Major Waller Defends Actions in Samar Court Martial
Major Waller of the Marine Corps, on trial for executing Samar natives without trial, cites five precedents from past campaigns including Santiago and China. He argues martial law justified his acts and that he believed them approved by American and other nations, urging acquittal. Captain Marix supports the defense, and expectations favor his acquittal.
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Manila
Littleon
Waller
Marine Corps
Samar
Santiago
Egypt
Bengal
China
Cornell
Arthur T. Marix
Marix
Smith
Governor Delays Execution Amid Respite Decision
Gov. Dockery declined to reveal when he received Circuit Attorney Folke's telegram about Fletcher but said he did not decide until 5:50 Thursday morning to grant a respite. He read Folk's message at 1:30 and wired Sheriff Dickman to stay the execution at 6. The telegram reached St. Louis 35 minutes late and the phone message arrived 10 minutes late. Dockery said Fletcher should have been executed and that the second respite could only delay the sentence briefly.
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Jefferson City
Qov
Dockery
Folke
Fletcher
Folk
Dickman
St. Louis
Gov
City Properties and Homes for Sale in Southeast Town
Listings describe several properties including a small new cottage with tenant and well on site near a schoolhouse costing 550 dollars, a six room house with one or two lots on the west side, a six room house on Main Street four blocks from Main, brick cistern on premises, N B Cole home with two and a half lots priced at 1600, Brazos Bottom farm at 20 per acre with tract sales, 76 feet front on Railroad from Otto Boehme property, Ed Pochila place with two lots and a large two story residence, and additional city property.
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Allen Academy
N. B. Cole
Brazos Bottom
Otto Boehme
Ed Pochila
Unknown boy found dead near Santa Fe track in Ardmore
The mangled body of a 12 year old boy was found Friday beside the Santa Fe track near Dougherty. In his pockets were business cards for R. T. Waltz & Co. Fort Worth and the Hotel Franz Enid. He had gray eyes brown hair and a high forehead. He will be buried at Dougherty.
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Ardmore
I. T
Santa Fe
Dougherty
R. T. Waltz & Co
Fort Worth
Tex
Franz
Enid
Skeletons Found Near Morice Point to Murder
In Niles Michigan on April 12 C B and F E Jones discovered three human skeletons eighteen inches underground near Morice. The trio includes two men and a woman. Skulls show clear violence with two bullet wounds in one skull and a crushed skull in the other. ribs of the woman are broken. Surgeons identify the remains as white persons.
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Niles
Mich
Decatur
Ala
W. J. Polk
Polk
Fort Worth Mail Telegram Sold to Kansas City Group
Fort Worth Texas April 12 The Fort Worth Mail Telegram has been sold to Kansas City interests represented by Chalmers W Hutchison veteran Kansas City newspaper man from J E Bomar of Fort Worth The Hutchison family arrived from Kansas City Friday and Hutchison will manage the paper becoming a permanent Fort Worth resident The price was 12000 dollars
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Fort Worth
Tex
Victoria man slain by unknown assailant near Natchitoches
J B Thomas of Victoria La tried to arrest a man who had shot a fellow negro. When ordered to halt the suspect fired killing Thomas instantly. The attacker fled but was later captured and lynched near Natchitoches La.
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Natchitoches
J. B. Thomas
Victoria
Thomas
Convict Break At County Camp Near Duncanville
At county convict camp No. 3 near Duncanville two inmates attempted an escape. Lem Carroll was slightly wounded in the head and the second man remains at large, believed to be hiding in Dallas as officers conduct a fruitless search.
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Dallas
Duncanville
Lem Carroll
Jealousy Fatal Shot in Cleveland Marriage
William Frank of Birmingham was shot and killed in Cleveland by Charles Anderson, the divorced husband of Frank's new wife. The killing stemmed from jealousy after Frank married the woman in Cleveland on Wednesday.
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Cleveland, O
Wm. Frank
Birmingham
Ala
Charles Anderson
Frank
Anderson
Truant Fear Triggers Boy's Suicide in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio on April 12 13 year old Harry Wisdom killed himself at his east side home by swallowing four ounces of carbolic acid after believing a stranger was the truant officer who would arrest him.
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Columbus
Harry Wisdom
Riis Declines Governorship of Danish West Indies
Jacob Riis of New York says he will refuse the governorship of the Danish West Indies unless President Roosevelt insists on his acceptance. He argues a newspaper man should not enter politics or hold public office.
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Springfield
Mass
Jacob Riis
New York
Danish West Indies
Roosevelt
British Cabinet Meets as Budget Talks Dominate
London reports show Sir Michael Hicks Beach and Joseph Chamberlain at a cabinet council with a Bank of England conference on the budget and war funding. All ministers present except Earl Cadogan signaling no major shift toward immediate Irish policy. Boer peace rumors surface of a possible imperial partner arrangement. In Utrecht Dr Leyds states Boer leaders held talks not tied to Klerksdorp, and warns peace needs European Boer consultation.
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London
Michael Hicks- Beach
Joseph Chamberlain
Foreign Office
Bank of England
Ireland
Earl Cadogan
Utrecht
Holland
Leyds
Transvaal
Klerksdorp
Europe
Maggio Released From Las Cruces Jail
Antonio Maggio, confined since shortly after President McKinley’s assassination, was released by Judge F W Parker at the request of U S District Attorney W C Reid. The case against him for knowledge of anarchists’ plot was dismissed. Maggio was a member of Andrews' Opera company and had allegedly predicted McKinley’s death months before it occurred.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Antonio Maggio
Las Cruces
McKinley
Maggio
Andrews’ Opera Company
Buffalo
F. W. Parker
United States
W. C. Reid
Officials Indicted Over Maladministration in Pawnee County
The grand jury accuses several Pawnee county officials and city council members of mal administration. District Judge B T Haler suspends one county official amid seven counts and appoints a successor. Decatur Alabama reports a separate murder where W J Polk was killed in a tenement entrance for robbery motives.
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Pawnee
O. T
B. T. Haler
Court-martial Deliberation On Samar Executions
Manila April 12 Major Henry P Kingsbury answered the summing up before the court martial of Captain Arthur T Marix representing Major Littleton W Waller. Waller is tried for executing natives without trial under martial law contended by Marix that campaign conduct fell under military law not martial. Marix asked to reply and defended Waller’s command while the court deliberated less than half an hour and announced no decision.
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Manila
Henry P. Kingsbury
Arthur T. Marix
Littleton W. T. Waller
Samar
Waller
Marix
Plunder Ring Revealed In Ridgewood Residence
Police uncover a two year theft spree linked to George T. Howard his wife and a 10 year old son in Ridgewood New Jersey The trove includes wagons sleds carriages and stores full of goods from nearby farms and towns The wife remains at home while Howard and the boy fled first to Jersey City where the boy was arrested On inspection the house holds fourteen rooms packed with looted items and three wagon loads of property are taken to the Ridgewood lockup with the rest stored elsewhere
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New York
George T. Howard
Ridgewood
N. J
Howard
Murray
N. Y
Mrs. Howard
Mr. Howard
Jeweler Finds Hidden Wealth in Old Chest
New York reports jeweler W. E. Koch uncovered cash and securities valued at $15 000 in an antique chest bought years ago at a public sale. A false bottom concealed the wealth beneath the chest stored above his shop. The former owner remains unknown.
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New York
W. E. Koch
York
Koch
Santa Fe plans land settlement drive in North Texas
Gainesville Tex April 12 W W Simmons city ticket agent Santa Fe Gainesville reports a letter from General Passenger Agent Nicholson Chicago saying a large farmer colony from the north will settle in Texas. The railroad seeks 5000 or more acres of good farming land in North Texas not south of Wichita Falls or Gainesville.
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Gainesville
Tex
W. W. Simmons
Santa Fe
Nicholson
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Chicago
Texas
Wichita Falls
Appellate Court Affirms Most Conviction Over Die Freiheit Print
The appellate division of the New York Supreme Court upholds Johann Most's conviction for printing in Die Freiheit an improper piece titled Murder vs. Murder. The article appeared around President McKinley’s assassination and Most is jailed for one year.
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New York
Appellate Division
The
Supreme Court
Johann Most
Die Freiheit
McKinley
Most
War warrants prorated for April education fund
The controller issued April war warrants totaling 215000 dollars, paying school treasures 40 cents per child of scholastic age. This funds the April school budget using the available education fund.
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Austin
President Roosevelt Reaches Washington at Dawn
President Roosevelt arrived in Washington at 7 30 Friday morning and was driven directly to the White House due to the early hour. No public demonstration accompanied the arrival.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
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