Battle Report from Caloocan and Surrounding Clash
The Monadnock and Charleston bombarded camps between Caloocan and Malabon as Filipino sharpshooters harassed troops. Casualties on both sides noted with American losses including Lt. Col. Bruce Wallace. the rail line to Caloocan was opened, and fighting shifted toward Caloocan with heavy enemy losses and improved American control of the Manila Dagupan railway.
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Manina
Monadnock
Charleston
Ysber
Caroovan
Malabon
Bass
Harpers Weekly
Furty
Manma
Malabar
Kansas Regiment
Hartley Wand Pitch
Minnesota Regiment
Mitchell
Wes
Jeffann
Caloocan
John A. Gibbons
Hospital Corps
Alonzo Ricketts
Twentieth Kansas
Fred. Hall
Montana
Willian H. Lack
North Dakota
Calooca
Ferasina
Elswell & Otis
Dewey
MacArthur
Barry
Harrison Gray Otis
Montana Regiment
Third Artillery
Atfio
Manila- Dagupan
Bruce Wallace
Second Cavalry
Battle of Caloocan Details From General Otis Cable
War department dispatches confirm a decisive defeat of the insurgents at Caloocan with heavy casualties to the United States troops. Representative Wheeler seeks a joint resolution thanking Major General Elwell Otis and his officers and men for their gallant action at Manila on February 4 and 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geversl
Caloocan
Washtnetos
War Department
Otis
United Sraves
Congress
Wasninetos
Bodies Found in Siberia Linked to Balloon Flight
A Siberian report says Turguses found a cloth cabin near Komo and Pit on January 7 with three corpses, one head crushed, and instruments nearby. Police head to the scene to identify the aeronaut Herr Andree and two companions who left Danes Island on July 11, 1897.
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Ofaaltoon
Siberia
Krasnoyamsk
Herr Andree
Professor Andree
Danes Island
Spitzbergen
Brother of Professor Andree Doubts New Russian Story
The brother of Professor Andree doubts a report from Siberia that the remains of Andree and companions and their balloon car from the Spitzbergen expedition have been found between Keno and Pit in Yeniseeisk province. He notes the land is cultivated and the bodies would likely have separated from the wreck in stormy weather.
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Andree
Matya
Sweden
Arctic
Krasnovaruk
Siberia
Spitzbergen
Keno
Pit
Yeniseeisk
Lord Beresford Arrives to Advocate Door in China
Lord Charles Beresford arrives aboard the America Mar in San Francisco to serve as a British statesman naval officer and commerce commissioner. He is welcomed by government tug escorts and civic leaders at the Heads before being driven to the Palace hotel. A second item notes speculation on tariff changes favoring British trade.
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America
China
San Francisco
America Mar
Japan
Honolulu
Lord Charles Beresford
America Mart
Royal Navy
Associated Chambers of Commerce of England
Palace Hotel
Grigsby’s Cowboys Seek Reenlistment for Philippines
Sioux Fatts Feb 13. Grigsby’s Cowboys known as the Third United States Volunteer Infantry wish to reenlist and go to the Philippines. Colonel Grigsby is absent from the city but officers telegram for him to push government to reorganize the regiment.
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Grigsby
Cowboys
Philippines
Sioux Fatts
Third
United States Volunteer Infantry
Chickamauga
CERVERA TO BE TRIED BY MILITARY COURT PROSECUTION
The supreme military court decides to prosecute Admiral Carrera and Commandant Moren over the loss of the Spanish squadron at Santiago de Cuba on July 3. The cases arise from the disaster of the Cristobal Colon and the fleet’s sinking.
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Mavrin
Supreme Military Court
Santiago de Cuba
Carrera
Moren
Cristobal Colon
Colored Couple Assassinated at Grimsley Plantation
A night killing on the Grimsley plantation near Fort Gatnes, Georgia, left A. L. Boynton and his wife dead by unknown assailants after being called to the door. Local uproar is reported and authorities fear lynching if suspects are found.
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Fort Gatnes
A. L. Boynton
Grimsley Plantation
Junta Viewed Telegraphing News of Vote on Peace Treaty
Agoncillo, the American delegate, reports from Montreal that a Feb four telegram urged him to cable Manila with the U S senate peace treaty vote. He says Washington authorities blocked dispatching the message and that Aguinaldo pressed for urgent word as negotiations with General Otis pivot on ratification. Agoncillo notes he fled to British territory amid tight American oversight.
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Agoncillo
A Junta Statement on Manila Hostilities and US Actions
A Manila steamship brings censored American accounts of the fighting, charging treachery by General Otis and brutal bombardments of Malate Paco and Malabon. The statement alleges mass civilian slaughter, abuse of Manila civilians, looting by American troops, and a broader war aims motive tied to U S senate politics. Elsewhere, Agoncillo claims peace envoys’ arrival signals intentional American war, and a separate report notes extreme cold in Omaha with prisoners whipped and fined.
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Afentia
Malate
Paco Ath
Manila
Iloilo
Aguinaldo
Otis
Carolina
United States Senate
Noi
Congress fights over treaties and bills in February sessions
A compact digest notes Senate ratified a treaty 57 to 27 while House passed Census measures and several suspension bills. Reports from Berlin announce soprano Eusilie Joachim’s death and church leader Bishop William O Meara’s passing in Scranton. Other items include prices up at Cambria works, a fatal shooting in Westminster and causes ranging from Dreyfus to Samoan disputes.
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Sena
Berlin
Eusilie Joachim
William O'Meara
Scranton
England
Alice Atherton
New York
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Loxpox
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Megson
Cervera
Wasuinecrox
Ways and Means Committee
Toledo
Perry
Lake Erie
Onawe
Sioux City
Onawa
Cariaco
Mark Wentworth Danham
Oaklawni Farm
Wayne, Ils
Murey Hospital
Mercury
Palmer Laer
Cole
JUNTA
Agoneillo
London
Canada
Newa
Washington
Hong Kong
Moxtrea
Triego de Dios
Senor M. Riviera
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Del
Omaha
Weather Bureau
Bu Ieee Dhaxem
Senate
McEinery
House
American Steel and Wire Company
Madagascar
Benjata
Bentakbe Bay
Cambria
Tron Company
Prince Alfred of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Duke of
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Queen Victoria
Stallings
Alabama
Wheeler
Coxcress
William Laird
Laird Bros
Birkenhead
Eng
Mary Williams
Clinch River
Middlesboro
United States
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Suez
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Said
CO. E. Clark
Oregon
Navy Yard
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National Association of Builders
Milwaukee
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McLaurin
Mississippi
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Boston
Havana
John H. Patterson
California
Pamphilia Walcott
Edwin A. Stanton
Lincoln
Akron
Brigham H. Roberts
Utah
McDowell
House of Representatives
Dreyfus
Guinaldo
South Dakota National Guard
McKinley
Miles
Wade
Davis
Gillespie
Alaska
George M. Curtis
Iowa
Colonial Cabinet
Guild
Cannon
Hansa Committee On
Nicaragua
Andrew Foy
E. S. Oratsey
E. A. Powarrs
C. W. Hopexinsox ‘Cashier
the Farmers’ Savings Bank
Emmetsburg
Lands and Loans
Linsurance
Chas. McCormick,b. EB. Kelly,c. Z. Smith
WrtKerons
Robert Moses
James Dunigan
H. 4. Powers
Harrighs
Melvin Tiskes
Ormsby
Branagan Bro’s
J. P. Jennings
Prop'r City
Tobin & Shea’s
W. D. Ferguson
Opera House Drug Store
Main Street
Lowa
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