General Miles Court Martial Threat Sparks War Dept Rift
General Eagan faces charges sought by General Miles after Miles testified to the War Investigating Commission that meat supplied to troops was unfit. Otis is ordered to seize Iloilo as part of a broader firm US stance. administration expects Senate ratification of the peace treaty and a disciplined Philippines.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Eagan
Miles
Forse
Miles Haseen
Otis
Philippines
Iloilo
Senate
McKinley
Lloilo
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Tivilo
Philippine
Cebu
Luzon
War Department
Nho
Pope Calls on Europe to Unite Against Outrages
The Pope, at Rome on December 23, urged European governments to stop savagery and outrages, warning that church rights in Italy face new pressures. He praised clergy and laity alike for defending the Papacy and morality amid threats to press freedom and church authority.
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Europe
Organization of States
Italy
Apostolic See
Year of Victory Brings Bright Future Under Our Rule
Chauncey M. Depew speaks at Buffalo Christmas dinner on 1898 as pivotal, urging American rule in Cuba and Puerto Rico, predicting vast Cuba trade and Philippine prosperity, framing the Spanish empire’s fall as a global ascent. He cites Dewey Merritt and General Wood and echoes nationwide unity and world power.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Independent Club
Chauncey M. Depew
Ellicott Club
C. B. Gibbs
D. B. Hill
C. M. Depew
United States
Empire State
Hill
Mr. Depew
Mr. Gibbs
Washington
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Spain
Rome
General Wood
Santiago
Dewey
Merritt
Philippine Islands
Botkin Trial Nears End Defense Restates Denials
The San Francisco trial of Mrs. Cordelia Botkin ends its defense as she denies most charges and contests prosecution witnesses. She testifies she did not buy the candy or the handkerchief related to Mrs. Dunning and attempts to reconcile with John P. Dunning. she admits being at the ferry depot the day the poisoned candy was mailed. The court adjourns until Tuesday for rebuttal by the prosecution.
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San Francisco
Cordelia Botkin
Flaming posters call for tar and feathers after Rosser acquittal
In San Francisco a clash looms after Walter Rosser is acquitted for killing Henry Hildebrand. Flaming posters label twelve jurors as murderers and target the jurors. Chief of Police Lees plans to pursue an indictment for the attempted murder of Willie Lynch connected to the case, with possible extradition if returned.
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Walter Rosser
Tennessee
Henry Hildebrand
Rosser
Lees
Willie Lynch
Hildebrand
Railroad brakeman killed by fall before locomotive
Joseph Pratt of Youngstown was killed today after falling from a railroad car in front of a locomotive. He had worked on railroads for thirty years and was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Commercial Tribune
Youngstown
Joseph Pratt
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Second Presbyterian Church Extends Call to Rev Luccock
Columbus church invites Rev G M Luccock, current Metropolitan (Washington DC) pastor, to move from Ohio where he has resided since 1894. Luccock was born in Ohio and now faces a potential call to lead in Columbus.
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Columbus, O
Second Presbyterian Church of
Columbus
G. M. Luccock
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church of
Washington
D. C
Luccock
Ohio
Freight Ships Collide Off Liberty Island Tragedy
A collision off Liberty Island between the Idaho and Flower Gate killed fireman William Smith and seriously injured John Birch. Both were asleep in forward quarters. Smith was decapitated by a broken plank and Birch suffered a severe shoulder injury.
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Idaho
New York
Liberty Island
Wilson Line
Flower Gate
William Smith
John Birch
Smith
Birch
Floods Hit Oil Fields Cutting Production In Ohio County
Severe high water in Wood County Ohio floods several oil leases halting production Buckeye pool loses oil from broken mines Mungen town north of Cygnet submerged forcing residents to use boats and rafts for movement
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Wood County
Buckeye
Mungen
Cygnet
Five Men Burned in Indiana Iron Works Cinder Blast
At Indiana Iron Works in Muncie five workers were badly burned when hot cinders from a puddle furnace were cooled with water causing an explosion. Albert Porter and four others suffered severe burns including to faces heads and eyes and one man was expected to die.
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Commercial Tribune
Muncie
Ind
Indiana Iron Works
Albert Porter
Arthur Stevens
William Ensley
Frank Chambers
Edward Hefferline
United States to Hoist Flag Over Wake Island for Cable Station
Government orders Captain Taussig of the Bennington to seize Wake Island in the Pacific for a Pacific cable station. The island lies 2,000 miles from Nihau and 1,300 miles east of Guam. it is uninhabited but suitable for a condenser water supply. The Bennington will survey Guam and Pearl Harbor as part of expanding harbor works.
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Congress
Ohio
Judge Day
United States
Daugherty
Washington
Harry
General Grosvenor
Weller
van R. Sprague
McArthur
Vinton County
Grosvenor
Sprague
Secretary of War
Robert C. Williams
Fifteenth United States Infantry
Cincinnati
Henry H. Adams
Eighteenth
United States Infantry
Cuba
Spain
Europe
Antilles
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Java
Holland
Orient
Uncle Sam
Pacific Ocean
Bennington
Taussig
Wake Island
Nihau
Hawaiian Islands
Guam
Hawaii
Paris
Caroline Islands
Admiral Wilkes
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Six Physicians Attend Sagasta in Madrid Illness
Six doctors met in consultation on December 23 in Madrid over Premier Sagasta's bronchial pneumonia with high fever and little expectoration. The Queen Regent inquired twice and sent her physician. foreign diplomats and many dignitaries visited the Premier's residence as Senor Groizard serves as acting Premier.
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Madrid
Senor Sagasta
Senor Groizard
St Louis Sighting: Peace Commissioners Aboard
The American Line steamer St Louis, en route from Southampton, was sighted east of Fire Island at 11 12 p m. The American Peace Commissioners are aboard the vessel.
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New York
St. Louis
Southampton
Fire Island
Famine in Cuba alarm prompts army relief plan
President expresses alarm as authorities coordinate with army officers to provide temporary famine relief in Cuba. Aimed at rapid relief measures, the plan leverages military channels to deliver food and aid. The move signals heightened urgency from Havana authorities amid shortages.
President McKinley Urges Charitable Help for Cuban Poor
President McKinley asks philanthropic individuals and organizations to aid starving Cubans in Havana and its environs. He cites 30,000 at risk of starvation, warns that neglect harms U S credibility, and calls for sustained relief and hospital care for the sick reconcentrado population.
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United States
Havana
Brunner
Wyman
Trance Ends After Five Months for Milwaukee Woman
Tony Broshell a 23 year old Milwaukee woman was in a five month trance after sleeping through her wake time July 23. Hypnotism under suggestive therapeutics brought her to normal condition today though she remains weak and can only speak briefly. She has been sustained by liquid food during the long trance.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Tony Broshell
Woman Charged in Infanticide Case At Poplar Plains Ky
Katie Dally aged 36 a domestic at Poplar Plains near Flemingsburg Kentucky is accused in an infanticide case. An infant’s body was found in an old vadlise after an inquest the jury finding death by the mother. She admits the birth and smothering and faces arrest.
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Commercial Tribune
Flemingsburg
Katie Dally
Poplar Plains
Here
C. B. Smith
Judge Goff Cuts Receivers Fees in Timber Land Suit
Judge Goff of the United States Court reduced the receivers fees in the Elk Fork case and held the defendants near contempt for attempting to set up a claim to Randolph County timber land. He approved $300 monthly for ten months for Bruckunier and $200 monthly for thirteen months for McCosh, about half what the receivers sought.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Goff
United States
Annie N. Guice
J. F. Harding
John T. McGraw
Randolph County
Elk Fork
Bruckunier
Wheeling
McCosh
Conflicting Claims Between France and U S Over Shanghai
Washington reports indicate no broad dispute over France expanding Chinese territories. France claims property in Shanghai under its extraterritorial concession, affecting American riparian holdings. The United States protests possible harm to American citizens, with Britain signaling a similar stance. Open market in China remains the U S aim.
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Washington
United States
Shanghai
China
France
Conger
Murder Suspect as Fire Ties to Boarding House Crime
In Lorain Ohio a boarding house fire at John Dalton’s restaurant on Broadway led to the discovery of a murdered boarder, John Rigo, found amid ruins with marks of violence. Police report three arrests already made as investigators consider arson to cover the homicide.
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Commercial Tribune
Lorain
John Dalton
Broadway
John Rigo
Wherry Refuses Writ in Soldier’s Manila Move
Colonel Wherry of the Seventeenth Infantry defies habeas corpus to keep Private Terflinger from Manila. The father J M Terflinger had obtained a writ from Pickaway County Probate Judge Van Cleaf demanding release, but Wherry followed precedent and the soldier heads to Manila.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Wherry
Seventeenth Infantry
United States Army
Manila
J. M. Terflinger
van Cleaf
Pickaway County
Terflinger
Seventeenth
United States Infantry
Time for a New Treaty on US Mexico Extradition
The State Department has not been advised of any extradition treaty negotiations with Mexico. If steps are not taken quickly to replace the current treaty which is close to expiry, border conditions could become grave. Minister Clayton was authorized to learn Mexico's position, while Mexico directed Romero to start talks with the State Department.
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United States
Washington
State Department
Mexico
Clayton
Romero Here
Carlisle Case Sealskin Sack Theft In Police Court
Ex Secretary John G. Carlisle files complaint against cabdriver Richard Leake for stealing a sealskin sack valued at 300 dollars from Mrs Carlisle. Leake held for trial in New York Police Court.
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New York
John G. Carlisle
Secretary of the Treasury
Richard Leake
Carlisle
Leake
Montenegrin soldiers die in snow storm rescue failure
The Daily Telegraph reports that several hundred Montenegrin soldiers were overtaken by a snow storm in the Lava Pass and frozen to death. A rescue expedition could not reach them amid heavy snowdrifts.
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London
Vienna
The
Daily Telegraph
Lava
Slippery Jim Mo ran Arrested in Pension Swindle Case
John Moran known as Slippery Jim, arrested in South Bend for alleged Michigan pension swindles. Decoy registered letter led to capture. Moran, from Lewis County New York, has spent most of his life in prison since 1865 and pulled most of his teeth at Auburn Penitentiary to disguise himself.
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South Bend
Ind
John Moran
Slippery Jim
Michigan
Moran
Auburn
N. Y
Lewis County
Change of flags salutes to be fired
Spanish flags will be lowered and the Stars and Stripes unfurled as part of a ceremonial change of flags. Officials announced the event, detailing the timing and locations for the flag lowering and flag raising ceremonies.
Parade and transfer of Cuba governance to U S authorities
In Havana on December 23 the joint US Spanish Military Commissioners agreed on a January 1 noon flag exchange. American salute at sunrise, then Spanish flags lowered and US colors raised over El Morro and Cuban buildings. Spanish troops to be treated as foreign forces with extraterritorial rights. Repatriation for wounded, and last Spanish withdrawals from Matanzas and Cienfuegos.
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Havana
United States
el Morro
Cabanas
Americtm
Cuba
Matanzas
Cienfuegos
Wade
Butler
Clous
el Vedado
Cubans Prepare for Demonstrations During Evacuation Week
War Department reports strenuous efforts to evacuate Spanish garrisons with transports rushing from Atlantic ports. Cubans plan demonstrations during evacuation week and a large American guard is needed to protect entente. Fifteen Cuban customs ports will transition to American control, requiring competent customs staff.
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Washington
War Department
Atlantic
Department
Watson Seeks Half of Carlisle City in England
San Francisco dispatch notes Thomas H. Watson and his wife Miss Emmia Spreckels plan a world tour. Beyond pleasure and business, Watson aims to gain property valued at £9,000,000 and holds papers claiming entitlement to about half of Carlisle, England.
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San Francisco
Thomas H. Watson
Emmia Spreckels
Watson
Carlisle
England
Man killed with club at rural Gallia meeting
Ed Barewood, a Yellowtown farmer, got drunk and disrupted a country schoolhouse literary meeting. He was struck above the left ear with a club and died within an hour from a fractured skull. The assailant who struck him is unknown.
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Commercial Tribune
Gallipolis
Barewood
Yellowtown
Child Dies of Lockjaw After Arm Vaccination Scab Opens
Virginia Bergen seven-year-old daughter of James W. Bergen died in Columbus Ohio from lockjaw. The child had been vaccinated recently and a schoolmate’s play accident knocked the vaccine scab from her arm, leading to the fatal disease.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Virginia
Bergen
James W. Bergen
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