Bell's New Task Pacification of Batangas Province
General J Frank Bell leads a vigorous Batangas campaign with Cols Wint and Dougherty in the field. Filipinos flee toward Tayabas as authorities seize insurrectionists and confiscate assets. Leyte remains contested. Mindoro insurgents are being cleared. Major Myer captures cartridge plants at Ormoc and large arsenals. Supreme Court refuses habeas relief for Capt Oberlin Carter and upholds Georgia fraud conviction of Greene and Gayner.
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Manila
J. Frank
Bell
Batangas
J. Franklin Bell
Beil
General Beil
Mell
Lopez
Samar
Leyte
Albert L. Myer
Eleventh Infantry
Ormoc
Myer
Henry T. Allen
Signal Corps
Pitcher
Mindoro
Washington
Supreme Court
Oberlin Carter
Savannah
Everett-Moore lien against Detroit and Toledo Shore line
A lien for 258,987 on the Detroit and Toledo Shore electrified line was filed in Detroit by William B. Strang. The line is owned by the Everett-Moore syndicate. The item appears among a batch of brief notices from Detroit on January 6.
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Everett-Moore
Detroit
Toledo
Register of Deeds Office
William B. Strang
New York
Everett-Moore Syndicate
Talks With Schley at White House Brief Nature of Visit Kept Secret
Washington January 6 Admiral Schley met with the president at the White House for about fifteen minutes. Roosevelt sent for the admiral to discuss a matter, but Schley refused to reveal the purpose of his visit after the conference.
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Roosevelt Calla
White House
Washington
Schley
Roosevelt
Sehley
Liberty Bell on way to Charleston exposition
The old Liberty Bell, with Mayor Ashbridge and an official escort from the city council and department heads, began its journey to the Charleston exposition this morning aboard a special Pennsylvania Railroad train.
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Philadelphia
Ashbridge
Pennsylvania Railroad
ONE OF THE REAL HEROES PENITENTIARY SENTENCE FOR MANSLAUGHTER
Charles Horspeth pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fourth degree in Kansas City. He was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary, stating he acted to protect his wife who had repented. His defense argued a jury would likely justify the act. Curry was killed last September in an apartment house after Curry enticed Horspeth's wife away.
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Kansas City
Charles Horspeth
Hodspeth
Charles Curry
Curry
Sues Strikers Over Dynamite Placed on Street Car Tracks
Springfield, Jan 6. Sattley Manufacturing files a 50000 dollar trespass suit in circuit court against forty two former employees, alleging conspiracy after dynamite wrecked a street car loaded with workers Friday night. The strike had been buoyed by a state arbitration ruling supporting strikers. police arrested four for disorderly conduct as tensions rose around the plow works.
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Springfeld
Sattley Manufacturing Company
State Board of Arbitration
Circulung & Story
Glass Workers and Firms Halt General Strike
New York glass industry unions and the Glass Bulb Manufacturers' association reached an agreement to prevent a general strike. After talks over a 10 percent wage increase, each side appoints commissioners to study European bulb production conditions. a report could sustain or raise current wages.
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New York
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
Glass Bulb Manufacturers’ Association
Europe
Maniac's Strength Incites Saloon Rampage in Rosedale
Tom Valasky, a crazed miner from Rosedale, burst into Wilson's saloon and seized Henry Johnson by the throat. He hoisted Johnson over a red hot stove with one hand while others battled him. the bartender knocked Valasky unconscious with a poker. Johnson suffered severe burns and Valasky was jailed after the incident.
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Ransomlevnie
Tom Valasky
Rosedale
Henry Johnson
Wilson
Johnson
Valasky
Jolson
Grand Rapids court case notes still alive in bank fraud
In Grand Rapids on Saturday bondsmen entered pleas in the conspiracy to defraud the National Bank case involving Stillon V. MacLeod and Laul K. Salsbury. MacLeod, with associates, supplied new bonds and confessions surface, while a libel suit for $10,000 follows Salsbury’s disappearance. Four women narrowly escape a Prudential building fire in East St. Louis with losses around $75,000.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
United States
Stillon V. MacLeod
Laul K. Salsbury
National Bank
MacLeod
George G. Briggs
Walter Winchester
William Winegar
David Wolf
J. C. McGrath
Salsbury
East St. Loui
Dis
Prudential
Loss Great The French Bark Max Reaches Port Crippled
The French bark Max arrives in San Francisco in tow after colliding with the steamship Walla Walla and sinking her. The Max shows severe damage with bowsprit gone and bow stove in, kept afloat only by watertight compartments. Rescue efforts bring six Walla Walla survivors to port, while lists of dead and missing range from thirty seven to forty two.
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San Francisco
Max
Walla Walla
George W. Elder
Portland
Acme
United States Revenue
McCulloch
Point Reyes
Eureka
Pomona
Nome City
Trinidad Island
P. Nelson
FP. Lupp
C. Brown
J. Shiel
Murrilo
Cook
Henry Erickson
Ferroeld
Erickson
United States Leads In 1901 Mining Output In The Engineer And Mining Journal
The Engineer and Mining Journal reviews US mining and metallurgical progress for 1901. Coal output reached about 300 million short tons, surpassing Britain and all others, with most consumed domestically and exports rising modestly. Iron and steel demand remained strong as pig iron output exceeded Britain and Germany together.
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New York
United States
Great Britain
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Minois
Indison
Germany
Goight Atong
Lake Superior
California
Utan
Havana Trial Opens in Post Office Embezzlement Case
The audiencia court in Havana began trials of post office embezzlement cases with five judges presiding. One hundred eighty two witnesses were called, about eighty testified. Rathbone faced with new counsel after his prior lawyers withdrew, pled not guilty. Neely remains in good spirits, pleads not guilty after consultation. Stveves seeks next session to plead. The day closed after two and a half hours of Spanish charge readings.
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Havana
Audiencia Court
Neely
Rathbone
Lanuza
Desvernine
Will Go to South Africa Visit Concentration Camps
Rev Dr Hiram W Thomas and his wife offer to travel to South Africa to distribute funds for noncombatant camps under Governor Yates. Thomas, then at DeFuniak Springs Florida, seeks British pass access via Chicago officials to visit camps and deliver collected U S money. In Wabash Indiana Edward Hesser, a noted local figure, dies from morphine after a domestic crisis. motive linked to drinking.
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Thomas
Chicago
Hiram W. Thomas
Peoples’ Church of
Peter van Viissingen
American Transvaal League
South Africa
de Furnak Springs
Fla
van Vilssingen
Wabash
Ind
Edward Heser
Heyer
Weighted and Drowned Mystery Is Solved
Holcomb of Corsicana Texas killed Pearl Sutton with a hatchet and revolver in a St. Louis hotel then shot himself dying at 11 p.m. Saturday. A trunk letter written hours before reveals a planned double tragedy and the woman’s desire to die with him. Health and business woes from Corsicana are noted as causes.
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St. Louis
Jan
Charles H. Holcomb
Corsicana
Tex
Pearl Sutton
Holcomb
Nolice
Yex
Tragic River Deaths and Jealousy Murders Reported
The Chicago River body of Carrie Lawson, 22, weight at her neck, was pulled from the river today. Louis Thomas and Robert Reisseck were arrested after Thomas allegedly threw the body overboard under Reisseck’s compulsion. In Adrian Michigan, Bert Farrington killed James Hooker after finding him with Farrington’s wife. In West Union Iowa, homelyeaf county official Neil killed Rose Falls and wounded Emmet Sullivan then killed himself. Sullivan expected to survive. Neil, about 45, had been locally known.
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Chicago
Carrie Lawson
Louis Thomas
Ench
Oscar
Robert Reisseck
Thomas
Reisseck
Michigan
Adrian, Mich
Bert. Farrington
Milan
James Hooker
Lamers House
Farrington
Hooker
West Union
Iowa
Homeleif
Rose Falls
Emmet Sullivan
Miss Falls
Commercial Hotel
Sullivan
Neil
Legal tangle in Brooklyn police magistrate clash
In Brooklyn on Saturday a legal fight over abolishing police magistrates and creating city magistrates caused chaos at multiple court sites. Justice Marean ruled the action improper but said the city magistrate law unconstitutional, while injunctions favored the police magistrates. A meeting of rival claimants was planned for Wednesday to settle future court assignments.
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New York
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Marean
van Wyek
Alfred 31
Board of Magistrates of
Kings County
Iterfere
Ohio Out of Her Agony in Win for House Control
Columbus January 6 A week of political turmoil ends as Republican caucuses settle control McKinnon Hanna ally wins House speaker ballot 38 to 30 Price backs Hanna McKinnon as leader. Foraker faction controls Senate while Nash backs statewide tax shift toward corporate and liquor taxes with counties bearing local direct taxes.
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Columbus
House
Hanna
Foraker
Senate
McKinnon
Price
Whem
Death of Ex Judge Edward C Towell in Elgin
Elgin Illinois January 6 ex judge Edward C Towell died at his home aged 57 He served in the Illinois legislature probate judge of Kane county and the Loyal Legion He also was a Civil War captain and a member of the Loyal Legion per obituary
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Elgin
Edward C. Towell
Illinois
Kane County
Loyal Legion
House Sits After Holiday Recess In Quiet Session
Washington January 6 The house gathered with many seats empty after the break. Chaplain referenced the death of late Senator Sewell in his invocation. Oath given to Smith of Iowa and Weeks of Michigan. No business transacted, senate also adjourned in mourning.
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Washington
House
S 1
Smith
Towa
Weeks
Sewell
Senate
Nineteen Drown in Sea Collision Off Aveiro Portugal
A night collision off Aveiro Portugal between the British steamship Alfonso and the Spanish steamer Vilelva, both laden with coal, caused both ships to sink. Eighteen sailors aboard the Alfonso and one aboard the Vilelva drowned.
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Lisbon
Alfonso
Vilelva
Aveiro
Portugal
British Gain Victory in Orange River
Bloemfontein dispatch reports British forces clashing with Boers on January 4 in central Orange River area. Field Cornet Pretorius killed. 10 Boers slain. 35 captured including Field Cornets Leroux and Erasmus. Also reports a separate shooting case in Des Moines and significant fires in Omaha and Chicago with multibuilding losses. Shaw to assume Treasury post in Washington on January 25.
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Bloemfontein
Bereford
Pretorius
Leroux
Erasmus
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Nextass
Aisox
Greene
Gayner
Georgia
Dale
Hudson County
N. J
Elizabeth Howe Dale
Emmeline
President Hill
St. Paul
Ruth Hill
J. J. Hill
Northern Securities Company
Lansing Beard
Hnm
Serlee
Wil
Pittsburg
United Steel Corporation
Ee District
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Charleston
Laporte
Emmett H. Scott
Frank H. Morrison
Edward F. Michael
William A. Martin
Lac la Belle Company
Baker
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Manising
Mich
Barry Brown
Timothy Nester
J Fresholf
Bristol
Nat Herreshoff
Thomas Lipton
Herreshoff
Parson Davies
New Orleans
Chales E. Davies
London
A. B. Cheevers
Texas Oil Company
Manchester
Sues Strikers
Sattley Plow Works
Maniac
Rapid Grand Rapids
Herman Kotschmar
John Wilson
William Bar
Crolly
L. H. Dru
J. L. Field
J. A. Gray
Charles Neff
Allen
Walters
St. Mary's Hospital
Britain
Ohio
Congress
Orange River
Des Moines
Elijah Bathcote
Omaha
Oma Neb
Fifteenth and
Howard Streets
Western Electrical Supply Company
Douglas Printing Company
Frontier Steam Laundry Company
James c. Curtis & Co
Jackson
West Monroe
Shaw
Leslie M. Shaw
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