Filipino official Buencamino testifies before Insular Affairs
Felipe Buencamino, ex Secretary of State in Aguinaldo’s cabinet, tells the House Committee on Insular Affairs he represents the Federal Party and insurgent elements. He argues for American sovereignty with liberal government and outlines education gains, calls for citizenship, and discusses annexation versus independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor Buencamino
Aguinaldo
House Committee ON Insular Affairs
Congress
Washington
Felipe Buenamino
Buencamino
Frank L. Joannini
Insular
War Department
Cooper
Katipunan Society
The
Philippines
Dewey
Taft
Gov. Taft
Filmino
Jones
Federal Party
United States
Patterson
Tenn
Treasury funds in Philippines face US dollar shortfall
Acting Gov Wright reports the Philippine Insular Treasury has about 600000 dollars in US funds left after meeting immediate needs. Customs and internal revenue receipts are shrinking, forcing the question of securing more US money next month. Possible options include Mexican dollars, bids for gold, or adjusting the exchange ratio, each with high objections and balance depletion. Price of gold at local banks is $1 for 2.41 Mexican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of War
Senate Committee On Philippines
Gov. Wright
Philippines
Treasury
United States
Internal Revenue
Siamese Prince to Visit United States for Coronation
Secretary Hay assured Phi ya Akharaj Varadhara and Edward H. Loftus of a welcome for Prince Mana Vajiravudi, son of the Siamese king, during his U S visit to attend King Edward VII’s coronation and return home via the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Phiya Akharaj Varadhara
Edward H. Loftus
Legation
Hay
State Department
United States
Mana Vajiravudi
Siam
Edward VII
Couny
Bills Passed in Washington Senate
The Senate approves a bill authorizing payment to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company of 14,443 dollars for transportation services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mobile and
Ohia
Mount Vernon Monograph Honors Martha Washington Stamp Move
Virginia officials presented Mount Vernon report to Postmaster General Payne and Third Assistant Madden. The monograph marks Martha Washington as the first woman's face on a U S postage stamp and ties the centennial death date May 21 1802 to the issue, following Judge Senor's suggestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. B. Senor
D. Q. Eggleston
Commonwealth of Virginia
Madden
Payne
Virginia Board of Visitors
Mount Vernon
Martha Washington
United States
Senor
Virginia
First thin face-hardened armor plate tested in U S
A sample from the initial batch of thin face-hardened armor plate, produced for the Pennsylvania class armored cruisers, was tested at Indian Head. Two shots from a four-inch gun penetrated about one and a half inches, and the test was deemed satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Naval Ordnance Bureau
Indian Head Proving Ground
Pennsylvania
Killing of Two Filipino Officials in Santa Magdalena
Secretary of War transmits Governor Livingstone report to Senate on the killing by soldiers of two town officials in Santa Magdalena Sorsogon province. Presidente Ysidro Gallanosa and a policeman were hanged after being seized with other locals as insurgents and forced to dig a grave. Governor calls arrest unwarranted and murder. affidavits from soldiers and a prisoner accompany the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of War
Senate Committee On the Philippines
J. G. Livingstone
Philippine
Sorsogon
Santa Magdalena
Ysidro Gallanosa
Oe Quintin Gamit
Gov. Livingstone
F. W. Harker
Fifteenth Infantry
Presidente
Gamit
Matnog
Lieut. Harker
Ciriaco Funes
Magdalena
Livingstone
Thess New
E. Wittenmeyer
Anting-Anting Society
Anting-Anting
St. Magdalena
Gali
United States
Wagner testifies on Philippines conduct and camps
Washington May 31 Col. Wagner Assistant Adjutant General U S A testified before the Senate Philippines Committee. He described village burnings when natives withheld murderers information and praised Gen Bell as humane. He defended American conduct toward Philippine prisoners and warned against civil war labels while noting large concentration camps and confiscation of outside property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Col. Wagner
Army
Philippines
Senate Philippines Committee
United States
Bell
Gen. Hughes
Gen. Bell
Beveridge
Culberson
J. H. Smith
Wagner
West Point
Senate
Bacon
Hell
Toege
Tayabas
Cornelius Gardener
Deitrich
McDonald
Miss Alice Hay Not Seriously Hurt After Runaway
Washington May 31 Miss Alice Hay daughter of Secretary Hay injured yesterday in a runaway accident is reported to be in satisfactory condition. She suffers from shock with severe bruises to the forehead and left face but it is hoped permanent scars will not be left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Hay
Washington
Hay
Senate panel split over canal route favors Panama
Minority members of the Senate Committee on Isthmian Canals publish a report opposing the Nicaragua route due to volcanic disturbances and argue the Panama path is preferable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee On Isthmian Canals
Senate
Nicaragua
Panama
Spooner Defends McKinley Policies In Philippine Debate
In Senate May 31 Spooner of Wisconsin cites a diary claim about Aguinaldo and a European trip after independence, defends ratification of the Paris treaty, and rebukes critics who claim the Philippines policy harms the war effort. He contrasts with Hoar over Puritan scalp laws and wartime cruelty, praising the American army and McKinley administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Spooner
Wis
Aguinaldo
Philippines
Europe
Bryan
Philippine
United States
Republican Party
McKinley
Gen. Smith
Samar
Massachusetts
Hoar
Mr. Spooner
Mr. Hoar
Mr.Hoar
Roosevelt
Legion of Honor Medals Awarded to U S Officials
The French government awarded the Legion of Honor to Assistant Secretary Peirce Col. Bingham and Commander Rodgers for their roles as the Rochambeau visitors reception committee. Peirce is made a commander while Bingham and Rodgers are named officers. medals to be kept on deposit until Congress grants permission to retain them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
France
Peirce
Col. Bingham
Rodgers
Legion of Honor
State Department
Cambon
Congress
Nominations to Brigadier Generals and Colonels by the President
The President sent to the Senate nominations for Brigadier Generals Samuel M. Whitside and Sumner H. Lincoln and for Colonels William Quinton Jesse C. Chance. Lieut colonels Ralph W. Hoyt George A. Cornish and majors Charles H. Bonesteel Lyman W V Kennon William Lassiter Charles G. Morton were named with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel M. Whitside
Sumner H. Lincoln
Levens Porish
William Quinton
Jesse C. Chance
Meret
Ralph W. Hoyt
George A. Cornish
Charles H. Bonesteel
Lyman W.V. Kennon
William Lassiter
Charles G. Morton
George F. Baltzell
Edgar T. Conley
Edgar One
Seaborn C. Chiles
Lyman M. Felch
Oregon City
Ore
George W. Bibee
Col. Whitside
Canada
Sixth Cavalry
Third Cavalry
Fifth Cavalry
Tenth Cavalry
Tenth Infantry
Ireland
Illinois
Jesse G. Chance
Twenty-fifth Ohio
Thirteenth Infantry
Lyman W. V. Kennon
Charles G. Norton
West Point
William Tell the Navy Goat Returns Home to Brooklyn
A Manila born mascot and famed goat William Tell, captured in Cavite by sailors from the Helena, is now back aboard the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The tale covers his eight month education, his duties aboard ship, and his loyalty to the American flag after transfers from the Helena to the Brooklyn following a Shanghai meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tell
Havana
Palma
Cavite
P. L
Tell
Helena
William
Navy
United States Navy
New York
Brooklyn
Asiatic Station
Or ‘‘Apt
England
Australia
Duke of York
Shanghai
China
America
United Service assignments and retirements
The notice lists officers assigned to duties at Fort Ethan Allen Fort Sheridan Fort Monroe Chickamauga Park Washington and Fort Thomas. It also notes the retirement of Brig Gen William F Spurgin and the reassignment of Major James S Wilson from the Philippines to San Francisco for further orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward P. Orton
Second Cavalry
Fort Ethan Allen
Frederick C. Johnson
Fort Sheridan
Theodore H. Koch
Artillery Corps
Fort Monroe
Herbert L. Harris
Chickamauga Park
Walter L. Clarke
Signal Corps
Washington
Army
Paul H. Weyrach
Fifth Cavalry
Charles D. Winn
Thirtyseventh Company
Coast Artillery
Fort Thomas
William F. Spurgin
William B. Folwer
Philippines
James S. Wilson
United States Volunteers
United States Army
San Francisco
Military Orders Move Officers to Global Posts
Lieut F L Chadwick is ordered to Brooklyn on June 2 for staff duty with Rear Admiral Coghlan. Lieut W H Chambers to Minneapolis as Inspector of engineering material at the American Bridge Works plant. First Lieut A S Williams ordered home. Lieut Commander J H L Holcombe to Port Isabella. Lieut W W Gilmer to the Don Juan de Austria. Second Lieuts F Halford and W Brackett to Olongapo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Chadwick
Brooklyn
J. B. Coghlan
W. H. Chambers
Minneapolis
American Bridge Works
Asiatic Station
Willams
J. H. L. Holcombe
Port Isabella
W. W. Gilmer
Don Juan de Austria
F. Halford
W. Brackett
Olongapo
Navy ships reach ports and sail dates listed
The Dolphin arrives in Washington on May 29 followed by the Nashville at Leghorn and the Alert at Santa Barbara. The Leonidas sails from Norfolk on May 29 bound for St Vincent. Olympia and Kearsarge reach Boston on May 30. Dixie departs Santa Lucia on May 30 for Martinique then New York. Caesar arrives Colombo May 30. Alabama arrives at New York Navy Yard May 30. Cincinnati reaches Santa Lucia May 30. Brooklyn arrives at New York Navy Yard May 31. Lancaster sails from Charleston May 31 for Hampton Roads. Ajax reaches Lambert Point May 31. Vixen arrives in Havana May 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Dolphin
Nashville
Leghorn
Alert
Santa Barbara
Leonidas
Norfolk
St. Vincent
Olympia
Kearsarge
Boston
Dixie
Santa Lucia
Martinique
New York
Caesar
Colombo
Alabama
New York Navy Yard
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Lancaster
Charleston
Hampton Roads
Ajax
Lambert Point
Vixen
Havana
Republicans on Defensive in 1902 Campaign
Washington May 31 Republicans plan a defensive campaign letting Democrats name the issues. They expect the Democrats to push the Philippine question, the tariff, and the trusts. Republicans aim to defend the Dingley tariff, criticize Democrats on trusts, and oppose the Philippine stance while the race for 1902 solidifies around these three topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Babcock
Wisconsin
Overstreet
Indiana
House
Senate
Gen. Grosvenor
Repubicans
Army Strength Reduced Under New General Order
By direction of the President Secretary Root issues a general order cutting the permanent army to 6,497 men, adjusting cavalry to 12 troops of 75 men, field artillery to 28 batteries of 120 and siege batteries of 160, infantry down to 29 880, and keeping coast artillery at 13 734. The War Department plans a three‑section force, with one third in the Philippines and two thirds in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Root
Artillery Corps
War Department
Philippines
United States
Hawaii
Alaska
Senator Quay Portrait by Chartrand Delivered from Paris
Washington May 31 The latest work by Theodore Chartrand a portrait of Senator Quay has arrived at his K Street residence from Paris where the artist completed the piece begun last winter The three quarter life size figure shows Quay with hands on an antique chair The portrait framed in antique gilt is a gift to Quays children from Henry Clay Frick of Pittsburg who requested the sittings Frick mirrors the Schwab gesture who commissioned Chartrand to paint Admiral Dewey and Mrs Dewey for presentation to them in Pittsburgh
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Theodore Chartrand
Senator Quay
K Street
Paris
Roosevelt
Henry Clay Frick
Pittsburg
Mr. Chartrand
Mr. Frick
Charles M. Schwab
M. Chartrand
Navy
Dewey
Manluff Hanged, Strapped for Dollar Theft in Wilmington
John Manluff a colored man who held up John E Price a white man on Market Street Bridge on Sunday morning last was punished at New Castle workhouse. He stood an hour in the pillory and was strapped to the whipping post for forty lashes. He must also serve two years in the workhouse for the theft of a silver dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
John Manluff
John E. Price
Market Street Bridge
New Castle Workhouse
Manluff
Submerged City Found Near Monte Alban in Mexico
Leopold Batres reports discoveries at Zapotean ruins in Oxaca state including an ancient submerged city on Monte Alban with extinct marine life traces and an Egyptian style obelisk at a tomb entrance. He will present a detailed government report. Monte Alban was previously studied by Prof. Holmes of the Smithsonian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Leopold Batres
National Monuments
Oxaca
Monte Alban
Egypt
Batres
Prof
Holmes
Smithsonian Institution of Washington
Crank Claims to Be Helen Gould's Husband Arrested
A man in Irvington last night claimed he was Helen Gould's husband James H. Anderson. He was brought before Judge Taylor and committed to White Plains for sanity examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarrytown
Helen Gould
Irvington
Taylor
White Plains
James H. Anderson
Li Hung Chang Funeral In Beijing Procession
Li Hung Chang’s funeral rites were conducted in Peking with officials attending. The body was taken to Tung-Chou for embarkation to Taku and then by steamer to Shanghai. Remains proceed to Nganhwei province for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Li Hung -Chang
Tung-Chou
Taku
Shanghai
Nganhwei
Glucose Plant Planned at Waukegan Illinois
A $3,000,000 glucose plant will be erected at Waukegan Illinois independent of Corn Products. A syndicate with $3,000,000 capitalization has raised funds to start construction. C M Warner former United States Sugar Refining Company of Waukegan president is said to lead the syndicate with E T Chapman and A H Kersting. Kersting previously worked with National Starch before its merger with Corn Products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Waukegan
Ill
Corn Products Company
A.H. Kersting
C. M. Warner
Sacuse
N. Y
United States Sugar Refining Company
E. Ti .Chapman
Kersting
National Starch Company
Gov Sayers Illness Raises Unease In Texas
Special to The Near York Times reports Governor Sayers has been bedridden with fever for two weeks in Austin Texas on May 31. Officials say his condition is not considered serious but no strong improvement is evident, causing concern among friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Sayers
Philippine Oriental Trading and Development Company formed
The Philippine Oriental Trading and Development Company with capital of 1,000,000 was incorporated in Trenton New Jersey. The firm is authorized to engage in general trading across the Philippine Islands China and other Oriental nations. Incorporators include John Partridge O A Lane E T Heald A B Hunt Robert B Todd D G Doubleday and L E Replogle all of Camden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Philippine Oriental Trading and Development Company
Capital
Philippine Islands
China
John Partridge
O. A. Lane
E. T. Heald
A. B. Hunt
Robert B. Todd
D. G. Doubleday
L. E. Replogle
Camden
Shingle Combination Proposed by New England Mills
Bangor Maine May 31 A group of leading New England hoard shingles manufacturers has formed a combination to raise market prices. They cite brisk demand and Western competition eroding profits to a narrow margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
New England
Alumni Dine Of Public School No 7 At St Denis Hotel
The George T Trimble and Alumni Associations of Old Public School No 7 held their annual dinner last night at the St Denis Hotel. About seventy five attendees gathered with L K Bingham presiding and J Frank Wright, the school principal, serving as treasurer. A parallel dinner occurred in San Francisco with telegrams of congratulations exchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Trimble
Old Public School
Republican Primary Arrangements Set by Committee
The Republican Executive Committee met at 1 Madison Avenue to plan the September primaries and designate primary election officers. The action was later approved by the Republican County Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Executive Committee
Madison Avenue
Republican County Committee
Capitol Restaurant Liquor Sellers Fined
Theodore L. Page and Warren J. Coffin were fined 300 dollars each in Police Court for selling liquor in Capitol restaurant wings. Both defendants appealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
W&shington
Theodore L. Page
Warren J. Coffin
Senate
House
Government designates fiscal agents for Hong Kong and Manila
The International Banking Corporation and the Guarantee Trust Company of New York were named by the President as the government fiscal agents at Hong Kong and Manila. Their bonds were refiled and approved today by the Solicitor of the Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Washington
International Banking Corporation
The
Guarantee Trust Company
New York
Hong Kong
Treasury
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Lopez
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Philippine Commission
Ameri
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Malvar
Trias
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Japan
Great Britain
Germany
American State Department
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Nebraska
Luna
Witnes
Militar
MacArthur
Gen
Gen. MacArthur
Mr. Patterson
Philippine Treasury Funds
United
New York Times
Philippine Province
Adjt
Senator Spooner
Jackies
Naval Station At
the United Service
L&t
H. C. Frick
Mexico
Crank
Miss Gould
Marie Antoinette Pompapours
W. 14Th St
Macy
Sallade & CO
Leroy
B. M. Levoy
East
Kansas
Lyndhurst
Anderson
Main Street
Li-Hung-Chang
Waukegan, Il
Gov. Sayers
Near York Times
New Philippine Menin Company
New Yorkimes
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