War commission to blame Alger and generals in war faults
Washington report outlines blame for Secretary Alger Maj Miles Gen Sh after Breckinridge Brooke and Congress. It cites weak ties between Alger and Miles missteps at camps and Santiago plus inspection lapses and beef contracts. Report expected within ten days and to be unanimous on key points.
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Alger
Miles
Brooke
Breckinridge
Congress
New York
Herald
Washington
Santiago
Porto Rico
Shafter
Gen. Brooke
Camp Thomas
McKinley
War Commission
Army
Navy
Col. C. I
Humphreys
Inspector General
Gen. Breckinridge
Santiago Paule
Medical Department
Quartermaster General
Ordnance Department
Steamship Rates Uniform Across Puget Sound to Alaska
Representatives of all Puget Sound steamship firms met in Seattle and set uniform passenger and freight rates for southwestern Alaskan ports. Passenger rates to Skaguay and Taiga rise to 25 and 15 dollars. Freight rates fixed at 8 9 and 10 dollars per ton. Livestock rates per head set for horses dogs sheep. Hay priced at 15 dollars per ton. Rates take effect immediately.
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Seattle
Wash
Puget Sound
Skaguay
Taiga
Sharkey Emerges as Heavyweight Contender in NY Fight
Lenox Athletic Club reports Tom Sharkey defeated Kid McCoy in ten rounds, signaling a serious challenge to Bob Fitzsimmons for the heavyweight title. Fitzsimmons offers a three week window to fight with a $10,000 side bet. O’Rourke notes Tuesday night receipts near $40,000, Sharkey earning $15,000 and the loser $5,000.
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Lenox Athletic Club
New York
Tom Sharkey
Bob Fitzsimmons
Kid McCoy
Fitzsimmons
Cleveland
Sharkey
Tom O’rourke
Records Destroyed at United Mine Workers Convention
Pittsburgh January report details a break in at the St Charles hotel while the Investigating committee was away. Eighteen ledger pages were torn and other pages damaged, sparking outrage. Officials suspect attempts to derail credential seating and force the use of cash books.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers’ Convention
St. Charles
Illinois
Committee On Credentials
Vermont appoints Jonathan Ross as U S Senator
Gov Smith offered the U S Senate seat after Fifield declined for family reasons. Jonathan Ross of St Johnsbury accepted the appointment, resigning as Vermont chief justice. Ross was born in Waterford on April 30 1826 and had served on the state supreme court since 1870, becoming chief justice in 1890.
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State Supreme Court
Raleigh newspaper reports lynching of a killer in Chatham County
Mrs. Nancy Welch a white widow and mother of five was outraged and murdered near Starper's Cross Roads in Chatham County. Henry Jones a black man confessed guilt and was hanged by a mob of about fifty near Richmond after being found at his home.
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Raleigh
N. C
News and Observer
Gulf, N. C
Nancy Welch
Starper's Cross Roads
Chatham County
Henry Jones
Richmond
President declines to publish peace commission instructions
Washington on January 12 the president said it is incompatible with public interest to supply the senate with the confidential instructions given the American peace commissioners. The key reason is that publishing these instructions could jeopardize the treaty's fruition if action in Spain follows ratification.
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Washington
Senate
Spain
Filipino Refugees Say Aguinaldo Will Attack Manila
The Hong Kong Times correspondent reports Filipino refugees believe Aguinaldo would view an American landing at Iloilo as a declaration of war and would at once attack Manila. He has warned foreigners including Spaniards and offers safe conduct into the provinces.
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Manila
London
Hong Kong
the Times
Aguinaldo
Iloilo
Ile
Chewing Gum Firms Unite in United States Merger
A group of chewing gum manufacturers in the United States completed the final contracts to amalgamate in New York on Thursday. The combined capital of the new entity totals about 15 million dollars.
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Chewing Gum Combine
New York
United States
Nineteen Men Drowned In British Bark Andelina Sinking
The British bark Andelina of Nova Scotia sank off Tacoma Washington during a Friday night gale. Captain G W Starling and 17 crewmen drowned while one apprentice survived with injuries. Only 18 remained aboard before the disaster and the wreck lies 23 fathoms deep. The vessel carried about 30 crew at voyage start and insured for 100000 pounds.
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Tacoma
Wash
Nova Scotia
G. W. Starling
St. Paul Mill
Percy B. Buck
President McKinley to Attend Home Market Banquet
William B. Plunkett reports plans for a February 16 banquet in Boston attended by President McKinley Mrs McKinley Secretary Long and Postmaster General Smith. McKinley will ride at the Touraine hotel and speak alongside Gay Walcott and Mayor Quincy. The president and party will stay in Boston under 36 hours before returning to Washington.
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Adams
Mass
William B. Plunkett
Home Market Club
Washington
President McKinley
Touraine Hotel
Boston
McKinley
Long
Smith
Plunkett
Gay, Walcott
Quincy
Bad gang captured in Minneapolis and Watseka arrest
Chicago police say four of six robbers in the murder of Officer Edward J. Wallner and the raid on H. Co. T. Borrmann have been identified. Frank Ford Thomas McFadden and Frank Johnson were seized in Minneapolis. Samuel Ritch was captured in Watseka after a clash. Detective Keefe and Capt. John Wheeler obtained Ritchs confession detailing Wallners killing and a string of other crimes.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Watseka
Ill
H. Co
Court martial for commissary general Hagan strong language
Washington January 16 Secretary Alger held a long conference with the president and it is reported that he will court-martial Commissary General Charles P Hagan for his vituperative language toward General Miles before the war investigating commission The charge is conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman A court will be named next week Death of General Humphrey Adrian Michigan January 16 General William Humphrey died at his home He was auditor general of Michigan four terms and served as warden of the state prison at Jackson He was seventy one years old and had served as postmaster during the Harrison administration
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Miles
Miami
Chickamauga
Camp Alger
Alger
Santiago
Washington
Charles P. Hagan
Gen. Miles
Gen. Hagan
Humphrey
Adrian
Mich
William Humphrey
Jackson
Harrison
Noted Physician Dead in Chicago
Dr. Edwin M. Hale a leading homeopathic physician and author of several medical works died in Chicago after a short illness on Sunday.
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Chicago
Edwin M. Hale
Freight Collision Burns Brakeman John Ruth Dead
In a Sunday collision between a freight train and a locomotive on the Philadelphia and Reading Railway at Glenside near Philadelphia several cars overturned and burned. Brakeman John Ruth was pinned under timbers and burned to death.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Glenside
Here
John Ruth
E K O'Brien Democratic Politician Dies at 65
E K O'Brien a noted Democrat and lime manufacturer and ship builder from Thomaston Me died Sunday at age 65. He was the Democratic candidate for Congress against James G Blaine in 1874.
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Blaine
Thomaston
E. K. O’brien
Congress
James G. Blaine
Choate Nomination Sent to Senate for Britain Ambassadorship
Washington dispatch reports President nominates Joseph H. Choate of New York as ambassador extraordinary to Great Britain. Choate, born 1822, Harvard Law graduate, long prominent New York lawyer and staunch Republican with ties to Union League. other nominations include Charles Tower to Russia and Addison Harris to Austria Hungary with James Monahan as Wisconsin revenue collector.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph H. Choate
New York
Great Britain
Joseph Hodges Choate
Massachusetts
George Choate
Harvard Law School
Wiliam H. Barnes
Evarts, Southmayd & Choate
Choate
Fremont
Union League Club
New York City
Charlemagne Tower
Pennsylvania
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Addison C. Harris
Indiana
James G. Monahan
Wisconsin
Desperate Battle Fights in Yemen Division
Constantinople reports a major battle in the Yemen division with Turks storming and capturing Shunel. About 4000 insurgents and 2000 Turks killed or wounded as Abdullah Pasha orders advance toward Susbeh amid rebel-occupied positions. Desertions threaten prolonged operations in Wadsehin and surrounding districts.
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Constantinople
Yemen
Arabia
Shunel
London
Shanel
Abdullah Pasha
Susbeh
Sana
Wadsehin
Moulton Relieved as Havana Police Chief
Col. M. Moulton of the Second Illinois regiment is relieved of police duty in Havana and will return to his regiment. He will hand over department papers to John Gary Evans, rumored to become Havana mayor, as a Cuban chief of police is likely to be appointed. Transfer stems from temper clashes with Gen. Ludlow and his plan to curb Moulton's police measures.
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Col. Moulton
Havana
Gen. Ludlow
4. M. Moulton
Illinois
John Gary Evans
Tragic Free Press Brief: Couple Drowned in Spring Lake Michigan
Elmer King of Fruitport and his bride, married only weeks, drowned Tuesday night in Spring Lake near Grand Haven. They departed at seven for a trading trip. King skated with his wife in a sleigh and disappeared into open water. The incident occurred in darkness with a visible large spot of unfrozen water on the lake.
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Detroit
Mich
Grand Haven
Elmer King
Fruitport
Spring Lake
King
Sagasta to convene cortes for peace ratification
Madrid reports Premier Sagasta will call the cortes on January 25 or 30 and press for ratification of the peace treaty. The debate is expected to last a week as Spain reiterates the United States peace commissioners undertakings and seeks a prompt Washington reply on prisoners held by Filipinos.
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Madrid
Senor Sagasta
Spain
Washington
United States
Rebels in Manila Limited Threat as US Forces Hold City
From Manila on January 14, American forces under Maj. Gen. Otis retain control with rebels confined to defenses on the city perimeter. Rebel leaders have issued orders to act only defensively, dismissing rumors of an imminent attack as unfounded.
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Manila
Otis
The Missing Yacht
A Biloxi report says the naphtha launch Paul Jones is likely sunk with all aboard after a coastwide search. Capt. Nielsen of the Georgia describes a 50 foot launch seen January 4 near Ship Island matching the missing craft, heading toward Grant's Pass en route to Mobile.
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St. Louis
Republic
Biloxi
Miss
Horn Islands
Paul Jones
Mississippi River
O. Nielsen
Georgia
Here
Ship Island
Scranton
Nielsen
Grant’s Pass
Mobile
Balance of Trade Shows Surplus for 1898
The United States exported 621,260,535 more in goods than it imported in 1898, marking a substantial trade surplus. The year’s exports reached 1,254,925,169 with imports at 633,664,634, the smallest import total in six years.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Statistics
True to His Faith Father Chiniquy Dies at Montreal
Montreal Jan 17 Father Chiniquy dies at 79 adhering to the Protestant faith. The famed reformer born July 30 1809 in Kamouraska Que helped found St Anne in Kankakee County and was involved in long legal disputes with Bishop O Reagan. He lectured worldwide including Australia and the Antipodes and faced bail as a criminal for 18 years.
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Montreal
Can
Chiniquy
Charles Chiniquy
Temperance
Kamouraska
Que
Tienois
St. Anne
Kankakee County
O’reagan
Abraham Lincoln
Rome
Presbyterian Church
Presbytery of
Chicago
Western States
Australia
Antipodes
Smallpox Outbreak Expands in Hillsboro Kansas Town
A Hillsboro dispatch reports 21 smallpox cases with 16 in town and three deaths, including three new cases Friday. The outbreak spreads via Russian visitors to Marion and nearby areas, aided by absent quarantines. State health authorities will be notified.
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Yopeka
Kan
State Journal
Hillsboro
Marion
State Board of Health
Middletown Plate cuts wages in 12 percent roll back
The Middletown Plate Company in Middletown Conn producers of silver plated ware announces a general wage reduction of about 12 percent. The firm with about 300 employees is not a member of the International Silver Company. Managers cite dull business as the reason.
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Middletown, Conn
Middletown Plate Company
International Silver Company
Women Rise in 19th Century Roles Across US
In 1820 Maryland allows property owning women with no husbands to vote. Sallie Faulkner, daughter of Senator Faulkner, visits Wyoming where she rides a fortful bronco. Nevada features Mrs Bagwell a 24 year old jockey from Carson City who wins three of five mounts at the state fair. Women increasingly enter acting, music, art and journalism with thousands in each field.
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Maryland
Sallie Faulkner
Senator Faulkner
West Virginia
Wyoming
Nevada
Bagwell
Carson City
Dingley, Maine Leader, Dead After Illness
Washington, Dan. Nelson Dingley of Maine, a Republican leader in the House and long-time congressman from the second district, died Friday night from heart failure due to extreme weakness from pneumonia. He was 69, born February 15, 1832 in Durham, Maine. He served as Maine governor 1874 to 1875 and was a congressional member since 1881. He declined McKinley’s treasury post to remain Ways and Means chair and House floor leader. He helped spur tariff legislation during the 1897 session.
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Washington
Dan
Nelson Dingley
Maine
House of Representatives
Dingley
Edith Dingley
E. N
A. H. Dingley
James C. Hope
Deale
Nelson Dingley, Jr
Durham
Androscoggin County
Androscoggin
Auburn
Lewiston
Confess
William P. Frye
McKinley
the Treasury
Ways and Means
House
McShinley
Notable rise in national bank resources under December 1 1898 call
Comptroller Dawes calls the December 1 1898 national bank reports the most notable in history. Resources total 4.313 billion, up 309.9 million from September 20 1898. Deposits rise 193.8 million to 2.2253 billion. Loans and discounts increase 58.4 million to 2.2144 billion. Cash in banks up. rediscounts and bills payable fall from September.
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Washington
Charles G. Dawes
Frozen to death in Hancock blizzard tragedy
A Hancock blizzard claim reports Mrs. Thomas Uren and her two children aged four and eight died from freezing. The bodies were found Thursday about a half mile from their home after a search by the husband who had visited and learned the family had been missing since Friday.
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Detroit
Mich
Tribune
Hancock
Thomas Uren
St. Louis Banks to Consolidate Into State National Bank
St. Louis plans a new national bank formed by merging the State Bank of St. Louis and the Commercial Bank. Stockholders from both banks agreed to the consolidation though arrangements are not complete. The bank will be called State National Bank with $990,000 capital and $400,000 surplus.
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St. Louis
the Post-Dispatch
National Bank
State Bank of
Burglars Blow Safe at Iowa State University
Early Thursday burglars blew open the main building safe at the University of Iowa Iowa City. They looted the safe and escaped, leaving tools behind. no crew size or exact theft details available as fire department investigates.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa State University of
Iowa City
Commissary General Eagan Called Liar by Miles Probe
Washington January 13 1899 Commissary General Eagan denounces Maj. Gen. Miles as a liar in hearings over the embalmed beef affair. He later faces a war inquiry censure for his vituperative language and vast personal attacks in papers presented to the commission.
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Washington
Eagan
War Investigating Committee
Miles
Gen. Miles
Cuba
Porto Rico
Commissar
War Inquiry Commission
Washington, D. C
C. P. Eagan
War Department
Charles Denby
Quay Haywood Quay Conspiracy Case Dismissed for Certiorari
The Supreme Court dismissed the petition to remove the conspiracy case against United States Senator M S Quay his son Richard R Quay and ex State Treasurer Benjamin F Haywood to the Supreme Court and remanded for trial at the quarter sessions in Philadelphia. Costs taxed to petitioners. The indictment alleges conspiracy with John S Hopkins cashier of the People s Bank in using state funds on deposit. Hopkins died by suicide last year. Arrests occurred in October with bail posted after preliminary hearing.
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Philadelphia
United States
M.S. Quay
Richard R. Quay
Benjamin F. Haywood
Supreme Court
Quarter Sessions Court
Philadelphia Court of Quarter Sessions
John 5. Hopkins
People’s Bank
Steel firms combine to form new Pittsburgh steelcar company
A merger unites Schoen Pressed Steel and Fox Pressed Steel Equipment of Pittsburgh to push steelcar production. The new company will have a capital of 10 million dollars. Schoen now runs 20 to 25 cars daily, with plans to double capacity. Fox operates plants in Pittsburgh and Joliet to make pressed steel trucks and car equipment.
Beveridge Nominated for U S Senator on Twelfth Ballot
Indianapolis January 11. At a Republican legislative caucus Albert J Beveridge of Indianapolis was named United States senator on the twelfth ballot. The victory came from a consolidation of Taylor and Steele factions with Beveridge and his own supporters. Hanly of Lafayette was the main rival in the heated contest.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Albert J. Beveridge
United States
Taylor and Steele
Hanly
Lafayette
Beveridge
Senate Delivers Sparse Session Passes Pension Bills
Washington January 13 small business in open session as sixteen private pension bills moved forward. A joint resolution extending congressional thanks to Miss Clara Barton and Red Cross officials for aid in Armenia and Cuba was adopted.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Clara Barton
Red Cross’ Society
Armenia
Cuba
Carnegie Offers 250000 for Washington Public Library
Washington on January 13 reports Andrew Carnegie proposes a 250000 gift to erect a city public library building if Congress provides a site and ongoing maintenance of no less than 10000 per year. Legislative steps will be taken immediately.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Congress
Americans Return to Manila After Iloilo Expedition
Five thousand additional Americans who had embarked for Iloilo have returned to Manila, according to the Hong Kong correspondent of the Daily Mail.
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Manila
London
Hong Kong
The
Daily Mail
Iloilo
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