Various Global Items Reach U.S. Hearings and Diplomatic Notes
The Panama Canal Company faced a house commerce hearing as part of a broader isthmian canal inquiry. Italy’s King Humbert granted amnesty or reduced penalties for spring rioters, freeing about 700 sentenced by court martial and 2,000 by civil courts. The Interior Secretary advised the Senate on moving Northern Cheyenne from Montana to Crow lands, urging retention of the Cheyennes and policy improvements.
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Panama Canal Company
House Committee On Commerce
King Humbert
Italy
Secretary of the Interior
Senate
Montana
Crow
Infanta Eulalie in England and Navy Posts Rise
The Infanta Eulalie visits England while the president nominates Eilmon D Wiggin of Washington DC to the land office at Weare Alaska. Other items note naval and colonial developments, a yacht loss, and various political moves in the United States and abroad.
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Eilmon D. Wiggin
Washington, D. C
Register of the Land
Weare
Alaska
Polygamy Law Strictly Enforced in Utah
President Snow of the Mormon church pledges strict obedience to the anti polygamy law in Utah. Miller Electric Construction of Pittsburg introduces a new Niagara Falls power utilization plan. Six convicts from King's County Penitentiary in New York, driven mad by idleness, are moved to asylums for the criminal insane.
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Snow
Utah
Miller Electric Construction Company
Pittsburg
Niagara Falls
King's County
New York
Americans Confront Philippine Resistance Over Treaty Dispute
President Lopez of the Visayan federation protests McKinley’s proclamation claiming the revolutionary government antedates the Paris treaty by over two years He refuses to recognize American authority and blocks disembarking troops without Malolos orders General Miller reports American forces landed on Guimaras island near Iloilo to relieve crowded transports Otis confirms the landing and notes the risk of signifying a Filipino victory if troops were kept aboard.
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Manila
Lopez
Visayan Federation
McKinley
Malolos
Miller
New York
Washington
Guimaras Island
Iloilo
General Otis
War Department
Otis
Io Ilo
Luzon
Ilo Ho
Revenue Cutter Alma Aground Off Padre Island
The revenue cutter Alma ran ashore on Padre Island near Corpus Christi Texas during a storm. All hands escaped to land and two officers were rescued by a passing craft later the shipyard at Corpus Paso. A search vessel was sent to locate remaining passengers.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
United States Revenue
Alma
Padre Island
Here
James A. McEnery
Treasury
District of Texas
Bedford Sharp
San Antonio
United States District Attorney
Corpus Paso
Dynamite Attempt at Towle Residence
A morning blast attempt occurred at the Omaha Packing Company manager F B Towles home in South Omaha about 9 o clock. A passer by extinguished a fuse attached to six sticks of dynamite found on the porch. In Milwaukee the Granite Ware trust formed with National Enameling and Stamping as the name and capital Details include 10 million preferred stock and 20 million common stock. Lasada Marti Burgos and J Lunaa
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South Omaha
F. B. Towle
Omaha Packing Company
Milwaukee
Wis
National Enameling & Stamping Company
Graniteware Trust
Kieckheifer Company
New Jersey
Aguinaldo
St. Louis
Lasada Marti Burgos
J. Lunaa
Philippine Islands
Washington
Sam
Canal Bill Passes Senate Amid Broad Debate
The Nicaragua canal measure known as the Morgan bill passed the Senate 48 to 66 with six votes against. An important amendment authorizes the president to seek another canal route if concessions from Nicaragua and Costa Rica fail, and to modify treaties to secure construction and control. No payments to Maritime Canal Company stockholders unless the president keeps the canal under the granted concessions.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Senate
Costa Rica
United States
Pacific
Maritime Canal Company
Sail Company
Gloom in Port Townsend as hospitals fill and aid sought
Port Townsend reports a rising sickness rate with six hospitals full. Police fund aid totaling 30000 dollars leaves only 4000 on hand. A memorial to Washington is planned along with a meeting to decide relief. Estimated monthly indigent patient care costs reach 9000 dollars. Deaths rise this winter amid scattered stampedes by disappointed goldseekers. Washington moves to a gold dollar standard replacing greenbacks.
Archbishop Ireland Wins Land Title Dispute in Minnesota
The interior secretary upholds a land office decision in the Ireland case. The first rail contract in 1880 keeps land from Ireland, while the 1883 second contract makes him purchaser for the lands it covers. The ruling affects the $8 178 acres involved. A separate report notes the murder of Spanish officials on Labaun Island in British Borneo.
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Archbishop Ireland
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Commissioner-General
Land Office
Minnesota
St. Paul
Ireland
Omecera
Labaun
British Borneo
Palawan
Philippine Archipelago
Miner Dies In Premature Blast At May Queen Mine
Baker City Oregon January 24 47 year old W Jobneon formerly of Indiana was killed instantly by a premature giant powder blast at the May Queen mine near Rei Boy. He left a wife two brothers and other relatives in Indiana. Memorial Tablet to Bagley unveiled at Naval Academy Chapel Annapolis in memory of Ensign Worth Bagley killed aboard the Winslow off Cardennn. London January 24 The Clayton Bulwer treaty editorialized as a weak document and ill timed to demand unconditional observance from the American administration.
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Baker City
W. Jobneon
Rei Boy
Jobneon
Indiana
Bagley
Annapolis
Naval Academy Chapel
Worth Bagley
Cardennn
London
the Daily News
Lord Salisbury
Italian cruisers Elba and Etna bound for China
Rome January 24 reports the Trilane announces Italian cruisers Elba and Etna will soon sail to China. Rumor of government plan to seize a Chinese port is considered premature.
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Rome
The
London Times
Italy
China
Kore
Trilane
Elba
Etna
Rear Admiral Schley Honored With Jeweled Sword
In New York on January 25 Carnegie Music Hall hosted Rear Admiral Schley as Royal Arcanum members presented him a jeweled sword. About 4000 people attended the ceremony. In Savannah on January 24 a transport Manitoba carried six Seventh Cavalry troops to Havana from Macon.
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New York
Schley
Royal Arcanum
Carnegie Music Hall
Cuba
Savannah
United States
Manitoba
Havana
Seventh Cavalry
Macon
Beef preservation under chemical in meat supply probe
Major W H Daly, chief surgeon with General Miles, testified before the war investigations committee condemning beef sent to expeditionary forces. He described experiments at Tampa with moist storage and a chemical preservative mix including borax and salicylic acid, noting flies avoided the meat and warning of safety concerns and bad taste.
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Washington
W. H. Daly
Miles
Tampa
Porto Ico
War Investigation Committee
Daly
Rocky Mountains
Samoa Crisis Deepens As Tanus Crown Declared
News from Samoa reports Chief Justice Chambers nullified Mataafa’s election and named Malietoa Tanus as king while consuls recognized Mataafa’s provisional government. The trio, including Tanus and Tamasese, boarded a British ship. authorities restored the court under protest. Washington notes slow official reports as the Navy prepares Philadelphia for potential action.
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Hamburg
Samoa
Chambers
Mataafa
Malietoa Tanus
Malietoa
Tamasese
Paul Jones Lost Part Found On Breton Island
Government steamer Panay reports wreckage from the naphtha launch Paul Jones on Breton island including part of the stern and a damaged yawl boat. No bodies were recovered. Passengers included Joseph Brinkham Margerie Woodland Florence Yocum and Colonel Harry Yo cum. Crew of three unnamed men were aboard.
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Mobile
Ala
Panay
Biloxi
Mina
Breton Island
Pagal Jones
Pansy
Maud
Paul Jones
Joseph Brinkham
Louisville
Margerie Woodland
Chicago
Harry OG. Yocum
St. Louis
Florence Yocum
Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity Verdict
Seattle jury finds Imdore Schoppa not guilty by reason of insanity in the Gow Hoyer murder case. In Washington a rivers and harbors panel omits $100,000 Coos Bay appropriation citing insufficient commerce to justify the spend.
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Seattle
Wash
Imdore Schoppa
Gow Hoyer
Coo Kay
Washington
Bank Burglary Snares City as Loot Estimated at Thousands
Burglars burglarized the local bank last night stealing between 4000 and 5000 dollars before fleeing. Arthur Til and Jan are noted as residents in the report.
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Arthur
Til
Jan
Lews
Oregon Legislature Action and Bills in Weeklong Session
The Oregon house moved through substantial business with many new measures introduced including renaming Ashland college to Southern Oregon State Normal school under state control with 15000 dollars yearly upkeep, a state library and traveling libraries funding, veteran tax relief from peddler rules, and a cigarette sale ban. A Dallas incorporation bill passed. In the senate, an adverse report on adding two supreme court judges was filed by Chairman Fulton while Mitchell dissented. Only Lake’s tax extension bill passed under suspension, and another bill to certify pension vouchers without charge was noted.
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Salem
Ashland College
Southern Oregon State Normal School
Dallas
Senate
Fulton
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Mitchell
Lake
Foster Leads in Washington Senate After Another Tie
In Olympia on January 21 five more senatorial ballots ended with Foster 28, Wilson 27, Lewis 24, Humes 21, Ankeny 7, as sickness left Foster one vote shy of 28. In the House, printing costs were to be cut. a witness-stand bill passed unanimously, while new bills covered opium sales, fishing restrictions, surety bonds, a Puyallup experiment station grant, hog free-commoner option, and fines for improper fish disposal. The judiciary reported it killed 30 of 81 bills referred. Separate note says Hawaii will extend anti-contract labor law amid post-annexation Japanese labor concerns.
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Sharkey
Robert Armstrong
Boston
London
Leland
Rome
Orleans
Joan D'Arc
Congo
Alaska
Seattle
Dawson
Richard Butler
Joe Barrett
Butler
Chauncey M. Depew
United States Senate
New York
Olympia
Wash
Foster
Wilson
Humes
Ankeny
Lewis
Committee On Printing and Supplies
Kingsbury
Puget Sound
Skagit Bay
Puyallup
Washington
Hawaii
House Committee On Labor
United States
Opposition to seating Utah Congressman-elect Roberts
In St Louis on January 23 members of the reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints opposed seating B H L Roberts of Utah over polygamy. A resolution urged district congressmen to work to prevent seating him. In another brief, Maj Gen Merriam relinquished command in California and Shafter assumed it. Also mentions Lake Huron Quakers arriving in quarantine and a proposed Seattle assay office funded by a $60,000 appropriation.
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Roberta
St. Louisa
Reorganized Church of Latter Day Sainte
St. Louia
B. H. L. Roberts
Utah
Halifax
Lake Huron
Canadian Northwest
St. Johns
N. B
Choate Favored for British Ambassadorship
Washington January 20 Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes to favorably report the nomination of Jos H Choate as ambassador to Great Britain.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations Today
Jos. H. Choate
Great Britain
Samoan Trouble Escalates as Forces Clash in Apia
Ma tanoa followers total about 5000 while Malietoa Tanus faction numbers 1000. Two hours of fighting left several warriors decapitated. The American consul declares Berlin treaty has force of law and insults to Samoa court equal to insult to Washington. Navy orders Philadelphia to Samoa. ships from Britain and Hawaii may join.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Samoa
Matanfa
Malietoa Tanus
Supreme Court of
Washington
German Consul Ejected From Apia Supreme Court
A Auckland dispatch says the British and American consuls forced the doors of Apia’s supreme court to eject the German consul who had seized the court. The German official had accompanied Mataafa’s forces, provoking clashes with Malietoa’s supporters. Marines aided in removing him as the court reopened under warning against further interference.
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London
Auckland
Supreme Court
Apia
Mataafa
Malietoa Tanus
Mackie
Army weighs 18 inch gun for Gathmann shell system
Washington reports the ordnance department considers a 45 000 allotment for building an 18 inch gun to fire the Gathmann high explosive shell. If approved the weapon would be the largest modern firearm built in the United States and would fire a 400 pound shell in a 400 caliber, single tube, jacketed design.
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Washington
Ordnance Department
Army
Cuban evacuation commission reports to Secretary Hay
The Cuban evacuation commission formally calls on Secretary of State Hay at noon and submits its original procedure report. Hay compliments the rapid, well ordered work, saying the commission's performance was preciously smooth and creditworthy.
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Washington
Iay
Hay
Death of a Friend of Lincoln in Chicago Fire
Paul Selby, one of Lincoln's closest lifelong friends, is in danger of losing his life after a fire destroyed his apartment building. He was bedridden with grip when the fire forced him outside. In Lincoln’s later years Selby was among the few he trusted most.
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Lincoln
Chicago
Paul Selby
Abraham Lincoln
Selby
Illinoisan
Mr. Selby
Fast Time at Chicago St. Paul Omaha Train Run
A Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha train covered 109 miles from Elroy Wisconsin to St Paul Minnesota in 110 minutes with a locomotive and 17 coaches setting a remarkable speed record for the route.
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St. Paul
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis
Troops for Manila Bound Transport Grant Delayed
The transport Grant carrying the Fourth infantry and battalions of the Seventeenth infantry failed today while sailing for the Philippines from Manila New York.
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Manila
New York
Philippines
Seventeenth Infantry
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