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Newspaper
New Albany Evening Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1900
Page
1
Senator Benevides argues for U S control of the Philippines, detailing strategic value, trade potential, and natural resources. He praises Hong Kong’s harbor, cites mineral wealth, climate, and agricultural riches, and defends continued American presence in the East.
London reports General White’s defenders still hold, though relief is distant and ammo scarce. Boers’ assault paused but casualties rising, with Buller’s moves limited by supply lines and fortified hills. Transports, troops, and guns planned to bolster effort amid ongoing debate on artillery and readiness.
A Daily Mail Cairo correspondent reports Boer agents evade British searches by moving quick firing ammunition to Ras Jibeutil and shipping via Dhows along the coast. They trans ship at Madagascar to French and other steamers bound for Portuguese ports in East Africa and Aden, avoiding detection.
Frederick R Burnham of Pasadena has been appointed to the personal staff of Lord Roberts the English commander in the Boer War and will depart for the scene of war. Burnham previously served as principal aide to Jameson during the 1894 Matabele invasion.
A joint meeting of Philadelphia Christian denominations decided to conduct a city religious census on February 22. An army of workers will gather statistics, marking the first such census in the city. Washington reports the treasury's available cash balance at 284,619,598 dollars and gold reserve at 234,576,708 dollars.
Havana reports reveal a dire prison inquiry led by Judge Dudley and Major Runcie. General Wood warns that summary measures are needed to curb hardship as many detainees have waited years for trial for minor offenses.
Ex president Grover Cleveland replies to a request for a Jackson Day contribution. Illness limits him to sit up briefly, forbidding any gift. He criticizes what he calls inconsistent party leadership and accuses Jacksonian Democracy of degrading the currency and flouting law and order.
At a New York presbytery meeting Rev. George W. Birch announced charges of heresy against Rev. Arthur O. McGiffert of Union Theological Seminary. Hearing set for next Monday afternoon. Birch declined to reveal the charges or details. Salisbury Not Answered. London notes US envoy Choate awaits British reply on American flour seized in South African waters. A ruling may differentiate foodstuff for field and domestic use. Warrant For Senator Harrel. In Frankfort, Ky a warrant against Senator J. B. Harrel for obtaining money by false representation was served. bond of 10,000 signed by Senator Gresbel and other Democratic lawmakers in Louisville.
Brief items note a 12 percent wage increase for about 300 lace weavers in Wilkesbarre. Other telegraph snippets report Vanderbilts gaining control of Lake Wire and Western railroad, Rockefeller funding Columbia psychology chair, Von Moltke ship arrival in New Orleans, Toledo mayor Jones and Philadelphia’s Dulin planning a Morris town communistic colony, a South Carolina election law challenged, and a medicine ad promising grippe cure in two days.
Manila reports six bubonic plague cases and four deaths with hospitals being set up for quarantine. Overcrowding rises as provincial natives and Chinamen pour in, rice prices soar and food shortage worsens. American contact is advised minimal. Filipinos clash with Third Cavalry at San Fernandino and De Lanbon, one trooper captured. General Schwan takes Silang and Indang, Cavite, seizing gas and ammunition amid heavy roads. General Wheaton stays at Perez Das Marines.
Washington notes bubonic plague in the Orient and South America prompt Surgeon General Wyman to request 25 000 for quarantine service as an urgency deficiency item.
New York dispatch reports a worsening famine in India with three million on relief efforts. Families fracture as parents sell children to survive, abandoned youngsters found regularly, and cattle die as no rain is forecast until June.
A man believed to be John Furnell shot and killed a young woman in a Chicago rooming house and then attempted suicide. Both identities remain uncertain. doctors say the man may not recover. The two appear to be theatrical types, with few clues to motive. The case resembles a mystery.
Washington reports from the Thirty first infantry on the transport Rio Janeiro show poisoning from fresh meat rather than canned meat. Lieutenant Colonel Plummer notes 289 sick and one death after Honolulu to Manila, urging better packing by meat specialists and periodic transport officer experience. General Weston forwarded findings to Major Baldwin in San Francisco for further fact development.
In a Senate debate on Pettigrews resolution an inquiry proposal sparked agitated remarks about US policy toward Filipino insurgents. Senators charged and disputed the administrations stance while others argued for racial equality and constitutional protections amid Louisiana and North Carolina reforms. The House ordered investigations as two incidents, including Wardner riots, were noted. The Machias was ordered from San Juan to San Domingo to safeguard American interests after a French claim dispute.
In Washington on January 9 Senator Wellington of Maryland introduced a bill to establish the University of the United States. The measure repeats wording from prior sessions and bars sectarian or preferential treatment in any form. The same day United States Treasurer Roberts noted demand for small denomination notes remains strong.
Washington January 9. The internal revenue commissioner states a bequest to a priest to pay for masses is subject to legacy tax. The only exemption in the law is for legacies to a husband or wife.
Senator Jon Henry Gear was renominated by Republicans in a joint caucus held last night in Des Moines Iowa. Cummins was not presented as a candidate.
Ex Governor William O Bradley is nominated by acclamation as the Republican candidate for U S Senate in Kentucky. Congressman Boreing instructed his supporters not to present his name, while Speaker Slack praised Bradley amid a charged political scene in Frankfort.
Adelphia Ohio January 9 William Bochard went to Middle Fort hill settlement to ask his wife to return home. He was shot and killed by a young man named Hedges who was found with Bochard’s wife. Hedges bound over to court with no bail and jailed.
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