Prosive Victory at Malabon Front in Philippine Campaign
May 27 report describes Aguinaldo forces driven back by Otis brigade from La Soloma to Malabon. American units including Third Oregon Montana Kansas Wyoming Colorado South and Minnesota volunteers engage, with 30 insurgents killed outside and prisoners fearful of execution. MacArthur division seizes Polo San Francisco del Monte Mariquina and clears trenches north to Calo can. Casualties light.
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Malabon
Harrison Gray Otis
la Soloma
Montana
Kansas
Hale
San Francisco
Oire
Ihe
Pennsylvania
MacArthur
Har- Gray Otis
Hall
Wheaton
Polo Novaliches
San Ncisco del Monte
Mariquina
Calocan
Aguinaldo
Iroops
Oregon
Wyoming
Colorado
South
Minnesota
Utah Artillery
Modus Vivendi Proposed Over Alaska Boundary
Washington notes the British plan for a modus vivendi to govern the Alaska boundary line. The move echoes Behring Sea tactics aimed at favoring Britain. Secretary Hay faces a diplomatic trap amid cordial US UK ties and may accept. Congress would resent ceding territory. Troop use is unlikely until further talks.
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Washington
Alaska Boundary
United States
Behring Sea
Hay
Alaska
Great Britain
England
Brady Foresees Trouble Over Alaska Boundary Fight
Alaska Governor John G Brady, visiting Seattle from Washington, warned that Canadians may face resistance if they shift the boundary at Porcupine. He noted armed American claimants in the region and urged the boundary commission to travel west of the Rockies to Alaska to assess the situation firsthand.
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Brady
Seattle
Wash
John G. Brady
Alaska
Washington
Porcupine
Stickeen
Lynn Canal
Rockies
Laurier Defends Policy Against Retaliation Charge
In the Canadian House of Commons Premier Laurier rebuked Sir Charles Tupper for advocating retaliation toward the United States. Laurier said the government would not countenance such a policy. He defended the adjournment of Washington negotiations as honorable and aimed at amicable settlement of the Alaska boundary dispute with time for Britain and the United States to resolve the issue. The Canadian people would back the government’s course.
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Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
Laurier
Charles Tupper
Sir Charles
United States
Washington
Wilfred
Charles
Alaska
John Sherman
Paris
Kingston
Jamaica
Chicago
Orient
Corea
Peking
London Times
Deutsche Zeitung
Turkey
East
Austria
America
Philippines
Panay Island
Iloilo
Miller
Long
McNair
Naval Academy
Naval
Hobson
Laredo
Tex
Rogers
George D. Evans
Godfrey
Kansas
Supreme Court
Dawson
O’ Leary
Portland, Or
Portland
Sam
Mariano
Second
Illinois Regiment
Aguinaldo
la Garcia
United States Offers Home Rule for Philippines
Manila dispatch reports the American commission's address to Filipinos outlines self government plans while preserving US sovereignty. It invites insurgents to lay down arms and trust the government that ended Spanish rule, favoring tribal or provincial autonomy under a central military then civil system.
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New York
Journal
Manila
Philippine Islands
American Commission
United States
Philippines
Spain
Havana Army Likely to Disband as Quorum Fails
Havana reports the military assembly lacked a quorum and may disband the army. Cuban generals have met in secrecy and reportedly back General Gomez against the assembly. Police orders confiscate civilian revolvers as the capital faces mortgage and decree changes.
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Havana
Diaz
Monteaguedo
Robau
Nodarse
Betancourt
Peraza
Brooke
Reed Will Retire From Presidential Pursuit
Boston report of Ames L. Allen interview with Speaker Reed secretary says Reed will never run for president again and plans to withdraw from politics. He is unhappy with the Philippines war and not more conservative than McKinley at the start. In St Paul, homeseekers’ half rate goes into effect, lines expand capacity as 5,000 plus use the low fare, Great Northern adds an extra train, Northern Pacific adds a second section.
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Boston
Globe
Ames L. Allen
Thomas B. Reed
Alfred
Reed
United States
Allen
McKinley
Spain
St. Paul, Minn
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
China
San Man Bay
Italy
Alger
Washington
Havana
Peking
Tsung-li-yamen
Shanghai
Windsor
New York
Erie Limited
Akron
Flint
Pere Marquette
New Boston
Mich
Seoul
Corea
Corean
Victoria
Greater
Porter
Paris
General Weyler
el Nacionale
Aguinaldo
Malolos
Manila
Malabon
Carlist Revolt Rumor After Peace Ratifications
Rome dispatch says Don Carlos has secured millions from English and French bankers and will enter Spain once peace ratifications with the United States are exchanged. The Opinione says Carlists and Spanish republicans plan a revolution immediately after. Also notes British steamer Dunstan suffering yellow fever in port of Para and a possible pope rumor involving Cardinal Gibbons.
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Carlia
Rome
Don Carlos
Spain
United States
Jones
New York
March
Dunstan
Dustan
Para
Powder Works Explodes Killing Three at Dupont Plant
An explosion at the Dupont smokeless powder works in Penn Grove New Jersey killed three workers and injured several others. Francis Dupont and his nephew were slightly hurt by glass while directing recovery. The cause remains undetermined and the plant had been operating on government orders. The blast shattered nearby glass and damaged buildings.
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Penn Grove
N.J
RE. 1
Dupont Powder
Francis Dupont
Cable at Fuerza prison linked to Maine explosion claim
Havana March 22 Captain Huston denied authorizing use of his name in a Cincinnati paper story about a cable found in the Fuerza prison gunroom. He showed a cable with wires into the harbor and a telegraph instrument in a nearby building. Investigators find remote chance cables touched mines but no evidence ties to the Maine blast. Tourists and soldiers reported seeing the dangling cable for weeks.
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Havana
T. L. Huston
Volunteer Engineers
Cincinnati
United States
Maine
Fuerza
Cabanas Fortress
Cabanas
Paper Money Scarcity Driven by Business Volume Not Supply
Washington reports from Controller of the Currency Dawes explain the apparent paper money shortage stems from increased business activity, not reduced supply. Net increases in silver certificates and United States notes drive higher circulation, with total paper money up 45 million plus over the prior year. Heraclell a remains at Portsmouth as the Talbot arrives with the late Baron Herschell's body. funeral rites and flags at half-mast mark the ceremony offshore and at dockyards.
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Washington
Dawes
Treasury
United States
Herachell
Portsmouth
Eng
Talbot
New York
Spithead
Baron Herschell
Guards of Honor
Peace in Porto Rico uprising rumors denied
San Juan de Porto Rico March 21 reports in newspapers alleging native uprising are dismissed as groundless. The only disturbances noted are local fights between American volunteers and the lower classes, with no evidence of organized native resistance.
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Porto Rico
San Juan de Porto Rico
Martial Law Declared in Skagway Over Railroad Strike
The Amur reports a riot by Skagway railroad workers with rioters attempting to drive non-strikers from camp No 1 White. Whit ing, the railroad surgeon, repelled the leading rioter with a rifle, injuring him. About one hundred men sworn in to aid the marshal, and the town is under martial law.
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Skagway
Victoria
B. C
Amur
White
Whiting
funeral plans for Princess Katulani in Honolulu
The Kinshin Maru brings word that Honolulu prepares for Princess Katulani burial on March 12. A grand procession will include fraternal and political groups, schools, Hawaii national guard, US engineers and naval troops, officials, and relatives as crowds gather across the island.
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Katulani
Seattle
Wash
Japan
Honolulu
Emma
King Kalakaua
National Guard of
Hawaii
United States Engineers
Island
Rhodes to Receive Crown of Prussia Decoration
London report states that Emperor William will confer the Crown of Prussia order on Cecil Rhodes, the prominent South African magnate, in recognition of his services and influence. The event is expected to take place amid diplomatic attention.
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London
William
Prussia
Cecil Rhodes
Collected World News Items From Across The Hemispheres
A global roundup notes 5000 homeseekers headed from St Paul to western coast, rumors about Cardinal Gibbons, ongoing battles with American casualties, fires killing five children in Manitoba, severe British weather, the Villa Reina wreck with no loss of life, and various political and military updates from the Americas, Europe, and Asia including Alaska, the Philippines, Korea, and Turkey.
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St. Paul
Pacific Coast
London Evening News
Brussels
Cardinal Gibbons
Native-born Chinese group to aid in N E A gathering
Seid Back Jr and his company of native-born Chinese plan to assist in entertaining the National Editorial Association meeting in Portland, Oregon, on July 4. John M. Downey dies at Sugar Lake Missouri from brain fever at age 60. he co owned Reece Downey orchard, a major producer.
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Seid Back, Jr
National Editorial Association
Portland, Or
John M. Downey
Sugar Lake
Apple King
Reece & Downey
Portland Mayor Mason Dies After Six Week Illness
The Portland Oregon mayor Hon William S Mason died at his home after about six weeks of sickness liver complications arising from a February grip. Also reported were military and political items including dispatches from Paris on Dreyfus street fighting and Cuba’s war efforts, and local incidents in New York and California.
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William S. Mason
Portland, Or
Alfred C. Girard
Vancouver Barracks
Wash
T. G. Holmes
New Fort Spokane
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Itves
York
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Beater
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Ngton
Dr. Hunter
Pears
Rae
Merulars
Cuba
Second States Infantry
Ordera Anniston
Ala
Savannah
Panies
Augusta
Ee Chang
Li Hung Chang
Fanaweil Id Hd
Wb En Aation Om Wael
Modus Vivendi
Canada
Sir Charles Tupper
Islands
News OF Havana
Dupont
Herald
Philippine Commission
Ambassador Cambon
National Red Cross Society
Chih Tehen
Admiral Canevaro
San Mun Bay
Foerza
Rhodes
Epitome
News of the World
War Department
John Dian
Greenfel
Manitoba
Camerrones Bay
Cape Raso
Cape de Bahiaa
Patagonia
London Observer
Boulevard St. Michael
Dreyfus
Philadelphia
H. B. Adams
William W. Cook
L. Charles Herbert
Guy Millard
First
Washington Infantry
Fortson
Senor Heire
Villallor
Madrid
United States Attorney General
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Albuquerque
N. M
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