Rebels Repulsed and Telegraph Cut in Philippine Action
Otis dispatches Manila April 11 report insurgents attacked MacArthur's rail line, repulsed by Wheaton with heavy losses. Lawton advances on Santa Cruz. Otis notes enemy corpses and pursuit. Telegraph lines cut near Manila, posts attacked, two prisons captured, roadbed damaged but quickly repaired. Bible Society agent Jay Goodrich named for Philippines.
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Pana Riot Makes Cope Under Martial Law
In Pana Illinois April 12 martial law keeps the city quiet after yesterday's riot. Negroes appear in main streets under soldiers protection while small groups are dispersed. One man Stephens is badly wounded resisting arrest, stirring tensions among miners.
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Stephens
Caris Felix
Peace Is Declared Between Spain And United States
Washington April 13 Spain and the United States are at peace. Ratifications exchanged at the executive mansion. President McKinley proclaims the treaty in force and calls for its observance. Includes full text and date 11 April 1899. Also reports indictments at Greenfield Indiana and various dispatches from St Louis, Marshall, Chicago, and Ann Arbor.
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Washington
Spain
United States
M. Cambon
Amassador
McKinley
United States of America
Alfonso XIII
Paris
William Meixinley
William McKinley
John Hay
Whedenale
Greenfiell
Ind
Greenfield
Justice Bradley ruling on decoy letters affects postal crime prosecutions
Washington April 12 Justice Bradley holds that money sent in the mails to detect a thief cannot be the basis for an indictment unless ownership is actual not just qualified by the act of sending. The ruling concerns decoy letters used by post office inspectors to trap thieves in the patent office case of Dan A Scott.
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Justice Bradley
United States
Post Office Department
Dan A. Scott
Patent Office
United States Patent Office
Morphy
State Department
Santiago Morphy
Mexican National Bank
Sheridan
China
Wildman
Hong Kong
Manila
Arraignment debate over Secretary Alger in New York Tribune
A two column leader in the New York Tribune calls for Secretary Alger to be dropped. It argues Republicans doubt his defense of the president and say Alger bears responsibility for the beef investigation. The piece notes few Republicans support his stance and suggests letting him go. Also reports Iowa weather with rivers rising and flood risk from melting snow.
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McKinley
Washington
Alger
Hagan
War Department
Gen. Alger
Eagat
Idle Hour destroyed by fire at Oakdale country seat
New York April 12 William K Vanderbilt's Idle Hour house at Oakdale was totally consumed by flames around three oclock. No lives were lost though 12 to 15 servants were inside. The Vandarbilt couple were away in New York. Loss estimated about 259000. Fire likely started in the cellar.
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New York
Apell
William K. Vanderbilt
Reversed Death Sentence in McGuire Case Shocks Kansas City
A Holly Springs dispatch reports the Mississippi Supreme Court has overturned Dr. J. W. McGuire’s August death sentence for the killing of Hon. William Bayliss in 1807, making retrial unlikely. McGuire, once a Kansas City physician, was prominent in Missouri towns before his southward move.
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Holly Springs
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Mississippi Supreme Court
J. W. McGuire
William Bayliss
McGuire
Missouri
Currency Reform Committee to Start Work Monday
Washington reports that the House caucus committee on currency reform will begin in Atlantic City Monday to draft a bill reforming currency and banking. New York bankers reportedly oppose circulating notes tied to assets beyond current authority, favoring safeguards for many small banks over large New York deposits. President’s greenback and gold reserve policies are expected features. Gen Brooke’s Cuba credit plan sparked Cabinet debate but no conclusion. Debates include Havana mortality data and a Kansas-Ottawa college debate result.
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Cxoans Committee On
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Washington
House Caucus Committee On
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Wisington
Babcock
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Canons
Cabs
Cuba
Gen. Brooke
Spain
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