Platt Amendment Accepted by Cuban Constitutional Convention
Cuban constitutional delegates vote 16 to 11 to accept the Platt amendment as a constitutional appendix. A commission will draft the electoral law, while Washington officials express optimism for a speedy U S withdrawal once order and stability are shown.
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Havana
Sessio
Tamayo
Villuendas
Quesada
Committee On Relations
Congress
Senors Capote
Jose M. Gomez
Monteaguedo
Delgado
Betancourt
Giberga
Llorente
Sanquily
Nunez
Rodriguez
Berriel
Quirez
Ferrer
Sehors Zayas
Aieman
Rudaldo Tamayo
Juan Gualberto Gomez
Cisneros
Silvala
Fortun
Laeret
Portuondo
Castro
Manduley
Senors Rivera
Gorrecso
Gener
Robau
Senor Ferrer
Sam H da Cineh
Washington
United States
Bargain chase ends as couple marries in Mount Morris
John Gustin of Mount Morris township and Phoebe Bliss sought a cheap license and marriage in Flushing and Devoe, but both officials quoted too high a price. They then went to Mount Morris where the ceremony was performed, the exact fee remaining unspecified.
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Flint
Mich
John Gustin
Mount Morris Township
Phoebe Bliss
John
Justice Banning
Juslee Devoe
Mount Morris
Flushing
Suffering women find cure with Favorite Prescription
The ad touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for headaches backache and female ailments claiming it restores regularity and relieves pain and weakness. A Massachusetts woman writes she endured severe pain and fainting before using the remedy and being cured after multiple bottles.
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Edwin H. Garder
Egypt
Pierce
Gong
Bae
Evangelist Charged With Assault on Wife and Child
In Anderson Indiana Rev Philip Moore an evangelist faced assault and battery charges after a tense dispute following tent services. He allegedly accused his wife of infidelity, beat her and knocked down their 6 year old daughter. He threatened to strip his wife and kill her before she escaped barefoot to police headquarters.
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Anderson
Ind
Philip Moore
Lars
Battleship Illinois sets new speed record in trial
Boston June 13 The battleship Illinois averaged 17.81 knots on a sixty six knot speed trial yesterday breaking U S and world records for ships of her size. Other items note weddings in Springfield and clergy protests in Terre Haute and Lansing. market quotes follow from Chicago and St Louis.
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United States
Chicago, Inc
Board of Trade
H. Low
Chicago
Texas
Buffalo
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Louis Grain
St. Louis
Pittsburg
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Baltimore
Milwaukee
Western Association
Indianapolis
Dayton
Toledo
Columbus
Marion
Curious Line of Defense in Callahan Robbery Trial
The Callahan perjury case advances as the estate rests its evidence after roughly half the robbery trial witnesses testified. The defense challenges the court instructions governing robbery liability, arguing that Callahan’s prior involvement and the jury ruling on related matters render current testimony immaterial and that jeopardy may have attached.
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Omaha, Neb
Callahan
Society Belle in Trouble in Indiana and Baseball Scores
Miss Leona Carver of Alexandria aged 20 was brought back from Montpelier by her father under bond for appearance in Dexter Michigan on grand larceny charges after allegedly robbing Mrs Rhode’s home in broad daylight. Chicago baseball results note Pittsburg 5 New York 2 and Chicago 8 Brooklyn 1 among others.
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Elwood
Ind
Leona Carver
A. C. Carver
Alexandria
Dexter
Mich
Rhode
Carver
Montpelier
Miss Carver
Evansville to House Old Maids and Widows in Need
By Mrs. J. D. Carmody's will her husband will build a city home for old maids and widows unable to care for themselves to be erected this fall. Mrs. Carmody died in Chicago and was buried in Evansville. her husband is a prominent property owner and G A R figure.
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8. S. Newberry
Cleveland
Andrew D. White
Thomas Brockman
Chicago
Paris
Warsaw
Poland
Evansville
Ind
J. D. Qarrmody
Carmody
Shreveport Man Fatally Shot. Governor McMillan Relative
John Gray Foster, brother of the Tennessee governor’s wife, was shot on his plantation near Shreveport and died later. Posses pursue the assailant, a negro named Washington. Washington also linked to a separate White House update on Mrs McKinley’s steady recovery after late calls.
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Shreveport
John Gray Foster
McMillan
Tennessee
Washington
Kixey
White House
Ohio Wesleyan trustees grant degree to Charles W. Warne Bau
The trustees of Ohio Wesleyan University in Columbus confer the degree of bachelor of arts on Charles W. Warne Bau. User details indicate June 18 as the date of the meeting.
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Columbus, O
Ohio Wesleyan University
J . St Benator
Charles W. Wrence Bau
Defense is Hard Hit Puts Case in New Light
Judge Wofford struck the testimony of Edward W. Lewis in Lulu Prince Kennedy murder trial. Lewis, a Western Railway inspection official and friend of the dead man, claimed Kennedy promised marriage and ruined Lulu, then warned of social backlash. The judge ordered the testimony taken down and not shown to the jury without corroboration. Mr. Nearing, Kennedy's lead defense attorney, was tied to the case.
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Kansas City
Wofford
Lulu Prince Kennedy
Kennedy
Lulu Prince
Lewis
Phil Kennedy
Mr. Nearing
Lulu
Nearing
Trusted Citizen's Fall Shocks Renville County Bank
Liaus Gronnerud a longtime Renville County figure with assets reportedly 250000 fails with liabilities of 125000 and appears to have transferred holdings to D S Cheney of New Hampton Iowa. Beaver Falls Bank closes prompting depositors including widows servants and farmers to seek funds. The state Catholic Order of Foresters held a 500 delegate meeting in New Hampton, opening with a parade and executive session.
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Olivia
Minn
Liaus Gronnerud
Raneville County
Bank of Beaver Falls
Morton Bank
State Bank of
Renville County Abstract Company
Wisconsin
Bank of
Beaver Falls
Gronmnerud
D. SD. Cheney
New Hampton
Order of Foresters
Museum is All Right and Y M C A Convention
Boston reports a large Y M C A international convention audience at Mechanics Hall with speakers including Major General Joseph Wheeler Rear Admiral J Tigginson Captain A V Wadhams and Captain Hobson. The gathering condemned a Boston museum reception circular, while World War II era style anecdotes appeared in other city items.
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Boston
Mechanics’ Hall
Y. M. C. A. International
William E. Dodge
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Joseph Wheeler
J. Tigginson
A. V. Wadhams
Richmond Hobson
Curtis Guilder
Wheeler
Hobson
Visiting delegates killed at Madison crossing
Visiting delegates Leroy Campbell and a woman believed to be his daughter Mrs Newton Campbell were struck and killed by a Chicago and Northwestern train at the Martin Street crossing in Madison Wisconsin Tuesday night Campbell lived on a Beloit area farm. The accident occurred in the city's eastern part. Grand Rapids Wisconsin June 18 The Adventists society holds a two week camp meeting with about 200 tents and 1000 to 1400 attendees. Rockford Illinois June 18 The Illinois State Undertakers Association holds its twenty first annual convention with 200 enrolled attendees.
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Lawrence
Mass
Wilfred Blondin
Chelmsford
Boston
Blondin
Albany Street
Green Street
Madison
Wis
Grand Rapids
The
Adventists’ Society
Rockford
Us- Nois State Undertakers’ Association
Omega Township Man Shoots Neighbors in Mistaken Identity
Peter Gooch of Omega township shot Nathan Cox and wife near Centralia on Sunday night in a jealous, mistaken-identity incident. Gooch, who planned the ambush after accusing his wife of infidelity, fled but surrendered to a neighbor and is jailed. Neighbors say Gooch had no real grounds for jealousy.
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Ills
Peter Gooch
Omega Township
Nathan Cox
Netghbors
Gooch
Chapman
Go Ch
Mr. Cox
Listentons Trengy
Cox
Psychic suggestion printing of death by own action stories
Chicago experts discuss how publishing suicide reports influences copycats. Kansas city banned such accounts to curb contagion. Chicago officials doubt a similar ban is feasible but favor limiting space. Coroner staff note strong curiosity and potential spread from coverage.
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Chicago
Board of Health
Emporia
Kan
Kansas
Acta
Pritchard
Health Department
Reynolds
Lincoln Park
Gahan
Mey
Cook County
German Press Defends Open Door in Yangtse Area
Berlin dispatch reports German foreign office declining to comment on British reaction to Germany leaving 800 troops in Shanghai. German papers defend duty to pacify Yangtse region and uphold open door while criticizing British bias. A second item notes Russia blocks German-led firms from Russian bourses, signaling hostility to German commerce.
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Berlin
London
Germany
Shanghai
Vossische Zeitung
Krues Zeitung
Germain
Germny
Great Britain
Yangtse
Berithsh Press
Berliner Tageblatt
M. de Witte
Russia
Judge Rules Unwillingness To Do Housework Not Desertion Basis
Kenosha Wisconsin June 13 Judge Fish states that a wife's aversion to housework is not by itself desertion in the divorce case of William Schilling against Amy Schilling. The couple wed five months earlier. after a dispute over chores, Amy left, and Judge Fish granted William the decree.
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Kenosha, Wis
Fish
William Schilling
Amy Schilling
Philadelphia man elected imperial potentate of Mystic Shrine
Philip C. Shaffer of Philadelphia is chosen imperial potentate of the Order of the Mystic Shrine. Elizabeth M. Flagler, daughter of the late General D W Flagler, wed Dr George W McKeen of Badeck Cape Breton in Washington. Reports say serious Indian troubles threaten with the anon Indians on the Shoshone reservation. Yale offers the degree of LL D to Archbishop Ireland.
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Philip C. Shaffer
Philadelphia
Order of the Mystic Shrine
Elizabeth M. Flagler
D. W. Flagler
Washington
George W. McKeen
Badeck
Cape Breton
Archbishop Ireland
Yale
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