General Wheeler and Warship Movements Across the Atlantic
General Joseph Wheeler discussed his future with the President and suggested a Philippines posting if he stays in service. The War Department released orders restricting officers families from overseas postings and confirming retirement options. Navy actions include Admiral Sampson sailing to Honduras with New York and Brooklyn, with other squadrons heading to the Caribbean. Claims of twenty one million dollars for Cuban property destruction were noted, and officers Higginson and Ward declined promotions.
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Joseph Wheeler
Philippines
War Department
Department of the East
Governors Island
Otis
Manila
United States
Secretary of War
Adjutant General's Office
Alger
White House
Admiral Sampson
New York
Brooklyn
Havana
Porto Cortex
Honduras
Indiana
Texas
Cienfuegos
Department of State
Cuba
Higginson
Aston Ward
Navy Department
Dewey
Cavite
Hongkong
River rises a foot as danger remains in ShawnerrTown
Associated Press report from ShawnerrTown Illinois on March 11 notes the river has risen one more foot in the last day leaving little dry land. The rise is expected to end tomorrow at about forty four feet. Clouds and southerly wind may bring rain but only if the rain reaches head waters, else no effect locally.
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ShawnerrTown
Ill
Bailey Addresses Independent Club On Imperialism At Dinner
Texas Congressman and House minority leader Joseph W Bailey spoke at the Independent Club dinner in Burrago before about 300 members and guests. Mayor Conrad Diehl welcomed Bailey on behalf of the city and Pan American exposition incorporators, prompting long applause before his talk on imperialism. Letters from Whitelaw Reid and Senator elect Beveridge, Indiana, regretted they could not attend.
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Burrago
Joseph W. Bailey
Texas
Independent Club
Bailey
Conrad Diehl
Whitelaw Reid
Beveridge
Indiana
Wall Street Advances In Quiet Trade After Bank Report
In New York on March 1 the stock market closed fractionally higher with gains near the day’s high. Trading was hesitant, following movements in specialties, sugar led advances while rail shares lagged on heavy Union Pacific selling. The bank statement softened surplus reserves and reduced loans, yet the report was received favorably, sparking active buying and lifting prices overall. Bond prices mirrored stock swings amid irregularities. Special factors caused wide shifts, with United States old fours down and several other issues slipping modestly.
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Associated Press
Independent
New York
Stock Exchange
Metropolitan Street Railway
Union Pacific
Sub-Treasury
Central Pacific
Missouri Pacific
United States
Storm Hits Oklahoma City Houses Blown Down
A southwest wind storm in Oklahoma City on March 11 lasted about half an hour with rain in sheets. Nearly one hundred houses were blown down and damage is estimated at $30,000. No lives were lost.
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Oksa Anoma City
Okla
Chaplain Lincoln Davis Named Naval Chaplain
The Rev. Lincoln Davis of Central Christian church Youngstown has been appointed chaplain in the navy. He will serve aboard the cruiser Baltimore in Dewey's squadron.
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Associated Press
Independent
Youngstown, O
Lincoln Davis
Central Christian Church
Navy
Baltimore
Dewey
Aguinaldo Opposes Spanish Prisoner Release
Mapri March 11 Aguinaldo renews opposition to freeing Spanish prisoners citing General Polavieja as minister of war and implicating Dr Rizal as the revolt instigator who was shot in December 1896 in the Philippines controversy.
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Associated Press
Independent
Mapri
Il —Aguinaldo
Polavieja
Rizal
Philippine League
War on American Meat and Diplomatic Dinner Notes
The piece reports on General Miles's testimony fueling Agrarian press critique of U S meat imports, and the suppression of Admiral Von Diedrichs. It covers Ambassador White's reception by the German emperor, Porter’s talks on tariffs and trade, and Germany’s hope for sugar concessions as a prelude to a treaty.
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White
Kipling
Palestine
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Robert P. Porter
Germany
Porter
Cuba
Porto Rico
Treasury Department
Madgeburg
Miles
Washington
General Miles
von Diedrichs
Mannheim
Philippines
Missouri Fire Claims Eight Businesses Destroyed
Fountain Grove Missouri March 1 Eight business buildings with contents were destroyed by fire. Walter H Loomis editor of the Advertiser fell from a roof suffering fatal injuries. Loss about 180000 with about half insured.
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Associated Press
Independent
Fountain Grove
Walter H. Loomis
The
Advertiser
Contested congressional battle ends in double shooting
In Bristol two men are seriously wounded after a violent clash during deposition proceedings in a Virginia district contest. General James A. Walker shot attorney W. S. Hamilton in the abdomen, a wound deemed fatal, while G. E. Davis shot Walker in the right shoulder.
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Bristol
James A. Walker
W.S. Hamilton
W. F. Rhea
Walker
Ninta Virginia
Hamilton
G. E. Davis
Rhea
Bamuilton
Beef inquiry at Camp Thomas cites dirty wagons in meat haul
Lieutenant Colonel Sharpe testified that wagons used to transport manure and garbage, their bottoms slime covered with maggots, carried meats to Camp Thomas soldiers last summer without washing. He blamed regimental commissaries for failing to ensure cleaning. meat itself was good, but ruined by transit. Six witnesses appeared. court reconvenes Monday with more testimonies expected.
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Chicaco
Sharpe
Camp Thomas
Chickamauga
Brooke
Porto Rico
Chicago
Smith Says Beef Quality Was Good in Cuban Campaign
Majjor Smith, who bought all army meat in the Spanish war and served on General Shafter's staff, testified before the court of inquiry in Curcaco on March 1. He oversaw unloading beef for Cuba on the transports Mississippi and Port Victor, observing daily that the meat was of excellent quality and well preserved, with no complaints about the canned beef and he ate it aboard and ashore.
Madame Caldwell Honored by Notre Dame Medal
The third woman to receive the Laetare medal is Mary Gwendolen Caldwell, now the Marquise De Meinville. The award, announced by Dr. Zahm of the University of Notre Dame, honors her services to religion and education. Caldwell was the chief founder of the Catholic University of America, contributing $300,000 to start the institution.
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Associated Preas
Soura Bexp
Ind
Laetare
Mary Gwendolen Caldwell
Marquise de Meinville
Zahm
University of Notre Dame
Madame Caldwell
Catholic University of America
Volunteers: Hundred Colored Soldiers to Rescue Snowed Train
Cusyenny Wy March 11 One hundred colored soldiers of the Twenty fourth Infantry at Fort Russell have volunteered to go out as shovelers to rescue a passenger train on the Cheyenne and Northern railway. The train with forty two passengers has been snowed in at Iron Mountain for sixteen days. They will go tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Cusyenny, Wy
Twentyfourth Infantry
Fr. Russell
Cheyenne & Northern Railway
Iron Mountain
Gómez Impeached and Removed as Cuba’s General in Chief
In Havana a public impeachment session resulted in General Maximo Gómez being removed as general in chief of Cuban arms. The vote favored impeachment by twenty six to four, with Cespedes and Nunez as his only backers. The motion aimed to abolish the rank, while an amendment called for removal for military failure and insubordination. The assembly condemned Gómez as disobedient for acting without consultation with the body and for negotiating pay and arming troops independently of the assembly. The ruling deemed $3,000,000 funds insufficient and not yet approved. Sénor Gonzales De Quesada, Porter’s Cuban companion, faced an attack by rivals.
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Balter
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Gomez
Cespedes
Nunez
Sanguilly
Cuba
Robert P. Porter
McKinley
Senor Gonzales de Quesada
Porter
Senores
Guiberto Gomez
Ageurro
The Lion and Bear Diplomatic Tug of War in China
The British premier pressed a firm stance as Russia warned over a railroad contract tug of war in northern China. A ministerial statement said no foreign control by loan conditions, Russia won a pledge against such interpretation on default. Russia withdrew protest, Salisbury gained a concession.
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Lron
Crisi
Wore Io
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House of Commons
China
Lord Salisbury
Astronomer Appointed to Nautical Almanac Post
Dr. T. J. See, renowned for discovering double stars, was appointed by President Mek to succeed Simeon Newcomb as head of the Nautical Almanac. The University of Chicago astronomer, the youngest ever in the post at under 33, will hold senior lieutenant rank and professorship. Born near Montgomery, Missouri.
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Cnicaua
T. J. See
University of Chicago
Widley
Mek
Simeon Newcomb
Government
Hue
Montgomery
Admiral Schley Honors Late Enemys Memory
Admiral Schley delivers high tribute at a public banquet honoring the late Admiral Cervera. The gathering, marked by applause and mourning, extols Cervera’s character and service as he is remembered by prominent city figures and naval peers.
Active Campaign as Reinforcements Land in Philippines
The article reports a major reorganization of American forces in the Philippines with a new divisional brigade under General Wheaton. It includes the Twentieth and Twenty second infantry, eight Washington volunteers companies, seven Oregon volunteers companies, three mounted cavalry troops, and two light artillery batteries. All troops have disembarked and a battalion of Fourth regulars is on the firing line under General MacArthur’s division, while other units hold in reserve. The Seventeenth regulars are on provost guard duty amid a pre-dawn rainstorm volley from rebels on the extreme left.
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Manila
Wheaton
Washington
Oregon Volunteers
Fiing
Lisneral McArthur
Lunela
Akron telephone war prompts renewal talks in Cleveland
A disrupted telephony dispute, centered on Agnoxa Mares C and the Central Union, moves toward renewal as a meeting planned for next Wednesday in Cleveland. The issue involves tying together independent telephone companies with Union and Bell Company networks and Pennsylvania banks, aiming to connect all lines.
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Central Union
Sbol Vet Beer
Cleveland
Tra Union
Bell Co
Tauco Unie
Pennsylvania
Gold for the Cubans in New York transit
Thirty picked men of Company K Thirteenth regulars with armed guards escorted ten wards containing three million dollars for the Cuban army from the sub-treasury to the government tug Geo. transferred to the Meade transport for delivery to Cuban soldiers. Paymasters Carey and Rogers oversee the money as it is distributed to General Brooke.
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Tuttie
Sub-Treasury
Geoo
Meade
Carey
Rogers
Cis
Brooke
Missouri House Vote Blocks Invite to Address Legislature
The Missouri House refused to invite Governor Rex to address the body. A Republican amendment would have invited President McRiley, proposed by Davis of Pike County, and the resolution was tabled.
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Missouri House of Rex
V Stvan
Repubis- Gans
McRioley
Davis
Pise
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