Friars in Philippines Seen as Span ish Foundation of Rule
Taft Commission background on friars in the Philippines outlines how the friars formed the political base of Spanish sovereignty. It notes large landholdings, permanent parish control, and deep hostility to friars after revolutions, raising questions about their return to parishes under American rule.
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Washington
Philippines
Taft Commission
Congress
Taft
United States
St. Dominic
St. Augustine
St. Francis
Recolletos
Spain
Franciscans
Manila
Philipines
Cavité
Luzon
Laguna
Bulacan
Morong
Province of
Bataan
Cagaran
Province of Luzon
Island of Cebu
Island of
Mindoro
Rizal
Biacnabato
Thesects
Thenited
Cocaine in Surgery Sparks Debate Over Anesthesia
Dr James Leonard Corning, credited with spinal anesthesia, advances cocaine use in surgery while peers offer cautious support. Reports note rising adoption in Germany and by surgeons in Chicago New Orleans and the West South, with no confirmed global fatalities yet. Critics doubt it will replace ether or chloroform and cite limited field, especially in general anesthesia.
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James Leonard Corning
West Thirtyeighth St
Tribune
Germany
George F. Shrady
Murphy
Chicago
Mattas
New Orleans
West
South
Corning
Kerr's father ailing amid Bosschieter case trials
Hugh Kerr father of George J. Kerr now in county jail on murder charges in Paterson New Jersey is gravely ill with typhoid pneumonia and doctors say recovery is unlikely. The family says the trial of McAlister Death and Campbell and the strain on the elder Kerr hastened his decline. He is seventy, wealthy, and long a Paterson resident. his son a prominent lawyer and judge.
New State Prison Urged for Peekskill Site
Albany Jan 27 Special The New York Prison Association's call to condemn Sing Sing gains traction as State Superintendent Cornelius V Collins backs tearing down the aging prison and moving inmates to a new modern complex. He urges consolidating Sing Sing Auburn and Dannemora, with Peekskill training ground as the proposed site, and promises a comprehensive report this week. Diseases at Sing Sing prompt calls for sanitary, ventilated facilities and centralized administration.
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Albany
New York Prison Association
Sing Sing Prison
Tribune
State Superintendent of Prisons
State Board of Health
Cornelius V. Collins
Auburn
Sing Sing
Peekskill
City of
New York
Daniel Lewis
Lewis
Collins
Dr. Lewis
Croton
Sing Line
Grateful patient to donate X ray unit to medical school
A woman patient of a University and Bellevue Hospital Medical School surgeon plans to give an X ray machine worth 1500 dollars to the school. She asked for anonymity and also sent a 150 dollar check for new surgical instruments. Dr Egbert Le Fevre confirmed the gift and noted no name would be released.
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University and
Bellevue Hospital Medical School
Egbert le Fevre
A Dream of Empire A Trolley Express Line to Boston
Bridgeport reports within two weeks there will be steps in the General Assembly to promote a vast electric railway plan linking New York and Boston. The scheme pits electric trolley lines against steam roads, with consolidation moves by the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company and allied syndicates against the Consolidated road, amid legal and statutory maneuvers to include electric roads under railroad law.
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Bridgeport
Conn
General Assembly
New-York State
New York
Boston
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company
Elkins-Widener-Whitney Syndicate
Connecticut Lighting and Power Company
New Haven County
New York City
Massachusetts
Stamford
Meriden
Electric Syndicate
New- York
New Haven
Hartford
Steam Road
Consolidated Road
Connecticut
Fall River
Stonington
New London
Providence
Norwich
United States
Massachusetts State Line
Electric
Connecticut Railway and Lighting
Matawan Fire Terror Strikes New Jersey Town
Incendiaries set multiple fires in Matawan New Jersey destroying the business block including the opera house and several dwellings. Women prayed in the streets as armed men patrolled to deter further arson while fire units from nearby Keyport aided the blaze raged from 1 a.m. through dawn causing extensive losses and fear of further attacks.
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Matawan
N. J
Mary Mays
Rulis Crawford
Batterias Tice
Crawford
Keyport
J. N. Maning
Bissell
Thomas M. Autisell
Broadst
Rens W. Dayton
Main St
Charles Smith
Potter Defends China in Mission Sermon
New Haven Jan 27 Bishop Potter of New York defended China in a St Pauls Church sermon on missions. He blamed Christian traders and travelers for the Chinese troubles, exonerated missionaries, urged better conduct by Christians abroad, and called for converting Christians before spreading faith in China.
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New Haven, Conn
Potter
New-York
China
St. Paul's Church
Free Speech Not Shut Off at Stanford
A Stanford alumni committee finished its inquiry into the dismissal of Dr. Edward Ross, head of the social science department, last November. The report concludes Mrs. Stanford’s request for his firing did not infringe on free speech rights.
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Stanford
San Francisco
Leland Stanford University
Edward Ross
Department of Social Science
Gales Still Rage Over the Channel
Dispatches from the Northern Coast report a heavy gale over the Channel yesterday causing the loss of several small boats. Strong winds disrupted shipping and coastal activity along the passage.
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Paris
Channel
Inauguration of Florida and Atlanta Fast Mail
The Seaboard Air Line Railway launches a fast East to Atlanta and Florida schedule starting January 26. The Florida and Metropolitan Limited departs from Twenty Third Street and Cortlandt Street while the Florida and Atlanta Fast Mail runs nightly with connections to Cuba Nassau Jacksonville Savannah Camden Columbia and Atlanta. Through Pullman sleeping cars New York to Jacksonville and New York to Atlanta offer convenient transfers to New Orleans and Nashville.
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Florida
Atlanta
Seaboard Air Line Railway
St. Ferry
Pennsylvania Railroad
Desbrosses and Cortlandt Sts
Southern Pines
N. C
Camden
8. C
Columbia
Savannah
Jacksonville
Fla
Cuba
Nassau
New York
New Orleans
Nashville
Tenn
Twen St
Destreene
Offica
London Churches Prepare for Saturday Pageant Mourning Signs
London observers report varied mourning for Queen Victoria with no nationwide memorial rite. Churches and cathedrals display black drapery and solemn music while Catholic and nonconformist services follow local prerogatives. Monuments and public holiday ideas gain traction as royal pageantry plans unfold under King Edward's supervision.
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Victoria
London
India
Edward
Royal funeral service for Queen Victoria held at Whippingham
King Edward and Queen Alexandra attended a memorial service at Whippingham Church with an unsurpliced choir of school children. The Bishop of Winchester preached a panegyric on Victoria. The body to travel by Alberta with royal escort, burial plans and music preferences noted.
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Lord Roberts
Willitam St. John Brodrick
Whippingham
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Osborne
Walter Parratt
St. George’s Chapel Royal
Windsor
Winchester
Victoria
William
Queen Victoria
Alberta
Hohenzollern
Lendom
Chopin
Mendelssohn
Saul
Crowds Fill St Pauls In Victoria Day Remembrance
In London on Victoria Day crowds gathered at St Pauls Cathedral to honor Queen Victoria. By nine in the morning attendants in black flooded toward the cathedral and by ten it was filled with worshippers in mourning attire.
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London
Queen Victoria
St. Paul's Cathedral
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ING
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