Malolos Captured as MacArthur Advances on Manila Front
Dispatch from General Otis reports MacArthur captured Malolos at 10:15 AM after repelling strong rebel resistance. Casualties total twenty as Filipinos retreated north toward Aguinaldo's camp. American troops pressed the line along the railroad, with formidable entrenchments and patient logistics sustaining the advance.
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War Department
Otis
Aguinaldo
Cabinet
MacArthur
Twentieth
Kansas Regiment
Guiguinto Station
Pennsylvania Regiment
Democratic Conference and Banquet in Topeka
A Democratic state central committee event in Topeka Kansas drew over one thousand guests Thursday evening. Notables Col J Bryan Champ Clark and Allen O Myers spoke on party policy for 1900 with Bryan asserting no retreat from the Chicago platform and that Democrats are regaining support.
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Democratic State Central Committee of
Kansas
Topeka
Col . J. Bryan
Nebraska
Champ Clark
Missouri
Allen O. Myers
Ohio
T. Bryan
Bryan
Chicago
General Flagler Dead Remains Sent to Washington
The remains of General Daniel E. Flagler chief of ordnance United States Army who died at Old Point Comfort were transported aboard the steamer to Washington on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Point Comfort
Washington
Newport News
Daniel E. Flagler
United States Army
Ice for Otis Troops bids opened for Manila plant
Bids were opened at Chicago division army headquarters for a large combined refrigerating and ice manufacturing plant to serve Manila. The lowest bid was $198,152 from DeLa Vergne Refrigerating Machine Company of New York, with other bids of $205,820 from Theo Vitter of Milwaukee and $215,618 from Frick Company of Waynesboro, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Manila
Division Army
DeLa Vergne Refrigerating Machine Company
New York
Theo Vitter
Milwaukee
Frick Company
Waynesboro
Cuban Assembly Refuses Army Rolls and Money Return
Dispatch from Havana reports Governor General Brooke may return $3,000,000 to Washington if the Cuban military assembly surrenders the army rolls. General Gomez voices weariness with the assembly and notes ungratefulness of the people. The Cuban national party forms, issuing a manifesto urging unity and ward committees ahead of a national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Brooke
United States
Alger
Gomez
Washington
General Ernst
Rafael Portuondo
Assembly
Portuondo
San Domingo
Cuban National Party
Two Drownings Reported in Tyler Steamboat Disaster
Memphis news reports from the Lee line general office state two people are dead and one missing after the steamboat Rowena Lee struck an obstruction near Tyler Missouri and sank in thirty five feet of water. The dead include Mrs Chambers of Caruthersville and a negro woman. missing is mail clerk George Keuchler. The vessel cost forty thousand dollars in 1893 and was insured for fifteen thousand with Louisville underwriters. The Rowena Lee was a total loss.
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Lee Line
Memphis
Tenn
Tyler
Chambers
Caruthersville
George Keuchler
Robert E. Lee
Rowena Lee
Louisville
Bombardment Report From Samoa Confirms Clash
A Samoa dispatch dated March 20 confirms native faction clashes and bombardment by British and American ships. The British embassy in Washington cites the report as corroborating earlier AP advisories.
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Samoa
Apia
Washington
British Foreign Office
Associated Press
Discussing Samoan dispatches reaches Washington
Washington officials pursued the Samoa question with conferences at the White House and State Department. An official statement offered by the Navy gave Admiral Kautz’s dispatch, while no other official word followed.
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Washington
Samoa
White House
Hay
State Department
Baron Sternberg
Navy Department
Kautz
Bombardment of Apia by U S and British ships
Reports from Apia Samoa dated March 29 detail the bombardment of shore villages by the U S cruiser Philadelphia and British ships Porpoise and Royalist. Rebels loyal to Mataafa attack the town as German and British authorities confront a shifting power balance.
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Apia
Samoan Islands
Auckland
N. Z
Samoa
United States
Philadelphia
Kautz
Porpoise
Royalist
Mataafa
Mulinuu
Herr Rose
Mulinua
Samos
Georgia College Grants Two Women Medical Diplomas
At the graduation exercises of the Georgia College of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery in Atlanta twenty five diplomas were awarded. Among the recipients two women earned diplomas with first honor going to Mrs. Rosa B. Gates of Texas and Miss Mollie E. Foster of South Carolina. The faculty president announced Mrs. Gates held the top honor.
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Georgia Medical College
Georgia College of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery
Atlanta
Rosa B. Gates
Texas
Mollie E. Foster
South Carolina
Gates
Alabama Democrats Endorse Constitutional Convention
Alabama Democrats at a state convention narrowly approved endorsing a constitutional convention. They adopted pledges to preserve white voting restrictions, cap taxes, submit the constitution to a public vote, and instruct convention members to uphold the pledges as delegates were selected.
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Washington
Alabama
United States
Constitutional Convention
Cabinet meeting favors consolidating Cuban administration
A Washington dispatch reports a Wednesday cabinet session lasting to 1 o clock. The talks covered questions from the president’s two weeks’ southern absence and did not discuss raising troops to the Philippines. Discussions also focused on simplifying Cuba’s administration by consolidating departments, but exact changes remain undecided.
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Washington
Philippines
Cuba
Admiral Dewey Seeks More Sailors and Light Vessels
The Navy department received a dispatch from Admiral Dewey requesting more ships and more sailors to patrol the island and prevent arms from reaching insurgents. General Corbin agrees the force on the island could quell the rebellion if covert aid is kept away.
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Department
Admiral Dewey
Corbin
Minnesota Volunteers Seek Vindication Over General Young Rebuke
Disgruntled Fifteenth Minnesota volunteers form an organization to collect funds and pursue legal action after General Young accused the staff of incompetence and cowardice during the mutiny. They have mustered out but vow to clear their names.
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Minnesota Volunteers
Young
River Steamer Goes Down After Boiler Explosion
A St. Louis special reports the Rowena Lee exploded near Tyler Missouri and sank with about sixty aboard including passengers and crew. Captain George Carvell and one crew member survived after clinging to wreckage as the vessel broke apart in mid river.
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St. Louis
Rowena Lee
Tyler
George Carvell
Cairo
Memphis
Caruthersville
I. K. Booker
Gus Mitchell
Sam Lewis
Sid Smith
E. Banks
John Crufty
Patrick Flanagan
Albert Calder
Frank Stull
George W. Todd
M. T. Kelley
Lees
Fruit Growers Combine Form United Fruit Company
Articles of Incorporation filed in New Jersey authorize capital of 20 million dollars. The United Fruit Company is empowered to engage in general business as merchants planters and farmers and to grow manufacture and deal in produce merchandise and property of all kinds.
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United Fruit Company
New Jersey
Minister Hunter Seeks 625000 Indemnity From Guatemala
Minister Hunter travels from New Orleans to Honduras and Guatemala to demand 625000 in indemnity. He seeks 25000 for the Pears killing in Honduras and may rely on the navy to collect. A stay of proceedings was granted while he proceeds to Guatemala over alleged filibusters at issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter
New Orleans
Honduras
Guatemala
Navy
Grover Cleveland Not Invited to Belmont Dinner
Ex President Grover Cleveland was asked if he would attend the Belmont $10 Jefferson dinner in New York on April 13. He said he had not received an invitation and only knew of the event from newspaper reports.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
New York City
Germans Surprise Over Samoa Bombardment Report
Berlin dispatch says the German government was taken by surprise by reports of bombardments at Samoa. A well informed source states the government remains skeptical of Admiral Kantz's instructions and notes that Consul Rose would have protested if not for strict adherence to the Samoan act.
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Samoa
Berlin
Admiral Kantz
Herr Rose
Roosevelt after corporations message to New York legislature
Governor Roosevelt sent a message to the New York legislature Monday night urging the appointment of a joint legislative committee. The panel would investigate taxation of public franchises held by corporations and report to the next session.
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New York
Roosevelt
American Workmen Best in Modern Factories
A candid trade journal asserts American engineers find European workers often unable to handle non routine problems. It faults supervision and management, noting American machines perform far better at home than abroad, and cites statistics from machinery makers. Also notes water gas dangers and calls for household vigilance against gas leaks and fumes.
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The
Engineering Magazine
America
Knows Better Quotation Sparks Humorist Debate
A witty exchange centers on the idea of a humorist. The line asks what defines a humorist and replies that a true one grows angry at puns, illustrating a playful critique of comic identity.
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Malolos
Democrats
General Flagler
Mataafans
Kantz
Dewey
Minnesota
Grover
Plymouth
Mass
God
Milton
Hood
Pecs
Joun Mack
Spalding
Spalding & Bros
Denver
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