Senate Debates Reciprocity Treaties and Delay Tactics
In Washington on March 6 the Senate looms over reciprocal treaties urged by President McKinley and Secretary Hay to ratify before adjournment. Twelve pacts await action with focus on the French accord and potential extension of the ratification deadline to the next session.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Senate
McKinley
Nicaragua
Europe
Lodge
Massachusetts
Perkins
California
Hay
John A. Kasson
Kasson
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
France
Congress
MUNDT MISTAKEN ON RUSSIAN DUTY ISSUE
The Illinois Manufacturers' Association pressed Secretary Gage over the Treasury's countervailing duty on Russian beet sugar. Martin B Madden argued the move harms 20,000 Illinois employers and workers and risks national industrial revival, warning retaliatory measures would hurt U S manufactured goods.
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United States
Martin B. Madden
William C. Mindt
Charles H. Deere
J. M. Glenn
William D. Haynie
Mundt
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
Russia
Gage
Treasury Department
Congress
Washington
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Ilinoia
Treasury
Botha Sighting Surrender Talks Reach Pretoria
London reports private talks between Lord Kitchener Sir Alfred Milner and Louis Botha with Milner in Pretoria to aid negotiated terms. An individual surrender for Botha is favored over a full commander in chief capitulation, while De Wet and Delary would be handled separately.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Alfred Milner
Louis Botha
Pretoria
Botha
Associated Press
Schalkburger
Pietersburg
de Wet
Delary
Leyds
War Office
South Africa
Daily Mail
Colesberg
Orange River Colony
Boers Capture Pearston with Seventy Raiders and Guns
Cape Town dispatch reports 70 Boers seized Pearston on the Great Riot river Sunday morning, armed with two guns. The town remains under Boer control as a garrison of 25 colonials and 50 town guards holds the fort.
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Cape Town
Pearston
Great Riot River
New Spanish Cabinet Formed with Sagasta Premier
MADRID March 6. The new Spanish Cabinet is announced with Senor Sagasta as premier and foreign affairs minister, Senor Almodovar del Rio as minister of finance, General Weyler as war minister, and several other appointments including interior Moroz and Duke of Veragua as marine minister.
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Madrid
Senor Sagasta
Senor Almodovar del Rio
Senor Urzalz
General Weyler
Senor Moroz
Marine
Duke of Veragua
Papor
Senor Villanueva
Assurance of Peace Progress in Philippine Campaign
Secretary of War Root reports to President Taft that peace progress in the Philippines has accelerated since January with 1127 firearms captured and 1368 surrendered. Native cooperation drives surrenders in Panay and Luzon while the Federal party gains influence and provincial governments are formed in Pampanga Pangasinan and Bulacan. General MacArthur orders currency reduction plans and Colonel Joseph P. Sanger to Filipino service as inspector general.
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Washington
Root
Taft
Philippine Commission
Manila
Locos
Albay
Camarines
Panay
Delgado
Angeles
Simon Techon
Bulacan
Lacuna
Mascado
Pablo
Techon
Sandico
Luneta
Pampanga
Pangasinan
Tarlac
Bataan
United States
Dagupan
Federal Party
South
Tayabas
Romblon
Iloilo
Capiz
Zamboanga
Zambales
Union
Cagayan
Ilocos Norte
Batangas
Cavite
Laguna
Nueva Ecija
General MacArthur
War Department
Philippines
Joseph P. Sanger
Cuba
Porto Rico
MacArthur
Sanger
Insurgents Surprised by Laguna de Bay Gunboat Capture
Manila dispatch reports Lieutenant West with the gunboat Laguna de Bay surprised an insurgent camp on an island, capturing thirty-one with aid of the small vessel. The action occurred as tensions rise in the region.
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Manila
Laguna de Bay
Insurgents Surrender and Cebu Talks Amid Philippine Reports
Tamlim near Manila reports capturing thirty one insurgents while many detachments surrender daily. Negotiations reportedly underway for surrender of all insurgents on Cebu Island. The U S Philippine Commission probes Senor Mameje's alleged fraud aiding Enriquez estate administrator. case has fifteen years of litigation and estate value fell from one million to three hundred thousand dollars. The judiciary's venality and incompetence are blamed as likely proven.
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Tamlim
Lake Bay
Manila
Cebu
United States Philippine Commission
Senor Mameje
Court of First Instance
Enriquez
Nation suit over Kiowa saloon immunity questioned
Mrs Nation alleged Samuel Griffin Barber county attorney granted immunity to Kiowa saloon keepers for money. Griffin sued Nation for damages and won one dollar plus costs. Nation and her husband attorney David Nation appealed to the Kansas Supreme Court by writ of error.
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Topeka
Kan
Nation
Medicine Lodge
Samuel Griffin
Barber County
Kiowa
Griffin
Supreme Court
Cubans in the Sales Show No Intention of Accepting the Senate Proposition
A report notes that during yesterday’s Constitutional Convention session there was no action regarding the Senate proposition. Delegates indicated no inclination to accept the proposal, leaving the matter unresolved for now.
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Senate
No Revolution Expected Amid Cuban Political Tension
Delegates to Cuba's constitutional convention were notified by Governor General Wood that Congress action is final. While political excitement rises, Havana reports no uprising or planned extra session. Radicals press for independence as carmen, stevedores, and railroad workers threaten work stoppages, though overall conditions remain quiet.
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Havana
Congress
Wood
Harding
U S Secret Service Report On Cuban Uprising Not Predicted
Havana reports quote Senor Gonzales de Quesada special Cuban commissioner in Washington saying no uprising has been forecast. He states the threat comes from parties wanting Cuba crushed, not independence supporters, and that the real struggle is with American public opinion. There is no prospect of fighting.
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Havana
United States
United States Secret Service
Senor Gonzales de Quesada
Cuba
Washington
Veterans urged rights after parade clash in Brooklyn
Joseph W. Kay, head of the War Veterans' and Sons' Association and G A R legislation chair, denounced Congress for neglecting veterans and criticized the inaugural parade officials for relegating veterans to an inconspicuous position. He suggested a Cleveland convention in September to discuss veterans' rights and future action.
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New York
Fifty
Cleveland
Brooklyn
Joseph W. Kay
War Veterans' and Sons’ Association
House
Senate
Congress approves big but restrained 56th? appropriations
Representative Cannon and Representative Livingston publish statements showing the Fifty-sixth Congress total appropriations at 1.440 billion with first session 710 million and second 730 million. They contrast with 54th and 55th Congresses, note postal service rise, sinking fund and St Louis exposition costs, and say costs for Nicaragua canal and river and harbor projects were not funded.
Cannon and Livingston Agree on One Point in Congress
Messrs Cannon and Livingston assert a single point: total appropriations by the late Congress reached 81,440,002,545 dollars. They note the first session appropriations of 710,150,862 dollars and 729,911,683 dollars by the second session, while expenditures of the previous Congress stood at 1,568,211,637 dollars and the Fifty Fourth at 1,044,550,273 dollars.
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Messrs. Cannon
Livingston
Army and Navy Spending Under the Current Administration
The table shows military costs over two years before the Spanish American War, then two years under the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses, revealing a steep rise to about 15 million annually for the army and large navy appropriations. Pensions rise by nearly 8 million, with ship subsidies and other schemes projected to add tens of millions more.
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Republican Party
Ground by a Train
Moscow report says fifty men clearing a snow clogged railway cutting near Volovo on the Ryazan Ural line were crushed when a train descended at full speed. The engine driver and all guards were intoxicated, investigation shows.
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London
Moscow
The
Daily Mail
Volovo
Riazan- Ural
Breach of promise suit filed against the Duke of Manchester
Miss Portia Knight an American former stage performer in London has filed a writ for breach of promise against the newlywed Duke of Manchester. The suit, issued in Liverpool, was confirmed by Miss Knight who regrets public exposure and seeks private proceedings. The couple arrived in London via Oceanic from New York. the duke denies service.
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Liverpool
White Star Line
Oceanic
New York
Duke of Manchester
Portia Knight
London
Associated Press
America
England
Miss Knight
Manchester
Westminster
Miss Zimmerman
Stirmin
Duke
Duchess of Manchester
Euston Station
Queenstown
Ireland
Durant Death Duel Rumor Proved False a Paris
The American consul in Paris debunked a Paris Herald report that John Wilson Durant of Albany was killed in a duel at Ostend with a Russian count. Durant, living in Paris with his mother, disclosed in letters from Ostend and London that he staged the hoax. He remains alive, and the fabrication targeted his fiancée Mile Laure Mangin.
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Paris
John Wilson Durant
Albany
N. Y
Osten
Nice
Ostend
London
Durant
Miles Mangin
Milo
Mangin
Durant's Frantic Exit Plan Revealed in London
In London at the Euston Hotel Mr Durant disclosed a dramatic motive for feigning death. He claimed a quarrel with his betrothed Mage gin forced him to end relations, and that Russian entanglement offered an easy exit. He admitted arranging a trusted Paris aide to publish the death notice and expressed a desire to be officially dead for several months to explain the separation. PARIS: Deroulede and Buffet seconds met to discuss duel issues with Buffet's reps denying insult.
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London
Durant
Euston Hotel
Ostend
Milo
Magegin
Paris
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Illnoiisians
MR. Mundt
American Mowers
Sir Alfred Milner
Sagasta
Almodover del Rio
American Commission
Constitutional Convention
Quesada
Kay
MR. Livingston
Nicaragua Canal
Cannon
House Committee On Appropriations
Representative Livingston
Postal Service
Spain
Fifty-fourth Congress
Fifty-sixth Congress
Portia
Knight
the Duke
Portland, Ore
Salem
Ore
P. 8. Knight
That City
Paris Herald
Frank
Deroulede
Calla Beffet A Liar
M. Paul Deroulede
M. Andrew Buffet
Buffet
M. Deroulede
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