Bitter senate clash over Philippines stirs sharp exchanges
In a three hour debate in the senate chamber the Philippine tariff and related issues trigger a hurricane of vituperation with speakers like Tillman Spooner and Tillman trading personal barbs. They clash over supremacy of court decisions Platt amendment race questions and lynching.
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Senate
Washington
Bacon
Spooner
Facon
Tillman
Lippine Islands
United States
Supreme Court
Shootings in Court Endanger Pattison and Seidler
In a Wheeler court, Clyde Pattison was shot after being cleared of charges by Miss A Seidler who then wounded herself. The courtroom chaos left both victims seriously injured though doctors hope for recovery.
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Geddes
Wheeler
Clyde Pattison
Miss A. Seidler
Pattison
Senator Teller clashes with Beveridge over censorship claims
The confrontation heats as Teller accuses censorship of press dispatches, Beveridge defends no censorship at Manila, and Republican senators including Lodge and Hawley protest. Teller threatens to revise his statement and the exchange is continued on page fight.
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Feller
Taft
Beveridge
Manila
Associated Press
Teller
Colorado Statesman
General Wheaton
Sebur‘mars
Lodge
Hawley Ed Platt
Connecticut
Prang
Wheaton's Side Wins in Philippine Insurgency Reports
Manila dispatch notes General Wheaton's criticism of Schurman and reports of insurgent actions in Batangas and Leyte. Major Lot surrenders with Filipinos and weapons. Lt. Larnes engages rebels and seizes a captain and soldiers. Chaffee reports mixed conditions with rain hindering operations at Samar.
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Batangas
Lot
Anderson
Lipa
Nickerson
William Larnes
Sixth Cavalry
Canlook
Seix
Panama War Vessels Return After Indecisive Engagement
Panama reports indicate Colombian war vessels have returned after a indecisive clash with revolutionary ships at Yegula. Other items note a major fire in St. Louis at 617 Washington, the Lindell hotel spared by a fire wall, and various local incidents across the country.
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Jan
Panama
Yegula
St. Louis
Washington
T Baunnin Jewell Pany
Lindell
Boy Dies on Duty at Chicago Store
Thirace Schroeder, 11, was found dead with a bullet through his heart in Burns grocery store, Chicago. Police suspect robbers killed him while protecting the store’s property.
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Burn
Chicago
Thirace Schroeder
Burns’ Petocery
Columbus
Herbert D. Bennett
American District Telegraph Company
Ilinois District Telegraph Company
National District Telegraph Company
Fight to force use of coal over gas in Chicago
Chicago battle over heating pits coal dealers against fuel gas consumers as union drivers refuse gas deliveries to skyscrapers the Victoria hotel Auditorium Old Colony Monadnock and other buildings amid a cold wave. A truce was declared until Friday with unions pressing for a switch to coal and ongoing efforts to sway patrons.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Coal Dealers and Coal Teamsters’ Union of Chicago
Victoria Hotel
Auditorium
Old Colony Building
Monadnock
Mers
Milton Booth
Union
Wastners
Teamsters’ Union
Mullen
Daniels Coal and Coke Company
O. FP
Aldis
Aldis, Aldis & Northcote
Excerted
Coal Drivers’ Union
Louisville Receives Admiral Shelby in Ovation
Rear Admiral Shelby arrived in Louisville under the Board of Trade and Ku Klux Klan parasol guards and was greeted by a large crowd. He was escorted to Marion E. Taylor's residence after a Chicago to Louisville journey marked by hearty salutes and vigorous handclasps.
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Board of Trade
Kuigut Templars
Louisville
Marion E. Taylor
Chicago
Sehley
Ten Die In A Fire In Boston Lodging House
Ten Halians were burned to death in a lodging house fire in Boston this morning. Four people were injured in the blaze. Authorities reported the victims as residents of the house and investigations were begun to determine the cause.
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Boston
Fatal accident at Illinois Steel plant
An accident at the Illinois Steel Company's slip plant in Chicago left Michael Bronish dead and four workers severely burned by hot metal. Other items note a plotted robbery at an opera house, a deranged man in Michigan, extreme cold in Wisconsin, and assorted short notices from Maine to Pennsylvania.
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Illinois Steel Plant
Chicago
Ian
Minois Steel Company
Michael Bronish
Endowment Push For Olivet College Aids Rail And Miners
In Des Moines a legislative inquiry progresses into the Lost Creek mine disaster where miners died. Olivet College in Michigan seeks a $200,000 endowment from D. M. Perry and other donors with pledges binding after further subscriptions. Niles reports Michigan Central Railway plans $75,000 in grading and a $135,000 airline extension, plus broader grade reductions between Chicago and Detroit. The column also quotes anecdotes about Mark Twain, mountains shaping soil, street car straps as disease carriers, and a one‑liner about gambling and marriage.
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Oliver
Olivet
Mich
Olivet College
D. M. Perry
Detroit
Justus S. Stearns
John Blanchard
Ferry
Stearns
Niles
Jan
Michigan Central Railway Company
Mich City
Ind
Gulien
Here
Duckson
Chicago
Schley Appeals to President Over Court Findings
The Navy Department releases Schley's appeal to the president urging review of the court of inquiry. He asks annulment of Prestary Long's endorsement, support for Dewey's findings, and approval of Dewey's statements on blockade efficacy and rapid passages between Key West Cienfuegos Santiago. He argues justice requires these actions.
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Washington
Navy Department
Schley
Army
Navy
Court of Inquiry
Admiral Dewey
Long
Pretary Long
Dewey
Santiago
McKinley Day Observed Across Cities With Flags at Half Mast
The birthday anniversary of President McKinley is observed in several cities with half mast flags and special school and church services. In Des Moines Cummins delivers an address to the legislature on William McKinley. Other items include a not guilty plea in Linhoff murder case and a historic jury scene in Shelbyville with a colored jurymen panel.
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Teller
South Carolina
Age
Spooner
Congress
Louisia
United States
Philippine Archipelago
Teler
Manila
Philippines
Washington
Weyler
Professor S. C. Schmucker
Ladies’ Home Journal
Chan
McKinley
Des Moine Town
Cummins
William McKinley
Otra
Linhoff
Mason City
Ausgust Linhoff
Edwin C. Bromley
Smith
Bromleys
Shelbyville
Ind
William Logwood
Robert Smith
Logwood
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Colley Tillman
Titman
Jor
Xcimster
Taiman
Kansas
Spoorer
South Dakota
Ues
Wheaton
Cable
Chaffee
Schurman
Alangulang
Leyte
Samar
John A. Winsey
The
Knights of Pythhlas
Inter-Domiain Lodge
San Antonio
Tex
Second Field Artillery
George Warnslee
Fort Sam Houston
Niles, Mich
Farmers’ ' State Bank of
Arkansas City
Kan
First National Bank
Joseph Selden
William E. Otis
Winfeld National Bank
Winfeld
Kas
Cahier
Bellwood
Neb
Platte Valley
Sta Benk
A. H H. Gould
Cleveland
Georgetown
Ford's Point
Sioux City
Harry Hartmann
Florence Porter
Cherokee
Horace Schroeder
Michigan
Bruce Hamlin Lever
Pretoria
Bruce Hamilton
Ermelo
Bethel
Transvaal
Cuenzo
Lake Superior
Houghton
Mic
Sault Ste. Marie
Straits of Mackinny
Ilinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Opera
Janice Meredith
Mery Mannering
St. Joseph
Charles Bonnell
Derby
Bonnell
Kalamazoo
Wisconsin
Wis
Literary Union
Spring Street
Kennebec (Me
Lowa
Lost Creek
Des Moines
Mark Twain
Missouri
Mny
Chicago Post
President For Justice
Baltimore
New York
President McKinley
Cincinna
Iowa College
Marshalltown
Daniel S. Bradley
Grand Rapids, Mich
Griapnell
Aernoon
Florence
Mary Battey
D. C. Battey
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