Neeley Must Return to Cuba for Trial
The U S Supreme Court ruling January 17 held Neeley must be extradited to Cuba for trial. Justice Harlan cited Cuba as foreign territory under joint resolution, protocol, and the Paris treaty. The decision upheld Section 5270 on extradition and affirmed the denial of habeas corpus. Secretary Root praised the ruling as preserving American justice in Cuba.
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Supreme Court of the
United States
Neeley
Harlan
Cuba
Congress
Spain
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
General Delgado Surrenders as MacArthur Reports End of Resistance
General Delgado commander in chief of Iloilo Panay surrenders January 11 to Brigadier General Hughes with twenty four men and rifles. MacArthur notes other surrenders likely in coming days signaling end of organized resistance in Panay while unorganized marauding persists. Signal corps lays cables linking Cebu Mindanao to Manila, marking first Mindanao connection to the capital.
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MacArthur
Delgado
Olallo
Panay
War Department
Loilo
Robert P. Hughes
Doilo
General Greely
Allen
Philippines
Signal Corps
Oslob
Cebu
Dumaguete
Negros
Erasmis
Sintogo
Mindanao
Mindanosa
Manila
Changes in postal law report favors rate exclusions
The joint postal commission issued its report January 14 after two years of inquiry. It unanimously recommends excluding from the second class mail rate books whether bound or unbound, newspapers and periodicals unsold sent between news agents or returned to publishers, and sample copies above a small fixed proportion of circulation.
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Postal Commission
House
Senate
Rumors of New Uprising Near Panama and Colombia
Navy informed of the Philadelphia at Panama as reports speak of a potential revolutionary movement near Bogota. Consul Gudger reports improved conditions though the duration of Philadelphia’s presence remains undetermined.
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Navy Department
Panama
Colombia
United States
Gudger
Philadelphia
Patterson Caucus Nominee Withdraws From Senate Race
Governor Thomas announced his withdrawal from the United States senate race on January 14. Fusion legislators nominated Denver’s Thomas M. Patterson to succeed E. O. Wolcott, receiving 73 of 91 caucus votes. A separate trade report shows December 1900 imports at $68,599,609 with $29,151,535 duty free. domestic exports at $144,197,446. gold imports $3,375,552. silver imports $3,014,558. exports of gold $410,533 and silver $7,358,839.
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Thomas
United States
Fusion
Thomas M. Patterson
Denver
United States Senate
E. O. Wolcott
Bureau of Statistics
Wu and Hay Confer on Chinese Situation
Secretary Hay returns to the state department after a week of illness and meets with Wu to discuss China. Powers respond to a dispatch urging expedited negotiations with a shared aim of a final settlement, while some blame the United States for delays.
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Hay
State Department
United States
Washington
Favor Court of Pension Appeals Advocated by Grand Army Leaders
The Grand Army of the Republic leaders Leo Bassieur Robert B. Brown Charles C Adams John W Burst O H Coulter and John Palmer appeared before the house invalid pension committee in Washington on January 14 to support creating a court of pension appeals for rejected claims. The pension office reviews about 100000 cases each year.
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Court of Pension Appeals
General Committee of the Grand Army of the Republic
Leo Bassieur
St. Louis
Robert B. Brown
Zanesville
Charles C. Adams
Boston
John W. Burst
Chicago
O. H. Coulter
Topeke
John Palmer
House Invalid Pension Committee
Washington
Pension Office
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Systemic Relief
In promoting a constitutional approach Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to cure catarrh by treating the whole body rather than local symptoms. Manufactured by F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio, the remedy is sold with a guarantee offering a refund if it fails to cure.
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Cor
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Cheney & CO
Allen's Foot-Ease Free Sample Offer
Free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder offered by Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York. Claims to cure sweating damp swollen feet and ease tight shoes. Also advertised as remedy for chilblains and frost-bites with price 25 cents at druggists and shoe stores. An antiquarian note closes the ad.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Local Retail Ad Teases Weekly Pay Offer
A clipped advertisement fragment advertises earning 618 a week with unspecified job details. No company names or dates are readable. The text is partial and lacks clear terms or location.
Female Health Remedies Promoted by Pinkham Advertising
A fragment describes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments including womb disorders and nervous weakness. It cites a reader's testimonial of long suffering and relief after using Pinkham's medicine, noting prior medical failures and severe pain before treatment.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Teo
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Patterson Caucus
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