Guerrilla bands swarm as leaders vow harsh punishment
Manila reports Col. Smith in Malasqui capturing a guerrilla party linked to seven officials killed for aiding America. insurgents terrorize towns, ambush wagons, seize soldiers, and push raids north toward San Fernando. Gen. MacArthur plans swift trials with possible executions.
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Manila
Col. Smith
Malasqui
Guerrilas
Americas
MacArthur
Bayambang
San Fernando
Pilar
Cavite
Grant
Col. Bell
Col. Hood
Gen. Wheeler
Vigan
Sen. Pena
Young
Beguet
Frume
Nevada Regiment
Hadwards
Yorktown
Tino
Aguinaldo
Gregorio del Pilar
Concepteion
Lepanto
Navy
Two Murders Reported in Washington at Coopershop Alley
Washington reports two killings on Tuesday. James Lee, a black laborer, was shot by William Stump, a white canal boat worker, following a quarrel in Coopershop alley. Henry Bradley, a 35 year old black man, was stabbed at Seventh and H street and died before aid could arrive. assailant unknown.
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Washington
James Lee
Coopershop
William Stump
Henry Bradley
Seventh and
H Street
Disaster on Ceramon Island Lays Wastes Coast and Towns
The Bulletin reports a 5,000 death toll on Ceramon after November earthquakes and a massive tidal wave. In Panholy and Samasoeroa waves swept trees and homes. Halvesia saw 100 dead, 40 wounded. Inhabitants fled to hills as ground shifted and mud covered coastlines.
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San Francisco
Ceramon
Orient
Ceram
Bay of
Aimhonio
Panholy
Samasoeroa
Halvesia
Mormon congressman in 1800s Tennessee and Georgia career
Brig ham H. Roberts, Utah congressman-elect, is reported to have once served as a Mormon elder in Tennessee and North Georgia. He preached in Lewis James Marion and Catoosa counties, faced mobbing of his successors, and was driven from James County after appealing to Governor Bates for aid.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Brigham H. Roberts
Utah
Tennessee
North Georgia
Roberts
Salt Lake City
Lewis County
James
Marion County
Catoosa County
James County
Bates
United States
Navy classification bill proposes vessel grades by tonnage
Washington dispatch reports Senator Hale introduced a bill at the secretary of the navy’s request to classify ships into four classes with torpedo boats excluded. Vessels over 5000 tons become first class with a grade downward. captains command first and second rate ships, others by lower officers.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Hale
McBride
Sullivan
Morphy sentenced for New Mexico bank robbery
Santiago Morphy a trusted clerk at the national Bank of New Mexico was sentenced in Mexico City to nine years in prison for robbing the bank of seventy thousand dollars. Morphy fled to the United States and was captured by American detectives after escaping Mexican officers in New Orleans. Washington dispatch reports Guatemala unrest at Jutiapa ended as outlaw invasion and public calm restored. In Omaha a coroner’s jury ruled Charles R Grove died from a gun wound by Thomas Collins who acted with premeditation and is held without bail.
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Santiago Morphy
National Lenk of
New Mexico
Morphy
United States
New Orleans
Washington
Hunter
Guatemala
State Department
Jutiapa
Salvador
Omaha
Neb
Charles R. Grove
Grove
Thomas Collins
Collins
Hamilton Club
Chicago
Shoreham
Felix Sehweighofer
Irving Palace Theater
New York City
Berlin
Sioux City and Northern Railway
Federal Court
Howards. Baker
Wm. Stewart Tod
Robert E. Tod
New York
J. Kennedy Tod & Co
Walter T. Heber
Humphrey
Post Office
Stuart
Heber
Knoxville veterans plan monument to Gen Sanders
The Sons of Veterans of Knoxville move to erect a monument for Gen. W. P. Sanders killed at Fort Sanders. The project is backed by union veterans of East Tennessee and Eastern Kentucky totaling about 35,000 members.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Sons of Veterans of
W. P. Sanders
Fort Sanders
East Tennessee
Kentucky
Canadian Banks Withdraw Funds From New York
Canadian banks reported on Tuesday that they were withdrawing money from New York to loan abroad, signaling a shift in international lending and liquidity.
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New York
British sortie at Ladysmith hailed but Gatacre blamed for Stormberg disaster
London reports detail a Ladysmith sortie praised as brilliant while attributing Gen Gatacre's Stormberg defeat to poor country knowledge. Dispatches note Mafeking siege strain, heavy cavalry losses, and calls for more troops as the Morning Post urges public recognition and government action.
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London
Ladysmith
War Office
Mafeking
Archibald Hunter
Gatacre
Stormberg
Daily Telegraph
Cape Town
the Times
Col. Metcalfe
White
Morning Post
South Africa
Telegrams Recall Global Events of the Era
German postal service expansion to Morocco amid telegraph notes. Bavaria’s Princess Mathilde betrothed to Prince August of Saxe Coburg. Treasury shows cash balance 287,291,552 and gold reserve 45,060,396. Various incidents include a Mobile wedding, New York boxing injury, and a naval ashore near Las Palmas.
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Germany
Morocco
Mathilde
Bavaria
Prince August of
Saxe-Coburg
Frank J. Thompson Appointed Secretary of Lafayette Memorial Commission
President McKinley appointed Frank J. Thompson secretary of the Lafayette memorial commission to present President Loubet of France with the first souvenir coin. The coin will be struck at the Philadelphia mint on Washington's death anniversary. Republicans Generally Successful In Boston Elections.
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Frank J. Thompson
Washington
McKinley
Llafayette Memorial Commission
Loubet
France
Philadelphia
Republicans win Boston mayoral race with Hart defeat of Collins
In Boston on December 13, after a spirited campaign, Republican Thomas H. Hart defeated Democratic nominee ex-Congressman Patrick A. Collins for mayor by 1,904 votes in the municipal election.
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Boston
Tuelsday
Thomas H. Hart
Patrick A. Collins
Anti-Trust Conference Plans Meeting in Chicago
The executive committee of the anti trust conference决定 to hold a meeting in Chicago on February 12. No formal call has been issued yet. In other items Kansas and Denver fights and local elections are noted with brief results and figures.
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Chicago
The
Anti-Trust Conference
Death of Mrs Elizabeth A Chase of Pawtucket
Mrs Elizabeth Upham Chase died at her home in Central Falls on Tuesday at age 923 years. Chase rose to national prominence during the anti slavery era for her work aiding the Negro and was a leading advocate of woman suffrage.
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Elizabeth A. Chase
Pawtucket
R. 1
Elizabeth Upham Chase
Central Falls
Market report from Cincinnati and Chicago prices
Market report lists grain and livestock prices with varied figures for wheat, hogs, cattle, sheep, and veal calves. Includes futures months and bid prices from Cincinnati and Chicago exchanges with erratic OCR-style numerals.
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Cincinnati
Arriva
Senate Debates Trigger Three Night Sessions On Currency Bill
Senate pressure for time on the currency debate leads to three night sessions. Democrats split with only one speaking in favor initially while others pledge backing. Key figures include Driggs and Grosvenor with Cochran Newlands and Smith among supporters and opponents.
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Washington
Adm
Dewey
United States
Philippine Republic
Manila
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Senate
Chandler
New Hampshire
Secretary of War
Gen. Merriam
Coeur d'Alene
Sibley
Pennsylvania
Treasury
National Bank
Grout
Driggs
New York
Brooklyn
Grosvenor
Ohio
Cochran
Missouri
Newlands
Nevada
Messrs. Parker
N. J
William Alden Smith
Mich
Prince
Ill
Lawrence
Mass
Powers
Mesars. Shaffroth
Col
Sims
Tenn
Post Office Ruling on Free Delivery Carriers
Attorney General Griggs rules that abolishing free delivery by cutting gross receipts below legal minimum is compulsory. Letter carriers ousted by abolition are not guaranteed reinstatement when service returns. Civil service practice previously held offices stay classified. Alaska Canada boundary: Britain names King Ottawa official to adjudicate, US assigns Tittman to assist.
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Washington
Griggs
Civil Service
Civil Service Commission
Cyclone damages churches and schools in Bloomington county
A Monday evening cyclone swept through Bloomington county damaging structures. At Cookville the Christian church was leveled and the schoolhouse belfry blown off with windows shattered. In Saybrook, roofs and business fronts were blown away and debris scattered across streets.
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Bloomington
Tit
Cookguille
Christian Church
Saybrook
Cattle From Utah and the Rise of the Ranch Crown
A Salt Lake letter outlines Utah as a leading cattle shipping state with about 200 000 cattle and growing industry. Rail shipments from Utah and neighboring states total near 10 000 carloads, Utah contributing over one fifth and prices rising with Chicago packers paying more. The piece details rustler threats stampedes and the care of cattle, salt sources along the Great Salt Lake margin, and the evolution from small ranches to large cattle barons with cowboys guarding herds and driving trains to Chicago.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Nevada
Chicago
East
Ian
Hine
Arizona
Great Salt Lake
Missouri
Remarkable Fast Foe Warps Woman in Battle Creek
A chilling report from Battle Creek Michigan notes Mrs John Riggs of Adventist faith undertook an extreme fast. She reportedly reached near skeletal condition and confessed to a lengthy period of fasting as her life and self-denial drew attention in local press.
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St Battle Creek
Mich
Chicago
John
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