ILOILO TO BE TAKEN Axsuitaldi Follower War Report
Washington reports outline that Gen George Miller will land troops at Iloilo and use force if attacked. Admiral Dewey supports naval assistance as Aguinaldo’s insurgents mobilize, while U S policy aims for local cooperation and protection of homes under military supremacy.
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Miller
Iowa Infantry
Dewey
Lone
Navy Department
Concord
Petrel
Col
Drer
Iloilo
War Department
Masila
Aguinalso
Ioilo
J ‘Erlo
Otis
Atales
Philippine Islands
Gen
Manila
United States
Islanes
Philippines
Inter Spain
Manana
Sumapson
Sharter
Cincinnati
Bors
Wobson
Quay
Tineze
Ics
Istlamin Canal
Admiral Dewey
William
Pen Amonia
Cuba
Bell
Amer Ferag
Watson Expected To Succeed Dewey As Asiatic Commander
Commodore Watson applies for command of the Asiatic squadron as Admiral Dewey rebnansh es. with no change anticipated for a year if Dewey refuses relief. A Portsmouth dispatch notes the American squadron may arrive at Spithead in June. The channel squadron will join the welcome with the battleship Prince George leading and the Duke of York prominent in ceremonies.
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Watson
Dewey
Commodore Watson
Asiatic Squadron
Admiral Dewey
Portsmouth
England
Spithead
Prince George
Duke of York
Prine George
The News Handicaped by Fragmented Sentences
A garbled wire service style column skims political missteps and imperial debates. It mocks Sumapson Sharter remarks while noting Dewey and Harrison era tensions. The piece jokes about Cuba Philippines and canal talk with satirical villainy and lampoonish tone.
Race of Mail Trains Between Northwestern and Burlington
A historic rivalry in postal service as the Northwestern and Burlington fast mails race a 3242 mile run from New York to the Pacific coast in about 92.5 hours. The piece chronicles the White Tail in 1875, rebirth in 1883, and the intense competition along the Chicago Omaha route, noting speed, delays, and a dramatic transfer in Council Bluffs.
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Northwestern
Burlington
New York
Pacifc
Chicago
Burlington and St. Paul
Omaha
Council Biniff
Council Bluffs
Fast Mail
Train Run Time From Burlington to Chicago Noted
The report records a run of 206 miles from Burlington Iowa to Union Station Chicago in 212 minutes with 16 minutes of stops. Actual running time for the Ayer covers 306 miles in 200 minutes, averaging more than a mile per minute.
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Burington
Iowa
Union Station
Chicago
More Troops for Manila Reported by US Officials
Dispatches describe Gen Otis alerts and doubts about Filipino resistance while Washington fears Spanish actions aim to embarrass the United States. Gen Miller reportedly finds evidence Spain abandoned Manila forts to provoke a US response as Gen T notes sent emissaries to reassure Filipinos the purpose is protection, not harm.
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Otis
Shcilo 2S
Washington
War Department
Miller
Lilo
Fiji
Dinos
United States
Diplomatic Move Looms as Otis Prepares for Philippine Defense
General Otis faces a delicate balance as the United States strengthens Manila garrison and plans to use diplomacy to win trust and peaceful possession. Reports from Agningkio raise concerns about interior missions while a two infantry regiments and one artillery battery, with a naval support, seek to avoid overextension. Officials expect reinforcement instead of energy uprisings, aiming to assert authority without delay. Separately, Indianapolis ministers urge Congress to bar Roberts of Digh over polygamy, signaling church influence in political matters.
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Beiganicur
United
Ota
Agningkio
Manila
War Department
Otis
Senate Opens Postholiday Session With Treaty Debate
The first Senate session after recess ran fourteen minutes and heard a greeting for the peace commission and a Message containing the Paris treaty. Senate respected Senator Morrill and adjourned after a brief executive period. The House began by debating Alaska crime codes and liquor laws, with amendments over capital punishment and Indian liquor prohibitions.
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Senate
Totas
Deye
Maine
Morrill
Vermont
Hrye
Major Pruden
Davis
Allison
Muerill
House
Alaska
Dingler
Moody
Tongue
Ore
Yearly News Items and Anecdotes From September Year
A mixed year in 1a reports includes 1208 sentences in Town. Yosemite details, a bronze Lincoln tablet, and a New York synagogue incident. Mentions of artesian well flow, New York judges in black gowns, Missouri trust center rulings, Shawsbun population drop to 36000, cattle prices up 10 percent in Montana, and the death of Patrick Wagforty aged near 109 in Potsdam.
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Abraham Lincoln
White
New York
Sebaeh
Pulate
Camden
N.d
New York Court of Genera
Perkins
Circuit Court
Jasper County
Montana
Patrick Wagforty
Pottsdam
N.Y
State Legislatures See Shifts as Governors Take Office
Across states the new legislatures organized and elected leaders. Minnesota inaugurated John Lind as governor while Cushman Davis won renomination in a Republican caucus. California and Michigan reported inaugurations and messages to their legislatures. In Delaware and North Dakota caucuses produced stalemates for speaker and senator respectively. Missouri and Nebraska organized with party figures staking control and Missouri lawmakers debated bank protection and hog inquiry.
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John Lind
Minnesota
Maine
Eugene Hale
Delaware
Michigan
Pack
Burrows
Cushman E. Davis
Colorado
California
Gage
U.S. Grant
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
People's Bank
Pingree
Nebraska
William A. Poynter
Frank Robins
New Hampshire
Llewellyn T. Powers
Tadiana
Gov. Mount
Massachusetts
Walcott
Kansas House
Senate
Missouri
Gov. Stephens
St. Louis
North Dakota
Legislative
M.N. Johnson Lea
Polygamy Accusations Highlight Mormon Church Claims
Dr Campbell a Presbyterian missionary in Salt Lake says polygamy is preached by Mormon leaders from President Snow down. He notes secret temple marriages with records kept only in church private books and asserts Mormons may perjure when pressed for records.
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Willia R. Campbell
Presbyterian Church At
Salt Lake
Mormon Church
Lorenzo Snowdown
Henk Dr. Campbell
Congress
Roberts
New Mexico Statehood Push Meets Opposition
Governor Otero urged the President to discuss New Mexico statehood, though he doubts Congress will grant it this session. He cites a population of 230,000, 2,000 miles of railroad, and $50,000,000 in assessed property, noting the territory’s area rivals that of New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio combined.
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New Mexico
Gov. Otero
Chicago Death Rate in 1898 Public Health Update
The Health Department reports 2,708 total Chicago deaths in 1898. Based on a mean population of 1,630,000, the annual death rate is 13.8 per 1,000, slightly higher than 1897. Dr. Reynolds notes reduced diphtheria deaths, 622 vs 702 the prior year.
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Chicago
Reynolds
Stockmen complain of wolves in Wyoming and sugar beets boom in Utah
News notes rising wolf numbers on the Big Larache in Wyoming. Sugar beet farming expands at Lehi Utah due to high profitability. Eastern Washington reports a strong rye harvest and well here. Last year’s crop nearly sold. Great Falls cooks and waiters form a union with 25 charter members. Schegel Lumber mill at Sedan Montana restarts cutting 40,000 feet daily. Palouse country log output expected to exceed prior years. Salt Lake markets show crab caught and imported fish values totaling $52,510, plus meat and game receipts across species.
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Northwest
Larache
Wyoming
Lehi
Utah
Washington
Great Falls
Mont
Schegel Lumber Company
Sedan
Palonte
Salt Lake
Cuba Free as United States Receives Island Control
News recounts the transfer of sovereignty to the United States from Spain in Havana. Captain General Castellanos, Spain’s last viceroy, surrenders to Gen Wade and Gen Brooke as American troops occupy Plaza de Armas. The Spanish flag lowers, the American flag rises with twenty one guns, and Cubans cheer the lawful transfer while leaders from both sides pledge future cooperation.
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Morro Utison
Cubanas
Caprahr Senera Sid Lis
Havana
Barhov
Seventh Army Corps
Vrado
Maine
Sigsbee
America
Plaza de Armas
la Vedade
Castellanos
Spain
Cuba
United States
Gen
Wade
Brooke
Iust
Cebu
Cabanas
Morro Castle
Gerss
Sen. Clays
Gen. Castellanis
Muche de Cavalleria
Gen Castellanos
Geo Clons
Gen. Castellanos
Maria Rodriguez
Mavio Mepocal
Rafael de Cardenas
Gen. Menceal
Etr
Ludlaw
Fitehugh Tee
Morro
Tudlovw
Central Park
Hotel de Inglaterra
Keifer
Willistox
Wasbrouck
Col
Armfield
Ten. Lee
Weather, ships and politics mix in a storm of claims and aging senators
A Massachusetts coast wreck and $4,000,000 in claims prompt court actions over sunlight warnings and weather readings. The Portland tragedy ties to weather bureau testimony while war inquiry hears clergy claims on beef and drunken surgeons. A presidential outline envisions benevolent Philippine rule, while Washington lawmakers face aging in Congress and the enduring hold of Senator Cockrell on Missouri voters.
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Weather Bureau
Portlandy
Massachusetts
United
Portland
Dis
Cir
Cockrell
Missouri
Hhis State
Strike at Angrand ends world’s largest converter facility
Five hundred men employed in the converters of the Anaconda Smelting Company at Angrand have gone on strike and the plant, the largest in the world, has been compelled to shut down.
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Anaconda
Angrand
Secretary Long Estimates Warship Costs for Armor and Build
Secretary Long estimates total funding for Setten warships in Congress report. Armor and armament priced at 14,168,400 dollars while construction and engineering amount to 36,100,800 dollars.
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Long
Congress
Move Johnston's Body From Texas Cemetery to Vault
The remains of Albert Sidney Johnston, a noted Confederate general, have been moved by the Daughters of the Confederacy from the State Cemetery at Austin Texas to a landsome vault.
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Johnston
Albert Sidney Johnston
Austin
Texas
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