Philippines Report Seeks Civil Rule and Reform
The president transmitted a War Department report with the Taft Philippine commission findings. It urges legislation empowering civil government to aid peaceful island development and notes progress toward pacification amid reduced insurgent activity since the U.S. election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Taft ‘Philippine Commission
Gays
Spooner
Congress
Manila
United States
Philippines
Renal
White House
Philippine Archipelago
Appleton Doctor Breaks Quarantine Exposes Self
Dr Rod Ermund the physician who claims smallpox is non contagious escaped quarantine in Appleton on a Saturday night allying with H W Rathbun principal. They drove 40 miles to Waupaca then took a train to Chicago. Rathbun was arrested and placed in the pest house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton, Wis
Rodermund
H. W. Rathbun
Appleton School of Business
Waupaca
Chicago
Rathbun
Carnegie gains control of Pressed Steel Car Co
New York January 26 The Journal and Advertiser reports Andrew Carnegie has secured control of the Pressed Steel Car Co which pays over 2 000 000 in annual dividends FE N Hoffstat is named president succeeding Charles Schoen the founder Hoffstat is described as one of Carnegie s lieutenants The move would give Carnegie control over steel car manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
New York
The
Journal and Advertiser
Andrew Carnegie
Pressed Steel Car Co
FE. N. Hoffstat
Combination
Charles Schoen
Hoffstat
Editor Exiled by MacArthur Over Manila Journal
Gen MacArthur orders the deportation to the United States of George T Rice editor of the Daily Bulletin a marine journal Rice sails for Pennsylvania next Monday for publication of allegations against port captain Braunersreuther. The Mills report exonerated the captain and indicted the editor and others for misreading rates. Rice refused to pledge no more articles, prompting deportation. His home is Red Wing Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macdribny
Manila
MacArthur
United States
George T.,rice
Daily Bulletin
Marine Journal
Rice
Pennsylvania
Governor’ General
Red Wing
Minn
Escape Bid By Mexican Prisoners Ends With Gunfire
In Acapulco prisoners at Castle San Diego briefly overpowered guards and broke into the streets before a sentry on the castle roof opened fire. Several prisoners were killed or wounded, many were captured, and some surrendered voluntarily as panicked residents watched the escape attempt unfold.
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Mexico City
Acapulco
Castle San Diego
Lieut
Trujillo
Handsome Gift Invites McKinley To Visit Knights Templar
Capt O J Humphrey of San Francisco delivered to President McKinley at the White House an invitation from California commandery No 1 Knights Templar to visit the Pacific coast in the coming spring. The invitation rests on a solid gold plate measuring 3 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches, about one eighth inch thick, with an enameled Maltese cross and a center diamond of about one carat, and is finely engraved.
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Washington
White House
J. Humphrey
Sanrancisco
Perkins
Humphrey
Executive Mansion
California Commandery No. 1
Knights Templar
San Francisco
McKinley
Commandery
Pacific Coast
Knight McWinley
Universalist Doctor Opposes Millionaire University Endowments
Dr. R A White of Stewart Avenue Universalist church told the congress of religions at Fullerton Avenue Presbyterian that millionaire endowments threaten broad education. He warned such institutions may lose power to educate, become narrow, and ultimately disintegrate under autocratic influence over professors and students.
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White Massours
Chicago
R. A. White
Stewart Avenue
Mutiny Among Venezuelan Troops at Caracas Barracks
Report from Port of Spain says about 300 mutineers seized Hoyo barracks in Caracas on January 14. A colonel an officer and four men were killed. Mutineers fled, some arrested near Caracas, others surrendered next day. No political cause. soldiers said to be badly fed.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Hoyo Barracks
Caracas
Carecas
Hamburg Syndicate Buys Vast Estate in Orinoco District
A Hamburg syndicate purchases the estate of the late President Crespo in Venezuela's Orinoco district. The 10,000,000 acre property holds cattle numbered at zero in the report. The buyers plan to dominate West Indies meat markets and the packing industry.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Crespo
Orinoco
West Indies
Western Railroads Propose Low Fares After Encampment Shift
Western lines retaliate against Denver losing the Grand Army encampment by offering unusually low rates to Colorado tourist points next summer during the 1901 G A R gathering in Cleveland. Bitter sentiment rises as western roads blame Central Passenger Association suggestions for the Denver loss.
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Chicago
Denver
Cleveland
Colorado
Grand Army
Miners Weigh Wage Rise as Talks With Operators Loom
Wilkesbarre Pa January 28 The United Mine Workers consider inviting anthracite operators to confer over a new wage scale aiming to raise current pay by 10 percent. Leaders warn a strike may follow if talks fail while Indianapolis results show Mitchell and top officers reelected. John Fahey becomes new anthracite district No 9 president.
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United’ Mine Workers
Wyoming Valley
Indianapolis
Charles Thain
Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Wilson
National ‘Executive’ Board
Henry Stevenson
East Bank
W. Va
John Fahey
Pottsville
Bank Teller Barnard Vanishes in Chicago May Hint at Kidnapping
Arthur R Barnard teller at Zion City bank disappeared in Chicago on a Saturday night. His father C J Barnard cashier reports to Englewood police with fears of kidnapping for ransom. police lean toward robbery or possible injury rather than confirmed abduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Arthur R. Brainard
Zion City Bank
John Alexander Dowie
C. J. Barnard
Englewood
Young Barnard
Barnard
No Increase in Prices for Inauguration Week Visitors
Washington reports preparations for the second inauguration week with a plan to house visitors without higher charges. The public comfort committee maps hotels and halls, lists capacities and terms, and warns of crowding but no price hikes. A sanitary corps will inspect the listed accommodations and letters of inquiry are answered with location, quarters, prices, and a map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee On Public Comfort
Famine Relief Ordered for Shan Li Province
Reports from Pekin note widespread famine in Shan Li with thousands dead. A court decree mandated large rice relief. amid reports of Christians being punished for begging, the United States and French ministers protested. The court then ordered relief officials to treat Christians the same as others.
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Can
Shan Li
United States
Christiaans
Exports of Farm Products In 1900 Reach Record Levels
Washington reports Frank Hitch coele of the agricultural department issued the annual review showing 1900 as a landmark year for U S trade. total merchandise imports reached 749 041 184 while exports rose to 1 370 763 571 with agriculture comprising about 49 percent of imports and 62 percent of domestic exports. meat products and corn led growth in exports with unprecedented volumes and values.
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Washington
Frank Hitchcoele
Agricultural Department
United ‘States
United States Agriculture
British Victo ries Reported in Small South African Engagements
Lord Kitchener’s dispatches from Pretoria dated January 26 recount actions near Middlefontein and Ventersdorp with Cunningham and Babington leading British forces. Casualties included officers wounded and men killed or wounded as Boers withdrew. Major and three men captured at Lichtenburg were later released. Smith-Dorrien’s five hour march from Wonderfontein to Carolina ended with Boers driven from the river. one officer killed and two officers and 13 men wounded.
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Lord Kitchener
London
War Office
South Africa
Pretoria
Cunningham
Middlefontein
Delary
Babington
Ventersdorp
Lichtenburg
Railroad Syndicate Hints at Buying Pullman Car Co
The Chronicle reports a rumor that the Harriman Morgan Vanderbilt railroad group plans to acquire a controlling share of the Pullman Car Company and absorb private car companies. Pullman reportedly controls steeping car privileges on most U.S. railroads aside from two lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman Co
Chicago
the Chronicle
Harriman - Morgan - Vanderbilt Railroad
Pullman Car Co
United States
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
New York
New Haven& Hartford
Watchful parable on preparedness for the bridegroom
The lesson from Matthew 25 teaches readiness over wishful thinking as five virgins await the bridegroom. The wise carry oil for their lamps. the foolish lack oil and are shut out when the door closes. Jesus urges constant vigilance since the day or hour of his coming is unknown.
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Matthe
Hdr
Manometh
Marcometh
Jesus
Temple
Bethany
Mount of Olives
Jerusalem
Paradox of greatness through service and virtue
A collection of aphorisms on service, humility, and virtue from SS Times and Ram's Horn. It presents the paradox that true greatness comes from serving others and staying faithful, with lines about courage, happiness, and timely judgments of God. It pairs religious reflections with proverbial wisdom.
Trains Collide in Curve Wreck. Five Dead in W. Va
Parkersburg West Virginia January 29 five men died and one was severely wounded when two locomotives and ten loaded cars wrecked in a curve on the Baltimore and Ohio line between Petroleum and Volcano Junction. An engineer asleep mistook the second for the first section and proceeded onto the main track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Petroleum
Volcano Junction
Baltimore & Ohio
J. B. Watkins
Grafton
W. W. Cunningham
M. Courtney
J. T. Bailey
J. G. Bailey
Kanawha
Benj. Davidson
Gratton
Davidson
Hts
Miter
Laig
Leslie Davis
Courtney
Citizens Union Proclamation In New York 1901 Campaign
The Citizens' Union city committee met and issued a proclamation for the 1901 campaign. It lists many signers including three former mayors Hewitt Cooper and Edson. The proclamation urges a single ticket for unity against municipal state and national party platforms and favors a civic administration free of spoils and favoritism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Citizens' Union City Committee
Hewitt
Cooper
Edson
Union
Stabbed Detective Faces Murder Plot in Evanston
Chicago reports state that Joseph Withoff an Evanston Anti-saloon league detective was attacked at his home Sunday night three assailants concealed near the rear door seized him from behind and stabbed him in the heart region. Despite threats he continues collecting evidence against blind pig operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joseph Withoff
Evanston
Anti-saloon League
Withoffs
Wilhoff
Armour's Will Reveals $15 Million Chicago Estate
The estate of the late Philip D. Armour is valued at fifteen million dollars with fourteen point nine million in realty. A petition for letters testamentary filed in probate court on Monday lists the Armour family as heirs and notes that Armour Institute is not a legatee though Armour arranged for its future by gifting property before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Philip D. Armour
Armour Family
Armour Institute
Armour
Vosburg Released on Bail in Sister's Murder Case
Pittsfield Massachusetts January 29 Robert S Vosburg was freed on twelve thousand dollars bail supplied by his father after arrest on an indictment accusing him of killing his sister Miss May Fosburg at the family home last August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Mass
Robert S. Vosburg
May Fosburg
Jackson Center Ravaged by Fast Moving Fire
The town of Jackson Center south of Lima on the Ohio Central is being destroyed by a blaze. The Lima fire department departed Lima at 1 a.m. for the scene.
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Lima
Jackson Center
Ohio Central
Lima Fire Department
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Philippine Islands
Western
Lexxon
Clalmls
Enginger
B. & O. Railroad
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