Damage to Wheat Shows Mixed Outlook for Spring
Weather reports indicate continued winter injury to winter wheat across southern states with clearer signs of damage south of the Ohio River while northern areas remain frozen and uncertain. The Department of Agriculture notes rising sheep and dairy numbers but declines in horses and other stock, with total farm animal value up about 5.7 percent. Spain offers pesetas for prisoners as Cuba notes unemployment and new mining discoveries amid military and colonial movements.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Ohio
Indiana
Texas
John Hyde
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
United States
New York
Pennsylvania
Kinois
Missouri
Women Anger Mormons Widen Cultural Clash in Jamestown
Jamestown women pass strong resolutions against Mormon elders doing missionary work. The piece notes gendered backlash to polygamy and religious practice, while contrasting American women’s fundraising for a Washington statue of Lafayette and the broader social debate. It also surveys shifts in animal numbers, rifles in the Philippines, and domestic science advocacy.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Joseph Smith
Brigham Young
Church of Latter Day Saints
Move Upon Malolos Delivers Three Day Fight Outcome
American forces extend gains around Manila with Gen. MacArthur and Gen. Wheaton leading brigades. About 40 Americans killed and 200 wounded as rebels retreat toward Malolos amid heavy heat, destroyed bridges, and rough terrain. Cavalry and gunboats press advances, Malabon evacuated and burned by insurgents.
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Manila
MacArthur
Gen. Wheaton
Army
Polo
Strom
Wheaton
Matinta
San Juan
Aguinaldo
Washington
Malolos
Spanish Aid the Rebels and Aguinaldo's Strength
War Department notes confirmed by Gen Otis report that Aguinaldo released Spanish prisoners on condition they take up arms against the United States. Spaniards still with insurgents now join them, giving resistance to American advances. Gen Corbin estimates Aguinaldo’s strength at about 30,000.
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Spain
Otis
Aguinaldo
Cuba
Santiago
Arroyo Blanco
Santa Clara
Buena Vista
Lee
Isle of Pines
Santiago de Cuba
Porto Principe
Brooke
War Department
Washington
Corbin
Admiral Dewey declares uncertain return to homeland
Admiral Dewey told a newspaper correspondent he may never see the United States again as the campaign grows in scope. J Frank Wheaton, a Minnesota legislator, is noted as the first colored man to sit in the state body, elected by 9,000 voters with only fifty colored residents.
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Admiral Dewey
J. Frank Wheaton
Minnesota
Ten Die In Race War In Arkansas County
An Arkansas lynching outbreak leaves seven Black residents dead and many missing in Little River County. After the planter James A Stockton was killed by a Black man named General Duckett, a mob lynched Duckett as he traveled toward Richmond. Duckett allegedly exposed a plot by twenty three Black individuals, with several White men hunting plotters. Nearby Mississippi reports also describe a separate lynching of three Black men near Silver City following a White-Black encounter at Midnight plantation.
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Little River
Arkansas
James A. Stockton
Duckett
Richmond
Willis Boyd
GC. C. Reed
Minor Wilson
Silver City
Yazoo County
Miss
Yazoo River
Fear war in Samoa differences of three powers
Tense dispute among United States Great Britain and Germany over Samoa has intensified past the Berlin treaty. The German government backs Consul Rose at Apia despite US and British repudiation voices. Admiral Kautz supports British authorities as Chief Justice Chambers actions are upheld. A March 17 meeting of officials raised fears of serious clashes and possible German retaliation if the agreement collapses.
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Samoa
United States
Great Britain
Rose
Apia
Kautz
Justice Chambers
Berlin
Available grain supply changes from Bradstreet's week
Bradstreet's reports a net weekly rise in grain availability: total stock up 317000 bushels. Wheat and corn gains across United States and Canada east of the Rockies, with oats and other grains up as well. Notable drops include 292000 bushels at Galveston and 200000 at northwestern interior elevators. Aggregate wheat stocks in Portland, Tacoma, and Seattle fell 277000 bushels.
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Bradstreet's
Bradstreet’s
United States
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Liverpool
Europe
Bradstreet
Galveston
Ontario
Manitoba
Portland
Ore
Tacoma
Seattle
Wash
Testimony Cumulative as Inquiry Heads to New York
Government inquiry members completed Chicago hearings and journeyed to New York. Theodore Roosevelt's testimony will be heard after which the court moves to Governors Island. Evidence in Chicago largely critiqued canned and refrigerator beef used in Cuba and Porto Rico with a bellboy recounting a possible chemical preservation experiment at stockyards. Clark Marshall offered opinions that canned beef on the market is unfit for human food.
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Board of Inquiry
New York
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Governor’s Island
Cuba
Porto Rico
David Fleischmann
Morrison
February 1899 US Foreign Trade Totals Ranged
The February 1899 report from the Bureau of Statistics shows imports of merchandise at 60,260,082 dollars with 28,074,179 free of duty, exports at 93,884,149, a decline of 1,000,000, imports of gold 5,145,906 down 1,000,000, exports of gold 824,840 down 700,000, imports of silver 1,427,027 down 658,000, and exports of silver 4,562,196 up 800,000.
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Bureau of Statistics
United States
Fatal Memphis boarding house fire claims four lives
A blaze in a Memphis boarding house killed four occupants and left three others seriously injured. The origin remains unknown after a second fire in the same building earlier that night, which firefighters found already well advanced on arrival. The rapid blaze hindered early containment.
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Memphis
Volunteers To Leave Cuba By April Twenty Fifth
Adjutant General Corbin aims to move all volunteers from Cuba by April 25 two weeks before the May 10 deadline set by the President. The operation covers twenty three regiments to be transported by sea to U S ports within a month.
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Cuba
Corbin
South
United States
Improved Rail Fence Plan Endorsed by Farmers
The article reviews fencing methods urged by American Agriculturist, favoring a stout upright stake braced by shorter side stakes and tied with plain fence wire to prevent settlement or tilt. It also covers dairy and beekeeping tips, spring protection, rolling stubble, rape for sheep, horse feeding during work, and appletree wood value. The tone provides practical agricultural guidance and notes on yield, weather, and husbandry practices across multiple topics.
Soil and Apple Varieties Affected by Soil Type
A short note explains how apples ripen earlier on warm dry sandy soils than on clay, with large color and poor keeping quality. It notes sandy soil can shorten tree life due to potash deficiency and dry conditions favoring the apple tree borer, which targets dry high land to avoid flood risks.
Two Ways to Dispose of Laying Worker Colonies
A late American Bee Journal piece by Edwin Bevins describes two methods to reuse laying worker colonies while preserving colony numbers. One method stacks hives with a paper barrier, allowing peaceful union and eventual queen rearing from upper brood, even if the old queen remains in the lower hive.
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American Bee Journal
Edwin Bevins
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Association of American Women
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Patriotic Women of America
Philippines
Bureau of Domestic Sciences
Conness
Wilson
National Domestic Science Association
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Statement OF Foreign Trade
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Timothy Hay
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