Washington Testimony on Philippine War Abuses Discussed
The transcript recalls Captain McDonald denying any violation of a Spanish woman by American officers in the Philippines. Witnesses recount O Briens claims about a water cure and describe a related family tragedy linked to Montour and Ladrones, noting the woman provided insurgent movement details but was not mistreated by U.S. soldiers.
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Philippines
Senator Lodge
O’brien
McDonald
Igbaras
Montour
Davis
United States
McDonald Denies Disgraceful Native Dance Incident
Captain McDonald calls O Brien statement a deliberate lie and places absence from the San Joaquin dance on duty in Migoon and Jaro. He also disputes claims officers withheld rations and asserts the company had fresh bread daily during the week.
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O’brien
McDonald
San Joaquin
Cook
Jaro
Migoon
Migoon.” This Dance Was Said To Have Occurred At the Home of the Presidente
Treatment of Peaceable Natives in Philippines Recounted
In a Denlea piece on O'Brien stories Captain McDonald compares soldiers' treatment of peaceable natives to a child's handling by a father. Wili pino prisoners were described as sharing food and conditions, while US cooking styles did not agree with them.
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O'Brien
Denlea
United” ‘States
Philippines
McDonald
Hadi
Pote
United , States
United’ ‘States
Potts Meets German Naval Officials In Berlin
Lieutenant Commander Potts has been received by German naval officials and awaits audience with Emperor Wilhelm II. Reports of a snub are officially denied. the U S naval attache has not yet had an audience as the emperor has been away from Berlin for extended periods.
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Kiam
H. Fechler
Admiral von Tirpitz
Potts
United States
Berlin
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Haytian provisional government named to guide elections
Port au Prince Hayti May 27 The provisional government was formed with President Boisrond Canal and ministers including M Jeremie Colin Lalane Nord Cesarion and Den nery The aim is to ensure a constitutional presidential election The British cruiser Psyche has arrived.
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Hayti
Boisrond Canal
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Interior
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General Nord
M. Cesarion
M. Dennery
Psyche
Disruption at Nineveh Meeting Forces Sheriff Appeal
Free Speech at Nineveh Indiana May 27 reports violent disturbances at Rev. Mr. Boles gatherings. The tent ropes were cut and canvas dropped on attendees on two nights, with gunfire and noise disrupting events. Boles states hoodlums cannot drive him from Nineveh.
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Franklin
Ind
Boles
Patterson of Colorado speaks on Philippine question in Senate
Washington May 27 Patterson of Colorado a minority member of the Philippines committee occupied the senate floor most of yesterday in a discussion of the Philippine question Foraker and Hoar had a brief debate over President McKinley's proclamation to the Filipinos Sixty two private pension bills were passed The house devoted the day to business connected with the District of Columbia It was agreed that adjournment Thursday be to Monday in honor of Decoration day
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Philippines
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Hoar
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District of Columbia
County Attorney to Enforce Sunday Closing Law
Muscatine Iowa May 27 The county attorney begins proceedings against sixty two merchants for breaking the Sunday closing law. The Clerks' union started the agitation arresting two grocers and plans to stop street cars Sunday morning papers and prevent selling railroad tickets for Iowa points.
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Muscatine
Clerks’ Union
Iowa
Cuba Senate and House Pass Palma Amnesty Bill Vote
In Havana on May 27 the senate and house approved a bill granting President Palma 300000 for current expenses tied to insular affairs. A separate amnesty discussion for Americans in Cuba or awaiting trial was postponed for one day.
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Senate
House
Palma
United States
Cuba
Fraterville Mine Blast Blamed on Gas Leaks
State Mine Inspector Shifler concludes the Fraterville coal mine explosion last week was caused by gas. He reports three or four bad leaks in the old Knoxville Iron Company mine allow gas to flow into Fraterville mine.
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Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
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Fraterville
Knoxville‘Iron Company
National Game Scores Record from Chicago May Event
Partial read of a sports item notes baseball scores from a Chicago event in May. The fragment references the National and game status but lacks complete scores or teams.
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Chicago
Struggle Over Pump Force in Wilkes Barre Coal Region
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania May 27 union leaders threaten a complete pump and engine shutdown as United Mine Workers require hours and wages changes for engineers firemen and pumpers. Operators vow to keep pumps running while most firemen will strike and engineers and pumpers may quit, prompting a mass meeting Friday night to decide who stays. A mysterious fire at the old Empire breaker is blamed on enemies of the strikers.
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United Mine Workers
Stationary Firemen's Association
Wyoming
Mullahy
Boston
Delaware and Hudson Company
Old Empire Breaker
Chicago meeting shapes plan to arbitrate coal strike
A May conference in Chicago among National Civic Federation members and union leaders discussed a new plan to arbitrate the anthracite strike. President John Mitchell Frank P. Sargent Franklin MacVeagh Samuel Keefe and others attended an executive session. The plan calls for a New York arbitration with mine operators and the Federation committee, awaiting Senator Hanna's approval before a formal recommendation. If approved, a definite announcement is expected in a week or ten days.
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Chicago
National Civic Federation
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Frank P. Sargent
Franklin MacVeagh
Samuel Keefe
New York
Hanna
Local coalroads in Virginia and West Virginia say miners are Negroes
Local representatives of the leading coal roads in Virginia and West Virginia say they have no advices respecting sympathetic or unlawful actions by miners. The article notes the miners are described as mostly Negroes and mentions tension and unrest in the region.
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New York
Virginia
Mindanao clash prompts tighter U S camp rules
General Davis reiterates orders that no U S soldiers may leave camp unless in groups of eight or more and ready for any emergency after a Moros engagement. A fighter drew a native hadap, was wounded, and escaped through tall grass as a revolver misfired.
Thunder Mountain Belches Smoke Across Northern Wisconsin
Reports from Eagles River Florence Appleton and Iron Mountain alert Milwaukee that Thunder Mountain the highest point in northern Wisconsin is belching smoke and rumbling. A hot red hot rock fell on a Green Bay street corner sixty miles away and was still glowing at dawn. The mountain’s glow is said to be visible for miles with notices spanning about seventy miles.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Eagles River
Florence
Appleton
Iron’ Mountain
Mich
Thunder Mountain
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Trust proposed to control zinc and lead prices in Joplin district
William Phillipson of New York, who just formed a cooperative mining company, toured Kansas City on his way east. He said the plan seeks to raise prices, with capital stock of 10 million dollars and stockholders to include many wealthy smelter and mine owners.
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Kansas City
William Phillipson
New York
Joplin
Phillipson
Settlement offer in St Clair county railroad bond dispute
A mass meeting in Osceola Missouri heard General John B Henderson present a settlement plan for the repudiated county railroad bonds. The proposal was unanimously indorsed though no sum was named. Judge John W Philips will fix the amount and propose funding bonds to voters for long term, low interest.
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Osceola
John B. Henderson
John VT. Philips
Federal Court
Cochran Pursues Information on British Military Post
Cochran of Missouri introduced a resolution in the Senate requesting the president to send full information to the House on an investigation into alleged British military supply camps in Louisiana. The measure seeks the investigation report and related documents, letters, and papers.
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Washington
Cochran
Missouri
House
Louisiana
South Africa
Senate considers lynching probe and federal protection question
Washington in May saw Gallinger introduce senate resolutions urging an investigation of lynching in the United States with a view to finding remedies. The inquiry will address whether the United States can protect a citizen on its own soil.
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Washington
Gallinger
Senate
United States
Will Be Unique Among Women
Mrs. G. Fred Stevens of Duluth is to become the first woman in the United States to hold the office of surveyor general of logs and lumber. She is the widow of the late surveyor general of the Duluth district.
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Minn
G. Fred _Stevens
Duluth
United. ‘States
Meeting of Jewish Philanthropists in Detroit May conference
Nearly 150 prominent Jewish philanthropists and charitable workers attended the second conference of the Jewish Charities of the United States as it opened at the Hotel Cadillac in Detroit yesterday May 27 with leaders calling for united relief efforts and broader cooperation.
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Mich
Jewish Charities of the
United States
Cadillac
Nomination Sent to Senate for Visuna Ambassador
Washington reports on May 5 that Ambassador nominee McCormick has been sent to the Senate for approval as the next ambassador to Visuna. The briefing notes emphasize diplomatic channels and expected confirmation processes.
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Visuna
Washington
Rondséveilt
Senate
Noe Be “McCormick
Indiana Miners Face Strike Pressure Amid Anthracite Dispute
An Indiana mining official warns that bituminous workers may strike unless the anthracite coal conflict is resolved promptly. He notes existing contracts, past violations by operators, and a national union decision allowing suspensions to protect the organization, fueling Indiana miners’ unrest.
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Indiana
Wind Goes On A Costly Frolic In Bourbon Indiana
A cyclone struck Bourbon Indiana at 1 a.m. Saturday six miles east of town, tearing roofs from farm residences and wrecking seven barns. All stock in the barns, including horses and cattle, were killed. The Lake View hotel at Huffman's Lake was unroofed, and dance halls and feed stables were destroyed. Lake View School house was carried 200 feet and left in a wheat field. The storm stretched about three miles long and half a mile wide with all property reportedly fully insured.
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Ind
Here
Lake View
Huffman’s Lake
Lake ‘View
Preachers Charged Over Ladoga Fish Seining Case
Prosecuting Attorney Reeves filed affidavits seeking arrests of Rev W T Brooks Rev Allan Wilson and others from Ladoga Ind on the charge of using a seine to catch fish Henry Cook claims a large string of his hooked fish was seized by the seining party The incident follows a major revival in Ladoga drawing wide attention
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Reeves
W.T. Brooks
Allan, Wilson
Ladoga
Henry Cook
Brooks
Electric Lineman Fatally Injured in Belt Railroad Crash
Edward Swanston of Pax ton Tus., an electric lineman, riding on a belt railroad car near Pittsburgh, Pa., was struck by a switch engine. He fell beside the rail with the back of his head cut and his left shoulder crushed. He was on his way home from Pittsburg when the accident occurred in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Edward Swanston
Paxton
Tus
Pittsburg
Pas
Sivanston
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