Japanese arms landed in Luzon amid Philippine rebellion
The Madrid Reforma claims letters from Manila report Japan has landed about 30 cannon 30 000 rifles and millions of cartridges at Sual Lingayen gulf near Luzon and sent them to Malolos the rebel capital. It suggests Japan plans to act toward the Americans in the Philippines as Americans acted toward Spaniards in Cuba.
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Japa
Madrid Reforma
Manila
Japan
Sual
Gulf of Lingayen
Luzon
Malolos
Reforma
Philippines
Cuba
Millions of Bees Killed in Kentucky Cold Spell
Reports from Todd Fayette Scott and other honey counties indicate millions of bees perished during a cold spell. Honey production is described as nearly exterminated for years, with heavy losses expected for beekeepers as snow banks blocked air to hives and caused suffocation.
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Kentucky
Todd
Fayette
Scott
German Government withdraws ships from Philippines to ease U S tensions
Washington report notes Germany orders removal of navy vessels from Philippine waters and places German lives and property under U S protection, signaling intent to foster cordial U S Germany relations. Steamer Moravia wrecked. Mondego reports loss of crew near Sable Island after Hamburg voyage.
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Washington
United States
Philippines
Germany
Philippine
William Corkum
Gloucester
Mass
Witte
Hamburg
Bogton
Corkum
Sable Island
Robbers Strike Home Near Liberty West Virginia
Three masked men forced entry to Fritz and Henry Pape's residence on Short Creek near Liberty West Virginia. They bound and gagged the brothers and robbed the house of a large cash haul, estimated up to $5000, then fled on horses taken from the stable. The Papes were wealthy and had recently increased funds from stock sales.
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Fritz
Henry
Pape
Short Creek
Liberty
W. Va
Wages Raised at Besemer Furnace Meet in Cleveland
The Besemer Furnace Association in Cleveland announces wage hikes for all furnace employees in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys effective March 15. The raise, about 10 percent, restores the pre August 1896 reduction and is reported as unsolicited by the workers.
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Youngatown
Ohio
Besemer Furnace Association
Cleveland
Desperate Desertion Aboard the Bark Galatea
Seven crew members of the bark Galatea land in London recount their voyage and claim a February 4 storm forced Captain Lewis the chief mate and three sailors to abandon the ship in the only boat. The steamer Garton rescued other sailors but no sign of the deserters or the captain's boat exists.
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London
Lewis
Steward
Stewardeay
Garton
Not Guilty Verdict For James Free In Train Robbery Case
Irane James Free, son of the famous bandit, was found not guilty of complicity in the Missouri Pacific express robbery near Kansas City at Teds. Police had alleged Jesse James Jr led the crime dated September 23 last.
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Irane James Free
Jesse James
Teds
Kansas City
Young James
Fire Devours New York Tenement. One Woman Perishes
A fierce blaze sweeps the upper floors of a New York tenement. Firemen rescue a dozen occupants amid heavy smoke and flames. Mrs Mary Prouty leaped from the fifth story and died at the policeman's feet.
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New York
Mary Prouty
Opal Discovery Reported From Opalton Queensland
The steamer Mionera brings news of a sensational opal find at Opalton Queensland described as one of the largest blocks. Value estimated between £7000 and £10000, about 35000 to 50000 dollars.
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Fort Wayne
Iun
Wilson
Maroh
Modjeska
Opalton
Queensland
Mataafa’s Samoa Victory Reported Amid Brutal Trophies
Reports from Sydney, carried by the Miowera steamer, recount Mataafa’s rout of Malietos forces in Samoa. Mataafa gathered enemy corpses, severed heads as trophies, and buried trunks. Villages burned and plantations uprooted as religious tensions rise between Catholics and Protestant missions.
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Mataafa
Heada
Sydney
Matuafa
Mulieton
Matanta
Malieton
Samoa
London Mission
Panther Steals Child Then Drops It in Ohio Town
A panther carried off a child from the door of Samuel Hunt in Mononene Ohio. It ran through the main street before abandoning the child after being chased by a frightened crowd. The child escaped with only skin abrasions.
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Ohio
Mononene
Samuel Hunt
Pemphigus Death Marks Minnesota’s Lone Case
The only pemphigus case reported in Minnesota ended fatally at St Paul. William A Ehrmantrant captain of Company Fourth Minnesota regiment scratched his nose with a pin six weeks earlier. The wound refused to heal and spread into a thick skin eruption leading to death without blood poisoning signs.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
Willian A. Ehrmantrant
Minnesota Regiment
Ehrmantraut
St. Joseph's Hospital
Chilean Subsidized Steam Lines Seek San Francisco Route
Chilean Government subsidies may extend two steamship lines from Valparaiso to San Francisco. Consul Tagle reports negotiations with the Chilean-South American Steam Navigation Company and the British Pacific Steam Navigation Company to extend traffic to San Francisco. Both lines now run to Guatemalan ports, and a San Francisco dock is being pursued amid opposition from Pacific Mail. Consul Tagle predicts a surge in Chilean commerce as industrial development plans advance.
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Valparaiso
San Francisco
Tagle
Chilianu-South American Steam Navigation Company
British Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Panama
Ocos
Guatemala
Pacific Mail
Chili
Four Die in Hartford City Explosion and Fire
An explosion and ensuing fire in Hartford City Indiana killed four people and wrecked property valued at 40000. A night officer detected the blaze behind the Dick building and the blast lifted the third floor, dropping it onto the second. Flames consumed the Dick Williams and Mason buildings as four charred bodies were recovered. gas leakage is suspected.
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Hartford City
Ind
Williams
Mason
Murderers Cut the Wires and Prowling Highwaymen Reported
The killing of George Wilson of Colorado by three Mexican highwaymen near El Paso is detailed, with a posse pursuing suspects after they cut telegraph wires at Santa Sofia to cover their tracks.
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George Wilson
Colorado
el Paso
Tex
San Pedro
Santa Sofia
Trade conditions show unprecedented export strength and fewer failures
R G Dun and Co reports the trade picture at a high peak with exports outpacing imports, stock levels rising and widespread business activity. Failures drop to 191 in the United States and 40 in Canada while tobacco prices surge, and a treaty with Mexico is noted.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
United States
Canada
City Marshal Shot Down in Crawford Nebraska
In Crawford Nebraska City Marshal Frank Mooney was fatally shot in the head. Louis Grossman, a German trumpeter of Company First United States Cavalry, is confined in the county jail after discharge from the army en route east. He boarded a Fort Robinson train bound for Chicago and was captured at Chadron.
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First Cavalry
Nebraska
Crawford
Neb
Frank Mooney
Louis Grossman
Trumpter
Company
First United States Cavalry
Grossman
Chicago
Fort Robinson
Marshal Mooney
J. D. Hagleword
Haglewood
Mooney
Chadron
New extradition treaty signed with Mexico
The extradition treaty between Mexico and the United States was signed in the City of Mexico by Foreign Minister Mariscal and Ambassador Powell Clayton. It applies retroactively to fugitives from the interim between treaties and broadens embezzlement coverage to all defalcations or thefts, with a clause for return of stolen goods on demand.
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Mexico
United States
Mariscal
Powell Clayton
Corn for China Appeal Reaches San Francisco Chamber
American residents in Chee Foo China urge the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce to ship a cargo of corn for relief of about two million Chinese in Shang Tung province. Yellow River floods have wrecked crops and left a vast population at risk of starvation.
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Chee Foo
China
San Francisco
Boundary Fight Between French and Brazilian Escorts
Advices from Cheyenne report a clash on the Counani river as the joint France Brazil boundary commission faced heavy guards. Gunboats Jouffroy and Guarany with Senegalese and Brazilian troops engaged, prompting a 200 troop reinforcement and suspicions of serious incidents.
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Cheyenne
French Guiana
Bay
France
Brazil
Counani River
Jouffroy
Fatal Fire at Swift & Co. Packing Plant in Chicago
A major blaze at Swift & Co. ham and smoke house in Chicago’s packing district left one fireman dead and several others injured as walls collapsed. Property worth about 200000 burned. fire out of control at times threatening millions in assets.
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Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Swift & Co
Packing House
Fre Department
Market Quotations Across Cities for Cattle Hogs and Grains
A listing of daily market prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter creamery eggs and other commodities. Prices show ranges per city with No 2 grades and regional variations.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Ste
Milwaukee
New York
Eves Western
Senate Debates Army Reorganization and Naval Bills
Formal discussion of the Hull Hawley army reorganization bill began in the Senate with party votes for and against amendments. The post office appropriation bill faced debate and voting, while naval measures and armor plate pricing dominated House proceedings. The Senate advanced river and harbor measures and eulogies for Morrill and Love, with final passage of the army and sundry civil bills amid lengthy sessions.
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Senate
Hawley
Warren
Mitchell
Cockrell
Proctor
Butler
Mudd
Rep
Naval Academy
Annapolis
House
Washington
Morrill
Vermont
Justin S. Morrill
Naval Committee
Committee On Military Affairs
Sewell
N. J
I. ©. Walthall
W. F. Love
Mississippi
District of Columbia
Corliss
Mich
United States
Telegraphic Brevities From A Turbulent Year
Uncle Sam collects more than 30 million dollars in tobacco taxes this year. Stanford stock farm at Palo Alto plans abolition of its thoroughbred department. A Mississippi cotton grower allegedly trains 200 African monkeys to pick cotton, per Memphis Cotton Planters Journal. Don Carlos bans adherents from attending Spanish Cortes during peace talks. Samoa sees ongoing anarchy and rebellion. provisional government interferes with British subjects. Nelsons, Green oppose Bible reading in New York public schools as sectarian education and law.
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Sam
Stanford Stock Farm
Poto Alto
Cal
Memphis Cotton Planters’ Journal
Missiasippi
Don Carlos
Samoa
Gov. Roosevelt
New York
Nelsons
Green
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Hocking Valley
Columbus
Hocking Valley and Toledo Railroad Company
Hocking Coal and Railroad Company
Columbus Road
Reorganization Committee
Muskogee
I T
Turner Block
Hames
Court House
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Carbon King
Simon Dessau
Car Combins
Ise
American Car and Foundry Company
William K. Bixby
Frederick H. Eaton
Anthony Green
St. Joseph
Seckner Contracting Company of
Evansville
Diamond Goal Company
Henry Morgan
Charles Frohlin
Nordlinger-Charttou
Staten Island
Morgan
Frohlin
Guthrie, Or
Irwin Coves
Louisville and Nashville
Milldale
Nait
Minneapolis
Pribune Publishing Company
Ameer Fe
Peshawar
Ameer
Afghanistan
Abdurrahman Kaba
Montreal
Que
Union Pacific
Wood Station
Wyo
Walton
Daniel Eckton
Ripley
Reinert
Sacker & Dale
Kohlaaat
McKinley
C. C. Koblsaat
Grosscup
United States District Court of
Australia
Roosevelt
Ashbridge
Philadelphia
Eecelan Nleene
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