Senators in Philippine debate cite cruel colonial pasts
In Washington the Senate hearing intense on the Philippine question and cruelty reports. Spooner cites a Massachusetts 1722 statute offering bounties for Indian scalps while Hoar condemns it as cruel. The clash over policy and-war aims fills the day with heated exchanges and hisses from galleries.
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Wisconsin
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Massachusetts
War Department
Chaffee
Carmack
Tennessee
Philippines
United States
Union
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Hoar
Pettus
Alabama
McLaurin
Mississippi
Mr. Spooner
Bryan
Smith
McKinley
Roosevelt
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Butte News Quiet on Alimony as Divorces Granted
Matilde Cochrane won a divorce from Frank W. Cochrane after he withdrew his appearance and alimony was not pressed. She gains custody of their child and recounts cruelty and a threat to poison her. Elizabeth Pogreba vs Nobel Pogreba also granted divorce. Mary Fister seeks divorce from Jeptha P. Fister for non support. Martin Turk, Meaderville leader, dies in Butte hospital after illness. He came to Butte from Austria in 1882.
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United States
Mr. Carmack
Tennessee
Admiral Dewey
Carmack
Lieve
Smith
Lodge
Massachusetts
Matilde Cochrane
Frank W. Cochrane
Cochrane
Minnesota
Mary Fister
Jeptha P. Fister
Butte
Robert G. Logan
Lettie Logan
Martin Turk
Meaderville
Murray & Freund's Hospital
Turk Saloon Operator Dies and Funeral Set
A former miner and mill hand who opened the Turk saloon in Meaderville in 1889 left a wife and five children. The funeral is at 10 o'clock Monday from the Church of the Sacred Heart. Also notes on Northern Pacific ticket sales for trips to San Francisco and Los Angeles in August with stopovers and a Sept 25, 1902 limit. John M. Foster, US labor department agent, is in Butte to study city statistics. Havana, a glorious smoke.
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Cor. Park and Main Sts
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