Root’s Annual Report Details Canteen Law and War Affairs
Secretary of War Root delivers his annual on 1901 field operations. He notes high mustering out efficiency, reports on the canteen law’s mixed results, calls for more time to judge its impact, and outlines health and death rates among troops. He criticizes ocean transport and urges American ship registration, reviews Philippine operations, and discusses Cuba and Alaska conditions and needed routes and roads.
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Washington
Flihy Root
San Francisco
United States
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Philippines
China
Root
Ocean Transport Service
Department
Congress
Aguinaldo
Gien
Frederick Funston
Alaska
Natural History
Bob White
White River Flood Overflows After Severe Rains
Kent reports White River beyond its banks for the first time since the famous slide diverted its waters. Heavy rainfall over the past week caused the overflow and washed out the Seattle-Tacoma Interurban Railway Company bridge work, leaving fewer than a dozen piles standing of the incomplete bridge.
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Kent
White River
Seattle-Tacoma Interurban Railway Company
Chinese Exclusion Act: Lodge to push extension bill
Boston November 27 The Boston Post publishes a telegram from Senator Lodge in Washington stating his support for the Chinese exclusion act and his plan to introduce a bill to extend it.
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Boston
Boston Post
Senator Lodge
Washington
Munsey Buys Controlling Interest in New York Daily News
Frank Munsey, publisher, has acquired a controlling interest in the New York Daily News from Mrs. Benjamin A. Wood. The deal price was not disclosed. Munsey recently purchased the Lime, of Washington DC.
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New York
Frank Munsey
New York Daily News
Benjamin A. Wood
Munsey
The
Limes
Washington, D.C
Philippine War Heroic Assault Captures Insurgent Fort
Manila report details Captain Edward P. Lawton's Nineteenth Infantry detachment storming a fortified insurgent stronghold on Bohol island. Sergeant McMahon and twenty men climbed a precipice to attack from the rear, surprising the defenders after a three hour ascent. The fort fell and insurgents suffered heavy losses as they fled past Lawton's company.
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Manila
Edward P. Lawton
Nineteenth Infantry
Bohol Island
Cebu
Lawton
McMahon
Colombian Right To Use Isthmian Railroad Sparks Dispute
Washington reports Capt Perry barred Colombian and rebel troops from using the railway on the isthmus. Colombia contends the line sits on sovereign land under a government concession yielding $250000 yearly and recognizes no belligerent status for rebels. This could prompt a broader question of rights and legitimacy in the conflict.
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Washington
Perry
United States
Colombia
Seattle Chamber of Commerce to Offer Free Building Sites
A Seattle chamber committee on manufacturing sites reports that in a few weeks the chamber will offer free building sites to manufacturers or provide lands at nominal rents for long-term leases. Large real estate holders are beginning to see benefit in selling or gifting portions of holdings to attract new manufacturers.
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Seattle
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Chamber of Commerce of
Renson
Walito
Diana
Lunthar
Four Men Arrested for Morrow Murder in Portland
Portland detectives say James B. Morrow was found dead on a sidewalk on the east side last Thursday. Four men were arrested: Jack Wade alias Kid McFadden of Pittsburg Virginia Frank Dalton Charles Smith and W M Martin. The three later suspects were taken from a lodging house at First and Yamhill by Detectives Day and Weiner and officers.
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Portland
Ore
James B. Morrow
Jack Wade
Kid” McFadden
Pittsburg
Frank Dalton
Charles Smith
W. M. Martin
Day
Weiner
W.P. Whitlock
First
Yamhill
Railway Trainsmen refuse to back switchmen strike
Pittsburg authorities report the National Organization of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen has decided not to support the strike by switchmen. The stance signals a setback for the strikers and the dispute awaits further development.
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Switchmen
Trainmen’s Brotherhood
Pittsburg
National Organization of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainsmen
Dennison Named to Succeed R C Stevens in Seattle
A. B. C. Dennison, city passenger agent of the Great Northern at Portland, will succeed to the vacancy caused by the death of General Western Passenger Agent R. C. Stevens. Promotion definite. he will assume duties December 1. Head office circular likely in a few days.
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Seattle
A. B.C. Dennison
Great Northern
Portland
General Western
R.C. Stevens
Gen Wood Purchases San Juan Hill Battlefield for Park
During a visit in Santiago de Cuba Gen Wood bought the main portion of the San Juan battlefield for the government. The 200 acre tract includes San Juan hill the block house site and Bloody bend and cost 15000 dollars. The property will become a United States reservation with plans to lay out a park on the old battlefield.
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Santiago de Cuba
Gen. Wood
San Juan Battlefield
San Juan Hill
Block House
Bloody Bend
United States
University science hall east wing roofing completed
The roofing of the east wing at the state university science hall is finished and other sections will be enclosed starting Tuesday. Indications point to completion by January 1 with the power house nearing finish and iron materials accumulating to accelerate work.
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Seattle
Science Hall
the State University
Records Kept For Natives Swearing Allegiance
General Chaffee orders future complete records of natives taking the oath of allegiance to the United States. Duplicates will be signed in English Spanish and Tagalog. The Philippine constabulary organized last August proves a valuable adjunct to military authorities and is making an invaluable record.
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Manila
Chaffee
United States
Turned Over to Conscience Fund Contribution
Washington November 26 Secretary Hay reports receiving from an unknown donor through the New York customs collector a conscience contribution of 15606 dollars.
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Conscience Fund
Washington
Hay
New York
Hunting Fashion and Feats From the Field in Spring
The article surveys hunting season habits and gear from August through winter, detailing anglers and shooters in rugged clothing, dogs, and gear. It praises the woodcock, mallards, teal, and quail, notes the dangers of prairie chickens in cornfields, and stresses ethical, legal hunting within rules.
Perfectly Formed Face Proportions Stated
A saying defines an ideal face as one third forehead one third nose and one third upper and lower chin. A second adage notes a man tolerates folly if unaware of it.
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Secretary OF War
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
R. C. Stevens
Baltimore
Atlantic
Chesapeake Bay
Susquehanna
Woodcock
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