Army Officers Granted Extra Pay Amid Cuba Revenue Scandal
A Senate resolution adopted to probe extra compensation paid to Army officers in Cuba amid claims by Secretary Root that officers in high Cuban posts received additional salaries from Cuban revenues. The Washington Post notes administration sanction and calls for a full investigation by Senator Bacon.
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Washington
Bacon
Cuba
Senate
Havana
Secretary of War
Root
Washington Post
United States
Taylor Seeks Roosevelts Aid Over Kentucky Indictment
W. 8. Taylor, Kentucky governor, travels to New York after a grand jury indictment for accessory before the murder of William E. Gobel. He asked Governor Roosevelt to deny extradition. The interview lasted about 90 minutes with secrecy, as the gubernatorial contest case nears Washington Supreme Court arguments on April 30. Rumor of a requisition request from Beckham is unfounded.
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Frankfort
Taylor
Supreme Court
Washington
Beckham
Monument Unveiled in Galveston Honors Texas Revolution Heroes
San Jacinto Day features a new Galveston monument awarded to Texas by the late Henry Rosenburg. The statue memorializes the Texans who fought for independence and honors Rosenburg as its donor to the people of Texas.
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San Jacinto
Texas
Galveston
Henry Rosenburg
Atlanta Eyes Up To Date Pasteur Institute
The Georgia Medical Association approved a plan to study and possibly establish a Pasteur laboratory in Atlanta. A committee was empowered to investigate further and act without binding the association financially. The goal includes securing half of the dog tar funds to help open the Pasteur Institute in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Pasteur Institute
Pressing Boers renew skirmishes near Wepener
London dispatches report renewed Boer activity near De Wet s dorp and Wepener as British garrison at Wepener fights to hold out. Observers note Boer tactics force exhausting marches and surrounding isolated British parties, with relief expeditions planned from multiple directions.
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Wepener
London
Dewetsdorp
Ailwal
Maine
Warrenton
Spenser Wilkinson
South Africa
Associated Press
Dalghety
Brabant
General Rundle
Rundle
Chermside
Roberts
Bloemfontein
Lord Methuen
Boshof
Colson Acquitted In Kentucky Murder Trial
Former congressman David J. Colson is acquitted at 6 35 p m Saturday night in Frankfort Kentucky after a four day trial for the murder of Lieutenant Ethelbert F Scott Luther W Demaree and others The crowd cheered as the verdict was read and Colson received ovations from supporters and soldiers Colson was wounded in the lobby duel and Scott died from the encounter The Demaree case will be dismissed per the verdict
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David J. Colson
Frankfort
Ethelbert Scott
Luther W. Demaree
Ford
Colonel Colson
Colson
James Andrews
Beckham
Golson
Ethelbert F. Scott
Capital Hotel
Scott
Charles Julian
B. B. Golden
Demaree
Filipinos Decimated as War Bloodiest Week Says Manila
Reports from Manila detail a brutal week with 378 Filipinos killed, 12 officers and 244 men captured, and many wounded. American losses were 9 killed and 16 wounded. General Pio del Pilar’s 800 strong band reappears near San Miguel after a night attack with a gatling gun.
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Manila
Luzon
Pio del Pilar
San Miguel
Pilar
Batangas
Wende
San Jose
Lendoius
Baliang
Balch
Thirty Seventh Infantry
Nueva Caceras
Smith
Seventeenth Infantry
Montenegro
Tayabas
Malina
Sultan Must Pay the Debt Promised by the Sultan
A Washington dispatch reports the United States will demand immediate payment of 100,000 in indemnity for outrages on American missionaries and property in Constantinople. Oscar Straus, the U.S. minister to Turkey, offered resignation after delays, urging the sultan to honor pledges and avoid broader conflict in the Mediterranean.
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New York Tribune
Washington
United States
Constantinople
Smyrna
Mediterranean
Turkey
Europe
Olney
New York Herald
Oscar
Straus
Sublime Porte
Mr. Straus
Livingston asks information on remanding defendants to Georgia
Representative Livingston of Georgia introduced a resolution in the house Saturday asking the attorney general to report steps taken to return Benjamin D. Greene John T. Gaynor Edward H. Gaynor and W T Gaynor to the southern district of Georgia for trial on charges of defrauding the government of over two million dollars. The defendants were indicted in the Savannah district and arrested in New York on requisition, but Judge Brown in New York overruled the order. A bill to extend jurisdiction to Georgia is pending, though committee leaders may delay it.
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Livingston
Georgia
House
Benjamin D. Greene
John T. Gaynor
Edward H. Gaynor
W. T. Gaynor
District Court of
Southern District of Georgia
Savannah
O. M. Carter
New York
Shields
Brown
Canal Bill Amended To Protect Rather Than Fortify
A Washington special reports the house committee on Friday amended the Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill to align with the Hay Pauncefote treaty. Fortification and defense provisions are removed and replaced with a protection clause for the canal.
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Washington
House
Box Of Mildewed Bills Found In Americus Yard
Mrs. William Parker of Americus Georgia found a rusted iron box buried in her yard. The box contained a solid block of paper money two inches thick, mildewed and tightly packed, with value undetermined. Some speculate the money was hidden during the Civil War and forgotten.
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Americus
William Parker
President’s Porto Rico message asks fast action on new civil government
The president asks Congress to pass a joint resolution to allow current civil duties in Porto Rico to continue under the 1900 act until officers for the new government are appointed and qualified. Senator Foraker introduced the resolution, providing temporary authority through August 1, 1900, and placing it before the Porto Rico committee.
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Congress
Porto Rico
Army
Wintram McKinary
Foraker
Committee On
Additional Philippine Documents Sent to Senate by McKinley
The president sent further papers on the Philippine insurrection in response to a January 17 Senate resolution. The report by Colonel Armas Blanco details February 2, 1899, actions in Tondo including a planned arson to hinder American barracks escape, a confrontation with U S forces, and a retreat after two volleys.
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Senate
McKinley
Philippines
Armas Blanco
Philippine Army
Second Zone
Tondo
Meisie
D. Rosend Simon
Calzada
Azcarraga
Railroads Honor James Cullen Funeral Pause Across System
The Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis and Western and Atlantic railroads paid a last tribute to Superintendent of Motive Power James Cullen who died in Nashville Thursday night and was buried Saturday at noon. During ceremonies the 1300 miles of the railroad system suspended all business as Cullen had served long and faithfully.
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Nashville
Chattanooga
St. Louis
Faction row in Alabama roils state convention
Alabama Republican factions split at a Montgomery convention with gunfire. Gaston Scott was shot by Frank Moragne during a clash as Taylor Scott fired at Moragne. Governor Johnston cleared the hall and called for separate meetings. Two delegations likely to attend the national convention.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Gaston Scott
Vaughan
Frank Moragne
Bingham
Moragne
Scott
Taylor Scott
Dorsett's Hall
McKinley Headquarters
William Vaughan
Jefferson
Ad Wimbs
Hale
Wimbs
Nathan Alexander
Pope Lovejoy
Executive Committee
McKinley
Aldrich
Dorsett’s Hall
Wickersham
Mobile
Dan Cooper
Birmingham
United States
J. O. Leftwich
Land Office
A. N. Johnson
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