Court Must Settle in Rathbone Neely Cuban Case
Washington reports Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow preparing evidence for trials of Rathbone and Neely. Rathbone faces four charges including negligence allowing theft, $1000 voucherless payment, per diem allowances, and extravagant expenditures. Neely’s case advanced with related constitutional questions for the Philippines and Puerto Rico.
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Washington
Bristow
Rathbone Down
Rathbone
Neely
Supreme Court
Philippines
Puerto
McCook Returns from Dawson for Heart Treatment
John A. McCook United States consul at Dawson arrives in Seattle on leave of absence until March. He plans travel to New York and Virginia Hot Springs for treatment of heart trouble. The report notes family tensions and reconciliation attempts in the past.
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McCook
Dawson
Seattle
Wash
John A. McCook
Unite States
New York
Virginia Hot Springs
Honors for Hare extend rescue of captive unit
General Luther R. Hare a Texas native helped rescue Captain Devereaux Shields and 51 men of Company F Twenty-ninth Regiment from insurgents on Marindique island. The operation involved troops from the Thirty-third Infantry recruited at San Antonio and occurred weeks after their capture on Induque.
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Washington
Luther R. Hare
Texas
Philippines
Shields
Twenty-ninth Regiment
Marindique Island
Hare
Thirty-third Infantry
San Antonio
Manila
Devereaux Shields
Twenty
United States Volunteer Infantry
Induque
Uprising in China Draws Troops to Kowloon Front
Hong Kong reports a wide scale revolt with rebels north of the frontier. Admiral Ho's forces pursue, 2000 Chinese troops move overland from Canton to intercept. Rebels seek village support and foreign respect, with no outbreaks yet. France notes progress. Germany silent. Japan accepts while demanding arms import ban.
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Hong Kong
Kowloon
Admiral Ho
Canton
Kwang Tung
Kwang Si
Moig Chow
Paris
Germany
France
China
Japan
Chili Objects to Tacna Talk at Pan American Conference
Chile will not accept Mexico’s invitation to the Pan American conference until a definite agenda is set. Chile demands arbitration terms limiting retroactivity and opposes bringing the Tacna and Arica dispute into the talks. Five Oklahoma Indian chiefs died in Mexico after contracting smallpox, including Big Jim of the Shawnee.
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Washington
Mexico
Chili
Peru
Bolivia
Congress
Hague
Pan-American Congress
Guthrie
O. T
Big Jim
Cleveland County
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
David Alford
Boiler worker survives 160 foot fall in New Orleans
Louis Mason, a boiler maker atop a massive chimney under construction for the American Sugar Refinery, tumbled 160 feet but escaped with only bruises. In Tobin Park, Austin, plans for a new Catholic hospital costing about 50 000 dollars were announced, to feature modern equipment and red brick with stone trimming. Seattle reports the Bertha arriving from Copper River with 170 passengers and 75 000 dollars in gold dust from New Chisna and Christochia placers.
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New Orleans
Louis Mason
Austin
Catholic Hospital
Tobin Park
Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Bertha
Copper River
New Chisna
Christochia
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Ben. S. Read
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UDAN
Huntsville
Ala
R. Purdy
Halifax
N. Y
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Ryland
Purdy
Wade
Munner
Galveston
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James Prather
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Foyil
Atlanta
Harvey Jordan
Georgia Cotton Growers’ Association
Macon
Pretoria
General Roberts
Buller
England
Sir Redvers
South Africa
Transvaal
Mansfield
Homer Kessler
Chicago
F. D. Calver
Pennsylvania
Tex
L. O. Dowlen
Petty
Captain Shields
Erade Groupie
Hospital For
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Bryan Marble Works
Paul M. Baylor
James Drug Store
Otto Boehme
Texas Bakery and Boarding House
Otto
Dee Mike, JR
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