Interesting Collection Of Global News Briefs From The Wire
A condensed set of items covers a census bill, Hobson to Manila, Dawson migrants, a San Francisco murder linked to La Mafia, Spanish rights on Cuba and Porto Rico, relief ships to Manila, the Infanta Maria Teresa inquiry, a West Superior cave-in, emergency funds allocations, Kentucky tobacco growers against a trust, General Miles army reforms, a Bay State ammonia disaster, a Havana Maine memorial proposal, flag desecration laws, Astoria drowning, and war funding balances.
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Infanta Maria Teresa
Lehigh Coal & Coke Company
West Superior
Wis
John Malowski
National Defense
Navy Department
War Department
State Department
London
Commission
Paris
Lexington
Miles
Marine Hospital
Bay State
Brooklyn
New York Bay
Robert Twiss
Hale
Senate
Secretary of the Navy
Havana
Maine
Congress
American Flag Association
Alex Hanson
Astoria
Brooklyn Fire Kills Three In Flat Tragedy
In Brooklyn a deadly blaze claimed three lives in a residential flat. The incident adds to a grim tally of Sunday fatalities across Greater New York, with other far reaching reports including disaster at Wardeer Idaho and ongoing international tensions.
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Greater
New York
Spain protests US actions and treaty terms in Cuba and Philippines
Madrid reports the Spanish government fully approves Senor Montero Rios memorandum protesting US refusal to surrender Cuban and Porto Rican securities, the Philippines ultimatum, Spaniards in Cuba, and McKinley’s Maine reference. It notes arbitration offers rejected, treaty details emerging, and calls for courtesy to the US Senate.
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Madrid
United States
Senor Montero Rios
Paris
Treasuries
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Maine
McKinley
Congress
Spain
el Imparcial
el Liberal
United States Commission
Frye
United States Senate
Shipwreck survivor tale and troop movements reported
The dispatch notes a ninth survivor from a wreck near Portland washing ashore at Chat hua, Mase. It mentions Special Tari? Commissioner Robert Porter sailing from Cuba to the United States after completing duties. It also states five hundred and fifty men of the New York regiment arriving in San Francisco from Honolulu to be mustered out.
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Robert Porter
Cuba
United States
New York Regiment
San Francisco
Hononlulu
Insurgent Attacks on Iloilo Reported in December Skirmishes
A Spanish dispatch from Manila on December 18 says Iloilo was attacked the night of December 1 and most Spanish trenches fallen except one. Rios planned a defense with reinforcements and gunboats while Tulisanos troops looted in disobedience. A December 6 report claimed the insurgents were repulsed with heavy losses around Iloilo at the last entrenchment.
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Manila
Iloilo
Panay
Visayas
Rios
Isla de Luzon
Deaths in Otis command at Manila
Major General Otis reports deaths in his Manila command on December 8 and earlier dates. Fred J. Norton and Frank M. Sibbs of the Second Oregon died of dysentery and heart failure, while Harry G. Hibbards of the Second Oregon died of typhoid fever.
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Washington
Otis
Manila
Fred J. Norton
Comany IF
Oregon
Frank M. Sibbs
Harry G. Hibbards
Death of Garcia the Cuban Patriot in Washington
General Calixto Garcia veteran Cuban fighter and head of the Cuban commission to visit the U S died in Washington at the Hotel Raleigh after pneumonia from a cold and exposure. He was born October 14 1839 in Coguin Santiago de Cuba and was about 60.
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Washington
Calixto Garcia
Raleigh
Commmission
Cuba
New York
General Garcia
General Miles
Father Magee
St. Patrick’s Church
Garcia
Rubens
Miles
Sixth Artillery
Cox
Santiago de Cuba
Cogquin
Bryan's Resignation Rumor In Seventh Army Corps
General Keifer confirms Colonel W J Bryan plans to resign command of the Seventh Army Corps. Lee and Keifer urged Bryan to go to Cuba but failed. Lieutenant Colonel Vitquain to succeed Bryan upon resignation. he received the Order of the Double Dragon from China for services to Chinese residents of Colombia. Vitquain is Brussels academy graduate and Civil War veteran.
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Savannah
Dee
Keifer
Seventh Army Corps
Lee
W. J. Bryan
Kiefer
Bryan
Cuba
Vifquain
Nebraska Regiment
Washington
Republic of
Colombia
United States Conenl
Panama
Vitquain
Royal Military Academy of
Brussels
Belgium
Abraham Lincoln
General Lee Sails to Cuba and Sets Havana HQ
General Lee and staff sailed from Savannah on the transport Panama toward Cuba. The Panama will land at Mariana where Lee will establish headquarters on a camp site chosen by Colonel Hecker for the Seventh corps, remaining until entering Havana on January 1. Iglesias relative arrested in New York over a Costa Rica railroad profits scheme. Carl Decker, famed forger, sentenced to seven years in San Quentin for defrauding a Nevada bank with a raised check.
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United States
Calis
Triscoria
Regla
Cuba
Savannah
Dee
Hecker
Seventh Corps
Havana
Iglesias
New York
Wam
P. Lynn
Costa Rica
Lie
F. S Lusk
Lusk
Wyo
Carl Decker
San Francisco
the Prince of Forgers
San Quentin
Nevada Bank
Officials Seek Release of Spanish Prisoners in Philippines
Washington reports from December 12 note Admiral Dewey and General Otis cite improving conditions in Manila and surrounding islands. The United States aims to honor the Paris Treaty by securing release of about 600 clerical prisoners and 15,000 Spanish soldiers held by Philippine factions, with decisions to be settled by Paris peace commissioners.
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Washington
Navy Department
Dewey
Manila
Philippines
Otto
United States
Paris
Otis
Wildman
Luzon
Admiral Dewey
Spain
Troops for Manila and New York to Manila Route
A Washington dispatch reports the next Manila expedition will sail from New York at month end, crossing the Suez. Three regular regiments, with two ocean transports and possible warship convoy, will be sent via the Mediterranean to hasten garrisoning in the Philippines.
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Atlantic
Oecan
Pacific
New York
Tribune
Washington
Manila
Suez Canal
Corbin
State
Navy Department
War Department
San Francisco
Philippines
Spain
Pacific Ocean
New York State
Mediterranean
Hawaii
Suez
Honolulu
Cape of Good Hope
Straits of Magellan
Samoa
Spanish steamer Buenos Ayres arrives with repatriated troops
The Spanish steamer Buenos Ayres from Manila on November 8 brought home repatriated Spanish troops to Barcelona. The voyage saw 60 deaths aboard the vessel.
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Barcelona
Buenos Ayres
Manila
England Will Consent to Clayton Bulwer Treaty Modification
The Herald from Washington reports President McKinley supports negotiating to modify the Clayton Bulwer treaty to allow the United States to construct and control a Nicaragua canal. If the Morgan bill fails, talks with Nicaragua and Costa Rica may begin under US auspices. British officials reportedly expect to consent to a reasonable modification to enable US canal control.
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New York
Heralds
Washington
McKinley
Great Britain
Nicaragua Canal
United States
Congress
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Juhan Paunecefote
State Department
Watterson for Expansion: Patria Club Hears Expansion View
In New York on December 12 the Patria Club hosted Col Henry Watterson of Louisville who argued for national expansion. He warned against anti expansionist critique and urged U S growth to find new markets noting the Philippines distance and America’s growing power.
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New York
Patria Club
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Watterson
United States
England
America
Dewey
Philippine Islands
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Washington
California
Severe Wind Storm Hits Pacific Coast Ports
A coastal storm raged from the northern border to Texas with gusts up to 96 mph at Point Reyes and 45 mph in San Francisco. Despite fast winds, shipping damage was modest, with $10,000 cited for towing and salvage. A world voyage could now be completed in 50 days.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Weather Bureau
Texas
Pacific
Nebraska
Point Reyes
Peace treaty completed as US and Spain settle terms
Paris December 10 The United States and Spanish peace commissions conclude work on the treaty ending the war after 11 weeks of talks. Spaniards bitter over outcome deny selling Philippine or Caroline assets, while Americans seek a careful final signing and engrossing of the document under Moore and Ojeda.
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Paris
United States
Moore
Senor Ojeda
Senor Montero Rios
Spain
Philippines
America
England
Germany
Carolines
Washington
Madrid
Maine
McKinley
Rios
France
Rica
Caroline Islands
Double murder at Missouri City church scares town
In Missouri City Missouri on December 10 a tragedy occurred at a country church two miles from town. Miss Della Clevenger was mortally wounded and her escort George Allen was killed. Ernest Clevenger, cousin to Della, is named as the attacker driven by jealous insanity.
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D. Hi. Howard
New Mexico
Gilett
Kansas
Howard
British Columbia
Capa Town
South Africa
Victoria
Africa
Sam Smith
Eldorado
Kan
Belford
Smith
Tom Wind
Wind
Guilky
Congress
Spain
McKinley
Missouri City
Dee
Della Clevenger
George Allen
Ernest Clevenger
Clevenger
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Hobson
Manilla
Rosalie
Lynn Canal
Dawson
Francisco de Franchi
Antonio Rosso
la Mafia
House
Naval Establishment
Navy
Wardeer
Idaho
Uncle Sam
von Holleben
28Th Ward
Charles W. Miller
Chicago
Madison Square Garden
Paris Appeal Court
Massachusetts
Diamond Reef
Castle William
Governor'’s Island
N. Y
Alaska
Charles Watson
Jobn McCubin
John Halpin
White Pass & Yukon
Pottery Trust
New Jersey
Roumania
North Carolina
Paria Court of Cassation
Montana
Count von Goetzen
Rough Riders
James F. Wade
United States Evacuation Committee
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Bartley
Naval Affairs Committee
Arrowsmith
Ae Bank of Taylor & McClure
Newport News
Henry Refitt
Kentucky
Henry C. Brehm
Bertin
Sewe Prene
Portland
Chathua
Mase
Loilo
Losa
Mrs Stair
O'S
Baldwin
Baldwin Hotel
Debria
Market Street
Benjamin Wetherby
Wetherbye
Portland, Or
Massachuetts
Mants
Russia
Shanghai
John Barrett
Siam
Peking
China
Manchuria
New Chwang
Barrett
Asia
Wilmington
Del
Dupont Powder Works
Robert Moellheny
John Wright
John Moore
Michael McCann
John Mathin
Samuel Stewart
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