Francis E Baker Nominated for Seventh Circuit Judge
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports that the Senate Judiciary Committee favored Francis E Baker for the Seventh Circuit Court seat covering Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin. President McKinley announced he would not attend Indiana events next May. The piece notes Baker’s father is a district judge and discusses potential conflicts but affirms the nomination’s favorable path. Senator Allison of Iowa and Representative Cannon lead key House and Senate committees.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Francise. Baker
Seventh Judicial Circuit
Indiana
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Baker
Judiciary Committee
Fletcher M. Dean
Richard E. Sloan
Supreme Court of
Territory of Arizona
Weeek
Roosevelt
Congress
Beveridge
Indianapolis
National Manufacturers’ Association
President McKinley sought war fund to pressure Spain
A narrative describes McKinley proposing Congress grant fifty million dollars for war pur poses to signal resolve to Spain and force a peaceful settlement. He discussed a rapid cabinet change and favored Secretary Long's retirement with Governor Crane as successor. Roosevelt valued Secretary Hitchcock less after ties with Interior, while old associates like William J. Youngs visited the White House.
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McKinley
Spain
White House
United States
Congress
Peer Ae
Naval
Long
Crane
Massachusetts
Hitchcock
Roosevelt
Interior
Missouri
William J. Youngs
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Youngs
New York
Creede Sees Possible Pat Crowe Arrest in Swindle Case
Edwin v. Wilber, jailed in Creede Colorado on swindling and forgery charges, resembles Pat Crowe in age, build, and marks. Omaha Police Chief Donahue received confirmation reports and examined identification clues including a missing tooth and a distinctive three strand silver ring.
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Creede
Col
Pilcher
Donahue
Omaha
Edwin v. Wilber
Pat Crowe
Wilber
Crowe
Neb
Rand & McNally
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
South Dakota
Indian Territory
Root outlines friar land issue in Philippines conflict
Secretary Root described the friars as the main power behind land control in the Philippines with 400000 acres held and owed rents. He urged disposing of friar property to ease unrest, noting tenants’ fierce opposition to landlord friars and predicting land sale proceeds determined by higher church authorities.
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Aguinaldo
Root
Philippines
Madrid
Islands
Mr. Root
Ireland
War Department
Democratic Senate panel proposes Philippine tariff plan
Democratic members of the Senate committee on the Philippines spent hours in talks over a substitute bill. They agree on key points, backing a path to independence for the Filipinos while granting free trade between the United States and the Philippine archipelago during a transitional period similar to that with other territories.
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Washington
Senate Committee On the Philippines
United States
Philippine Archipelago
Bomb for Methodists Refutes Biblical Infallibility
Chicago January 18 The Record Herald reports Northwestern University English professor Charles W Pearson has declared biblical infallibility a superstition and that key miracles are poetic fancies. He accuses Methodist leaders of inactivity and evasive teaching, calling Sunday school instruction inadequate.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
Charles W. Pearson
Northwestern University
Evanston
Pearson
Methodist Church
Charges of roster mutilation at Chickamauga park
The Chickamauga Chatta nooga National Military Park Commission report cites 71.36 miles of improved park roads and $11 077.57 spent on construction. It notes no deaths within the park, healthy local surroundings, and calls out alleged tampering with the commission rosters by Indiana members to fit their views, with errors and changes found in the reproduced roster.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park Commission
Rossville
McFarland's Gap
Chickamauga
Rossfield
Chickamauga Park
Indiana
National Military Park
National Commission
Denials From Neely Reeves Testimony Confront Ex Chief
Former Havana post office clerk Neely Reeves faced his ex-chief three times yesterday as denials contradicted his testimony in a flat confrontation. The hearings focused on alleged improprieties and questioned Reeves’ statements in detail, with officials seeking clarifications on prior records and duties.
Cuban post office fraud trial resumes with Neely cross examination
Havana witnesses detail the handling of warrants and private accounts. Neely denies conspiracy with Reeves and Rathbone and says he did not forge signatures. Reeves challenges his claims as the court considers appointing signature experts. The judge adjourns the hearing after Neely calls Reeves crazy.
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Havana
Audiencia Court
C. F. W. Neely
Bureau of Finance
Neely
O. K
Rathbone
el Cerro
C. M. Rich
Ratbone
Postal Department
Reeves
United States
Contents Of Today's Journal Part One Ten Pages
A broad table of contents lists pages and sections across the issue. Topics include Panama route denials from Neely, general telegraphic news, city news, legal matters at Penn House, Hohenzollern rails, France in line, trading and sports items, ordinances, real estate, conventions, crime, mining investments, London features, postage stamps, live stock and markets, fashions, literary notes, and an ending with a dramatic note about an explosion whose cause will not be known due to fatalities.
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Panama
Neely
General Telegraphic News
City News
King
Penn House
Hohenzollern
France
Sporting News
Pope Leo
James Carney
Washington
London
Max O'Rell
Orders Call 10 Soldiers to Philippines Movement
Military orders authorize extensive movement of soldiers with over five thousand personnel now stationed in the United States to proceed to Manila. The assignment concentrates on redeploying forces to support operations in the Philippines as tensions in the region escalate.
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United States
Troop Movements and Recruiting Orders From Manila
General Miles issues broad orders moving about 5233 troops from the United States to the Philippines and recruiting them to the maximum. Several regiments and battalions depart San Francisco in February and March. other units reassigned to Texas Columbia Lakes Missouri Dakota departments. Chaffee orders improved marksmanship and target practice for Philippine troops. Wade reports surrender of 365 insurgents at Cebu with oath taken at Taglibaran, Bohol.
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Washington
Miles
United States
Philippines
First Cavalry
Fifth Cavalry
Seventh Infantry
Eighth Infantry
Tenth Infantry
Eleventh Infantry
Fifteenth Infantry
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Twenty-ninth Infantry
San Francisco
Anon Infantry
Department of Exas
Seventeenth Infantry
Department of the Columbia
Twentieth Infantry
Department of the Lakes
Twenty-second Infantry
Department of the Missouri
Ninth Infantry
Department of Dakota
General Chaffee
Chaffee
Army of the Philippines
War Department
James F. Wade
Cebu
Philippine Islands
Taglibaran
Bohol
Jocular Hold Up Men Nabbed After Gambling House Robo
Two unmasked robbers held up a saloon gambling room on Fourteenth and Douglas, stole cash and a cash box containing $2, then were captured ten minutes later by police. They claimed the act was fair as the house’s game. Names given were Frank Williams and Frank Jones, with one claiming the name Robert Limerick and a Council Bluffs family. Diamonds and funds in another caper linked to the pair were unrecovered.
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Omaha
Fourteenth and
Douglas Streets
Frank Williams
Frank Jones
Douglas Street
Kansas City
Donahue
Jones
Robert Limerick
Council Bluffs
Limerick
Wines Rooms
Iliams
Ames
Nebe
Frank Crabill
Joseph Wolfe
Denver Limited Wreck Kills Engineer and Fireman
In Victor Iowa the Denver limited passenger train No 5 on the Rock Island road exploded its locomotive boiler as it passed through, killing engineer W R Williams of Brooklyn Iowa and fireman E Hoar of Valley Junction Iowa. Two porters and a brakeman were slightly injured. The explosion occurred within 250 feet of the station and threw seven cars off the track. Passengers were uninjured. Pieces and the boiler were scattered widely, with causes not disclosed.
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Victor
Denver Limited
Rock Island Road
W. R. Williams
Brooklyn
E. Hoar
Valley Junction
Des Moines
Largest conduit contract awarded for Cincinnati arc light system
January 18 Cincinnati crew announces a record conduit contract to a Cincinnati and New York firm for underground wires powering the arc lights citywide. The project covers over one million feet of conduit, more than forty miles of street tearing, and costs exceed one million dollars including poles. Many bidders from New York Chicago and St. Louis attended the bidding with a fierce contest.
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Cincinnati
New York
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Chicago
St. Louis
James Considine Sent to Prison for Five Years
James Considine the New York theatrical man was taken to the penitentiary in Cincinnati to serve a five year sentence for robbing the Granville Ohio post office in 189?. He forfeited his bond after a prior release from the Jefferson City Missouri penitentiary for diamond robbery and has sought a presidential pardon without success as Judge Thompson ordered the Columbus penitentiary term.
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Cincinnati
James Considine
New York
Considine
Granville
Ohio
Jefferson City
Thompson
United States Court of Appeals
Columbus
United States
Friars Lands in the Philippines Questioned by Root
Secretary Root testified before the House insular affairs committee on January 18 regarding friars lands in the Philippines. He stated these land holdings formed a major issue in the territorial question and urged attention to the matter within the insular policy debate.
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Washington
Root
House Committee On Insular Affairs
Burglars Fire Bomb House of M J Isherwood
Burglars forced entry to the Isherwood home in Chicago and escaped with valuables worth about 2000 after starting a fire to conceal the crime. Mrs Isherwood alerted the fire department in time, but authorities say the blaze caused damage before it was controlled.
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Chicago
Furglars
M. J. Isherwood
Report Recommends Panama Canal Purchase by U S
The Isthmian Canal Commission reports to President Roosevelt that the Panama Canal Company should sell its property to the United States for 40 million dollars. The unanimous recommendation cites clear title and steps to avoid legal or international hurdles, with ownership details indicating most stock held within the Panama Canal Company and a few outside individuals. The president will forward the report to Congress early next week.
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Ama Canal Company
United States
Roosevelt
Com
Paris Explains Canal Property Sale Process
It is explained that if the Panama Canal Company sale proceeds, jurisconsults will be appointed to decide whether ratification by a French tribunal is needed or if a vote by the general meeting of stockholders will suffice. In any case, it will be a formality with no new obstacle expected.
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Paris
Panama Canal Company
Jurisconsults
Bearded the President as Michigan beet sugar men plead for duty
A Michigan beet sugar delegation led by W L Churchill and F R Hathaway met the President to oppose a Cuban sugar duty cut. Rep. William Alden Smith accompanied them, presenting a memorial citing the 1896 platform and Dingley law. They urged support without devastating their industry, citing rapid factory growth, $10.5 million capital, and widespread employment and production gains in Michigan.
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Washington
Michigan
W. L. Churchill
Michigan Sugar Manufacturers’ Association
F. R. Hathaway
William Alden Smith
Cuba
Sugar Trust
Order Issued on Veteran Preference in Civil War Era
Washington January 3 executive order issued directing departments to heed laws granting preference to veterans in appointments and retention. The President instructs agencies to apply veteran preference when service needs justify action and to ensure compliance across departments.
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Washington
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Tennessee
George Ade
The
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Secretary of War
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Erans
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Mously
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Admiral Walker
Hay
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