Delgado Surrenders in Panay as War Ends in Iloilo
General MacArthur reports Delgado commander in chief of Iloilo Panay surrendered January 1 to Brigadier General Robert Hughes with four officers and twenty one men. The move signals end of organized armed resistance. Additional surrenders expected within days as officials note relief in Washington. The second item describes a Grand Trunk Wisconsin Central rail plan to challenge Canadian Pacific, linking Portland Maine to Vancouver via Ashland Duluth Winnipeg and Winnipeg to Vancouver.
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Washington
MacArthur
Delgado
Iloilo
Panay
War Department
Llolo
Robert Hughes
Central Catholics Press for Native Catholic Teacher Emphasis
At Manila Jan 16 representatives urge amendments to employ native or Catholic teachers and permit religious instruction in public schools. They argue Catholic teaching would improve results and society, while Judge Taft notes the commission cannot adopt those amendments. The commissioners believe many Filipinos want religious teaching in schools and that education bills hinge on Catholic attendance.
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Philippine Commission
Manila
Udge Taft
Neely Extradition Case Upheld by Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court ruled Neely is subject to extradition and must be surrendered to Cuban authorities. Justice Harlan authored a unanimous opinion confirming the June 1900 act as constitutional, detailing Neely’s crime, arrest, and efforts to block extradition. The ruling covers extradition laws and applies to Cuba as foreign territory under U S control.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Neely
Cuba
Spain
Harlan
United States
Secretary Long Seeks 4 Million Navy Deficiency
Washington on January 16 reports Secretary Long will ask Congress this week for a 4,000,000 deficiency appropriation to maintain a strong Asiatic station. The funds cover expenses from the Chinese trouble and the Philippine rebellion.
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Long
Navy
Washington
Asiatic
Congress
Philippines
Morgan Report Foresees Profit in Nicaragua Canal
Senator Morgan releases a report with Emory Johnson’s statement on the canal’s traffic resources and its impact on U S industry. He argues the Nicaraguan canal will yield high returns at an extreme cost of 290.5 million dollars and that a one dollar per ton toll is most feasible. The report of the canal’s effect on transcontinental railways predicts rate cuts offset by increased local traffic.
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Washington
Morgan
Nicaragua Canal
Emory R. Johnson
Isthmian Commission
United States
Isthmian Canal Commission
Imperial seal delays formal signing of agreement
Prince Ching informed the Spanish minister that the agreement was signed Sunday but the imperial seal could not be presented to foreign envoys for one or two days due to its location in the Forbidden City and the need for a personal imperial order. Russia began turning the railway over to Germany and Germany will place line management under former company employees with military supervision.
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Peking
Prince Ching
Senor Caldogan
Forbidden City
Russia
Germany
Filibustered Senate Faces Growing Opposition in Washington
Washington notes focus on progress in the House with the apportionment bill and a river and harbor measure near 70 million dollars. In the Senate, army reorganization dominates debate as a few unnamed leaders and hidden cabals slow legislation, while the shipping bill gains momentum and a reckoning with foreign shipowners looms if it fails.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
United States
House
Congress of
Chinese viceroys pay indemnities for destroyed missions
In Tacoma January 16 reports that the Chinese viceroys of southern provinces are paying indemnities to American English and French claims for burned Catholic missions in the Canton prefecture. Funds come from special levies on wealthy gentry and from leasing gambling monopolies.
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Tacoma
Wash
Canton
McKenzie Receiver Case Lacked Jurisdiction In Appeal
The United States court of appeals heard the McKenzie case, where Alexander McKenzie as receiver is charged with disobeying a writ of supersedeas. His counsel argued the writ was void as no appeal had been filed with the circuit court, and the appeal bond and order were not in the Alaska district court, denying appellate jurisdiction.
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San Francisco
Conempt
Alexander McKenzie
United States Court of Appeals
McKenzie
Circuit Court of Appeals
Flying Columns Formed to Drive Out Invaders in Cape Colony
Cape Town reports a near four thousand strong town guard inspected by Colonel Cooper with praise. A flying column is under formation between eastern and western railway lines to aid regular forces in clearing the colony of invaders. Each section has seven carts with drivers three men food and ammunition and is equipped with Maxim guns and pompons.
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Cape Colony
Cape Town
Cooper
Corringe
Filipinos Deportation Placed Under Guam Naval Custody
Secretary Root states that all Filipino insurgent leaders exiled to Guam will be kept in naval custody on the island. He cannot estimate their number but believes it not large enough to require extra guards. In Topeka a bill seeks to restore capital punishment, with legislative sentiment leaning in its favor and potential hangings for death row inmates if enacted.
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Guam
Washington
Root
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Bathurst Rout of Rebels in Gambia
British punitive expedition reaches Dumbutu on January 11 and routs rebels after an hour of fighting. Sixty rebels killed, sixty wounded and two hundred captured. Six chiefs to be brought to Bathurst. British casualties total six West Indians wounded. Additional fighting anticipated.
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Bathurst
Gambia
West Africa
Dumbutu
Extending Philippine Cables Reported by Signal Corps
General Greely receives a dispatch stating the signal corps has laid cables from Osloo Cebu to Dumaguete Negros and thence to Misamis and Linto Mindanao. In Denver, Governor Thomas withdraws from the U.S. Senate race, leaving T. M. Patterson in command.
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Washington
General Greely
United States Army
James Allen
Signal Corps
Osloo
Cebu
Dumaguete
Negros
Misamis
Linto
Mindanao
Denver
Thomas
United States
T. M. Patterson
Natives Hanged or Imprisoned for Crimes in Mass Convictions
Report describes large numbers of natives tried and convicted for murder and other offenses, with executions by hanging and imprisonment as the outcome. Counties and courts are cited as enforcing swift punishment amid rising crime concerns.
Organized Band Executions Stir Philippine Outcry
Reports from Manila describe general orders allowing executions by an organized band under Vincente Prado near Rosario Union province. Prado and his followers reportedly killed two Americans and two Igorrote prisoners without trial, and ordered attacks that burned the Rosario district house and killed its president and son.
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Washington
Phiippines
General MacArthur
Vincente Prado
Rosario
Union
Prado
San Jacinto
Predo
A Crawhback to Amity
Mrs Jopps confronts the judge alleging faults with her husband. She says he is kind but financially impractical during a courtroom exchange reported by the Detroit Free Press.
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Jopps
Judge
Detroit Free Press
Natives Hanged for Nighttime Robberies by Fake Police
A group of natives impersonating police entered houses at night, forced residents to surrender, bound their arms, beat them, and looted money and jewelry. Pedro Lachica and another native were sentenced to be hanged for part in the crimes.
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Pedro Lachica
General Grant Pursues Pacification Effort in District
General Grant, commanding scouts in the southern district, reports engagement with insurgent bands south of Buloc mountain. He attacked 100 entrenched fighters, four insurgent corpses found, with American casualties of a sergeant and a private. Pampanga province remains quiet as civil government is anticipated. Colonel Bullock clashed with insurgents at Purtingen, seizing arms and ammunition.
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Manila
Grant
Buloc Mountain
Pampanga
William Bullock
Purtingen
Big Pine Deal Sells 55 Million Feet of Standing Pine
In Duluth on January 15 a major northern Minnesota timber sale announced the Hiram W. Sibley tract of 55 million feet was sold to Richardson and Avery for 270000. Sibley held the timber for years and plans a logging road and Duluth sawmill. Sioux City out of the Western Baseball League with franchise move to Minneapolis. potential Pueblo return with 2000 bonus. La Crosse Brewing Co organizes a 1 million capital merger to build a 200000 plant. four local breweries join the combine.
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Duluth
Minnesota
Hiram W. Sibley
Lake County
Lake Superior
Richardson & Avery
Sibley
Rochester
N. Y
Sioux City
Beale
Minneapolis
Pueblo
la Crosse
Wis
la Crosse Brewing Company
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