First Free Election in Bulacan Under Aguinaldo Era
Bulacan province held its first municipal election with universal-like voting, appointing native officials including governor Serapio, treasurer Greenough, and supervisor Wells. Delegates and Taft praised the process. the commission found Serapio’s alleged faults unfounded as locals, led by friars’ interests, protested.
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Guiginto
Bulacan
Jose Seraplo
Aguipalds
Ate
United Huatee Commission
Beraplo
Lawson
United States
Aguinaldo
Serapio
Seraple
Greenough
Forty-first Regiment
Lieut. Wells
Thirty-second Regiment
Malolos
Congress
Bulucan
Judge Taft
Taft
Grant
Bodies Tallied as Diamondville Mine Rescue Fails
Salt Like Utah special to Kemmerer reports rescuers pressing to recover bodies from the Diamondville mine after a blast. By 1am fire damp drove workers from sixth and seventh levels, delaying the search for hours. Eight bodies were recovered by 10am including Edward Roan and Joe Fenzso among the identified.
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Salt Like
Utah
Pet
Kemmerer
Wyo
Diamondville Mine
Edward Roan
J. P. Roant
Joe Fenzso
Lourenco Fenzso
J. F. Simpson
Everett Simpson
J. F. Bastila Abassola
Florine Avonzenl
Porte Refuses Payment on Cruiser Contract
Constantinople February 27 reports the Porte has not paid the installment due on the cruiser built under a contract with the Cramps Ship Building Company of Philadelphia. Cramps regards the contract void and disclaims all responsibility in the matter.
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Constantinople
Porte
Cramps Ship Building Company
Philadelphia
Boxer heads in a basket
New York dispatch reports a mixed scene aboard the Hiavana from Havana with passengers weighing Cuba’s readiness for independence. Doctors advocate U.S. retention, while Havana streets are calm but food scarce and capital wary of withdrawal.
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New York
Hiavana
Havana
Cuba
W. ©. Phelps
Buffalo
Sam
United States
Jos. Howard
Sey
Cuban Amendment Talks Slow Army Bill Conference
Secretary Hoot held lengthy talks with Gen Wood in Washington about the Cuban amendment to the army appropriation bill. The two used a special wire to exchange views and positions, with Wood expected to pause efforts to hurry a Cuban convention. The administration had initially planned Cuba to propose first, but U.S. initiative changes the dynamic.
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New York
Times
Washington
Hoot
Cuba
United States
Schurman Trims Foreign Policy At New York Dinner
President Jacob Schurman of Cornell warned against annexing China and urged restraint in imperial expansion. He argued sovereignty equals responsibility, opposed U S acquisition of the Philippines as a boost to power, and said America’s mission there should be educational. He urged leaving China to Chinese and cautioned about military showiness to influence the East.
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New York
Mth
Life Underwriters” Desocration
Javod Schurman
Cornell University
Insurance of Nations
Republic
Pacific
China
United States
Philippines
Schurman
London correspondent hints at Majuba anniversary coup
In a London dispatch the Tribüne correspondent says military men in the metropolis expect Lord Kitchener to plan a decisive blow against De Wet or Botha or both on the Majuba day anniversary, following Roberts’s previous victory twelve months earlier.
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York
London
the Tribone
Metropolis
Lord Kitchener
de Wet
Botha
Majuba
Roberts
Crone
Zuni Indians Hit By Starvation Watered by Aid Plea
An appeal to the interior department asks for relief for the Zuni Tribe in northeast Arizona and northwest New Mexico. A report from Arajaces county notes hunger and cold with inadequate agency relief while whites donate supplies. The prior season ruined crops and many have traded belongings for food, leading to sickness and deaths.
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Department of the Interior
Washington
Arizona
New Mexico
Arajaces County
Pemah
Great mobs of students protest police abuse in Oporte
At the Industrial Institute council meeting the request was made to prosecute police overstepping authority. Students and allies marched through streets to the Haitian consul’s residence shouting for liberty. The Catholic association building and Liberal offices were attacked. Mounted and dismounted police charged the crowd, injuring several, four seriously.
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Oporte
Counell
Industrial Institute
Hyaxiitan
Catholic Association
Evarts Shows Improvement After Restful Night
New York Feb 27 Ex Senator William Evarts passed a comfortable night at home and was reported to be better than yesterday TL was sold at his home early today indicating improvement in his condition.
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New York
Wm. 4
Bvyarts
Boers Surrender Near Pretoria in Transvaal Route
Gen Kitchener reports from Middleburgh on the road between Pretoria and Portuguese East Africa. By February 3 French forces had captured 300 Boers, a Krupp howitzer, a Maxim, 400 small arms rounds, 84 horses, 9800 sheep, and 28 carts. Boer casualties include five dead and 11 wounded.
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London
Kitchener
Middleburgh
Transval
Pretoria
Portuguese East Africa
Uber
Plague at Cape Town prompts major city crackdown
Reports from Capetown note yester day that Tibuhonle phigue and Capetown, Fob were victims with two Europeans and a woman among the dead. A Kaffir’s body was found in a cathedral as rats are blamed for the spread. Authorities fear concealment by residents hinders efforts to control the outbreak. The government has assumed control from the corporation, mobilizing a large force to cleanse the city, seal off premises, and destroy rats.
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Capetown
No Veteran Parade Planned Over Parade Controversy
From York February reports Gen Daniel B Sickles as murshal of the fourth division of the inaugural parade says veterans refused to participate over placement. McKinley would be escorted by army and navy cadets with regulars leading. Sickles says the president wished the veterans as his guard and Adjt Gen Corbin relayed orders to Gen Greene who reportedly denied guidance from the White House on veteran placement.
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York
Wyshington
Daniel B. Sickles
Murshal
McKinley
Army and Navy
Loveland
Ohio
District of Fol Iia
Sickles
Cort
Corbin
Greene
White House
Bell Telephone Loses Its Case in Berser Patent Suit
Boston February 2 Judge Brown of the U S Circuit Court ruled against the American Bell Telephone Company in the Berser patent dispute. The Bell company sued National Telephone Manufacturing and Century Telephone to restrain selling and using telephone devices with interphone attachments and to account for past profits.
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Boston
Brown
Reited States Circuit Court
American Bell Tele One
Theit Company
National Teophone Miurafacturing Company
Sie
Century Telephone Company
Bell Company
Korean attempts to borrow funds for Seoul-Fouran railroad
Information from Seoul reports Korea and Japan sought to borrow 3,000,000 mortraying to obtain shares in the Seoul-Fouran railroad. The Turkish representative in Korea, M. Dabtaff, deemed the venture unprofitable and blocked the transaction.
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Ef. Petersburg
Seoul
Korea
Japishoe Supert
Seoul-Fouran
M. Dabtaff
Kellogg murder trial drags on in Helena court
Special correspondence from Helena Mont shows Dr Edwin Kellogg trial continuing for alleged complicity in Adeline Bromley’s death through a criminal operation. Coroner Hyooke cites autopsy results. testimony questions whether death was caused by poisoning or the operation.
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Helena
Mont
Edwin
Kells
Adeline Bromley
Ben C. Hyooke
Kelloggs
Rue Holph Horsky
Seymour
Helderberg Mountains
Hewis
St Point
New York
Penneylvania Life Tague
Montana
Clearwater Valley
Deerge County
Helenaty
Ammon
St. M. Stivers
Supreme Comet
Donovan
Connecion
Stivers
Lewiston
Rives
Jon AL
Butte Hardware Company
Hope Mining Company
Unclear War Dispatches On Surrender And Leadership
Fragmentary OCR from a wartime report cites anniversaries and a double surrender. It mentions Majuta Hil and General Cronpa’s surrender, Lord Waleeta’s handling of events, and a note on General Kelly-Heruny’s command with Lord Kitchener present.
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Orien
Beb
Majuta Hil
Cronpa
Heneral Kelly Kell Ny
Lord Waleeta
Paardeluya
Paardebung
Harge of Commons
Prudterick
Kelly-Heruny
Lord Kitchener
Wewardanes
Capture of Boer Camp Report From Willowmoore
A private message states Scheipers Langer in Willowmoore has been captured by the British. The main Boer force was absent with forty burghers and the entire supply wagons were seized.
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Poyt Hianeth
Cape Cola
Scheipers Langer
Willowmoore
Time Constrained Paris Commission Telegrams Lost
Fragmentary telegrams describe instructions to the Paris Commission with references to reciprocity treaties and a Senate conference session. The text mentions delays, approvals, and safety concerns tied to a military academy bid and hazing issues.
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Paris Commission
Telegrams and amendments shape Senate session reports
A messy telegraph summary from Wehigeon details a February session where Mi Laden’s group backs a reprint of documents sent to Paste Pot aunt. It notes papers, a telegram, and a debate over authorization for public ceremonies and a forthcoming event. The record mentions Parkins and others, a proposed amendment, and eventual approval of a measure and related actions.
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Wehigeon
Senate
Pettigreven Trewcalea
Cobelia
Jolie
Combi
Parkins
Cushing
Mir
Treaties to Hold Over in Senate Session
The senate discussed delaying action on treaties due to busy agenda and current business. Senator Perkins opposed the Lamon treaty while others argued principles and general desirability of bringing the question forward. The committee concluded it would be imprudent to take up the issue at this time.
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Washington
Senate
Perkina J
Lamon Treati
General Des Wieff
Resolution sent to senate on Sampson letter request
Washington February 27 news item reports a resolution by Leon Alen instructing the secretary of Henase to send to the senate a copy of a letter from Gnioer Morena to Ad Mia Sampson. The letter requests examination of Sampson's application for a pro forma endorsement. The measure was debated and then postponed until later.
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Washington
Leon Alen
Henase
Senate
Gnioer Morena
Mia Sampson
Merle Dak
Loner Yi
Army Moves Against Hemp Monopoly in War Department
The War Department faces scrutiny as letters and papers tied to Lieut Col Helstand and a proposed army plan to regulate hemp production are reviewed. Major Hawkes’s stance on the issue is noted amid broader debates in the department.
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Washinton
Col
Helstand
Poljutant General's Department
Major Hawkes
Nite
War Department
Pertizrew
Revenue Cutter for Hawaii Bill Noted by Senator
Washington February 27 Senator Cullom today gave notice of an amendment to a civil appropriation bill proposing a revenue cutter for Hawaii. The measure seeks four fifty and one half? Actually 250,000 dollars to fund the vessel for Pacific coast duties.
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Washington
Cullom Tadey
Fico Hanter Ak & Come Hol
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