Missing Paul Jones Naptha Launch Sought Off Biloxi Coast
A fruitless coastal search for the missing naptha launch Paul Jones ends with little hope of survivorship for the crew. Capt Nielsen of the steamer Georgia describes a launch matching the vessel’s features seen January 4 between Ship Island and Biloxi, heading toward Grant's Pass. A later sighting 15 miles south of Horn Island was identified as a Baldwin launch from New Orleans.
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Cabinet Advisers Named for Brooke Administration
Gen Brooke announces the cabinet of advisers with Domingo Mendez Capote Pablo Des vernine Jose Antonio Gonzales Lanuza and Adolfo Saenz Yanez named to government finance justice and public works and agriculture and industry. Lanuza travels to Washington as part of a Cuban military commission while others took oath before Gen Brooke and Gen Chaffee attended. The article also covers Senate plans on the peace treaty Indian and Nicaragua canal bills and notes Dingley’s funeral with upcoming House actions including the naval personnel bill and possible election case imports.
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Committee On Appropriations
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House of Representatives
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Commission to study Filipino race and social problems
President Schurman spoke of forming a commission to study the Filipinos. The panel, including Dewey and Prof Arbor, will examine race and customs, social issues, and the commercial possibilities in the islands. The inquiry is not political but aims to understand the people and resources.
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Comumis
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Dewey
D Arbor Univers
Derstood
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Philippinés
Adm
Charles Denby Worcester
Annom Mission
Philippine Commission and Cornell Changes Noted
The text discusses a Philippine commission likely to sail for Manila by early February. It notes Adm. Dewey and Otis’s familiarity with the issues, and mentions Prof. Worcester and President Schurman. It also reports Cornell University will appoint T F Crane to act as president in Schurman’s absence, with leave extended to 1900. The piece covers congressional business including a Pacific cable to Hawaii and Japan, post office funding, a military academy bill, and Army expansion pending Chairman Hull’s recovery.
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Military Committee
Funeral arrangements for Nelson Dingley in Lewiston
Lewiston Me Jan 17 arrangements for the reception of the body of Nelson A Dingley from Washington Tuesday and for services to be held here are completed A special train will bring the body and a guard of 12 police and 12 Grand Army soldiers from Lewiston and Auburn The body will lie in state at city hall Tuesday afternoon and a public funeral will be held Wednesday at 10 oclock The procession will reach city hall as bells toll and the body placed in a large catafalque Viewing allowed until 5 pm before the body is taken to the Dingley home The funeral will be at Pine Street Congregational Church and interment will be in Auburn cemetery
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Nelson A. Dingley
Washington
Portland
Grand Army
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Dingley
Pine Street Congregational Church
Kansas cattle plunger Gillett to face creditors in Kansas City
Grant Gillett, dubbed the Kansas cattle plunger, plans to return to the United States and meet creditors in Kansas City on or before February 1. Charles F. Hunt, arriving from Chihuahua, Mexico, says he represents the Kansan’s principal creditors and confirms the overseas linkage and high stakes in the financial uproar. Hunt left for Mexico after disclosures.
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Kansas
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Chihuahua
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Hunt
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Thompson on trial for Journal building blast in Detroit
After more than three years of postponement the trial began Monday for Thomas M. Thompson the engineer accused of permitting high steam pressure and of leaving his post in connection with the Journal building explosion that killed 37 people. The case has seen repeated legal delays.
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Journal
Thomas M. Thompson
Farm House Blown Up Killing Family in Wisconsin
A farm house near Pittsville Wisconsin was blown to atoms by dynamite, killing Fayette Meacham and fatally injuring his wife and four children. Meacham had bought the house to use in blasting and the ignition cause is unknown.
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Spanish flag stoned in Havana protest over symbol
In Havana a Spanish flag raised over a Calzada del Monte hotel triggered a crowd of Cubans who hurled stones until Company B of the 10th Infantry arrived. The flag was lowered after authorities warned it could spark more disorder. In New Orleans, Santiago Morph was arrested for forging securities to steal 70,000 from a Mexican bank. He once ran a book and horses in several cities and faced a hotel fire loss in San Francisco.
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Calzada del Monte
10Th Regular Infantry
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New Orleans
Santiago Morph
Mexican National Bank
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New York
George Murphy
Toronto
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Mexico
Evansville to Rockport Electric Road Planned by Dayton Firm
R L Worrell W L Cater and W C Hennings from Dayton Ohio arrived in Evansville to promote an electric railroad project linking Evansville Rockport Canels ton and Tell City about 40 miles. They report strong local backing and plan construction to start by May 1. A South railway limited train from New York to St Augustine completed its first season trip covering over 1000 miles in just over 24 hours.
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Tell City
St. Augustine
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Delegates offer help to free Spanish prisoners in Philippines
Maparip January 16 delegates representing the Filipino colony present to the minister of the colonies Senor Romero Giron offering cooperation for the liberation of Spanish prisoners held by insurgents in the Philippine islands.
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Senor Romero Giron
Philippine Islands
National Carbon Co. Incorporated in New Jersey
National Carbon Co of Trenton New Jersey was incorporated Monday with an authorized capital of 10 million dollars. The company is listed as incorporated in the local registration records and signifies a new corporate entity in the regional chemical industry.
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National Carbon Co
Navy forms squadron of evolution under Adm Sampson
The Navy Department designates warships to form the squadron of evolution, led by Admiral Sampson. Flagships New York Brooklyn Indiana Texas Chicago Newark Machias will accompany named colliers and supply ships Marcellus Lebanon and Supply. They must reach Havana before February 1.
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Navy Department
Adm. Sampson
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Texas
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Newark
Machias
Marcellus
Lebanon
Supply
Havana
Obituary: Emily J. Dosely Dies at 101 in Utica Home
Utica New York January 16 Mrs Emily J Dosely who would have been 102 in April died Sunday night at the Home for the Homeless. The death marks the passing of a long time resident noted for community service and resilience.
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N. Y
Emily J. Dosely
Boy 13 Thrown From Express Car In Pennsylvania Line
William Baily aged 13 of Xenia Ohio, formerly of Lancaster State farm, suffered a concussion after being thrown from the front end of the Pennsylvania New York express at Morrow. His condition is reported as dangerous.
Second Cabinet Dinner Hosted by Treasury Secretary
Washington report notes the second cabinet dinner of the year with Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs Gage entertaining President McKinley and Mrs McKinley on Monday night.
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Veteran in Despondency Fires Self in Fairmount Park
John J. Kellogg of Washington Iowa, a Civil War veteran, tried to kill himself with a head shot in Fairmount Park on Sunday. He was moved to the German hospital in critical condition as authorities investigate the despondent act.
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John J. Kellogg
Washington
Iowa
Fairmount Park
Salmon Trust Movement Forms Local Initiative
CuicaGo January 16 Local dealers spearhead a move to form a salmon trust. Negotiations for the purchase of the Pacific Coast cannery are under way as part of the drive to consolidate salmon production and distribution.
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CuicaGo
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Spanish cruiser brings Columbus ashes to Seville via Girada
MaprRip reports that the Spanish cruiser Conde de Venadito arrived at Cadiz from Havana with the reputed ashes of Columbus. The ashes were transferred to the armed yacht Girada for conveyance to Seville.
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Conde de Venadito
Cadiz
Havana
Columbus
Girada
Seville
The Eruptions of Mount Vesuvius Attain Great Proportions
Naples reports Mount Vesuvius eruptions reaching great proportions with unprecedented lava flow and streams of fire in all directions, though no serious damage has occurred yet.
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