Admiral Dewey and Otis Nominated for Ranks
Washington confirms Admiral Dewey to admiral of the navy and Brig. Gen. Elwell S. Otis to major general by brevet, ranking from February 4, 1909, for distinguished service in the Philippines. Secretary Long and Secretary Alger relay congratulations to both in Manila and Washington.
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Washington
Senate
Dewey
George Dewey
Elwell S. Otis
Philippine Islands
Long
Alger
Otis
Manila
Malolos
Cavite
Caloocan
Pope’s Letter Clarifies Americanism Support and Misrepresentation
Rome reports the pope’s letter to Cardinal Gibbons approves genuine Americanism and rejects misrepresentations. He affirms American bishops would speak. Rampolla and Archbishop Ireland are cited as confirming the pope did not condemn Americanism and that Ireland rightly interpreted popular views.
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Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
America
Ireland
Rampolla
National Union Reform Party completes conference in Cincinnati
The general conference ended at noon on Thursday with plans to nominate an independent presidential ticket next year. The national executive committee will meet in Buffalo on June 29 to finalize organization. Efforts to amalgamate populists and other reform groups failed. 154 delegates from 15 states attended. Prominent reformers Parker and Thompson were absent.
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Cincinnati
National Union Reform Party
Buffalo
Labor Party
Joel Parker
Texas Press Reform Association
H. A. Thompson
Death of Ex-Gov J Madison Wells in Louisiana
New Orleans March 1 Ex Governor J Madison Wells a notable figure in reconstruction history died Tuesday at his home in Lecompte Rapides parish aged 91 He served as governor from 1864 for more than two years and sat on the returning board whose work helped place President Hayes in the White House He had long lived in retirement on his extensive plantations.
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New Orleans
J. Madison Wells
Lecompte
Rapides Parish
Hayestin
United States
Carl Schurz 70th Birthday Celebrated in New York
The seventieth birthday of Carl Schurz was observed in New York on March 3. The day drew numerous congratulatory letters and telegrams, with close friends visiting and a greeting cable from Prince Herbert Bismarck and 40 leading Reichstag members. Similar messages arrived from Germany and major U.S. cities.
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New York
Carl Schurz
Prince Herbert Bismarck
Reichstag
Germany
United States
Outposts Fired Upon Near Manila by Rebels
Rebels fired on outposts beyond San Pedro Macati in Manila as a gunboat advanced 300 yards past the lines and cleared the enemy with Gatling guns. No casualties reported. Gen. Miller ordered to quarter troops in Iloilo public buildings with changes up to 40000 dollars funded from public revenues.
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Manila
San Pedro Macati
Guadaloupe
Miller
Joilo
Baron Herschell Dies in Washington After Fall
Baron Farrar Herschell, British high commissioner on the Anglo American Canadian joint commission, dies suddenly at the Shoreham hotel Washington at 7 05 am after weeks in bed with a broken leg from a sidewalk fall. He was born November 2 1837 and held multiple British legal titles. The U S supreme court adjourned on news of his death and condolences were sent by the president through Ambassador Choate.
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Washington
Baron Farrar Herschell
Great Britain
High Joint Commission
United States
Canada
Shoreham Hotel
Lord Herschell
United States Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Mr. Choate
London
Hay
Farrer Herschell
Joint Commission
Ridley Herschell
Helen
William Mowbray
Edinburgh
Howard Leigh Kindersly
Baron Herschell
Bath
Carlisle
Lord Farrar Herschell
Anglo-American Joint High Commission
Indictment Headlines Molineux in Mail Poison Death
New York on March 2 Roland B Molineux was indicted by the grand jury for murder in the first degree in the death of Mrs Katherine J Adams The four counts allege sending poison through the mails to kill and cyanide of mercury with intent to kill and unnamed targets awaiting trial potential hearings ended by the indictment.
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New York
Roland B. Molineux
Katherine J. Adams
Molineux
Young Jesse James Is Found Not Guilty In Leeds Train Robbery
In Kansas City on March 1 Jesse James Jr. son of the famed outlaw was acquitted of leading the September 23 Leeds Missouri Pacific express train robbery. The jury deliberated less than an hour and returned a first ballot acquittal. On March 2 the prosecu tor dismissed all related Jackson county train robbery cases as unlikely to result in convictions.
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Kansas City
Jesse James
Missouri Pacific
Leeds
Young James
Jesse James, Jr
James A. Reed
Jackson County
Republicans Form State Convention Plans for August
The Republican state central committee met in Des Moines to arrange the next state convention. Charles E. Pickett of Waterloo was named temporary chairman and Howard E. Tedford of Mount Ayr temporary secretary. The date and place are not fixed though Des Moines is the likely host in August.
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Des Moines
Republican State Central Committee
Charles E. Pickett
Waterloo
Howard E. Tedford
Mount Ayr
Jealous hotel hustler kills woman in Allentown
In Allentown on a Friday night Frank Krause shot and killed Maggie Good a 20 year old hotel servant. He also wounded Owen Kern the proprietor and Mrs Kern before fleeing. Police found Krause at his brother’s house in a drunken condition.
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Allentown
Frank Krause
Cedarville Hotel
Maggie Good
Owen Kern
Chicago man indicted for receiving stolen property
Chicago March 4 Ralph N ost rander, once of good reputation, was indicted on a charge of receiving stolen property. Letters in his possession shown to the jury indicate he acted as a fence for thieves across the United States.
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Chicago
Ralph N. Ostrander
United States
Wages rise as steel industry booms across cities
The Iron Age reports booming iron and steel markets with price advances in wire products and tin plate. Across the country wage hikes follow: Amoskeag in Manchester 10 percent for 10,000 workers, Pennsylvania belt and nut works 10 percent, Swede's furnace Norristown 10 percent, American Steel and Wire in Cleveland 5 to 10 percent for 8,000 workers, American Tin Plate 10,000 benefited, Pacific mills 5 to 10 percent, Federal Steel Illinois Wisconsin eight percent for 15,000 workers, and Maryland Steel Sparrows Point 10 percent.
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New York
Iron Age
Manchester
N. J
Amoskeag Corporation
Lebanon
Pennsylvania Belt and Nutworks
Lebanon Rolling Mills
Norristown
Cleveland
American Steel and Wire Company
Chicago
American Tin Pirate Company
Lawrence
Mass
Pacific Mills
Manville
R. I
Blackstone Valley
Woonsocket
Providence
Federal Steel Company
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Buffington
American Wire & Steel Company
Baltimore
Maryland Steel Company
Sparrows Point
Love of a girl ends in double tragedy in Nebraska
Clyde Cole of Endicott is shot dead by his friend Bert Grundy during a dispute over a girl's escort home from a party in Wymore Nebraska. Grundy later died by suicide in a pasture six miles from Endicott, with a revolver beside him and a bullet wound in his skull.
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Wymore
Neb
Clyde Cole
Endicott
Here
Bert Grundy
Grundy
Gertie Rickards
Reina Mercedes Raised After Prolonged Recovery Effort
The former Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes, sunk in Santiago harbor during the June bombardment, has been raised and pumped out with government tugs helping. She will be repaired locally then likely towed to Havana for further work.
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Santiago de Cuba
Reina Mercedes
Santiago Harbor
Sampson
Havana
Miles Beef Charges Court of Inquiry Sees Maj Jesse Lee
The war department court of inquiry into Gen Miles beef charges heard Maj Jesse Lee appear as counsel for the general commanding the army on Friday in Washington.
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Gen. Miles
Washington
War Department
Maj
Jesse Lee
Army
Battleship Oregon and support ships sail to Manila
Word from Oregon and Ivis report they left for Manila via Guam at five pm Tuesday. Paris court cassation heads to hear the Dreyfus case today under the new trial revision law.
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Oregon
Honolulu
San Francisco
Ivis
Manila
Guam
Dreyfus
Paris
United Sections
Court of Cassation
Germany withdraws fleet from Philippines to reassure U S ties
Washington reports Germany orders all navy vessels out of Philippine waters and places German subjects under U S protection. The move is hailed as a bold diplomacy step to prevent clashes with the United States and to signal genuine friendship. The administration accepts the trust, ensuring no German ships at Manila or Iloilo to disturb relations.
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Washington
United States
Philippine Islands
Germany
Philippine
Manila
State Department
Philippines
Iloilo
Trade Situation Shows February Peak in World Markets
R G Dun reports February marked the greatest trade month on record with clearing house exchanges near 7.0 billion dollars, up from 5.57 billion last year. Wages rose 5 to 10 percent in many industries, boosting purchasing power for over 100,000 workers as iron and steel demand drives prices and July delivery remains open. Failures for the week totaled 186 in the United States and 47 in Canada, with larger liabilities but overall healthier conditions in manufacturing and trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Becker Confesses to Murder on Randolph Street Viaduct
Albert Becker, a Southside butcher in Chicago, admitted to police that he killed his first wife Teresa Becker by throwing her into the lake during a quarrel on January 87 and then went home. Officers doubt the drowning method and suspect he toned down the details to shield himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Albert Becker
Southside
Teresa Becker
Becker
Randolph Street
Murder Toll in Clay Center Family Distraught Town
Aterrible murder discovered Thursday in Athelstone township. John Gilbert found his wife Mrs Gilbert and their four children slain after returning the hogs. Ages are nine for the boy and three, five and seven for the girls. They had not been seen since Tuesday night. door locked. husband missing.
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Clay Center
Kan
Athelstone Township
John Gilbert
Steamer Labrador Reported Lost off Irish Coast
A cablegram from St John s reports the total loss of the Labrador traveling from St Johns to Liverpool. All passengers were saved after the steamer struck Skerrymore rock at seven in the morning. Halifax reports It Agoncillo, a Filipino representative, was aboard and also saved.
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Montreal
Dominion Steamship Line
Labrador
St. Johns
N. B
Liverpool
Skerrymore Rock
Halifax
N.S
Agoncillo
Farmhouse Fire Claims Two Children in Onawa Area
A farmhouse six miles from Onawa Iowa burned on Friday forenoon killing Joshua McGee’s two children a three year old boy and a baby girl. The mother was fatally burned while attempting to rescue them and the husband was away at the time.
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Omaha
Neb
The
Bee
Onawa
Joshua McGee
Grief for Kipling Child Deepens Mystery of Peerage Rumor
News from New York and London report the death of Rudyard Kipling’s six year old daughter Josephine from pneumonia. The Kipling family seeks private funeral arrangements while Kipling’s health and rumored elevation to the peerage stir public interest.
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New York
Josephine Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Miss Julie DeForest
Miss DeForest
Kiplings
Josephine
Mr. Kipling
Mr. Doubleday
Mrs. Kipling
Kipling
Neil Macphatter
Edinburgh
Scotland
Sir Walter Besant
London
Will Keep Hands Off on Chinese Coast Open Door Policy
Washington reports the United States will not intervene in Italy’s demand for Chinese territory including San Mun Bay and nearby islands to protect China trade. policy may change only to safeguard commerce from European leasehold expansion. New York notes 18 ocean steamers in quarantine with several overdue ships. Montreal reports Grand Trunk railway opposes American elevator terminal plans. Springfield reports writers optioned on about 75 percent of U S writing paper mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
San-Mun Bay
China
New York
Algoa
Hamburg
Sunderland
Hero
Langbank
Calcutta
St. Michaels
Azores
Montreal
Can
Grand Trunk Railway
Reeves
Reeve
States
Crushing Blow Signals Philippine Campaign Plans
Washington reports large scale preparations for an inland Philippine assault as Gen. Otis tightens control and pushes columns through jungles to crush insurgents. Naval forces under Dewey arm for Manila with ships and troops en route, while officials note expected decisive moves within a fortnight.
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Washington
Manila
Otis
Navy
Philippines
Hong Kong
Dewey
Baltimore
Bennington
Boston
Buffalo
Callao
Charleston
Concord
Calgoa
Don Juan de Austria
Helena
Isla de Luzon
Isla de Cuba
Monadnock
Monocacy
Monterey
Olympia
Petrel
Yorktown
Solace
Castine
Princeton
Red Sea
Admiral Dewey
Oregon
Iris
Pacific
Reservoir
Oregon Volunteers
Nebraska Regiment
Twentieth Regular Infantry
Hale
Mariquina
Aguinaldo
Malolos
Gen. Otis
Negros
Miller
Lloilo
Cal. Smith
United States
Gen. Miller
Island of
Congress
Moilo
Col. Smith
Lascon
DTIS
Arkansas wage law upheld by Chief Justice Fuller
Chief Justice Fuller sustains the validity of Arkansas history requiring railroad companies operating in the state to pay discharged employees and fixing a penalty of wages for 60 days. Gunboats Annapolis and Vicksburg sail from Laguayra toward Jamaica in a Herald dispatch.
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Washington
Fuller
Arkansas
Jamaica
New York
The
Herald
Laguayra
Venezuela
United States
Annapolis
Vicksburg
Ohio River Flood Reaches Record Levels Across Regions
Floods sweep the Ohio and tributaries from Cincinnati to Gallipolis with water rising three inches per hour. Cities report flooded cellars, moving residents, and threatened riverfront businesses. Deaths occur near Frankfort and Mount Sterling as Kentucky rivers rise.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio River
Huntington
W. Va
Guyan
Portsmouth
Front Street
Mill
East Front
Jackson
Lower
Louisville
Gallipolis
Point Pleasant
Middleport
Racine
Kentucky
J. W. Gordon
Frankfort
Stoney Creek
William Abshire
Richmond
Jacob Ewing
Ewing Station
Neal Carter
Mount Sterling
Catlettsburg
Catlett’s Creek
Big Sandy
Louisa
Pittsburgh
Davis Island
Prairie fires rage across Texas in six counties
A San Antonio dispatch reports prairie fires burning in Nueces Starr and Duval counties. Six months without rain leaves dry tinder while sparks from locomotives start blazes along the Texas Mexican road from Laredo to Corpus Christi. Ranch foreman William Oliver and two laborers perish near Aguilares.
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St. Louis
Republic
San Antonio
Tex
San Diego
Nueces
Starr
Duval
Laredo
Corpus Christi
Aguilares
William Oliver
Abbe Klein Conforms to Pope on Hecker Book
The Osservatore Romano prints Abbe Klein's letter to the pope declaring unreserved adherence to the pope's views. He announces support for the papal stance on suppressing the sale of the book and rejects all errors condemned by the pope.
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Rome
Osservatore Romano
Abbe Klein
Father Hecker
Cardinal Gibbons
Queen Victoria Thanks U S for Memorial to Lord Herschell
Queen Victoria expresses gratitude to the President and American people for honors to Lord Herschell’s memory and for friendly sympathy during Britain’s bereavement. Windsor dispatch dated March 6 conveys the message received at the executive mansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Retursa
Washington
Manela
Queen Victoria
Windsor
United States
Lord Herschell
Fatal Mill Explosion and Related Incidents Hit Kentucky
In Baxley’s mill yard near Owensboro Oliver Kelly was killed and Thomas Wisdom injured with both legs broken and head crushed after a boiler blast. Wilson Baxley suffered fatal scalding. Separate item from Austin Texas notes Bailey’s Course Indorsed by the Texas House praising Bailey’s protest against Wheeler’s seating. In Indian Territory Walla Tonka’s execution was postponed by a US court intervention in South McAlester where his hearing was rescheduled.
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Owensboro
Baxley
Oliver Kelly
Thomas Wisdom
Wilson Baxley
Bailey
Austin
Tex
Joseph Wheeler
Texas House of Representatives
Waite
South McAlester
Walla Tonka
United States Court
Clayton
Wages Advance At Portage Iron Works
Tollidaysburg March 7. Puddlers at the Portage iron works Duncanville receive a 25 cent per ton raise. All other workers gain a ten percent wage increase. The boost affects 500 men.
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Tollidaysburg
Portage Iron Works
Duncanville
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