Insurgent Surrender and Battle Reports Across Philippines
Philippine reports detail colonel Simon Techon and 70 men surrendering with 60 guns to Capt. Cooles at San Miguel de Mayumo, while Batangas general Malbas is said killed in a Sibuyan engagement. Mariquina hosts a federal party peace gathering as new violence and express robbery coverage unfold in Sioux City.
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Manila
Simon Techon
Cooles
San Miguel de Mayumo
Sibuyan
Batangas
Malbas
Mariquina
Federal Party
Plague at Cape Town prompts drastic measures
Cape Town reports bubonic plague with three new cases and fifty close contacts isolated. A military hospital is set up and baying docks to curb rats as Britain’s Chamberlain approves no policy change after talks with Milner and the African congress.
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Chamberlain
Destoy
Anberlain
Joseph Chamberlain
Sir Alfred Milner
Sir Alfred
Africander
Africander Congress
Worcester
Queen Victoria
Conger in race for governor of Iowa
United States Minister Conger cabled he will accept the Republican nomination for Iowa governor but will not actively campaign. Friends expect his entry could secure the nomination. Also notes Senate actions on naval appropriation and ship subsidy bill, and confirmations of Miles Young MacArthur Chaffee. Baroness von Ketteler delayed sail from New York. Wisconsin Press association winter meeting slated for Madison Feb 26-28. Philippine tariff act reached Washington awaiting war secretary’s approval. Pickrell undergoes appendicitis operation in Springfield. Manufacturers' and Merchants' Mutual Insurance goes into receivership in Rockford with liabilities of 70 000 and assets of 35 000.
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Des Moines
United States
Conger
Iowa
Congress
Térief
Washington
Senate
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Young
MacArthur
Chaffee
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House
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Baroness von Ketteler
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Baroness von Kettler
China
Peking
Europe
Furst Bismarck
Wheensa IF # Association
Platteville
Wis
Wisconsin Press Association
Madison
Rockford, Il
State Insurance Department
Manufacturers’ and Merchants’ Mutual Insurance Company
Oddities and Conflicts Across the Globe and Cities
Reports show M. Stage and John Mastalls of Chicago died waiting for street cars. FP. A. Anderson walked in sleep at Seventy-first Street near Illinois Central tracks. feet injured. Rioting in Spanish cities rises. Portugal may send troops to aid Britain in South Africa. Tombs of Victor Emmanuel II and Humbert desecrated in Rome. Bustos captured in Catan duanes. Transport Rawlins blockaded at Bay of Santiago de Cuba. Elks national convention postponed to July 25. Schools in Keyser and Morrinville Wisconsin closed for diphtheria and scarlet fever. Professor Lockhart plans a summer tract near Mirror Lake. Pa L. Dover, former Wis meat market operator, disappears leaving note.
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Chicago
A. Anderson
Seventy-first Street
Ilinois Central Tracks
Lisbon
Portugal
South Africa
Victor Emmanuel II
Humbert
Pantheon
Rome
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Catanduanes
Philippine Islands
Rawlins
Bay
Santiago de Cuba
Buravoo
Wis
Mirror Lake
Pa L. Dover
Dika
Topeka Declares Joints Closed In A Dry City
Topeka Kansas residents impose a citizens ultimatum closing all joints by noon. Police Chief Stahl warns of a 1000 strong force ready to dismantle remaining outlets. Only one liquor sale found, most drug stores still active amid a town-wide dry stance.
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Topeka
Kan
To_peka
Stahl
Citizens’ Committee
Prisoner Hangs Self After Threats of Lynching
The inmate George Buri, jailed on a charge of criminally assaulting 12 year old Kate Munich, threatened to lynch and hanged himself from a window bar using an electric light wire in his cell. He claimed impotence.
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George Buri
Buri
Kate Munich
Glass plant burns in Rochester destroying major tumbler facility
A fire at the National Glass company's Rochester plant on the Ohio River destroyed the largest tumbler factory outside Rochester. The blaze began in the cooper shop and, aided by a west wind, consumed the main factory within about ninety minutes. The seven acre site employed 1,500 workers and the loss is estimated at 1.5 million dollars. King Charles of Portugal and his entourage left for Lisbon, accompanied by King Edward, from London.
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National
Pittsburg
Rochester
Ohio River
Moulds
The
Glass Company
Cooper Shop
National Glass Company
Ohio Guard Units Ready to Stop Cincinnati Prize Fight
Secret orders call two Ohio National Guard regiments to be ready to intervene in a prize fight in Cincinnati Friday night. The move, announced in Columbus, aims to maintain order during the event.
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Cincinnati
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Diplomat Speech at Gotham Banquet Draws Mixed Reactions
Silk Action of America banquet in Defimonicos marks the twenty-ninth anniversary with guests Wu Ting Fang and Kogoro Takahwis. The Japanese minister’s speech collapses into a sing song delivery as guests chat and laugh, prompting many to rise and applaud later while he terminates in frustration. No decision until Thursday on Jeffries Rubin contest injunction heard in Cincinnati.
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Gotham
New York
Silk Action of America
Association
Defimonicos
Kogoro Tababira
Wu Ting Fang
Kogoro Takah Wis
Japan
America
Congdon
Ciee
Linger
Cincinnati
Judge Hollister
Jesse Hollister
Gomez Wins Cuba Convention Vote to Permit Presidency
In Havana the Cuban constitutional convention adopted by 15 to 14 a clause making General Maximo Gomez eligible for the presidency with no discussion. Some members opposed, others predicted revision removing radical provisions before presenting the draft to the United States Congress. The convention also plans to decide on Cuba United States relations via a special commission. Elsewhere, a St. Louis primaries riot injured officials and spectators, with over 150 shots fired and a stolen ballot box. A Bloomington indictment led to a man’s 20 year disfranchisement for vote selling.
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Havana
Maximo Gomez
Senor Giberga
Senor Llorente
Rivera
Betancourt
Gomez
Senor Betancourt
United States Congress
United States
Cuba
Cardenas-Jucaro
St. Louis
Milwaukee Laborer Kills Wife Then Ends Own Life
Milwaukee February 12. Charles Foi a laborer killed his wife with a butcher knife this morning and then died by his own hand. Neighbors arrived in time to likely prevent him from harming any of his eighteen children in the family.
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Charles Foi
Milwaukee
Firemen Save Life as Everett Apts Burn in Chicago
Fire total loss of the Everett apartment building on Forty-second street in Chicago with $50,000 damage. Inmates cut off from escape were rescued by firefighters. no injuries reported. A separate blaze in Decatur destroyed Mueller Platt Wheland wholesale grocery at $100,000 loss. North Division High seniors protest Lincoln’s birthday with a brass band but fail to recruit classmates.
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Chicago
Everett
Forty-second Street
Decatur
Ill
Mueller, Platt & Wheland Company
North Division High School
Westcott
Lincoln
Training Ship Topeka Arrives at Barbadoes
Washington Feb 12 The navy department received a cablegram from Commander Delano announcing the training ship Topeka has arrived at Barbadoes today. Some anxieties were expressed about her safety as the message came in. El País Suppressed Madrid Feb 12 The government has suppressed the republican organ El País.
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Washington
Navy Department
Delano
Topeka
Barbadoes
el Pats
Madrid
el Pais
Memorial to Gen Grant marks plan for Washington statue
At the start of today’s Senate session a joint resolution authorizes removing certain letters from Interior files and donating them to Iowa. The measure also creates a commission to select a Washington site and to design a memorial statue for Gen. U. S. Grant with cost not to exceed 250000 dollars.
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Washington
Department of Interior
Iowa
Gen. U. S. Grant
Six Killed by Explosion at Guildford Powder Works
Six men were killed today when an explosion ripped through the powder works near Guildford, authorities reported. The incident occurred on February 12 and prompted investigations into the factory safety measures and the cause of the blast.
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London
Guildford
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