Fight or Run Alger States the Situation to the Filipinos
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Alger and General Miller framing the Iloilo landing in the Philippines. About 6,000 insurgents feared at Iloilo, poorly armed, with Dewey’s forces sending light draft boats to assist. Opposition to the treaty grows as Senators plan filibusters to delay ratification until March. Grosvenor's political future discussed after White House talks.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Philippines
Miller
Hoilo
Alger
Otis
Iloilo
Ieatea
Manila
Dewey
Admiral Dewey
Petrel
Concord
Lloilo
California
Baltimore
Carnegie declines Stead invitation to Pilgrim Peace journey
London January 5. William T. Stead, editor of the Review of Reviews, advances a peace pilgrimage from San Francisco to St. Petersburg. Andrew Carnegie replies that his heart is with the effort but his work to maintain industrial unity prevents departure. he warns against imperialist policies and notes American labor and farming interests oppose concessions. Senator Redfield Proctor also supports Stead’s views, citing duty and Russia’s wartime friendship.
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London
William T. Stead
The
Review of Reviews
San Francisco
St. Petersburg
America
Andrew Carnegie
Labor Organization
Spain
Philippines
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
Notable Public Figure Draws Easy Access at White House
Describes a widely approachable public figure known for affable manner. Office seekers and others report being warmly received, with crowds awaiting his departure from the White House. The passage emphasizes his accessibility and the pleasant reception he offers.
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White House
Col Lewis Annihilates Emir Fedil on the Blue Nile
A Cairo dispatch reports Colonel Lewis routed Emir Ahmed Fedil on the Blue Nile. Fedil lost about 500 killed and 1,500 captured after crossing the Nile near Roseres. the emir escaped with 300 followers. Major Ferguson and 45 others were wounded or killed on the British side.
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Col
Lewis
Emir Ahmed
London
Blue Nile
Cairo
Exchange Telgraph Company
Ahmed Fedil
Fedil
Nile
Roseres
Maxim
Ferguson
Violation of Civil Service Law Charged Against District Attorney
Former congressman John D White of Clay County says he will seek a federal grand jury indictment of U S District Attorney R D Hill for alleged civil service violations. White opposes congressman elect Boreing in the Eleventh District and accuses Hill, once Republican Committee chair in the district, of fraudulently declaring Boreing the nominee and flouting civil service rules. White believes the indictment is achievable. he and Hill have long been political rivals.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
John D. White
Clay County
Federal Grand Jury
R. D. Hill
United States
Kentucky
White
Boreing
Hill
Republican Committee
Cash Register Fight Leads to Court Ruling in Ohio
In Pittsburg, John H. Patterson and other National Cash Register executives faced Alderman McMasters for conspired defrauding Hallwood Cash Register of Columbus. Patterson Crane Perkins and Thomas extradition contemplated. Former employee Swan testified sales team used deceptive tricks to sway buyers and rob Hallwood of business within months.
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Pittsburg
Jan
John H. Patterson
National Cash Register Company
Dayton
Jos. Crane
D. E. Perkins
Columbus
N. F. Thomas
Cincinnati
M. N. Jacobs
Thomas P. Savage
Alderman McMasters
W. H. Gill
Hallwood Cash Register Company
Hallwood Company
Messrs. Patterson
Crane
Perkins
Thomas
Ohio
W. R. Swan
Jacobs
Hallwood
Jacob
O. J. Higbee
Mississippi Carries Away Smoke Stack of Sunk Steamer
SANTIAGO DE CUBA January 5 The Mississippi while leaving harbor ran into remaining portions of the collier Merrimac sunk by Richmond P Hobson projecting above water and carried away the smokestack. The transport anchored for half an hour but sustained no damage.
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Santiago DE Cuba
United States
Merrimac
Richmond P. Hobson
An Audience With the Pope
In Rome on January 5 the Pope granted an audience to the Most Rev Thomas Byrne Bishop of Nashville Tennessee and discussed church affairs with him during the visit to the Vatican.
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Rome
Thomas Byrne
Nashville
Tenn
Havana Crisis Deepens as Cuban General Refuses Envoy
Comez vows not to enter Havana except under guard of an army. American Governor Brooke declines to send an envoy to meet the Cuban general, signaling a standoff over the Cuban military leadership.
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Havana
Brooke
S Iar
Gomez
Junta Patriotica
Betancourt
Cardenas
Jinaguayabo
la Libertad
Junta
Cubans on the Police Force in Havana
Cuban workers join the new regime under American administration. 300 Cuban riders planned for rural patrols plus 1,300 on Spe new bree docks and 500 at stores. 200 cleaning streets and 200 cleaning public buildings. Incidents include a San Lazare drinking purge and a clash involving General Sanguilly.
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Ludlow
Spe
New Bree
Ine
Seeranne
Seevernment Dock
Quémados
Brooke
San Lazare
United States
Julio Sanguilly
Albesa Street
Sanguilly
Carlos Cadalso
Velado
Matanzas
Amistad
Gaines
Money Not Centralized at Havana in Cuban Talks
General Wood with aides left for New York as Havana dispatches say customs receipts may stay in Santiago. Mayor Bacardi reassures workers that ongoing projects continue, while prominent Cubans warn civil war if customs are moved to Havana. Public calm persists awaiting General Wood's Washington representations.
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Santiago DE Cuba
Wood
de Camp
Hanna
Castillo
New York
United States
Mississippi
Palace
Marina Street
Havana
Santiago
Senor Bacardi
Leonard Wood
Washington
Paris student wounded. fatal pistol wound at Angola lodging
Special Dispatch reports Graham Kerr of Paris Kentucky, a student at Angola Tri State Normal College, lying with a self inflicted pistol wound at his lodging house. Kerr is described as four years old, with motive linked to a love affair.
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Commercial Tribune
Lagrange
Ind
Graham Kerr
Paris
Angola Tri-State Normal College
Kerr
Local youth shoots man in Brazil Indiana incident
Brazil Indiana January 5 16 year old George D Noise fired at Ray Miller a local citizen causing fatal injuries Miller was arrested at the scene and taken into custody as the investigation begins.
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Commercial Tribune
Brazil
Ind
George D. Noise
Ray Miller
Spanish Papers Accuse Americans of Atrocities in Philippines
Madrid reports newspapers repeat claims of American cruelty in the Philippine Islands. Allegations include surrendering a Spanish naval lieutenant to insurgents, 104 monks imprisoned at Cagayan with many dying, looting of property, and a convent pillaged with nuns outraged.
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Philippines
Madrid
Philippine Islands
United States
Cagayan
Suquat
Conservatives Poised to Form New Spanish Cabinet
Madrid January 5 reports General Potavieja former Governor General of Cuba and Philippines and Senor Silvera Conservative leader have agreed on a new cabinet and been summoned by the Queen Regent. Early Conservative return to power seen as certain.
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Servativen
Madrid
General Potavieja
Cuba
Philippines
Senor Silvera
Aguinaldo Heads Filipino Fight At Iloilo Dispatch
An official telegram from Manila reports Aguinaldo has gone to Iloilo at insurgents request to lead them in possible combat against Americans. The Filipino Junta says the new cabinet will pursue an energetic policy and that Mabini seeks recognition of independence while negotiating as allies for surrender terms and prisoner exchanges.
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Aris
Manila
Aguinaldo
Cavite
Iloilo
Senor Tuason
Paris
London
Junta
Mabini
Philippine Islands
Colonel Osgood Defends Chemical Preservation Beef Claim
Colonel Henry B. Osgood, commissary of subsistence, told the commission that alleged chemically preserved beef sent to Santiago was a private experiment not used by the government. He said a private inventor offered a formula before the war, but the War Department declined to adopt it and no army meat was treated with chemicals.
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Washington
Henry B. Osgood
Gene
Camp Thomas Am
Beaver
Osgood
Santiago
Comal
N Powell
Weston
Toni
Daly
War Department
Message From Sinking Vessel Found In Nova Scotia Bottle
A bottle recovered from Port Maitland Breakwater near Halifax contained a note dated November 28, 1898, describing a ship in shoal water twenty miles off Yarmouth Cape amid a hurricane. The captain and wife are ill, and the first officer Thomas Hiking asks to write farewell to his folks. A boat and broken spar were found nearby, suggesting a sinking vessel.
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Yarmouth Cape
Stewart
Nova Scotia
Thomas
Instructions to Otis declare U S aims in Philippines
Washington authorized by Secretary of War to read Otis in Manila the President's instructions establishing U S sovereignty in the Philippines after Dewey s victory and Spanish capitulation. It states the intent to govern for security of persons and property and to protect natives while presenting the United States as friends not conquerors and promising protection to those aiding the American authorities. Continued on second page.
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Adjutant General's Office
Washington
Otis
Manila
Secretary of War
Philippine Islands
United States Naval Squadron
Dewey
United States
Spain
Paris
Bay of Manila
Beta
Allath
Cuba
Runaway Sargent Siblings Escape During Habeas Hearing
In Toledo Probate Court Charles Sargent and sister Mme Winlake allegedly tricked deputies into believing they were discharged amid a habeas corpus hearing. The sister fled in a carriage toward Michigan, while Charles was recaptured on Thirteenth Street. Delos Sargent, their father, was later arrested on suspicion of involvement in the alleged millinery swindle.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Charles Sargent
Mme
Winlake
Michigan
Thirteenth Street
Delos Sargent
Beauchamp Talks on Roberts Case for WCTU
In Lexington on January 5 Mrs Frances E Beauchamp president of the Kentucky WCT U and a National Executive Committee member was asked about plans to protest seating Congressman elect Roberts of Utah She said no definite steps have been decided but Kentucky will join the fight and strike when ready The WCT U executive committee will meet soon to discuss the matter further
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Manuel Santander Y Frutos
Havana
Brooke
Ludlow
Cuba
Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Frances E. Beauchamp
National Organization
Kentucky W. C. T. U
Roberts
Utah
Kentucky
Soldiers Reinforce Pana as Miner Riot Duty Extends
Ordered to Springfield, Company C Fifth Illinois Infantry and Lieutenant Headenburger arrive in Pana to report. After sixty days of riot duty over the miners strike, Company L from Peoria relieves Company C, bringing the total on duty to 250. Colonel Frank Wells commands. Illness hits the imported Negro miners with 150 pneumonia cases and two deaths, Ben Henderson and Nero Pitts. State group funds strikers and Union miners now receive five dollars weekly.
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Pana
Ill
Fifth
Hiinois Infantry
Headenburger
Springfield
Peoria
Frank Wells
Decatur
Ben Henderson
Nero Pitts
Cleveland on imperialism mockery right to slaughter Filipinos
Ex president Cleveland replies to AP on expansion diplomacy saying natives who resist our control should be slaughtered. He frames killings as a stage in a great movement and suggests clergy support Christianizing victims. News desk reports his controversial stance from Princeton, January 5.
Kilbourne appoints centennial committees at Toledo banquet
President Kilbourne appointed the executive committees for the State Centennial Commission after a banquet by President C. M. Spitzer. The group discussed leasing Bay View Park with 150 acres deemed sufficient, noting 230 acres available if needed. Appointments covered sites, transportation, trade market designs, and appropriations with members including Stew art, Forbes, Maguire, Smith, and Stull among others.
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Toledo, O
C. M. Spitzer
Centennial Company
State Centennial Commission
Toledo Club
Bay View Park
Omaha
Kilbourne
Belt
Stewart
Forbes
Stull
Donaldson
McKinney
Kumled
Donohue
Binkley
Collision claims crews in sea disaster near Falmouth
A collision between the British steamer Rosshire from Cardiff to St Nazarer and the French steamer Dugueselin from Rouen to Swansea near Trevose Head yesterday morning led to the Dugueselin sinking. Twelve sailors died aboard the Dugueselin and one from the Rosshire. thirteen of the Rosshire crew were saved.
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Falmouth
England
Rosshire
Cardiff
St. Nazarer
Dugueselin
Rouen
Swansea
Trevose Head
Barn fire kills worker as state seeks motive
In Banks Alabama a white farmer named Green lost a barn with corn and produce to a blaze. Suspicion falls on Marshall McGregor, a Black man in Green's employ, whose body was found hanging from a tree near the barn site.
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Banks, Ala
Green
Marshall McGregor
Are Labor Unions Trusts Tested In City Courts
In Columbus Ohio on January 5 the Independent Carpenters Union filed an affidavit in Police Court seeking the arrest of Frank Westerman a carpenter for membership in the union. The action aims to test whether labor unions fall under the antitrust act as trusts.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Independent Carpenters’ Union Today
Frank Westerman
Train Hits Two Men Near Here Killing Two Strangers
A Lake Shore passenger train struck two men en route from Buffalo to Youngstown, killing both instantly near Ashtabula. One victim was Prof. Frank Pryor of Chicago. the other is unidentified. Both men were well dressed with fatal neck and ankle injuries.
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Ute Commercial Tribune
Ashtabula
Lake Shore
Buffalo
Youngstown
Frank Pryor
Chicago
President Senate and Queen Regent Must Ratify Treaty Within Time
The report notes that the president the senate and the queen regent must complete ratification of the treaty within the specified time frame. It outlines that failure to ratify could delay, alter or nullify the agreement, impacting diplomatic relations and domestic policy. The article stresses timely action by the three authorities to avoid diplomatic consequences.
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Senate
Treaty of peace with Spain full text and protocols
The document outlines the peace treaty between the United States and Spain concluded in Paris on December 10 1898 with the accompanying protocols and papers. It includes the exchange of ratifications and details on Puerto Rico Cuba Guam and the Philippines, plus payment terms and wartime prisoner repatriation.
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Paris
United States
Spain
Senate of the
William M’kinley
Executive Mansion
Washington
Senate
Peace Commission
John Hay
Department of State
United States of America
Don Alfonsd XIII
Wm. R. Day
Cushman K. Davis
Wm. P. Frye
George Gray
Whitelaw Reid
Don Eugenio Montero Rios
Don Buenaventura dé@ Abarenza
Don Jose de Garsnica
Cortes
Supreme Court
Wenceslao
Ramirez de Villa-Urrutia
Brussels
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Toilo
Yoillo
Corbin
Malolos
Hailo
Panay
Friends of Ratification
Pettigrew
Committee On
Indian Affairs
Grosvenor
Evening Star
Hi State
Cis
General Grosvenor
Ieee
Will Presley
Carnegie
W. T. Stead
Cash Register Fight
Comez
Maximo Gomez
Mayia Rodriguez
Jose Gomez
Mario Menocal
United States Military Administration
Galiano and
Bazaron Streets
General Wade
Con
Congress
Apostolic Delegate
Halifax
Port Maitland Breakwater
President Beauchamp
MR. Cleveland
Princeton, N. J
Dent Cleveland
Associated Press
Labor Unions
Xottele U
Puerto Rico
West Indies
Guam
Marianas
Ladrones
Lyjes
Bacii
Greenwich
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