Idaho State News Highlights Local Ventures and Incidents
Idaho state items report a Danville woolen mill plan near Home and Arbor Day celebrations. Meridian burglaries share clues. Welser merchants agree to Sunday closings. Fort Hall and Fort Lawton personnel shifts noted. A St Joe mill death and a Wardner gasoline blast injury are recorded, with an Interstate league formation and a Payette arson case. Fort Wall opens mineral prospects near Medbury.
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Danville
Bilan
Seventeenth Infantry
Horse Barracks
Fort Lawton
Meridian
Welser
Tahoe
Hunt
Nampa
Henry Gelbini
St Joe
Harrison
Detroit
Ore
Mackett
Wardoer
Interstate Baseball League
Boise
Kallett
Caldwell
John Ferrlay
Minutala
Shimhole
Auprems
Ouse Hundred
Tee Park Eolmale
Salimoo City
Thonfer Mountain
Balmos City
Jewrge W. Walsen
Saline City
Salt Lake Chey
Uveh
Leimbleounty
Walsen
Sail
Aguinaldo's Forces Consider Manila Attack in 1899 Telegrams
Telegraph correspondence from January 13 1899 shows Aguinaldo weighing an attack on American troops at Manila. Morrel and Caillies ask for outcome and rewards for entering Manila first. Aguinaldo promises riches and titles, with praise if they capture regiments and leaders.
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War Department
Baw
Arrulpaldo
Hia
Generala
Aguinaldo
United States
Maniila
Morlel
Catlies
Manila
Aguinsldo
Cromien
Hlach-Na-Hato
Marbule
Malate
Ermita
Manifa
Ste
Lot
Caillen
Runaway freight train derailed and burned near Buena Vista
Thirteen freight cars of Colorado Midland No. 43 ran away west of Araneae Junction Colorado. The engine uncoupled for repairs and brakes not set. The train derailed eight miles west of Buena Vista, caught fire from a caboose stove, and five men were killed with others injured in Steelton Pennsylvania pits. All workers were Austrian.
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Boone
Colorado Midland
Araneae Junction
Colo
Arkansas
Buena Vista
Pennsylvania Steel Works
Steelton
Harrisburg
Charles W. Lockutt
Shelton
Admiral Sampson Dead In Washington Home
Rear Admiral William T. Sampson retired died at his Washington home after a cerebral hemorrhage. Born February 9, 1840 in Palmyra New York he joined the Navy in 1857 and rose through the ranks including command in the Spanish American War. Bret Harte Dies in England After Long Illness.
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William T. Sampson
Washington
William Thomas Sampson
U. 8.N
Palmyra
N. Y
James and
Mancah Walker Sampson
Navy
United States Naval Academy
Harvard University
Admiral Sampson
Margaret Sexton Aldrich
Elizabeth Susan Burling
Patapsco
Charleston
Naval Academy
Joseph Strauss
Spain
North Atlantic
Cor
Sampaon
Cuba
Sampson
Host Vy Yard
Bret Harte
Europe
F. Bret Harte
Red House
Camberley
Aldershot
England
Praneis Bret Harte
Albany
California
San Francisco
Pardoned negro Thompson urged to seek Massachusetts citizenship
Governor Jefferson Davis of Arkansas grants Andrew Thompson a pardon on condition he travels to Massachusetts within thirty days to pursue state citizenship. Thompson, convicted of assault with intent to kill and sentenced to three years, soon negotiates a fresh start amid northern sympathy for southern Black citizens. A separate dispatch notes Lord Kitchener reporting that peace movements do not hinder South African operations, with ten killed and 129 prisoners this week.
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Fovernor
Jefferson Davis
Arkansas
Andrew Thompson
Thompson
Massachusetts
Thompcoo
South Africa
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Victoria
Sugar Purchases in Cate Henry Moy Testimony
Moy of American Sugar Refining testified before the senate relations committee that Cuban sugar purchases by the trust from October 1, 1901, to January 1, 1902, totaled 45,100 tons. Mott noted storage costs and sugar deterioration meant refiners held little stock, aiming for about 35,000 tons weekly to meet demand.
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Henry ©. Moy
American Sugar Refining Company
Senate
Cubs
Cuba
Mott
Drought and Hoppers Ravage Santa Fe Heritages
A Santa Fe dispatch reports thousands of sheep dying due to a prolonged drought since late March. Lambs saved are expected to be about 15 percent, with losses around 85 percent. Grasshoppers continue to devastate the upper Rio Grande and its tributary valleys, compounding agricultural damage.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Rio Grande
Lin
San Domingo in the Hands of Insurgents Reported
Messengers at a truce port report the capitulation of the Dowlalan capital last Friday. President Jimines reportedly sought refuge in the French consulate at San Domingo. Negotiations for surrender between revolutionists and Governor Des Champs failed. Vice-President Vanquer, who leads the revolution, is ready to assume government duties.
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Ports Plata
San Domingo
Itwaanlao
Jimines
Des Champs
Porto Plata
Uvat Place
Vanquer
Revolutioniste
Attempted Moro Prisoner Escape Ends in Mass Casualty
Manila dispatch reports eighty four Moro prisoners attempting escape from guard lines during a meal. The alarm prompted a pursuit by soldiers who opened fire, killing thirty five and capturing five. Captain Moore of the Twenty seventh Infantry was wounded, with surgeons attempting skull trepanation to save him and others.
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Manila
Pine
Ike
Captain Moore
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Mindanao
First Congress of Cuba Assembles in Hawaii
The Cuban senate and house of representatives convened at noon in the palace in Hawaii. Governor-General Wood announced no executive power would pass to congress until formal government transfer. Congress will verify credentials and inform military authorities who were chosen for president, vice president, and legislative posts.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Wood
Congress
Segundio
Commandado Generale de Lamartne
Week in Congress Highlights Philippine Debate and DC Funds
The House devoted much time to the District of Columbia appropriation bill and bills on labor conditions and the right to strike. Senatorial discussion centered on Aguinaldo and the Philippine government bill, with Carmack defending witnesses' remarks and Pors ker, McComas, and Burwon objecting. The Rosebud reservation and sundry civil bills were considered but no action taken.
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Horan
District of Columbia
Shattue
Senate
Aguinaldo
Ax Goon
Carmack
Tennessee
Philippine Committee
Porsker
Ohio
McComas
Maryland
Burwon
Kansas
Rosebud
House passes anti conspir acy bill amid limited debate
May 2 report from the judiciary committee notes the anti conspiracy bill passed without debate. An amendment for enforcing the 1874 personal tax law in the District of Columbia was placed on the District appropriation bill and passed. Other measures including a diplomatic and consular peers bill for Cubs, and an amendment to the bankruptcy act, were considered or called up without action. Senate items include continued consideration of the Hosebud Indian reservation bill and the sundry civil bill but they were not completed.
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Horst
House
Judiciary Committee
District of Columbia
Republic of Cubs
Shnate
Payne proposes resolution on Amos J. Cummings death
May 3 in Congress Payne filed a resolution mourning Amos J. Cummings and calling for appropriate services in the House hall on Sunday. The House adjourned in respect. In the Senate the Philippine question debate grew heated as Spooner Lodge and Foraker defended the administration army and Governor Taft, producing one of the most spirited exchanges yet.
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Howse
Payne
Amos J. Cummings
Sunay
Senate
Spooner
Wisconsin
Lodge
Massachusetts
Foraker
Ohio
Taft
May 6 House adopts $10,000 for statue dedication expenses
The House approved an urgent resolution to provide an extra $10,000 for expenses tied to the dedication of the Marshal De Rochambeau statue. Mr. Jones of Virginia announced the death of Mr. Otey and offered resolutions of regret before adjournment. In the Senate, sundry civil appropriations and the Rosebud Indian Reservation purchase bills passed. Senator Lodge outlined administration policy in the Philippines.
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HOUSE
Marshal de Rochambeau
Jones
Virginia
Otey
Senate
Rosebud
Philippines
Lodge
Massachusetts
House Adjourns in Respect for J D Salmon of New Jersey
The house adjourned after reading the journal to honor Representative J D Salmon of New Jersey. It marks the third consecutive day with similar tributes, and desks have now been draped for three deceased members. The week features debates on Philippine policy and statehood measures for Oklahoma New Mexico and Arizona. The session also includes a civil appropriation bill and Rosebud reservation opening, with Shafroth proposing a $100 coin destruction fine and Turner proposing to expand federal judiciary by nine to fifteen judges.
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Howsh
J. D. Salmon
New Jersey
House
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Friends of
Senate
Rosebud Indiana
South Dakota
Shafroth
Colorado
United States
Turner
Washington
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