Senate and House battle over appropriations
In two days of House action only one public building bill passed, funding a Newport News, Virginia structure at 75000 dollars, while 65 bills totaling about 12 million were favorably acted on in committee of the whole before filibustering blocked progress on 17 others. The Senate mostly did routine business, passing the Indian appropriation bill and addressing minor measures as it adjourned.
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Washington
Newport News
Altoona
House
Senate
McDannold Dies in Savannah of Pneumonia at 24
John Knight McDannold, son of the late Alexander McDannold, died yesterday afternoon at 3:30 in the DeSoto Hotel Savannah Georgia of pneumonia after an illness of less than a day. The body will be brought to Frederick for funeral from his grandmother Mrs Francis Z S Knight’s home on East Second Street. News of his death reached Frederick in the late afternoon with sorrow and telegrams had warned of illness the day before.
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John Knight McDannold
Alexander McDannold
DeSoto
Savannah
Frederick
Francis Z. S. Knight
East Second Street
McDonnold
The Samoan Conflict and aples Aweakhy Action
A San Francisco dispatch details the Samoa crisis surrounding the Mataafa candidates for kingship, Chief Justice Chambers, and the three powers. German, British, and American consuls clash over recognition of Tanus and Mataafa, with threats to the chief justice and a riot release reported.
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Apla
San Francisco
Moana
Ramos
Chambers
Mataafa
Maleton Tanus
Tanus
Matsafa
Mulinu
Apia
McDonnold Dies After Savannah Pneumonia Visit
Grief-stricken relatives recount the death of Mr. McDonnold who fell ill with pneumonia in Savannah after a six week Cuba trip. His sister Miss Alexandra McDonnold and cousin Miss Nannie Floyd sped to his bedside as telegrams announced his decline. The Frederick resident, aged and well-liked, leaves an only sister and a large circle of sorrowing friends. funeral arrangements pending arrival of the remains. An unrelated dispatch from Apia notes unrest as natives fear further clashes over deportations, while Chicago reports a failed relief effort on Lake Michigan where three men perished attempting to rescue others in 12 below zero conditions.
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Mr. McDonnold
D. Guy Thomas
Frederick
Cuba
Inter
Havana
Savannah
McDonnold
Pdar
Alexandra McDonnold
Nannie Floyd
Natchez, Miss
New York City
Richmond
Alexandra McDonneld
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Paul Brown
Kelley
Sixty-eighth Street
City Water Works
Brown
William Smith
Daniel Donovan
W. C. Smith
United States
Hale
South Dakota Infantry
Colorado Infantry
Nebraska Infantry
Utah Light Artillery
Utah Artillery
Colorado's
Twenty-third Infantry
San Pedro
Colorado Plains
Manila
Quiet at Manila as U S forces suffer casualties
Special dispatch reports General Otis stating fifty killed and two hundred seven wounded with two missing in all engagements around Manila. Admiral Dewey confirms all is quiet.
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Wasaixatox
General Otis
Dewey
Ewart Nomination for North Carolina Judge Blocked
Washington Feb 9 Senate executive session reports adverse on Hamilton G Ewart for Western District of North Carolina judgeship with charges of incompetence and moral unfitness upheld by facts. Senators Hoar and Spooner voiced belief the charges were sustained.
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Ewart
Washington
Senate
Hoar
Judiciary Committee
Hamilton G. Ewart
North Carolina
Spooner
House of Representatives
Filipinos Surprised by Kansans Skirmish at Caloocan
General Otis reports Manila quiet with supreme power to use discretion. In Caloocan the Twentieth Kansas attacked bamboo groves, losing Lt. A C Alford and wounding several. Filipinos left dead and wounded, while gunboats Concord and Callao shelled the town. Colonels W C Smith embalmed. prisoners’ fate remains unclear.
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Manila
Caloocan
Twentieth Kansas Infantry
A. C. Alford
Jay Sheldon
Daniel Hewitt
Ernest Fritz
John Gillilan
Concord
Callao
Otis
Kansas Battalion
W. C. Smith
Tennessee
Quiet Cavite Front Amid Philippine Gunfire
Evening settled over Cavite as Filipino forces at Caloocan opened fire near midnight on Kansas outposts. The clash lasted about twenty minutes with musketry and occasional large guns. Americans did not return fire and none were injured.
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Cavite
Caloocan
Kansas
Otis Holds Supreme Power In Philippines War
Washington reports a near total release of the telegrams from Manila as General Otis cites improving conditions. He notes engagements with Aguinaldo’s forces, a Kansan rout with casualties, and signals that American control allows him to demand terms. Officials doubt restoration of the old status quo and expect Otis to condition talks on insurgent capitulation.
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Washington
Philippines
Manila
Otis
Lagunado Bay
Caloocia
Kansas
Funston
Alford
Alger
Aguinaldo
Aris
Death and mystery surround Prince Alfred's death in Tyrol
A Meran dispatch describes Prince Alfred of Saxe Coburg dying in a Tyrolean sanitarium after delirious days and limited medical aid. Relatives were not summoned, the death certificate held, and officials offered few details amid hush and mystery. Also reports sudden theater death of Maria Allen in New York and resignation rumors in New Jersey National Guard.
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Queen Victoria
London
Meran
Tyrol
Prince Alfred of
Saxe-Coburg
New York
Maria Allen
Ethan Allen
Metropolitan Opera House
Allen
Maria Bries Claggett
Maryland
Claggett
Gov Brooke weighs Gomez inland post. Nashville delays body return
Havana reports Governor General Brooke mulls appointing General Maximo Gomez to inland administration if a suitable post exists. Rumors say Gomez might resist a temporary military role and seek a peaceful end to a stormy career. Meanwhile the gunboat Nashville delayed, awaiting Calixto Garcia’s remains, provoking public ceremony plans and a delayed Havana council session.
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Havana
Brooke
Maximo Gomez
Gomez
J. N. Casanova
Guillermo Deraldo
Ricardo Sanchez
George Bryvon Nave
Gomex
el Vedado
Remedion
Matanzas
Camajuant
Placetas
Nashville Sun
Garcia
United States
Nashville
Calixto Garcia
Morro Castle
Patriotic Clubs
Senor Entrada
Palma
Perfecto Lacoste
Norfolk
Smith
Cuba
Meat Survey Board
Gulf Stream
Major Rathbone
Exit War Investigators Report Upholds War Department
Washington February 9 the war investigating commission completed its labors and presented their report to the president. The commission finds testimony against beef orders to be limited and criticizes General Miles while praising Secretary Alger and subordinates. The panel declares no minority report and dissolves. Fitz Wants a Finish Fight. Chicago February 9 Bob Fitzsimmons refuses to fight unless a finished 25 round bout is allowed and names Dan Stuart and Carson City as suitable venues.
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War Department
Washington
War Investigating Commission
Milles
Daly
Miles
Alger
Fitz
Chicago
Dow N
Bob Fitzsimmons
Lenox Athletic Club
New York
Fitzsimmons
Sharkey
Dan Stuart
Carson City
Quay Still Thirteen Short in Harrisburg Election
Harrisburg report shows Senator Quay thirteen votes short of election in a deadlocked senatorial contest. Eastburn gained two votes at the expense of Colonel E A Irvin while the tally lists Jenks, Daizell, Stewart and other candidates with small counts. The outcome remains unresolved with Quay failing to reach the required majority.
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Philadelphia
Senator Quay
Academy of Music
E. A. Hancock
Flinn
Pittsburg
Harrisburg
Dalzell
Henry
Weller
Cambria
Koontz
Somerset
Quay
Ugh BK
Eastburn
E. A. Irvin
Jenks
Daizell
Stewart
C W. Stone
Huff
Irvin
Tubbs
Rece
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