President McKinley Conference on Cuban Relations at White House
The May 3 White House talks included President McKinley Secretary Root Senator Platt and Senator Spooner debating the Platt amendment and Cuban governance. They considered when the new Cuban government would assume authority and how US forces could uphold order, with no agreement reached on key issues.
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Washington
McKinley
White House
Root
O. Bi. Platt
Senate
Cuba
Spooner
Wisconsin
Cubas
Wood
United States
Supreme Court
Return of the President McKinley at the White House
The presidential train reached Washington at 7 30 am. Mrs. McKinley was carried to the waiting carriage and driven to the White House amid quiet crowds. Officials present included Shallenberger Pruden MacFarland and Bingham as the party entered Sixth Street near Pennsylvania station. The president bowed to silent greetings as the procession moved past the depot and crowds.
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Washington
May
Shallenberger
Pruden
MacFarland
Board of District Commissioners
Bingham
Sixth Street
Pennsylvania Station
Nowes
McKinley
Sam Gelay
Mra
Prizo
Ent
Rina
Mrs McKinley Rests at White House After Illness
Mrs McKinley, pale and weak, is resting at the White House after being moved from the depot area to comfort her condition. Cabinet members accompanied the procession as she was carried to her apartments with Dr. Rixey and attendants, and President McKinley later joined Secretary Root for a drive. The attending doctors said she is improving though still fatigued and in no immediate danger.
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White House
Rixey
McKinley
Fight With Filipinos Near Parade Camarines Province
In Manila reports Thirty three men of Company A Twentieth Regiment U S Infantry clashed with Se govia’s band near Parade North Camarines province Surgeon St John killed Insurgents suffered five dead two wounded Daniel attacked Reinforcements dispatched from Boac Marinduque Lieut James Howell Sixth Artillery to be court martialed Others released from arrest Memorial Day observed as holiday
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Manila
Twentieth Regiment
United States Infantry
Segovia
Parade
North Camarines Province
St. John
Daniel
Boac
Marinduque
Camp Stotsenburg
James Howell
Sixth Artillery
Charles R. Lloyd, Jr
Overton
Lloyd
Howell
Elected Immortals: Marquis De Vogue and Rostand Join Academy
Paris reports the Marquis de Vogue and Edmond Rostand elected as Academy members to replace the Duke of Broglie and Viscount de Bernier. Rostand faced opposition though Mme. Bernhardt canvassed for him. Rostand, famed for Cyrano de Bergerac and L Aiglon, is among the youngest immortals, with Masson narrowly defeated after six ballots.
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Marquis de Vogue
M. Edmond
The
Academy
Paris
M. Edmond Rostand
Duke of Broglie
Henri de Bbernier
M. Rostand
Mme. Sarah Bernhardt
Frederick Masson
M. Deschannel
M. Masson
Chamber of Deputies
Constantinople
Vienna
Joseph Eugene Robert Rostand
Marseilles
Edmond Rostand
European Socialists split as deputies withdraw from party
Eight deputies led by V. Vaillant announce withdrawal from the Socialist party after Expel M. Miller. The move hints at a broader split within the Socialist faction as others contemplate leaving, weakening the government’s support in the Chamber of Deputies. In Cape Colony, Boers mass near Bailey with guards in trenches, while in Sydney and London reports note naval visits and proposed American labor-saving machines in Portsmouth docks.
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V. Vaillant
M. Miller
Socialist Up
Chamber of Deputies
London
Portsmouth
Duel with revolvers ends in Memphis family tragedy
William Wooten was shot to death by his brother Jesse P. Wooten at 1 PM on Auction Street near Front in a pistol duel. Jesse received two wounds but is not seriously injured. Jesse fired five shots all hitting William in the head and body as the brother lay dying. Family troubles sparked the incident.
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Memphis
Tenn
William Wooten
Jesse P. Wooten
Auction Street
Jesse Wooten
Jesse
Beveridge in Berlin Pleased by Free Congressional Hand
United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge arrived in Berlin after visiting Silesia. He plans interviews with Count Von Buelow and others, then will head to Russia. He praised the Supreme Court insular decision as granting Congress a constitutional free hand. Memorial exercises honored Judge Gresham with Senator Fairbanks attending.
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Berlin
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
Prince Matzfeldt
Silesia
Count von Buelow
Baron von Rheinbaben
von Miquel
von Siemens
Russia
United States Supreme Court
Beveridge
Congress
Not Bona Fide Resignations of South Carolina Senators
A historical note examines the controversial resignations claimed in the cases of Pitchfork Tillman and his independent colleague, arguing the actions held no genuine value and analyzing the political implications and legal questions raised.
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South Carolina
Tillman
Two Statesmen Name Sept Fifteenth as Resignations Date
Both senators remain in office and no vacancies exist for primaries. The two statesmen designate September 15 as the effective date for resignations.
Sharp attack on Tillman McLaurin sparks resignation fringe
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports a Washington debate over the validity of the South Carolina senators Tillman and McLaurin's joint resignation notice. It notes the resignations take effect Sept 15 and discusses whether withdrawals are possible before that date, citing an Indiana case and a House Dolliver precedent to outline legal implications and potential political motives.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
South Carolina
Tillman and McLaurin
Congtess
United States
Tillman
McLaurin
Indiana
Supreme Court
Messrs. McLaurin and
Senate
Coaress
Enater Dolliver
Dolliver
Iowa
Fire and political turmoil swirl in distant notices
A fire near Simbirsk destroys 135 houses with two deaths and many injuries. A Balakna blaze ruins four petroleum reservoirs and an eighteen-well plant. Armenians naturalized in America or Russia barred from entering Turkey. Briamrock II delayed to drydock at Southampton. Czarina’s eldest daughter rumored ill with typhus. George M. Smith estate valued at 781,960 with 6 death duties. Austrian canal bill sparks Reichsrath clashes as Pan-German factions walk out amid Lueger critiques.
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Balakna
Russia
Turkey
Clyde
Southampton
St. Petersburg
George M. Smith
Smith, Elder & Co
London
Reichsrath
Dr. Lueger
Vonchwarzenburg
Passion for gambling grips London smart set
The London scene sees gambling passion spreading through high society with women in financial trouble due to losses believed to reach thousands. The World notes a wave of private gambling at home and country houses, with hostesses inviting guests to win or lose large sums and gilded youth at risk.
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London
Monte Carlo
Drowning Tragedy After Dam Rush Claims Seven Teens
A Philadelphia party of eight youths in a rowboat is swept over Flat Rock dam on the Schuylkill River. Seven drown, including five girls aged 17 to 21. two boys survive. The accident occurred near Rose Glen after heavy rains raised the current. The wreck left one survivor clinging to the boat keel and another swimming to shore before rescue. Bodies remained unrecovered by nightfall.
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Philadelphia
Flat Rock Dam
Schuylkill River
Rose Glen
Coareman
Osmond
Moore
Contempt conviction in Hawaii bribery probe described
Honolulu observers report a special jury probing legislative bribery found witnesses refused to testify. Judge Humphreys held L Thurston in contempt, fined $100 and jailed until the grand jury session ends unless he reveals the client. Secretary Cooper acts as governor in Dole's absence as per report. Walter G. Smith, editor of the Advertiser, indicted for perjury and freed on bail.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
San Francisco
B. Dole
Cooper
Dole
L. A. Thurston
Gazette Publishing Company
Humphreys
Grand Jury
Lole
Thurston
Humphreys Acis Thurston
Supreme Court
Walter G. Smith
The
Advertiser
Slaves Prefer Slavery in Zanzibar and Pemba
British Foreign Office correspondence shows 98 percent of slaves in Zanzibar and Pemba favor remaining in bondage. Fewer slaves sought freedom in 19 than 1899 as most expect little short term gain, while masters, now kinder, offer better terms to retain labor.
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London
Zanzibar
Pemba
Foreign Office
Spaniards Fear an Attempt on Alfonso’s Life in Spain
A Patrie dispatch from Barcelona reports police guarding ports and frontier nodes to capture two anarchists a Spaniard and an Italian who reportedly landed at Marseilles and head toward Madrid to assassinate King Alfonso. The conspiracy is traced to an anarchist center in North America with ships from Marseilles and Genoa being searched.
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Paris
Patrie
Barcelona
Spain
Marseilles
Madrid
North America
Genoa
Bodies Found in Undertaker's Cellar in Birmingham Case
London dispatch reports 31 infant bodies found decomposing in a cellar under a Birmingham undertaker run by a widow. She was charged with causing the infants' deaths and was remanded in custody as the inquiry continues.
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London
Birmingham
Three Young Men Drowned Off Clifton Park
In Cleveland on May. Three unknown young men drowned when their rowboat overturned in Rocky River near Clifton Park. Local authorities recovered remains and opened an inquiry into the accident.
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Cleveland
Rocky River
Clifton Park
Mob Hangs Frank Reeves Between Georgiana and Dunham
In Butler County Alabama on May 30 a mob hanged Frank Reeves a Black man who allegedly assaulted Miss Ada McMillin. The mob captured him between the villages of Georgiana and Dunham and forced him to jump off after tying a noose around his neck. Local men responded to Miss McMillin’s cries for help and aided in Reeves’s capture.
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Birmingham
Ala
Frank Reeves
Georgiana
Dunham
Butler County
Ada McMillin
Reeves
Cheap labor profitless. Chinese cotton mills fail against American factories
Evelyn E. Porter, an electrical engineer tied to Shanghai mills, says six Chinese plants with 40.0 spindles each cannot match American manufacturers despite cheap labor. Profits linger at about 3 percent. Chinese women are paid 15 cents per day. Porter notes American workers produce better work and four times more per hour, leaving American goods to undercut Chinese markets.
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New York
Evelyn E. Porter
Shanghai
China
Porter
Split in Lyons Socialists follows minister Millerand defection
Paris May 3 reports a rift in Lyons Socialist ranks after a congress vote declared M Mille rand minister of commerce placed Nimeelf outside the party by joining a bourgeois cabinet. The split signals mounting tensions within the movement amid national political realignments.
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Paris
Lyons
Socialist Congress
M. Millerand
Nimeelf
McLaurin Declares Senate Candidacy Opposed to Tillman
Charleston S C May 30 Senator McLaurin from Bennettsville issues a statement explaining his motives after Senator Tillman’s Greenville address. He announces his bid for the unexpired long term in opposition to the senior senator, defends his Democratic loyalty, and denounces Tillman’s charges of Republican alignment as malicious. He pledges to debate national issues fairly and let the people judge who can better represent them in the U S Senate.
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Charleston
S. A
Senator McLaurin
Bennettsville
Tillman
Gaffney
United States Senate
Senate
McLaurin
Greenville
Eee
South Gavaton Senator McLaurin Urges Quiet End to Discord
A political speech urges unity and laments class hatred and prejudice. The speaker condemns McLaurin for incendiary claims at Gaffney and calls for an era of free thought, free speech, and independent action in South Carolina. Edgefield County’s senior senator is portrayed as a potential contrast to these aims.
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South Gavaton
McLaurin
Gaffney
South Carolina
Edgefield County
Missionaries Return From Africa With Health Struggles
A group of missionaries arrives on the Germanic in New York led by Mrs. Dewitt C. Snyder of Brooklyn who journeyed into Africa with her husband. She traveled up the Congo and Khassai rivers in a sectional boat and her baby died en route. Dr. and Mrs. S. F. Johnson depart Efulea for Los Angeles, while Mrs. A. B. Lippert returns from Elai, both in frail condition. Lippert had left a year ago with government help due to tensions with the Bulu.
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New York
Africa
Dewitt C. Snyder
Brooklyn
Lippert
Cincinnati
Johnson
Lipperts
Bulu
Siegfried Says McKinley Drops Ultra Protection Stance
Jules Siegfried, the French statesman visiting Montreal, said McKinley told him in a recent interview that the president no longer favors ultra protection. He noted the United States has reached a period where it is necessary to seek markets abroad and that heavy protectionism has largely disappeared.
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Montreal
May
Jules Siegfried
McKinley
United States
May Compete with Coal in Great Lakes Oil Delivery Plan
J M Guffey Petroleum negotiates to buy two whaleback boats at Cleveland to deliver Beaumont Tex oil to lake points via Port Arthur Sabine Pass and Welland canal. Pipelines from Beaumont to Port Arthur move 2000 barrels daily and wells produce over 1000 barrels per day. Oil could reach lakes and rival Pittsburg coal where coal weighs over 2.50 a ton.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Coal
Texas Oil
J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company
Cleveland
Beaumont
Tex
Port Arthur
Sabine Pass
Gulf
Atlantic Ocean
St. Lawrence River
Welland Canal
Chain of Lakes
Oil Discovery Signals West Coast Belt Extension
Tacoma report says Puget Sound Petroleum Company struck oil at 200 feet near Tenino, marking the first oil find in Washington and suggesting the coast oil belt extends from California to Puget Sound. Seven additional test wells are under way across western Washington.
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Tacoma
Wash
Tenino
Puget Sound Petroleum Company
California
Puget Sound
Washington
Alleged Forger Sought in Savannah as Bride Wed
Deputy Sheriff Sweeney heads to New York to extradite John McCullough a law student and stenographer in Rep Lester’s office charged with forging the name on a $577 check which he cashed at Savannah Savings Bank. McCullough was arrested in New York with his bride who wed forty five minutes before his ship sailed.
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Savannah
Sweeney
New York
John McCullough
R. E. Lester
McCullough
Lester
Savannah Savings Bank and Trust Company
Justice Brewer to Wed Miss Emma Miner Mott
Washington May 30. Announcement of the engagement of Associate Justice David J. Brewer of the Supreme Court and Miss Emma Miner Mott a prominent school teacher of this city. The wedding will be held next week in Burlington Vermont where Miss Mott's relatives live. It will be quiet due to the recent death of the bride's mother. Justice Brewer is a widower.
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Washington
David J. Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Emma Miner Mott
Burlington
Veterans Commit Death by Own Action in Chicago
Two Civil War veterans ended their lives on Memorial Day in Chicago. Allen Knapp was found dying at 401 Roanoke Building with an empty morphine bottle beside him, reportedly despondent over a lost fortune. Martin Jeny of Mankato Mich consumed carbolic acid in Garfield Park. motive unknown.
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Chicago
Allen Knapp
Roanoke Building
Martin Jeny
Mankato
Mich
Garfield Park
Rush to Cape Nome
In Seattle on May 3 estimates say about six hundred men are in the city unable to obtain transport to Nome. The Senator, which sailed today, carried three hundred passengers, and the Centennial, due to sail Saturday, will carry four hundred and fifteen tons of freight. St. Paul, leaving June 5, will have eager passengers.
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Seattle
Wash
Nome
Bt. Paul
Parade of Grand Army Veterans Across the Nation
General observance unfolds nationwide as Grand Army Veterans and Spanish American War survivors join civic organizations in coordinated commemorations and marches. Local events honor veterans, with ceremonies planned in multiple cities and communities.
Memorial Day in New York Honors Grant and Hall of Fame Dedication
Memorial day events in New York included a Madison Square parade led by Governor Odell and Mayor Van Wyck, rites at Grant's Tomb where Wu Tingfang laid flowers and spoke, and the Hall of Fame dedication at New York University with Senator Chauncey Depew's oration. Frederick D. Grant attended, praising Philippine service members, as tablets unveiled honor Washington Lincoln Webster Jefferson Clay Grant and Farragut among others.
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New York
Madison Square
Odell
van Wyck
Grants Tomb
Wu Tingfang
New York University
Chauncey Depew
Old Guard
United States
Farragut
Grant
Li Hung Chang
Empire of China
Li Hu
Washington
Eral
Frederick D. Grant
Post of
Brooklyn
Philippines
Hall OF Fame
Newell Dwight Hillis
Chauncey M. Depew
France
Epfitter
United
Union
Gettysburg
Abraham Lincol
George Washington
McCracken
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Mrs. McKinney
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Duke of Cornwall
York
Garden Island
Glacier
Mr. Fairbanks
Morrow
Fairbanks
Senator Fairbanks
Arington
Judge Gresham
Indianapolis
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Elgie M. Keyser
Fort Wayne
Weather Bureau
Springfield
Ill
W. McGuire
New Albany
Ebbitt
J. C. Paige
Terre Haute
F. J. Stripp
Metropolitan
M'Lalkin
Staraya Eryma
Simbirsk
Cable Notes
Schuylkill
Zanzibar and
King Alfonso
ULTRA
Texas
Great Lakes
Washington State
Justice Brewer
Cape Nome
WL Tingpang
Ing
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Chancellor M'Cracken
Baegun
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Ime Cnnath
Ase Bird Gardiner
Talbot Oliphant
Lincoln
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
John M. Schofletd
Webster
Daughters of the American Revolution
W. Pairbanks
Daniel Manning
Samuel Verplanck
Franklin
Grand Amey
the Republic
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Theron Farragut
Nutociation of Naval Veterans
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