Fighting Filipinos. Americans killed and wounded in actions
A detailed Manila dispatch reports Brig. Gen. Kobbe's expedition seizing Sorsogon and nearby towns on Catanduanes island with heavy Filipino losses. Legaspi saw the main resistance, American casualties totaled two killed and eleven wounded, while many Filipinos were slain or wounded. The report notes hemp cargo losses, naval bombardments, and ongoing operations toward Samar and Leyte amid food worries and anti-Friar sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Sorsogon
Kobbe
Donsol
Bulan
Legaspi
Virac
Catanduanes
United States
Nashville
Col. Howe
47Th Infantry
Venus
Maj
Shipton
Albay
Samar
Leyte
3D Artillery
Webb C. Hays
Sariaga
Cant
Casteel
Baras
Ssago
Otis
War Department
Spain
Washington
Luzon
Hayes
Santa Cruz
Luzona
Tayabas
Urdaneta crew reports defend gunboat defense during capture
Washington reports from Coxswain Greene and Apprentice Powers regarding the Urdaneta. Adm. Watson endorses their accounts, stating the gunboat commanded by the late Naval Cadet Wood defended bravely before being captured while aground after the Septembers engagement with Filipino forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Greene
Adm
Watson
Wood
General Lee Visits Battlefields at Santiago de Cuba
Gen Lee with Gen Ricus Re vira and Gen Wood party on Ingalls visit battlefields near Santiago de Cuba. Lee expresses amazement at why the ground yielded the result achieved, noting the surprise of military men on first sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago de Cuba
Lee
Ricus Revira
Wood
Ingalls
U S minister Hunter visits Washington amid leave request
Dr. Hunter, United States minister to Guatemala and Honduras, arrived in Washington and called at the state department on Wednesday. He is on leave to seek treatment for his wife, who is ill at Hot Springs, Virginia, after traveling from his Kentucky home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hunter
United States
Guatemala
Honduras
State Department
Kentucky
Hot Springs
Scientist Dr John E Davis Dies in Chicago
Chicago January 25 report says Dr John E Davis professor of mathematical physics at Wisconsin University and a well known scientist died at Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago. His body was moved to his Madison Wisconsin home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John E. Davis
Wisconsin University
Presbyterian Hospital
Madison
Wis
Nashville to consolidate electric rail lines under $6.5 million firm
Nashville news wires report that all electric railroad properties in the city will be merged into a single company with a capitalization of 6.5 million dollars. Eastern capitalists are backing the project to centralize control and operations in Nashville.
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Nashville, Tenn
Death of Phil D Armour Jr in California
Pasadena reports the sudden death of Phil D Armour Jr at Montecito near Santa Barbara from lung congestion at age 31. He left Chicago in good health, traveled west last week, and relatives were sent for by special train while his father P D Armour Sr stayed behind.
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Pasadena
Cal
Phil D. Armour, Jr
Montecito
Santa Barbara
Armour
Chicago
Mr. Armour
P. D. Armour, Sr
P. D. Armour, Jr
Chicago Packer
Motecito
Pacific Coast
California
J. Ogden Armour
Burglary gang slain after chase through Quincy hotel
Quincy police killed two expert safe blowers believed from Chicago and wounded a third after a running shootout in a hotel. The trio, linked to recent strikes in Galesburg and Freeport, used skeleton keys and carried diamonds and money. They registered under several aliases including Burt Crowley Rogers and Prince, with a Des Moines woman known to one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Ill
Chicago
Galesburg
Freeport
Illinois
Building and Loan Association
J. M. Burt
H. F. Crowley
Burt
C. H. Rogers
C. H. Prince
Des Moines
Kentucky House Sees Democrats Gain in Contested Seats
The Kentucky House settled contests by party lines, unseating a Republican representative from Fayette County and shifting the chamber to 69 Democrats and 40 Republicans. Taylor of Trigg County was replaced by McKinney and Ray of Garrard County was seated, after Republican Walker contested.
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Fayette County
House
Taylor
Trigg County
McKinney
Ray
Garrard County
Walker
Commerce in the Philippines for July 1899 totals and exports
The War Department released a summary showing July 1899 Philippine commerce. Total imports across archipelago ports reached 1 577 530 dollars with 192 192 dollars imported free of duty. Food and animals 581 022 dollars. Manufactured articles 479 231 dollars. Exports total 1 156 469 dollars, with agricultural products at 1 019 881 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Philippines
Public schools expand as 6 to 7 new sections formed
Hasana reports show six to seven new schools organized with daily reports arriving. The superintendent Mr Frye notes progress toward a total of about two thousand pupils, roughly one thousand five hundred children anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hasana
Frye
Wuiter
Badger Buys Crosby Paper Mill in Marion Indiana
E. S. Badger of Niles Michigan has closed a deal to purchase the Crosby paper mill plant at Marion Indiana for thirteen thousand dollars, confirming a local business acquisition in the Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niles, Mich
Badger
Crosby Paper
Marion
Ind
Spion Kop Abandoned After Heavy Boer Fire
London dispatch reports Warren and Buller forces abandoning Spion Kop due to water shortage, artillery limits, and intense Boer fire. British withdrawal south of the Tugela aims for Lady Smith route. Boers claim 1,500 British deaths and 150 prisoners. detailed dispatch describes January actions and uphill assaults on kopjes amid mist and heavy artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Buller
Spion Kop
Warren
Tugela River
Ladysmith
Spearman
High Table
Acton Homes
Monger’s Poort
Tugela
Spion Kop Siege and British Retreat Details
British forces attacked Spion Kop during January 23 and 24 but faced heavy Boer defense and scarce water. Casualties rose as Camerons, Kings Rifles, Lancashire Fusiliers, Middlesex, and Thornycroft’s mounted infantry fought to summit. General Woodgate wounded, Surrender of 150 prisoners after a white flag. Firing continued as Boers pressed positions and British center collapsed. Lyddite shells misfired in many cases.
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Spion Kop
Camerons
King’s Rifles
Lancashire Fusiliers
Middlesex
Thornycroft
Woodgate
Free State Krupps
Ming to Help the English
North Judson Indiana January 29 Daniel Lake post G A R passed a resolution offering the services of the post to Queen Victoria in the war with the Boers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Judson
Ind
Daniel Lake Post
Queen Victoria
Tas Lincoln's Partner in Business
Charles Maltby, once business associate of Abraham Lincoln in Waynesville, NL, has died at 88. Born in Vermont, he held several trusted positions during his active life in the era before and after Lincoln’s prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tas Lincoln
San Francisco
Charles Maltby
Abraham Lincoln
Waynesville
Vermont
Prospects of clash between agents and Southern railway telegraph workers
Atlanta Ga Jan 27 The prospects are good for a serious conflict between the agents and telegraph operators and the Southern railway system Possibly the firemen conductors and trainmen will finally be involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Ga
Southern Railway System
Will Weed a Reporter Now Lebanon Headline
Lebanon Ind Jan 29 Wm Wood son of Rev D M Wood of Pearl Bryan fame has quit the navy and becomes a regular member of the San Francisco staff of the newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ind
Wm. Wood
Pearl Bryan Fame
D. M. Wood
Navy
San Francisco
Postmaster General in Pretoria Orders Private Telegrams Halted
New York reports that the Commercial Cable Company announced that the postmaster general of the South African Republic at Pretoria says all private telegrams will be stopped. The notice was issued Wednesday morning.
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New York
Commercial Cable Company
Pretoria
South African Republic
Navy Chaplain Appointed to Fill Resignation
Washington January 25 The president announced the appointment of Father Reynolds of St Matthew s Catholic Church Washington to succeed Father Parks who has resigned as navy chaplain in the wake of a resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Washington
Pather Reynolds
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Father Parks
Settlement Near as Miners and Operators Talk in Illinois
Indianapolis January 29 delegates to the miners and operators conference discuss concessions. Operators may pay a few cents more than 9 cents advance while the screen agreement remains and Illinois joins the double standard used in three other states. Illinois miners resist, fearing a 25 cent rise would force unemployment, while operators back the double standard and a fixed differential favoring machine mining, with Ohio prices cited at 66 cents per ton and a 22 cent differential.
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Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Tragic Cincinnati Murder Suicide Attempt in Tenement
In Cincinnati on January 29 Charles Bartruff killed his two children and fatally beat his wife at 212 Magnolia Street. He then tried to burn the corpses to cremate them, scattering furniture to aid the flames. Neighbors and police intervened to prevent further atrocity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Magnolia Street
Charles Bartruff
Brazilian gunboats to Acre to enforce protocol and protect citizens
Rio Janeiro dispatch states gunboats Jurnema Jutahy Timbirs and Toncantins with troops ordered to Acre to enforce Bolivia Brazil protocol and protect citizens. General Leitre Castro named commander of the national guard replacing General Fernando Mendez, editor of Jornal de Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Janeiro
Jurnema
Jutahy
Timbirs
Toncantins
Acre
Bolivia
Brazil
Leitre Castro
National Guard
Fernando Mendez
Jornal de Brazil
Record Heat in Melbourne Tops Weather Warnings
Vancouver reports Melbourne's heat record with New Year deaths from heat prostration. By January 23 the shade thermometer reached 114 degrees and the sun hit 156 degrees, holding for several hours, prompting severe weather advisories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
Melbourne
Australia
Death of Col Louis Strassburger in Detroit Post Office
Detroit man Col Louis Strassburger dropped dead at the post office from apoplexy. A Baltimore native, he served on Maryland governors staffs McLean Lloyd and Jackson, fought in the Confederacy from age 13, and held roles as poor commissioner, city councillor, and businessman there.
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Detroit
Mich
Louis Strassburger
Strassburger
Baltimore
Maryland
McLean
Lloyd
Jackson
Federal aid to Kentucky not authorized by constitution
Washington reports there will be no federal interference in Kentucky unless a federal court decree demands it. The president lacks authority to deploy troops unless the legislature requests aid, and Kentucky’s legislature is Goebel aligned. If Gov Taylor seeks relief in federal court under the fourteenth amendment, courts could trigger federal enforcement, otherwise federal action remains unlikely.
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Kentucky
Washington
Friends
Gov. Taylor
McKinley
United States
Will Watch Smallpox Inspectors Named by State Board
Columbus Ohio January 29 Secretary Probst will appoint inspectors in sections of the state to examine suspected smallpox cases. Appointees include C A Collamore Toledo B F Lyle Cincinnati F A Landick Lima James H Moniner Columbus C F Hoover Cleveland A J Hemline Bridgeport J F Marchand Canton William L Beechter Youngstown. They will receive per diem and traveling expenses and report to the state board of health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Board of Health
Probst
C. A. Collamore
Toledo
B F. Lyle
Cincinnati
F. A. Landick
Lima
James H. Moniner
C. F. Hoover
Cleveland
A. J. Hemline
Bridgeport
J. F. Marchand
Canton
William L. Beechter
Youngstown
Robbers Enter Dr Balvornes Firm In Chicago Heist
Three masked robbers entered the Balvornes firm in Chicago and bound the clerks. An explosion wrecked the office and shattered the safe, with the blast felt a block away and the neighborhood stirred by the detonation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dr. Peter Balvornes & Sons Co
Aesant
Merrimac likely last as Malin Head finds boat fragment
London reports the British steamer Malin Head picked up a wood piece marked Merrim- from Ardrossan sailing January 23 toward St John New Brunswick. The piece is believed to be from the missing Merrimac of Quebec sailing October 27 for Belfast under Capt Shallis. No further news has emerged.
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Merrimac
London
McKee
Ardrossan
St. Johan
N. B
Quebec
Belfast
Shallis
Canada
Prominent St. Louis Man James H Britton Dies
James H Britton former St Louis mayor and west banking leader died at Ardsley New York at age 83 He served in the Missouri legislature 1852 34 and presided over boards supervising the St Louis East St Louis bridge He led the National Bank of Missouri and retired from business fifteen years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
New York
James H. Britton
Ardsley
N. Y
Missouri
Britton
St Louis
East St. Louis
National Bank of Missouri
Jobe Captured After War Dept Penalty Envelopes Use
Ike T. Jobe former captain of the 6th Immunes was arrested at Piney Flats Sullivan County by Government Detective F M Benz and Deputy C W McCall. He was tried before U S Commissioner Charles M Taylor with bond set at 3000 dollars. Jobe had recently escaped from Columbus jail and is charged with using penalty envelopes from the war department. bail efforts are underway.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Ike T. Jobe
6Th Immunes
Piney Flats
Sullivan County
F. M. Benz
Cincinnati
C. W. McCall
Knoxville
United States
Charles M. Taylor
Jobe
Columbus, O
War Department
Fire levels four story Chestnut Street block in St Louis
Fire completely destroyed the four story building at 218 220 Chestnut street housing the Missouri Tent and Awning Co. The total value of building stock and machinery is 120000, fully insured. Adjacent Caulmet building suffered heavy water damage and may be a total loss, valued at 200000 with 100000 of it insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Chestnut Street
Missouri Tent and Awning Co
Will Advance Prices for Baby Carriages in Toledo
Toledo manufacturers of baby carriages and children's wagons plan a 3¢ per cent price rise. Toledo Metal Wheel Co. Gendron Iron Wheel Co. American Rattan Co. Wilkinson Toy and Carriage Co. all participated in a secret meeting in Toledo. They deny forming a price-fixing cartel, citing higher iron costs as the reason for a uniform advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo, O
Toledo Metal Wheel Co
Gendron Iron Wheel Co
Toledo
American Rattan Co
St. Louis
Wilkinson Toy and Carriage Co
Troy
N. Y
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Tas
Dr. Hunter
Philippine Commerce
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Public Schools
Cuba
Dr. Jameson
Satrday
Modder Spruit
Upper
Loure Marques
Laager
Heidelberg
Carolina
Ebuller
Ming
Will
Indianapolis
Frisoner
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