Affairs in the Philippines Reported by War Department
Washington dispatches summarize Lt Colonel Crowder and other bureau heads on Philippine civil affairs. Topics include currency stability, Mexican silver, customs duties, immigration law extensions, labor contracts, Chinese migration, land cultivation, and lack of land tax. Judicial reforms, habeas corpus gains, mining law changes, and Negros governance show progress and caution for future policy.
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Washington
War Department
MacArthur
Philippine Islands
Crowder
39Th Infantry
Treasury Department
Philippines
United States
Customs Service
Spain
Judicial Department
Burritt
Negros
Filipino Autonomists Form Party in Manila Meeting
The Autonomy party was launched in Manila with nearly all loyal Filipino leaders present. A 25 member council and an Executive Committee were elected, and the principles declaration endorsed by 123 attendees. Senior Paterno signed the platform amid questions on the party’s government. Meantime, U S troopers under 9th Cavalry clashed near Guinobatan Albay. 45 insurgents dead and many wounded, with one sergeant wounded. rebel losses reported as heavy.
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Manila
Autonomy Party
Paterno
Luzon
9Th United States Cavalry
Guinobatan
Albay
Recruits Depart Fort Slocum for Manila Voyage
Two hundred infantry cavalry and light artillery recruits left Fort Slocum on Saturday bound for San Francisco to board ships for Manila. They are under Lieutenants Chamberlain Walten Abel and will join their regiments in the Philippines to replace volunteers serving there.
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Fort Slocum
San Francisco
Manila
Chamberlain
Walten@ Abel
Philippines
Archipelago
Burnz in tears as murder trial stalled at White Plains
Edgar C. Burnz is believed near collapse awaiting his murder trial for Herbert B. Fellows. He sobbed in his cell and cried in his sleep after a county fall at White Plains. He writes to Mrs. Katherine Hurlin who fainted on the witness stand, and to former jail companions Thomas Jackson and Charles Wood.
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Edgar C. Burnz
Herbert B. Fellows
White Plains
Burns
Katharine Hurlin
Thomas Jackson
Charles Wood
Prisoner’s Long Island Sound assault sentence noted
A man sentenced to twenty years at Sing Sing for assault and robbery on Long Island Sound learns of prison life from a companion. He asks about life behind bars and receives letters describing it as a tough deal. Deputy Moore reports two knives and a razor found in Burnz’s cell. Guards say the prisoner is disturbed nightly by visions of his victim and cries out in his sleep that the cell is haunted.
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Sing Sing
Long Island Sound
Moore
Burnz
Prices for Two Decades in World Markets
Washington reports Sauerbeck's Royal Statistical Society study comparing 1899 price levels to 1867-77 base across 45 commodities in six groups. It notes overall index 68 in 1899, advances vs 1898, and various highs and lows in foods, minerals, textiles, and metals with detailed yearbyyear points and explanations of movements.
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Washington
London
A. Sauerbeck
Royal Statistical Society
England
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Sauerbeck
Brazil
Manila
Europe
America
Gardner Wins Crescent Club Billiards Championship
Frank C. Gardner defeated Frank A. Keeney by 212 to 171 to win the Crescent Athletic Club billiard championship. Keeney was the former champion. A new amateur tournament is planned at Knickerbocker Club with notable players and a future Class A challenge to Wilson Foss. officials expect the event to relocate away from New York in coming years.
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Frank C. Gardner
Crescent Athletic Club
Gardner
Frank A. Keeney
Keeney
Knickerbocker Athletic Club
Dr. Ranney
Knickerbocker Billiard Committee
Charles Threshie
Boston
Albert G. Cutler
Charles G. Schmidt
Charles §. Norris
Chicago Athletic Club
John A. Hendricks
L. Ly Mael
New York
M. Smith
St. Louis
Charles Conklin
Chicago
Wilson P. Foss
Entries at New Orleans Race Track Today
The program lists five races with multiple contenders led by Beverage Lovable Rodd and Phidias Reducer Island Prince in the first race, and Ronde Pirate Queen Red Signal Brambie Bush Elsie Del in the second, Kiss Quick Ortrud Maggie Quaver Diges in the third, Zack Pheps Althea Beana Annoy Pace ene Alex in the fourth, and Pillardist Fluke Loyaletta Mardelino in the fifth. Also: St. Louis officials oppose Turf Congress rules restricting racing before June 10 and may bolt if action isn’t reconsidered.
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Domadge
Little Boy Blue
Castine
Spurs
Governor Boyd
Phidias
Elsmore
Alvin W
Matchim
Eitholin
Ronde
Pirate Queen
Red Signal
Brambie Bush
Elsie del
Belle Oier
Beau
St. Bluff
Phosphorus
Shoster
Merriman
Henry Clay Rye
Annoy
Paceene
St. Louis
Robert Aull
St. Louis Fair Association
Memphis
Turf Congress
Congress
New Flushing Boat Clubhouse Planned at Point Ruth
Plans call for a new clubhouse for the Flushing Boat Club to be built on club property at Point Ruth College Point Long Island. Work is expected to start early next spring on the replacement for the old facility.
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Flushing Boat Club
Point Ruth
College Point
Long Island
Racing and basketball events listed in today’s programme
Crescent City Jockey Club in New Orleans and Pacific Coast Jockey Club at Tanforan California host racing today. University of Pennsylvania faces Young Men’s Christian Association in Catskill in basketball action.
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Crescent City Jockey Club
New Orleans
Pacific Coast Jockey Club
Tanforan
Cal
University of Pennsylvania
Young Men’s Christian Association
Catskill
Golf holiday matches draw golfers to Nassau area links
Golfers gather in conspicuous numbers tomorrow at Lakewood Dyker Meadow Nassau and Richmond County clubs for members tournaments. Christmas Day brings informal matches at Harbor Hill with many leading links in use for holiday play.
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Lakewood
Dyker Meadow
Nassau
Richmond County
Harbor Hill
Absence to Scotland Delays Briefing and Park Skating Hub
The note states an absence to Scotland begins in early January. In Van Cortlandt Park a skate and golf house under construction will be two stories and 120 by 30 feet. The lower floor includes an assembly room, curlers' room, coat room and a women’s dressing room with seats around the space and a skate storage end. the upper floor houses men and women dressing and locker rooms.
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van Cortlandt Park
Foggy Speedway Brings Brush Finishes and Fast Races
A morning fog shaded the Speedway as trotters and crowds watched brushes decide the finishes. Horses like Richard B., Miss Gaddis, and Oscar clashed in tight sprints on worn footing, with Lily Glenn and Hazel among late-brush entrants. West Wilkes, J R Eckerson, and others posted sharp times as drivers and owners saw brisk, uneven action across multiple heats.
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Washington Bridge
Speedway
Alice Barnes
Monk
North End
Charles C
Richard B
J. R. Eckerson
Miss Gaddis
Miss Overton
J. C.baisley
Hazel
West Wilkes
Luke A. Burke
Benjamin Zahn
Lily Glenn
Winter golf scene shifts south as season opens
The article reviews winter golf and skating venues from Van Cortlandt Park to Lakewood and Fox Hills and notes top clubs like Palmetto in Aiken and Yountakah Nutley. It lists professional arrivals to Florida courses, winter greens efforts at Newark Athletic, Ardsley, Dyker Meadow, and Baltusko, plus seasonal rivalries and notable horse racing results highlighting Salient’s victory and Red Lawn’s dramatic episode.
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Baltusrol
Fox Hills
Long Island
California
Lakewood Country Club
Golf Club of
Lakewood
Atlantic City
Northfield
N. J
Florida
C. B. Cory
Boston
Willie” Wier
Morris County
Hag
Pinehurst Links
Alexander Findlay
Florida East Coast Golf Club
George Low
Miami
Lawrence Auchterlonies
Belleair
Fla
James Foulis
Tampa
J. M. Watson
Winter Park
Florida West Coast
Newark Athletic Club
Ardsley
Dyker Meadow
Baltusto
Staten Island
Harbor Hill
Richmond County
Yountakah Country Club
Nutley
A. H. Larkin
John Hobens
Larkin
Women’s Metropolitan Golf Association
Beatrix Hoyt to Withdraw from Executive Committee
In a close of an unusually successful infant league year Miss Beatrix Hoyt will withdraw from the Executive Committee while other officers remain. Nominations include Mrs. W Fellowes Morgan as president, Mrs. William Shippen as vice president, Miss Ruth Underhill as secretary, and Mrs. A De Witt Cochrane as treasurer. Miss Mabel Park of Richmond County may join the committee.
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Beatrix Hoyt
W. Fellowes Morgan
William Shippen
Ruth Underhill
A. de Witt Cochrane
Mabel Park
Richmond County
Nassau
Genevieve Hecker
Wee Burn
League
Miss Hecker
Miss Underhill
Miss Griscom
Rice Park, Jr
Her Meadow
Fox Hills
James
Crescent Athletic Club
College teams schedule basketball games this holiday season
The University of Pennsylvania plans a Brooklyn game against Pratt Institute next Thursday with a likely lineup of Bennett Sausch Darragh Wilkinson Evans Raine Miskey and Baillie. They will also face several YMCA clubs and regional teams on December 24 through December 29. Yale unveils a Western trip roster led by Clark Hyatt Colton Rogers Lockwood French Hall and Hetrick with a packed schedule from December 21 to January 26 across Catskill Elmira Fond du Lac Chicago Canton Cleveland New Haven and Hanover.
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University of Pennsylvania
Brooklyn
Pratt Institute
Bennett
Sausch
Darragh
Wilkinson
Evans
Raine
Miskey
Baillie
New York
Catsit Young Men’s Christian Association
Catskill
Yonkers
Young Men’s Christian Association
Yale University
G. M. Clark
R. B. Hyatt
H. B. Colton
C. E. Rogers
C. D. Lockwood
M. A. French
L. B. Hall
H. S. Hetrick
Elmira Athleticlub
Elmira
Fond du Lac
Wis
Dearborn Athletic Club
Chicago
Canton Athletic Club
Canton
Ohio
Jane Hiram College
Cleveland
Ohio State University
Columbus
Harvard
New Haven
Dartmouth
Hanover
N. 1
Starr Club Cross Country Runner Wins Handicap Race
T J Kennedy, a member of the Starr Athletic Club of Long Island City, won the handicap cross country run on the eight mile Long Island course. He also claimed the novice prize with an actual time of 1 01 44 after a 6 15 handicap. Clubmates C E Houghton T J Kelly and H McEvoy finished close behind. Xavier Athletic Club’s Cc L Brady won the last time prize in 5 7 18 with about twenty five runners starting.
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T. J. Kennedy
Star Athletic Club
Long Island City
Long Island
Kennedy
C. E. Houghton
T. J. Kelly
H. McEvoy
Cc. L. Brady
Xavier Athletic Club
Christmas Skating Contest in Verona Lake
Verona Lake New Jersey hosts a Christmas skating meet on December 23 at 2 pm with more than fifty amateur speed skaters. The one mile handicap lists thirty contestants with eight scratch entrants, led by Harry MacDonald Le Roy Lee Frank Letts and George Thomas. Samuel Montgomery will referee the event for the National Skating Association.
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Verona Lake
Montclair
N. J
Harry MacDonald
Chamion
Montreal
le Roy Lee
Newark
Frank Letts
New Jersey
George Thomas
Money for a Handball Court in Montclair
Montclair Athletic Club members received a $300 offer from an unknown donor to build another handball court to meet rising demand. The gift was announced December 23 in Montclair New Jersey.
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Montclair, N. J
Montclair Athletic Club
Sharpshooters Qualify After Seventh Regiment Rifle Club Matches
Two matches at the armory Saturday night by the Seventh Regiment Rifle Club tested sharpshooters. Scores and standings from the event are reported, highlighting top shooters and overall performance.
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7Th Regiment Rifle Club
The Automobile Society first Long Island run in Brooklyn
The Long Island Automobile club held its first pleasure run yesterday starting shortly after 10 am from No State St Brooklyn ending at Crescent Athletic Club after a sixteen mile circuit. Members including Louis R Adams president and Charles W Spurr Jr participated and the group dined at Crescent Athletic Club. The club recently moved into quarters at 2 State St with space for meetings and housing of automobiles.
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No. State St
Brooklyn
Crescent Athletic Club
Cent Athletic Club
State St
Louis R. Adams
G. Webb
Charles W. Spurr, Jr
Arthur A.ton
I. W. Michel
Charlies Rockliff
C. J
Movement to remove gasolene restriction on ferryboat freight
The Automobile Club of America sparked a campaign to repeal a rule banning gasolene on ferryboat freight. On Friday, George F. Chamberlin and James C. Church announced a bill to amend Section 4472 of the Statutes and make gasolene freight legal on ferries.
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Automobile Club of America
George F. Chamberlin
James C. Church
Committee On Laws and Ordinances
Organization
Congress
James GQ
Church of the Laws and Ordinance Committes of
Bill Aims to Clarify Freight Definition for Automobiles
A proposed bill argues the current statute misdefines freight on ferries. It notes that automobiles on ferries should be treated differently from loose hay carried in wagons. The measure seeks to amend Section 4,472 of the Revised Statutes, prepared by Chamberlin and Charch.
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Messrs. Chamberlin and Charch
Trap shooters on Long Island showdown at three cup event
Trap shooters on Long Island face a busy day with Carteret Gun Club hosting a three cup competition and multiple stakes and miss and out contests. Utrecht Rod and Gun Club plans an all shoot at Interstate Park while Aqueduct Gun Club also runs clay bird events.
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Long Island
Carteret Gun Club
Utrecht
Interstate Park
Aqueduct Gun Club
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A. B. Gwathmey
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Red Lawn
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Moth Miller
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Teto
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Dr. Randell
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Starr Club
W. C. Metaster
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