A Case of Bubonic Plague at Manila
Health officers report a native in the walled city showing bubonic plague symptoms. The patient is isolated and precautions underway to prevent spread. The War Department plans a quarantine system in the Philippines under Marine Hospital Service guidance.
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Wasatxatoy
Isa
Manila
War Department
Philippines
Root
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Cuba
State Department
Honolulu
Associated Press
San Francisco
Battle updates from Colesburg and Sunnyside front
Reports from Cape Colony describe renewed fighting around Colesburg with Boer resistance easing as British troops advance from Sunnyside toward Douglass. Canadians and Australians are praised for decisive action, with prisoners and loot captured, while tensions mount over Sunnyside and Moulteno engagements and warnings of possible betrayal near Colesburg.
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Tonpos
Jan
Strorkstoom
Nauwport
Cape Colony
Colesburg
South Africa
Colonel Pilcher
Douglass
Associated Press
Pilcher
Sunnyside
Torontos
Laager
Cornwalls
Pthusiaemn
Laandrost
Modder River
Magersfontein
Kuraman
Colenburg
Poison Plot and Public Figures in Varied News Items
A jailed young negro girl Agnes Utley faced charges for attempting to poison Richard C. Batchelor's household by placing matches in a coffee pot. The report also covers expansion debates with Congressman Carmack, the death of Peter Wilkes, Confederate congressman, and a health advertisement urging medicinal guidance for consumption symptoms.
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Negreas
Coffe Ravman
Agnes Utley
Richard C. Batchelor
Ahs
Resolutions Seek Light On Bank Deal
In Washington a flurry of resolutions sought inquiry into Secretary Gage and the handling of public funds deposits with National City and Hanover banks. Sulzer and Gaines clashed over privilege and called for treasury letters and records from March 4, 1807, and related financial terms, with debate stalling after Payne blocked immediate consideration. Senate business then covered Treasury letters, wartime hostilities in the Philippines, and a proposal on how hostilities began, while a separate note announced a youth murderer hanged in Pennsylvania.
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Washixaton
Jan
Sulzer
Dem. N. Y
Gage
New York
Gaines
Dem. Tenn
Secretary of the Treasury
House Representatives
Treasury Department of the United States
National City Bank
Hanover National Bank
City of New York
Aaid
Mr. Sulzer
Payue
Payne
House
Senate
Allen
Treasury Department
Hanover National Bank of New York
Aldrich
Pettigrew
Secretary of War
Torres
Philippine Army
Aguinaldo
Oris
War Department
United States
Mani's
Hoar
Philippines
Conductor Arrested Over Smallpox Passenger Incident
Conductor McCrary of the Helena Wynne Iron Mountain route was arrested for bringing two smallpox infected persons into Revesa Arkansas. A wire from Mariena warned authorities to notify the city. the train coach carrying the infected pair was isolated under guard. McCrary posted bond for court next Monday.
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Helena
Revesa
Ark
Mcorary
Iron Mountain
Mariena
South Helena
McCrary
Bond
Utah Witness Seeds Evidence to be Sworn Before Committee
A remaining Utah witness prepared a sworn statement outlining the evidence he would give before the committee investigating Mr. Roberts of Utah. If Roberts concedes, the witness may not need to travel from Utah. otherwise he may be brought in. The key point concerns alleged marital relations between Roberts and Mrs Maggie Shipp Roberts. The report also notes a separate local tragedy in Seina Alabama where a man near a powder keg caused a fatal explosion injuring his daughter, wife, and father, with the man not expected to survive. Julia Morrison James faces trial for the murder of actor Frank Leidenheimer with ongoing prisoner confinement and possible continuance due to missing witnesses.
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Hern, Mason Co
W.va
J. ¥. Pierce
Buffalo
Tor
Utah
Roberto
Mra
Maggie Shipp Roberts
Seina
Ala
Drain
Lowndes County
Patterson
Julia Morr
Onatraxcoga
Julia Morrison James
Frank Leidenheiimer
Elronit Coors
Horator Neya
New Te
Boers Offer Medical Service to South Africa Conflict
A prominent New Orleans physician was approached with a proposal that Boer forces in South Africa be supplied with free passage home after hostilities, a return trip, and a $300 monthly bonus while in Boer service. The physician has two years in hospital service and the offer may be accepted.
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New Orleans
Jan
South Africa
South Rican Republic
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