Philippine Guerilla Activity Reported Across Islands
Reports from army officers and commercial leaders indicate ongoing insurgent activity in the Philippine Islands. Secret networks imitate Katipunan methods, with Manila directing operations as officials swear allegiance while many natives remain unreconciled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Islands
United States
Oaic
Manila
Malabon
Eoch
Phillippines
Beveridge
Washington
Let
Dagupan
Funston
Ken- Man
Baler
Aparri
Nouthern
Gigantic Steel Trust Forms With Billion Dollar Capital
Reported plan for a massive steel and iron trust with $1 billion capital to be completed in six months includes the American Tin Plate Company National Steel Company National Steel Sheet Company and American Hoop and Wire Company Promoters of the Tinplate trust are said to back the scheme taking all outside interests from Carnegie and the Standard Oil Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Tinplate Company
National Steel Company
National Steel Sheet Company
American Hoop and Wire Company
Tinplate Trust
Carnegie
Btandard
Keeley Cure Secret Hidden in Keeley Institute History
Report notes the Keeley cure bi-chloride formula remains undisclosed though Dr Leslie Keeley died. Keeley did not own the institute outright and two partners held the secret. details of the enterprise were limited to them. Separately, Barrow and wife, linked to a kidnapping, were sent to Matteawan asylum and Auburn prison respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Keeley
Dyight
Keeley
Keeley Institute
Barrow
Geoft ‘Ow
Clarke
Central Fork
New York
Sing Sing
Asylum For Insane Criminale
Matteawan
Auburn
Additions to Watson's Fleet in the Philippines
The report notes Admiral Watson plans to augment his naval force with three more Spanish gas boats in the Philippines. The aim is to enable the department to receive larger vessels soon, according to the Admiral's statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson
Admiral Watson
Philippines
Any Department
Tf Ibe
Philip
St Louis Thief Strikes Smokestack at Pine Street Hotel
A bold thief known as the most daring in St Louis stole the smokestack from the Commercial Hotel, carried it to the Pantera Hotel on Pine Street. The 100 foot high structure caused disruption and debris as workers cleared cement and debris from the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louie
Elf Commercial
Pantera’ Hotel
Pine Street
Casriel Hussett
Yas Fas Ike Mtu
Heavy Snow Paralyzes Western New York and Surrounding Areas
A severe snowstorm blankets Western New York and neighboring regions. Buffalo is buried under four feet of snow with drifts up to twenty feet. Lockport and Salamanca report deep drifts and downed lines. Train service stalls between Buffalo and Syracuse and Cleveland to Buffalo while telephones fail and city schools close. Thousands work to move snow to canals as farmers fear Genesee flood risk after thaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Lake Mhore Road
Cleveland
New York
Syracuse
Lehigh Valley
Niagara Falls
Sayre
Pa Tle
Grand Trunk
Leckawann
Street Department
Hamburg Canal
Lockport
Salamanca
Teleptrona
Dunkirk
Wchoola
Geneseo Valley
Dansville
Genesee
Ohio
France Iran United States friendship shown by Lafayette dollar
France anxiously seeks U S friendship as Lafayette dollar presented to President Loubet signals ties. Kruger aims to meet Steyn in an Orange Free State location. Emperor William offers mediation for Transvaal. Porto Rico faces government delays. Niagara cake tragedy kills two adults and two children. Fire in Taylor township kills Samuel Detwiler and two children. Murphy criticized for calling Governor Lind a blatant politician. Six Americans on a Kansas City relief mission to Brazil massacre confirmed by Tudliana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
United States
Loubet
Kruger m Aaid
Pretoria
Steyn
Orange Free State
William
Porto Rico
Congress
Niagara
Samuel Detwiler
Taylor Township
Fulton County
P. J. H. Murphy
St. Paul
Lind
Kansas City
Tudlana
Brazil
Topeka Capitol Edition Passes 100000 Subscriptions
Orders pour in for the Topeka Kansas Capitol counting-room edition. Subscriptions from the Sheldon edition beginning March 13 reach over 100000 with many letters unopened. The venture outpaces expectations and demands the facilities of a major metropolitan daily. International interest grows as Tripammentce stalls have occurred and Postmaster Guthrie seeks extra help from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Capitol
Bheldon
United States
Globe
Tripa pentoMce
Guthrie
Washington
Woman Sets Fire to Husband in Portsmouth Tenement
Mrs. T. C. Poll, an elderly white woman described as partially demented, saturated her night clothing with kerosene and set fire to the bed where her sleeping husband lay. The blaze rapidly engulfed the room in flames before neighbors extinguished it, fatally injuring Fvit and his wife in the Portsmouth Virginia tenement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Poll
Portsmouth
Bens
Fatal stabbing enrages West Virginia farmer and daughter
Joseph Glan a well known farmer near Luthenburg West Virginia fatally injures his Gaventer and her lover and cuts his throat on Wednesday afternoon A daughter Bileo Dim and others are named in the aftermath as relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bhot
Joseph Glan
Luthenburg
W. Va
Bia Gaventer
Ur Gieanana
Bileo Dim
Maladbart Marah
Porto Rican Tariff Passes House With Republican Vote Split
The Porto Rico tariff bill passed the House by 172 to 161 with six Republicans opposing and three Democrats supporting. The wage and means committee substitute failed 176 to 189, and the recommit motion lost 172 to 162. An amendment set a 16 percent duty on Puerto Rican imports and a 1 tax on Puerto Rican manufactured goods entering the United States. The amendment was adopted without division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Mensure
Crumpacker
Indians
Lorimer
Minnots
Littefeld
Maine
Heatwole and Fletcher
Minnesota
McCall
Massachusetts
Vis
Davey
Louisiana
de Vries
California
Sibley
Pennsylvania
Call
Payne
Bellamy
North Carolina
Richardson
Wage and Means Committee
Wage and Means Committed
United States
Porto Rico
Porto Tecan
Internal Revenue
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Inters’evenue
Ormont
Commissioners of Internal Revenue
Secretary of the Treasury
Postmaster General Rules Mail to Officials by Name or incumbents
The Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith rules that mail addressed to named official persons must be delivered to them, while mail to state officers without a name goes to the actual incumbents. He notes certificates to contestants do not justify delivery to them until lawful induction. Frankfort Kentucky office and Postmaster Samuel B. Holmes discuss mail addressed to Democratic claimants and official instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Samuel B. Holmes
Frankfort
Charles Emory Smith
State Contest Board
Indiana steel mills shut down over weekly pay law
The Republic Iron and Steel Company closes eleven Indiana mills stating they will stay closed as prosecutions grow over the weekly pay law. About 3 700 employees in Terre Haute Marton East Chicago Alexandria Frankton and Frankton are affected as the company cites political motives for the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic Iran and Stes
Claes Elevan Mille
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Milla
Indiana
McAbee
Indianapolis
Muncie
Terre Haute
Marton
Enat Chicago
Alexandria
Frankton
Annual publication of corporate reports urged
Industrial Commission recommends trusts publish annually audited reports showing assets and liabilities with profits, sworn and government inspected to curb excessive profits and protect consumers. Proposals include detailing organization structures, access for directors, and empowering the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate accounting, railroads, freight, and penalties for violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Commission
The
Unpa Sa Ale
Cas
Acco
Inters
E Commission
Navy Secretary and Admiral Dewey Clash Over Naval Build Plans
Secretary Long argued for three 13 000 ton cruisers three 8 000 ton cruisers and twelve torpedo boats while Admiral Dewey urged three battleships to replace the twelve gunboats. Long said it would be costly to shrink the navy and protect America's position in the Orient and he pressed repealing armor plate price limits. Dewey favored shielding ships and Gen Otis noted enough gunboats exist to avoid new building for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Dewey
Sinuke Naval Affairs Committee
Long
AVY
Long Aald Lt
Dewey
Gen
Otis
Philippage
Kentucky Republicans to press Goebel election law before Congress
The Kentucky Republican legislative caucus on Friday voted to take steps to bring the Goebel election law before Congress. They propose a convention of Southern states to memorialize the national law-making body and urge federal action to remove state control over constitutional elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Congress
Republican Joint Legislative Caucus
Copdentia
Filipinos Beaten Near Batangas By The 38th Infantry
The Thirty-eighth Infantry under Colonel Anderson ambushed a Filipino detachment near Batangas on Friday. Twenty four were killed and thirty wounded, with several captured. A quantity of arms and equipment fell to the Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-eighth Infantry
Anderson
Batangas
Seena
Miners Acquitted in Vienna Murder Trial
The Carterville union miners on trial for forty days in Vienna Michigan were acquitted by the jury of murdering five Black miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minera
Carterville Union
Vienna
Poet Caught In Frog Tas Kally On Hocking Valley Line
A section hand on the Hocking Valley road in Columbus was fatally injured after stepping into a trap and being struck by a cut of carn during a blinding eastern storm. He was nearly killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking Valley
Columbus
Police inspector measures outfits at Wallack's Theatre
Police inspector Thompson visited Wallack's Theatre in New York for a private day and night inspection. He used four tape measures to assess the length of dresses worn by Olga Nethersole and other women to a Banke company production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Wallack's
New York
Olga Nethersole
Union Machinists Battle Over Strike Spread
General President O Connell tried to win recognition from the Machinery Manufacturers Association to curb the machinists strike in Chicago. The meeting Friday night failed, and he warned it would be a fight to a finish as unions call out nearly 3,500 members in Chicago shops under the ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Connell
Chicago Machineto
Machinery Manufacturers’ Association
Chicago
Sports in General Notes From The Sporting World
The column surveys racing and boxing topics with references to royal breeding and historic matches. Mentions Hi ts Court and Henry VII. discusses Fitzsimmons Sharkey rematch as a historic unresolved score. Mentions John McGraw salary rumors, Tommy Ryan Jeni Root bout, and various colorful boxing and wrestling references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rngland
Hits Court
Henry VII
Cardinal Wolsey
Fitzsimmons
Sharkey
San Francisco
Wyatt Earp
I'simmons
Burp
James Corbett
Kara Oeman
Corbett
Fin" McCoy
John McGraw
Baltmore
McGraw
Tommy Ryan
Jeni Root
Eard
Ladysmith Relief Ends Siege With British Victory
Reported relief on the siege’s 118th day describes Lord Dundonald reaching Ladysmith and Sir Redvers entering the city. British losses totaled 6 912 as the Boers retreat after heavy fighting between Colenso and Ladysmith, enabling a planned advance toward Pretoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buller
Lord Dundonald
Ladysmith
Redvern
Tugeln
White
Chacane
Colenso
Protern Range
Nelthorp
Pretoria
Free State
Kimberley
The Soldier Dead Interred in National Cemeteries
The quartermaster general plans interment for about 700 soldiers who died in the Philippines or Cuba. Roughly 500 bodies from the Philippines aboard the Hancock will be buried at San Francisco’s Presidio if not claimed. About 200 Cuban remains go to a cemetery in the area, with 54 carried by the transport ship and 25 bound for Arlington. The McClellan departed Santiago on the 24th for New York carrying remains of soldiers for Arlington interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quartermaster General's Department
Philippines
Cuba
Hancock
San Francisco
National Cemetery
Presidio
Asilnates
Patio
Arlingaea Carmela
McClellan
Santiago
New York
Arlington
Tan
Mantrerera
Fred
Los Jes
Modder River
Highteenth
Magersfontein
London News
Brooklyn Wife Denies Husband Murder Accusations
Manche C. Molineux, wife of Noland B. Molineux, issues a sworn statement from Brooklyn denying claims in a newspaper about her life and accusing the press of misrepresenting her. She recounts her education, family, and marriage, and defends her husband against the murder charges linked to Mrs. Katherine J. Adame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manche C. Molineux
Noland B. Molineux
Mra
Katherine J. Adame
Brooklyn
New York
Re T
Knoxville
Tenn
Mra. Adama
Harry Cornlah
Henry C. Barnet
Osborne
Married a Rogue Captain in a Quick New Orleans Wedding
A man calling himself Capt. Clark of the battleship Texas met Mile Bertha Warren in Cincinnati and wed her within forty eight hours in New Orleans with brother in law Alexander Aronson present. The groom later appeared as Moyse of Greenville Mississippi and is believed unbalanced. He faces possible government prosecution for impersonating an officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Texas
Mile Bertha Warren
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Alexander Aronson
St. Charles Hotel
I 1
Moyse
Greenville
Mise
Nano
Debs For President Convention Nears In Indianapolis
The Social Democratic national convention meets in Indianapolis on Tuesday March 6 with about 200 delegates to nominate candidates for president and vice president. Eugene V Debs is likely to head the ticket though the vice presidency faces a spirited contest among party leaders. A conference between Social Democrats and the Kangaroo branch is planned during the gathering, with all trades unions invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debs
Social Democratic Party
Indianapolis
United Statet
Eugene V. Dobs
Social Democrats
Trades Unioniats
Gilmore Starts Home From Manila With Medley Of Officers
Lieutenant J. C. Gilmore leads Yorktown party released by Filipinos as they begin return voyage on the Solace from Manila. Officers aboard include G. H. Sigpor W. W. Buchanan L. A. Kaiser J. Quinby W ae eeich L. A. De A. W. Dodd W. K. Harrison L. A. Bontick R. Spear M. C. Gorgas G Belbels and R. A. Rooney.
Trained track walker killed by two trains at Leetonia
Frank Falent a track walker was killed instantly in Leetonia Ohio Monday night. He was struck by a passenger train then buried in front of an east bound freight which threw him under the second train. He leaves a wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Falent
Leetonia
Poison Taken By Mintake Porter Simms Marries Miss Scheidecker
A young pharmacist from Parkersburg West Virginia, Porter Simms, was married Saturday to Miss Fannie Scheidecker after recovering from a poisoning incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mintake
Porter Simms
Parkersburg
W. Va
Fannie Scheidecker
Chicago Markets Grain and Produce Prices Listed
Chicago markets show mixed grain prices with wheat around six to seven? percent, corn near two percent, oats several cents, and rye and barley in the mid cents. Fresh fruit and produce include apples at about 23.75 per large, cranberries 4.60 to 7.60 per bushel, grapes and oranges around one to three dollars, strawberries and pears noted, along with poultry, ducks, and game prices and live stock quotes for steers and bulls.
Carter Rejects Pardon Says Innocent, Aims to Rejoin Army
Captain Oberlin M. Carter, a U S A prisoner at Castle William in Philadelphia, denies rumors of a pardon. He asserts he is innocent and vows to prove it within two years, claiming he will return to service in uniform.
Unclear Fragments From Honolulu Sanitary Committee Note
Fragmentary OCR cites the Citizens' Sanitary Committee in Honolulu on February 20. It mentions a center, work involving cats, dogs, and children, and implies improvements but contains many garbled words. No clear event outcome or entities beyond Honolulu appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Citizens’ Sanitary Committee
Five Die in Blaze at New York Lodging House
Five persons were burned to death and three injured in a fire early Sunday at a lodging house on 44 to 48 Howery Street New York. The dead include Charles Buttle John Clark Edward Doyle Henry Jackson Stephen Carney and an unidentified man about fifty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howery
New York
Charles Buttle
John Clark
Edward Doyle
Henry Jackson
Stephen Carney
Zeare
War Correspondent Reports Grim Realities Of Modern Warfare
A London News excerpt quotes a war correspondent describing modern combat’s unseen horrors. He contrasts past open battle lines with concealed fire, noting the infernal noise, unseen threats, and brutal wounds from high velocity rifles and machine guns.
Boers Hit Our Troops With Mauser Fire At Front
The front reports describe Boer forces aiming low and inflicting many leg wounds on officers and men treated by a field hospital with Gov Hart's brigade. Of 408 wounded, eight shell wounds, 76 upper limbs, 138 lower limbs, minor hemorrhage and limited total disability are noted, with Hoert wounds blamed on tactic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Hart
Paull Mall
Dangerous Archery Practice By Tung-Chou Students
City youths from Tung-Chou use a main street as a target range causing pedestrians to dodge arrows. An accident occurred when a boy was struck by an arrow below the eye while near the footpath. The incident highlights dangerous habits and calls for caution in crowded urban areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tung- Chou
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