Ambush on German plantation in Samoa shocks Washington
News dispatches from Apia Samoa dated April 1 report 105 American and British sailors ambushed on Mataafu territory. Lieutenant Freeman of the Tauranga and Ensign Monahan of the Philadelphia were killed along with Lansdale, with two more sailors dead. Natives 800 strong severed heads of officers as priests carried them to Apia. The German planter manager is detained aboard Tauranga amid suspicions he urged fighting. Washington officials fear war as reports reach London and Auckland.
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Auckland
N. Z
Apia
Samoa
A. H. Freeman
Tauranga
Freeman
Lansdale
United States
Philadelphia
J. R. Monahan
Monahan
Mataafu
Mataafa
Washington
White House
Hull
London
Associated Press
New Zealand
Department
Samoan
Kautz
Philip B. Lansdale
John R. Monahat
James Butler
Norman Edsal
Philadelphi
Freeman Kaurz
War department notes ammunition limits for captured guns
Philippines arms seizure near Zamboanga prompts a cautious military view. Officials say insurgents may not obtain ammo for the Spanish gunboats awaiting transfer to the United States, while one party has withheld payment until delivery at Manila.
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War Department
Zamboanga
United States
Manila
Ttmn
Ambush near Apia reported by naval cablegram
Admiral Kautz relays a Washington cablegram noting the April 1 ambush near Apia by British and U S forces under Lieutenant Freeman. Five sailors died aboard the Philadelphia and several wounded. British losses also reported. Officials urge no extra instructions unless necessary and consider war sentiment risk. Country leaders weigh Germany’s stance amid Pacific tensions.
Muster Out Orders Issued for Senior Army Officers
Washington war department issues muster out orders under a 1899 act. Major Generals Wilson Lee Wheeler Bates Young Chaffee Ludlow Wood Wade Anderson Henry and Brigadier Generals Davis Schwan Wheaton King Grant Hughes Ovenshine Hale are mustered out to accept volunteer commissions. Others to resume commands or be reorganized under the same act with dates through mid July 1901. Some will go out by June 12 with exceptions May 12 Otis July 2 and Frank remaining in command.
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Washington
War Department
James A. Wilson
Fitzhugh Lee
Joseph Wheeler
John B. Bates
Samuel M. B. Young
Adna Chaffee
William Ludlow
Leonard Wood
George W. Davis
Theodore Schwan
Lloyd Wheaton
Charles King
Frederick D.grant
Robert P. Hughes
Samuel Ovenshine
Irving
Frank
Otis
Defect in Georgia Convict Law Revealed
Comptroller General Wright flags a serious oversight in the new Georgia convict law. He has sent the issue to the attorney general for opinion noting the lease provision omits funding for boards of inspection and chaplains at penitentiary camps, a long standing legal requirement.
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Georgia
Wright
Jefferson Day Banquet Features Vast Floral Display and Oratorical Fire
The Jefferson Day ten dollar banquet at the Metropolitan Opera House drew around 2,500 guests, with roses and ferns overgrowing tables while speeches by Perry Belmont and Augustus Van Wyck highlighted Democratic ideals. Festivities included champagne and wine, a large serving staff, and a tumultuous but memorable setting as speakers addressed state and national policy.
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New York
Democratic Club
Metropolitan Opera House
Thomas Jefferson
Opera House
New York City
Richard Croker
John Stanchfield
Frederick C.schraub
Robert B. Roosevelt
General Catlin
Amos J. Cummings
Mr. Croker
Perry Belmont
Belmont
Augustus van Wyck
Justice van Wyck
Quay and Son Go On Trial In State Funds Case
Ex senator Quay and his son Richard R. Quay faced trial on conspiracy charges over alleged misuse of state funds tied to the People's Bank of Philadelphia. Judge Biddle presided as the trial opened with limited public access following a February postponement.
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United States
Quay
Richard R. Quay
People’s Bank
Philadelphia
Biddle
Rothermel
Bryan in Milwaukee Speaks At Jefferson Banquet on Democracy
Colonel William J. Bryan of Nebraska headlined a Jefferson club banquet in Milwaukee at the Plankington house with over 400 guests. Democrats from many towns and most state legislators attended as Bryan defended the 1896 Chicago platform and the gold standard against calls to abandon it, arguing the issue remains pertinent and the party must stand by its economic policies.
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Long
Representative Hull
Iowa
House Military Committee
Germany
Spain
United States
Great Britain
Thurston
Stewart
Jefferson Club
Milwaukee
Wis
Plankington House
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Bryan
Chicago
Cleveland
Harrison
Europe
Samoan Commission to sail from San Francisco aboard Badger
The Samoan Commission will sail from San Francisco aboard the U S naval transport Badger on the 26th instant. Baron Speck von Sternberg, German embassy secretary, joins as the German member of the high commission after meeting Secretary Hay. The Mariposa plan was scrapped. Badger is traveling from Callao via Panama to San Francisco with first class accommodations for the commissioners.
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San Francisco
Apia
Badger
Washington
Amoan Commission
United States
San Franscisco
Baron Speck von Sterdberg
Hay
High Commission
Mariposa
Commission
Calloa
Penu
New York
Governor Candler Offers Reward For Hose Arrest
Georgia Governor Candler to reward 250 dollars for the arrest and delivery of Sam Hose, accused in the murder of Alfred Crawford and assault on Mrs Crawford near Palmetto. The aim is to bring Hose to Fulton County jail in Atlanta to prevent lynching and ensure safe keeping.
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Candler
Georgia
Alfred Crawford
Mra Crawford
Sam Hose
Palmetto
Fulton County
Hose
Atlanta
Ex Governor Pierpont Dies in Pittsburgh
Ex Governor Francis Pierpont known as the Father of West Virginia died Friday night in Pittsburgh at his daughter’s residence. He served as the union governor of the restored Virginia government at Wheeling and helped shape the state’s creation before the Civil War.
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West Virginia
Francis Pierpont
Pittsburg
Pierpont
Virginia
Wheeling
Westginia
Proclamation Praised by Filipino Citizens Visit
President McKinley received a dispatch from Dr. Schurman at Manila showing the proclamation has done great good. Filipinos visit the commissioners daily to express satisfaction and wish to become citizens of the United States. The message notes many natives desert Aguinaldo's government as tyrannical.
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United States of America
Spain
Alfonso XIII
Paris
Washington
William McKinley
United States
Wrillliam McKixurz
Joan Hay
McKinley
Schurman
The
Philippine Commission
Manila
Aguinaldo
Farm Conditions Seen Improve Despite Stable Labor Force
The Industrial Commission heard from Assistant Secretary Bingham on farm conditions in Washington. He noted farm employment has remained about the same as fifty years ago, but hours are shorter and wages better due to machinery and improved methods, with crop sharing rising and possibly replacing wage labor. He urged teaching elementary agriculture in schools to keep youths on farms. He pegged farm investments in the U S at about 1.5 billion dollars and said net farming profits average just two to three percent, framing tax burdens as a factor.
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The
Industrial Commission
Washington
Bingham
Agricultural Department
Grange
National Grange
Brigham
United States
First photograph of Sphinx shows immense monument and scale
A historic photograph captures the Sphinx with a man atop and another halfway up, illustrating its vast size. The statue stands sixty five feet high and one hundred eighty nine feet long with a fourteen foot facial width, carved around 4000 B C. Scholars debate its meaning, but many favor the idea it depicts a Pharaoh.
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Egypt
America and Germany Opened by New Maritime Ties
The article notes American firmness shifting German interests away from Manila Bay and mentions navigation between Detroit and Cleveland opening recently. It also references stomach bitters as a health tonics claim.
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America
Germany
Manila Bay
Detroit
Cleveland
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Stuart
Tauragan
Wheeler and Lee
Gia
van Wyck and Belmont
Samoan Commission
Bellamy Storer
M. Cambon
M.thiobaut
Madrid
Barcelona
Sphinx and Man
Saparilla
Thomas Jones
South
Utica
Hood
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