Germany probes Cebu coal beds as Philippines dispute grows
A Washington dispatch says Germany's Asiatic squadron examined Cebu lignite deposits amid plans to use Cebu as a coaling station. Berlin seeks islands rich in coal to challenge U S control. Manila force levels shift as Oregon and Iowa head toward Manila with repairs near completion.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Germany
Philippines
Berlin
von Diedrichs
Cebu
Vizcaya
Kiao Chou
Manila Bay
Manila
Philippine
Dewey
Asiatic
Oregon
Iowa
Cape Horn
Honolulu
Spanish Troops Ordered to Return from West Indies
Madrid reports General Correa orders all Spanish troops in the West Indies back to Spain with sick personnel, archives, and war material from Cuba and Puerto Rico. He criticizes General Toral for his Santiago conduct and threatens court martial. In California, Lucy A Browne, widow of J Ross Browne, dies at 72. In Havana Captain Brown of the Maryland dies of yellow fever. four crew members ill.
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Madrid
Correa
West Indies
Spain
Cuba
Porto Rico
Toral
Vigo
Santiago
Havana
Brown
Maryland
Cost of the Peace Commission Reveals Rising Outlay
Washington reports detail a high cost for the U S peace mission to Spain with daily expenses exceeding a thousand dollars. Judge Day heads the commission with a $25,000 stipend and Secretary Moore to receive $20,000, while transportation and entertainments push total costs beyond $250,000 for 35 members.
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Washington
McKinley
United States
Spain
Judge Day
Paris Banka
Salon Des Ambassadeurs
Paris
Peace Commission
Davis
Fry
Gray
Commission
Whitelaw Reid
Moore
Day
Heid
Corbin
Captain Allen Capron Dies in Virginia
Captain Allen Capron of the First Artillery died at his home near Fort Myer Virginia after serving as an artillery authority and combat in Cuba. His son Captain Allyn K Capron of the Rough Riders was killed in the Santiago campaign. Capron returned ill with typhoid fever and died at home.
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Washington
Allyn Capron
Fort Myer
Capron
Shafter
Santiago Capo
Santiago
Captain Capron
Florida
Military Academy
First Artillery
Pathetic voyage tale and odd nightclub heist tale
A sick man aboard a transatlantic steamer travels with a loyal goat, seeking fresh milk to stay alive, until a jeweller’s shop scene hints at a planned goat robbery. The narrative also covers a mischievous boy named Andy in a circus town and snippets of jokes, poems, and a pugilist’s creed about fighting for big money.
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New York
Bowery
Bill
Europe
Texan testifies Swift's Specific cures blood diseases
A Texan praises S S S as the sole cure for chronic blood diseases, citing multiple family cases where brain fever sores, poisoned wounds, and internal troubles improved after using Swift's Specific. The ad claims it reaches the disease’s root, contains no minerals, and offers free books from the Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta.
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Richard
Clement J
R. J. McKinney
Dicey
Parker Co
Texas
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
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Clancy
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Fleischmann’s Compound Yeast
R. Vi. Wilson
Mitchen
Myster
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Lowney
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Grimes
Robertson
Burleson
Frank W. McConnico
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
Pacific Mutual Life
Am. Union Life
Fidelity and Casualty of
Bryan
A. D. McConn Unico
UW. P. Franklin & Son
Academy For Music
John Mike’s
B. S. Read
John M. Caldwell
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