forming a billion dollar meat company. A planned consolidation unites Armour & Co Swift & Co Nelson Morris & Co and the G H Hammond Company as the Big Four with potential additions.
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Chicago
The
Chronicle
New Jersey
United States Steel Corporation
American Meat Company
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Nelson Morris & Co
G. H. Hammond Company
Illinois antitrust law void by Judge Hanecy ruling
Judge Elbridge Hanecy of the State Circuit Court ruled the Illinois antitrust law of 1891 unconstitutional and void in all parts. The decision favored the Butler Street Foundry and Tron Company, with fifty-three similar cases receiving same findings under stipulations. The prosecution based its case on Section 1 requiring annual affidavits from corporations. the court also noted the 1897 amendments and related federal rulings deeming those laws unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Elbridge Hanecy
State Circuit Court
Butler-street Foundry and Tron Company
Haneey
Illinois
Supreme Court of the
United States
Federal Supreme Court
Aiken
Deneen
Cook County
Secretary of State
State Supreme Court
Jones at Liberty Confesses Murder in Rice Case
Charles F. Jones, former valet to Texas millionaire William M. Rice, confessed to involvement with Albert T. Patrick in Rice’s murder. Jones was tried in New York and sentenced today, detailing the conspiracy and his role.
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Rice
New York
Charles F. Jones
William M. Rice
Texas
Albert T. Patrick
Sige
Jones
Car Tax Debate Puts Interurban Franchises in Limbo
Indianapolis merchants and business leaders pressed for elimination of the car tax to aid interurban lines Shelbyville and Lebanon. A city council committee heard from shippers and Board of Trade allies on freight rate revisions and franchise changes. Attendees urged delaying report until further talks with Public Works while citing legal powers to regulate rates and penalties for Union Traction compliance.
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Shelbyville
Lebanon
Board of Trade and Merchants’ Association
Negley
Sourbier
Wahl
Holliday
McFarland
Hugh J. McGowan
Board of Public Works
John J. Appel
Board of Trade
William Scott
Frank L. Littleton
Shippers’ Committee
James L. Keach
George D. Griffin
City Standard
Union Traction Company
Aiacae
Indianapolis
Littleton
Ted
Freight rates clash over franchise in Greenfield line dispute
Debate over maximum steam-rate contracts and freight duties pits Greenfield line against Union Traction. Keach accuses seasonal rates of violating franchises, cites Union schedule as proof of lower freight charges and possible discrimination. Officials spar over service promises and terminal needs.
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W. N. Harding
Greenfield
Charles L. Henry
Union Traction System
Mr. Keach
Littleton
Elwood
McCulloch
Bookwalter
Union Company
Keach
Harding
W. G. Irwin
Greenwood Tine
Lee
Paintings Seized From Mme Humbert Draw 600000 Francs At Paris Sale
Auction of sixty nine modern paintings from Mme Humbert attracted near 60000 francs above three times their estimated value. George Petit gallery was packed as bidders crowded the corridors. Notable prices included Daubigny Les Laveusses at 50,350 francs Baudry Amour et Psyche and Corot Fete Sous Jouarre each fetching high sums. A striking example was Fortune et l’Enfant by Baudry selling for 26,000 francs.
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Paris
Mme. Humbert
George Petit
Daubigny
Corot
Baudry
Amour Et
Psyche Baudry
Fortune
Amour
Jules Breton
Fromentine
Audry
Two Unconfirmed Tales From New Mexico End in Deaths
A Chicago report cites El Paso couriers with two fights in New Mexico. Thomas Page, thirteen, killed six Indians after his father’s death, and was taken to a reservation. Bud Lee, eighty, and an older companion fended off eight cowboys at Springs, Lee killing five and forcing three to flee. he surrendered to the sheriff.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
el Paso
Tex
New Mexico
Harold
Thomas Page
Bud" Lee
Virginia Lees
Lee
French Column Defeats Touregs and Senoussi in Africa
The Patrie reports from Lake Chad that Colonel Destenave led a French column to crush Touregs and Senoussi tribesmen on January %. French Soudanese troops overran Bir Alall, leaving 1,290 dead in trenches, and the enemy abandoned families and 90 rifles.
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Paris
Patrie
Lake Tchad
Africa
Destenave
Bir Alall
New King of Saxony Proclaimed Prince George Heir to Albert
Dresden tolls bells in mourning for King Albert who died at Sibylienort castle. The Saxony Ministry proclaims Prince George, brother of the late king, as successor. City wears black as officials confirm succession plans amid funeral details.
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Prince George
Albert
Dresden
Saxony
Sibylienort
George
Georg
Opponents Invite Roosevelt to Spain War Veterans Camp
Reports from Indianapolis detail opposition to the Military Post Scheme presented to President Roosevelt by Col. James B. Coryell and other commanders of the Spanish-American veterans. They invite the President to attend the third national encampment in Indianapolis in September, with arrangements to be made if he attends.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Congress
Indianapolis Arsenal
John Wesley Gaines
Senate
House
Overstreet
Indianapolis
Lumbus
Buffalo
Zenor
Senator Fairbanks
Indiana
Roosevelt
James B. Coryell
Philadelphia
Fianapolis
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General Wood
Hill
D. B. Hill
Richard
Paterson Mills
MR. Cleveland
Harry Zeigier
Wal’ Scott
F. Moeller
George Rasmussen
John Noble
John Kennedy
Gladstone
Major Warner
Warner
Gigantic Meat Trust
Hanecy
C. T. Jones
Liberty
Inter
Mr. McGowan
Bud” Lee
King OF
Secretary OF War
Crozier
I Bos
Anderson
Apatis
Ammond
Muncie
Richmond
Cennes
Representative Overstreet
Treasury Department
Pittsburg
J Crozier
Proctor
Pettus
Aker
Lyon
Jersey
Kobe
Japan
Dunn
Brunswick
William R. Logw
Belkna
Cambon
Francie
Aspirez
Mexico
Brun
Denmark
Prada
Switzerland
China
Bureton
Ton
West Point
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