Philippine Rebels Fire, Manila Burnings Halt City Activity
A secret Filipino militia set fires across Manila in three districts during Wednesday night riots. Insurgents attacked the American line at Caloocan, but troops repelled them. fires burned over a square mile, many civilians feared killed by the blaze. Major General Otis ordered residents home after 7 pm and warned incendiaries of punishment. Casualties include several Minnesotans, Nebraskans, and Dakotans wounded or killed in the lines.
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Londe
Caloocan
Caloouna
Otis
Eugene S. French
Company
First
Montana
Oscar Felton
South Dakota
Tondo
Ota
Washington
War Department
McArthur
Minnesota
Nores C. Robinson
George K. Shepard
Thomas F. Caldin
George &. Woowliog
Ortin
Grinnell
Enoch Davis
Nebraska
Clyde A. McVey
Company A
AFFAIRS IN HONOLULU WARSHIPS AT SANDWICH CAPITAL
United States warships and transports are well represented at Honolulu during February. Oregon and Philadelphia are present along with tenders Iris and Scandia. Transports Morgan City Ohio and Senator arrived, loaded coal and supplies, then proceeded to Manila. Captain Abbott of Company B, 17th infantry, drowned after going overboard aboard Senator. Private Charles Nelson died of typhoid at Buena Vista hospital awaiting transport Scandia. Philadelphia sails to Samoa around midmonth.
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United States
Sandwich
San Francisco
Peking
Orient
Honolulu
Oregon
Philadelphia
Iris
Morgan City
Ohio
Senator
Manila
Callao
Galepacos Island
Honolulu Troa
Abbott
Trentivth Infantry
Renineks
San Diego
Samoa
Charles Nelson
Twentieth Recnvita
Buena Vista Hospital
Nelson
Scandia
Sultan of Oman Yields to British Demand Ends French Lease
Reports describe a tense Muscat stand off as Admiral Drummond’s Eclipse demanded the sultan cancel the proposed Franco-Omani coaling agreement. The sultan, under pressure, yielded on board the flagship, repudiating the France treaty and signaling a local durbar to confirm the shift in policy.
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Sphinx
Bapdar-Jiosih
Eclipse
East Indies
E. C G. Drummond
Deammond
Omen
Drummond
France
General Eagan Testifies on Beef Supply for Army in Cuba
Washington February 24 General J P Weston former assistant commissary general and Charles P Eagan brigadier general commissary department testified in the court of inquiry into General Miles and the beef supply. Eagan favored canned roast beef as a nutritious Army ration and endorsed its use in Tampa shipments while noting limits of fresh beef in Cuba. He explained contracting practices and the three beef supply options, and General Bacan supported refrigerated beef as the best available method.
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Eagan
Miles
Navy
Tampa
Philip Reed
Commissary Department
Amt
Datis
Cuba
Torto Tico
Cunha
Bacan
Swift O
General Eagan
United States
Baran
Tle
Walf Department
Porto Rico
Adams Poisoning Inquest: Cornish Broadens Molineux Motive
Harry Cornish testifies at the Adams poisoning inquest accusing Roland B. Molineux of sending poisoned romoseltzer. He cites jealousy from a rival club and a motive to kill him, claims others will corroborate, and urges a search of New York athletic clubs. He asserts Mrs Molineux and Barnet room encounters and names potential witness informants. The crowded court hears rapid, sometimes contradictory testimony.
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Cornish
Melineux
New York
Harry Cornish
Adam
Roland B. Melineux
Romo Seltzer
Molineux
New York City
Adams
Barnet
Death of ex treasurer Haywood in Sharon
Benjamin J. Yarwood, cashier of the Pennsylvania state treasury and former treasurer, died after illness. He faced an indictment with Senator Onay and others over alleged public funds misuses linked to the People's Bank case. Born April 13, 1849 in Mercer County, he studied locally and at Pittsburgh.
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Pennsylvania
Sharon
Benjamin J. Meow
Pennsyivvania
Treaavenr
M.S. Onay
Richard Te. Qray
John S. Hopkins
People's Bank
Mr. Yarwoot
Mercer County
Commos
Tron City Commercial College
Pittsburg
Funeral Parade for President Faure Stirs Paris Scene
Extraordinary precautions kept crowds calm as Paris mourned President Faure. Guards on duty along the rivers and streets, military bands played, and a vast procession moved from the Elysee to Notre Dame and the cemetery. The new president M Goubet led the cortege with composure amid occasional outbursts and scattered arrests.
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President Faure
Wiysee
Notre Fue
Pere la Chaise
Faure
Boland
Wreemuaons
Place de la Concorde
Brazil
Carnot
Queen Victoria
Zurlinden
Berge
Cremer
Busineas
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Elysee
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Legion of Honor
Congress
Department of Public Instruction
University
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Law
Den
Casimir Perier
Ranlerard da Temple
Twosen
Rire
Armee
Lonchet
Catafalque
Compromise on Army Bill Reached Amid Senate Talk
Washington Feb 24 The Senate debates on army reorganization yield a mutual understanding limiting the enlarged army to about 147000 men and extending continuance to July 1 790 The Navy bill passes after four days of acrimony with an Admiral of the Navy grade attached to the Dewey designation The House declines to reconsider the Brown Swanson election case from Virginia district 5 by a 132 to 9 vote
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Washington
Senate
Fl. Hawley
Mengate
Dewey
Brown-Swanson
Virginia
Officer Retired Then Promoted for Cuban Campaign Service
Washington records reveal a case where Robert Dowdy, on the army retired list, was nominated to be a captain in active service after serving in the Cuban campaign. Dowdy, once a lieutenant in the Seventeenth Infantry, fought in Cuba despite being deemed physically unfit, and only after a hardship finding did the president approve his transfer to active duty.
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Washington
War Department
Robert. Dowdy
Dowdy
Seventeenth
Tampa
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