Debated Promotions of Sampson and Schley in Senate
Washington January 24 senators debated the promotion of Admirals Sampson and Schley amid claims of favoritism. Maryland Republicans Gorman and Wellington led support for Schley, while Hale Chandler and Lodge defended the navy department. The records were sought to prove whether Schley deserved seniority and command, with charges over Santiago actions and coal timing.
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Washington
Senate
Sampson
Schley
Santiago Camp
Navy Department
Butler
Gorman
Wellington
Maryland
Lindsay
Pettigrew
Perkins
Money
Messrs
Hale
Chandler
Lodge
War Investigating Commission
Army
Santiago
Cervera
Brooklyn
Department
Peace Treaty Delayed as Extra Session Feared
Washington January 24 opponents claim 33 or 34 sure votes against the peace treaty, threatening defeat and an extra session. Friends of the treaty may delay voting to avoid an extra session unless ratification seems assured. An extended payment to Spain or a three month extension could be part of a conditional agreement if an extra session is required.
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Friends of the Treaty
Washington
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Spain
Congress Debates Expansion Amid Senate Session
In Washington on January 24 the senate devoted most of its time to expansion policy. Senator White of California argued against expansion and for anti expansion and for Filipino independence. The day also saw passage of a bill extending US navigation laws to the Hawaiian Islands and granting American registry to Hawaiian vessels. In Harrisburg on January 21 Rev David Etter German Baptist minister died while baptizing his niece. Heart trouble cited as the cause. In Miami on January 24 the submerged body of a young woman from the Paul Jones wreck was found at Boca Ratone. The attire described includes a striped jacket and wool dress.
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Senator White
California
Washington
Senate
Mr. White
West
Bacon
White
District of Columbia
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Harrisburg
David Etter
East Hanover Township
Manada Creek
Hanoverdale
Cassell’s Mill
Prabhanpiya
Paul Tones
Miami
Fla
Paul Jones
Boca Ratwne
Cuban General Gomez Receives Adulation Amid Island Tensions
General Maximo Gomez, now detached from Havana ceremonies, tours Cuban towns to public applause. Reports estimate Cuban army unpaid staff near sixty thousand. talks of a US loan to cover wages, while revenue remains in American hands. Observers question loan usage.
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Remedion
Cuba
Maximo Gomez
Enset
Havana
Ing
Cabarinn
Gemains
Wold
United States
Gomez
Refrigerating Plant Proposed for Manila Commissary
Colonel Lee chief quartermaster of the department of the lakes invites proposals to erect a large refrigerating plant at Manila for U S Army commissary use. The design calls for one of the largest plants, with heavy ice machines, a freezing apparatus and multiple cooling rooms. Estimated cost about 100000 dollars.
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Chicago
Lee
Department of the Lakes
Manile
United Staates Army
Santa Clara Rechristened Villa Clara For Cuban Independence
In a wartime shift, the city known as Santa Clara is renamed Villa Clara by Cuban factions. The move mirrors Remedios and Caibarien as they align Spanish and Cuban interests to swiftly establish a Cuban republic and advance the united independence party.
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Santa Clara
Villa Clara
Remedios and
Caibarien
United Party of Cuban Independence
Embalmed Beef Controversy Highlighted by Captain Warburton
Washington reports Captain Barley Warburton of the Pennsylvania volunteer battalion testifies the beef shipped to Porto Rua on the transport Manitoba was spoiled and had to be buried upon delivery near Ponce. He attributes the issue to lack of proper refrigeration and not chemical treatment, naming witnesses for possible testimony.
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Warburton
Ufder
Washington
Board of Survey
Alger
Porto Rua
Barclay H Warburton
Pennsylvania Volunteer Battalion of Artillery
Manitoba
Ponce
New York
Arcat
Quay Holds Lead in Fifth Ballot for U S Senate
Harrisburg January 24. The fifth ballot shows no change in the Quay lead as anti Quay forces rally behind Jenks and Dalzell. Widener gains two votes from anti-Quay group while Penrose reports Quay’s canvass in excellent shape and predicts re election.
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Quay
Harrisburg
United States
Peter A.B. Widener
Traction
Isipan Dalzeli
Pittsburgh
M.S. Quay
George Aa. Jenks
John Dalzell
CG. W. Stone
John Stewart
Charles Tubbs
E. A. Irvin
J. F. Bowning
George F. Huff
Alvin Merkie
G. A. Grew
A. B. Widener
BI. S. Quay
United States Senate
Stone
Legislative Department of the Commonwealth
Senator Quay
Hiat
Senator Penrose
Washington
Friends of
Viscount Hinton and the London organ grinder heir dispute
The article recounts William Denry Poulett’s death and the long running question of succession to the Poulett estate. It details his alleged son Viscount Linton, the London organ grinder who claims the title, and the feud with Earl Poulett, with references to marriages, bankruptcies, and legal actions surrounding the disputed lineage.
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London
Dane
Willian Denry
Barl Poutett
Charlee Marril
Goxalp
England
Port Sea
Elizabeth Virginia Newman
Auruat
Lord Poulet
Misesophia Johnson
Tkely
Exrl
Hinton
Wiliam Turnour
Thomas Poulett
Earl ‘Poulett
Winton St. George
Somerset
Hinton St.George
South Sea
House of Lords
Earl Poulett
Queenagate
Tord Poulett
Wislong
Ork
Earthquakes Rattle Greece Provinces Kyparissia Damaged Homes Collapse
Fresh shocks hit Peloponnesus districts Kyparissia and Filiatra injuring residents as damaged houses from Saturday’s quakes collapse. In Kyparissia a number of homes fell in the afternoon injuring many and a village reported children hurt. Elvira Tarlion, 8, suffers severe head wounds in a burial incident while Fred Parks, 23, is jailed after leaping from a window amid a separate attack. Taunton’s community remains agitated.
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Greece
Athens
Pelopsanesus
Kyparissia
Philiatra
Messenia
Ionian Coast
Benten
Bargiar
Kittery
Elvira Tarlion
Fred Parks
Mia
Taunton
Disaffected Cubans Attempt New Cane Fireings
Lieutenant Colonel Kay at Guantanamo reports a second organized effort by Cuban discontents to burn cane on Runelt plantation but prompt U S guards prevented damage. Authorities consider expanding police to Mayart district as communications with the north coast falter due to lack of boats and a damaged steamer Reina de los Angeles being returned to owners.
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United States
Mayart
Valiente
Reina de Los Angeles
San Juan
Staal Transport
Lipton says Shamrock win blueprints new ideas
Sir Thomas Lipton, in London, says the Shamrock’s win launch is not tied to experimentation. He notes the stake is too great to risk signers on small metal tests and confirms the yacht is expected to launch early in April. The Shamrock owner is negotiating for a large steam yacht to carry friends to New York for the races.
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Thomas Lipton
London
Shamrock
New-York-tonose
Deserted Husband Kills Wife and Himself in Gloucester Street Tragedy
A man on Merivine Street killed his wife Mary E Ayres aged 36 and then shot himself after a quarrel over a neighbor, leaving a letter accusing Mary of relations with John Wilson aged 33 who boarded with them. Wilson was wounded and the husband died by self-inflicted wounds in a grim domestic tragedy.
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Rice
Connell
Wimself
Fifteenth Street
Mary E. Ayres
Merving Street
Wi Ayres
Ayres
Asc
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