Pasig City Captured After Daylong Philippine Battle
Monday fighting along the Pasig front saw Wheaton's brigade move from Guadalupe to Pasig. U.S. troops with Oregon and Washington volunteers attacked, routing Filipino forces after heavy artillery and Gatling fire. Casualties: Filipinos thirty killed sixteen captured. Americans three killed and six wounded.
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Wheaton
Washington Volunteers
Fourth Cavalry
Sixth Artillery
San Pedro Macati
Manila
Guadalupe
Oregon Volunteers
Pasig
Guadalupe Church
Scott
Parteros
United States
Rioting for Gomez Fails to Halt Havana Parade
Civil governor Senor Mora ordered police to stop a demonstration for Gen. Gomez while Gen. Ludlow refused. A thousand-strong crowd clashed with police as bayonets forced a route past Quinta de los Molinas. Gomez appeared on the balcony to cheers and bouquets, urging Cuban army and people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredrio Mora
Havana
Muarehoon
Jecrie
Gomez
Perth
Resi
Town Struck By Incendiary Fires In Ashley Pa
A gang of incendiaries set fire to valuable property in Ashley a suburb of Wilkes Barre causing 20000 in losses and later destroyed the large public school building with two dwellings total losses 39000 insurance 14000 eleven teachers were employed and 100 children lose school accommodations a mass meeting was called for action. Shippers complain the Interstate Commerce Commission in Chicago examines grain rates of Western railroads with Illinois points alleged discrimination in favor of west of the Mississippi. The Librarian of Congress nomination Herbert Putnam of Boston is noted. Talmage resigns from First Presbyterian Church in Washington DC to pursue literary work.
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Ashley
Wilkesbarre
Interstate Commerce Commission
Vision
Chicago
Board of Trade
Mississippi
Railroad and Warehouse Commission of
Mimpers
Labrador Mail Bags Recovered After Shipwreck
Six mail bags from the steamer Labrador wrecked on the North West coast of Seothind on March 1 have been recovered. The Labrador was en route from St John New Brunswick to Liverpool when it foundered.
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Labrador
Seothind
St. John, No
Liverpool
Castilian Goes Ashore Near Yarmouth in Dense Fog
The Allan steamer Castilian bound Portland to Liverpool ashore at Gannet Rock near Yarmouth, N S in dense morning fog. Passengers showed exemplary discipline as all were rescued safely by small boat and tugs with crews and officers guiding departures.
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Portland
Liverpool
Malifax
Gannet Rock
Yarmouth
N.S
Cape Sable
Impeachment Action Dismisses Cuban Leader Gomez
In a public session the Cuban Military Assembly impeached General Maximo Gomez and removed him as general in chief. Twenty six votes supported the motion to oust him, four opposed. Gomez accepted the decision by telegraph from Molinas saying, I enjoy the situation.
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Maximo Gomez
Gomez
Cespedes
Nunez
Senor Manuel Sanguilly
Senor Aguerra
Gen. Gomez
Molinas
Fire wall collapse in Chicago destroys adjoining building
A massive east wall of an eight story Chicago structure, damaged by a Saturday fire, collapsed Sunday without warning and demolished the neighboring building. Debris sparked further fires, with total losses estimated around 300000, fully insured at 125000 for the building and contents. Firemen narrowly escaped being buried in the rubble.
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Chicago
Fire Burns Six-Story New York Tenement at Bayard Street
A six story tenement at 4 Bayard street New York burned early Sunday morning arousing twenty families. The fire forced several people to drop from windows into nets and fifteen persons were carried from upper floors. Chief Bonner reported no bodies in the building and panic ran high as survivors were rescued from the blaze. President McKinley appointed guardian for the Barber children of Canton Ohio, heirs to property left by George D Saxton, with George George to be tried for murder.
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New York
Bayard Street
Sremen
Bonner
Mcinley
McWinley
John D
William M
Kate D. Barber
Canton
Ohio
George Dewey
Dewey
Washington Star
Admiral Dewey
Spain
Rockford Republic
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
New York World
Milwaukee Sentinel
Manila
Prince Henry
Prussia
Asia
Japan
New York Journal
Kansas City Journal
Farragut
New York Tribunes
Army Strength Report Moves As Recruits Arrive
The War Department announced the strength of the regular army following the latest reorganization bill. It stated that assignments to the named organizations will proceed as recruits become available, speeding up the implementation of the new structure.
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War Department
Horrible English Tragedy at Twickenham Graveyard
A gravestone mason living at Twickenham England killed his wife and two children then killed himself in a sensational act. Motive given as fanatic vegetarian diet ordered by his physician. Possible anarchist link cited by reports from Paris. Other items note a naval powder magazine explosion inquiry, a California woolen mill fire with a death, and a Mount Joy iron casting plant fire causing sixty thousand dollars in losses.
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Twickenheim
England
Paris
la Goubran
Woman and Lover Hanged for Quebec Farmhouse Murder
Mrs. Cordelia Poirier and Samuel Parslow were executed at St Scholastique Que March 10 for killing Isidore Poirier her husband. Poirier the church organist Parslow choir singer. Parslow slashed Poirier throat while drunk. Both confessed and shifted blame. Poirier remained composed on the scaffold facing the hangman. Parslow died almost instantly. A 600 strong crowd jeered as they witnessed the execution and both were kept apart by a screen.
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Cordelia Poirier
Samuel Parslow
St. Scholastique
Que
Isidore Poirier
Bryan Scores Trusts at Houston Silver Champion Talks
William Jennings Bryan addressed 6,000 people in Houston Texas last week criticizing trusts and government by injunction. He reaffirmed support for silver and the income tax while opposing McKinley expansion claims and urging public opinion be measured openly, not from a moving train.
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Houston
Texas
William Jennings Bryan
Chicago
St. Louis
McKinley
Illinois Court Rules War Tax Stamp Ruling on Licenses
Illinois Supreme Court dismisses saloonkeeper license stamp tax as unconstitutional, asserting state sovereignty and the complainant’s right to license without affixing a tax stamp. Wong unrelated items include tugs for Manila Bay and a range of other briefs.
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Illinois Supreme Court
Market Quotations From Major U S Cities
Compiled prices show cattle and hogs varying by city with regional ranges for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes. Notable entries include Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York and more with bid ranges and grade specifics.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Census of 1900 to be run under new Census Bureau
The act creating a permanent Census Bureau appoints William R. Merriam as director and Frederick H. Vines as assistant. Merriam gains control of over 54,000 government staff including enumerators, supervisors, clerks, and messengers with varied salaries. The next census may be narrower in scope, but will still issue special reports on topics like insanity crime pauperism public debt and transportation.
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William R. Merriam
Minnesota
Frederick H. Vines
Illinois
Merriam
United States
Aguinaldo
Milwaukee Sentinel
Columbus
Spain
Pittsburg Post
Washington Post
Plymouth Church
Philadelphia Ledger
St. Loul Dispatch
St. Louis
Chicago
Omaha World-Herald
Tobacco Trust
Maine
Pittsburg Telegraph
Schley
Pittsburg
Philadelphia Times
Eagan
Boston Globe
St. Paul Dispatch
Carnegie
Washington
Chauncey Dewew
Senate
Curtain-Faced Man Dead After Peculiar Tumor Mystery
Michael Kelley long known as The Curtain-Faced Man died in Bellevue Hospital where doctors labeled his condition a tumor. The fringe-like growth covered head neck and face baffling physicians. Wealthy relatives prevented an autopsy. the mystery of the grotesque mass remains unsolved.
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Michael Kelley
Belleyue
New York) Hospital
Iselley
Rebels Defeat Imperial Troops in Chinese Conflict
Reported by the steamer Empress of India the rebels defeated imperial forces near Kuyang late in January. Hundreds of soldiers were killed and their bodies mutilated then cast into the river. Rebels captured Khuyang and Meng Sheng, massacring inhabitants and burning towns. Kauchon also fell.
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Empress of India
Kuyang
Khuyang
Meng Sheng
Kauchon
Hayward Named Senator After Largely Republican Vote
In a Nebraska joint session M L Hayward was elected United States Senator to replace William V Allen after receiving 74 votes with one absence. Born December 22 1840 in Willsboro New York he served in the Civil War and later settled in Nebraska City where he practiced law. He has a wife two sons and a daughter with Edwin P a surgeon in the army and William H a lawyer and former Second Nebraska captain.
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Nebraska
M. L. Hayward
United States
William V. Allen
Judge Hayward
Willsboro
N. Y
New York Infantry
Fifth Cavalry
Fort Edwards College Institute
Wisconsin
Hayward
Whitewater
Nebraska City
Edwin P
United States Army
William H
Lune
Cuba notes and notices from Havana amid crowded hotels
Feb 15 Havana customs receipts total 41694 dollars while Sport club becomes the city’s leading social spot. Tourists arrive at a rate of about 100 daily as Marianao’s camps host a new American circus. Governor Brooke appoints Guillermo Dolz as civil governor of Pinar del Rio. Third Nebraska officers convert a Marianao road dwelling into a club near their camp.
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Cuba
Guillermo Dolz
Brooke
Pinar del Rio
Seventh Army Corps
Stickney
Third Nebraska
Marianao Road
Ceiba
Nebraska Regiment
Spain
Texas appoints state tax commissioner to overhaul laws
Gov Sayer signs bill authorizing immediate appointment of a state tax commissioner to revise revenue laws and craft a single enactment to cover the entire tax system of the state.
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Gov. Sayer
Texas
Dewey Admiration and Congress Reflections Across Dated Echoes
A compilation of editorials and opinion snippets praising Admiral Dewey and reacting to the Fifty-fifth Congress. The notes praise his war record and rank, discuss public sentiment, and assess congressional performance with period voice and varied regional outlets.
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Mitchell, S. D
Mitchell Printing CO
Peniienrce Es
Philippines
Librarian of Congress
Herbert Putnam
Boston
Talmage
T. de Witt Talmage
First Presbyterian Church
Washington, D. C
Marysville
Cal
Frank Peck
Yuba City
Mount Joy
Gray Iron Casting Company
Quebec
Bryan
Trusts
Manila Bay
Hong Kong
Kar Shun
Lee Fat
Kum Hing
Connecticut
House of Representatives
Committee On Federal Relations
Congress
Charles F. Murray
R. J. Murray
Sewickley
John Jennings
Butle Murray
Fred Limp
D. Patterson
Petersburg
Ind
Limp
Patterson
Cummer Jamber Company
Jacksonville
Fla
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Leedy
Andree
SAFIS
British Isles
Canaza
Eenland
S Land
Spitzbergen
Islands
North
Pole
Nova Zeml
Alaska
Arctic
Joe
Russia
Beria
Kena Mountains
Siberia
Dane's Island
William R
China
M I. Hayward
Havana Bay
Cromwell
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Baltimore American
Minneapolis Tribune
New York Herald
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