Various War and Domestic Updates From The Day
General Miller retires in the Philippines while President McKinley returns to Washington. Honolulu sugar stocks rise as Manila casualties total 157 killed and 864 wounded since February 4. influenza cases rise in Brunn and wages rise at York cotton mill and related plants. A Kansas lynching follows a botched murder attempt. MacArthur considered for brigadier general. Anderson slated for Regular Army command. The cruiser Chicago reaches Newport News with ill ex Secretary John Sherman aboard. Cuban envoys Villalon and Hevia discuss insurgent affairs in Washington. Polo burned by Filipinos. Japan weighs railway nationalization. A Chicago psychology school session is planned. New York volunteers muster out. War Department praises volunteers near Manila. Philadelphia pantomakers strike idles 2000 workers. Harrigan Valley fire losses reach 40000. Train collision near Pittsburgh kills two, injures two. Pierpont funeral held in Pittsburgh. Denmark seeks China treaty port cession. Mexican railroad to Varado to San Andreas Tuxeto. War department pleased with volunteers' Ma nila work. Windacer hotel ruins search continues for remains. Eastern oysters sent to Willapa Harbor for propagation. Tacoma arrivals include 827 Japanese workers. Rear Admiral Lampoon welcomed in Santiago de Cuba. Queen Victoria urged to press Kruger for reforms. In Polo Polo Oeste, General Irving Hale wounded directing the surge.
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Vienna
Brann
Moravia
Austria
York Cotton Milla
Kaco
Laconia and Pepperel
Biddeford
Harry Sanderson
Myrtle Fleischer
Mayetta
Kan
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Manila
Adjutant General's Department
Washington
Thomas M. Anderson
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Mexico
War Department
Willapa Harbor
Tacoma
Lampoon
Santiago de Cuba
Victoria
Kruger
Sanday
Irving Hale
Ambassadors named and notable incidents across nations
Madrid reports Count de Villa Gonzalo named Spanish ambassador to Great Britain. Buffalo Bill show ticket seller Samuel Haller shot in New York. Oscar Straus meets the sultan in Constantinople. Interior approves 3194 acre patent to Northern Pacific Railway in Washington. Dreyfus affair documents to be prosecuted. Mary Wilson of Augusta Kan suicides after lover Alva Dix is killed in Malolos. Third United States volunteers arrive at Savannah for detention at Sapello. Bank of England swindler Austin Bidwell buried. brother George shipped to Hartford. Rear Admiral Carpenter dies by self inflicted wound in Boston. Port Ching Wan Tao foreshore reserved for Chinese mining company. British protest. Calif. and Texas frost damage. Vermont maple sugar crop failure. Olney presidential boom. Armour plant disaster in Chicago. MacArthur mentioned as possible president. Dewey seeks more ships and men. Red Cross to expand. Brig-Gen Flagler dies. Claude Holland settlement over Santa Fe wreck. Rowena Lee sinks near Tyler with passengers. only Captain Carvell and one crew survive. Spreckels to build rival electric plant in San Francisco. Oregon wounded repatriation from Manila planned. Army beef court awaits further testimony. Hanna exonerated. Caroline Hazard elected president of Wellesley. Noah Webster memorial planned in West Hartford. Cornell reports arsenic in most wallpapers.
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Walla Walla
Spokane
Olympia
Wash
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Paria Figaro
Criminal Chamber
Court of Cassation
Dreyfus
Mary Wilson
Augusta
Kan
Alva Dix
Malolos
United States Volunteera
Ray
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Sagua de Tanamo
Sedgwick
Sapello
Austin Bidwell
Bank of England
Chicago
George
Hartford
Rowena Lee
Tyler
George Carvell
Claus Spreckles
San Francisco
Oregon
Manila
War Department
Malolos Taken by MacArthur Advance Toward Calumpit
Manila April 1 Malolos is ours with MacArthur’s division advancing from Guiginto toward Calumpit. Aguinaldo fled toward San Fernando as rebels withdrew from the city. Heavy fire on the railroad line near Gui guinto inflicted casualties on Nebraska South Dakota and Pennsylvania regiments. Union forces expect rough terrain and rivers slowing the push, with rain impending and a possible need to return to Manila.
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Manila
Malolos
MacArthur
Guiginto
Nebraska
South Dakota
Pennsylvania
Montana and
Kansas Volunteers
Third Artillery
Calumpit
Aguinaldo
San Fernando
Hall
Mariquina
Lawton
Gorguinto
United States
Guiguinto River
Nebraska Regiment
Dakota Regiment
Twentieth
Kansas Regiment
Guiguinto Station
Pennsylvania Regiment
Public Park Proposal in Denver Memorializing Rev Reed
It is proposed in Denver to establish a public park in that city as a memorial to the late Rev Myron W Reed. Manuel Garcia, who at 94 claims to be the oldest singing master in the is a cousin of the Cuban general. In 1898 6 609 017 gross tons of bessever steel ingots were produced in the United States an increase of more than 20 per cent over 187.
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Denver
Myron W. Reed
Manuel Garcia
Bessever
United States
Plot Against Czar Reported in Copenhagen Dispatch
The Echo de Paris prints a sensational Copenhagen dispatch alleging a conspiracy to seize control during the czar's illness. It names his mother and M. Pobyedonoff, head of the holy synod, as participants and seeks to place the government with his uncle, a noted reactionary.
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Paria
Echo de Paris
Copenhagen
M. Pobyedonote
Holy Synod
England Our Friend and Samoa Policy Aligns Britain and United States
The article notes public regret in Samoa while outsiders suspect insincere sorrow. It reports Washington pressuring closer Anglo American cooperation and hints at concessions to Canada and Germany against Manila era tensions. It also describes Berlin reporting ongoing bombardment of Apia and evacuation of white residents.
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Washington
Samoa
England
America
Canada
Germany
Manila
Empire
Berlin
Apia
Malietao Tanuos
Upola
Tanus
Governor General considers sending funds back to Washington
Havana reports Governor General Brooke nearly決 to return the $3,000,000 to the United States if the Cuban military assembly refuses to surrender the army rolls. Secretary Alger urged action, implying the assembly’s defiance would deserve such a move, drawing sharp debate and renewed opposition to the assembly.
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Havana
Brooke
United States
Alger
Gomez
Washington
Four Drownings Reported After Steamer Foundering
Memphis reports confirm the steamer Rowena Lee of the Lee line foundered near Tyler Missouri with about 560 passengers aboard four lives lost except the captain and one officer. Astoria notes Deputy Fish Commissioner Cathcart patrolled the river near Rainier and found drifting boats but could not arrest anyone as boats were in shallow water. He planned to return to Oak Point to attempt arrests on fishermen and seize boats and nets.
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Tenn
Rowena Lee
Lee Line
Tyler
Astoria
Cathcart
Rainier
Oak Point
Fire in Dawson Destroys Buildings in March Blaze
City of Seattle reports a $20,000 fire at Dawson on March 9 caused by a defective flue in a Rosenthal barber shop. The Adcock building was also destroyed. William J. Terry arrived at Skagway on Friday claiming to bicycle from Dawson in just over nine days.
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Seattle
Wash
Skagway
Alaska
Dawson
Rosenthal
Adcock
William J. Terry
Substitution of War Department Manila Supply Report
Manila April 1 consuming report notes abundant subsistence and medical supplies. Meats deteriorate in heat and are sold at high auction prices. Some bread spoiled, with expected losses. Other departments report goods in good condition.
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Manila
Washington
War Department
Germans Expand Territory Through Shanghai Route
A village near Techo Fa was attacked by gunfire during a peaceful German expedition led by a German officer Hanneman a dragoman Moots and mining engineer Voreehalte en route to I Tscho Fa Several Chinese were killed and wounded before the Germans reached their destination safely
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Kiao Chan
Shanghai
Techo-Fa
I-Chan-Fa
Hanneman
Moots
Voreehalte
I-Tscho-Fa
San Francisco Restaurateurs Challenge Wine Stamp Law
In San Francisco on April 1, restaurant men formed to test the war revenue stamp requirement on wine sold to patrons. They contend the rule is a hardship and did not originally apply to restaurants, noting that money changes hands readily in such establishments.
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San Francisco
Stella Sinks on Casquet Rocks in Dense Fog Disaster
The passenger steamer Stella struck Casquet rocks near Alderney in thick fog and foundered in ten minutes. About 120 may have drowned as 140 passengers and 42 crew were aboard. survivors were rescued by Lynx and Vera and landed at Guernsey and Jersey.
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Stella
Channel Islands
Casquet Rocks
Alderney
Lynx
Casquet Rock
Enid
Weymouth
Guernsey
Great Western Railway Company
Vera
Came Company
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Jersey
Bush
Rocka
Partons
Aguinaldo's army broken as rebels scatter at Malolos
Deserters flood Aguinaldo’s forces as American troops rest at Malolos before renewed push. General belief of a 20 000-strong rebel force gives way to nominal resistance. Funston leads the first charge into Malolos while Montana regiment rescues Chinamen and quells arson. Old Glory flies as Manila falls. Described are burned palace, shattered government, and prisoners claiming misrepresentation by the insurgents.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Malolos
Funston
Kansas Volunteers
Kansay
Montana Regiment
Otis
Hale
United States
Roanoke
San Fabian
Calumpit
Plan Agreed Upon for Samoa Settlement in Pacific Peace Effort
Washington reports a joint high commission among the United States Britain and Germany to settle the Samoa trouble. Britain waits on Lord Salistories London return while Sir Thomas Sanderson and Vil liers are said to support the plan. The US and German governments are ready to accept.
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Washington
United States
Lord Salistory
London
Great Britain
Thomas Sanderson
Villiers
Germany
High Commission
Bold San Francisco Gold Heist Strikes Express Office
A daring robbery occurred yesterday outside Wella Fargo Co. on Second Street in San Francisco. A sack with 2500 in gold coin was taken from Jon N. Waters express wagon while he spoke to a stranger. Waters had carried Anglo California bank funds for over 80 years and faces no suspicion.
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San Francisco
Wella, Fargo & Co
Second Street
Jon. N. H. Waters
Waters
Anglo-California Bank
Morris Bros
Chino
Cal
Grand Hotel
Kingston Fight At Kingston Wharf Involves Sailors And Natives
A Kingston Jamaica dispatch reports deadly clashes on the wharf between American sailors and native boatmen. Indiana and Texas sailors suffer multiple deaths and injuries while eight natives are said killed. The Newark arrived this morning. Washington proposes a joint high commission to settle Samoan troubles after clashes.
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New York
Herald
Kingston
Jamaica
Indiana
O. Grady
Texas
James Darcy
W. F. R. McMahon
Green
Newark
Indian chief Moses dies at Colville reservation home
Seatilee reports Chief Moses the renowned Indian leader died at his Colville reservation home last Saturday. The notice notes the death as a significant regional event with oblique tribute to his status.
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Seatilee
Creston
Waab
Moses
Colville Reservation
United States Demands Unconditional Surrender in Philippines
Manila reports the American Philippine Commission will issue a proclamation calling for unconditional surrender of Aguinaldo and his forces. Deserters and locals wave white flags around Malolos as MacArthur يسمح inspecting for treachery.
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Manila
Denby
American Philippine Commission
Aguinaldo
Malolos
MacArthur
Mariquina
Hall
Turks Driven Back In Frontier Clash Near Kozyl-Agob
A Bulgarian outpost on the Kozyl-Agob frontier near Jamboli was attacked by Turkish guards on the Toonja riverbank. Bulgarian forces aided by locals repulsed the assault with casualties on both sides. The Turks sought to seize Kozyl-Agob to gain a strategic position near the Bulgarian border.
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Vienna
Kozyl- Agob
Jambolji
Rovumelia
Adrianople
Jamboli
Sofia
Bulgaria
Kozyl-Agob
Turkey
Massacre and Fronts Reported Amid Pacific News
The Tartar arrives with word of 29 farmers killed by aborigines at Byoresetsa Japan. Germany reportedly moves a fleet toward Amoy to seize Futsien. Tokyo dispatches accuse Americans of firing on civilians in the Philippines.
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Varmere
Victoria
B. C
Tartar
Orient
Byoresetsa
Japan
Germany
Amoy
Futsien
Tokio
Philippines
Disturbances in Canton Prompt British Naval Action
A Hong Kong dispatch reports serious disturbances near Canton. A British torpedo boat is dispatched to protect interests and will be followed by troops. In Rome, officials say Italy and Britain agreed on an occupation of San Mun bay in China before April 25.
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London
Daily Mail
Hong Kong
Rome
The
Daily Chronicle
Italy
Great Britain
San Mun Bay
Chi Kiang
China
Destruction of Iloilo City Hits Foreign Firms Losses
Damage at Lie Io Chicago April 4 reports that Iloilo fell to Filipino forces before General Miller captured the city. Records Ta coma notes foreign businesses lost over 1,000,000 with Stephens & Company estimating hemp stock damage at 140,000. English insurers face main losses, La Estrella de Norte lent 800,000 in property.
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Tacoma
Wash
Miller
Stephens & Company
Ite Loma
la Estrella de Norte
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