Manila War Prelude and Filipinos Repulsed Losses Reported
United States forces report heavy Filipino losses after repulsing attacks near Manila. Casualties include twenty Americans killed and about 125 wounded. Otis dispatches note insurgents driven from lines and city quiet. Warships and ground troops bombard and advance, with several villages captured.
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Manila Hostilities Begin Amid Dewey Reported Victory
Admiral Dewey cabled the Navy Department that hostilities began between American forces and Philippine insurgents near Manila with insurgents initiating general engagement. He reported American army and navy generally successful, insurgents driven back, no navy casualties, as Otis commands 19,516 on duty from 21,649.
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Luzon
Spanish Commander Reports Insurgent Advance in Philippines
General Rios dispatch notes insurgents seizing most of exterior line as American forces mount a fierce defense. Warships bombard Caloocan and Paco, with several nearby towns burned. Both sides suffer material losses while fighting continues. a sergeant is wounded by a stray bullet.
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Philippines
Caloocan
Paco
Agoncillo Named Fugitive at Border Crossing
A Herald Albany dispatch reports Philippine junta representative Agoncillo passing through Albany toward Canada. The US government will not arrest him, aiming to let him cross into Canada. He cites censorship, seeks to reach Aguinaldo and home contacts, and denies fleeing to avoid arrest.
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Herald
Albany
N. Y
Agoncillo
Canada
United States
Aguinaldo
The
Severe Texas Blizzard Freezes Rain and Ice
A winter storm grips Central and West Texas with a wet norther driving cold rain that freezes on contact. Cattle herds move to foothills seeking protection, amid fears of large losses from the season’s harshest weather.
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Tex
Central
West
Texas
Manila Fight Report Onslaught and Casualties
Washington and Manila dispatches detail heavy losses on both sides in the Manila battle. American casualties include 60 killed and 150 wounded per official lists. Philippine losses are reported in the thousands with many prisoners.
Eight car firms form American Car & Foundry company
Detroit on February 7 reports eight large car builders have merged to create the American Car & Foundry company. Incorporated in New Jersey with sixty million dollars capital the consolidation also includes Michigan Peninsular of Detroit and firms from Berwick Missouri St Louis Jeffersonville Buffalo St Charles Terre Haute and Chicago.
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Mich
United States
American Car & Foundry Company
New Jersey
Michigan Peninsular
Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company
Berwick
Missouri Car & Foundry Company
St. Louis
Ohio Falls Car Manufacturing Company
Jeffersonville
Ind
Union Car Company
Buffalo
St. Charles Car Company
St. Charles
Wells & French Company
Chicago
Terre Haute Car & Manufacturing Company
Terre Haute
Dreyfus Ordered Home from French Guiana
A Cayenne dispatch reports orders for Captain Alfred Dreyfus to return to France and that a vessel has been dispatched to bring him back.
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Patrie
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French Guiana
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Prices Advance at American Steel and Wire Plant
Prices for wire and wire nails rise two dollars a ton. Base price to jobbers now 1.45 per hundredweight and wire nails at 1.60 per hundred. Civilian market shifts as of February in Cleveland Ohio.
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American Steel & Wire Company
Missing Sioux City tailor and wife prompt foul play fears
Rupert Kurtzreiter a tailor and his wife Rosa Rothmeier are missing from Sioux City after a brief marriage. They moved in January and paid rent with new furniture but have not been heard from since January 15, raising concerns they may have fallen victim to foul play.
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Sioux City
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Yankton
Landmark House Fire Destroys Keokuk Residence
The Kilbourne home in Keokuk partially burned, destroying an era as the residence of Mrs Augusta Kilbourne mother in law to Gen John M Schofield and Gen Hiram Barney. The house stood as an Iowa landmark and housed the town’s first piano. Mrs Kilbourne widow of George W Kilbourne linked to early northwest development and the first Iowa railway project.
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John M. Schofield
Hiram Barney
Keokuk
Fireman killed in Burlington plant blaze saves storehouse
A Burlington fire at the American Linseed Oil Co plant left one firefighter dead after being thrown from a hose truck. The blaze destroyed the plant with losses pegged at 25000 dollars, fully insured. Cold weather hindered efforts as the crew saved the storehouse and oil tanks.
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American Linseed Oil Company
Burlington
Bishops Favor Morrison for Consecration in Chicago
The Protestant Episcopal bishops cast a majority vote for Bishop-elect Morrison. Arrangements are announced for his consecration at the Church of the Epiphany in Chicago on the morning of Wednesday February 22.
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Protestant Episcopal
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Chicago
Fire Rips Ball & Co Restaurant at Iowa Falls
A gasoline stove exploded in Ball & Co restaurant at Iowa Falls destroying the building and stock. Miss Clara Brary in charge of the kitchen died from burns while several firemen suffered serious injuries in the rescue attempt. the Home Savings Bank also sustained damage.
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Miss Brary
Home Savings Bank
Rockford Post Office Burglary Prospects Lead to Stolen Cash and Stamps
The Rockford post office was broken into with the door blown from the safe. About $125 in cash and $125 in stamps were taken. Postmaster Campbell had dropped money in a waste basket. An ax and other tools were found in the room.
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Various Iowa local items including post office at Placid and bonds in Dubuque
Postmaster James Comerford placed at Placid after a new post office was established. Dubuque funded a $300,000 20-year bond debt at 3 percent, replacing a 6 percent burden. Cres ton eyed a $150,000 federal building project. Marshalltown trotting dates set for July 25 26 27. Bona parte held its first election with H H Meek mayor. West Point cadet appointees Rudolph M Anderson and Henning Cooley named from Forest City. Mrs Adam Crawshaw died of pneumonia in Clinton. Iowa Central Railway earnings rose to $113 907 85 in three weeks. Cedar Valley Trotting assoc organized at Waterloo circuit including Waverly La Porte City Cedar Rapids. Michael C Early Dubuque county oldest resident, 94. Gov Shaw to present Iowa bill for volunteer mobilization totaling over $140 000. Parced wire fences used by farmers near Glidden for independent telephony. Illinois Central rail and Milwaukee line prospects boost Rockwell City. American Linseed Oil mills in Burlington burned for $35 000 loss. W W LaMaster of Creston injured by a wild cat. Perry forms new savings bank with $50 000 capital. Wife and two children of Willard Jennings of Charles City near death after embalming fluid ingestion. James A Rye longtime Story county settler dies at 80 in Nevada. Col L S Stedman Iowa Central agent dies in Oskaloosa from Bright’s disease. Richard C Cushing Chicago contractor insolvency debts to Thayer Chariton estate and local creditors. Chicago & Northwestern freight house in Boone burned. Peter Thompson 45 of Morse killed by cars near Solon while intoxicated.
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Gomez Accepts U S Aid Role in Cuban Disarmament Plan
Gen Maximo Gomez agreed to cooperate with U S authorities in disbanding the Cuban army and distributing 3 million dollars to soldiers to return home. The plan, transmitted by Robert P Porter, sets terms for arm surrender and fund distribution under Gen Brooke oversight. Public reaction in Havana questions pace and size of payments, with some generals unhappy at smaller shares than expected.
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Maximo Gomez
United States
Cuba
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McKinley
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Wfth
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Cuban Military Assembly
Washington
Calixto Garcia
Gomes
Gen. Gomez
Foretold His Death by Brooklyn Pastor
Rev. George H. Simons of Brooklyn predicted his own death during a pneumonia illness that followed a visit to a sick child in a heavy snowstorm. He told his wife he did not believe he would live after midnight as the scene grew late Tuesday night.
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New York
George H. Simons
Brooklyn
Clash Over Authority in Apia Samoa Conflict
Jan 24 report from Apia via Auckland notes a clash between Chief Justice William L Chambers of the supreme court and Dr. Joannes Raffel, German president of Apia municipality. Chambers jailed a German resident. Raffel ordered release. US and British representatives refuse to recognize German authorities without an apology, escalating tensions.
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Apia
Auckland
William L., Chambers
Supreme Court
Joannes Raffel
Chambers
Raffel
United States
Great Britain
Bowman family wiped out by pneumonia in Arkansas town
In Bowman Arkansas five members of one family Gwynn his son Charles his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Dick Nobles and Mrs Dot Carpenter died within hours of each other from pneumonia. They were buried together in a single plot in Little Rock reported February 3.
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Ark
Bowman
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Charles
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Representative Gaines seeks repeal of juror ban on ex Confederates
Washington February 3 Representative Gaines Tennessee introduced a bill to repeal the law preventing an ex Confederate soldier from sitting on a federal grand or petit jury. The move targets the last relic of postwar discrimination and follows amendments to the 1862 law that remain causing hardship in the South.
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Gaines
Tenn
South
Largest Whisky Combination Formed in New York
The Kentucky Distillers and Warehouse company unites 57 Kentucky whisky firms in a record scale merger. The new entity will be capitalized at 32000000 dollars, with incorporation papers to be filed soon in New Jersey.
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New York
Kentucky Distillers & Warehouse Company
Kentucky
New Jersey
Generous Giver Supports McGill Chemistry Building
Montreal Feb 3 Sir William McDonald the tobacco magnate donates 181 250 dollars to McGill University to complete the endowment of the McDonald building of chemistry and mining lifting his total gifts to the college to 2 650 000 dollars.
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Montreal
Can
Willian, McDonald
McGill University
McDonald
Sir William
Tod Slone Cleans Up $250,000 in Wall Street Bets
San Francisco reports Tod Sloan has received a telegram from New York stating he has cleared $250,000 from Wall Street speculation. The Examiner notes Sloan’s fortune comes amid major market moves.
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San Francisco
the Examiner
New York
Wall Street
Idaho Gambling Prohibition Bill Advances to Governor
Boise Idaho February 3 The senate approved the bill to prohibit gambling by an 11 to 10 vote after a week of debate. The measure now goes to the governor for signing.
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Boise
Idaho
Senate
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