17 Jun 1897
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Newspaper
Winona Daily Republican
Location
Winona, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1897
Page
1
Message accompanying the treaty drew strong opposition as senators debated publishing it. Davis moved to make it public, Gray objected. next executive session to decide. President McKinley argued annexation aligns with U S policy and closer ties with Hawaii.
Senator Perkins of California plans to oppose immediate consideration of the treaty in this session. Kyle cites a senate canvass suggesting 55 votes for annexation, with eight of eleven Foreign Relations members reportedly committed to support. Davis, the committee chair, will push the treaty with vigor as extra time is requested for deeper study.
Fragmentary text mentions a treaty or document related to Hawaii and the United States with dates and garbled place names, suggesting a historical constitutional or territorial discussion without clear events or outcomes.
At the Japanese legation the document from the Japanese minister is viewed as a request for official information rather than a protest against the Hawaiian treaty. Japan will demand recognition of rights under existing Hawaiian treaties once notified of the convention. England and Japan hold the strongest interest in Hawaii, with Britain likely to oppose American annexation.
Reports from India describe massive quake damage across Assam regions. Mer McGrath, a British deputy commissioner, was killed by a falling house. Sylhet, Cherrapunji, and Shilling are leveled, with villages subsiding and many dead. Coalport and Dhubria suffer heavy losses amid broken telegraph lines and fissured roads.
The Arkansas special session adjourned at noon after two sessions totaling 90 days. In the house, riotous scenes unfolded as a railroad bill was heard with members leaping on desks and shouting. The speaker and sergeant at arms were powerless as threats of personal combat circulated on the floor.
Earthquake shocks were felt across the country with violent tremors in San Marcos Puebla and nearby Fechimilio near Oaxaca. Several persons drowned when Fechimilio was suddenly inundated by the event. The quake occurred around the same hour nationwide, with minor seconds difference.
Paris reports a bomb exploded in front of the Strasburg statue on Place de la Concorde. The infernal machine damaged the balustrade and littered the area with scrap iron to the Tuilleries wall. The device was an iron pot and no one was nearby as rain fell.
The president nominates Stewart L. Woodford of New York as minister to Spain. A veteran of the Civil War and former military governor of Charleston and Savannah, Woodford has long been an ally of Senator Platt and a noted diplomat with a storied political career from Lincoln to the Republican national convention.
In Washington on June 17 the senate worked quickly on the tariff bill with no lengthy speeches. Thirteen pages were disposed of covering agricultural schedules including dairy, farm products, fish, fruit, nuts, meat, and other items. The finance committee proposed many changes and prevailed on nearly all votes. West's motion to restore salt to the free list failed. A tea tax paragraph was deferred at Mr. Allison's suggestion as a possible elimination. The senate met at 11 a.m. and will continue until the bill is settled.
Advertisement notes next week sale on jelly tumblers and fruit jars. Mentions small and large jelly tumblers with tin tops and prices in unclear garbled text.
On Monday morning 260 lamps and new globes arrive with fresh styles and decorations and new prices. Shoppers are invited to view but not urged to buy.
A fragmented Times correspondent report from Rotterdam outlines dispatches from London city stations and the evolving wartime news network. Details are sparse but indicate coordinated coverage of events affecting the European theater.
Telegraph operator Charles Erswell was attacked by a group of soldiers as he rode home in Curryexsr Wyoming. He shot one attacker, hid in his home while the soldiers bombarded the dwelling, with two wounded soldiers taken to hospital and guards placed to protect Erswell.
Maher manager Mike Connolly says Sharkey will face Peter to a finish with an agreed purse. The club reports a 500 unit purse to be covered.
Fragments show dimensions 18 to 20 inches and prices. no clear seller or date. The text appears to describe a telescope case and related items with marginal pricing.
A carriage carrying four girls was hit by a Pennsylvania Railroad train at Ansfort Indiana. Miss Daisy Raymond of Valparaiso died instantly. Miss Lillian Moore Lafayette Miss Earn Lambert and Miss Stella Foster of Lo Ansfort Indiana were mortally injured.
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