Deficiency and Subsidy Bills Passed This Session
A compressed report notes the appropriations committee warning on sundry civil bills, and bills on Nicaragua relations, war provisions, and railways, with references to naval officers, pensions, and a civilian public works program amid ongoing Senate discussions. It records Friday sessions, committee actions, and mentions casualties among intelligence and military postings as part of the day’s legislative recap.
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Comhouse
Gant
Reed
Nicaragua
Iman
Presar
Spain
Edward de Leon
Egypt
Senate
Norning
Navy
Astoria
Naas
Ising
Office of Supervising
American Forces Storm Calocan in Early February Battle
In Manila on February 18 the United States forces attacked Colocan at 3 40 pm. Monadnock fired from the bay and earthworks were bombarded as Kansas and Pennsylvania regiments advanced through jungle toward the presidency. Rebels were driven from the town as native houses burned and Filipino troops offered brief resistance. Losses for the Americans were slight. In San Francisco two Aguinaldo envoys arrived from Yokohama, distressed by reports from the Philippines.
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Manila
Colocan
de la Lome Church
United States Signal Station
Monadnock
Montana
Kansas Regiment
Presidency
Pennsylvania
Britain Offers to Buy Chilean and Argentine Warships
England seeks to purchase Chilean and Argentine warships in a reported move. The Bolivian dispute triggers diplomatic demands as Senor Carlos Walker Martinez seeks guarantees of safety for Chileans in Bolivia amid the conflict between President Alonzo and the federalists.
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England
Lima
Peru
Galveston
Tex
Great Britain
Senor
Carlos Walker Martinez
Emeterio Cano
Bolivia
Alonzo
President McKinley Urges Pacific Cable Action
Washington February 13. The president's message to Congress urges action on the Pacific cable project. The communication outlines the need for a transoceanic link and details considerations for connecting the United States with Pacific nations.
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McKinley
Congress
Washington
Need for Pacific Cable Linking United States to Philippines
A congressional message calls for swift establishment of a Pacific cable network to reach the Philippines, Hawaii, and Guam under U S control in peace or war. It urges action before Congress adjourns to ensure secure, speedy communication across the Pacific.
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Philippines
Hawaiian Island
Guam
Pacific
Manila
Hawaiian Islands
Congress
Bodies of Andree and Party Found in Siberia Mystery
A Siberian tribe reports a cabin linked to a balloon with three bodies nearby, including one head crushed, believed to be aeronaut Adolf Andree and companions. Police head for the scene as investigators probe the mysterious find amid harsh winter. Missouri Fruit Crops Killed in Nevada Mo. Weather Records Fall.
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Krasnoyarsk
Siberia
Monaetyrschin
Limir Peninsula
Komo
Pit
Yeniseisk
Herr Andree
Missouri
Nevada
Vernon
Cedar Counties
Paris Trial Revision Bill Adopted in Chamber of Deputies
The trial revision bill passed 832 to 282 in the chamber of deputies. Later, streets in Paris saw significant ferment as rival parties shouted and clashed.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Philippine Situation Improves After Otis Dispatch
Washington reports a rapid easing of tension in the Philippines after General Otis details fighting results near Manila. Troops push back insurgents, Aguinaldo seeks ceasefire, natives show white flags, and Manila restarts business as troops demonstrate strong combat readiness. Lieutenant Alford among the wounded.
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Washington
Philippines
Manila
Otis
Laguna de Bay
Calocan
Here
Kansas
Funstan
Alford
Aguinaldo
Two US Officers Arrested for Crossing Border at Log Cabin
Two United States customs officers P M Hoyt and Hector McLean were arrested at Log Cabin while convoying liquors to Log Cabin. They were held 24 hours and released after Captain Cartwright, acting magistrate, explained that American officials cannot convoy goods into British Columbia and that the boundary line runs at the summit, not at Log Cabin.
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Tin Skagway
Victoria
B. WF
United States
P. M. Hoyt
Hector McLean
Log Cabin
British Columbia
Cartwright
Secret Cuban Assembly Hears Gomez Excluded from Havana
The Cuban assembly executive committee plans to shun Gomez in Havana. He will not be welcomed or present when he arrives, and faces formal notice to appear before the committee to explain his actions regarding Porter’s propositions from President McKinley’s envoy.
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Havana
Executive Committee
Cuban Assembly
Gomez
Porter
McKinley
Burned to death in cabin near La Center Washington
Peter Nelson aged 78 widower lived alone five miles northeast of La Center last Saturday evening His death reported today by Vancouver authorities He had a daughter about 14 living with relatives in Nebraska No indemnity granted to Austro Hungarian government by Washington state department over 1897 Hazelton Pa killings by Sheriff Martins posse
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Vancouver
Wash
Peter Nelson
la Center
Punty
Nelson
Nebraska
Washington
State Department
Martin
Hazelton
Senate
Isaac Ofner
Portland
John M. Comstock
Customs Division
Treasury Department
McKinley
Joint High Commission
British Columbia
Atlin
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Tin-Plate Trust
Tacoma
J. P. Morgan & Co
Northern Pacific Railway
Union Pacific
Harry Tracy
Weiner
Dave Merrill
Cordano
Ford Sunday
Gomez to Refer U S Offer to Cuban Assembly
The Havana correspondent reports General Maximo Gomez will refer the $3,000,000 offer to pay Cuban troops to the Cuban assembly at Mariana for disbandment. In Indiana a baby born weighing one pound is described as the smallest Northern Indiana infant on record. Sailors across Panama and ships in Colon Colombia face a widening strike affecting laborers and cargo handling.
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London
Havana
the Times
Maximo Gomez
Mariana
Mishawaka
Ind
Noble Austin
Indiana
Adance
Colon
Colombia
Fortune Island
Panama
Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Pacific Mail
Storm-Swept Coast Deluges Boston Area
A northeast snow storm batters Massachusetts coast with high tides flooding Lynn and Swampscott streets and wrecks reported off Nantasket beach. Hull lifesavers search for the ship’s crew as Boston harbor endures snow and spray and Cape Cod faces a fierce blizzard with lost visibility and uncertain lightship status.
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Boston
Bay
Massachusetts
Nantasket Beach
Lynn
Swampscott
Kings Beach
New Washington Street
Cape Cod
Portland
Empress of Japan Arrives as Kinshin Maru Loss Reported
Vancouver dispatch reports Kinshin Maru sailing from Seattle December 28 lost six men overboard during a northeast gale with mountainous seas. Chief officer Laprack led attempts to save the crew after a heavy sea flooded the after deck washing overboard an apprentice, an officer, and four sailors. Captain Brady ordered search but found no trace as companion-ways and bulwarks were swept away.
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Vancouver
B. C
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Seattle
Laprack
Brady
Miles Charges Prompt McKinley to Name Court of Inquiry
President McKinley appoints a court of inquiry to probe General Miles claims about meat supplied to the army during the Spanish War and related war department issues. Major-General Wade, Colonel George W. Davis, and Colonel Gillespie will hear evidence in agton starting February 15 and report on merits and further steps. Miles did not comment on the court’s appointment.
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Spain
Miles
Wade
George W. Davis
Ninth Infantry
Gillespie
Corps of Engineers
Paris
Japan
United States
California
Philippines
Gomez
Corbett
Duke d'Arcos
Mexico
Madrid
Washington
Stanley Brewer
Eugene
Wolff & Zwicker
Portland
Succeed Eagan retirement and burial policy urged
Washington reports General Eagan will retire after 30 years of service with a subsistence post to Colonel John F. Weston as commissary general. Eagan loses 1375 annually for six years. Olympia governor to seek a legislative plan for burial aid for soldiers killed in foreign service. Chicago reports the coldest weather since 1872 with 22 below and many frostbitten, frozen pipes, and one man dead from exposure.
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New York
the Tribune
Washington
Eagan
John F. Weston
Olympia
Wash
Rogers
Manila
United States
Chicago
Colorado & Southern Mortgage Filed in Denver
A mortgage for 20000000 dollars to Central Trust Company of New York by the Colorado and Southern railway was filed in Denver County today. Revenue stamps totaling 35250 dollars were used in the filing.
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Denver
Colo
Central Trust Company
New York City
Colorado & Southern Railway
Battleship Iowa arrives San Francisco for Manila voyage
Reports confirm the battleship Iowa has reached San Francisco and will be sent to Manila with supplies for Dewey. The Manila engagement cost 250 killed and 4,000 insurgent deaths, as officially stated.
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Iowa
San Francisco
Manila
Dewey
Spanish government halts Caroline islands sale and war notes
The article reports Spain shelving the Caroline island sale and moves abroad. It notes U S troop mustering out of the Third Regiment of Immunes at Santiago, war department budgets, Samoa king selection, Filipino casualties, and various global incidents including shipbuilding, court prosecutions, church attacks in China, and a Yukon gold strike near Cracker Jack claim.
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Secretary of War
Santiago
Justice Chambers
Apia
Malietoa Tanus
Samoan Islands
Philippines
K. C. Judson
Buffalo Hump
Idaho
Rufus Hawley
Flint & Co
Tornado Nearly Wipes Out Stilesboro Georgia Town
A tornado devastated Stilesboro Georgia with injuries reported but no fatalities. Authorities investigate broader trouble affecting Chinese residents admitted for the trans Mississippi exposition. Inspector James Stone leads the government inquiry.
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Stilesboro
United States
James Stone
Government Service
Grant Passes Algiers on Its Way to Manila
The United States transport Grant, sailing from New York January 19 bound for Manila, passed Algiers today.
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Grant
Algiers
United States
New York
Manila
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