Bombardment and Guerilla Action Near San Pedro Macati
Rebels press near San Pedro Macati as gunboats attempt dislodging fire from trenches. American brigades including North Dakota volunteers and Oregon infantry reinforce Camp Dewey while jungle harassing fire continues along both sides of the line.
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kKenshine
North Dakota Volunteenth
Fourth Cavalry
Camp Dewey
Genght
Oregon
King’s
San Pedro Macati
Battle at Talien-Wan Shocks Russians and Chinese
A report from February 21 describes a clash at Talien-Wan between Russian and Chinese forces with heavy casualties. Admiral Beresford commented that the engagement shook the Chinese government and could disrupt trade, noting the battle as more impactful than expected.
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Lord Beresford
Admiral Sford
Pass- Detroit
Talienn
Demonstrations Mark New President’s Day With Police Action
Reports describe large demonstrations near the president’s residence and offices on Lagoon Boulevard Mont. Police measures to restore order were extensive. Injuries were reported as clashes occurred between rival factions and arrests rose into the hundreds amid ongoing unrest.
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Zelus
The
Jourle
Boulevard Montt
Lonhez
Senate Advances Nicaragua Canal Bill In River and Harbor Plan
Washington February 20 The senate commerce committee moved the Morgan Nicaragua canal bill onto the river and harbor bill after brief remarks by Senator Morgan endorsing the project. The panel also boosted cash appropriations by about 2 million over House levels and lifted continuing contracts by roughly 10 million. In the senate the pension calendar received attention with a bill to ensure pension continuity except for fraud or factual errors and to establish procedural safeguards as 74 private pension bills were acted upon.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Commerce
Morgan
House
Senate
Railroad Rights of Way Move Through Nez Perces Reservation
In Washington the House passed several railroad right-of-way bills including one authorizing the Clearwater Valley road project through the Nez Perces reservation. The census bill went to conference and a naval academy cadet expansion was approved. The sundry civil and naval appropriation bills advanced with minimal debate under the five minute rule.
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Washington
Clearwater Valley
Nez Perces
Naval Academy
House
Paris Calm After Faure Death as Loubet Emerges
Paris reports quiet streets after Faure's death. The presidency favorite is Emile Loubet, current senate president, seen as a steady, intellectual candidate. Ministers view the loss as unfortunate, while analysts consider Loubet’s election could ease European court relations.
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Paris
M. Emile Loubet
Senate
Faure
Europe
M. Loubet
Tie
Montilemar
Drone
United States to Extend Rule Over Philippine Islands
Washington reports the administration will rapidly extend U S jurisdiction over the entire Philippine group to prevent delay and avert anarchy and paralysis of island interests by not replacing Spanish sovereignty with American control.
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Washington
United States
Low Rates for Homeseekers in Minnesota Rail Bargain
The Northern Pacific and Great Northern announce half fare homeseekers tickets on February 21 March 1 and 7 at rates matching southern lines to the Pacific coast. The offer previously covered nearby states only and now extends to the full length of the two railways.
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St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Great Nothern
Pacific Coast
Gomez Meets Gomez Goes to Cardenas Visit Reported
Major General John C Bates and Inspector General Breckinridge visited General Gomez in Cienfuegos as he prepared to depart for Cardenas. Officials provided the Havana dispatch dated February 20. Output estimates also noted for Klondike mining at nineteen million dollars with named creeks and areas. A separate note from Tacoma reports Saunders Ward planning a new steamship line to Hawaii with Manauense first sailing next week.
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Gomez
Cardenas
Havana
Cienfuegos
John C. Bates
Department of Santa Clara
Breckinridge
Tacoma
James Ward
Saunders & Ward
England
Hawaiian Islands
Alaska tale of near death and amputations
A Forty Mile River Alaska dispatch reports William Matheson formerly of Los Angeles narrowly escaped freezing to death. He had both hands and feet amputated after the ordeal.
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Seattle
Wash
Post-Intelligencer
Forty- Mile River
Alaska
William Matheson
Los Angeles
Cal
Dawson waterworks grant to J A Acklen
Feb 20 Dawson City report states J A Acklen of Los Angeles has been granted permission by the Canadian government to maintain a water works. He will tap the Klondike river four miles above Dawson to supply the settlement.
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Dawson
Los Angeles
J. A. Acklen
Dawson City
Klondike
Four Manila Transports Ready From San Francisco
A fleet of four vessels will depart San Francisco for Manila within two weeks carrying at least 5,500 tons of freight of all descriptions.
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Manila
San Francisco
May Yet Make a Treaty
Washington dispatch says the joint high commission may finalize a treaty between Great Britain and the United States. The memorandum offers Canada rights at Skagway while leaving territory unchanged. A Baronet Hershell cable urged exhaustive efforts toward an amicable accord to strengthen cordial relations.
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Chicago
Times-Herald
Washington
Great Britain
United States
Joint High Commission
Skagway
Baron Hershell
Joseph Chamberlain
England
Canadian Commission
Canada
Mc Enery resolution adopted by Senate on Philippines policy
The Mc Enery resolution passed the Senate 26 to 22. It states the United States does not intend to grant citizenship to Philippine inhabitants nor permanently annex the islands, but will establish a suitable government and prepare local self rule, with eventual disposition to advance U S interests and island inhabitants.
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Washington
McEnery
Senate
Spain
Philippines
United States
Riego de Dios
M. Rivera
Montreal
Agoncillo
Greer Machinery Company
Whittle Truni Company
Knoxville
Tenn
United States Senate
Philippine Islands
Dethrone Mataafa in Samoa Amid Anxiety and Looting
A cable from Auckland reports U.S. cruiser Philadelphia to land Malietoa Tanum at Apia and declare him king if Mataafa refuses to retire. Consuls backed by warships will arrest Mataafa to install Malietoa. Encounters with looting and tax levies accompany the power struggle in Apia.
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San Francisco
Auckland
N. Z
Apia
United States
Philadelphia
Malietoa Tanus
Hl. M.S. Porpoise
Mataafa
Malietou
Alameda
Falke
Royalist
Porpoise
Greatest storm in Atlantic coast history declared
A weather bulletin reports a storm moving from the Atlantic coast to Nova Scotia with unprecedented development. It is described as the greatest storm in the history of the Atlantic coast states due to its extent and destructive power. Union Pacific telegraphers announce a new wage scale and hours, deferred for settlement until March 1 at the request of General Manager Dickinson.
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Atlantic
Washington
A_ weather bulletin
Nova Scotia
Union Pacific Telegraphers
Omaha
Dickinson
South
East
Middle West
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
Texas
Death of Colonel Gales Ramsey at Augusta
The War Department reports the death of Colonel Gales Ramsey of the Seventh Artillery at Augusta Georgia yesterday. In Samoa disturbances continue with reports of anarchy and rebellion as of February 8.
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Gales Ramsey
Washington
War Department
Seventh Artillery
Augusta
Auckland
N. Z
Samoa
Castaways Rescued After Ice Floe Ordeal
Five people were carried out Sunday evening by a breaking ice floe on Lake Michigan and rescued after more than 15 hours adrift. Officials say none will be much the worse for the experience. Also Otis cables from Manila report 180 officers and 1,800 Spanish prisoners left port on the 12th and 13th.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Washington
Otis
Manila
Spain
Turbulent World Highlights From Two Hemispheres
Nearly 2 000 Spanish prisoners left Manila for Spain on the 12th and 13th. A powder explosion in Mossgrove Pennsylvania killed one and seriously injured five. Four Chinese died from injuries in the San Francisco Chinatown fire. Silas Jones and six children were burned to death at Cornerstone Arkansas. HMS Leander ordered to Bolivia to protect British interests during revolution. Fire in Cincinnati destroyed clothing houses with losses around 500 000 dollars.
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Manila
Spain
Mossgrove
San Francisco
Silas Jones
Cornerstone
Ark
H. M.S. Leander
Bolivia
Cincinnati
Kahn & Feldmeyer
H. A. Heinsheimer
Sanford, Stern & Sarner
Paris
Panama Canal Company
Washington
Oklahoma
Barge Lost in Lewis River Freshet and Marble Shipment En Route
A barge loaded with cordwood consigned to a Portland dealer was lost during the freshet in the east fork of the Lewis river. A carload of green onyx marble, first shipment from United States Marble Company quarries near Valley Washington, on track in Spokane en route to Chicago for a few hours.
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Portland
East
Lewis River
United States Marble Company
Valley
Stevens County
Wash
Spokane
Chicago
Oregon session ends after protracted adjournment
The Oregon legislature extended its session to 7 PM after clashing over the special appropriation bill. The House rejected several Senate reductions, prompting conference committees and a delayed conclusion.
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Oregon
House
Senate
Salmon Trust Forming Along Puget Sound Trade
A Seattle dispatch says a large Chicago syndicate plans to close a deal to secure most or all Puget Sound fishtraps. It has options on traps catching seven tenths of local fish and may buy more to control output. Options also on two canneries and possibly more. The aim is total control of salmon catching and canning. The Woolgrowers Convention in Pendleton March 7 8 9 attracts East sheepmen. leaders from O R and N Co and Corvallis station plan a substantial program.
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Talien Wan
Snake River Valley
Union Flat
Penewawa Creek
Cape Charles
Magothys Bay
Salmon Trust
Seattle Dispatch
Chicago
Puget Sound
Puget Found
Woolgrowers
Pacific Northwest Woolgrowers Association
Pendleton
RK. C. Judson
East
James Withycombe
Corvallis
J. W. Bailey
Mitsui Family Seeks American Boys for Training in Japan
Odagaki of Mitsui Bussan Kaisha on the Pacific coast seeks to recruit bright American boys for admission to Japan and China. They would be educated in Oriental business methods to expand trade with the United States. The Mitsui family is said to be the richest in Japan, with interests capitalized at over 50 million dollars.
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Col. Miller
Iloilo
Cunard
Etruria
Marblehead
Sandy Blook
Stallings
Alahama
Wheeler
Jamaica
Washington
Indian Head Proving Grounds
Potomac
Scott
Georgia
Ho Tlo
Eighteenth Infantry
Bowles
Duckert
Beligum
China
Belgan
Leopold
Zelaya
Republic of Nicaragua
Seige
Chile
Cordilleras
United States
Marietta
Greytown
Bluetileds
Genral Reyes
Odagaki
Mitsui Bussan Kaisha
Mitsui
Japan
Pacific
Record Cold Hits Alba and Ukiah Area
Cold weather in Alba and Ukiah, Oregon, marked the coldest in nine years. Ukiah recorded 40 degrees below zero with Alba at 28 below. Alba sits about 150 feet higher in elevation. The freeze killed many horses on the range while cattle remain in good condition though stressed by the severe temperatures.
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Alba
Umatilla County
Ukiah
Cate Tle
Mastodon Tusk Found Near Dawson City Reported for Shipments
C. M. O Leary of Dawson City writes from there to a Portland friend that he found a mastodon tusk on his claim. The tusk measures 8 feet 6 inches long with a 26 inch circumference, was located 80 feet deep, and weighs an estimated 450 to 500 pounds. He asks Portland museum to cover shipping costs.
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C. M. O'Leary
Dawson City
Portland
Dawson
Portland Museum
Portland Works Rush On Park Street Government Building
In Portland Oregon 120 men labor on the new government building on Park street. Granite from Snake River amounts to forty six carloads and is piled in small mountains. Further granite deliveries are expected as work progresses rapidly.
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Portland
Park Street
Portland, Or
Snake River
Prizefighters to Be Prosecuted for Teutonia Hall Bout
Officials to prosecute all connected with the Teutonia hall boxing match in San Francisco where John Farrell was knocked out and seriously injured by a blow from John O'Brien. Julius Pincus bought 14 bales of hops from James Harvey and 80 bales from George Wilson in Yakima County at about 13 cents per unit. these are among the last good hops left in the county.
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Teutonia Hall
San Francisco
John Farrell
John O’brien
Julius Pincus
James Harvey
George Wilson
Yakima County
Buckley Mill Leased by Van Horn Lumber Co
The Van Horn Lumber Company of Tacoma has leased the Buckley Lumber Company mill for one year. The pew owners began operations February 1, employing 70 workers with 85 in the mill and the remainder at the camp. The mill capacity runs about 60,000.
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Buckley
van Horn Lumber Company
Tacoma
Buckley Lumber Company
Pew
Capture of Opium Smugglers in South Portland
John McCloud and J Allen arrested in South Portland on suspicion of opium smuggling. They possessed 90 cang of unstamped opium and are believed to be experienced smugglers. Navy orders state no more men will be enlisted for special service aboard the Albatross. current one year enlistees transfer to general service on request.
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John McCloud
J. Allen
South Portland
United States
Albatross
General Service
Captain Glass Named Chief of San Francisco Goat Island Training Station
Captain Glass, former commander of the cruiser Charleston, returns from the Orient aboard the Rio de Janeiro and assumes leadership of the naval training station under construction at Goat Island in San Francisco harbor.
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Glass
Charleston
Rio de Janeiro
Goat Island
San Francisco Harbor
Bald Eagle Killed Belonging to Bald Tribe in Washington
S White of Deeming Whatcom County Washington killed an eagle seven feet from tip to tip. The bird is believed to have belonged to the Bald Tribe.
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S. White
Deeming
Whatcom County
Wash
Senator Foster Starts East for Washington
Senator-elect Addison G. Foster leaves Tacoma for Washington to take office. Thomas Sammons, Tacoma newspaper man, chosen to serve as private secretary to the senator.
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Senator Foster
Addison G. Foster
Tacoma
Washington
Thomas Sammons
Grandma Perkins Is Injured In Kitchen Fall
Grandma Perkins of Pine Creek in Lake County Oregon slipped in her kitchen and fell on a wood stick, breaking both bones of her leg just above the ankle while at work.
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Pine Creek
Lake County, Or
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