8 000 Rebels Now Want to Surrender
Masina Feb 27 two commissioners from Malolos under a flag of truce report that 8 000 rebels are anxious to surrender and Aguinaldo may accept pacific overtures. Manila remains quiet with patrols and deserted streets as insurance firms approve war risk premiums of 61 percent per month.
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Masina
Malolos
Aguinaldo
Otis
Caloocan
San Pedro Macati
Manila
Twenty-third Infantry
Pennsylvania
Ceboin
Goodall
McNab
Pendleton
Moore
Schley
Strerzenger
Virulent Decree Charges Americans With Barbarity
A Manila dispatch reports the Philippine government issuing another virulent anti American decree. It denounces alleged American massacres and barbarous acts, calls for a holy war for independence, and urges unity against American treachery. The language portrays deep racial hostility and claims American oppression in the islands.
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Kilipinn Gament
Hone Kosa
Aves
Golden Medical Discovery Promoted for Lung Trouble Warnings
An advertisement warns that weak lungs coughs and throat diseases progress to consumption if untreated. It claims 98 percent of such cases improve with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and urges starting treatment early before full pulmonary disease develops.
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Pierce
Important Cases Heard by State Railway Commission in Atlanta
In Atlanta on March 1 the State Railway Commission heard two major cases. One sought to reduce Atlanta and West Point rates. ex Governor W. Y. Atkinson spoke for Dublin citizens seeking first class status to lower local charges. The other involved a union passenger station for Dublin with Wrightsille and Yennille, contested by Dublin citizens over the Dublin and Savannah line’s claims of adequate existing facilities. No decision was rendered.
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State Railway Commission
Atlanta
West Point
Dublin
Wrightsville and
Yennille
Macon
Savannah
Colonel Stubbs
Annual Alabama Daughters of Confederacy Convention in Selma
The Alabama Division of the Daughters of the Confederacy met for its third annual convention in Selma. Wil Gayle, First Vice President, led opening prayers, Miss Mary Howard of the Selina chapter spoke on welcome, Alberta Taylor of Huntsville replied, and most chapters sent representatives. Officers reported the division in good financial condition, with a reception at the Hotel Albert that evening.
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Alabama
Selma
Betas
Ala
Daugsters
Confederacy
Dallas Dragoons
Wil . Gayle
R. W. Barnwell
H. C. Graham
Camp Catenby
Mary Howard
Selina
Alberta Taylor
Huntaville
Hotel Albert
Prison Commission Wins in Milledgeville Case
Milledgeville Water Company versus the state prison commission ends with Judge Speer ruling the prison officials may erect the prison farm. The water utility sought an injunction to stop construction, claiming harm to water supply. The three day proceeding featured Attorney General Joe Terrell for the prison commission and Hall & Whaberly, Marton Erwin, and others for the water company.
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Milledgeville Water People
Macox
Milledgeville Water Company
State Prison Commission
United States
Joe Terrell
Water Company
Hall & Whaberly
Marton Erwin
Miners Win Wage Increase in Birmingham District
In Birmingham District Alabama March 1 an advance in wages for coal miners employed by Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad and Sloss Iron and Steel Co takes effect today. Miners receive an extra 24 cents per ton when pig iron exceeds 7.00 a ton. About five thousand miners benefit from the raise as iron prices have climbed.
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Birmingham
Buisixouas
Ala
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Sloss Iron and Steel Company
Tron
Covington Office Robbed for Twenty Thousand Dollars
A Covington Kentucky post office was robbed of stamps and about twenty thousand dollars. The thieves reportedly hid to access the stamp area and bypassed a duty station, with authorities probing the break in and security lapses at the door and vault area.
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Sam
Corgoros
Constables Kill a Woman After Home Search Goes Wrong
Four state constables enforcing the dispensary law go to the home of John Stuart to search for whisky. Stuart shoots at them from inside, hitting Mrs Stuart in the heart. Crawford returns fire, wounding Stuart, while Crawford is shot in the wrist. Sheriff and others arrest the constables and they are taken to the magistrate. the incident sparks a large mob outside the office.
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Copania
John Stuart
Irs
Stuart
Crawford
Start
Confederate Statistics Ainsworth Submits Figures to War Chief
Ainsworth, the Confederate statistics chief, has transmitted to the secretary of war a partial report up to a specified point for Senate transmission. The data cover cemeteries and interments, with the aim to support the president's call for government care, though the full compilation is delayed by the scope and regional dispersal across the South near battlefields.
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Ainsworth
Secretary of War
Washinoto
Senate
Ainewarrh
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