Johnson on McKinley attacks on policy in Philippines
In the House debate on the army appropriation bill, Representative Johnson assailed the administration’s Philippines policy, criticizing the president and Secretary Alger for incompetence and alleged campaign fund ties. He compared the president to Dickensian Pecksniff and condemned the Boston banquet speech as misstatement. Senate passes river and harbor bill after eight hours of debate with canal amendment fights. Wheat damage reported lower than expected in Chicago and Nebraska, with railroads noting corn as the money maker.
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Dickens
Boston
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McEnery
Landis
Indiana
Messrs. Pettigrew
Rawlins and Teller
Mr. Sewell
Santcago
Burlington
Nebraska
Bulgaria Safe In Port At Azores Debrief
The Hamburg American liner Bulgaria, Captain Schmidt, en route from New York to Hamburg, reaches Ponta Del Gaba Azores after a distress report from the British steamer Weehawken. All on board reported in good health. In another item, Lieutenant Henry Murray, quartermaster of the First South Dakota volunteers, returns home from the Philippines for medical reasons.
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Ponta del Gaba
Azores
Bulgaria
Schmidt
New York
Hamburg
Weehawken
Digtress
Azore Islands
Eagan Defends Canned Roast Beef As Wholesome
The court of inquiry into beef charges adjourned to Monday awaiting witnesses. General Eagan testified on contracts for beef supplies to armies in Porto Rico Cuba and the Philippines. He denied any chemical treatment of beef and disavowed ties to such methods. He defended canned roast beef explaining its issue to troops as officers of the Santiago campaign and the subsistence department observed the refrigerated beef praised while canned roast beef fared poorly.
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Washington
Porto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
Davis
Miles
J. M. B. Young
Santiago
Hughes Case Ends with Not Guilty Verdict in Murder Trial
Mason City Iowa February 25 The Hughes murder trial ended after 24 hours of deliberation with a not guilty verdict. Mrs Hughes sobbed as her family and supporters comforted her. The case of Lorin R. Bons for the murder of James Allison will proceed next. Cornish case in New York yielded little light on the Adams murder. Depew addressed railway employes in Chicago detailing the history and political leverage of railroad workers. Lincoln Senate debated regulating stock commission charges and bond requirements for shippers.
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Cornish
New Yor
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Molineux
Austin
Barnet
Depew
Chulcsco
First Infantry
Congress of Railway Employes
Chauncey M. Depew
New York
Linco
Senate
South Omaha Stock Commission
Live Stock
Dunn
Yeas
House
Suit to Oust Trustees In Sioux City Waterworks Row
William B. White, a local taxpayer, sued to oust the waterworks trustees in Sioux City. Telegrams terse. governor signs anti cartoon bill in California. Lady Curzon ill with fever. Reported Afghan ameer Abdur Rahman Khan dead in Peshawar rumors. Emil Welti, Swiss statesman and six time president, dies at 73 in Berne. Menelik captures Ras Mingasso from rebel governor without a clash. H. A. Parker named general manager of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific after Truesdale resigns. Wabash vs St Louis Kansas City and Colorado case rules in favor of Wabash with $160,000 rental judgment. Grace Lanner of Shelby County, Ill., dies by self-inflicted strychnine at half-sister’s wedding feast. J. W. Ingleby shoots and wounds J. R. Hayes in Hodgenville, Ky., and injuries others. incident linked to liquor influence.
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Redelston
India
Peshawar
Ameer
Afghanistan
Abdur Rahman Khan
M. Emil Welti
Berne
Emperor Menelik
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Ras Mingasso
Vigre
Negua
H. A. Parker
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Whce
W. H. Truesdale
Adams
St. Louis
Wabash Railroad Company
St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado Railroad Company
Grace Lanner
Shelby County
John B. Orris
Grace
Orris
Hodgensville
J. W. Ingleby
Illinois Central Railroad
J. R. Hayes
Hayes House
Robert Creal
Ingleby
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Relief for Nervous Debility
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for nervous exhaustion headaches sleeplessness despondency and poor appetite. It claims to restore vitality through improved nourishment and to cure indigestion and brain fog. It features Ned Nelson the Irish comedian praising the product after dyspepsia and notes Pleasant Pellets for constipation.
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Dr. Pierce
Ned Nelson
Royden Street
Camden
N. J
B. F. Keeth
Philadelphia
Nelson Trio
Minneapolis Tribune Plant Fire Causes Total Loss
A five story Tribune Publishing building on Fourth Street near First Avenue burned last night with flames reaching 50 feet. The blaze started in the second floor job room, likely burning since 6 p.m. No lives were lost. mail lists, files, and presses were destroyed. Nearby buildings also damaged including a wholesale liquor store and a department store. Total loss estimated at 153000. The Times and Journal aided in efforts to contain the blaze.
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Minneapolis
Fourth Street
First Avenues
Tribune Publishing Company
Times
Journal
Tribune
Times and Journal
Tribune Company
George Benz & Sona
S. M. Olson
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