Third Day Balloting Highlights Senate Clark Support
Helena dispatch notes the Montana legislature's third day of session with routine business, a joint ballot, and shifts in senator selections. W. A. Clark secures a large vote on the second joint ballot while Toole loses ground and Day defends Clark amidst party tensions.
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Bay
Toole
Clark
House of Representatives
Sixth Legislative Assembly
Montana
Senate
Senate of
United States
Spain
Congress
Philippine Islands
W. A. Clark
Jully
Clarke
Day
D Wy
Deaths and troop voyage mark Havana yellow fever report
Thomas B. Done dies in Havana after suffering from yellow fever since Saturday. In Matanzas the Spanish transport Cambernagor sails for Cadiz with six hundred sick soldiers, arriving January 12.
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Havana
Thomas B. Done
Tenneport
Matanzas
Chambernagor
Cadiz
Views of the Senators on Philippine Treaty
Washington dispatch quotes senators and leaders debating how to govern the Philippines after ratification. Opinions range from protectorates to independence, with suggestions of civil military rule or joint guardianship and calls for prudent delay until natives show self-government capacity.
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the Herald
Washington
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Hav
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Platt
New York
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Spain
Hobart
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Lodge
Allen
Nebraska
Samoa
Teller
Colorado
Morgan
Alabama
Earth
Unusual honor conferred on Sir Julian Pauncefote
New York dispatch says Sir Tullan Pauncefote the British ambassador will stay another year beginning in April due to negotiations over abrogating the Clayton Bulwer treaty and a new treaty guaranteeing Nicaragua canal neutrality. His retention pleases administration circles after ten years of fostering U S relations.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Tullan Pauncefote
Nicaragua
Julian
United States
Lord Sackville West
Great Britain
Britain and United States discuss canal neutrality and concessions
The text outlines a British demand to relinquish rights under the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and the U S willingness to abrogate it. It stresses the canal as neutral in war and peace due to Far East hostilities, with Great Britain likely seeking charges concessions while neutrality remains paramount.
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Linquish
Hay
Far East
Great Britain
Shafters Command Heads New Department Assignments
Washington dispatch reports Major General W R Shafter to take temporary command of the department of Columbia, relieving Major General A C Merriam. Brigadier General I V Sumner moves from Colorado to Missouri. Brigadier General M V Sheridan remains in Lakes. Colonel FP J Hecker to Isle of Pines for investigations per Secretary Alger.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Department of California
W. R. Shafter
Department of Columbia
A.C. Merriam
1. V. Sumner
Department of Colorado
Denver
Sumner
Department of the Missouri
Omaha
M. V. Sheridan
Department of the Lakes
Wade
Department of Dakota
St. Paul
Beeretiy Alger
FP. J. Hecker
Quartermaster’s Department
Isle of Pines
Alger
Col. Heckey
Rich Gold Find Near Vernal in Utah Mountains
Rich gold discoveries were reported two miles east of Vernal in the mountains near the Calmrade line. Doc McDonald, a veterinary surgeon with the 9th Cavalry, is credited with the initial report after learning of rich vein rumors from a man named Johnson who once lived in eastern Utah. The Ninth Cavalry later returned to Fort Duchesne as McDonald began his search for the vein.
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Vernal
Utah
Tue Mountains
Calmrade Line
McDonald
9Th Cavalry
New York
Johnson
Ninth Cavalry
Fort Duchesne
Manila Quiet as Conditions Improve in Jan Cablegram
A war department cablegram from Manila dated January 12 reports improving conditions. Citizens feel more secure with many natives returning home. City quiet and business active, signaling stabilization in the capital amid ongoing tensions.
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Washington
War Department
Manila
House Debates Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation Bill
The House formed a committee of the whole on the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. Two hours and a half were allotted for general debate with Dinsmore of Arkansas noting no opposition to any item but seeking time to discuss general subjects.
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Washington
House
Dinsmore
Dem
Arkansas
Senate Proceedings Highlight Armenia Red Cross Resolution
In Washington on January 12 the Senate discussed the Tidian appropriation bill with notice to call it up tomorrow. Hawley of military affairs offered a joint resolution thanking Clara Barton and Red Cross officers for humane services to Armenians and awarded both sides in the war. The resolution was adopted. The Senate then, under special order, passed sixteen unobjected private pension bills and moved to executive session at 1 10 p m.
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Helena
Wallot
Senate
Connolly
12Th Judicial District
Judiciary Committee
Iris
Committee On Finance and Claims
Clark
Courtney
Metropolitan Police System
Anderson
Joint Investigating Committee
House
Wilson
Walsh
W. J. Fransham
J. A. Alten
Sweeney
Hedges
Philippine Islands
Washington
Senate Alison
Hawley
Military Affairs Commission
Congress
Clara Barton
Red Cross Sociely
Nominated For Senator by Democratic Caucus
Albany New York January 12 The democratic legislative caucus nominated Edward Murphy Jr for the United States senate to succeed himself though the democrats are in the minority in the legislature Also Harrisburg and London reports note nominations and a court finding blaming the French ship Labourgogne for the collision near Sable Island that sank the Cromarty Shire with over 500 lives lost
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New York
James McNaughton
Tradesmen’s National Bank
Allen McNaughton
Wool Exchange
Tie Tradesmen's National Bank
United States
Shields
United States Trust Company
Trust Company
Harrisburg
Pagan
Onday
George A. Jenks
United States Senate
Albany, Y
Democratic Legislative Caucus Today
Edward Murphy, Jr
London
Admiralty Court
Labourgogne
Cromarty Shire
Sable Island
Nova Scotia
Vatican denies Ireland papal nuncio nomination
A World dispatch from Rome says the Vatican rejects reports that Archibishop Ireland will be named papal nuncio to the Philippines. In Arabia, Turkish troops stormed and captured an insurgent position at Shanel Nov at the Yemen division, with about 4,000 insurgents and 2,000 Turks killed or wounded.
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Rome
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Philippines
Vatican
Constantinople
Yemen
Arabia
Shanel
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