Secretary Root Scolds Miles Over Cincy Interview
Washington dec 22 Secretary of War Root reprimanded Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles after his Cincinnati interview commenting on the Schley court of inquiry His two letters explaining the remarks failed to satisfy the secretary The administration aims to end the Sampson Schley controversy and Miles may submit without further comment. Root declares the matter closed unless needed.
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Washington
Nelson A. Miles
Cincinnati
Schley Court of Inquiry
Root
Army
Miles
Dewey
United States
Sampson-Schley
Cincinati
Schley
Secret Root
Perfume Lost at Cards At Vienna Jockey Club
Vienna agency reports a high stakes card session at the Vienna Jockey Club ending with Count Potocki losing 500000 dollars in three hours. Count Pallaviciani won most of the night’s cash as whispers spread of the gambling prowess.
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Vienna
Jockey Club
Count Potocki
Count Pallaviciani
Revolt in Curacao as Mendoza movement moves on
Rebels led by General Mendoza and ministers from prior Crespo cabinet advance toward Villa de Cura near La Victoria. Communications cut and rail traffic halted as uprisings spread. Caracas officials fear wider revolt while censorship tightens. In Argentina, plans for a large weapons factory near Rosario and new regiments are reported as Chile recalls its minister after failed road talks and tensions rise between Buenos Aires and Santiago.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Mendoza
Caraboro
Denur Antome Kernandez
Andiane
Senor Lutowsky
Crespo
Castros
la Victoria
Cagua
Villa de Cura
Valencia
Castro
Caracas
Argentina
Buenos Ayres
Galveston
Rosario
Germany
Chile
Valparaiso
Santiago de Chile
Legation
World News Briefs Record of Week’s Events
A condensed weekly review covers political shifts in Sofia, notable deaths including Captain Francis Brown and Colonel John C. Noble, and weather lows in Toledo. Reports detail accidents in Italy and Tennessee, robberies in California, marine deployments, a Boer battle near Langburg, and a deadly Zacateras building collapse with numerous casualties.
Masso Supporters Withdraw From Election in Cuba
Havana reports mass withdrawals from General Masso's presidential bid for December 31. Party candidates resign from provincial boards after Governor Wood denies representation and extra time to adjust the voting list. La Lucha and Palma condemn the move as a bid to deny the will of Cubans seeking independence.
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Havana
Masso
Republic
Maseo
Atepa
Wood
Partizans
United States
Secretary Root
la Lucha
Massa
Palma
Northwestern governors to meet over railroad consolidation plans
Helena Montana December 23 meeting to discuss preventing Northern Securities plan to consolidate Northern Pacific Great Northern and Burlington. Governors Van Sant Minnesota and Toole confirm after telegram exchanges that the session will occur in Helena on Monday December 30.
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Helena
Mont
Northwestern
Northern Securities Company
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Burlington
van Sant
Minnesota
Toole
Seat Fetches 75000 On New York Exchange
A seat on the New York exchange was sold for 75000, the highest price ever paid. The report notes room for optimism amid strong demand, with observers likening the sale to a buoyant market trend and greater access for traders.
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New York
New York Exchange
Pacific Cable Plan urged by Seattle Chamber
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce backed submarine electric communication from Puget Sound to Alaska Manila and Asiatic centers. Attorney Joseph Shippen presented the issue and a bill drafted for Congress by Senator Foster would lay and maintain an ocean cable linking the United States with Asia via Alaska.
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Seattle
Alaska
Orient
Joseph Shippen
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
United States
Puget Sound
Manila
Congress
Foster
Maclay Is Fired In Navy Yard Resignation Request
Washington Dec 23 The president has ordered Navy Secretary John D Long to request the resignation of Farrar F Maclay a special laborer and general storekeeper at the navy yard New York The note was made public by Secretary Root at a conference with the president and released to the press.
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Mexico City
United States
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Washington
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
A. S. Barker
Navy Yard
New York
Fagar
Maclay
John D. Long
Root
Two Were Killed in Florida Family Feud Firefight
In Sandersonville Florida four miles from town a feud between the Hogan and Dorman families led to a gun battle. Victims named Joshua Hogan and Tillie Dorman were killed. Wounded include Andrew Nain and Thad Dorman who is reported fatally hurt. Lewis Hogan is missing as friends search for him. The Dorking fowl note mentions a five toed foot in a stray, unrelated line.
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Sandersonville
Fla
Hogan
Dorman
Joshua Hogan
Tillie Dorman
Andrew Nain
Thad Dorman
Lewis Hogan
Northwest News Highlights From the Week
A wide roundup notes harvests and accidents across the region. Key items include a new flour mill employing 400 in Seattle, embezzlement charges against Frank Goodson in St. Paul, the death of John Justin of Walla Walla, and a Spokane coalport lumber meeting. Exports from Tacoma rise to 11.48 million, and rail grading between Grand Forks and Marcus is finished. Local incidents cover a man’s suicide near Waterville, an eye injury in Waitsburg, and a collision near Weston. Tax and labor debates surface in Everett and Spokane, while agriculture expands with honey, alfalfa, and clover production in Umatilla and Butter Creek bottoms.
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Northwest
Seattle
Frank Goodson
St. Paul
John Justin
Walla Walla
Spokane
Stevens County
Coalville
Lewis County
Great Northern
Grand Forks
Marcus, Wash
Tacoma
Esquimau
Liberty Lake
N.W. Magee
W. E B. Jaberg
Pullman
Military Hill
George Dewherst
Tyler
Waterville
Colfax
Arthur Shoemaker
Waitsburg
Extra
Northern Pacific
Extra No
Weston
Everett
Denny
Superior Court
Blackman
Supreme Court
Charles McNamee
Metropolitan Bank
Rogers
Turner
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Creamery Plans Across Dallas A Business Prospect
Prominent business men discuss starting a creamery in Dallas while Pendleton mobilizes all Eastern Oregon Woodmen of the World camps for a spring event. Al Neill from San Francisco and Tom Tracy of Australia battled in the ring with Neill winning in the eighteenth round at the exposition building.
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Dallas
Pendleton
Oregon
Portland
al Neill
San Francisco
Tom Tracy
Australia
Exposition Building
Neill
Bingham Springs
Baker City
Austin Craig
Bank of Sumpter
Umatilla County
Columbia River Valley
Idaho Gleanings highlights and scattered incidents
A brief Idaho section reports the Spokane & Idaho Lumber company severing Post Falls holdings, a 1,000,000 pound wool clip sold at about ten cents per pound from Robert Noble, a manslaughter verdict in the Fleming case at Port Hill, a jail escape of Herman Nelson in Granite, push for a national soldiers home at Fort Sherman, news of Josph Joney’s death in Johannesburg, Winona fire danger, a Lewiston case of an Indian woman denying insanity tied to Emmett child Kate Sabin’s runaway death, and a torture claim over a three year old’s burned feet amid a rope restraint incident.
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Post Falls
Spokane & Idaho Lumber Company
Olca
Robert Noble
Thomas Fleming
John Keeler
Port Hill
Idaho
Lewiston
Herman Nelson
Neil Stewart
Granite
Congress
Grand ‘Army
National Soldiers
Fort Sherman
Coeur d’Alene City
L. E. Warren
de Lamar
Johannesburg
South Africa
Josph Joney
Rocky Bar
Winona
Umatilla
Kate Sabin
L. W. Sabin
Emmett
Lapwal
Anaconda City Orders House Numbers by Year End
A Montana town, Anaconda, implements a city engineer rule to number houses by January 1. The item notes local officials pushing uniform addressing amid other regional news including a fatality in Augusta and a rail freight incident near Gardiner.
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Anaconda
Herman Buckholdt
Augusta
E. C. Railaback
Frank Zimmerman
John Ross
C. P. Blomberg
W. S. Millspaugh
Chicago
Virginia City
Amaconda Trades and Labor Assembly
Miliia
Northern Pacific
Gardiner
Missoula
Dillon
Charles Gordon
Gordon
Deer Lodge
Napton
District Court
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John C. Noble
Kentucky
Toledo
Ohio
Melegnano
Italy
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Lord Roseery
Swansea
Roosevelt
Marine Band
Wichita Bloodhounds
Jim Andrews
Jim Faills
la Homa
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Laytonville
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Cal
Ivans
James Forney
Marine Corps
League Island
Mahan
Charles Myers
Ore
Upper Albina
Myers
Dewett
Langburg
Dewet
Dartnell
Campbell
Uue-ZeGa
Winnebago
Barren Islands
la Crosse
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Arthur
Theodore Blockley
Kasle
B. C
Glasgow
T. B. Stewart
Gov. Rogers
Montana
London Daily Telegraph
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Constantinople
Summerville
John Ashbaugh
Marlborough
Zacateras
Merx
Cuba
Asia
Pacific Cable
Washington News
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Butter Creek
P. B Thom
Echo
Ormegun
Idaho Gleanings
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