Philippine storm grips Senate in bitter Clover clash
Washington Jan 29 The Senate’s Philippine debate raged for nearly three hours with sharp taunts and personal charges. Teller challenged Lodge amid calls to withdraw, Spooner and Tillman exchanged barbs over race and colonial policy, and order nearly collapsed before a rare rules admonition. The session, ending after passage of a commerce department bill, left few definite results.
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Washington
Senate
Teller
Manila
General Wheaton
Philippines
Lodge
Colorado
Spooner
Wisconsin
Tillman
South Carolina
Spoener
South
Ile Poib
Homen
Amelues
Cair
Department of Commerce
la 5Cem
Beet Sugar Opponents Pressure Cuban Reciprocity Hearings
Washington hearing before the ways and means committee resumes with beet sugar delegates from Colorado and Cuban planters. F. K. Carey argues beet sugar prospects depend on Cuban concessions, while Hopkins notes possible tariff reductions without harming domestic beet sugar. Grosvenor and Dalzell join debate as Cubans press Platt amendment linkage.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Colorado
F. K. Carey
American Sugar Refining Company
Cuba
Sugar Company
Hopkins
Carey
Bert
Dalzell
Grosvenor
Cuba’s Platt Amendment Casts Shadow on Liberty
A speaker argues the constitution’s appendage binds Cuba to the United States, blocking Cuba’s ability to seek relief or develop independently. The critic claims Cubans cannot knock at any door for aid, suffering starvation while lacking national personality to appeal for help.
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Cuba
Rear Admiral Lewis A Kimbery Dies of Heart Disease
Washington reports the death of Rear Admiral Lewis A Kimberly retired at West Newton Massachusetts from heart disease He was among officers first named to the Schley court of inquiry last summer but declined duty due to ill health His long naval career began in 1849 and included service on the Hartford with Farragut and commands on the Pacific station before his 1887 promotion to rear admiral and retirement before the Spanish war
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Washington
Navy Department
Lewis A. Kimberly
West Newton
Mass
Kimberly
Schley
Secretary of the Navy
Howison
Admiral Ramsey
United States Navy
New York
Ilinois
South Africa
Western Gulf
Farragut
Hartford
Pacific
President Roosevelt Congratulates Kaiser on Birthday
Washington date line reports President Roosevelt sent a cablegram of congratulation to Sime Peter William of Germany on his birthday, though the exact text was not released.
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Kaiser
Washington
Roosevelt
Simepeter William
Germany
Marines Suffer Harsh Straits in Samar Expedition
General Chaffee cut short his China trip and reported Samar campaign hardships. Captain Porter and 36 Marines endured two weeks with only five days rations. Ten missing men were later presumed dead or lost as storms and floods hampered relief efforts. Some Marines fell delirious from starvation and even barked like dogs to cope.
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Manila
Chaffee
Samar
David D. Porter
Porter
Marine Corps
Trial of Patrick Lawyer Ends In Cross Examinations
In New York on January 29 Captain James A. Baker of Houston testified in Albert T. Patrick’s murder trial over millionaire William Marsh Rice. Baker described his arrival in New York and Rice’s anger toward Patrick and recounted encounters with Patrick after Rice’s death. Dr Hamilton Williams, cross examined earlier, reiterated his view that Rice’s lung condition stemmed from inhaling a gaseous irritant.
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Capt. Baker
Dr. Williams
New York
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
James A. Baker
Houston
Tex
Rice
Patrick
Hamilton Willams
Peace prospects dim as Dutch offer debated in Commons
London reports say no peace overtures were authorized from the Boers to speak for peace. A late Dutch communication is under review while observers note Boer influence behind the move. The Daily News hints at prior government responses and lingering uncertainty about South African mediation.
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London
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Kuyper
Molland
South Africa
Petit Bleu
Brussels
Krugerites
Leyds
I T
Hague
Daily Mail
Dr. Leyds
Asser
International Jurist
Transvaal
Chamberlain
Daily News This
Daily News
Balfour
Renegade Americans Lead Rebel Force Beaten by Philippine Police
In Manila on January 29 Major Lorani and three Filipino lieutenants surrendered to Major Anderson of the Santi cavalry at Lipa after a clash with insurgents. A pair of renegade Americans led attacks in Batangas and Leyte, but police held firm, incurring two dead and one wounded while repelling the assault.
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Philippines
Manila
Lor Ani
Lw Tifles
Anderson
Santi Cavalry
Lipa
Hatanga
Ile
Lot
Tiatanggas
William L. Karnes
Siath Cavalry
Batangas
Alangilang
Leyte
Carnegie to fund Xenia library with 20060 dollars
Andrew Carnegie will give Xenia Ohio a grant of 20060 dollars for a new library building. John Stanton, a miner, was killed by a train while walking on the railroad near Coal Center Pennsylvania. Punxsutawney Pennsylvania will vote on a proposal to issue 42600 dollars in bonds to provide funds for a school house.
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Andrew Carnegie
Xenia
John Stanton
Coal Center
Punxsutawney
Time That Wasn't Money and the Grifter
A fragmentary quotation set discusses the Grafter Justie Gage, labeled a millionaire not a man of his word. The speaker recalls asking for a minute of his time and being refused, noting in the reportage that the income was said to be 40 rand per minute and a door was shut at the end of the minute. The exchange is contrasted with a proverb about untaxed cheerfulness in riches.
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Justie Gage
New York Times
Morbid crowd at halting hanging in Harrisburg jail yard
Weston N Keiper and Henry Rowe were hanged in the Harrisburg jail yard before about 1000 spectators for the Halifax National Bank murder of Charles W Ryan during a robbery. Jurors forced through crowds. two men with a camera were barred. Bodies sent to Lykens for burial.
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Harrisburg
Weston N. Keiper
Henry Rowe
Charles W. Ryan
Halifax National Bank
Halifax
Meethh
Rowe
Keiper
Lykens
Mine Workers scale increases salaries and redistricting adopted
Indianapolis June 29 The Mine Workers in executive session adopted the scale favored by the committee boosting pay across most ranks after present terms expire. A redistricting plan for districts in Pennsylvania Indiana Ohio and other states was approved along with a raised national salary schedule for officers and staff.
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Indianapolis
Tibur
Haa
John Mutehed
Woob. Wilson
PL. Lewis
J.P. Reese
Wood. Rain
TD. Nichols
Jot Fahey
Patrick Dolan
Weat
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Fairmount
Ohio
Hlimais
Indiana
Michigan
Iowa
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Colorado
Indian Territory
Committee On Constitution
United Mine Workers' Journal
National Executive Board
United Mine Workers
National Auditing Committee
Still in Captivity and Cabinet Shifts Seen
Washington reports on Ellen M Stone and Mme Tsilka remain captive as Turkish talks stall and ransom remains unpaid. Senate bills move to create a cabinet level commerce and labor department with broad stats, foreign trade, and agency transfers. House backs a government run Pacific cable from California to Guam, costing up to 10 million dollars. Other actions cover a Sherman statue, insurance law expansion for Ohio firms, and a state agricultural reform replacing the Wooster board.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Turkey
Ellen M. Stone
Mme. Tsilka
Nelson
Department of Commerce
Senate
Department of Commerce and Labor
Especia Dly
Life Sang
Semdec
Ue Marane
Treasury Department
Fish Commission
Census Bureau
Consular
Tarias
Ty Au
House Committee of Commerce
Corliss
Michigan
California
Hawaii
Philippine Islands
Midway
Guam
Payne
Senator Foraker
John Sherman
Frasher
Ohio
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Stion
Wooster
Nash
Thorne
House
Legislature Seeks New Railroad Safety Inspector Office
Representative Jones of Lucas county with railroads backs a bill creating a state inspector in the railroad commissioner's office to enforce automatic couplers air brakes and automatic power brakes. Two year term at 1800 dollars yearly with fines of 25 dollars per day for each uncooperative car. Guerin pushes fish and game amendment banning gill nets in Ohio waters amid strong opposition.
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Columbar
Jones
Lucas County
Guerin
Ohio
Railroad officials inspect Warmington cut off plans
C L W trouble and officials Johnson and Hanlon toured the southern division in a special car. They reviewed proposed reconstruction including a cut off from near the W G Paul brick plant at Warmington to near Navarre station to trim curves and grades and shorten the line by about three quarters of a mile. Landowners resist and a probate petition seeks right of way and land appropriation. Engineers from Pittsburgh and Massillon survey near the Massillon Bridge Company works as winter work on a third track at the steel plant stalls due to narrow abutting property.
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Johnson
Hanlon
Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad
W. G. Paul & Company
Warmington
Navarre Station
Aonto
Trent
Low
Wo Weaver
Pittsburg
Seivil
Plow & OL
Massillon Bridge Company
Massillon Iron and Steg ™ Company
Seel
Progress of United States in its Material Industries
Washington reports a treasury bureau of statistics monograph tracking 1800 to 1901 progress across field, forest, mine, and manufactory sectors. It notes wealth rising from 7.13 billion in 1850 to 94.2 billion in 1900, per capita wealth climbing to 1235.86, debt per capita declining, and money in circulation and savings deposits expanding markedly.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
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