War Department anxious to pass army bill for expansion limit
Washington reports urgent push to ratify a treaty and set the army at 27,000 regulars with volunteers to end, deep concerns over conscription, and a plan to withdraw troops from Cuba amid rainy season risks, while Cuba moves toward self rule and independence. Severe weather and fuel shortages worsen conditions across regions.
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Washington
War Department
Bryan
Regular Army
Cers
Spain
Congress
United States
Severn States
Philippines
Cuba
Porto Rico
Brooke
Garcia
Unprecedented Cold Grips Southern States In Feb Shock
Atlanta and towns from Alabama to Texas report record low temperatures as a brutal cold wave sweeps the gulf region. Anglston Alabama records 15 below zero while Atlanta drops about 8 below, the lowest here in official records. Death and destruction follow widespread freezing conditions.
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Atlanta
Atlante
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Texas
Anglston
Ala
Associated Press
South
Kansans Break Caloocan Earthworks in Bold Assault
U S forces attacked Caloocan and seized earthworks after a tower signal from De la Lome church. Kansas regiment led the left, advancing under heavy fire and entering the presidencia, with 65 Americans killed or wounded and Filipino losses estimated around 2,500 dead.
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Caloocan
Manila
de la Lome
United States
Utah
Montana
Kansas Regiment
Pennsylvania Regiment
Otis
Washington
War Department
Shig
Aguinaldo
Hong Kong
Malolos
Panay
Fred
MacArthur
Twentieth
Kansas Volunteer Infantry
Alonzo Ricketts
Edward D. Willing
Harry S. Harris
James S. Mills
David M. Horkman
L J. Howard
Elmer E. Burne
William C. Barner
Bert Lanson
John O. Morse
Sidney Morrison
Alexander M. Mitchell
Twentieth Kansas
Kaname
Malabon
Kansas
Sergt
Joy Sheldon
J. Howard
Rees
Horrific Yankton Fire Claims Seventeen Inmates
A basement blaze at the state insane asylum in Yankton South Dakota killed seventeen female patients and injured others. The fire gutted the cottage built for laundries and the exact cause remains unknown. Sixty two people were in the burning building and there was no insurance on the loss estimated at eighteen thousand dollars. The disaster prompts questions about safety in the aging institution.
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Yankton
State Insane Asylum
Isundry
London
St. Michael's
Azores
Weehawker
Bulgaria
Weehawken
Nashville
Tenn
P. D. Staggs
Tennessee River
Johnsonville
Danville
Robert Scott
Auburn
Cal
Iowa Hill
Dewey declines presidential nomination say closest friends
Washington February 15 Rear Admiral Dewey will not accept a nomination for the presidency. His friends say based on knowledge of his character it is improbable he would enter politics, and confirmation of this view is noted.
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Dewey
Tom Friend
Washington
Iloilo Taken By Combined Forces After Battle
Washington reports Gen. Otis dispatch announcing Iloilo captured by U S and Filipino troops on Saturday morning after rebels resisted. Petrel and Baltimore bombarded town. fires set on foreign property quenched. no American casualties. Reputable bombardment damaged property but inflicted heavier rebel losses.
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Washington
Corbin
Otis
Manila
Miller
Holle
United States
Otia
Dewey
St. Paul
Nloilo
Petrel
Baltimore
Fie
Pacific Cable Favored by President McKinley
President McKinley urges Congress to establish a Pacific cable linking Manila via Hawaii and Guam, arguing U S control in peace and war and noting two possible methods: government construction or private corporation with safeguards. He warns of delays if current routes through foreign systems persist and calls for prompt action before Congress adjourns.
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Senate of
United States
Philippine Islands
Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
Guam
Pacific Islands
Philippines
Manila
Congress
William McKixcer
Father Herman Mustered Out By War Secretary
Washington reports Chaplain T Sherman of the Fourth Missouri Infantry was honorably mustered out by direction of the secretary of war. His services were no longer required. Aguinaldo Does Not Desire Peace Agoneillo states he has authentic information that Aguinaldo does not want a cessation of hostilities and has not asked for one.
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Father Herman
Washington
T. Sherman
Fourth Volunteer
Missouri Infantry
Aguinaldo
Montreal
Can
Agoneillo
Review of Findings on War Dept in Spanish War
Washington report by the president’s commission finds no intentional misdeeds by Secretary Alger and rebuts embalmed beef charges while faulting overall war department administration. It details the Santiago campaign victory, faulty authority lines, and minimal casualties, with emphasis on supply, transportation, and medical departments. A Lincoln tribute dinner and a Pittsburgh wreck with 18 victims follow in brief notices.
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Washington
War Department
Spain
Santiago
Alger
Secretary of War
Miles
United States
Army
Daly
Cuba
Porto Rico
Sericultural and
Interior Departments
Resport
Santiago de Cuba
Cervera
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Farer
Iloilo
Hela
Amer
Menange
War Commission
Gage War Department
Commission
Lincoln
New York
Republican Club
Abraham Lincoln
Gov
Roosevelt
Horace White
Nelson A. Miles
W. 8. Schley
Levi P. Morton
Keventorn
Pittsburgh
Cleveland Flyer
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
Fleming Port
Davis Islund
Panehers
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