American Army Advance Near San Fernando in Philippines
Special cable dispatch reports General MacArthur's forces resting at Malolos while scouts push toward Calumpit. Aguinaldo's troops are scattered. Chinese residents say he has about 1400 men at San Fernando. Rebels retreat north into the mountains as loyalists demand peace.
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San Fernando
Aguinaldo
War Department
Cmes
Tarlac
Pangasinan
Neuva Ecija
Malolos
Manila
Philippines
War Department will not press Otis on campaign plans
Washington April 1 War Department officials express high confidence in General Otis and the Philippine situation. They will not seek to influence him or request his detailed campaign plans. Officials believe insurgents are scattering, some hiding in rough country near the railroad to Malolos and possibly attacking or severing communication.
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Malolos
Aguinaldo
Manila
Philippine Republic
H. Huber
William Bruce
Albert Sonrichsen
E. Hennyman
Bell
Kansas
Bulacan
Washington
War Department
Philippines
Otis
America
Giei
Army in excellent spirits under Otis report
Adjutant General reports from Manila that US troops are reconnoitering at Malo Log and along the railroad with insurgents seen only in small pockets. Troops move to new positions as preparations for a continued active campaign proceed.
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Aguinaldo
Otis
Washington
Malolog
Virtuous Spokane Volunteer Letter on Manila Crisis
A Seattle Times letter from a Washington volunteer in Manila dated February 15 describes starving native women and children near Manila and Malolos. He reports American lines turning away thousands of refugees who cannot be fed. The account highlights devastation, dispossession, and the strain on relief efforts.
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Seattle
Wash
the Times
Washington
Manila
Malolos
Cables on Returning War Dead From Manila
Adjutant General Corbin cables General Otis that early return of the Manila dead is impractical due to health risks. Otis advises six months, then ships could resume. Corbin orders no current shipment, but graves must be clearly marked to identify the unknown dead when later returned.
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Washington
Corbin
Otis
United States
General Otis
Manila
War Department
Casualties Listed as War News From General Otis
Washington reports an exhaustive casualty list from General Otis detailing March 8 wounds and March 81 fatalities across the First Nebraska Twenty third Infantry and other units. Also notes Samoa affair talks with McKinley expressing regret over Apia collision and urging status quo.
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Washington
Otis
Nebraska
Gaylord S, Blakeley
R. N. Lawton
Twenty-third Infantry
Hugh Ashley
Peter Oleson
Harry W. Stephenson
Frank G. Armstrong
Weily Barnes
William G. Alvey
Oliver B. Cason
Clarence Anderson
William E. House
Richard F. Schmidt
Ernst E. Kuver
Emil Krohn
Robert Kistler
Charles C. de Hart
James P. Cosgrave
John Westover
William L. Whitcomb
Albert Hisey
Walter P. Stockton
John M. Everson
Bert
Donaldson
Emil Sail
First
South Dakota
Wagoner Joseph Waugh
Corporal L
Richmond
William Gundy
Herman Kruger
Colorado
Charles Hutchins
John Dennis
Henry E. Redmond
John T. Occorkle
L. E. Philipiot
Kansas honors Funston and his brave men
Governor Stanley cabled to Colonel Frederick Funston the Twentieth Kansas Regiment praising his unit as the first to enter Malolos. The message honors the soldiers and their bravery in the campaign.
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Topeka
Kan
Stanley
Frederick Funston
Twentieth Kansas Regiment
Malolos
Kansas
Unified High Commission Proposal Reaches Three Governments
Washington reports that the Joint High Commission plan is accepted by all three governments. British acceptance appears assured in Salisbury's absence, while the American government reiterates its Samoa stance and notes a recent naval telegram from Rear Admiral Kautz describing Mataafa forces and incidents at the American Consulate. At Windsor Hotel site in New York, two bodies are recovered with clues including a white handkerchief marked Drake and a receipted bill for H W Loree, a Windsor clerk.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Baron von Richthoffen
United States
Andrew D. White
Foreign Office
England
Germany
Samoa
Washington
Joint High Commission
White
Lord Salisbury
Secretary of the Navy
Kautz
Newcastle
Holloway
United
Ambassadors Notified After Dispatch Copy Sent Abroad
A dispatch copy was sent to the German Ambassador as part of routine diplomatic messengers. The message concerns states and shelling rebels where they can be reached, reflecting ongoing wartime communications.
Germans Suffer Little in Samoa Bombardment Report
An official dispatch from Apia Samoa says only minor damage to German property occurred during the bombardment a misshot shattered crockery in the German Consulate and destroyed a house belonging to a German planter in Berlin dated April 1.
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Berlin
Apia
Samoa
Blanks Must Hang As Acting Governor Denies Clemency
Acting Governor Worthington of Kentucky refuses to commute the death sentence of Bob Blanks a Mayfield Negro confined in Louisville Jail. Governor Bradley previously declined action. A state wide petition signed by all the Negroes urged clemency.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Worthington
Bob Blanks
Louisville
Bradley
Lynchers to Be Tried in Federal Lynching Case
Fifteen prominent Lake City residents face federal charges in Charleston S C for the lynching of Postmaster Fraser B Baker a Black man, his infant child’s death, and the post office fire. Indictment to grand jury, 80 government witnesses, defense tally expected. First federal lynching trial in the South.
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Lake City
8. C
Charleston
S. C
United States Circuit Court
Fraser B. Baker
Baker
South
Ex Secretary Sherman Improves in Recovery
Washington reports ex Secretary Sherman steadily recovering from illness. He made progress and rested quietly with signs of improvement noted as of tonight.
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Washington
Sherman
Native Dispatch Details Incendiary Proclamation
A dispatch from Kautz reports a consul issued an incendiary proclamation urging natives. The document outlines actions and the consul's stance, signaling heightened tensions and official rhetoric in the region.
Samoan clashes test joint commission plan amid German envoy row
Dispatches from Admiral Kautz reveal that Mataafa followers killed a guard and attacked the American Consulate after leaving a government reservation. The German Consul General allegedly issued an incendiary proclamation, fueling the unrest and complicating a pending joint high commission settlement.
Bears Heroes Bodies Funeral Train Arrives at Arlington
The funeral train bearing 150 soldiers killed in Cuba and Puerto Rico arrives at Rosslyn Virginia draped in mourning and flags. Caskets are placed for Arlington burial as tents rise for safe keeping and about 350 bodies are expected to be interred there. The ceremony may occur next Wednesday with possible District National Guard participation and government offices closed at noon on that day.
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Arlington Cemetery
Arlington
Rosslyn
New York
District National Guard
Home Rule Appears Politicos in London Dispatch
A London cable reports parliamentary scenes and Ireland local elections set to redefine home rule. It notes the budget outlook, the Irish councils vote, and that Davitt and other factions rise amidst shifting loyalties as American advances in the Philippines are praised back home.
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James Creelman
New-York Journal
Swaggering
Gen. Otis
McKinley
High Commission
Funston
Windsor Hotel
H. W. Loree
Blake
Drake
H.W. Loree
Harry W. Loree
Windsor
Mary Lynch
Cincinnati
Mr. Leland
Kentucky
By Hal. D. Landon
Admiral Kautz
New South Wales
Mataafa
State Department
Rose
J. Hamilton Lewis
Lewis
Cuba
Havana
Saldo & Co
Coen
Spain
Senors
Villalon
Hevia
Hay
Senor Villalon
Puerto
Rico
Rosslyn, Va
the Horizon
Politicos
Henry Norman
London
New York Times
Ireland
House of Commons
London Municipal Government
Joseph Chamberlain
Dillonites
Healyites
Redmondites
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