General Miles Faces Beef Scandal Inquiries
General Nelson A Miles testifies before the War Investigating Commission in Washington and in Cincinnati on the army beef scandal. He says much of his testimony was suppressed and hints at possible court martial to reveal full facts. Miles notes vast canned beef and refrigerator meat bound for Cuba and Puerto Rico were unfit for food.
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Nelson A. Miles
General Dodge
Commission
Miles
West Indies
Puerto Rico
Cattle dealer Gillett letter claims large fraud ring
Frank Cooper of Elmore and Cooper in Kansas City analyzed a San Antonio postmarked letter he says matches Gillett's signature. The letter alleges a vast cattle fraud involving multiple dealers and promises hard evidence if Elmore & Cooper act, claiming Gillett is a scapegoat. It cites nearly $2,000,000 in transactions and vows a return to Kansas City within 48 hours.
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Kansas City
Frank Cooper
Elmore & Cooper
Grant C. Gillett
Kansas
Mexico
Gillett
Cooper
San Antonio
Tex
No Extra Session No Currency Reform
Currency reform advocates abandon hopes of an early session after March 4 as talks shift to broader actions. The piece covers naval station plans at Ladrones, Dewey squadron coal needs en route to Mare Island, and a pawnbroker tax ruling clarifying taxable activities. It also lists war orders including discharge for Private John H. Squires and duty relief for Major William J. Wakeman at Columbus Barracks.
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Congress
United States
Bennington
Honolulu
Guam
Ladrones
Manila
Navy
Brutus
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Tite
Dewey
Mare Island
Cincinnati
Corsmissioner
Scott
E. Harris
Ironton
John H. Squires
Sixth United States Infantry
Carlisle Avenue
William J. Wakeman
United States Volunteers
Columbus Barracks
Ft. Niagara
N. Y
John 8. Kulp
United States Army
Mechanicsburg Fire Haunts Central Ohio Town
Fire of suspected incendiary origin devastates the main portion of Mechanicsburg in Champaign County on the Big Four road. Beginning about 8 o'clock, most businesses are destroyed and telegraph and telephone service are knocked out. No lives reported lost. full loss and insurance details unavailable.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Mechanicsburg
Champaign County
Sanitation drive in Santiago under U S. forces report
Robert B. Porter returns from Santiago and reports on harsh measures to clean the city. Public lashings and forced street work punished sewer violators while white-uniformed crews, mule teams, and carts removed ages of filth. Streets and buildings repaved and disinfected as residents adjust to the new sanitary order.
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Washington
Robert B. Porter
United States
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Santiago
Secretary of the Treasury
Porter
Sanitary Commissioners
Barbour
Ledgers Not Burned The Standard Oil Probe Hearings Continue
The Associated Press dispatch reports Virgil P. Kline denies claims he tipped officials about the Supreme Court decision. Depositions show McNierney and Moran burned books and boxes at Euclid avenue offices and warehouse sites on November 19 and the following Monday. Hogan says ledgers were not destroyed and calls the burning routine with older materials. The inquiry pauses for January 4 after a lengthy debate among attorneys.
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Cleveland, CO
Virgil P. Kline
Kline, Tolles & Goff
Standard Oil Company
Associated Press
Monnett
Supreme Court
John McNierney
Standard Company
McNierney
Euclid Avenue
Moran
George Fields
Fields
Notary Mason
Charles C. Hogan
Independence Street
Hogan
Standard Oil
Brinsmade
Messrs. Rockefeller
Squire
Severance
Standard
Kline
Mr. Monnett
Cleveland
Frank Rockefeller
Flag Down Order Issued To Remove Ft Azares Banner
Havana December 22 Major Russell Harrison was reprimanded and told to lower the Stars and Stripes at Ft Azares after raising it without orders in defiance of Evacuation Commission promises. By 4 30 p m the flag remained visible. General Lee ordered ration distribution to aid starving Havana residents and to improve relief efforts amid distress from reconstruction policy.
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Havana
Russell Harrison
Ft. Azares
United States
Lee
Alger
Wood
Smithland Woman Fatally Burned. Elderly Resident Dies
Special Dispatch reports Mrs Cathrine Ferrin, a prominent aged resident of Smithland Kentucky, was fatally burned when her clothing ignited from a grate. She is blind and nearly nine years old.
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Commercial Tribune
Paducah, KY
Catherine Ferrin
Smithland, Ky
Burglary Ends in Fatal Mistaken-Identity Shooting
In Quincy Massachusetts a burglar was shot dead at John Shaw's winter home. The occupants heard no shot and found the body by the bay window. Police theorize the killer was a partner outside who mistook the robber for Shaw as he approached the window.
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Quincy
Mass
John Shaw
Gift to Medicine Funds Bacteriology Research
Lord Iveagh grants £250,000 to the Jenner Institute for bacteriology and biology research in Britain. He also plans to contribute £250,000 toward improving the unsanitary Bull Alley area in Dublin.
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London
Lord Iveagh
Edward Cecil Guinness
Jenner Institute
Great Britain
Bull Alley
Dublin
Protest of U S Minister Against Shanghai Jurisdiction
The U S Minister Edwin Conger protests against a proposed extension of French jurisdiction at Shanghai. A concurrent British protest suggests stiffening Chinese resistance, though sustained Chinese opposition could force concessions.
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Shanghai
Peking
United States
Edwin Conger
Ice Gorge Blocks Lorain Harbor Threatening Fleet
A massive ice gorge in Black River near Lorain Ohio has trapped millions in vessel property. The tug Marinette is splintered and a derrick disabled, the steamer Mida damaged, and six ore ships sent downstream by last night’s break. A second gorge looms a mile upstream, with ice fifteen feet high threatening more vessels and the Nickel Plate Railroad bridge.
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Lorain
Black River
Marinette
Mida
Mystery Death of Unknown Woman at Chittenden Hotel
A Pittsburgh described woman, found dead in her Chittenden Hotel room, likely by self harm with laudanum. She left a note claiming grief over her husband and carrying 77 dollars, 150 to pay the bill, and clues pointing to possible home in Forest City and a Jewish background, with police unable to identify her.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ashton
Pittsburg
Chittenden Hotel
Forest City
Pennsylvania
Birmingham
Heim
Brave Heroes All Tribute by Roosevelt
Roosevelt releases two war reports on the Rough Riders at Santiago Cuba detailing July 20 1898 actions. He describes heavy fire near Camp Hamilton and San Juan Hill, captains killed and wounded, charges through fortified positions, and the regiment’s frontline capture with Gatling guns support.
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Ward
Asa
San Juan
Parker
San Juan Hill
Santiago
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War Commission
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