Battleships for Samoa escalate tensions and actions
The navy plans urgent moves to Samoa to protect U S interests amid German, British, and American diplomatic friction. The Philadelphia may sail from San Diego in sixteen days, with possible rapid redeployment of the Oregon and Iowa. The scene at Apia sees the German consul expelled after he seized control of the supreme court, while British and American consuls restore order and warn against further interference.
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Navy Department
Philadelphia
Samoa
United States
Dewey
San Diego
Apia
Honolulu
Oregon
Callao
Iroquois
San Francisco
Iowa
Pacific
State Department
Julian Pauncefote
Baron Speck von Sternberg
Hay
Rafael
Rose
Department of State
Osborn
London
Auckland
N. Z
Supreme Court
Mataafe
Malietoa Tanus
Mackie
Arkansas Senate moves to relieve husbands from ante-nuptial debts
The Arkansas state senate Thursday passed a bill relieving husbands from ante-nuptial debts. The measure ends a longstanding legal dispute after the Supreme Court recently held husbands liable in such cases.
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Arkansas
Arkansas State Senate
Mystery of Keely motor laid bare by Philadelphia Press
The Philadelphia Press reports dismantling Keely workshop finding tubing in brickwork and floor revealing deception. Experts from Penn and University collaborations concluded tubing and a steel sphere supported normal forces and possible trickery behind the so called mysterious motor. Clarence Moore witnessed the investigation alongside engineers and professors.
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Philadelphia Press
John W. Keely
Keely
Hering
Arthur W. Goodspeed
University of Pennsylvania
Lightner Wilmer
M. G. Miller
Clarence B. Moore
Bloomfield Moore
Goodspeed
Clarence Moore
Wil
Cuban evacuation commission ends work in Washington
A Washington dispatch reports the Cuban evacuation commission dissolved on Thursday. Its members submitted to the president and secretaries a report detailing its proceedings and correspondence with the Spanish commission and the Washington administration. Alger and the president praised the commission for its expeditious work.
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Washington
Alger
Samoan Co-Dominion Foreseen as Lurking Danger Says Berlin Press
German paper advices from Berlin warn that Samoa news causes foreboding. The Lokal Anzeiger suggests the dispute may turn serious as American actions toward Germany grow more abrupt. Co-dominion status in Samoa is viewed as a latent risk to stability.
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Berlin
Germany
Samoa
Lokal Anzeiger
Mrs Annie E George Indicted for Murder in Canton
The Canton Ohio grand jury returned a true bill against Mrs Annie E George for murdering George D Saxton last October. Indictment is first degree with death by electrocution. Saxon was brother of Mrs William McKinley. the president and Mrs McKinley attended Saxon’s funeral. Grand jury proceedings were secret.
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Canton
Ohio
Annie E. George
George D. Saxton
Saxon
William McKinley
McKinley
Birthday Dinner for Robert E. Lee Aboard Savannah Camp
In Savannah Georgia the Thirty first Michigan volunteer regiment held a camp dinner on Robert E Lee s birthday. The First Georgia volunteer regiment hosted and helped serve with Savannah ladies contributing. Soldiers from both regiments had shared camp duties at Chickamauga and Knoxville and are now stationed near Savannah. The grounds resembled a park more than a military camp.
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Savannah
Thirty-first
Michigan Regiment of Volunteers
Robert E. Lee
Georgia
Michigan
Chickamauga
Knoxville
Dingley Receives State Funeral in Capitol
A state funeral for Rep Nelson Dingley was held at the U S Capitol with President, cabinet, diplomats, and judges attending. Mourners viewed the body as hundreds filed by the bier while speakers read resolutions and Senate copies were announced.
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House
Nelson Dingley
House of Representatives
Washington
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court
Senate
New York Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Hamilton
Capitol
Hall of Representatives
At-Arms Russell
Dingley
Prominent Educator Rev Dr Morgan Calloway Dies
Dr Morgan Calloway a renowned Emory College English professor died at his home in Oxford Georgia after a week long illness from pneumonia He was 68 and had served Emory since 1872 a leading figure in its growth and progress He joined the North Georgia Methodist conference in 1865 and spent 33 years as an effective itinerant minister an elder at his death
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Morgan Calloway
Emory College
Georgia
Oxford
Calloway
Emory
North Georgia Methodist Conference
Methodist Church
Gen Eagan retracts testimony amid war board review
The War Investigating Commission received a revised statement from Commissary General Eagan replacing the earlier sworn testimony in response to General Miles charges. The new statement is about 35 percent shorter due to its violent and abusive content. After a secret session the commission chose to publish only Eagan's letter, not the accompanying statement.
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War Board
Washington
Eagan
War Investigating Commission
Miles
General Eagan
Seaboard Sale Consummated By Maryland Court Ruling
Baltimore dispatch reports Judges Wykes and Stockbridge denied an injunction sought by Thomas F. Ryan to block transfer of 8,000 Seaboard Air Line shares held by trustees under a pooling agreement. Ryan’s petition was dismissed and costs taxed. Court’s denial clears path to transfer of the railroad to new owners.
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Maryland Court
Baltimore Dispatch
Wykes and Stockbridge
Maryland Circuit Court
Thomas F. Ryan
New York
Seaboard Air Line
Ryan
Samoa Unrest Over Malietoa Succession Leads to Clash
A Auckland cable reports Chief Justice Chambers declared Malietoa Tamas to be king with Tamasese as vice king, sparking clashes at Apia. Mataafe loyalists attacked, 61 of his followers killed or wounded. 12 from Malietoa Tanus’s group. Foreign consuls intervene as provisional government forms under Mataafe.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Chambers
Malietoa Tamas
Malietoa
Tamasese
Mataafe
United States
Great Britain
Falks
Porpoise
Malietoa Tan
Apia
Rafael
Supreme Court
Washington
Rose
Samoa
Illinois House Resolution Honors Miss Helen Gould
In the Illinois House of Representatives on Wednesday Mr Abbott a Republican offered a resolution thanking Miss Helen Gould of New York for her efforts aiding sick and wounded soldiers in the Spanish American War. The resolution directs copies on parchment framed for Miss Gould and for the memorial hall in the state house. It was adopted.
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Illinois House of Representatives
Abbott
Helen Gould
New York
Spain
Transfers For Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway
The Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway Company plans a transfer system to test practicability. Joel Hurt introduced the resolution, which was unanimously adopted by the board. Transfers will be used on the lines for at least six months while officers formulate a plan and print tickets.
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Atlanta, Ga
Consolidated Street Railway Company
Consolidated
Joel Hurt
Board of Directors
Burial of Representative Dingley in Maine
The body of Nelson Dingley lies in Oak Hill cemetery Auburn after public services at Pine Street Congregational church Lewiston Maine. Neighbors and friends attended the burial as Maine honors its late congressman on Wednesday.
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Maine
Nelson Dingley
Lewiston
Pine Street Congregational Church
Dingley
Oak Hill Cemetery
Auburn
Posse Attack Fails in Hunt for Tenn Murderers
In Rogersville Tennessee a posse attempting to nab two murderers fatally wounded one man and seriously injuring two others. Joe and Charles Metcalf along with Mat Clayton and Will Freeman were shot by Pat Flannerty who fled the scene in the upper Clinch neighborhood about ten miles from Rogersville.
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Rogersville
Tenn
Joe
Charles Metcalf
Mat Clayton
Will Freeman
Pat Flannerty
Upper Clinch
Flannerty
Spaniards Swiped Cash Belonging to Foreign Insurers
A San Juan dispatch reports Governor Henry received a finance cabinet report showing former Spanish authorities in Porto Rico diverted 400000 pesos from foreign insurance companies, contractors, and judicial trustees held in island deposits. Insurers demand the United States government reimburse the loss.
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Porto Rico
San Juan de Porto Rico
Guy V. Henry
Senor Colyteste
United States
West Virginia House Recognition Sparks Political Standoff
Gov Atkinson and the Republican senate refuse to recognize the newly organized West Virginia house. The chamber has been notified as ready for business, but the governor has not sent his message and offers no explanation or timeline. The dispute signals a serious political impasse.
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Atkinson
House
West Virginia
Senate
German Emperor and Empress Host Brilliant Court Reception
Berlin advices say the Wednesday night court event was very brilliant. The emperor and empress were cordial toward the United States embassy. The empress conversed at length with Mrs White, wife of the US ambassador.
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Germany
Berlin
United States
Damaging Flood In Wood County Ohio Hits Homes
A Bowling Green dispatch reports one of the worst floods in years in Wood County south of the city. The Portage river overflows near Mermill flooding two miles on each side, with residents rescued by boat. Mungen village is nearly submerged as oil production halts and cold weather may help recede the flood.
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Bowling Green
Wood County
Mermill
Portage
Mungen
Court Martial for Eagan Charged A Standard With Cabinet
President McKinley announced a court martial for General Eagan with conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman cited as the likely charge. General Merritt expected to preside. cabinet advisers were absent but aligned with the decision. The war investigations commission released Eagan's amended statement noting excisions and authored remarks about Major General Miles.
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McKinley
Eagan
Alger
Corbin
White House
Wilson
Smith
Gen
Merritt
Miles
Hay
Long
New York
War Investigating Commission
General Miles
Nelson A. Miles
Beveridge Elected U S Senator by Indiana Assembly
Albert J. Beveridge, famed “Boy Orator,” was elected United States senator by Indiana’s general assembly in Indianapolis after a brief session. He received nomination from Senator Joss with several Republicans seconding. The Democrats presented David J. Turpie.
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Indiana
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
General Assembly
Indianapolis
Senate
Joss
David J. Turpie
Funeral of Ambassador Romero Held in Mexico City
The remains of Ambassador Romero arrived by rail Monday and were honored with a grand funeral Tuesday in Mexico City. President Diaz and a large crowd attended as the body was laid to rest in the tomb prepared for his wife.
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Mexico
Romero
City of
Diaz
United States
Wholesale poisoning alarms Baxter County Arkansas
Intense excitement grips Baxter County over a spate of sudden deaths near Mountain Home. Six apparently healthy men died after mysterious poisoning, with others falling ill but surviving thanks to swift medical help.
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Baxter County
Ark
Mountain Home
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MR. Dingley
Muddle
Beveridge
Senor Romero
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