Notable Minnesota political feud spills into national scene
The long running feud between Mrs. Davis wife of Senator C L Davis Minnesota and Mrs. Merriam wife of Census Director Merriam Minnesota has fed Washington attention for years. While Mrs. Merriam remains a Saint Paul social leader their disagreement influenced Senator Davis post Senate election and blocked Merriam’s cabinet path. The piece also covers War Department relief, Lake City post office closure, Iloilo flag transfer to Annapolis, and troop movements.
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Davis
CL Davis
Minnesota
Merriam
Washington
Anne Agnew
St Paul
Doris
Asnew
United States Senate
McKinley
Lake City
3. C
Ostmaster
Post Oofice
Arrival of Admiral Dewey in Hong Kong Triggers Demonstrations
Report describes Dewey’s Hong Kong arrival as the spark for a major demonstration. Beside crowds lining streets in New York, British officials and residents greet him with honors. Dewey declines Governor Blake’s invitation to Government House and is reported in good health.
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Olympia
Hong Kong
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Ira
Aid Seo
Wikiman
Deer
Bamberray
Pinxy
Brumby
Blake
Dewey
Government House
Adreirai Dewey
Sereets
Queen Victoria’s Natal Day Observed At Windsor
England marks Queen Victoria’s eighty fourth birthday with Windsor celebrations starting at 1020 hours including a voices choir serenade in the castle courtyard the national anthem jubilee hymn and madrigals. The Queen attended breakfast with royal family then watched a Scots Guards parade and received congratulatory telegrams including one from President McKinley.
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Victoria
Windsor
Castle Court Yard
Scots Guards
McKinley
Amicable settlement ends Buffalo grain shovelers strike
The grain shovelers strike at Budaia has ended in an amicable settlement. Contractor Conners has agreed to honor prior lake carrier agreements and to appoint a three member fire committee representing the shovelers. The committee will decide if scoopers can join the new Grain Shovelers Union and work for him.
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Budaia
Con ‘Ers
New
Grain Shovelers Union
War News in Brief From the Philippine Fronts
General Lawton with his main body reached Malolas on Wednesday. Oregon and Minnesota volunteers return to Manila for rest. California volunteers delayed by Elphoon. Rebels near San Pedro Mecati building trenches. Thirty insurgents killed or wounded west of Bayolor. Brig. Gen. Williston relieves Gen. Hughes as provost marshal. Hughes to Visayan Islands. Guison and Mapua, Filipino staff, surrender after slipping through American lines. Colorado volunteers clash at Maraquina, one wounded. Scouts at Santa Rita near Bacolor drive enemy. three wounded. Oceania newspaper suppressed. editor jailed. A raft carrying the Twelfth Infantry sinks. five drowned. US detachments drive insurgents away. two Americans killed, two wounded. insurgent losses heavy. Lawton reports 25 engagements last month. 6 killed, 35 wounded. 1,000 prisoners taken. Civil government established at San Miguel Balinag and San Tsidro. Lawton’s rear guard fights ten miles. one American killed, 15 wounded. 20 insurgents captured. Evidence at San Isidro suggests American prisoners in the Philippines suffered indignities. Newport arrives Manila with garrison troops. 15 officers and 200+ enlisted aboard. Batteries F of the Fourth and F of the Pitth artillery and others accompany Maj. Tleraon.
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Newport
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Barine Corps
Navy
Cavite
Pourth
Pitth
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Tleraon
Weather for Good Crops and Varied Grain Prospects
The week brought favorable conditions for small grains with continued winter wheat progress despite limited yield gains. Harvests begin in Texas while overall grain movement remains steady. corn planting expands to a record acreage, with forecasts suggesting the area may exceed 35 million acres depending on weather.
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More Troops Needed to Secure Philippines War Effort
Dispatch from Manila argues that a far larger army is essential to establish American supremacy in the Philippines. It cites troop shortages, ongoing reoccupation of territory, and daily harassment of American forces as justification for sending more troops to Gen. Otis and delivering a decisive blow.
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Waldo
Luna
Caimpit
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War Department
Otis
Aquinatio
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Qocis
China Shows Fight as Warships Gather at San Mun Harbor
Chinese orders direct viceroys and governors to ready forces amid six Italian warships in San Mun harbor. Belief Chinese aim to push Germans from Shang-Tung. Italy seeks lease at San Mun bay with coaling base and three islands, rail access to Po Yani lake. Aggressive move in China crisis.
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Pekin
China
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Asuycl
Cae-Biang
San- Mun Bay
Po Yani Lake
Traly
Thomas Baker Killed in Kentucky Feud Ambush
Thomas Baker, a Kentucky school principal linked to the Howard Baker feud, was shot near his Winchester home. He allegedly boasted of killing four men in Clay County before accepting hanging. The long running partisan war between his faction and the Howards and Whites is expected to trigger more violence.
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Ambust
Thomas Baker
Winchester
Baker
Clay County
Lanely
Rioting and unrest grip Guadeloupe and nearby islands
Rioting erupts between native Guadeloupe residents and British contract labor immigrants amid a recent fire and alleged heavy fighting along Magra tions. Police and troops struggle to suppress disorder as several deaths are reported offshore.
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Alvices
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Lee- Ward
Con- Tinmons
Moses
Tum Obiagon
Tom
Winder
Monopolies and Nihilism Threaten the Nation's Marriage
A stirring oration warns against monopoly and nihilism as suitors to the Republic. It asserts Christ as the true suitor, condemns atheistic and anarchic threats, defends immigration, and envisions a united nation blessed by divine marriage, with a call to Christian patriotism.
Aims of Life Linked to Divine Purpose
A 20th century Christian Church message from Los Angeles asserts humans are sent into the world with a distinct divine mission. The speaker, Stev A. C. Smithers, says this purpose may be hard to understand yet compels cooperation with God's will, affecting self and others through service to fellow men.
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Stev. A. C. Smithers
Christian Church
Los Angeles
Cal
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