Glorious Victory for Our Army at Manila
Dispatches report Gen Otis confirming a major engagement near Manila with insurgents. American forces repelled attacks, advanced to capture villages and defenses, and held the city in quiet as casualties rose to about 175 on the insurgent side. Navy actions on the flanks praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Navy
Washington
Navy
Gardines
Orwey
Obs
Manila
Adjutant General
Otis
Woman to Die in Electric Chair at Sing Sing
Mrs Martha Place is scheduled for electrocution at Sing Sing during the week of February 20 unless Governor Roosevelt grants clemency. Officials say he must receive weighty reasons within the next two weeks after the Court of Appeals fixed the date. Place would be the first woman executed in the electric chair for killing her step daughter in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Place
Sing Sing
Gav. Roosevelt
Court of Appeals
Gov. Roosevelt
Cabinet debates Miles conduct amid possible inquiry
The Cabinet discussed Gen. Miles conduct and utterances at a recent meeting. No formal action has been taken, but a court of inquiry is likely after the War Investigation Commission reports. It is not expected he will be relieved of his position before then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
War Investigation Commission
Four Killed in Freight Train Collision at Riverton
A two horse wagon carrying six people including five men and a young woman was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train at Riverton Station near McKeesport Pennsylvania. Four men died and the other riders were badly hurt likely to die. In Congress the House Judiciary Committee ruled that members who accepted commissions in the army vacated their seats. Wheeler Alabama Campbell Illinois Colgan Kentucky Robbins Pennsylvania were among those affected. Civil appointees are not considered to have forfeited seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
Riverton Station
McKeesport
Congress
House Committee On Judiciary
House
Wheeler
Alabama
Campbell
Illinois
Colgan
Kentucky
Robbins
Pennsylvania
Postoffice Inspectors Head to Cuba on Mission
Postmaster General orders Inspectors Ervin of California Sullivan of St Louis Leatherman of Ohio and Indiana to Cuba to assist Director Rathbone and dispatches three more to the Island to assign one to each of the six provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Ervin
California
Sullivan
St. Louis
Leatherman
Ohio
Indiana
Rathbone
Fire and fates loom in Eastern news items
A $50,000 blaze burned Kashare Symen picture frames and Walter Isaacs novelties in New York. George Brown, a farmer, died while attempting to rescue his wife in Chester Pa. Cadets were poisoned, likely from Girkey. A Brooklyn healer Schlotteral resurfaced amid doubts. A Carnegie oil dealer committed suicide over cash worries. A2 men died in New York and Newtonville accidents. Fire spread at Net lands hotel triggering evacuations. Major Quines proposes a two percent city department wage cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kashare & Symen
Walter M. Isaacs
New York
Norwood, Jr
George Brown
Military Acadetry
Chester
Charles McLean
Schlotter
West
New Mexico
Lvooklyn
N.Y
August Branding
Carnegie
Philadelphia
Robert T. Rink
Irs
Penn Yon
Puoiset
Theodore Kirschner
Nia
Paulina
Newtonville
Menoh
Tor
Peter Miss Ima
Thurssie
York Marncolfiers
Laehigh Vahes Coal Company
Potissilie
Dawiu
Negiety
Toet Tienes
Frederick Laukesai
Chiesa
Tobe
Tatahraw
Germany
von T. Johnson
Henry George
Elenry Creorge
Delotel Neti
Vne Wits
Sodhe
Ced
Magar
Vast array of midwest and west events in a single report
A sweeping bulletin lists incidents across several states including bank failures at Hassel Kanu, jail breakouts in Canton Ohio, a union strike in Lima Ohio, and stock dealer lawsuits in Cincinnati. It notes killings in Ardmore I T, a fatal shooting near Cokeville Wyoming, a major building fire in Columns Ohio, and historic gold findings at Cripple Creek. Also reported are a Missouri veterans’ death in St Louis, a California assault verdict, a San Francisco death, bankruptcy filing in Columbus Ohio, and a capsizing boat near Astoria Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ileerieg
Velanges
Union
Missouri
Lima
Onie
Prigue
William Sebastian
St. Louis Bridge
Tooney
Banners
Jerome Coltun
Cushoen
Cincinnati
Association of Stock Desiers
Aim
Ardmore
I. T
John Edwards
Hicham McSwain
McSwain
Edwards
Cokeville
Wyo
Dawzt Timndy
Willian
Linn
St. Louis
Chickamauga
Isabella
Cripple Creek
Los Angeles
Cal
A.C. Bradley
Gov. Smith
Soliers
Santa Monica
Ait
San Francisco
Charles Schulte
Evansville
Colt. A
Junna
Henry Light
August Baer
Astoria
Ore
Young
Ice trust offers for Wagner Lake Ice Company assets
Representatives of a growing ice trust propose buying the Wagner Lake Ice Company in Sandusky Ohio for 200000 dollars. The bid aims to control the ice trade from Maine to Wisconsin, affecting local supply and pricing and signaling consolidation in the ice industry.
Distilleries Combine in New York and Kentucky Fire Fatalities
Word arrives that sixty Kentucky distilleries are merging into a single corporation with a $52,000,000 capitalization in New York. Louisville Buckingham Theater destroyed by fire caused by a live wire in the scene room. loss estimated at $0,000. In Dallardsville Ky the Whitaker Manus and Howard Carlin fight ends with Manns dead and Iablain fatally hurt. In Bowman Ark a family wiped out by pneumonia. in Guyan Dover river area masked men attack Skeens home. James Skeens mortally wounded, wife and child wounded as feud violence erupts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
New York City
Buckingham
Louisville
Whitaker Manus
Howard Carlin
Wdnes
Barlow
Dallardsville
Todgh
Antil
Manns
Iablain
Bowman
Ark
Esquire
Gangaon
Charles
Kaw
Richard Nobles
Dot Carpenter
James Skeens
Guyandoutye River
Pfamlin
We Va
Skeens
Babe
Ambrase Stovlerk
Tha sLonntunous
War and politics notes from the period
Brigadier General Gobin of Pennsylvania receives honorable discharge from the volunteer army. William A. Porterfield & Co. report assets of 30814 and liabilities of 40440. Gen Miles reasserts claims about nauseating beer provided to soldiers and offers evidence. German ambassador von Holleben states Cerbuuny recognizes U S victory in the Spanish American War and rights to control the Philippines. Six soldiers face manslaughter charges in the War Department with death sentences in two cases. none yet final. Desertion cases rise among volunteers with lenient wartime treatment and no deaths reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gobin
Pennsylvania
Wiliam A. Porterfield & Co
Washington
Miles
Theodore von Holleben
Cerbuuny
United States
Spain
Philippines
War Department
International Obituaries and World Updates
Dr Frain the Dutch historian dies in Paris. Varry Bates the British sculptor dies in London. Baron Ompreda dies in Wiesbaden. The German Reichstag adopts navy estimates while Sir Francis Clare Ford dies in Paris. M Hohne of the postal bureau dies in Berne. China's dowager empress reportedly selects a successor. Greeoff forms new Bulgarian cabinet with himself premier and foreign minister. Twenty children drown in an ice disaster at Warpulnen-Boirhein East Prussia. Colombia’s finance minister says extension for the Panama Canal may be granted. Ship Princess Edward faces long absence after leaving Baltimore for Honolulu to load sugar. Coptic arrives in San Francisco.
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Dr. Frain
Varry Bates
London
Baron Ompreda
Wiesbaden
Reichstag
Francis Clare Ford
Rome
Paris
M. Hohne
International Postal Bureau
Berne
Switzer-iana
China
M. Greeoff
Bulgaria
Warpulnen-Boirhein
East Prussia
Colombia
Panama Canal
Baltimore
Honolulu
Juet
San Fran
Congo unrest and European affairs feature in late dispatch
Reports from the Congo state say Maj Lothaire’s Belgian troops reportedly joined rebels and the commander was wounded and captured. Meanwhile Empress of Austria’s fortune faces possible taxation and a Venezuelan arbitration dinner gathers diplomats in Paris.]]
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Cisco
Honolulu
Edward
Princess Manard
Congo
Maj
Lothaire
Upper
Empress of
Austria
Bank of England
Carter
Paris
Venezuelan Arbitration Commission
Sir Edmund 4. Munson
Prince Ourousseff
Count Tornielli-Brusati di Vorgano
M. Delcas
Chicago
Jorence Maybrick
Womin
Hite
Alonzo C. Yates
Syracuse
Trane
Yates Quckly
New York
Newport
Europe
Ife
Teiln Yates
Milwakes
Massive snowslide buries nine. roundhouse swept away
A large snowslide on the Canadian Pacific Redhoad line swept a roundhouse off its supports, burying nine railway workers. nine were rescued, but the others perished. The incident follows other regional notices of labor disputes and ship movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL Rogers’ Pass
B.C
Canadian Pacific
Soo
Santaider
Flavann
Oe Protestant Rustout
Qaurt
Maine
Cristobal Colon Cemetery
Revo the Kitapp, Doith
Queen's College
St. Johns
N. E
Brighouse
West Yorkshire
Nick Young
National Baseball League
Bird Islands
Gulf of Mexico
J. A. Sturtevant
Paul Jones
Voutee
Powell
Order of Railways
Toronto
Grand Trunk Railway
Philadelphia
San Diego
Samoa
Apia
The Battle of the Crater Described by a Confederate Officer
A Confederate officer recounts the Crater battle near Petersburg toward the Civil War’s end. After the explosion, Union troops were repelled but the scene devolved into a slaughter pen with thousands trapped, bodies buried by earth, and four thousand Federals killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Crate
Petersburg
Tumor Expelled by Lydia Pinkham Remedy
Mrs Elizabet in WittELock Magno lia Iowa writes that after three boxes of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Lozenges a tumor passed and her health improved significantly She reports relief from bloating smothering spells heart palpitations and bearing down and now can walk farther The letter endorses the medicine for female troubles and praises its effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkham
A Foolish Question The Preacher And So You Go To Sunday School
The dialogue features a preacher asking a boy if he attends Sunday school and the boy replying that Christmas is past, implying a humorous or childlike misunderstanding of calendar events.
Former Cascia County resident touts Western Canada farming
Mr T A Tolman of Lacombe Alberta recounts moving from Cascia County Idaho in July 1894 with cattle horses wagons and cash. He reports high yields in 1897 and 1808 wheat per acre as well as cheap land under Canadian Pacific Railway offers. He praises free homesteads and advancing school law, noting he is pleased with his purchase after seven payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascia County
Idaho
Western Canada
T. A. Tolman
Lacombe
Alberta
N. W
Canadian Pacific Railway
Bullfights in Spain Report High Horse and Bull Deaths
The article states that about 5,000 horses are killed annually in Spanish bullfights and that 1,000 to 1,200 bulls are sacrificed each year.
Trains Advise Routes From Cincinnati to Havana and Beyond
Announcement lists travel options from Cincinnati on the Quagn and Crescent Limited to New Orleans or Jacksonville in 24 hours, and 64 hours to Havana. The note outlines possible routes and travel times for these long distance services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Quagn and Crescent Limited
Cincinnati
Havana
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the Tribune
Denver
Rris & Woolley
Purlisnerr
Acuinaldo
Dewey
Egraph
Western
Ice Trust
Wisconsin
Wagner Lake Ice Company
Sandusky
John Johnson
Spring Grove
Minn
William Drew
Daniel Barnett
Drew
Barnett
Fred Hess, Jr
San Franc Typographical Union
Ohio Powder Company
Youngstown
David Vans
Daniel Davis
Columbus, Wellston and Southern Railroad Companys
Columbus
Franklin
Fairfield
Pickaway
Mocking
Southern
Indianapolis
Ste St. Louis
Toledo
Milwaukee
Lydia EH. Pinkham
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