Filipino Juntas Protest Troop Disembarkation at Iloilo
Filipino committees in Paris Madrid and London telegraphed President McKinley protesting the possible disembarkation of U S troops at Iloilo. The Paris message warned of a fight with Americans, while London said peace treaties remain unratified and sovereignty claims premature. The situation is tense though American landings had not begun. Gen Otis reportedly plans a campaign to control Panay without hostilities, favoring persuasion first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Madrid
London
McKinley
Iloilo
Associated Press
Hong Kong
Manila
Washington
Otis
Panay
Threatened by Germany in Friendly Islands crisis
Auckland dispatch reports the German consul arrived in Tonga and warned that Germany will seize Vavo if the King's government does not settle private debts owed by natives to a German company. The Tongan government denies responsibility for natives' credit. The king appeals to England, America and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendly Islands
England
America
France
Auckland
N. Z
Tonga
Samoan
Germany
Vavo
Miners Convene in Pittsburg Largest UMWA Meeting
The tenth annual convention of the United Mine Workers of America opened in Pittsburg Pennsylvania with about five hundred delegates in attendance. President Ratchford called the session to order and the gathering is described as the largest and most representative miners' meeting ever held, continuing through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United Mine Workers of America
Ratchford
Wreck Kills Thirteen in New Jersey Train Collision
Bound Brook dispatch reports a head on collision between the Hazleton express and the Bound Brook local on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Thirteen people were killed and thirty to forty five injured, with twenty five taken to Plainfield hospital and the rest to Elizabeth, New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Boundbrook
N.J
Lehigh Valley
Plainfield
N. J
Elizabeth
Hazleton Express
Goundbrook
Inwood Bank Robbed of 2000 By Safe Explosion
The Farmers bank of Inwood was robbed Sunday night. The vault was blown open with explosives and the $2,000 taken. Police suspect professional thieves who used a Milwaukee road landcar to flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inwood Institution
Farmers’ Bank of Inwood
Laws
Milwaukee Road
Bank Robbers Blow Asburntrain Bank Safe Open
A bank in Asburntrain Massachusetts was dynamited at about 2 o'clock Monday morning. The interior suffered extensive damage and all windows were blown out. Estimated missing money ranges from 1500 to 2000 dollars with no clue to the robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asburntrain ( Mass
Can't Hold Two Jobs Wheeler Campbell Colson Seats Vacated
Washington report says the house judiciary committee informally voted that Wheeler Alabama Campbell Illinois and Colson Kentucky vacated their seats due to army commissions. Speakers Reed dispute. December salary certificates not issued. Reed cites war department note and argues vacancy to avoid partisan override risk.
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Wheeler
Campbell
Colson
Washington
House Committee On Judiciary
Messrs. Wheeler
Alabama
P. Campbell
Illinois
Kentucky
Reed
War Department
Army
House of Representatives
Engines Meet Head On In Tennessee Wreck
Four dead and two injured after a double header freight collided with a local passenger train on the Knoxville and Ohio branch near Elk Valley Tennessee. The impact, at about thirty five miles per hour, caused fires as both trains wrecked. Engineer Maxey of the freight misread orders, leading to the fatal collision. The passenger train carried about twenty passengers, none injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Knoxville and Ohio
Knoxville
Elk Valley
Tenn
Fngineer Maxey
Barricaded Iloilo Streets and Fire Threats Reported
Col Potter, envoy between Manila and Iloilo, arrived with dispatches as barricades remained and principal buildings were reportedly kerosened. Banks moved treasure to ships, Newport family boarded, and a typewritten McKinley proclamation was prepared at sea. Two U S soldiers were wounded. one died later from a skull fracture. A separate note: mass convention in Boston supports trades unions. Porto Rico trade petition seeks free trade and currency reform. Newcastle officials offer 1000 dollars for murderers. San Francisco plans a 1900 expo. Armour donates 10000 to Princeton. a Colorado man is robbed of 7000. a dead soldier found in Rock River.
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Col. Potter
Otis
Manila
Iloilo
United States
Newport
McKinley
Harry Silvey
Frank Kirkpatrick
Sixth United States Artillery
Silvey
Kirkpatrick
Yeomans Reappointed to Interstate Commerce Commission
J D Yeomans of Sioux City Iowa has been renominated by the president for interstate commerce commissioner His renomination followed prior delay amid pressure from supporters of a rival candidate The Iowa delegation and major railroads and commercial bodies urged the president to reappoint him citing his service and unanimous backing by colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
J.D. Yeomans
Sioux City
Iowa
Senate
Yeomans
Jie
Commission
Northwest
Yeamans
Cleveland’s Sarcastic Take on Expansion Sparks Outcry
Ex president remarks in response to AP query on expansion suggesting natives be slaughtered as a remedy. He claims killing natives has accompanied expansion and would not be checked by the prospect of destroying a few thousand Filipinos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Associated Press
Extra Pay Bills Pass in Congress and Telegraph Rate Cut
The House approved a Marshall of Ohio introduced measure granting two months extra pay for volunteers shipped abroad and one month for those serving within the U S, payable as leave in lieu of furloughs. Kansas Governor Leedy signed a telegraph rate bill cutting rates to 15 cents for ten words and lower per-word charges for newspapers, with day rates at one-third cent and night rates at one-sixth cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Marshall
Ohio
House of Representatives
Volunteer Army
United States
Leedy
Gov
Kansas
Stay of a Week Granted in Botkin Murder Case
Mrs. Cordelia E. Botkin, convicted of murdering Mrs. John P. Dunning of Dover Delaware, was due for sentencing in San Francisco but did not appear as her lawyers said she has been ill since the verdict. Judge Cook granted a one week stay of proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordelia E. Botkin
John P. Dunning
Dover
Del
San Francisco
Fatal Storm Tears Through Scott County Arkansas
A heavy windstorm swept the secluded area of Scott County on Saturday. In Boles a schoolhouse collapsed causing the deaths of three children of local families including Joe Lawrence, Mr Frost, and Mrs Ruttledge, with another child fatally wounded and many injured.
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Arkansas
Scott County
Boles
Joe Lawrence
Frost
Rutledge
Joseph Lawrence
Howard Lake
Minn
Joseph Boxell
Thomas Boxell
Lydia
Market quotations curtain across the Midwest and New York
A compilation of live price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains across markets in Chicago Indianapolis St. Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. It lists No 2 red wheat rye corn oats and butter eggs and indicates wide variance by city and grade.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Catule
Ste
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Winter Meeting of State Educational Association at Redfield
The South Dakota Educational Association held its winter session at Redfield December 27 28 and 29 with 400 teachers and visitors on the ground. Officers were elected in three departments and committee work on constitution and course of study reported with radical changes debated. Hot Springs and Yankton contended for next year’s location. Hot Springs won by twelve votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota Educational Association
Redfield
Thomas Steerling
Charles E. Holmes
Sioux Falls
N. E. French
Elk Point
Frank Crane
General Association
Opera House
Department of Graded and Common Schools
M. M. Ramer
Big Stone City
Mamie Perkins
Redfield College
A. Harding
Brookings
F. J. Armstrong
Faulkton
S. W. Harntraft
Groton
Warren
Yankton College
Hot Springs
Yankton
T. A. Crisman
Watertown
S. L. Brown
Centerville
Brown
Bertha R. Thornby
Rapid City
May
G. N. French
Huron College
E. T. Fitch
Aberdeen
Annie
Mina M. Nash
Mathews
Slarriet S. Grant
Muron
C. J. Tugg
Parkston
Department of Education
C. I. Tugg
Julia M. Wheeler
Gettysburg
John W. Cook
Red Lake Drying Up and Local News In One Week
Ned Lake near Chamberlain is shrinking as evaporation outpaces inflow. A popular subscription drive seeks funds to sink a large artesian well named Professor Droppers to create a permanent water expanse. The South Dakota board of regents calls Prof Garrett Droppers for state university presidency amid denials of political rumors. Walter B. Dean visits Pierre with Armstrong to secure a state fair appropriation. James Irwin, now totally blind, was injured by a flying log in Silver City. Sioux Falls Children’s Home plans to extend its benevolent work by daytime care for younger children of working parents.
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Red Lake
Ned Lake
Chamberlain
Professor Droppers
South Dakota Board of Regents
Vermillion
Garrett Droppers
Japan University
State University
Japan
Silver City
James Irwin
Pennington County
Sioux Falls
DROWNED IN THE MISSOURI NEAR PONCA DEATH OF WILLIAM WILL
William Will aged 65 employed by ex sheriff Boyer of Elk Point died in the Missouri River between Hk Point and Ponca Neb. He and a traveling companion left Ponca with Boyer’s team. on return Will disappeared and his wagon and horses were found under ice in an airhole. It is unclear if the rider on the seat also perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Will
Hk Point
Ponca
Bower
Elk Point
Missouri River
Will
Neb
Boyer
Ile
Long Hill
Missouri
Hope Meade Will Be Made Permanent Post
The Fort Meade funding case looks favorable as the House may approve a 60000 dollar appropriation to establish Fort Meade as a permanent post. A telegram confirms the First Cavalry ordered to Fort Meade for headquarters. Black Hills residents share optimism on the post’s permanence.
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Hope Meade
Congress
Fort Meade
First Cavalry
Black Hills
Drowned Miner and Odd Finds Highlight Dakota News
Reported drowning of Samuel Freeman in a sixty foot water-filled shaft at the Delaware Company mine in Ruby Basin. A Crow Creek Agency well surfaced an eight pound rock, clearing an obstruction and restoring a strong flow. Edward Brown found dead at Elk Point, likely from old age due to neglect. Annie Tallent, pioneer historian, predicts a Black Hills history book releasing late February with 600 pages and pioneer photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Freeman
Delaware Shaft
Ruby Basin
Ded Lilwood and Delaware Company
Crow Creek Agency
Edward Brown
South Dakota
Elk Point
M. E. Smith
Annie D. Tallent
Black Hills
Black Mills
the Hills
State Fair Directors Elected at Yankton Meeting
At the annual Yankton State Fair Association meeting a board for the coming year was elected. The directors are Fred Schnauber, Walter B. Dean, A. L. Van Osdel, W. S. Stockwell, W. H. Edmunds, William M. Powers, Franklin Wells Jr., George H. Whiting, L. A. Cobb, D. B. Gurney and William Fantle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton State Fair Association
Yankton
Fred Schnauber
Walter B. Dean
A. L. van Osdel
W.s.stockwell
W. H. Edmunds
William M. Powers
Frannklin Wells, Jr
George H. Whiting
L. A. Cobb
D. B. Gurney
William Fantle
State Bar Association to Convene in Pierre This Week
The State Bar Association meets in Pierre on Wednesday and Thursday January 18 and 19. President Hon Bartlett Tripp will deliver the annual address along with remarks by Hon D Maney of the supreme court Hon A W Campbell of the Fifth district and other leaders. Yankton seeks to muster out the First regiment there upon its Manila return with Sioux Falls as mobilization point. Maj A C Wells writes from Puerto Principe Cuba commanding the Eighth Cavalry. no one seems sick among the regiment. Attachments total about 4000 dollars against the Deadwood Mercantile Company led by James DeBerry and M Cheney. Montrose Flouring Mill destroyed by fire with 125 barrels of flour and 100 bushels of wheat. building insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bar Assocation
Pierre
Association
Bartlett Tripp
Addres
D. Maney
Supreme Court
A. W. Campbell
Fifth District
Bat
Yankton
Manila
Sioux Falls
Deadwood Mercantile Company
James DeBerry
M. Cheney
Montrose Flouring Mill
Montrose Flouring
ILOILO Follower Forces May Be Used If Needed
Washington reports the president orders Gen. Miller to land at Iloilo with about 3,000 troops and naval support to establish a camp. The aim is to act defensively, use force if attacked, and avoid seizure. Aguinaldo reportedly moves toward Iloilo, while Otis officials expect submission under pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philippines
Washington
Miller
Iloilo
Quito
Fifty-First Iowa Infantry
Dewey
Long
Navy Department
Concord
Petrel
Col. Dyer
Lloilo
War Department
Philippine Islands
Otis
Manila
Watson Would Succeed Dewey As A Siam Strait Squadron Chief
Commodore Watson has applied for command of the Asiatic squadron when Admiral Dewey relinquishes it. Dewey plans to retire from active duty next December if the law is not amended. A Portsmouth dispatch says the American squadron will arrive at Spithead in June and join a welcome with the channel squadron led by the Prince George.
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Watson
Dewey
Commodore Watson
Asiatic Squadron
Manila
Portsmouth
England
Spithead
Prince George
Duke of York
Manila thoughts and imperial ironies from a restless press
A gleeful column ridicules manana optimism and calls out Dewey with quips about spies and trials. It notes the Cincinnati grounding report and mocks Philippine resistance, comparing congressional debates on the Isthmian canal to digging a ditch and lampoons the anti imperial stance with biting humor.
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Mitchell, S. D
Mitchell Printing Co., Prumisner
Miners IN Convention
Iowa Bank
Rosbed
Cuba
Cand
Tha- Vani
Steel Works
C.P. Perrin
Watts Steel
Middlesborough
Basis Steel
South
Bliss
Yellowstone National Park
Park Association
Sing Sing
Bailey Decker
N. Y
Nevada
William McMillan
Rheinheld Sadler
Nevariw
Puget Sound
Willaha Harbor
Socialist Democrats
Massachusetts
Socialist Democratic Party of
Massachsetts
Boston
Chase
Haverhill
Trades Union Movement
American Association of
Porto Rico
Ishand
Unite States
Newcastle
John Blevins
Princeton
Geo. A. Armour of
Princeton University
A. K. Willis
Brighton
Colo
Herman Matson
Willis
Rock River
Edgerton
Wis
MR. Cleveland
Post Office Department
Lima
Lima (Ohio
State Educational Association
Redfield Hot Springs
State Fair Association
Armstrong
DeSmet
Dean
Chaska
State Bar Association
Maj. Wells
A. C. Wells
Puerto Principe
Eighth Cavalry
M'Kinley
Aguinaldo
Spain
Manana
Sampson
Shafter
Hobson's
Quay
Uncle Sam
Isthmian Canal
Admiral Dewey
W William
Newey
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