Caloocan Captured by Brilliant American Charge
News outlines the 6:30 p.m. capture of Caloocan after three hours of heavy fighting. Monodonack and Concord bombarded defenses, Gen Otis’ Brigade launched a general advance, and Filipinos fled as U S troops raised the flag at 5 30 p m. Otis commands the brigade amid heavy enemy losses and light American casualties.
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Caloocan
Americana
Manila
Monadnock
Concord
Otis
Swentieth
Kansas
Montana
United States
Calcovan
Foolhardy Pacific Crossing by Open Boat Sailor
Capt Freisseh, Milwaukee navigator, plans a solo open boat voyage from San Francisco to Manila via Honolulu. He previously crossed the Atlantic in 40 days 8 hours aboard the Nina, covering 6000 miles from Sandy Hook to Toerecht light in a 40 foot craft. He targets 21 days to Honolulu and 42 days to Manila aboard a 24 foot flat bottom boat with a heavy centerboard.
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San Francisco
Manila
Pacific
Freisseh
Milwaukee
Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Toerecht
Nina
Freitsch
Honolulu
San Frangisco
Six Die as Big Dipper Mine Reservoir Breaks
In Auburn California a reservoir breach at the Big Dipper Mine in the Iowa soil mining district washed away the mill blacksmith shop and drying house. Six men died including five Chinese workers and Joseph Farber a white man. Their bodies were found miles down the canyon. Loss to the mine exceeds two thousand dollars. The Big Dipper is among California’s richest gravel mines.
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Auburn
Cal
Big Dipper Mine
Iowa Soil
Joseph Farber
Big Dipper
California
Flowers Placed on Maine Victims Graves Removed Soon After
Commodore B J Cromwell at Havana Navy Yard arranged many flowers and potted plants on the graves of the Maine victims following orders from Assistant Secretary Charles H Allen. Three days later, visitors had taken every flower as mementos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Cromwell
United States Navy Yard
Havana
Charles H. Allen
United States Navy
United States
Maine
Memento
Filipinos Burn a Village in San Roque During Air Threat
Manila dispatch reports locals set fire to bamboo hut village of San Roque fearing an American air attack. The village is described as still burning as telegraph operators and Signal Corps workers labor around the clock to relay warnings and maintain communications.
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Manila
San Roque
Signal Corps
Steamer P. D. Stages Burned After Collision at Johnsonville
The steamer P. D. Stages collided with a railroad bridge at Johnsonville, drifted four miles down the river and burned. Sixty people were aboard. all were saved except Second Clerk Robert Scott and six or eight roustabouts. Assistance has been sent and further news is awaited.
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Nashville
P. D. Stages
Johnsonville
Robert Scott
Unclear Budget Figures for Spanish War Probe
Investigation into the conduct of the Spanish war will cost Uncle Sam $100,000. Nine commissioners draw $20 per day each for 138 days. Personal expenses amount to $12,420 with rail fares of $8,000 and the secretary's salary at $2,000. Clerk hire and printing total $85,000, recorder $990, livery $500, incidentals $8,000, and witnesses $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Prodigal Congress Faces War Costs
The current Congress for the war era will be remembered for vast spending. It has appropriated about a billion and a half dollars. This year’s revenue deficiency totals 159 million dollars. Of the expenditures, 364 million are charged to the Spanish war.
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Congress
Republic
Fatal Explosion in Baltimore Home Kills Two Children
An explosion caused by frozen water pipes in the kitchen of the Home of the Friendless female department in Baltimore Maryland killed Martha Bolesky seven years old instantly and Florence Relf Snyder ten years old died hours later. Mary Wilk, a cook, was seriously injured.
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Baltimore
Martha Bolesky
Florence Relfsnyder
Mary Wilk
Andrew Carnegie Offers 100000 For Atlanta Public Library
A collection of public notices reports Andrew Carnegie has offered Atlanta Georgia 100000 for a free public library. Other items mention Theodore A Havemeyer Jr serving on a New York petit jury Granting Clemency in a Brooklyn murder case and a gas explosion in Funa Pennsylvania that killed one and injured four.
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Andrew Carnegie
Atlanta
Theodore A. Havemeyer, Jr
New York
Goff
C. EK. Clark
Oreton
Ling
Navy Yard
League Island
American Car and Foundry Company
New Jersey
Death tolls and disasters across towns and rails
Reports describe a string of incidents from suicides in Relue Ohio and Westminster Ohio to a prospector found frozen on Pike's Peak Colorado. Notable items include a fir e at Wolisville Missouri, a broken snow blockade on the Denver and Rio Grande, a naval court decision, a hospital hotel smallpox scare in Omaha, and a large wine loss at Cloverdale California.
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Ehner Tlosner
Relue
Ohio
Dimes N. Tlolmes
Pike's Peak
Col
Great Northern Railway
Huron
D. D
Black Hills
Montrose County
Calo
Wolisville
Gnd School of the Sacred Heart
Oanadia
Wirant M. Bledsoe
Bledsoe
Pleasant Hill
Mac. A. Myer
Cleveland
Canton
Avanta
Iowa Central
Jank Blair
Edward Broward
Mary Anderson
Westminster
Denver and Rio Grande
Colorado Mountains
Nsw
Lloyd Booth Company
Youngstown
Corning Iron and Steel Company
Chicago
National Municipal League
League
Columbus
Train Collision Kills Two on St Louis Tron Rail Line
Report of a head on collision between a passenger and freight train on the St Louis Tron Mountain and Southern Railway near Pollock Louisiana. Two trainmen died and several injured as authorities investigate the wreck and causes.
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Central Division
St. Louis, Tron Mountain and Southern Railway
Pollock
Walker
Perry
Indiana
Hoopeston
Hoopeston Garin and Coal Company
Bolckow
Floyd, Wood & Dysart
W. T. Chambers
Hardware and Buggies
el Reno
J. 2. Robertson
Albert Robertson
M. 1. Robertson
C. B. Robertson
J. 41
Tom Easecks
Arapahoe
Bridgeport
Cloud Chief
Fractured 19th Century News From Augusta to Nashville
Southern dispatches report a lynching attempt by Fifteenth Minnesota soldiers in Augusta and a near wipeout of Stilesboro Georgia by an eyelone. A ruined Methodist church left twelve families homeless. an epidemic of spotted fever rages in Morgantown Kentucky. A dead woman’s body is found near Nashville with husband charged. Bradstreet’s official in Dallas dies by morphine overdose in Windsor Hotel.
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Minnesota
Augusta
Stilesboro
Methodist
Morgantown
Butler County
Hydes Ferry
Cumberland River
Nashville
J.D. Clark
Minnie Cox
J. D. Clark
W. G C. Griffin
Dallas, Tex
Bradstreet’s
Windsor Hotel
Ilis
Washington Leaders and Navy Plans Dominate Senate Panel
Obituaries note the deaths of John H. W. Comstock in Washington and James A. Sexton in Chicago. The Naval Affairs Committee backs building twelve new battleships. Possible diplomatic post shifts involve Duke d Arcos. War Department rejects the colonial board label for insular matters. Curtis Guild declines a spot. Watkins and Kennedy to serve. President commutes Gen Chutes P Wagan sentence to six years suspension. House Judiciary Committee lauds repeal of Confederate juror disqualification.
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James A. Sexton
Chicago
Grand Army of the Republic
Garfield Hospital
Washington
Naval Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
Duke d’ Arcos
Mexico
Madrid
War Department
Colonial Board
Judiciary Committee of the House
Confederacy
United States
Death of Alfred Prince of Saxe Coburg near Meran
Alfred hereditary prince of Saxe Coburg died at Martinsbrun near Meran after four hours of agony brain disease was given as the cause of death he was 25 years old. In Paris M Durand a former French lieutenant has been arrested for passing military secrets to a foreign power and another similar arrest has occurred at Nancy. Gen Henry to place religious orders in Porto Rico in possession of buildings and delay dispossessions pending judicial rights. Bolivia reports President Alonzo retreat to Oruro amid rising Indians and rumors of clashes with Chile. Anti Dreyfus League meeting in Marseilles produced a hostile demonstration by some Dreyfus supporters.
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Alfred
Saxe-Coburg
Martinsbrun
Meran
M. Durand
Paris
Nancy
Henry
Porto Rico
Bolivia
Alonzo
Oruro
Bucre
Chili
Marseilles
Anti- Dreyfus League of Patriots
Drey
Osaka theater fire follows royal tragedy amid riots
In Osaka crowds fleeing the Katsuri Theater after the death in the Japanese royal household, a blaze trapped parts of the third story in a strong wind, injuring firemen and killing several. Reports from the Orient note widespread theatergoer deaths averted by the princess’s demise.
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Atreeta
Sandapomlyn
Osaka
Japan
Katsuri
China Inland Mission
Rynhart
Tachienlu
Thibet
China
New cereal trust forms with large capital in bold claim
Banana dealers deny forming a trust while promoters tout a cereal trust backed by 15 million in preferred and 18 million in common stock and control of nearly all plants except one. Shreve and Co of San Francisco awarded a silver service contract for Admiral Dewey’s Olympia. Capt Delos Hayden and a companion Brown die in a freezing ice crossing while a rescueis mounted. RK Dun notes January failures down sharply with few large liabilities and improving solvent payments.
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New Cereal Trust
Admiral Dewey
Olympia
Citizens of
Washington
Shreve & Co
San Francisco
Delos Hayden
West Sister Island
Erie
Brown
Ulwyden
Hayden
RK. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Markets Report Chicago to Buffalo Lays Out Grain and Livestock Prices
Regional market roundup lists cattle hogs sheep and various grains across cities. Prices span Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with ranges for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and other commodities.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Paris peace pact ratified by Senate in historic session
The Paris peace treaty ending the war with Spain was ratified by the United States Senate in executive session with a 68 to 27 vote. Senators Jones McLaurin and McEnery supported ratification amid heavy public interest, while crowds gathered outside the Capitol and White House officials monitored the outcome through the night.
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Paris
Spain
United States Senate
Jones
McLaurin
McEnery
Senate
Capitol
White House
War Department
Navy Department
Dewey
McShinley
Gen. Olis
Manila
Aguinaldo
United States
Philippines
Notable figures and feats in late 19th century figures
The passage notes Chaplain Milburn of the Senate knowing Gen. Marcus P. Miller who led the Lloilo expedition and has served since 1858. It highlights Joshua M. Sears as Boston’s top taxpayer contributing 57003 yearly and mentions Roosevelt as among climbers of the Matterhorn. It cites J D G Oglesby as the youngest army captain in the Spanish War at 18, Mra B J Atwood directing labor bureau hiring over 40000 for Western railroads, Senator West’s illness and weight loss, Addison Harris as a new Austria minister and a highly regarded university graduate.
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Milburn
Senate
Marcus P. Miller
Lloilo
Joshua M. Sears
Boston
Co. Roosevelt
J. D. G. Oglesby
First
Illinois Cavalry
Mra
J. Atwood
Denver
West
Addison
Harris
Austria
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He Tribune
Mnd
Orris & Woolley
Sauwicheil
James Monroe Taylor
Visor College
Brown University
Providenre
Hebron
Oho
Maurice Ke, Wagan
Chiladelpha
Bu Daterty
Collingwood
N. C
Laurel Hill
Gov. Roosevelt
Martha Price
Brooklyn
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
A. W. Mellon
Funa
Joseph Ackerman
Cambria Trey Company
Johnstown
Manhattan
Fohn Williams
Protestant Episcopal Church
Diocese of Connecticut
House of Bishops
Episcopal Church In America
Los Angeles
A. G. Brauley
Gov. Smith
Santa Monica
San Quentin
Sadee Hazen
District Court
Topeka
Kan
Vendome
Omaha
Health Department
Bucyrus
L. C. Haman
W.S. Pardee
Pacific States Mutual Savings Bank
Christian Reis, Jr
Pardee
Moulton Hill
Cloverdale
I. Landsberger
Ohio River
Secret Watch
Southern
John HW. Comstock
Yeas
Senatora Jones
McLaurrin
Mec
Emery
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