American Forces Press Pasig River Drive in Philippine Conflict
Brigadier General Wheaton's column pushed toward Pasig and Laguna de Bay as rebels fought a running battle. American units cleared banks near the Pasig, two Oregon companies suffering three wounded, while Washington volunteers burned Pasig and pressed rebels back toward Pateros. Casualties included two American soldiers killed and wounded. insurgents reportedly suffered losses with limited visibility.
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Wheaton
Taguig
Pateros
Scott
Pasig
Oregon Infantry
Washington Teers
Eral Wheaton
Washington Volunteers
Banks Sorita
Jose Ruiz
Carlos Aymerich
Manila
Laguna de Bay
Pateroa
Wart
Munson
Otis forbids negotiations over Spanish prisoners in Cuba
General Otis declares no further talks with Spanish about exchange of prisoners in Mupa and asserts the U S will not ransom captives but seek release via suppression of the insurrection. Madrid advises ratifying the U S peace treaty immediately. Denver man shoots wife then self. California crops outlook mixed with rain promising partial salvation.
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Washington
EL Otis
Mupe
Niseaid
State Department
United States
Spain
Rebels Defeated at Pasig In Battle With U S Forces
Manila reports Gen Whe commanding a U S flying column routed about 2 000 Filipino troops at Pasig. American losses were light. 850 Filipinos captured and 106 dead found near Pasig. About 350 surrendered at Taguig and 175 captured at Pasig. Private Furnoff killed. several privates wounded. River boats aided advance into the lake.
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Manila
Whe
United States
Pasig
Furnoff
Twentieth Infantry
Newman
Carroll, Marshall, Combs and Rogers
Twenty-second Infantry
Taguig
Washington Volunteers
Aton
C. E. Thorn
Twentieth
Kansas
Wheaton
Brisbane
Queensland
Cooktown
Endeavor
Christiana
Norway
Gustaf, Duke of Wormland
Oscar
General Otis Advises on Manila Engagements
Dispatch from Manila reports three thousand insurgents moving to Pasig and Pateros on Laguna de Bay shore facing Wheaton's forces. After heavy fighting Wheaton drives them back, seizing 400 prisoners and inflicting heavy casualties. He now holds Pasig and Pateros with force to hold them.
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Otis
Washington
Manila
Pasig
Pateros
Laguna de Bay
Wheaton
Fighting Expected in Samoa Over Mataafa Tax Protests
In Apia Samoa threats by the Mataafa faction to burn Mataafa villages on Savii led the British consul aboard the Porpoise to threaten shelling if peace is disturbed. British and American consuls denied rumors of Mataafa recognition and warned against interference with loyalists.
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Apia
Samoa
Auckland
Savii
Mataafa
Gomez to Pay Off Cuban Troops Regardless of Assembly
General Gomez will proceed with plans to distribute 3 million dollars to Cuban troops disbanding, following a two hour conference with General Brooke. A Washington reply authorized dissolution of the military assembly if necessary, and Gomez hopes sessions end on their own. if not, he will intervene.
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Havana
Gomez
Brooke
Washington
Great Northern Freight Conductor Fatally Crushed At Adrian
Spokane dispatch says Frank R. Pellett, a Great Northern freight conductor, died after a light locomotive struck the caboose at Adrian, twenty miles west of Spokane. The wreck derailed two cars and crushed the caboose. his widow and two children survive. Remainder of details note two earlier Great Northern wrecks within 12 hours, including a westbound passenger train collision with a rotary near the switchback with no injuries, and a Tuesday evening freight derailment at the switchback.
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Spokane
Frank R. Pellett
Great Northern
Adrian
Pellett
Willmar
Minn
Mass Meeting in Santiago Defies Military Assembly Criticism
In Santiago de Cuba on March 17 a mass meeting protested the Cuban military assembly over General Maximo Gomez and Senor Gonzales de Quesada. The Veteran's Association urged nonattendance, yet a large crowd greeted Gomez with strong enthusiasm.
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Santiago de Cuba
Maximo Gomez
Senor Gonzales de Quesada
Veteran's Association
Gomez
New Bank Proposed for San Francisco by World Financiers
The Examiner reports a proposed San Francisco bank with a paid-up capital of 5 million dollars. Backers are alleged to have already acquired mining and other California property, as well as holdings in Mexico and British Columbia and sugar interests in Hawaii, to be consolidated under the new bank.
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New Bank For
San Francisco
the Examiner
California
Mexico
British Columbia
Hawaii
New Bank
Leach Lake
Minn
Indian Bureau
Washington
Cheyenne & Northern
Wheatland
Heath
United States
Cuba
Texas
Galveston
Louisiana
Savannah
Havana
Volunteer Signal Corps
Augusta
Sacramento Valley
Madrid
Silvera
France
Spain
St. Michaels
North American Transportation & Trading Company
McKinley
Italian attache Vitale cleared for Manila campaign study
Lieutenant Vitale military attache of the Italian embassy is granted permission by the War Department to travel with New York troops to San Francisco and on to Manila. He will observe American troop transport and campaign methods in the Philippines.
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Washington
Vitale
War Department
New York
San Francisco
Manila
Philippines
Navy Department
Cristobal Colon
Santiago
Dewey
Nanshan
Guam
State Department
Fonapi
Caroline Islands
Ponapi
Raisin Growers’ Association
Packers of California
Rebels Entrapped After Manila Fighting Kill Seven Americans
A Manila dispatch reports seven Americans killed and 80 wounded in Sunday’s fighting. Among the dead are Private James Page and Private Thomas J. Smith of the Second Oregon. Washington volunteers crossed the Pasig area under heavy fire, while ambulances provided aid. Rebels attacked a post at Taguig but were routed after two hours of combat with heavy losses.
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London
Manila
James Page
Thomas J. Smith
Oregon
Washington
Cavite
Pasig
Washington Volunteers
Taguig
Wheaton
Frank Jones
Nllves
Oregon Volunteers
Washington Regiment
Twenty Second Regulars
Overshine
Aguinaldo A Tyrant Condemns Surrender Advocates
Manila March 21 report says Aguinaldo disciplines dissent by death for twelve Manila residents urging peace. Loyal Filipinos urged to carry out national service of dispatching them as General La Garcia is ordered executed after an argument with La Garda.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
la Garda
Lagordas
Army court testimony on chemically treated meat at Lakeland
At Fort Leavenworth the army beef court wrapped testimony with Sergeant Edward Mason stating meat sent to Lakeland for the First Cavalry was undoubtedly chemically treated using Armour and Co preservaline. Mason refused the meat and stood firm under cross examination as the session heads to Chicago for resumed hearings amid concerns after recent factory explosions in France.
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Chicago
Lakeland
Armour & Co
Mason
Santiago Supports Gomez amid Cuban political turmoil
Washington reports a cable from Santiago stating the people disauthorize the assembly and sustain Gomez while preparing a public manifestation. Judge Sanchez, head of Cuba’s supreme court, sends the dispatch to Senor Quisada quoting Gomez and expressing resolve for Cuban self government and US-Cuba relations.
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Washington
Senor Quesada
Santiago
Gomez
Quusada
Maximo Gomez
Cuba
United States
Quesada
Sanchez
Supreme Court of
Italy’s China action backed by Britain and Japan
In the chamber of deputies Admiral Canevaro announced Italy’s recall of Signor Martino in Peking and said Britain and Japan approved the San Mun concession. Britain requested no force and offered diplomatic backing at Peking, with other friendly powers notified and agreeing.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Canevaro
Italy
China
Signor Martino
Peking
Great Britain
Japan
San Mun
Imprisoned Train Rescue Efforts Reach 10 Mile Trek
William Pettigrew of Douglas John Owens of Wheatland and John Oakley of Aberdeen reached Cheyenne from Iron Mountain after walking ten miles to the relief train. Oakley has a frozen foot and all suffer from scurvy and dysentery due to invalid food. Three women passengers Miss Anna Morrison Lizzie Callahan and Miss Mary Robinson are aboard. Rescue for the imprisoned train will be delayed for several days.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
William Pettigrew
Douglas
John Owens
Wheatland
John Oakley
Aberdeen
S. D
Iron Mountain
Oakley
Anna Morrison
Lizzie Callahan
Mary Robinson
Galeton
Eagan Bought the Beef in Spanish War Purchases
Colonel O. M. Smith testified that canned roast beef bought during the Spanish war was ordered directly by General Eagan and that some purchases were made without his knowledge by the commissary general. Gustavus F. Swift of Swift & Co. also testified as an important witness.
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Eagan
Chicago
O. M. Smith
Gustavus F. Swift
Swift & Co
Unlucky Thirteen In Chicago Window Death Tale
In Chicago on March 16, James Powers a 26 year old window washer died on the 13th of the month while replacing John Miller who died on the same window. Powers had been hired July 13, 1898 and worked 39 days before his death. The 18th window from the ground is cited in the account.
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Chicago
James Powers
Powers
John Miller
Miller
Metallic Lithium by Electrolytic Precipitation
Professor Kahlenburgh of the University of Wisconsin reports that passing a direct current through an hydrous organic solution of lithium chloride yields metallic lithium as an amorphous precipitate. Lithium sells for about $100 per ounce. chloride is cheap and the method may also yield sodium and potassium.
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Madison
Wis
Kahlenburgh
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin
Worldwide political and military briefs from distant fronts
General Otis plans another blow against insurgents in Luzon as the rainy season nears. Reports note a Cuban junta cable about Santiago disavowing the assembly and backing Gomez. In London the open door in China is urged. Rhodes and Germany strike on East Africa telegraph plans. Cargoes, ships, and naval moves outline a volatile global scene.
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Otis
Luzon
Chicago
Tuley
Camp Woodman
United States
Memphis
Tenn
Minnie Adams
San Francisco
John Richard Gray
Senor Quesada
Washington
Santiago
Gomez
Associated Chambers of Commerce
London
China
Yangtse Kiang Valley
Cecil Rhodes
East Africa
Hichborn
Pinar del Rio
Order of Sacred Heart
Cuba
Chapelle
Pasig
Pateros
Laguna de Bay
Wheaton
Fox
Portland
Astoria
Legislative deadlock and global notices fill late news
The Utah and California legislatures adjourned without electing U S senators. The Russian czar refuses to receive a Finnish deputation opposing Russification. The Oregon and Iris arrive at Manila. Admiral Dewey reports the battleships fit for duty. A tornado devastates Tennessee Alabama Arkansas and Mississippi. Fires at Windsor hotel New York claim 16 lives and 66 missing. Large cargo and financial developments arc in Jersey City and San Francisco.
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Utah
United States
Cannon
Rogers
Washington
M. Cambon
Department of State
Madrid
Navy Department
Manila
Oregon
Iris
Dewey
South
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
St. Petersburg
George Dewey, Jr
California
International Steam Pump Company
Jersey City
Combine
Bourges
Marseilles
Imparcial
Seville
Perpignan
Pyrenees
Windsor Hotel
New York
Windsor
Pacific Coast Company
Tragic double shooting in Nanaimo linked to unrequited love
Dave Evans killed Libbie White in a hotel room and then died by suicide in Nanaimo British Columbia. Both were public entertainers and the motive is suspected to be unrequited love.
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Tacoma
Seattle
Nanaimo
B. C
Dave Evans
Libbie White
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