Americans Rout Rebels Across Philippine Islands
From Sorsogon to Legaspi and beyond, Brig Gen Kobbe’s expedition reports towns captured with light resistance. Two Americans killed and eleven wounded. Filipino casualties heavier. Camps at Legaspi include 125000 bales hemp in province, 75000 in Sorso von and Legaspi ports. Nashville and Venous bombard trenches, insurgents driven to hills. Expedition to Samar and Leyte planned. food shortages and opposition to friars noted. Buenos Aires reports bubonic plague in Rosario prompting isolation. China crisis deepens as dowager empress deposes emperor Kuang Su and backs Pu Yi with Boxers influence. fears foreign intervention rise.
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Manila
Sorsogon
Kobbe
Donsol
Bulan
Legaspi
Virae
Catunduanes
Sorsovon
United States
Nashville
Sorsog
Colluwe
47Th Infantry
Nashville and
Venous
Maj
Shipton
Albay
Samar
Leyte
3D Artillery
Cal. Webb C. Hays
Sariaga
Casteel
Baras
Gracie
Tanay
London
China
Kuang Su
Pui Sing
Pekin
Put Sing
Great Sword
Jung Lun
Risin
Pu Chun
Prisoners Held By the Filipinos Released and Sent to Spain
Gen Otis reports to the War Department that 74 officers 1000 enlisted men 22 civilian officials 21 wives and 35 children were transported to Spain. Hayes cavalry recaptured Luzon towns drove enemy from Santa Cruz Tayabas and nearby areas freeing 20 Spanish prisoners and five women with American casualties listed.
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Spain
Otis
Washington
War Department
Manila
Luzon
Hayes
Santa Cruz
Luzona
Tayabas
Fire destroys Angora Mill. teen missing in ruins
A January blaze at the Angora Manufacturing Co plant in Philadelphia leveled a four story brick mill. Lizzie Blackburn, 17, an employee, is missing and presumed buried in the ruins. Officials believe an overheated bearing started the fire. many male employees were affected as the structure fell.
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Philadelphia
Angora Manufacturing Co
Lizzie Blackburn
Escaped Convicts Capture and Lynching News
Reynolds, an escaped convict, was captured near Florence but was lynched at Canon City after Wagner fled. Reynolds allegedly killed Night Captain Rooney of Canon City penitentiary, while Wagner helped hold Rooney during the stabbing. Detained by Florence police, the two men were pursued to the ridge road, with bloodhounds and guards dispatched to Canon City. In Detroit, Col Louis Strassburger of the city died of a stroke at the post office. he had served on Maryland governors’ staffs and in the Confederate army.
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Denver
Col
Reynolds
Wagner
Rooney
Colorado
Canon City
Conner
Florence
Power
Florence & Cripple Creek
Penitentiary Walls
Detroit
Mich
Louis Strassburger
Strassburger
Baltimore
Maryland
McLean
Lloyd
Jackson
Ife
Gen Greely Confined to Bed After Cold Setback
Washington reports General Greely's condition worsened by a cold contracted during a visit to the war department and confines him to bed. Berlin notes the funeral of the Dowager Duchess of Schleswig Holstein, mother of the German empress, to be held Sunday at Primkenau in Silesia.
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Washington
Gen. Greely
War Department
Berlin
Schleswigh- Holstein
Germany
Primkenau
Silesia
Liegnitz
Five-Story Mason Block Destroyed by Large Chicago Fire
A major blaze in Chicago nearly leveled the five story Mason block at 92 34 96 Washington street an historic landmark. Fire officials reported extensive damage and full evacuation of adjacent property as crews fought flames through the night.
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Chicago
Washington Street
Bead Found By Husband in Tippleys WV
Mrs Will Stout aged 63 was found dead on the floor by her husband in Tippleys West Virginia on January 27. Heart trouble was given as the cause of death.
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Tipley
W. Va
Will Stout
Casualties Reported as Nearly Two Hundred in War Update
Gen. Buker reports a casualty list of nearly two hundred killed wounded and missing amid continued Boer bombardment. Gen. Warren abandoned Spion Kop as British officials scramble to reposition forces and bolster troops for South Africa.
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Gen. Warren
Spion Kop
Buker
Orcers
Aldershot
Fourth Cavalry
South Africa
British Casualties Reported in Jan 24 Action
Gen Buller reports British losses on January 24 include 6 officers and 18 other ranks killed or wounded, with 31 missing. Dispatch dated Spearman's Camp January 20 notes no delay in communications. unclear if missing include Spion Kop casualties or only prior fighting.
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London
Boers Resolve to Block British Ladysmith Relief
Dispatch from Frere Camp notes Boers entrenching with new guns and ten mile front seeking to break the line before Ladysmith. In Pretoria the Kimberley bombardment continues and a Ladysmith sortie losses show Boer resistance. Also obituaries and civic notes from Terre Haute and Mongerstown report Sisters of Providence nun and postmaster meeting actions.
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London
the Times
Frere
Spion Kop
Ladysmith
Pretoria
Kimberley
Laager
Cannibal attack on Admiralty Islands schooner Nikamarra killed crew
Reports from Victoria B C recount the massacre of Captain Dalthe and the Nikamarra crew by cannibal natives on an Admiralty Islands voyage. Survivors, including the mate and other Europeans, were wounded. the vessel looted. An expedition to avenge the killings has departed New Britain. A separate item notes Webster Davis's vice presidential ambition and a carpenters strike in Paris seeking higher wages.
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Admiralty Islands
New Ireland
Forsythe
Nagara
Bullock
Doudney
New Britain
Kansas City
Webster Davis
Secretary of the Interior
President McKinnon
the Star
Paris
France
House Pay Tribute to Late Vice President Liebart
The House dedicates most of its session to eulogies for the late Vice President Liebart. Speakers include Gardner Stewart Parker Fowler Daly of New Jersey, Payne of New York, Dalzell and Brossius of Pennsylvania, Richardson of Tennessee, and Griggs of Georgia. A census bill conference report is adopted and a Manila cable repair bill is sent over after opposition.
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Washington
Liebart
Messrs
Gardner
Stewart
Arker
Richardson
Tennessee
Griggs
Georgia
Manila
British Expedition Against Tagas in Borneo Wins
The British expedition under Mat Salleh in British North Borneo succeeds after two days of fighting. Capt. Harrington with 100 Sikhs defeats about 1,000 rebels, takes two forts and two villages, detonates the rebel magazine, and inflicts about 60 casualties while four British soldiers are wounded. Remaining villages submit.
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London
Mat Salleh
British North Borneo
Harrington
Gen Lee Visits Cuban Battlefields After Arrival
Gen Lee with Gen Ricus Revira and Gen Wood party toured Santiago de Cuba battlefields aboard the Ingalls. Lee expressed astonishment at the ground’s role in the outcome. The visit followed their arrival and impressed observers with the landscape’s impact.
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Santiago de Cuba
Lee
Ricus Revira
Wood
Ingalls
Indiana Round-Ups. Punishment for Aiding Escape Upheld
Indiana reports recount several items from Covington Fort Wayne Indianapolis and Anderson. James Smith convicted of aiding an escaped prisoner receives four years. supreme court upholds equal punishment for helper. Gen Lawton to lie in state at Fort Wayne with escort from area units. Indiana GOP set April 25 26 state convention while encampment and prohibition meet dates clash. Gas explosion devastates Joseph Sylvester home in Green township injuring wife and three children with uncertain cause.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Covington
James Smith
Fountain County
Smith
Supreme Court
Fort Wayne
Lawton
New Court House
Chicago
Hennty
Republican State Committee
G. A. KR
Injured Husband Suit Brings $10,000 Damages in Auburn
Ida M. Morris and three children sue Nick Kitter a Garrett saloon keeper and his bondsmen William Wagner and James Chiffin for $10,000. Complaint claims William Morris fell from a bogey while intoxicated on liquor secured from Ritter and broke his neck.
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Auburn
Ind
Jam
Ida M. Morris
Nick” Kitter
William Wagner
James Chiffin
Mine workers and operators report improved harmony at conference
In Indianapolis on January 27 the joint scale committee from the mine workers and operators associations ended with closer attitudes than the previous session. No concessions were reached, but a better atmosphere and more harmonious proceedings were noted between the sides.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Mine Workers’ and Operators’ Association
Diamond thief suspects Stater-Allison gang link in regional bank raids
In Wroushnd on January 27 Charles Russell, in custody at Mikhurt, claims the Commercial bank of Silver Lake robbery and other small local bank raids were set by the Stater-Allison gang led by Thomas Black known as Whitey.
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Wroush
Charles Russell
Mikhurt
Commercial Bank of
Silver Lake
Stater-Allison Gang
Thomas Black
Whitey
State labor commissioner seeks weekly wage order in Indiana
State Labor Commissioner McCormack sues Republic Steel Co to pay wages weekly to 5000 Indiana employees. Several hundred workers at the American Tinplate Mills in Elwood seek enforcement of the weekly wage law.
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Indianapolis
Ind
McCormack
Republic Tron and Steel Co
Indiana
Elwood
Pittsburgh man seeks cucumber growers near Warsaw
George Cruikshank of Pittsburgh is in Warsaw seeking to contract with cucumber growers for all the pickles they can raise. His pickling firm has several vats at Warsaw and plans to build more.
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Wabash
Ind
George Cruikshank
Pittsburgh
Warsaw
Farmer Fatally Shoots Self While Hunting Hawk
In Greensburg Indiana on January 27 Henry Springmeyer a wealthy German farmer two miles east was loading a rifle to shoot a hawk when the gun misfired killing him instantly. Also in Dublin Rebecca Wampler aged 99 marks birthday on her Henry county farm born in North Carolina. In Lenton three men are held in connection with Paxton post office robbery of three 2 cent stamps and 50 cents in pennies. Marcus C Smith former mayor of Muncie and twice state legislator and senator is dead at 76.
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Greensburg
Ind
Henry Springmeyer
Dublin
Rebecca Wampler
Henry County
North Carolina
Lenton
Paxton (Ind
Muncie
Marcus C. Smith
Senate
Rural Free Mail Delivery Established in Upland
Rural free mail delivery is established from Upland covering 27 miles in the new service. The move expands rural access and affects residents and nearby routes on a broad scale.
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Upland
Ind
Special items from across the nation and world
A mixed set of brief items covers diverse events from 1900 era: a bicycle tire trust linked to the Tillinghast patent. West Virginia Democrats to meet at Parkersburg on June 6. Cheff Jackson shot in Fairfield Mississippi. issues with lightweight Spanish coins in insular service. Col. W L Dors dies at West Point Mississippi. Chicago labor strikes under grand jury review. Jerry Echols fatally shot near Water Valley Mississippi. Virginia bill for separate Negro railroad cars passes both houses. Walter Tate 16 dies hunting near Tracy City Tennessee. freight train wreck near Carryville Tennessee injuring crew. ex mayor Cotton Haydens Allen dies in St. Louis. 64 Chicago families escape fire at San Mateo building with $30,000 loss. Beckley West Virginia post office burglarized. Gen Bernando Reys sworn Mexico war minister. snowstorm causes collision on West Virginia Central line at Cumberland Maryland. bubonic plague reported in Japan with $100,000 appropriation and five-cent rat bounty.
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Jerry Echols
Water Valley
Miss
Virginia
Walter Tate
Tracy City
Tenn
Fractured Friday News in Brief Across Fronts
Totsu lies near death and Gen Kobbe’s troops hold key Philippine ports. The Chinese emperor’s abdication stirs Japan. An X ray photo is introduced in an Atlanta criminal trial. Tibbe county backs whipping for under 16s. Manila dispatch warns of Filipino American feuds. Gen Warren’s forces abandon Spi on Kop. Boers retake the town. White’s Ladysmith siege feared. Nicaraguan canal bill gains interstate committee addenda. Ten million dollars proposed for canal work. Wilkesbarre freight wreck kills five and injures many. six locomotives and twenty freight cars derailed.
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Kobbe
Philippines
Japan
Superior Court
Atlanta
Tibbe County
Manila
Fyte
Warren
Spion Kop
White
Ladysmith
House E Committee
Wilkesbarre
Market report shows mixed grain and livestock prices
Cincinnati and Chicago summaries list grain futures with winter and spring varieties priced between 1.75 and 8.30 per unit. Livestock values include select hogs 4.80 to 4.90, cattle 3.40 to 4.90, sheep and lambs up to 6.40, and veal calves around 7 to 7.75, with oats and corn futures quoted at varying cents.
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Cincinnati
Dan
Hee San
Chiergo
Cora
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Kitaherely
Lord Salisbury
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Catherine McNamara
Mongerstown
Postal Department
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Richmond
Canibals
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Phelps
New Haven
E. J. Phelps
England
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Arapahoe, Okla
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Terschelling
Chicago Art Institute
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Palermo
Signor Palizzolo
Ft. Wayne
Bicycle Tire Trust
West Virginia
Parkersburg
Fairfield
Cheff Jackson
Col. W. L. Dors
West Point, Miss
Carryrville
Cotton Haydens Allen
Columbus
Southerm
St. Louis
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Beckley
Eoarery
Raleigh County
Bernando Reys
Mexico
Felipe Gerrozable
Wests Virginia Central Railroad
Cumberland
Frank Winderstein
Count Totsu
Markel
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