Debate on the War Sparks Senate Charges in Washington
A sharp Senate debate on the Philippine question features Pettigrew accusing administration supporters of concealing truth to aid McKinley’s renomination. The session ends with currency bill considerations. In the House, a census powers bill passes after extended debate. Tongue urges a Portland assay office to serve Oregon gold fields and Alaska coin shipments.
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Washington
Senate
Imiaking
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Philippines
United States
McKinley
Stewart
Nevada
House
Representative Tongue
Committee On Coinage, Weights and Measures
Porteland
Portland
Oregon
Alaska
Cavite Campaign Clash Near Calamba Report
Colonel Bullard with the Thirty-ninth Infantry attacked ten insurgent companies on the Santa Tomas road in three columns from Calamba with two guns. Rebels made three stands. 24 killed and 60 captured. Americans suffered one killed and two officers wounded. Rebels retreated toward Lake Taul with wounded.
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Manila
Bullard
Calamba
Santa Tomas
Lake Taul
Escaped From the Filipinos on Manila Rescue of Urdaneta Survivors
Vancouver reports from Manila say coxswain Benjamin J. Green and first class apprentice George M Powers were the sole survivors of the gunboat Urdaneta after it ran aground near Orangi. Insurgents overwhelmed the crew. Green and Powers hid in trees while others were killed or captured. They later reached the Oregon after two days with no food.
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Vancouver
B. C
Manila
Benjamin J. Green
George M. Powers
Orangi
Wood
Green
Powers
Oregon
Fire destroys Hennessy Mercantile warehouse in Butte
Early morning blaze at the Hennessy Mercantile Company warehouse opposite the Great Northern depot causes $12,000 building loss covered by insurance and $40,000 to $45,000 stock loss with $20,000 insured. Cause unknown but suspected faulty wiring or spontaneous combustion.
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Butte
Mont
Hennessy Mercantile Company
Great Northern
President creates Alaska military department led by Randall
Washington reports the president has formed a new military department covering Alaska and assigned Colonel George N. Randall of the Eighth United States Infantry to command. Randall is currently in Cuba with his regiment and will report there en route to Alaska January 15.
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Washington
Territory of
Alaska
George N. Randall
Eighth
United States Infantry
Randall
Cuba
Pillsbury Plays 16 Blindfolded Chess Games in Chicago
Harry N. Pillsbury, American champion, completed most of 16 blindfolded games against Chicago Chess Club members. By 2 a.m. he had won a greater number of matches, marking the first time a chess expert has played so many games without sight of the board.
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Chicago
Harry N. Pillsbury
America
Pillsbury
Chicago Chess Club
Jimenes Secures Public Funds as Dominican Crisis Eases
A Santo Domingo dispatch reports President Jimenes has returned from Macoris with amount of francs raised from a popular subscription to pay France. The crowd celebrates while the French cruiser Cecile enters the harbor and France may dispatch more warships. The government urges defense prep and calm conduct amid tensions with France.
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New York
Herald
Santo Domingo
Jimines
Macoris
Cecile
Jimmes
Richard
France
Crazy Doctor Kills Infant During Examination
Dr G W Appleby of Bristow Butler county killed a 10 month old child in a physician's office during an illness episode. He crushed the child's face with his thumbs and swung it by a foot until the parents intervened. Insane commission sent him to Independence for treatment. he later claimed awareness of his act but inability to prevent it. The motive appears linked to religious excitement.
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Hampton
G. W. Appleby
Bristow
Butler County
Ilenry Wearly
Cable hearing on trans-Pacific line private ownership urged
Washington Jan 11 The house commerce committee heard Messrs Schrymser and Baylies of the Cable Company New York argue for private ownership of a trans-Pacific cable plan to run Honolulu Midway Islands Guam Luzon with a Guam Japan branch totaling 8285 miles Admiral Irwin and Francis B Thurber supported private control The committee set January 23 for a government officers hearing on the cable policy.
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Washington
House Committee On Commerce
Messrs. Schrymser
Baylies
Ifie Cable Company
New York
Honolulu
Midway Islands
Guam
Luzon
Japan
John Irwin
Francis B. Thurber
American Export Association
Boers Swapped Cannon For Tree Trunk In Ladysmith Satire
Berlin reports a large diameter iron tube mistaken for a cannon as Doers trick English at Ladysmith. Dewey seeks bounty for Manila Bay victory. Spain repatriation funds grow. Berlin finance speech praises agriculture and diet opens with chancellor. Iowa Dutch regiment to join Boers.
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New York
The
Herald
Berlin
Bersliner Tageblatt
Bundersrath
Fast Africa
Brussels
Ladysmith
Prince Hohenlohe
Prussia
Boers Pressed Near Breezy Ladysmith Amid British Movements
London reports indicate General Buller advances behind Boer lines near Colenso, nearing Ladysmith while Boer forces retreat across the Tugela. High fever and dysentery plague the Ladysmith garrison, with 8 to 10 deaths daily. A St Paul’s cathedral volunteer tribute draws vast crowds and cheers.
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London
Buller
Colenso
White
Ladysmith
Springfield
Tuveln
Daily Chronicle
Tombi
St. Paul’s
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Ludagte Hill
Fleet Street
Temple
Mysterious wreck reported at St Marys Bay Newfoundland
A two masted steamer of nearly 3000 tons ran ashore at St Marys Bay Foot of a cliff. Crew of about 60 with possible passengers perished or drowned as boats smashed. Ship seen on fire by locals six miles away, kerosene cargo fed the blaze. Only three men remained aboard at mid afternoon. two on the bridge and one in the rigging. The survivor died of exposure after reverting to the rigging. Bodies drifted in surf, some inaccessible in a cave.
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St. Johns
N. F
St. Mary’s Bay
Excape
Expanding Bullets Stir Debate Amid War Dispatches
London reports say Britain may reuse 100000 Mark IV expanding bullets kept in South Africa while volunteers are restricted to practice with 50 rounds at home. Censorship and alleged official manipulation of dispatches spark public distrust as Roberts and Kitchener arrive in Cape Town.
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London
War Office
South Africa
Daily Chronicle
Daily Mail
Ladysmith
Lord Roberts
Lord Methuen
England
Methuen
Wiltshire
Lord Kitchener
Cape Town
Buller
Roberts
Kitchener
Bloemfontein
Tugela River
Cargo of Explosives for Manila on Steamships India and Drummond
The steamships India and Drummond, bound for the Orient, will carry about 60 tons of government freight each to Manila, including provisions blankets and 116 tons of high explosives to be stored in a specially constructed deck inclosure on the India.
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New York
India
Drummond
Orient
Manila
Congressman Cushman Sick and Stricken Child
Congressmen Cushman confined to residence with wife treated for scarlet fever and Cushman showing similar symptoms. Also reports address transport Tartar sailed with 500 recruits to Manila under Colonel Freeman and 30 hospital corps from New York. British reply to Choate on seizure of goods on Beatrice Mashona Maria deemed partial, not clarifying contraband status of foodstuffs.
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Congressman Cushman
Washington
San Francisco
United States
Tartar
Manila
Freeman
New York
Choate
Beatrice
Mashona
Maria
White Department
Settlers Face Uncertainty as Interior Rules Land Grants
The interior department rulings on the 1897 act allow the Northern Pacific and others to select lands from forest reserves in lieu of relinquished lands, prompting worry among settlers on unsurveyed lands. Rep. Jones argues for relief, noting cost and delay discourage claims. governors Foster and Cushman back settler rights.
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Washington
Oregon
Northern Pacific
Interior Department
Department of the Interior
Land Department of the Railroad Company
Congressman Jones
Jones
Foster
Cushman
Vancouver Hospital Bill Sparks Portland Support
President Beebe of the Portland chamber urges backing for a permanent general hospital in Vancouver Washington. Representatives Jones and George Taylor Jr promote the bill. Trustees ask Oregon and Washington delegations to cooperate and send health statistics comparing Vancouver favorably to the Presidio.
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Beebe
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Vancouver
Wash
Jones
Washington
George Taylor
Portland
Taylor
Philippines
Oregn
Vancouver Hospital
Presidio
Various Local Updates Include Rail Bonds and Church Fundraising
The Dalles approves a ten year electric tire alarm system contract. Fish Commissioner Little plans a carload eastern lobster plant in Puget Sound as an experimental project. A horse carrying U S mail fell 150 feet near Brewster valley. the mail was recovered. Albany church fund rises to $2000 with debt free dedication planned. The Dalles council votes to refund 20000 of bonds at 4 percent. Thurston County considers calling 20001 worth of Olympia & Chehalis railroad bonds with ten years to run, contingent on holders’ disposition.
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Little
Puget Sound
Board of
Thurston County Commissioners
Olympia & Chehalis
Weekly Trade Review Notes 1899 Defaults and Prices
Dun & Co reports 1899 failures at 9,393 with liabilities of 123,1382 679 dollars. Commercial defaulte total near 20.88 million as year ends. Iron and steel sectors show price changes. wool strong. cotton at high quotes with good demand. wheat slow. Exports six months year to date: Atlantic 2,690,926. Pacific 531,225. Plantations yield easing receipts.
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R.G. Dun & Co
Steel and Wire Company
Atlantic
Pacific
Pacific Coast Market Prices From Seattle to San Francisco
readable list of fresh produce and farm goods with prices for onions potatoes beets turnips carrots parsnips cauliflower cabbage peaches apples pears prunes watermelons nutmegs butter eggs cheese poultry hay and grains across Seattle Portland and San Francisco markets with specific per sack per box per ton and per pound rates for 1898 style trading.
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California
Puget Sound
Washington
Graham
Portland
Walla Walla
Valley
Oregon
Wool—Valley
Ross
San Francisco
Nevada
Valery
Northern
Fancy
Fancy Ranch
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Senator Pettigrew
Cavite
Department of Alaska
Jimenes
Trans-Pacific Cable
Clatina
Dewey
Montojo
Manila Bay
Court of Claims
Secretary of War
Congress
Spain
Iowa
Natal
Indiana
Princeton
Ind
McCinnis, Teel & Co
Owensville
Byansville
Terre Haute
Poseyville
Wabash River
Illinois
Government Hospital
Northwest Notes
Coos Hay
Dalles
United States Mail
Brewster Valley
Christian Denomination of
Albany
Common Council of the Dalle
Weekly Review OF Tradej
Businise
New Transactiona
Pacific Coast Trade
Seattle Marketa
Millstaf
Beun
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