Manila trial wraps in commissary fraud case
Trial of Commissary Sergeant John Meston ends with no verdict yet. Evans & Company manager Harold M. Pitt and Captain J. C. Reed are jailed amid allegations of kickbacks to officers, lavish entertainments, and unauthorized purchases including champagne. Details link government contracts to a cockpit scheme and lavish private expenses at Pitt’s residence.
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Manila
John Meston
Meston
J. C. Reed
Evans & Company
George B. Davis
J. C. Read
Frank H. Lawton
B. L. Tremaine
Woodruff
Harold M. Pitt
Tenderloin
Pitt
Lara
The Winter Campaign in South Africa Reported
London dispatches note hopeful signs as Lord Kitchener plans renewed sweeping movements with an army of 250 000 including 60 000 mounted men. Reports from Pretoria cite recent skirmishes near Kerksdorp and Orange River colony with both sides suffering and several captures. A rumor of General French captured by Boers is unconfirmed and denied by the war office in London.
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London
Pretoria
Daily Mail
Kitchener
Cape Colony
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Henry Rawlinson
South Laager
Kerksdorp
Unguarded Valuables in Phoenix Home
The death of Mrs. Robin Iche reveals substantial wealth hidden in her house jewels and precious stones valued at least $50,000. Her husband is jailed awaiting insanity trial while the sheriff seizes the jewelry. Mrs. Iche has a Birmingham England sister married to a coal operator.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Robin Iche
Irs
Birmingham
England
Postoffice Robbed at Salem Oregon
Chief Gibson received a telephone message that the Salem post office was robbed at noon while the postmaster was at dinner. Burglars took 300 dollars in cash and stamps. No crew identified yet. The incident, linked with earlier robberies at McCoy and Lincoln, suggests a professional gang operates in the valley.
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Salem
Gibson
Turner
McCoy and
Lincoln
Interior to transfer forest reserves to agriculture service
Foret Reserves in Washington report the secretary of the interior will hand over national forest administration to the forester in the department of agriculture. The 48 000 000 acre lands supply river sources and water for the nation making the move a matter of national importance.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Department of Agriculture
Supreme Court Allows Hawaii Appeal From Wilder Steamship Case
The Supreme Court through Chief Justice Fuller grants leave to file a motion for a rule against the Ninth Circuit to permit an appeal from the Hawaii Supreme Court decision in the Wilder Steamship Company case. The order, returnable May 13, examines Hawaii’s territorial status and its impact on appeals and admiralty cases.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Fuller
Circuit Court of Appeals
Ninth Circuit
Supreme Court of Hawaii
Wilder Steamship Company
Territory of Hawaii
San Francisco
Hawaii
Duane E. Fox
Wilder Steamship ,Company, of
Hind, Spreckels Et al
Supreme Court of Territories
Supreme Court
Territory of
Supreme Court of the
United States
United States Circuit
District Courts
Supreme Court of the Territory
Territorial Court
Conference of Taxation delegates announced for Buffalo meeting
Governors' appointments to a National Civic Federation conference on taxation will be discussed at Buffalo on May 23 and 24. Missouri Maine and Montana governors have not yet sent delegations. Economists and public figures urge uniform principles to reduce tax chaos and overlapping assessments.
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Chicago
Conference of Taxation
Buffalo
National Civic Federation
Missouri
Maine
Montana
Philippine Craft Inspections Set for U S Exam
Washington reports that many craft in Philippine waters are in poor condition and a plan is made to examine candidates for boiler inspector posts in Manila. The Civil Service Commission will hold the May 21 exam in any U S city with postal delivery, per the Philippine Civil Service Board. The move aims to prevent serious accidents and limit government liability.
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Washington
Philippine
United States
Manila
Civil Service Commission
Philippine Civil Service Board
Is Rightfully Theirs. West Lands Reclamation Plea
Washington April 17 The government has earned millions from public land sales which, the writer argues, justifies liberal federal aid to reclaim arid western lands. Building storage reservoirs would transform otherwise barren areas into fertile, populated regions.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Transports Logan and Thyra Sail for Manila from San Francisco
Two transports, the Logan and the Thyra, sailed for Manila. The Logan carried a battalion each from the Ninth and Tenth cavalry, plus Company I and M of the First Infantry and the First Battalion of the Eleventh Infantry. The Thyra was to transport Ninth cavalry horses but glanders halted them. Sixth cavalry horses were substituted.
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San Francisco
Manila
Ninth Cavalry
Tenth Cavalry
Eleventh Infantry
Glanders
Presidio
Proceeds of Arid Land Sales Urged for Irrigation
Washington April 17 The proposal to devote proceeds from arid public land sales to irrigation works should appeal to all interests. The West would support a unified plan and the East should not oppose allowing the West to use its funds to improve its property.
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Washington
McKeesport Strike May Shut All Company Plants
McKeesport hosts a two day strike of W Dewees Wood plant workers as Amalgamated Association demands recognition. Company hints at indefinite closing of the McKeesport plant and threatens to extend a shutdown to all union plants nationwide if demands are not met. Police guard plant and town while only two departments operate and 125 workers join the strikers.
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Amalgamated Association of Metal Workers
Pittsburg
W. Dewees
American Sheet Steel Company
McKeesport
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
Jarrell
Labor Bureau
Sheet Steel Company
Knobling Mill
Commissary fraud trials at Manila court martial set
In Manila April 18 a court martial is convened to try Lieutenant Frederick Boyer for embezzlement of commissary stores. Captain Frederick J. Barrows will face trial later, and civilian Fletcher is to be tried by provost court. An army officer defended Colonel Woodruff, head of the subsistence department, amid alleged misconduct linked to Harold A. Pitt and Captain Read. The insurgent Mascardo's chief of staff has surrendered at Marivales, with Mascardo’s forces dwindling and likely surrender forthcoming.
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Manila
Frederick Boyer
Frederick J. Barrows
Thirtieth Volunteer Infantry
Fletcher
Army
Associated Press
Woodruff
Harold A. Pitt
Evans & Co
Pitt
Captain Read
Davis
Read
Mascardo
Marivales
Bataan
Luzon
Native and foreign born sailors in U S Navy during Spanish American War
Secretary Long released a table showing 22 28 total sailors with 15 406 native born and 7 422 foreign born. Native born percentage 65 and 80 when including naturalized and those who declared intent. Over half of foreign born sailors had become naturalized or intended to.
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Washington
Long
United States Navy
Chamber of Commerce discusses Porto Rico conditions
The Ponce chamber met to assess island conditions and criticized the administration. It resolved to cable Washington denying Governor Allen and Secretary Hunt on Porto Rico prosperity and urged San Juan and Mayaguez chambers to cooperate similarly.
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Porto Rico
Ponce
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Allen
Hunt
Chamber of Commerce of
Chambers of Commerce of
San Juan
Mayaguez
Despondent ex-congressman Baldwin ends life in Seattle
Melvin R. Baldwin 62 former Minnesota congressman and Indian affairs chief under Cleveland was found dead in his Seattle apartment with a bullet through his brain. Despondency over business reverses and grippe attack, plus Alaska ventures and related salvage litigation, are linked to his suicide.
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Seattle
Wash
la Grippe
Melvin R. Baldwin
Minnesota
Indian Affairs
Cleveland
Fourth Avenue
Smith & Wesson
D. McKinley
McKinley
Baldwin
Duluth
Minn
Congress
Alaska
Abbie Morris
Nome
China Seeks Stability as Indemnity Fears Grow
Chinese minister Wu met with Secretary Hay in Washington to discuss Pekin negotiations. He warned that delays threaten China and global trade, noting potential indemnities could total 314 million dollars or more, with China incurring losses likely to reach 600 million amid upheaval.
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Washington
State Department
Hay
Pekin
China
Europe
America
Post Office Move In Olympia Prompts Site Talks
Olympia officials push to place a new county courthouse site and discuss costs while post office relocation from the courthouse is debated. The board has received several proposals including occupied business buildings and aims to decide within the week.
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Olympia
Wash
Thurston County
The Sunken Transport Rawlins Sunk in East River
Divers struggle to raise the Rawlins after a midships fire caused it to sink last Wednesday in the East River. Hundreds of bushels of grain and many bales of hay and straw for the army in Cuba and Puerto Rico wash into the hold, hindering salvage efforts.
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New York
Cuba
Porto Rico
Two More Victims Likely To Die In River Steamer Disaster
Vancouver dispatch reports the Ramona boiler explosion in midstream near Victoria. Four killed total, six injured including purser Power and mate Maynard who are not expected to survive. two women drowned, two deckhands missing, rest hospitalized.
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Vancouver
B. C
New Westminster
Fort Langley
Baillie
Phipps
Mack
Purser
Mate Maynard
Knowell
Gold in Treasury Tops Half a Billion Dollars
The United States treasury reports aggregate gold holdings surpassed $500 million for the first time. Total $500,274,506 with $252,078,959 against certificates, $150,000,000 as reserve against notes, and the rest as free assets. Comparisons show Russia and France holding higher or near records, while England and Germany trail.
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New York
the Evening Post
United States Treasury
United States
Imperial Bank of Russia
Bank of France
Bank of England
Imperial Bank of Germany
Secretary Root explains Harrison’s army discharge
Governor Durbin received a long letter from Secretary Root detailing the discharge of Russell B. Harrison from the army. Root says he directed the discharge after a president's conference and Adjutant General Corbin acted in issuing orders. The error moved the date from December 15 to December 1, and the secretary regrets it.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Durbin
Root
Russell B. Harrison
Army
Harrison
Corbin
Apache County Sheriff Beeler Ambush Killed in Arizona
Sheriff Ed Beeler of Apache County was fatally shot during a fight over a month ago. Beeler died from a volley fired from behind a stone wall as he contended with cattle rustlers previously believed responsible, but later tied to a man linked to Beeler’s associates seeking vengeance.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Ed. Beeler
Apache County
Southwest
Beeler
Chile to protest invasions of territory near Punta Arenas
Valparaiso April 19 government awaiting word from the Chilean minister in Buenos Ayres before a protest is made against repeated incursions by Argentine citizens. Invasions reported in Seno de la Ultima and Esperanza near Punta Arenas.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Seno de la Ultima
Esperanza
Punta Arenas
Target to test gun power at Brooklyn navy yard
Work costing about 50000 dollars will start in a day or two at the Brooklyn navy yard. The target will test the relative strength of the Gathmann torpedo gun and the army 12 inch rifle by duplicating a battleship Iowa section. It will be faced with Krupp hardened 12 inch armor and later moved to Gandy Hook for trials.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Iowa
Gandy Hook
Navy Yard at Subig Bay Plans for $5 million Station
A Washington dispatch reports the Navy Department may establish a $5,000,000 naval station at Olangapo Subig Bay Luzon if Congress adopts the plan. Rear Admiral Endicott recommends a board led by Rear Admiral Taylor to prepare site plans and cost estimates for approval. The dry dock would cost at least $1,000,000 with $4,000,000 for shops and tools.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Navy Department
Congress
Olangapo
Subig Bay
Luzon
Endicott
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Long
Taylor
Wolcott and
Menoccl
New York Navy Yard
Remey
Department
Cavite
Hong Kong
Danish West Indies sale prospects brighten
Copenhagen April 19 The government steps toward a modified US sale proposal as the best path to end negotiations. Officials say both governments are closer to an agreement than ever and deny British press claims of peremptory US notices, praising US cordiality.
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Copenhagen
United States
Danish West Indies
Loomis Refuses Venezuela Talk on Caracas Arrival
United States minister to Venezuela F B Loomis arrived on the Caracas from San Juan and declined to comment on Venezuelan affairs. He said Castro appeared firmly seated when he left, could not say if he would return, and denied remarks about General Castro's attitude to Americans or about General Andrade.
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New York
F. B. Loomis
United States
Venezuela
Caracas
San Juan
Post Offices Established and Moved in Oregon and Washington
Gilliam county Oregon gains Alville post office with Allen McConnell as postmaster supplied from Condon. McGowan in Pacific county Washington opens six miles from Astoria with Edmond P. Noonan as postmaster. Hadleyville in Lane county Oregon moved southeast three quarters of a mile and Mary A. Emerson named postmaster.
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Washington
Gilliam County
Alville
Allen McConnell
Condon
McGowan
Pacific County
Wash
Astoria
Ilwaco
Edmond P. Noonan
Hadleyville
Lane County
Mary A. Emerson
German Tarif War With Hayti Begins
Official Reichsanzeiger statistics show German tariff union imports 6.042 billion marks and exports 4.753 billion in 1900, with 1899 figures lower. The Bundesrath confirms higher duties on Hayti coffee cocoa and dye woods, signaling a formal tariff war with Hayti.
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Berlin
Reichsanzeiger
Bundesrath
Our Interest in Corea
Washington reports no word on Russo Japanese talks over Corea. The United States shows no concern beyond safeguarding commerce with Corea.
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Corea
Washington
State Department
United States
Revival of Rock Creek Placer Rush In British Columbia
Vancouver April 18 reports renewed placer mining excitement in the boundary district as Rock Creek and its tributaries attract gold hunters. The revival follows earlier 1860s returns after new discoveries below White's bar on the creek.
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Vancouver
B. C
Boundary District
British Columbia
Rock Creek
White's Bar
Nome Marshal Names First Deputies in Alaska
Seattle on April 19 Frank N Richards newly named United States marshal at Nome announced his first appointments W R Forrest of Seattle as chief deputy and Isaac Evans of Tacoma as office deputy at Teller City about eighty miles from Nome Headquarters will be in St Michael but Richards will spend most time at Nome where court is almost constantly in session.
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Seattle
Frank N. Richards
Nome
Richards
W. R. Forrest
Isaac Evans
Tacoma
Teller City
St. Michael
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Sandal
Transport For
United States Steel Plant
Thurston Courthouse
State Capitol
Victoria
Portland
Navy Yard
Loomis
Northwest Postoffices
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