Battles Near Manila Enduring Brutal Fighting and Losses
Americans push through Malabon and Malinta with Otis and Hale brigades leading. Col. Henry C. Egbert of the 22d Infantry is killed in action after urging his men forward. The counterattack drives insurgents from trenches, captures towns along the Dagupan railroad, and leaves about 10 Americans dead and many wounded while rebels suffer heavier losses.
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War Department
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Maykawayan
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Destructive Armour Curled Hair and Felt Works Fire
Chicago fire at the Armour curled hair and felt works on Thirty-first Place and Benson Street destroyed a five story building completed last August. Property loss nears 400000 with 11 injured and one fatal. Jeremiah Steele fell from a window and will die. others suffered burns and fractures as workers fled through smoke. Insurance coverage stands at 300000.
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Joseph Kuda
John Rhodes
Joseph Mosher
August Schomberg
Mamie Ryan
Georgie Schwartz
Margaret Delehanty
Nellie McNab
Paul Rosemier
Harry Lee
Steele
Armour Felt Works
Mrs Fayne Strahan Moore Freed On Recognizance
Mrs Fayne Strahan Moore was discharged on her own recognizance by Justice Fursman in the supreme court on the badgering charge against Martin Mahon. She remains held on $1,000 bail for stealing silverware from the Waldorf Astoria hotel. she said she would furnish the bond as Mahon, the complainant, is out of the city and unavailable.
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New York
Justice Fursman
Supreme Court
Martin Mahon
Waldorf Astoria
Mahon
Buying Spanish Gunboats in Philippines
Washington reports a March 19 cable from Manila stating Spain sold 19 gunboats in the Philippines, all at Zamboanga. Half are serviceable, payment to be made in cash from public funds upon delivery at Manila, with ships to be sent this week.
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War Department
Manila
Philippines
Spain
Zamboanga
Otis
Oil prospecting spurs activity near Terre Haute
Terre Haute Indiana March 28 excitement grows as boring for oil begins east and south of the city following a small coal vein strike. experts believe significant oil potential in adjoining county amid renewed exploration efforts.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Furnaces Out and In in Iron Industry Report
New York report from the American Iron and Steel Association notes that since December 31, 1898, 16 blast furnaces have blown out. Fourteen furnaces were blown in this year before March 10, with a weekly capacity of 10,121 tons. 48 furnaces are already in or expected to blow in soon, with a weekly capacity of 39,972 tons.
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New York
Bulletin of the American Iron and Steel Association
Young Egbert Named Second Lieutenant in Regimental Line
Washington dispatch reports Gen Otis stating Col Egbert's son is a private in his father's regiment and has a fine reputation. An adjutant general message to the president confirms his appointment as second lieutenant, pending the usual examination.
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Washington
Gen. Otis
Col. Egbert
Egbert
Oh Darling Kiss Me When I Am Dead Death Note
Effie Herbin of CoLfax Indiana, age 15, killed herself by arsenic. She left a note to her lover Bert saying she would die for him and asking him to kiss her when she is dead, signed Effie.
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Colfax
Ind
Effie Herbin
Bert
Saloon Keeper Drowns Self in Ohio River
Conrad Kraut a former saloonkeeper at Manson Indiana drowned himself in the Ohio river late Sunday night. Financial losses are believed to be the cause of the suicide.
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Manson
Ind
Conrad Kraut
Ohio River
Bodies of Dead Soldiers Return From Cuba
The transport Crook, departed Santiago March 23, arrives in New York Tuesday to collect 1900 U S troops dead from the Puerto Rico and Cuba campaign. Identified bodies go to relatives. unidentified remain for Arlington interment. The ship will return to Santiago for the rest.
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Santiago
New York
Quartermaster’s Department
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Porto Rico
Cuba
Charred Remains Identified In Windsor Hotel Fire
In New York on March 28, three bodies were found in the Windsor hotel ruins and moved to the morgue as Bodies 19, 20, and 21. They are described as charred bones and blackened flesh. The death toll reaches 32 with 11 identified and 21 unknown. about 40 are missing while most injured have been discharged from hospitals.
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New York
Windsor Hotel
Navy seeks unlimited first class machinists for Manila and Atlantic duty
Curiaco March 28. Lieut Wells in charge of Chicago naval recruiting station reports orders to enlist unlimited numbers of first class machinists. The men will reinforce Adm Dewey's forces in Manila and fill vacancies in the North Atlantic squadron.
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Curiaco
Lieut. Wells
Naval
Chicago
Navy
Adm. Dewey
Manila
North Atlantic
Local Bartender Suicide in Kirklin Alley
Josiah D. Everman thirty of Kirklin shot himself in an alley behind a saloon where he worked as a bartender. He died instantly with no reason given. Secretary Alger arrives at Havana on a war department telegram noting safe arrival and plans to stay two or three days.
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Frankfort
Ind
Josiah D. Everman
Kirklin
Everman
Alger
Havana
Washington
War Department
Governor Bradley Plans Permanent Move to San Francisco
San Francisco March 28 The Call reports Kentucky governor Bradley has decided to settle permanently in San Francisco and begin practicing law there as his new career path.
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San Francico
San Francisco
Kentucky
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