Henderson Resigned over Metropolitan Club Etiquette
Special Despatch to Commercial Tribune reports Speaker Henderson resigned after a district resident, a court clerk, caused friction at the Metropolitan Club by violating its rules. The piece discusses Washington social clubs, Roosevelt era etiquette, and a Philippine Treasury summary amid ongoing colonial administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Carmichael
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Henderson
Metropolitan Club
Chevy Chase
Army
Navy
Explorer Sven Hedin Returns From Tibet and Gobi Voyage
Dr Sven Hedin the renowned Swedish explorer arrives at the Vale of Cashmere on his return from a two year journey through Tibet and the Gobi Desert. Born in Stockholm in 1865 he earned doctorates from Upsala Halle and Oxford and received high honors from Russia. His latest expedition was financially backed by King Oscar and its results will attract future interest.
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Sven Hedin
Vale of
Cashmere
Tibet
Gobi Desert
Europe
Stockholm
Upsala
Sweden
Halle
Germany
Oxford
England
Russia
Dr. Hedin
Orient
East
Peking
Oscar
Hedin
Fire Wipes Dunlow West Virginia Town
A devastating blaze in Dunlow West Virginia wipes out the business block after hours of flames. The Post Office and Copleys dry goods are cited as likely origins with little water available due to the town lacking a fire department. Losses include W C Davis & Co Henry Strober Henry Copley Walter Overman and the Dunlow Saddlery Co among others with insured amounts listed and most homes spared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Dunlow
W. Va
Grover Cleveland
Joseph Miller
Copley
W. C. Davis & Co
Henry Strober
Henry Copley
Walter Overman
Dunlow Saddlery Company
Similar Names Cause Mix Up in Kansas Farm Fraud Case
In Chicago on December 24, Mrs Minnie McCoy and her daughter Lulu McCoy faced a magistrate over an alleged fraudulent transfer of a $15,000 Kansas farm. The suit claims a similar name led to a deed to James Coffey and later sale to O S Wing. A continuance to January 3 allows Kansas witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Minnie McCoy
Lulu McCoy
Charles McCoy
Lulu M.mccoy
Joseph McCoy
Phillips County
Kansas
Lulu M. McCoy
James Coffey
Woodruff
Wing
N. B. McCormick
Coffey
Miss McCoy
Queen Alexandra Improves at London Recovery Update
Queen Alexandra is progressing satisfactorily toward recovery in London after illness. Doctors report steady improvement and no complications observed as she gains strength.
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Queen Alexandra
London
Filipinos Surrender En masse on Bohol Island
General Samson and all insurgent chiefs on Bohol surrender with twenty eight cannons and forty five guns. In Batangas engagement insurgents clash with the Twenty first Infantry. one American private wounded and many enemy dead. Subig Bay prison restored and prisoners sent from Laguna and Batangas. Dougherty’s column burns insurgent barracks and native hamlets while taking many prisoners.
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Manila
Samson
Bohol
Batangas
Twenty-first Infantry
de la
Edgar T. Conley
Subig Bay
Laguna
Dougherty
Two Filipinos Ordered Hanged for Prisoner Murders
The War Department reports court martial records showing three Filipino leaders tied to the ambush of five American soldiers near San Miguel de Mayumo. Commandante Timoteo Chalan and Lieutenant Manuel Gonzales receive death by hanging for ordering the executions, while Sergeant Clemente De La Cruz is commuted to life imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Philippines
Timoteo Chalan
Manuel Gonzales
Puebla
Presidente
San Miguel
Bolos
Chalan
Gonzales
Jose Buencamio
Chaffee
Clemente de la Cruz
Defalcations Cost U S Government Thirty Thousand Dollars
New York news confirms Comptroller Coler disclosed finance department losses from defalcations by Charles P. Shipp and Edward S. Taylor. Yearly totals run from 1894 to 1899, with amounts 12225 in 1894 and culminating in a grand total of 30000.
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New York
Coler
Finance Department
Charles P. Shipp
Edward 8. Taylor
Secretary Long Discharges Maclay From Brooklyn Navy Yard
Secretary Long orders Edgar Maclay discharged from the Brooklyn Navy Yard after he refused to resign. The President upheld the action, citing prerogative over Civil Service rules, with Maclay appealing charges and maintaining regular appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Long
Edgar Staunton Maclay
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Maclay
Admiral Schley
Cailiff
Poltroon
White House
Civil Service
Public Service
Secretary Long
Vy Yard
New York
Albert S. Barker
Navy Yard
Secretary of the Navy
Edgards. Maclay
Navy Yand
Edgar
Barker
A. 8. Barker
U. 8S. N
More Trouble for Maclay Beer Bill Sues Historian
Edgar Stanton Maclay the historian faces a civil suit in the Second District Court for nonpayment of a beer bill from 1897. The William Ulmer Brewery testified beer was sent to his Long Island lighthouse residence and served to visitors. judgment for $36 plus about $2.50 costs was awarded with a payment deadline set before February.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Edgar Stanton Maclay
Admiral Schley
Second District
van Wart
William Ulmer
Maclay
Old Field
Pt. Jefferson, L. I
Ulmer Brewery
Miles Avoids Comment on War Reprimand
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles returned to Washington from New York and declined to discuss the reprimand from the Secretary of War over his remarks on the Schley court of inquiry verdict. He gave no statement about future actions and termed reports of seeking a new court of inquiry as untrue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nelson A. Miles
New York
Secretary of War
Schley
Carnegie offers Akron new public library
Andrew Carnegie offers the city of Akron sixty seven thousand five hundred dollars for a public library plus a minor condition. The proposal may be accepted by the city with approval of the council.
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Carnegie
Akron
Public
Andrew Carnegié Ae
City of
Panier
Cox Decides to Support Price in Columbus Politician News
Malloy reports Cox has chosen to back Price affecting Athens candidate stock. Hanna state unchanged but McKinnon may replace Thomas for speaker. No more developments expected until after Christmas with announcements due by Thursday in both states.
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Hanna
McKinnon
Thomas
McElroy
Cincinnati
Cox
Speelman
Uhl
Senate
Hannah
House
Scobie
Longworth
Hosea
Eckert
Uhi
Archer
Dunham
Parise
Reet
Oh Soole
Hamilton County
Hal Reid grants wife freedom as Christmas present
Hal Reid told a Toledo editor he would give Bertha Westbrook her freedom after she confessed she loved another man. He said he would not contest any accusations and described their son and his life as a private matter, insisting he would stay with Bertha despite the split.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Hal Reid
Bertha Westbrook
New York
Bertha
Hal Reih
Ruskin
Big Four Train Plunges Through Head of Cattle
The Southwestern Limited of the Big Four near Adin Bakers stock farm in Edgar County Indiana at sixty miles per hour collided with a herd of cattle. Engineer William White pulled the throttle to the limit to prevent a wreck. Ten cattle were killed and parts were scattered as the train remained on the rails.
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Mattoon
Ill
Southwestern Limited
Kansas
Edgar County
William White
Adin Baker
White
Free man Alfred Jones leaves Indiana prison after 27 years
Alfred Jones, an eighty year old Black man, walked free from Michigan City prison under Governor Durbin after serving a 27 year life sentence for murder from Vanderburgh County. He was jailed in 1874 for killing a rower he claimed attacked his home.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Ind
Alfred Jones
Indiana
Durbin
Michigan City
Jones
Vanderburgh County
Rhee An de Seasee
Baker and Patrick Nominated for Democratic Caucus
Columbus Ohio December 24 The names of Charles W Baker and Judge Abraham Patrick are expected to be presented to the Democratic senatorial caucus for the minority nomination. Efforts have been made to secure their consent.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Charles W. Baker
Abraham Patrick
Kilbourne
Baker
Constable Kills His Own Murderer in Dingess Street Duel
In Dingess West Virginia on December 24 a street duel left Constable John Dillon and John Mullens dead. Walter Adams fled into the mountains pursued by a posse with bloodhounds after firing on Dillon and Mullens. Adams may head toward Kentucky as officials hunt him.
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Commercial Tribune
Dingess
W. Va
John Mullens
John Dillon
Walter Adams
Mullens
Dillon
Adams
Logan County
Williamson
Kentucky
China to Hire American Adviser in Appointment News
The Chinese Court will hire an American adviser with a salary of $15,000 a year. Shanghai reports a semiweekly Paris to Peking rail service by next May. Natives in Kuang Tung show kindness to foreigners now. The plague rises at New Chang with sixty cases and fifty seven deaths since October 30. A Russian death prompts officials to inspect a residence for rats. The Amherst steamer wreck near Kuala Pahang costs thirteen lives.
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Victoria
B. C
Bremer
Japan Mail
China
Trans-Siberian Railway
Shanghai
Paris
Peking
London
North China Daily News
Kuang Tung
New Chang
Korea
Saghalien
Messrs
Weebin & Co
Amherst
Kuala Pahang
Kentucky Farmer Asa Maxey Suicide Five Days After Marriage
In Maysville Kentucky on December 24 Asa Maxey a 23 year old farmer from Fern Leaf killed himself with a pistol through the heart. He married Miss Lottie Gallager last Friday and no reason for the act can be found.
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Commercial Tribune
Maysville
Asa Maxey
Fern Leaf
Lottie Gallager
Malloy-Cox conference influences Ohio political backing
Following Malloy's visit, Cox pledged support for Price triggering a temporary price boom. Athens residents claim the Hamilton County delegation and ten allied counties in Southwest and ten Southeastern Ohio counties will yield enough votes in Central and Northwestern Ohio to secure his election.
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Malloy
Mr. Cox
Price
Athens
Hamilton Co
Allied
Southwest
Ohio
Cox
Hanna
Hamilton County
Thomas
Huron
Newton M. Miller
Delaware
McKinnon
Ashtabula
B. L. McElroy
Speelman
Cox shifts support to Price in Ohio Speakership race
Columbus dispatch reports George B. Cox of Hamilton County has allied with A. B. Price for Speaker, signaling a power struggle between Hanna and Foraker factions. The move boosts Price among Hamilton County and allied groups, while Hanna loyalists prepare to organize both legislative chambers.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
George B. Cox
Hamilton County
A. EB. Price
Friends of Price
Malloy
Cincinnati
Cox
Hanna
Senate
House
Hannan Organization
General Assembly
Foraker
Ohio
Kurtz
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