Deportation Ordered by General MacArthur for Insurgents in Philippines
News notes reveal General MacArthur instructed the war department to deport numerous individuals deemed sympathetic to insurgent and guerrilla activity in the Philippines. They were placed on transport Rosecrans and sent to Guam under surveillance or custody until peace is restored and hostilities end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
War Department
Department
Philippine Islands
Henry B. Orwig
Rosecrans
Guam
Philippines
Delegates Protest Countervailing Duty on Russian Beet
Delegates from the Minors Manufacturers Association pressed Secretary Gage to oppose his move declaring a countervailing duty against Russian beet Buyar. Gage argued the duty was X under congressional law and not repealable by the Treasury, which only enforces existing statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minors Manufacturers’ Association
Gage
Treasury Department
Congress
Manila Special Mission Promises Gun Surrender Prizes
General MacArthur orders department commanders to release one prisoner for every rifle surrendered by insurgents. An insurgent who surrenders may name the prisoner to be freed, unless exceptional circumstances require continued detention. another selection will then be allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
General MacArthur
Duke of Manchester Served With Damages Suit on Arrival
The Duke of Manchester arrived on the Oceanic from the United States and was served with a writ for breach of promise by Miss Porter Knight of Marlborough Mission Westminster who claims he engaged to marry her before his marriage to Miss Zimmerman of Cincinnati. The duke was surprised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Duke of Manchester
United States
Porter Knight
Marlborough
Westminster
Miss Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Express rear-ends freight wreck near Coatesville Pa
The Atlantic express on the Pennsylvania railroad struck a local freight three miles west of Coatesville. Three freight cars and parts of the engine plus three empty baggage cars and a postal car were wrecked. The express crew escaped unharmed and passengers were shaken but not seriously hurt. Separately, in Shreveport Louisiana a mob killed William David alias Williams who was identified by his victim as the man who assaulted Mrs. Atway at Blanchard last week after he escaped from Stancard and found work there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Coatesville
Shreveport
William David
Williams
Atway
Blanchard
Stancard
Ex Senator Chandler tapped for Spanish claims panel
Ex Senator William E. Chandler of New Hampshire is named president of the Spanish claims commission. Additional appointments will follow, and the commission is to begin work promptly given the large workload ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Chandler
New Hampshire
President nominates diplomats to Austria Hungary and Greece
The President sent nominations to the Senate naming Roberts Mc Cormick of Sinvis as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Austria Hungary and Frank W. Jackson of Pennsylvania as consul to Patras Greece for Senate confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Roberts. McCormick
Sinvis
United States
Austria-Hungary
Frank W. Jackson
Pennsylvania
Patras
Greece
Terrible Ocean Disaster Reported By Odessa Dispatch
A London Daily Express dispatch from Odessa says a pilgrim steamer in the Black Sea was struck by a storm, washing overboard seventy two pilgrims who drowned. Flour for China Contracts in Tacoma firm for fifty four thousand barrels monthly for shipment to China. All to Stay President renominates cabinet and Senate confirms nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Daily Express
Odessa
Black Sea
China
Tacoma, Wash
Surrender Talks Reported in Boer Circles at Pretoria
In Pretoria Boer circles it is reported that field leaders and a majority of their followers would surrender if granted amnesty and assistance to start life anew, with a free pardon to rebels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
Hshye
Treasury warrants Admiral Dewey for prize money claim
The Treasury Department issued a warrant in favor of Admiral George Dewey for 9570 pounds for prize money found due by the court of claims for the destruction of the Spanish fleet in Manila harbor on May 1, 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
George Dewey
Court of Claims
Mala Harbor
Eastern news highlights vary from wealth losses to fires and crimes
The report lists numerous events: G Edwin Jones of New York failed for 142366. Mrs Clune starved herself in New York with 2300 in bank. Albert Bernstein a waxworks showman died by his own hand in a Bowery hotel. It notes suicides in Scranton and Chicago, gambling-house consolidation in New York with 1 million capital, smuggling crackdowns by Collector Bidwell, a fire destroying Ball residence in Litchfield with two rescues, bankruptcy filing by Hattie D Berry with 21590 liabilities, fishing tragedy on Lake Erie with four missing, fires at Hirschberg Hollander Co in Baltimore and Tittleman Brothers in Philadelphia, a murder of Mamie Cirelli in New York, a fire at Leary dye works in Rochester, death of evangelist Maj Daniel W Whittle, a clash with Pennsylvania regiments at inauguration injuring a girl, assault in Boston on Catherine Fullerton, sale of Lafayette Hotel to Widener-Elkins syndicate, coal mine workers strike demand of 10 cents a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McAnary
Chicago
Scranton
New York
Bidwell
Alonzo Scott
Jacob Ball
Litchfield
Balt
Scott
Hattie D. Berry
Lake Erie
Silver Creek
N. Y
Hirschberg, Hollander & Co
Baltimore
Guld
Champlain
Jule Contre
Rouse’s Point
Canada
United States
Knox Express Company
Tour and
Half
C Streets
Washington
Tittleman Brothers
Fagan
Adzing Avenue
Church Street
Philadelphia
Mamie Cirelli
Antonio Triolo
Mulberry
Bayard Streets
Leary Dye Works
Platt and
Mill Streets
Rochester
Daniel W. Whittle
D. T. Moody
East Northfield
Mass
Pennsylvania
Ollie May Wellington
Catherine Fullerton
Columbus Avenue
Boston
John Dawson
Orphans’ Court
Lafayette
Widener-Elkins
Susquehanna Coal Company
Nanticoke
Multiple Unconnected Incidents Spark Across Nations
A broad odyssey of murders fires and accidents spans Ohio Missouri Indiana North Carolina and Colorado. Notable items include a mayoral race in Chicago with Carter and Ganecy, a boiler explosion at Creuzer killing four, a lynching scare in Tipton thwarted by troops, and a fatal assault in Murroy. Also reported are resignations at the Republican national committee and several railway and court incidents.
Carnegie funds library growth and fires trigger alarms
The report notes Andrew Carnegie giving 100000 to Richmond Virginia for a library building and 25000 to Jackson Tennessee to establish a free public library with annual funding. It also mentions a major fire in Savannah Georgia damaging the Virginia Carolina Chemical plant with 115000 loss, a large oil geyser near Port Arthur Texas rising over 100 feet, and a hotel fire in Lexington Kentucky that panicked guests but was controlled by staff. A Texas Senate action makes kidnapping a capital offense and Gen Nathaniel Greene’s remains found in Savannah after 115 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
Richmond
Texas Senate
Nathaniel Greene
Savannah
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Port Arthur
Texas
Free Public Library
Jackson
Tenn
Phoenix
Lexington
Ixy
Trains collide west of Lenoir City killing four
A head on collision between through freights on the Southern Railway, one and a half miles west of Lenoir City Tennessee, kills four trainmen and wounds several others. Separate near Grantsville West Virginia, Jamie Metz narrowly escapes a bullet while a man named George Taylor is shot at in an ambush.
News in Brief from the World Fronts and Courts
Finns not occupying land will be given 2 000 000 marks by order of the Czar. British soldiers surprised a party of Boers in bathing and shot seven of them. One of Prince Tuan s proteges has started a rebellion in the province of Kansu. French chamber of deputies sanctioned the unseating of Deroulede and Marcel Habert. Sultan of Turkey has ordered 50 000 troops to put down a threatened revolution in Macedonia. Hunger drives peasants of southern Italy to rioting as troops guard Ravenna. De Wet and Steyn with 1 500 men crossed the Orange river and escaped pursuers. Maj Gen Orloff to be court martialed in Manchuria. Irish members refuse to leave the House during suspension and a free fight follows. Lord Wolseley attacks the War Office, Marquis of Lansdowne replies. Vessel named Chili or Seillin wrecked off Algerian coast. six on board drown.
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Prince Tuan
Kansu
Sultan
Turkey
Macedonia
Italy
Ravenna
de Wet and
Steyn
Orange River
Orloff
Manchuria
House of Commons
Lord Wolseley
British War Office
Marquis of Lansdowne
Military and financial notices from early era
Brig generals Lee and Wilson retire. Sixteen Canadian workers deported for Red Mountain Railroad contract. Webster Davis sells Boer War book for 180000 to a New York syndicate via Quinby. Captains Evans and Taylor named rear admirals for service at Santiago. Samoa bought by US government for 200000, to be refitted in San Francisco. Patrick Hart, traitor, paroled and recaptured after Nagasaki to San Francisco voyage. Nina Moore wed man already married to actress Lloyd Bradstreet notes iron and steel market strength with gains in Bessemer pig and billets. Cereals steady, wheat and corn slightly lower. export figures rise week over week.
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Santiago
Samoa
United States
San Francisco
Hongkong
Pennsylvania
Nagasaki
Patrick Hart
Manila
Alcatraz
Alaska
W. H. Bledsoe
Alaska Commercial Company
Nina Moore
Lloyd
Bradstreet’s
Pittsburg
Bessemer
Chicago
Southern
Omnibus public building bill dominates Senate action
The day featured passage of the omnibus public building bill raising costs in 32 states by 2 million dollars and Senate approval of the deficiency bill. House activity stretched from morning to late night as conference reports and key measures moved through, with notable votes on the sundry civil and post office bills and labor safety in railroads. Vice President Roosevelt presided, enforcing strict decorum as he opened his term and gave ready rulings on journal reading while Senator Morgan of Alabama attacked the Clayton-Bulwer treaty for nearly two hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Navy
Marine Corps
House
Carter
Montana
Hoar
Massachusetts
Cockrell
Missouri
Congress
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Money
McLaurin
Morgan
Ala
United States
Great Britain
Railways use vast steel and book publishing rise in US
Railways consume over 2,000,000 tons of steel annually, nearly half of global production. US book publishing last year reached 6,356 titles, up 653 from the prior peak. Legal efforts by F Wayland Brown and Dr August M Unger to quash indictments tied to Marie Defenbach policy insured deaths failed. A London trial revealed witnesses swore on and kissed a copy of The Guide to the Law of Landlord and Tenant, hindering sworn testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
F. Wayland Brown
August M. Unger
Chicago
Marie Defenbach
London
Indiana House Rejects Agnew Waterway Bill in Three Mile Channel
Indiana lawmakers report a lively session with 55-38 House vote to strike the Agnew waterway bill from Lake Michigan at East Chicago to Calumet river. Opposition from railroad interests and Chicago residents cited. Other actions include anti-lynching moves, express company consolidation, primaries mandate, Nancy Hanks Lincoln site funding, a reapportionment bill, and a woman suffrage measure passing in the lower house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Agnew
Lake Michigan
East Chicago
Calumet River
Chicago
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Barlow
Friends of
Calumet Agnal
Evansville
Indianapolis
Durbin
County Boards of Turnpike Commissioners
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Ohio River
Fort Wayne
Congress
United States
Woman's Reformatory
Miss Seeley
Neal
Items of Interest from Windfall and Nearby Areas
Farmers near Windfall were robbed of 200 dollars worth of chickens. Laporte Church has sixty applicants for the pastorate. William Nation, 85, New Lisbon, an uncle of Carrie Nation, is dead. John Gardner, 76, Elwood, died of heart disease in his chair. Mrs. Adam Eschenbach of Brockville died of grief for her husband. Gas belt makers may have gas for eight to ten years. Claude Hoskins of Sullivan is a snake charmer with a reptile in his pocket and performing rats. Henry Clay Lewis, 47, a Greencastle attorney and Republican, died of heart disease on the street. Mrs. Pryor of Franklin was beaten by a young negro in an alley. no complaint filed. Pred Wiler escaped from a car near Mian while being taken to Peru. Rushville grocers form debtors protection group meeting weekly. Tilettsville riled by bank failure at Edmond M. Palmer’s bank. cashier George Fryhoffer fled to Louisville. over 30,000 in deposits claimed. Samuel Wiseman of Evansville found dead in bed as wife dreamed. Mrs. Della Chowning of Sullivan left with John Wells. marriage license in Illinois. Six Muncie youths arrested for post office box robbery. two bound over, four released for lack of evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte Christian Church
William Nation
New Lisbon
Carrie Nation
John Gardner
Elwood
Adam Eschenbach
Brockville
Claude Hoskins
Sullivan
Henry Clay Lewis
Greencastle
Pryor
Franklin
Pred Wiler
Anderson
Peru
Mian
Rushville
Tilettsville
Edmond M. Palmer
George W. Fryhoffer
Louisville
Mr. Palmer
Hlettsville
Samuel Wiseman
Evansville
Della Chowning
John Wells
Ilinois
Federal Grand Jury
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Corydon
Indiana
AS & Ellis, Publishers
N. M. Sonain
Seth
Lanwiched
James Chandler
P Dewcey
G. Edwin Jones
Albert Bernstein
Waxworks
Bowery Hotel
Western
Toledo
W. W. McMahen
John Bennash
Huron
Edgely
N. C
Carter EE. Ctarrison
Elbridge Ganecy
Jacob Lindewood
Creuzer
Ohio
William Mitchell
William Jones
Murroy
Ind
Jones
Mitchell
St. Louis Transit Company
Columbus
James O. Neal
Ohio House
Edward O. Wolcott
Republican National Committee
Colorado
Archie M. Stephenson
Five
Sidney Morrison
Tipton
Robert Edmonds
G. A. Stess
A. Anderson
Twenty-third Street
William Tate
F.C. Brush
T. Bond
First Colorado Volunteers
Leadville
Michael O'Brien
Mexico
W. C. Clark
Denver
Baltimore and Ohio
Washington Court House
Maggie Lowe
Elmer Flint
Arnie Stevens
Richards & Fringel's
Minstrels
Spokane
Wash
Henry Graves
Vicksburg
John Snyder
Isaac McCullom
Parkville
Metropolitan
Forty-sixth Avenue
Harrison Street
Nany Wright
Fort Scott
Kan
McKinley
Park River
Missouri House
Bud Taylor
Ruth Nollard
Kansas City
Taylor
Camden
Dewey Smith
Chester Stanley
John Kittridge
John Fields
Crittenden Mountain
Eldorado
Colo
Kittridge
Fields
George W. Jarrett
Albert Fischer Manufacturing Company
Nawmilton
Columbia Straw Paper Company
Xenia
Defiance
Massillon
Coshocton
Sandusky
United States District Court
Dearth
Eliott
Hennepin County District Court
St. Paul
Minneapolis Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Jacob Johanson
Johanson
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Dell Johnson
Orlando
Ile
Dayton
William Herrell
Rocky, O. T
George Herrell
Chamber of Deputies
Deroulede
Marcel Habert
Fitzhugh Lee
James H. Wilson
Ste
Detroit
Milwaukee
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