Dewey, Navy Dept Officials Deny Health Rumors
Navy Department officials dismiss rumors of Admiral Dewey’s ill health saying he remains fit for duty and prefers to stay in his present role. The report notes President McKinley will travel south. Hanna’s health is fine, with a Southern trip planned alongside the President and Vice President.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Dewey
Department
Dewey
Artment
Secretary of the Navy
William McKinley
Senator Hanna
Rumors on Navy Health and Gage Budget Move
The article discusses unofficial rumors about Admiral Dewey and Navy health statuses, and explains officials doubt any danger to the Secretary of the Navy. It covers Secretary Gage’s options if government revenues fall short and outlines a sundry civil bill provision letting him dispose of Central Pacific notes to raise cash. It notes President McKinley’s planned southern visit to Hanna’s home for rest and recreation.
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Central Pacific
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Gage
Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Nicaragua Canal
Shafter Promoted as General Officers Near Final List
President has nearly finalized volunteer general officer appointments under a 65 000 man army plan. Shafter and Otis are chosen for two Major Generals, with Brigadiers to include Wood Wilson Lee Davis Ludlow Lawton McArthur Chaffee and Frank among others in Havana Manila Santiago Matanzas and surrounding areas.
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Washington
Miles
Brooke
Merritt
Shafter
Otis
Manila
Wood
Santiago
Wilson
Matanzas
Lee
Havana
Davis
Ludlow
Havana City
Lawton
McArthur
Chaffee
Frank
Will Play Her Own Dirge In Her Death Service
In St Scholastique Quebec Samuel Parslow and Cordelia Poirier face execution for murder tomorrow. Parslow attempted escape last night after breaking from his cell. Poirier, church organist, requested her parlor organ be brought to the jail for the musical part of her death service. A Catholic priest arranged for the two to be hanged back to back with a heavy curtain between them.
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ST. Scholastique
Quebec
Samuel Parslow
Cordelia Poirier
Poirier
St. Conut Church
Pries
Sam Parslow
Express Messenger Captured in Mexico After Heist
Beehler, Wells Fargo Express messenger, accused of fleeing San Antonio with an amount reported as 850000 dollars was captured in Bustamante Mexico. Officials will decide on extradition or voluntary return as investigations continue.
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Laredo
Tex
Beehler
Wells-Fargo Express
San Antonio
Bustamente
Mexico
Governor vetoes medical practice bill targeting Christian Science
Guthrie Oklahoma March 9 The Governor vetoed the bill regulating medical practice stating it infringes religious liberty The veto centers on legislation aimed at Christian Science and its methods.
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Guthrie, Okla
Crisis In Orient As Six British Warships Sail to China
Tensions rise in the Far East as half a dozen British men of war are ordered to China amid growing disputes. Officials confirm deployment to safeguard interests and monitor developments in the region.
British Channel Squadron Heads East Amid Asia Tension
A London dispatch notes a grave Orient crisis with fears of England Russia war. Naval powers mass in Chinese waters as Britain plans rapid deployment of ships toward China. England fields a large Asiatic fleet including three battleships and fourteen gunboats. Russia, France, Germany, and Italy follow with multiple cruisers and gunboats.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Orient
England
Russia
Foreign Office
China
Mediterranean
France
Asiatic
Germany
Italy
Italy seeks Chinese port. US stays neutral in China talks
In Washington Italian officials informally discussed seeking a San Mun Bay port in China. The U S response, echoed by the President, maintains disinterested neutrality toward Britain Germany and Russia in China, with no official US shift or supported demand.
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Washington
China
San Mun Bay
Hay
United States
Italy
State Department
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Russian assurances satisfactory to England in Niu Chwang loan
The Daily Graphic reports that the Niu Chwang loan contract issue has been amicably settled after direct talks between Britain and Russia. Russian assurances are satisfactory and the two governments plan a scheme to permanently regulate Far East relations.
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London
The
Daily Graphic
Far East
Britain backs China if attacked in line with rail project protest
In the House of Commons the Foreign Office official said Britain would still support China against any aggressor, despite granting British subjects permission to build railroads. He noted no expectation that the issue would arise regarding the northern railroads contract amid the Russian protest.
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London
House of Commons
Foreign Office
William St. John Brodrick
China
British Minister in Peking Warns on China Contract
Sir Claude M. McDonald states any attempt to repudiate the contract will be a breach of faith meriting retributive measures. He recalls Lord Salisbury's assurances of support for China if another power pressures her to repudiate the agreement.
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Peking
Claude M. McDonald
Lord Salisbury
China
China Expresses Regret Over San Mun Request
The Chinese Foreign Office notified Italian Minister Signor Martino that his dispatch for a concession at San Mun was returned due to impossibility and potential danger to Italy China relations. The Tsung Li Yamen instructed its Rome envoy to convey regrets over the misunderstanding. China denies seizing San Mun Bay as an Italian naval base coaling station.
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London
Peking
the Times
Tsung Li Yamen
Chinese Foreign Office
Signor
Martino
San Mun
Italy
China
Rome
San Mun Bay
Che Kiang
Signor Martino
Shanghai correspondent reports Japan backs China's stand
London dispatch cites Daily Mail noting Japan supports China’s resistance to Italian demands for a concession at San Mun. The report frames Japan as backing China amid Italian pressure in the San Mun dispute.
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London
Shanghai
The
Daily Mail
Japan
China
San Mun
Starvation in Alaska Report from Dawson Consul
United States Consul J C Mc Cook at Dawson reports a worsening famine risk in Alaska with hundreds likely to be without food when navigation opens. Relief funds are exhausted, the Relief Committee owes about 2000, and destitute sick are being aided only by local authorities and outside remittances. The consul urges action by Washington.
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Washington
United States
Dawson
J. C. McCook
Department of State
Keifer Called Home From Havana Amid Family Illness
Major General J Warren Keifer serving in Havana Cuba will return to Springfield for his wife’s critical illness accompanied by his son Captain Horace C Keifer. The illness began as pneumonia but worsened with complications. he will depart for home tomorrow, wife resting easily this evening.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
J. Warren Keifer
Fitzhugh
Lee
Seventh Army Corps
Havana
Cuba
Keifer
Horace C. Keifer
Lima Bank Quits After $618000 Disappearance
The American National Bank of Lima Ohio decided to wind up voluntarily after a Christmas night robbery of over $18,000. New officers were elected, and the board announced liquidation with the business to continue under Gus Kalb at the Bank of Lima.
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Commercial Tribune
Lima
American National Bank
Goldsmith & Kalb
Joseph Goldsmith
N. L. Michael
Gus Kalb
Messrs. Goldsmith
Michael Dropping
Theodore Mayo
F. A. Holland
Bank of Lima
Miller to retire as new commander at Iloilo
Washington reports a change in command at Iloilo on March 27 due to General Marcus Miller reaching age 64. The War Department notes his valued service and the capture of Iloilo without American losses. He will be succeeded by Colonel Thomas M. Anderson, now a Brigadier General of Volunteers.
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Eaton
Preble County
Ohio
Robert Williams
Internal Revenue
Revenue Department
Treasury Bureau
Washington
National Capital
Geo. W. Wilson
Andrew L. Harris
Industrial Commission
Frank Thompson
Revenue
St. Louis
Edmund Quinn
Treasury Department
Mr. Wilson
United States
Iloilo
Marcus Miller
Miller
Philippines
War Department
Islands
Department
Thomas M. Anderson
Contempt Proceedings Dismissed in California Senatorial Case
The California Assembly dismissed contempt proceedings against Milton J. Green, Grant's political manager, who refused to testify about which legislative candidates were aided by Grant. The resolution, introduced by Dibble, passed 37 to 13 after an hour of debate. United States Senate deadlock persisted with a seventy-fifth ballot showing Barnes 22 Estee 1 Burns 25 Grant 26 Scott 6 Devries 2 Rosenfeldt 2 White 25 Phelan 4.
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Sacramento
Cal
Assembly
Milton J. Green
A. S. Grant
Grant
Dibble
United States
Barnes
Estee
Burns
Scott
Devries
Rosenfeldt
White
Phelan
Squadron Sails Today From Havana For Puerto Rico
The North Atlantic Squadron under Rear Admiral Sampson will sail at 1 o clock tomorrow via Cienfuegos Guantanamo and Kingston Jamaica to Puerto Rico. Major General Lee will board the battleship Texas for Cienfuegos and return by rail. General J Warren Keifer may sail home due to his wife's illness leaving General Arnold in temporary command of the Seventh Corps.
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Havana
Sampson
Cienfuegos
Guantanano
Kingston
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Lee
Seventh Army Corps
Texas
J. Warren Keifer
United States
Arnold
Seventh Corps
All Quiet at Iloilo and Manila Quiet After Mutiny News
The Nostra Senora del Rosario arrived from Iloilo with reports of quiet conditions though nearby districts see skirmishing. Negros commissioners and St Paul battalion troops landed, natives welcomed officers, and signals linked Iloilo. San Joaquin mutiny reported near Curimas with mutineers arrested at Vigan. Powerful arrives to relieve Narcissus. Arizona sails. All remains quiet at Manila.
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Manila
Maritime Steam Navigation Company
Signal Corps
Iloilo
Tilley
Miller
Goodall
Cebu
Curimas
Luzon
Vigan
Powerful
Hongkong
Narcissus
United States
Arizona
Fatal collision on Pennsylvania Railroad near Altoona
A westbound passenger train on the Pennsylvania Railroad struck a freight train at Allegrippus six miles west of Altoona near Horse Shoe Bend. Engineer John Tarr and fireman George Keim were killed. no passengers were hurt.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Allegrippus
Horse Shoe Bend
John Tarr
George Keim
Dr Talmage Resigns from Presbyterian Pastorship in Washington
Rev. T DeWitt Talmage, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Washington for nearly four years, resigns by letter to the church session. He cites growing demands of religious journalism and broader preaching opportunities as reasons. He plans to stay in Washington and devote himself to literary work.
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Washington
T. Dewitt Talmage
First Presbyterian Church
Talmage
Unfavorable Navy War Crossfire Over Manila Gunboat
Reports from Manila claim the army controls a captured light draft gunboat Laguna de Bay under Major Grant and shells rebels along the Pasig River. Navy officers fault civilian military coordination, noting the army’s independent moves mirror Civil War Mississippi operations.
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Washington
War and
Navy Departments
Manila
Army
Pasig
Laguna de Bay
Grant
Navy Department
Mississippi
Mrs Cody Convicted of Blackmail Attempt in Albany
Mrs Margaret Cody was found guilty of attempting to blackmail George and Helen Gould after an eight hour deliberation. A mercy recommendation was made. Sentencing set for tomorrow morning with a likely light penalty due to her age. She fainted upon hearing the verdict.
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Albany
N. Y
Margaret Cody
George
Helen Gould
Cody
Casualties Reported Near Pumping Station
A War Department cablegram from Manila dated March 7 lists killed and wounded from multiple units. Killed: Roscoe W. Young and Guy C. Walker. Wounded: Claude H. Ough Herbert Hedges Frank Young II John Curran Joseph Speeds John D. O'Brien Joseph Speeds Sidney O. Dickinson. Also named are Major B. F. Bell and G. E. Small among wounded.
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Washington
Kiled
Nebraska
Roscoe W. Young
Guy C. Walker
First
Claude H. Ough
Herbert Hedges
Twentieth Infantry
Frank Young
John Curran
Wyoming
John D. O’brien
Joseph Speeds
B. F. Bell
Statue design chosen for Winnie Davis grave in Richmond
The Richmond Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy approved a design by Zolpey of New York for a sitting angel statue in Italian marble to mark Winnie Davis's grave. Mrs. Davis expressed happiness at the decision and plan to erect the statue.
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Richmond
Hollywood
Winnie Davis
Winnie
Miners Entombed In Leadville Cave-In
A cave-in at the Bonair mine shaft depth of 400 feet entombs Charles Reuss and Burt Frye. A. F. Sheppard was injured by a rock while ascending. The trapped men have signaled they are alive and rescuers expect to reach them by tomorrow.
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Leadville
Col
Bonair
Major Duncan Harrison Debarred From Court-Martial
Major Duncan B. Harrison, previously defending a man linked to the San Luis outrage, is barred from further defense duties for contempt of court and incompetency. He appeared in Santiago de Cuba on March 9 and reportedly tried to justify his conduct rather than defend his client.
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Santiago DE Cuba
Duncan B. Harrison
San Luis
Deaths in Havana February 1399 drop 51 percent
General Ludlow reports to the War Department from Havana that February deaths in Havana for 1399 are 51 percent lower than February 1898, indicating a sharp decline. The cable cites comparative mortality figures, underscoring improved conditions or reporting in the period.
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Washington
Ludlow
War Department
Havana
Colonel Payne Buys a Winter Home in Georgia
Savannah March 9 Colonel Oliver Payne of Ohio son of ex senator Payne and brother of the first Mrs Whitney has purchased from R Vandezer of New York the latter's palatial winter residence at Thomasville Ga Colonel Payne will occupy the residence at once.
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Payne
Savannah
Oliver Payne
Ohio
Wm. Co. Whitney
R. Vandezer
New York
Thomasvile
Ships for Defense Estimated at Over One Hundred Million
Mr. Goschen estimates defense ship requirements exceed 100 million. Government plans call for substantial naval expansion with projected orders for vessels and related costs. The report outlines the scale and urgency of funding to bolster maritime defense capabilities.
Navy Estimates Outline Britain’s Posture and Costs
London march 9 in the house of commons first lord of the admiralty george goschen outlined the navy program noting increased personnel to 110640 at a cost of 7474000 pounds and a total vote of 26594000 pounds He cited wei hai wei as a secondary base and the need to build five new swift cruisers to deter opposing powers amid looming disarmament talks and the czars conference.
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London
Comemons
Admiralty
George J. Goschen
Great Britain
Goschen
Wei-Hai-Wei
Shan Tung Peninsula
Ohio
France
Russia
United States
Japan
Itain
Germany
Geschen
Her
Mr. Goschen
England
Father dies by poison after daughter's arrest in Newark
Ralph Leither, in Newark New Jersey, killed himself with carbolic acid after learning his fourteen year old daughter Mary was arrested in New York for theft of $15 from George Scheiner. He was separated from his wife and family. The incident followed the daughter's arrest yesterday.
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New York
Ralph Leither
Newark
N. J
Mary
Leither
George Scheiner
Female Witness Murdered in Texas Near Azle
The body of Mrs. M. Davis was found on a roadside near Azle stabbed in a horrific manner. She was a leading witness in a sensational murder case to be tried in the current term of court.
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Texas
FT. Worth
Tex
Azle
M. Davis
Boston Lawyer James N. Wolff Named Judge Advocate
James N. Wolff, a Boston colored criminal lawyer, has received appointment as Judge Advocate of the Department of Massachusetts. The promotion adds to his judicial service credentials and cements his role within the state legal system.
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Boston
James N. Wolff
Department of Massachusetts
G. AB
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