Lawton Killed in Battle During Philippine Campaign
General Henry W. Lawton died at San Mateo Luzon after a three hour fight to repel insurgents. He rode ahead with his staff and was shot in the breast while directing troops. The loss is described as a great blow to the American effort and his country, with officers and soldiers moved by his death. The incident follows heavy rain and difficult terrain as Lawton led a force toward Mariquina valley.
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Manila
Henry W. Lawton
San Mateo
Lawton
Mariquina Valley
Geronimo
Otis
Marquina
la Loma
Seu Mateo
Sen Mateo
Neral Lawton
War Department
Luzon
Root
Ninth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Forty-first Infantry
Fourth Cavalry
Spain
McKinley
Fifth Army Corps
Shafter
Santiago
Manilla
Anderson
Philippines
Lawmaker Flee Wilmington After Warning
Republican lawyer and local politician faced exile from Wilmington North Carolina after a committee order. Citizens urged immediate departure with threats of no return, amid a broader local climate shifting as Laurens County votes dry and a Georgia county goes dry by a 1000 vote margin.
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Wilmington
Pockey
Southern Progress Industries Reports New Jobs Across Several States
The Tradesman notes a busy week with new ventures including a brick works valued at 100000 in Mississippi, coal mines in Birmingham, two cotton mills in Georgia and North Carolina, one each in South Carolina Tennessee and Texas, plus multiple factories and mills across Alabama Florida Georgia Mississippi North Carolina Tennessee and Texas. An electric light and power firm in North Carolina, a rice and irrigation company in Texas, a tobacco stemmer in Kentucky, and wagon works in South Carolina are listed among the additions.
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Mississippi
Birmingham
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Electric Light and Power Company
Alabama
North Caroline
Florida
Kentucky
Chattanooga
Tenn
Snodgrass Announces Candidacy for United States Senate
Chief Justice David L. Snodgrass of the Tennessee supreme court formally proclaims his candidacy for the United States Senate in a Tennessee wide proclamation to the people.
Jones Calls Meeting of Democratic National Committee
Senator Jones chairman of the Democratic National Committee issues a call for a meeting on February 22 to set the time and place for the national convention to be held next summer.
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Democratic National Committee
Jones
National Democratic
Senator Thomas Martin Re elected by Virginia Legislature
United States Senator Thomas Martin was re elected by the Virginia legislature on Tuesday for the term starting March 4, 1901, with both houses voting separately.
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United States
Thomas Martin
Virginia
Senate resolution calls for national reform after war
Washington dispatch reports Senator Hoar introduces a resolution urging the republic to renew aims of liberty and equality. It outlines eight goals including racial equality, urban governance, honest ballots, eradicating illiteracy, fair wages, continental expansion, peaceful example abroad, and noninterference with other nations.
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Washington
Hoar
Massachusetts
Senate
Union
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
Western Hemisphere
Philippine Islands
Far East
Supreme Court
Hanna Issues Call for Republican National Convention
The call for the next Republican National Convention at Philadelphia was issued in Washington on Wednesday night. It is signed by Mark Henna as chairman and Cherley Dick as secretary. Revised lists of British losses at Colemo show 187 non commissioned officers and men killed.
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Hanna
Philadelphia
Washington
Mark Henna
Cherley Dick
Battle of
Colemo
London
Body of Major General Lawton Placed in Vault
The body of Major General Lawton was moved from San Mateo to a vault on Wednesday afternoon with staff and cavalry escort. A bridge across the river was deemed necessary. The funeral will be held from his late residence, once the Spanish mansion, and the body lies in a temporary vault at El Paseo cemetery with a guard of honor.
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Lawton
San Mateo
Vanit
el Paseo
Buller’s Loss Appalls London Special War News
A London special reports General Buller’s Colenso casualty list: 156 killed 746 wounded and 227 missing, about 40 prisoners. Reinf orcements planned as city guilds raise 21000 pounds plus horses ambulances and gear. Notables include two of Lord Roberts’ nephews, Major Charles Sherston and Major Maxwell Sherson. The Admiralty to dispatch a 700-man naval brigade. Royal family rumors denied. Royal letters urge a January 7 fund-raiser for sick and wounded. Aristocrats including the Duke of Marlborough and Earls Warwick Dudley Lonsdale volunteer. Cronje ignores Methuen’s note on Chandos-Pole-Gell.
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London
Lord Roberts
Charles Sherston
Maxwell Sherson
Glencoe
South Africa
Filipino Records Coming to Washington
Dispatch from Manila reports capture of insurgent government records by the Americans. Letters from the junta and other rebel archives suggest Aguinaldo’s circle favored anti expansionist sentiment in the United States. General Otis will forward the papers to the War Department in Washington.
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Otis
Washington
New York Herald
Manila
Junta
Aguinaldo
United States
General Otis
War Department
Senate Debates Philippine Policy and Hawaiian Memorial
Senators Bacon and Tillman push resolutions against retaining the Philippines and favor self government or independence once a stable government exists. Frye receives a Honolulu memorial asking to extend territorial U S laws to Hawaii amid government questions. Chandler challenges Allen’s senatorial credentials as temporary appointee while Congress reconvenes.
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Washington
Bacon
Georgia
Senate
Tillman
South Carolina
Philippine Islands
United States
Frye
Hawaii
Honolulu
Congress
Mason
Illinois
Republica
Great Britain
Thurston
Nebraska
Allen
Roberts and Kitchener Named South Africa Command
Advices from London announce Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford to command in South Africa with General Lord Kitchener as chief of staff. The notice says Buller is superseded to free Buller's forces for Natal operations and restore the campaign.
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Lord Roberts
South Africa
Kitchener
London
Baron Roberts
Candabarand
Waterford
Ireland
Lord Kitchener
Khartoum
War Office
Natal
Oolony
Redvers Buller
Oandabarand
Bob
Great Britain
Kerte
Buller
Tugela River
Charter Extended for Atlanta and Alabama Rail Line
Secretary of State grants a fifty year renewal of the Atlanta and Alabama Rail charter on the application of W A Handley of Alabama and L E O Keefe of Atlanta. The original charter from 1886 allows a Georgia line from Randolph County Alabama to Atlanta. Fifteen miles of track already lie in Alabama. renewal enables completion.
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Atlanta
Alabema
Atlanta Dispatch
W. A. Handley
Alabama
L. E. O'Keefe
Atlanta and Alabama Rail Company
Cook
Georgia
Randolph County
Lieut Brumby Laid to Rest in Atlanta Cemetery
The funeral for Lieutenant Thomas M. Brumby U S N was held in Oakland cemetery Atlanta with a Capitol rotunda service and a long military procession. Honorary pallbearers, Fifth Regiment troops, Admiral Dewey’s representative, and state officials attended the in state wake and burial.
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Thomas M. Brumby
Oakland
Atlanta
Washington
Fifth Regiment
Brumby
Caldwell
Navy
Secretary Long
Atlante Artillery
Governor's Horse Guard
Supreme Court
Georgia
Lais
Seventh Infantry
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Lockett
Lockey
Laurens County
Are County
Ndustries
Martin
Mantis
Victoria
Chieveley
England
Duke of Marlborough
Oxfordshire Yeomanry
Earl of Warwick
Earl of Dudley
Earl of Lonsdale
Viscount Galway
Cronje
Methuen
Forestier- Walker
Cape Town
Chandos-Pole-Gell
Tulmae
Lieut. Brumby
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