War Investigating Commission Report Dissolved Without Whitewash
The War Investigating Commission report is in the president’s hands and the commission is dissolved. Chairman Ren Dodge presented it at the White House. a prominent member said the report does not whitewash and reflects the honest views of all members who unanimously adopted it. The president denies influence and asserts full duty was performed. Alexander Mac Donald of Dawson City, the “gold king of the Klondike,” married Miss Margaret Chisholm on February 10.
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Star
Commission
Ang
Spain
Lenponx
Alexander MacDonald
Dawson City
Canada
Margaret Chisholm
North Dakota
United States Senate
Chicago
Minnesota
Law Department
University of Michigan
Wahpeton
Council
Dakota
Ats State
Richland County
Pv. D. Staggs
Douglass Jones
Tennessee River
Johnsonville
Tenn
W. C. Green
St. Louis
Brandon
Paducah
Jones
Vellum
Evansville
Evansville Grain and
TidCo
Herring
Louisville
Tobacco House
Gus
Thomas
Bob Scott
A. J. Buchanan
McDaniel
Billie Smith
Rollins
Danville
Robert Scott
Vancouver
B. C
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Seattle
Philippines
Director of Posts Vaille
Cannon
Appropriations Committee
House
Fayne-Hanna
Guatemala
Nelson A. Miles
Porto Rico
United States
Texas
Sigsbee
Galveston
Havana
Maine
Kid McCoy
Los Angeles
Cal
California
Brady
Ghastly Exhumation Reveals Buried Alive Case Near Pendleton
In Toxawanxpa New York on February 10 a grave near Pendleton was opened for an autopsy on James Rigley after a short illness. The glass casket was broken and the corpse showed signs of life, suggesting Rigley had been buried alive while in a trance as doctors suspected. Insurance motivations reportedly prompted the autopsy.
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Toxawanxpa
N. Y
Pendleton
James Rigley
Monterey
Rigley
Afcr
Wintry Texas Weather Sparks Cattle Losses and Snow
A Dallas dispatch reports extreme Panhandle conditions with two feet of snow at Texline and Clarendon and temperatures 15 degrees below. Cattle deaths rise due to hunger and exposure as Fort Worth and Denver trains battle the storm. Wheat and grain losses are feared to be enormous amid widespread distress and possible fatalities.
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Hovstox
Tex
Dallas
Davis
Fort Worth
Denver
Texline
Clarendon
Texas
von Caprivi
Caprivi
Skyren
Crassen
Severe Florida cold wave hits crops and citrus
Jacksonville reports the coldest spell of the season from 26 to 34 degrees in the northern orange belt. Damaged crops include beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and some strawberries while young orange blossoms suffer. pineapples survive. Weather bureau warnings helped growers take protective measures.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Orange Belt
Weather Bureau
Snowstorm Paralyzes Leadville Rail Link. Mine Group Plans Relief
Leadville faces a severe snowstorm with a critical situation. A meeting of mining and smelting leaders agreed on measures to break the railroad blockade, heading 1000 shovelers under Col. George W. Cook to reopen the Denver and Rio Grande line to Malta. No trains run west of Salida and the Colorado Midland is shut. Oyster famine feared as Chesapeake Bay and Patapsco River locks freeze ice suspending bay craft.
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Leadville
Col
Malta
George W. Cook
Denver & Rio Grande
Salida
Colorado Midland
Ballxong
Chesapeake Bay
Patapsco River
San Roque Burnt As Americans Advance In Philippines
Telegraphs report San Roque burned by natives fearing an American attack. American troops occupy the village as Gen Otis orders Iloilo evacuation after insurgents are demoralized. Casualties listed from Minnesota Montana Nebraska units. steamer Staggs wrecked near Nashville with several deaths and missing.
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San Roque
Manta
Signal Corps
Washindton
Gen. Otis
Manila
Washington
Minnesota
Alexander M. Burns
Montana
Lester Pierestoff
Nebraska
Gustave E. Edlund
Wm. Philipot
JL. C. Livingston
Charles Kreckiey
George L. Clother
Cavite
Luzon
Otis
Marcus P. Miller
Lloilo
Visayan
Miller
Staggs
Robert E. Childers
C. Fred Kuhn
Oral F. Gibson
Douglas T. Bridges
H. Harry Seabooke
K. Grant Boyd
Francis Hanson
Mora C. Shiperd
Daniel Campbell
Third Artillery
James J. Gratey
James T. Leahy
Clyde H. McVay
Fourteenth Infantry
William Bush
Washieron
Iloilo
Panay
1St Tennessee Volunteer Infantry
Coilo
Philippine
Iowa
Various 1900s brief items span treasurer election to naval moves
Elbert F. Plummer elected treasurer of Ken tucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co. The Marblehead sailed for Havana after a man froze to death in Iowa. Formosa unrest, treasury assets, Rochester joining the Eastern Baseball League, and other notes include Sharkey Mitchell bout talks, royal audiences, and weather events. Coalitions, ships, and fires also appear with Brown University’s Maxey Hall gutted for $25,000 and 53 students displaced.
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Elbert F. Plummer
Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co
United States
Marblehead
Charleston Navy Yard
Havana
Henry K. Fortune
Muchakinock
Oskaloosa
Orient
Formosa
Rochester
Utica
Tom Sharkey
Charlie Mitchell
Bolingbroke Club
London
Emperor Francis Joseph
Charlemagne Tower
Market Report Cincinnati and Chicago Grain and Livestock Prices
Market report from Cincinnati and Chicago dated February 9 lists bid and ask ranges for patent and fancy flour, winter and spring varieties, with per barrel prices. Livestock sections show prices for hogs, cattle, sheep, veal calves, and lanes, along with receipts and conditional quality notes for Pittsburgh and surrounding markets.
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Cincinnati
Rye
Northwestern
Tae
Cobnn
OatTs
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Ways and Means Committee seeks funds for 1900 campaign
A national Democratic effort outlines a money drive to secure justice in public trials and influence policy. The committee, led by W. H. Harvey, calls for subscriptions of one dollar per month through October 1900, with offices in Chicago, and lists national leaders including Jones, Stone, Altgeld, Allen and Teller.
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Friends of Our Cause
National Democratic Committee
National Democratic Gold Standard Committee
George F. Peabody
New York
Indianapolis
H. H. Hanna
Williams Street
National Republican Committee
Mark Hanna
Union Trust Company Bank
Dearborn
Madison Streets
Chicago
W.H. Harvey
Ways and Means Committee
Unity Building
America
W. H. Harvey
James K. Jones
WM. J. Stone
Missouri
John P. Altgeld
Olinola
THES
Ways and Means
James E. Jones
Arkansas
Snots
Wm. V. Allen
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Grase
Cattie
Tajarca
First
Tennessee Volunteer Infantry
Honolulu
Manila Harbor
Iloilo Harbor
Miler
Tennessee
Haile
Wasuinotos
Navy Department
Manna
Nasuyville,Tenn
San Francisco
Princeton
Ind
Robert Harriet
Bigaard
Penn
Penn, Ind
Guian City
Union City
Porter J. I Cumber
Bob Fitzsimmons
Kansas City
Maxzery
Providence
Maxey
Brown University
Market Report
Henry M. Teller
Colorado
Ignature
Postoffice
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