Misamis Province Seeks Military Rule in Mindanao
General Davis asks to place Misamis under military control amid treason allegations against local leaders tied to the Katipunan. General Wade backs restoration of military authority as a path to peace, while the Philippine commission is expected to refuse, as in Tayabas.
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Philippine Commission
Tayabas
Manila
George W. Davis
Zamboanga
United States Philippine Commission
Chaffee
Yayabas
Luzon
John S. Parke
Twenty-first Infantry
Alaminos
Laguna
Bell
Batangas
Lauzon
James D. Tilford
First Cavalry
Tiford
Tilford
John D. Hartman
First
Batengas
Vigan
Tocos
Jose Rizal
Rizal
Depew Warns Trade Blockage Over Canal Sale
London December 22 Senator Chauncey M Depew told AP that M Hutin former Panama Canal Co president offered to sell the canal for 40 000 000 and that US would likely have bought it if not for bickering over price He said Panama Canal Co decision yesterday came too late and implied delays hindered acquisition by the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Depew
Hutin
London
Chauncey M. Depew
Associated Press Today
M. Hutin
Panama Canal Company
United States
Londonderry Says Finances Block Underground Lines
The Marquis of Londonderry, postmaster general, replying to a London chamber of commerce memorial, states that the current state of national finances prevents laying underground telegraph lines to the provinces.
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London
Boers Plan Summer Campaign Despite Surrender Hopes
London dispatches report Boer leaders intend to press the war and stage a summer campaign after conferences. A Daily News message from Volksrust notes continued resolve, while Sydney telegrams say Joseph Chamberlain told Australian Premier Barton Britain would welcome 1000 volunteers for South Africa.
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Chey
London
South Africa
Daily News
Volksrust
Daily Mall
Sydney
Joseph Chamberlain
H. Barton
Commonwealth of Australia
Barton
Vessels in Distress Reported at Sea Near Atlantic
The Hughenden sailing from Savannah to Bremen arrived St Michaels December 21 and reported the brig Harry Smith with a damaged rudder and cargo adrift after December 19 sighting in latitude 40 and longitude 44. The Harry Smith was returning to Fayal. The Inkum from New Orleans to Havre signaled a fire near Kinsale and said the blaze was under control.
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Ome
London
Hughenden
Sawyer
Savannah
Bremen
St. Michaels
Ahe
Harry Smith
Costa
Fayal
New Bedford
Smith
Inkum
Moore
New Orleans
Havre
Kinsale
Miss Stone to Be Released by Brigands
Sofia dispatch reports an agreement with brigands holding Miss Stone. The terms propose a ransom of 14,000 pounds to be paid on Bulgarian soil, with Stone to be released in Turkish territory.
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London
Sofia
Daily Telegraph
Miss Stone
Constantinople
Miss
King Edward and Queen Alexandra Postpone Sandringham Visit
The court circular announces that King Edward and Queen Alexandra will not travel to Sandringham to spend Christmas due to a slight indisposition of Queen Alexandra. The illness is not serious. The King and the Princess of Wales were at York today.
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King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Sandringham
London
Edward
Princess of Wales
York
Boers Burn British Alive Charged by Lord Kitchener
London dispatch from December 22 reports Lord Kitchener's war office dispatch detailing Boer killings of natives. One case cites a driver captured from a British convoy in late 1890 burned alive. The notice follows other updates including a withdrawal of charges and mixed foreign reports.
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Lord Kitchener
London
War Office
Star Ward
Rome
Manchurian Treaty Talks Show Chinese Demands
In Pekin on December 22 Russian minister Panl Lessar and Chinese plenipotentiaries Prince Ching and Wang Wen Shao debated Manchuria terms. China pressed for earlier troop withdrawal limits and freedom to adjust forces without Russia, while opposing limits on Chinese troops and demanding order retention. In Constantinople on December 23 Basra report says British gunboat commander replaced the Turkish flag at Mabarouk’s residence with the sheikh’s flag signaling independence.
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Manchuria
Pekin
Panl Lessar
Prince Ching
Wang Wen Shao
Wane Wen Shao
Li Hung Chang
China
Mance
Constantinople
Basra
Asiatic
Turkey
Mabarouk
Kowert
Depew Engagement for December Wedding in Nice
London dispatch reports Senator Chauncey M. Depew and Miss May Palmer preparing to wed December 28 in Nice after Depew’s arrival aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse on December 20.
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Senator Depew
Miss Pal'meron
London
Chauncey M. Depew
Plymouth
Mies May Palmer
Nice
Swedish Traveler Hedin Reports Attacked by Tibetans
Dr Sven Anders Hedin, the Swedish explorer, wires King Oscar from Ladakh Cashmere after his party was attacked by Tibetan adherents during the Gob desert Thibet expedition. He says most of his caravel and all collections were lost but his notes survived. King Oscar replies with thanks and greetings.
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Oscar
Christiana
Sven_ Anders Hedin
Ladakh
Cashmere
Gob Desert
Thibet
Hedin
Seventy English Artists to Paint for King Crown
The Royal Academy plans a unique gift for the monarchy. Seventy members will each paint a watercolor of uniform size for His Majesty. The works are privately exhibited before presentation in December at London.
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London
Royal’ Academy
In Academy
Chinese Stock Issued For Arriving Merchants At Ports
Local Chinese colony reports that many southern Chinese stock companies with capital up to one million dollars are forming and will issue stock certificates worth up to one hundred thousand dollars to Chinese arriving in America. The goal is to prove exempt merchant status to customs upon entry, amid talks of a stricter exclusion law when the current act expires next May.
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Port Townsend
Wash
China
America
Continental Tobacco Company Acquires Local Plant
Middletown Ohio December 22 The Continental Tobacco Company has secured the Wilson and McCally plant in this city. The considerations not made public. The company had years ago acquired the P. J. Scra tobacco works in this city and is operating them. It is believed the transfer will be made January 1.
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Middletown
Ohio
Continental ‘Tebacco Company
Wilson & McCally
Continental Tobacco Company
P. J. Scra Tobacco
His Fluent Fount of Tears in Edinburgh Scotsman
A humorous anecdote about a photographer and a man seeking a photo of himself weeping on his late fiancées grave. The man explains the grave is in Ireland, or alternatively a grave could be set up in the shop for the shot, highlighting the stranger’s insistence and blunt practicality in grief.
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Edinburgh Scotsman
Ireland
Wit from London Answers on Children’s Quick Quips
Dr. Macnamara recalls schoolroom wit from Kennington children who mix mischief with humor. Their quips include Nile origins in Mungo Park, Europe’s famous volcanoes in Sodom and Gomorrah, and jokes on kings, marriages, and manners.
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London
Macnamara
M. P
Kennington
Mungo
Park
Europe
Sodom
Gomorrah
Edward II
Henry VII
An Antarctic Night
Henryk Arctowsky describes the polar night in Antarctica starting May 1 and lasting two months, noting grim effects on the crew. One man dies on June 5 during the darkness, body buried in a lee hole as bitter winds blow. The piece discusses illness, care by a doctor, and Cook's treatment affecting resilience during extreme darkness.
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Henryk Arctowsky
The
Geographical Journal
Dance
Cook
Masie
Knutsen Dies Amid Expedition Dangers
In a harsh account a key expedition member Knutsen dies likely from illness or injuries sustained during the journey. The passage notes unsteady conditions and sparse details as the team presses on under difficult circumstances.
Discovery of anti dysentery agent at University of Michigan
Ann Arbor residents show keen interest as the University of Michigan bacteriology lab reports a breakthrough by Dr. Fredrich G. Neyy and President Paul Breer chemist in an anti dysentery preparation. Experiments on small animals with induced intestinal diseases showed success.
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Ann’ Arbor
Pacteriolog
Toul
University of ‘Mighigan
Fredrich G. Neyy
Paul c. Breer
McClellan In Quarantine After Manila Arrival
McClellan, a U S military transport from Manila, reached quarantine at 8 o clock this morning. She carries several corps of engineering troops and hundreds of discharged soldiers. The ship stopped at Gibraltar on the 6th and paused at Bermuda for coal before sailing onward last Thursday.
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Manila
New York
United States
McCtelar
Manilla
McClean
McClellan
Gibraltar
Bermuda
Port Sho
Archbishop Chapelle Returns Home in New Orleans Escort
Archbishop Chapelle returned to New Orleans late last night to a formal escort by a committee of laymen and priests led by Mayor Capdevielle. He was met many miles from the city and brought to a fully furnished diocesan residence presented by the diocese.
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New Orleans
Chapelle
Capdevielle
A Cool Irishman at the Crowded Inn
A short claw pipe smoking Irishman walks to the bar at a busy market town inn and, after a series of exchanges, calmly declares he is the man who comes here every morning to light his pipe. The incident surprises the barman.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Convention to Convene in Macon
The fourth biennial Gamma province Sigma Alpha Epsilon convention will meet December 30 and 31 at the Lanier hotel Macon Ga A reception at the Lanier opens the event with business sessions following and a banquet hosted by notable alumni including J Pope Brown W H Felton Minter Wimberly Pleasant A Brovail John D Little Thomas E Watson Allen Fort Howard Van Epps H H Cabanzas and many Southern alumni expected from Georgia and Atlanta.
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Macon
Gamma
Sigma Alpha Bpsilon
Japfler Hotel
Lanier
Fusiness
Lanier Heavening
Bist
Moambara
Vir‘einia
Carolinas
Georgia
J. Pope Brown
W. H. Felton
Minter Wimberly
Pleasant A. Brovail
John ‘D. Little
Thomas E. Watson
Allen Fort
Howard van Epps
Nie
South
Atlanta
Georgia Psi
Mercer University
Revolution in Buttons in Sheffield Trade History
Athenaium notes that old sumptuary laws targeting covered buttons in Sheffield lingered long after 1720. Tailors faced fines for setting covered buttons on garments and wearers risked penalties for adorned waists. Prosecutions by masters and journeymen persisted until 1802, then faded as magistrates stopped enforcing the statute.
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Athenaium
Sheffield
Anne
Carrier Pigeons Used by Rockford Doctor
A Rockford physician employed carrier pigeons for urgent medical messages. When summoned to a distant island twenty miles away, he crossed the danger of travel to reach the patient, returning with six homing birds to relay the patient’s condition to the family. The pigeons were dispatched as needed to convey assurances to the patient’s caretakers.
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Chicago News
Corster
Rockford
Lana
Youth Sergeant’s Secret Casting Shadow in British Camp
A fragment from The Youth's Companion describes an officer in an English regiment who is unpopular. While returning home one evening he glints and is seen as a bad image. The question why yields a shunt reply about not letting others know he pulled someone out to avoid being chucked.
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Swan
Spalding and His Troubles In Injunction Case
A. G. Spalding, serving as president secretary treasurer of the National League, reports he was served with an injunction prohibiting further action. He says he will not act until the New York supreme court decides if he is legally elected, urging clubs to secure playing talent yet noting he cannot proceed.
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New York
A. G. Spalding
National League
National League of Baseball Clubs
Supreme Court of New York
National League and American Associaion Professional
Spalding
League
O'Day
Wrarires
Madeno
Trust Company of Genga Accepts Duties in Racing Cards
The report lists names and entries for a racing meet with the Trust Company of Genga accepting responsibilities. Entries include horses and handlers such as Fallia Latastic Dagme Harve B Eva Moe Golden Link Corillo and many others across six races, with notable contestants like Lizzie A Balloon Dak kelth Major Mansk Bugenia da Riley Free Press Wunderlich and Joe Collins We. San Francisco entries show further six furlongs selling and mile races with numerous horses and riders listed amid a dense handicapping slate.
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Anna Stevens
Ada S. G
Oakling
Fallia
Latastic
Dagme Harve B
Eva Moe
Golden Link
Corillo
Lizzie A
Balloon
Dakkelth
Deponan
Mansk Bugenia
da Riley
Free Press
Frank McConnell
Wunderlich
W. B. Gates
Swordsman
Ids Penzarice
Clara
David
Sad Sam
Email Jack
Gold Lack
Sim W
Weidemann
Poyntz
Jerry Hunt
Queen'Hs
Parker Passes Bogus Check in Chattanooga
A forged check for an amount not specified was cashed at Citizens Bank and Trust Company in Chattanooga by a man claiming to be M. W. Parker. Chief of Police Hill is investigating to identify the suspect, with help from Chism Bros. 4 Co. of Memphis as the issuer.
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Parker
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chism Bros. “4 Co
Memphis
Union Dad Planters’ Bank
Citizens’ Bank and Trust Company
W. Parker
Hill
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Atlantay
Biot
Budapest
Times
Vienna
Grove
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Sthedi
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Haa
Digeape
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Dolphin
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Dutch’ ‘Harbor
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University of Halle
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Conn
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Albany
Bulletin of State
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Germany
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St. Petersburg
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Indianapolis
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Kentucky
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Potts-Thompson Liquor CO
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Dixon
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Kwight
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Chester
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Yightar
Bernayz
McNamara
Mirsl Grand Sachen
Pat Morrissey
Canes Nilgar
Fonso
Bob Palmer
Coury Ger
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Plohn
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Swapa Pry
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