Soldiers Fare Described During Samar Expedition
Delirious marines under Captain David D Porter endured extreme starvation in Samar Interior. They ate raw dog flesh after days without food as relief arrived amid torrential rain. Ten missing men were later found delirious or dead, with two discovered in tree branches barking like dogs.
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Manila
David D. Porter
Samar
Marina
Porter
Etta
Williams
General Chaffee
Marine Corps
Lot
Heutenants
Anderson
Sixth Cavalry
Lipa
Batangas
Nickerson
William SK. Larnes
Alangulang
Leyte
Ata Eblyenslenal
Miss Ellen Stone Captive Release Delayed by Brigand Doubt
The United States representatives in Turkey report no release yet for Ellen M. Stone. Negotiations falter as brigands distrust Turkish authorities and ransom remains unpaid. State Department vows continued efforts though prospects grow dim. Vienna telegram cites brigands seeking Stone’s freedom on Turkish soil with Turkish consent tied to timing and a neutral frontier escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
United States
Turkey
Ellen M. Stone
Vienna
Fan
Sofia
Miss Stone
Temperature Moderates in Northwest as Cold Wave Persists
Chicago report notes a moderating but still severe cold spell with daytime readings from zero to four below. Officials predict further moving weather and continued zero temperatures. Coal teamsters renew drive against downtown buildings, with union members ordered to haul coal for summer deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Chicago
Coal Teamsters
Coal Teamsters’ Union
Cuban Beet Sugar Stakes in Reciprocity Hearings
Washington hearings before the Ways and Means Committee resume on reciprocity with Cuba, featuring Colorado beet sugar interests and Cuban planters. Colorado speakers insist concessions won't endanger beet sugar, while critics argue reductions could injure domestic producers. Hopkins questions potential injury. Carey, Dalgell, and Grosvenor defend that injury is likely and evident from the testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collorado Baét Suga
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Colorado
Mtsoendance
Corey
He Salt
Dameade
Hopkins
Illinois
Carey
Bach
Dalgell
Grosvenor
Government Leader Balfour on Boer peace overtures
London reports Balfour said no authorized peace overtures from the Boers had been received. A Dutch government communication offered to aid diplomacy but denied intervention or terms. Foreign Secretary Landsdowne sought to verify the delegates’ powers while editors and observers doubted any workable basis for talks.
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London
Balfour
Commons
Holland
South Africa
Europe
Lord Landsdowne
Netherlands
Kruger
Foreign Office
Lord Rosebery
Daily News
President Roosevelt May Not Accept Gifts From Foreign Rulers
Officials say the president cannot accept presents from Emperor William or Prince Henry without congressional authority. Precedents show presidents rarely keep gifts from abroad unless Congress approves, with many gifts returned or deposited in state departments or the Smithsonian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Emperor William
Prince Henry
Department of State
Smithsonian Institute
State Department
Senate Mistaken In Wheaton Utterance Misapprehension
Washington Jan 20 The War Department will not act on Wheaton remarks quoted in the Senate yesterday. Officers after reviewing the Manila dispatch find the Senate debate misrepresented Wheaton, showing he did not criticize the Senate or its committees. The error likely stems from a dispatch attributing criticisms to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheaton
Manila
Senate
General Wheaton
Schurman
Boston
Washington
War Department
Department
Senators in bitter Philippine debate clash in Senate
A three hour Senate session on the Philippines ended without resolution as Senators Teller Lodge Spooner Tilman and Beveridge exchanged sharp personal taunts. Accusations of press censorship and racial comments sparked fiery exchanges while the chair admonished decorum in a rare, tense conference.
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Washington
Philippine Storna
Senate
Teller
Manila
General Wheaton
Philippines
Lodge
Mare
White
Colorado
Eller
Spooner
Wisconsin
Tilman
South Carolina
Tilimgn
South
Phillippines
Frye
Bennator Beveridge
Indiana
Associated Press
Beveridge
Death of an Admiral Kimberly Retired Navy Leader
Washington telegram reports Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly retired, died at West Newton Maine this morning after illness. Born in New York and recruited from Illinois, he entered service in 1846 and had a long distinguished naval career.
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Lewis A. Kimberly
West Newton
Maas
Washington
Ong Hag
Mays
Kimberley
United States Navy
New York
Illinois
Naval Service
Philippine Inquiry And Commerce Department Move
Washington reports say the Senate authorized a Philippines investigation by the committee during sessions and considered printing a special Congressional Record edition for public sale. The bill creating a Department of Commerce and Labor was passed with bureaus retained under the new department. House commerce panel backed government control of the Erieasing cable and favored Corliss of Michigan’s bill detailing government undertaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Committee On the Philippines
Committee On Printing
Department of Commerce
Department of Commerce and Labor
Census and Labor Bureaus
Governor Shaw Leaves Des Moines for Washington
Governor Shaw and his wife began the journey from Des Moines to Washington to assume the duties of secretary of the treasury. They traveled this morning aboard the Northwestern line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
Des Moines
North-western
Washington
Angretary
The
Treasury
One on Aguinaldo and His Lands
Secretary Long described Aguinaldo as a shrewd, selfish speaker who tapped popular cries for confiscating friar lands to win support. He noted Aguinaldo is not educated or particularly capable and warned the land question fuels hostility. Officers report the aim is to ease tensions by ending landed proprietorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long
Washington
Aguinaldo
Roof
Aguinado
Bribery Case Ties St Louis Officials to Suburban Railway
Bench warrants served on Dimit A Meysenberg Charles Kratz and John K Murrell over an alleged bribery scheme tied to a Suburban Railway payoff of 135000 dollars in a safety deposit box. About 75000 was to go to the House of Delegates and 69000 to the city council if a franchise extension passed. The council approved the measure but a Supreme Court writ halted it. two keys prevented access to the money. The grand jury reportedly has 12 to 14 more indictments in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Dimit A. Meysenberg
Charles Kratz
City Concil
John K. Murrell
House of Delegates
Supreme Court
Poltical Combine
Lengthens Life Claim by Boston Doctor Thompson
Boston physician Dr. Augustin Thompson proclaims a method to extend life beyond 150 years by transmitting a force akin to food into the body. He says he has tested the theory for months, restoring weakened centers and claiming cures for hundreds, contrasting with Loeb and Archer on electricity versus life energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Augustin Thompson
Jacques Loeb
Thompson
Loeb
Archer
New York
Dr.Thompson
Eight Foot Hairy Monster Terrifies Idaho Town
Deseret News reporting from Pocatello says Chesterfield in Bannock County Idaho is alarmed by an eight foot tall furred humanoid covered in hair seen skating on the river January 14. Tracks measure 22 inches long and seven inches wide with four toes. Twenty locals pursue the creature as stockmen report footmarks west of the river.
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Bannock County
Salt Lake
Utah
Pocatello
Idaho
Deseret News
Chesterfield
John Gooch
Americans Rule Dawson Elective Government Wins
In Dawson Alaska Americans secure control of local government by oath of allegiance, choosing mayor and council over appointive commission. The "Kids committee" backed elective rule, prevailing by seventy-nine votes among 687 total, despite two thirds of population being American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Dawson
Ross
Kids Committee
Edward
Banker a death by own action Newton Mass Jan
Lane B. Scho field senior member of Scho field Whicher Co bankers and brokers of Boston shot himself at his home in Newtonville today. The incident marks a fatal self inflicted death within the Newtonville residence as the firm’s Boston ties are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Mass
Lane B. Schofield
Schofield, Whicher & Co
Bankers and Brokers
Boston
Newtonville
New York Tunnel Blast Kills Six and Injures Many
A Parke avenue shaft explosion near Murray Hill hotel in New York City killed six people and injured about 100 others. The blast damaged the Murray Hill, Grand Union, Manhattan Eye and Ear, and Grand Central area, with losses estimated over a million dollars. Victims include Cyrus Adams and J Roderick Robertson among others. the cause involved stored high explosives in the transit tunnel under construction.
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New York
Dan
Parke Avenue
Murray Tum
Manhattan Bye and Far Hospital
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Railroad
Murray Hill
Grand Union
Manhattan Hospital
Grand Central Station
Cyrus Adams
Murray Hill Hotel
Samiel’ Carr
Murray Him Hotel
Hein
Ansonia
Conn
Roderick Robertson
Nelson
B. C
Murray Hil
Joan Thompson
Willaim Tiebs
Charles
Ira A. Shaler
New York City
Miss Best
Newport
R. Murray Hill
Best
R. I
William R
Bristol
Meridan
Walter R. Bristol
St. Vincent's Hospital
James BE. Bunting
Boston
Mr. Cummings
Troy
Mrs. Cummings
N. Y
George Capin
Stanford
Edward Juhde
Philadelphia
EB. BM. Lewis
Lima
W. J.iNok
Benjamin Moore
Madison
N. J
Father Ryan
New England
H. C. Scott
Kingston
Jefferson Stanton
Bridgeport
Madison Avenue
East Forty-first Street
Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital
Avenue
Moses Epps
Fowler Hospital
Dynamite Blast At Rail Project Hurts Workers
A tunnel blast near Parke Avenue injured a worker and led to the arrest of several men. Epps fought a fire with water and was later hospitalized after the dynamite exploded. Murray faced police custody with no charge yet, while DA Jerome investigated for possible homicide charges against engineer Shater and foremen Bracken and McGrath as well as other officials.
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Epps
Cnme
Npps
Ito
Andrew Murray
Murray
Jerome
Yva A. Bhaler
Parke Avenue
John Bracken
Maretin McGrath
William Barclay Parsons
Rapid Transit Commission
Cald
Shater
Chicago tragedy ends in murder and suicide by physician
A Lancaster Pa. doctor Harry J Zeigler fatally wounded his wife Anna at the Wellington hotel in Chicago and then killed himself. A note claimed they planned to die together but he lacked the nerve and his wife would perform the act. Mrs Zeigler survived briefly then faded while Doctors investigated possible poison in a beer bottle. The couple's troubled history includes a recent marriage to Anna Adams of Lancaster and a pending divorce.
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Harry J. Zeigler
Chicago
West King Street
Lancaster
Anna
Wellington Hotel
Wellington
Zelgter
Dr. Riesa
Zeigler
Samaritan Hospital
Yeigler
Samuel P. Adams
Adams
Anna Adams
Louis
Geigher
Pua
Harry J. Zergier
Chiccago
William J. Zeigler
Philadelphia
Reading Hailroad Company
Saratoga
Philippines
Luzon
Veigier
Harriet Baker
Ill-Informed Correspondent Probes Root On Reform Plan
A Washington correspondent met with Secretary Root to discuss an administrative reform scheme. Root, listening with a ruler held to his ear, grinned and implied he had previously proposed the plan in a joking remark. The exchange centers on whether the idea had been proposed or suggested before.
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New York Times
Washington
Root
BNSF
Blane
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Ank
Harrisburg
Weston Kelper
Henry Rowe
Charles YW. Ryan
Halifax
Natlonas Bank
Philippine Inquiry
New York Tunnel
Murray Hill House
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