Wood Defines Civil Military Roles in Cuba Policy
General Wood issues an order limiting military involvement to supervisory duties and sanitation matters, with civil authorities handling most affairs. Cuban engineers move toward full Cuban control under Wood’s approval, prisons are inspected monthly, and finance gradually transfers to Cuban heads as Varona reports customs and expenditures.
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Havana
Wood
Senor Villalon
Department of Public Works
Woods
Senor Varona
Gen. Wood
The
Patria
Carlos Garcia
Garcia
Trial Testimony Links Poison to Adams Murder Case
Professor Rudolph Witthaus, chemist, testified on January 12 that analyses of Mrs. Adams stomach, Barnet’s exhumed remains, and a box with an effervescent salt showed mercuric cyanide and cyanide traces. He reported mercury in Barnet’s liver kidneys and brain. Florence Rogers, Adams’s daughter, described the poisoning and supported Harry Cornish’s account amid a lengthy cross examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roland B. Molineux
Katherine J. Adams
Rudolph H.witthaus
Barnet
Florence E. Rogers
Adams
Albany finishes endurance trial after trial at Newcastle
The United States cruiser Albany completed a six hour endurance test off Newcastle with the ship handling well in heavy seas. In Missouri, former governor Albert P Moorehouse dies at 41891. In St Louis Dr J C Mullah, a leading physician, is found shot dead in his office. motive unknown.
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Newcastle
England
United States
Albany
Maryville
Martina Moorehouse
Albert P. Moorehouse
Missouri
Moorehouse
St. Louis
J. C. Mulhall
Snow Commuted Murder Sentence to Life Imprisonment
Boston officials, by unanimous vote, commuted Edward Ray Snow's sentence from death by electricity to life imprisonment for the 19-year-old murder case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Executive Council
Edward Ray Snow
Pettigrew Attacks Administration Over Philippine Policy
In Washington on January 12 the Senate clashed over the Philippine question as Senator Pettigrew attacked the administration and alleged a political scheme to aid McKinley’s renomination. The debate paused currency consideration, then moved to bills expanding census powers and raising Indianapolis public building costs before adjourning.
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Washington
Senate
Philippine
Pettigrew
McKinley
Stewart
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Panama Canal Favored in Panama Scheme Debate
The Roberts investigation committee met in executive session seeking unanimity with no final result or vote. Editorial comment in London favors the Panama canal over Nicaragua, while Gen Shafter in San Francisco awaits the return of Gen Lawton's body aboard the Thomas. Dewey home contributors honored with a ceremonial gift to Adm. Dewey.
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Washington
Jan
Roberts Investigation Committee
Roberts
London
the Times
United States
Panama Canal
Venezuela
Panama
Nicaragua
England
America
San Francisco
Shafter
Nagasaki
Maj. Hyde
The
Thomas
H. W. Lawton
Eugene T. Wilson
3D Artillery
Maj
Logan
Parliament to probes reports of pro Boer groups in Victoria
Reports from Victoria British Columbia indicate no treasonable or local Transvaal support group. Investigations point to blackmail of residents of German Belgian or Italian nationality by unscrupulous individuals.
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Victoria
B. C
Transvaal
Old Bookseller Alexander Williams Dies in Boston
Alexander Williams a longtime bookseller and publisher died at his Boston home at age 51. He had been proprietor of the Corner Book Store for many years.
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Boston
Alexander Williams
Williams
Steamship Auchenarden Sails to Cape Town with Troop Horses
The steamship Auchenarden leaves Brooklyn bound for Cape Town carrying an enormous cargo of provisions flour and grain along with 30 troop horses and 50 transport mules. Private Albert E B Russell of the 1st Infantry dies of yellow fever in Guanajay named by Gen Wood in Havana. The queen proclaims Parliament meeting for January 30 in London.
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New York
Auchenarden
Brooklyn
Cape Town
Washington
Wood
Havana
War Department
Guananjay
Albert EB. Russell
1St Infantry
London
The
Queen’ S
Censor Delays Prompt Mail News With Scissors And Gaps
London reports censors mess with mail dispatches, leaving readers confused as officials edit official reports. Daily Mail accuses war office of doctoring summaries while noting Boer losses and rations at Ladysmith alongside troop movements and ship activity near Port Elizabeth.
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London
The
Daily Mail
War Office
Daily
Cape Town
Table Bay
Lord Roberts
H. M. S. Fearless
Port Elizabeth
Inspection of travelers to Transvaal revived under old law
Lourenco Marques January 10 inspection of travelers bound for the Transvaal is revived under an old law. No one will be allowed to proceed unless he declares before his consul that he has no intention of fighting for the 30ers.
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Lourenzo Marques
Transvaal
Chronicle claims conspiracy to conceal truth about Ladysmith loss
The Chronicle argues officials hide casualty details from Ladysmith as war office withholds figures for dysentery and enteric fever while critics blame timing and leadership. It notes Methuen’s possible injuries, German mail-steamer incidents, and reduced Lee Metford cartridges with a shift to Mark IV bullets despite pledges.
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Ladysmith
War Office
South Africa
Lord Roberts
Lord Methuen
England
Methuen
Wiltshire
Herzog
Great Britain
Germany
Daily Chronicle
Attack on Ladysmith Highlighted by Daily Mail
The Daily Mail reports on the attack on Ladysmith during the January 6 engagement as described in its London dispatch dated January 12. The piece notes details from the assault and reflects on its implications.
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London
Daily Mail
Pietermaritzburg
Ladysmith
The
Delegations to Washington Report Porto Rico Needs
Three Porto Rican delegations were appointed to press needs in Washington. Commerce, agriculture, and federal party representatives sail to brief Congress and the administration. A provisional court ruling says Porto Rico’s people lack sovereign capacity to sue collectively, affecting the Guayama election case.
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San Juan de Porto Rico
Washington
Porto Rico
United States
Finlay
Luce
Jones
Chamber of Commerce
Gonseals
Amedio
Ames
Tarriniga
Moralles
Lattimer
Congress
Provisional Court
Guayama
Moana Arrives Under Quarantine After Pacific Run
The steam er Moana reached San Francisco from Australia via Apia one day early. Quarantine actions likely followed a suspected Honolulu stop and strict checks on passengers and crew to prevent spread of the plague amid Hawaiian cases. In New York, Willis Rosser faces first degree assault indictment for shooting Frederick Slater. Rosser, once a soldier, had previously been acquitted of murder in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Moana
Apia
Samoa
Honolulu
New York
Willis Rosser
Frederick Slater
Rahway
N. J
Rosser
Baker introduces bill to create American bison preserve
Senator Baker introduced a bill to establish a bison preserve in New Mexico. The proposal aims to protect wildlife and promote conservation efforts in the region. Local officials and conservation groups react with cautious support.
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Washington
Jan
Baker
New Mexico
Telegraphic Brevities Chronicle a Far-Flung Row of Accidents and Alarms
The German feedle syndicate revival is noted while a string of brief items reports deaths and injuries across Ohio Kentucky Tennessee and Iowa. Notable entries include Gen. Fitzgerald of Milwaukee death, infant fire death in Concord Ky, Iowa heart failure for Wm Musson, embezzlement charge against John F Mann in Toledo, and a fatal harness of a burning dress in Haley Tenn. Several mine and railroad incidents hit a range of states with casualties and property losses including a Sante Fe pay raise. The Portage Lake foundry blaze in Houghton Mich incurs heavy damage and layoffs.
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Gen. Fitzgerald
Milwaukee
Sam Cannon
Concord
Wm. Musson
Iowa
Des Moines
John Laughlin
Sidney
United States School Furniture Co
Sherley Harmon
Tilton
James McKlehay
Haley
Tenn
Alex Hart
John F. Mann
United States Express
Toledo
Edward
Leslie Shaw Inaugurated Iowa Governor A Second Time
A condensed update notes Leslie Shaw’s second-term inauguration as Iowa governor. Adjacent items report Adm. Dewey’s Manila capture dispatch to the Senate and other disparate late 19th to early 20th century world events including executions, naval charters, labor strikes, and diplomatic exchanges.
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Leslie Shaw
Iowa
Adm. Dewey
Manila
Senate
Death of Prominent Mason Thomas Linton in Denver
Thomas Linton, a leading Mason of the United States, died in Denver. Born in England in 1828, his death marks the loss of a highly influential figure in fraternal circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Thomas Linton
United States
England
Market Report From Cincinnati Grain and Livestock Prices
Cincinnati market notes show bid ranges for flour and spring goods, winter and extra grades, livestock prices for hogs sheep and lambs, and veal calves. Chicago futures quoted for wheat corn oats and cotton with monthly and speculative adjustments.
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Cincinnati
Coux
One Demand at Conference by Indiana Miners
In Indianapolis on January 12 a great miners meeting will press for a universal eight hour day in all coal mines. The United Mine Workers Journal warns the miners hold power to halt business, potentially stopping fuel and industry as markets could deplete in 10 days.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers’ Journal
Northwest
Indiana Car Service association reports 273,242 cars handled in year
The Indiana Car Service association met at Union Station with seventeen railroads represented. It showed 273,242 cars handled in the year, an excess of 45,006 over the prior year, and an average detention of 0.62 days, 0.62 days less than 1898. 99 percent of earnings were collected. about 4 percent refunded.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Car Service Association
Union Station
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Chicago & Erie
Evansville & Terre Haute
Louisville & Nashville
D. S. Bacon
Robbinss warning to white caps stokes county fears
H R Robbins of Starke county reports he will kill the first intruder after receiving a white cap notice threatening him with death. Robbins, a leading attorney, has been in disputes that created enemies and now state officials fear serious trouble from the warning. A second item says 18 year old William Baker claims Vandalia crew forced him to jump from a moving freight near Bringhurst scalding him with boiling water and injuring him.
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Laporte
Ind
H. R. Robbins
Starke County
Robbins
Flora
Wm. Baker
Bringhurst
Three petitions seek pardon for Thos Bloom in Bess killing
Wabash Indiana January 12 three petitions circulate in Warren and nearby towns asking for a pardon for Thos Bloom confined in Michigan City prison for the death of oil well driller James Bess. Bess was killed during a corn theft from Bloom's barn.
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Wabash
Ind
Warren
Thos. Bloom
Michigan City
James Bess
Bess
Bloom
Editor J. E. Sutton Dies by Own Hand in St Paul Hallucination
Logansport Indiana reports that editor J E Sutton killed himself in St Paul after a delusion that officers pursued him and his children. He carried a $20000 life insurance policy.
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Logansport
Ind
J. E. Sutton
St. Paul
Farm worker burned in dairy well gas pump explosion
Burton Loy at Tudor dairy farm west of Upland fell into a well while starting a gas pump and was badly burned. In Butler Showalter’s residence a fire destroyed the home causing $2000 loss and $500 insurance. Showalter was prostrated and his wife was in a trance for 12 hours.
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Upland
Ind
Burton Loy
Tudor
Butler
Ed Showalter
Showalter
Bishop Rademacher’s Attendant Reports Imminent Death
In Fort Wayne Indiana on January 12 a church official’s attendant says Bishop Rademacher cannot survive many hours and is expected to die within an hour.
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Ft. Wayne, Ind
Rademacher
Methodist minister stricken at Warsaw church
Charles W. Thomas collapsed in a Warsaw Methodist church pew and is reported in hopeless condition. In Evansville on January 12 a wholesale house burned down causing estimated losses around $25,000 with light insurance.
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Wabash, Ind
Methodist
Warsaw
Charles W. Thomas
Evansville
Ind
Oddities in Books Span World’s Smallest to Heaviest Volumes
A warted tour of curiosities notes the world’s largest bound book weighing 63 pounds and 18 inches thick, a Hebrew Bible in the Vatican worth its weight in gold, and tiny marvels like Russia’s miniature Bible worn as a charm. It lists misprints such as the Vinegar Bible and the Placemakers Bible, plus Italy’s four-tenth inch long tiny volume of 208 pages.
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Queen Victoria
Vatican
Julius Tr
New York
America
Turkey
Europe
Russia
Italy
Mme
Christine
Lorraine
Practical Patents From Abroad and Home
A German patent covers preserving eggs by immersing them in an acid solution of proto-sulphate of iron with tannin to seal shell pores. A French process lowers rubber cost by blending with a denser lighter colored oil, heating, solidifying, powdering, and mixing with india rubber. A Belgian patent coats windows with water glycerin sugar and c mar in to prevent frost while staying transparent. A Chicago inventor extends bicycle cranks with a recessed sleeve and bolt system. A Pennsylvania woman patents a cloth fluting machine using hinged boards and intermeshing steel strips to crease fabric.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Stamps and Postal Rules in Early South Australia Notes
The piece notes South Australian postage stamp colors and Filipino mail demand for high denomination stamps. It highlights rare 1882 two paper stamps found in Washington with eight punched holes, and Belgian made Bunci stamps with a two line watermark. It also cites strict postal rules forbidding clerks from reading communications on postal cards under threat of dismissal and contamination penalties.
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South Australia
Philippines
Washington
Belgium
Facts and figures on Britain and Ireland in history
A survey notes sixty thousand Irish speak only Irish, lists 169 Ben prefixed Scottish mountains, and cites London theater takings over £1,500,000 yearly. It adds England’s imports around £600,000, and that 58 percent of world merchant fleet tonnage sails under the British flag. It mentions Bielefeld Westphalia hosting an epilepsy institution founded in 1868 with about ten patients.
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Ireland
London
England
Bielefield
Westphalia
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