FUNSTON LEAD CHARGE AGAINST AGUINALDO FORCES
General Funston led a bold assault on Aguinaldo's trenches, routing the enemy. Lt Alford and another officer killed, eight wounded, heavy Filipino losses reported. Aguinaldo calls for truce and conference. Otis silent. Washington dispatches note improved situation with troops marching and city calm.
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Washington
Kansas
del Punvton
Alford
Aguinaldo
Adjutant General
Mayita
AGG Jonal
Topeka Resident Linked to Manila Wounded Dispatches
The Kansas dispatches name Hewitt of North Topeka as wounded in Manila. Dan Hewitt, a Topeka blacksmith son of ex Postmaster Tain Hewitt, is a resident of Topeka with a shop on West Norris Street and a former North Topeka postmaster in the family. (Continues on Strth Page.)
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Tndages
Pans Hewitt
North Topeka
Tain Hewitt
Smone
Manila
Topeka
D.C. Hewitt
West Norris Street
Dan Hewitt
Strth
Finishing the Capitol Interior to End Un sightliness
Arch itect Lescher outlines a $172,714.45 plan to complete the state base and interior finishings for Senator Anderson’s capitol project. The estimate covers finishing three stories, arch rebuilds on north and south sides, heating, radiators, windows, plastering, and lighting, with extensive detailing of rooms, corridors, basements, and rotunda access.
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T. H. Lescher
Tim Anderson
Major Anderson
Cys
Soesseese Suis
Golt. Pescher
Westionies
Amending Live Stock Law Seeks Expanded State Board Powers
Senator Forney opposes the current law and pushes a bill to establish a state five stock sanitary commission with broader powers. The proposal would require year round cattle inspections and mandatory dipping for cattle shipped into the state. Inspectors would be designated by the board and paid by the state, not railroads, to ensure uniform regulations.
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Forney
LIU
Five Stock Sanitary Commission
Kanaas
Tt Pally
Will Recommend The Plant Binding Twine Commission
The legislative committee visiting the Minnesota penitentiary twine plant at Stillwater will report to Topeka urging Kansas to establish a similar plant at its penitentiary. They praised the twine making process and see value in the acquisition. The group also visited the Washburn home for boys, supervised by C. E. Faulkner formerly of Atchison. The committee is expected to return to Topeka today or tomorrow.
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Kansas
Minnesota
Stillwater
Topeka
IMMENSE PRINTING BILL FOR 55000 FUNDING
The legislature rushes an appropriation of 55000 to prevent halt of print work for legislative duties. Presented in the senate by Forney chair of ways and means, the bill covers the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 20 1898. Passed as an emergency and sent to the house. Senator Titus introduces a stock yards quarantine bill to require the Kansas authorities to act.
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Senate
Forney
Ways and Means
Pounder
House
Titus
Kansas
City stock yards move quarantine pens two miles from others
The City stock yards company plans to remove its quarantine yards two miles from the existing pens. The Misre duplicate law, passed two years ago, requires that cattle from south of the quarantine line cannot be received into public stock yards except during December and January, and forbids maintaining quarantine yards within two miles of other pens.
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City Stock Yards Company
Colder Than Any Previous February Record in Denver
The Weather Bureau reports February's first seven days in Denver were the coldest since records began in 1572. Temperatures stayed below zero, with averages of 18 below earlier and 14 below in the latest period. Severe cold is blamed for widespread cattle deaths and abandoned flocks across southern and eastern Colorado, with expert predictions of mass losses if conditions persist.
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Denver
Colo
Web
Weather Bureau
Denger
Trig
Colorado
Wyoming
B. Frank Hunter
Secretary of Labor Officers Elected in State Society
The state society of labor completed its permanent organization by electing officers: President J. B. McGrath Kansas. Vice president TolS Voss Leavenworth. Secretary Lee Johnson Topeka. Assistant secretary B. P. Scott Junction City. Johnson’s election means he remains state labor commissioner for two more years under the new law. After by laws and constitution, the convention adjourned. Berlin tribute to Caprivi. Reichstag president Count von Ballenstein praised Caprivi as a devoted public servant, though not Bismarck’s successor, saying he promoted Germany’s welfare and duty. The speech drew cheers. Charlotts Ives of Chambersburg pa travels to wed John Risley Putnam in China. he is a U.S. consul in Chin Klang, China, son of John Putnam of Saratoga Springs. Washington reports a shift in war department insular advisory structure as the colonial board is repudiated. Guild declines appointment, others remain as advisers to pass questions to the president and secretary of war.
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State Society of Labor
McGrath
Kansas
Touls Voss
Leavenworth
Lee Johnson
Topeka
B. DP. Scott
Junction City
Johnson
Caprivi
Berlin
Reichsta
Count von Ballenstein
Gun—erat von Caprivi
Umpe
Prince Bismarck
Germany
China
San Francisco
Charlitts Ives
Chambersburg
H. F. Morrill
Hoston
Orient
John Risley Putnam
John Putnam
Appellate Division
Supreme Court of
New York State
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
United States
Chin Klang
Washington
War Department
Colonial Board
Meiers, Guild, Watkins
Kennedy
Guild
Battle records show Sampson and Schley parts at Santiago
In response to a senate inquiry, the President submitted navy department records from the battle of Santiago. The voluminous documents detail the roles of Admirals Sampson and Schley and other officers, though the full record was not read. Death of Bishop Williams reported at Middletown on a sudden, recent night, aged 63.
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Sampson
Schley
Washington
Senate
Navy Department
Santiago
Williams
Middletown
Coon
Dante Witetam
Aled
Talsnity
Quay's Trial Postponed in Philadelphia Date mix up
The trial of Senator Guay his son Richard and ex State Treasurer Benjamin Laywood on conspiracy charges over the Peoples Bank deposits is postponed from February to February. The Washington inquiry on the McEnery resolution shows it is unlikely to pass now though no definite objection later.
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Quay
Phiadelphia
Guay
Richard
es-State
Benjamin Laywood
Peoples Bank
Washington
Senate
McKinley to Receive War Inquiry Report Criticism aims at Miles and War Department
Washington dispatch reports the war investigation commission will publish a harsh critique of Major General Miles and the War Department for lack of firmness and for faults in army administration. The beef scandal is said to be unfounded, with malware and transport issues blamed on clerical and organizational flaws. The report promises major reorganizations, critique of inspector general Breckenridge, and accountability for transport and camp conditions at Camp Thomas.
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New York
Herald
Washington
McKinley Au
War Investigation Commissions
Secretary of War
War Department
Miles
Mies
Santiago
Shafter
Tampa
Powell
Wood
Chickamauga
Miami
Breckenridge
C. F. Humphreys
Brooke
Quartermasters Department
Camp Thomas
New Mine Inspector Nominees Battle In State Miners Rally
The State Society of Miners completed its first annual convention in this city and rejected George McGrath as state mine inspector amid charges of neglect and corporate influence. Governor Snely declined to remove McGrath, despite miner appeals. John Forsythe of Frontenac was elected president, with John J. Pratt and Howard Reepha as officers. A Yale delegate joined a legislative committee. other members and court-actions were discussed. Weather notes forecast fair, with unsettled conditions possible Thursday. London reports 21.5 million for Chinese Imperial railway funds.
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Mers
George
McGrath
Kerdy
Kansas
Xayisur Hin
Snely
Uime
John Forsythe
Frontenac
Nice
John J. Pratt
Leavenworth
Howard Reepha
W Detemate
Wdsfocbisis
Yale
General Godard
W. H. McClusky
Yate
Thomas Heravg
Osage
L. J. Low
Pittsby
Chester Long to Kansans: Populism Fades Amid Wins
From the Washington Post, Chester I. Long of Medicine Lodge speaks in optimistic terms about Kansas politics. He recalls four consecutive races against Jerry Simpson, noting wins in 1894 and 1908 and losses in 1896 and 1900. He asserts Kansas returns to Republican leadership and rejects Populist influence, praising bank prosperity and criticizing the silver price theory.
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Washington Post
Chester I. Long
Medicine Lodge
Jerry Simpson
Long
the Normandie
Sunflower
Jerry
Volere
Mr. Simpson
Kansay
Republlican
Union
Howler
Wilver Shoater
Kansas
The Coldest Day in Winter Forecasts Unsettled Weather
A bitter day with temperatures dipping to 63 below and readings at 8 to 11 oclock show ongoing cold. The forecast calls for fair tonight and Thursday with possible unsettled conditions by Thursday night as a Colorado storm may reach the area tomorrow night. Winds from the northwest at about twelve miles per hour and a rising temperature trend are noted as weather maps shift northward.
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Kansas
Colorado
Port Huron
Cleveland
Harmsworth Taunts Astor Over Libel Suit
London reports Mr. Harmsworth’s Evening News mocks the Astor Abel case. It calls Mr. Astor a cultured American who tolerates rival papers and notes the dinner party paragraph’s subtle malice. Sir Edward Clarke questions the inference that Astor allowed the information to reach the press.
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Harmsworth
London
Evening News
Astor Abel
Ays
Astor
EO Rudaladty
Edward Clarke
Cold Wave Deepens Across Midwest and Plains
Chicago records 12 below zero with 15 below forecast tonight. Heat remains scarce as the cold wave intensifies in the northwest while central regions face heightened severity. St Paul 22 below, Bismarck 36 below, Williston 40 below.
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Chicago
St Paul
Minn
Bismarck
N. D
Williston
Doomed Webster City Fire Devours Town in Freezing Night
A Webster City Iowa town of over 2000 residents is engulfed by a blizzard driven blaze. The fire began at 10 30 pm with strong winds and subzero temperatures. Firemen cannot check the flames as fire plugs are frozen and water mains cannot be thawed. Residents flee without adequate clothing as aid from surrounding towns is useless.
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St. Louis
Post Dispatch
Webster City
Sayst Pelmond
Wright County
Curtis to Be Chairman of Indian Committee in Congress
Topeka Congressman Curtis is poised to become head of the House committee on Indian affairs as James S. Sherman resigns to join the New York board of appraisers after March 4. The speaker is expected to name Curtis, by seniority, as successor in the Fifty-Sixth Congress. A snowstorm in Leadville, Colorado, broadens into a blizzard with high winds disrupting rail traffic east and west.
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Topeka
Washington
James S. Sherman
New York
Congress
Sherman
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Curtis
Kansas
Death of Lt Alford in Manila Reconnaissance Action
Lieutenant Alford, KU graduate, was killed near Manila during a recon mission with Company 1 Twentieth Hanes Infantry. Six other regiment members were wounded as Abu Kannas rebels attacked in the jungle near Caloocan while gunboats shelled suburbs. Otis ordered retreat but natives misinterpreted it. Outskirts of the town were burned.
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Manila
Alford
Twentieth Hanes Infantry
Camoscan
Abu Kannas
Otis
Borhed
Liezeut Alford Well Known In Topeka
Trestenant A C Alford a Topeka figure known for sending his wife into battle. He graduated from the state university law class of 1897. Colleagues from Doran and Sherman offices recall him as a promising young man with strong class standing. He enlisted in Lawrence as the first call. Son of D S Alford, a former Douglas County attorney, Fred Alford was a popular Lawrence youth. A capable, thorough manual worker, he rose to second lieutenant of the Lawrence Company in the Kansas National Guard before the unit was disbanded by gubernatorial order. He was about 35 years old.
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Trestenant
A. C. Alford
Manilk
Topeka
Trom
Law Department of the State
Tniversity
Fr Doran
Adrian Sherman
Alford
Mer
Lawrence
D. S. Alford
Attor~ney
Douglas County
Fred Alford
Manuel
Uy Lawrence Company
Truesdale Named President of Delaware Pacific Railway
New York telegraph states W H H Truesdale chosen as president of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railway. The Pemnuth rarities committee announced the selection as the committee coasting of George We pnker EE Meicuy and William Rockefeller among committee members. Truesdale’s appointment follows Lincoln’s first vice presidency at another road. Salaries and tenure discussed, with $500 million annual value noted.
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New York
Lentent
Railway News
W. HH. ‘Truesdale
Delaware, Tuckawanna and Westersi Ratlroed
Trussdale
Pemmnuth
Ts BuDeew
Pak Fal Peat Slonn
Chateeinen
Ene
Mveniond Sear
Wark Is Not Over Discharge Hopes Darkened
War department says status quo in the Philippines affects army disbanding. Regulars pledged for war mustered in may be discharged on demand, but peace redemptions await the treaty’s formal end. executive proclamation expected after peace. Also reports Missouri cold snap and Carnegie library gift. Madrid issues a red book of U S relations.
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Washington
War Department
Philippines
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Alire
Airora
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Winindell
Barnfiver Charing A
Frank A.andler
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Hlmer
Heagh
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John Mrady
Win. & Kennedy
Charles A_ Cinnbag
Corporal Spencer Ky =penny
Foverd
Mindieten
Patrik Burgan
Charles Tera
Fred Geezback
Company K
John Poem
Howard
James Kane
Jerry Hecka
James Miller
Hirst Daho
Compa
Orian L. Darras
Seret
Win, Teller
Jobo H. Litera
James Ryan
Richard B. Tones
California
Pany E
David G. Sinetni
Fred Funston
Yes- Company
Frank Austria
Henry H. Kalns
Company N
John N. Careliste
Charles A. Augstela
Oval F. Gibson
Montana
Gowan
KiNedt
Third Artillery
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Séret
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John Stadleman
Robert Ostrom
Marty R. Crum
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Lescher
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Company 1
20Th Berceles
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War Investigation Commission
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Truesdale
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Atlanta
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