Attack on Waterworks Sparks Gunboat Action at Manila
A firefight ensued as Filipino forces attempted to mount a gun against the waterworks. A gunboat moved up the river and shelled the insurgents while American detachments from Generals Hal and Wheaton pressed operations around Nieves Cebu and Ullo. Nebraska troops reinforced, heavy volley fire, insurgents repelled with twenty dead. Wounded reported among Americans. plans to establish stable government continue amidst insurgent activity.
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Maren
Wielikgeats
Hal
Wheaton
Enems
Yasknar
Ube
Vuvlet
Nieves
Cebu
Uullo
Stamer
Reo
Oregon
Mariquina
Manila defense and troop movements reported
Manila dispatches describe insurgent concentration near reconvery lines and heavy fighting with U S and allied forces. Reinforcements from Nebraska and other units arrive as Spanish commissioners seek terms for release of captives in the Aguinaldo conflict amid rising tensions and strategic maneuvers.
No Trouble in Negros Inhabitants Welcome Our Forces
Washington March 7 A cable from General de act Manita received in Washington indicates a satisfactory reception accorded to our forces. The report notes friendly towns and peaceful conditions as troops move through Negros. Local residents reportedly greeted soldiers with enthusiasm and support for the current operation.
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Washington
Manita
Negros Island Troops Take Formal US Possession
Troops sent by General Miller under Colonel Smith landed on Negros to assert United States control. General Otis reportedly authorized protection for inhabitants. A congratulatory address to General Miller from Negros officials praised the mission and asked continued protection from U S forces, with a formal salute transmitted through the Philippine government representative.
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Negros
Miller
Motla
Smith
United States
Genert Ots
Milter
Otis
Island of
Toile
Congress
Ters
Saluy
Governoent of the
Philippines
Lacsun
Ors
Bargaining With Filipinos Spain Offers Ransom for Prisoners
Spanish General Ros sends commissioners to Malolos with cash offers for 50 000 Spanish privates and 1 000 for each officer held by the insurgents. Archbishop Manila declines to fund ransom for 400 priests. Prisoners to remain unless Aguinaline accepts. Manila shows improved activity with reinforcements and busier streets.
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Spain
Cremimans
New York Journal
Manilla
W. H
Ros
Malijos
Mos
Manila
Hios
Aguinalite
Sen Asin
Another Extension In Kansas Legislature Over Budget Delays
Lawmakers in the Kansas House extended the session time near noon amid a dispute over appropriations. Speakers argued about dignity and access to hearings as the house voted to push the deadline to 6 o clock, with threats of further action if demands aren’t met. Judges and concerns about court access were raised as contingencies.
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Nothnie
Senate
Duwor
Benetjel
Grattan
Noor
Bubb
Corti
Kanena
Senate Takes A New Tack In Budget Controversy
Lawmakers in a short morning session debated appropriations as the Senate and House clashed over a new rider. A recess followed while a resolution to end debate was pushed, and a plan to finish by early next morning was discussed amid tense lines.
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Ana Ebe
Kat Stuccio
Mint talk at Commercial Club in Kansas City
Finney, traffic manager of the Consolidated Kansas City Smelting and Refining company, will read a paper tonight on securing a United States mint branch in Kansas City. The topic is listed as of great importance and likely to command early vigorous action by the Commercial club.
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Kansas City
Kans City
Mari
E Finney
Traffc
Consolidated Kansas City Smelting Ad Refining Company
United States Mint
Indicted in Wright County Grand Jury Robbery Case
Kansas City March 7 A special 10 star from Hartsville reports Mion Kemmedy John Sheppard were brought before the Wright county grand jury for examination on charges of robbing the Jeemphis express crew at Macumbh last January. The crowded town and tense court drew spectators as the proceedings opened amid heated tension.
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Kansas City
Hartsville
Mion
Sys
John Kemmedy
Sheppard
Beaight
Wright County Grand Jury
Jeemphis
Macumbh
Wolcott Divorce Proceedings Upheaval at Washington
Washington March reports reveal Senator Wolcott and wife separating over incompatibility of temper. Mrs Wolcott plans a Denver divorce quietly while he remains in Washington. Once a rising attorney, Wolcott has become a millionaire through mining ventures and a lucrative railroad retainer. His mother in Buffalo is blamed for the match, with Mrs Hass, widow of a former Cleveland partner, linked to the union.
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Walcut
Washinton
Walcutt
Ariine-ton Hotel
Connocticus Avenue
Tihaneen
Siitepshead Bay
Western Railroad
Ross
Buffald
Wolcotts
Senator Wolcott
Buffel
N.Y
Met~calfe
Welvett
Taw
Walcott
Buffalo
Mirice
Bey
Wolcott Separation Fueled by Courtship Tales at Wolhurst
Colorado senator and Mrs Wolcott faced a strain from reports of lavish dinners at Wolhurst near Littleton. Mrs Wolcott, wife of an American ambassador, sought a foreign posting while he aimed for a 1900 Senate bid. Their acrimonious debates and nightly separations culminated in an inevitable divorce after rumors of socialite visits and discord.
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Com
Wolkott
Ceanrada
Wolcomt
Abe Platte
Littleton
Wolhurst
Wolcote
Wolcott
Colorado
Washington
Denver Club
Walhurst
Spey
Weihurst
Gen Clay in a Frenzy at Paxtown Mansion
Reports from Paxtown describe General Cassius M. Clay in a terrible frenzy at his home within a quarter mile of Manston Whitehall. Neighbors fear him as servants were driven away and furnishings lie in disarray while his son Brutus visits Richmond. Two bodyguards escort him on trips to Dora Brock’s grave, amid cold weather and chaos inside the mansion.
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Lexington
Mareel
Paxtown
Posi
Manston Whitehall
Cassius M. Clay
Penels
Dora Brock
Dora
Prairie fires rage across Nueces Starr and Dugual counties
A San Antonio telegraph dispatch reports prairie fires blazing in Nueces Starr and Dugual counties. Dead grass fuels the flames along the Texas Mexican road between Laredo and Corpus Christi. A ranch foreman named Liver and two borers were overwhelmed. three perished near Aguilares Wellinn Ch. Gil.
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Republic
San Antonio
Tex
San Diego
Nueces
Starr
Dugual
Laredo
Corpus Cheleti
Aguilares
Wellinn Ch
Not Gone Yet House Efforts Aimed at Compromise
Debates over a possible compromise between the two houses continue this afternoon. A plan to provide 35 100 for contest expenses in a separate bill faces opposition from radical members. If not resolved by 5, the Senate may pass the judicial and executive appropriation bill without the rides and hear the contest, with leaders like GC Clemens and ex Secretary Bush backing the strategy to influence the next campaign.
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Senate
Jacke Rabb
GC. Clemens
Bush
Cy ‘Leland
Leland
Troy
Tal
Virlance
Railway Telegraphers Risk Strike Over Wages and Schedules
The grievance committee of the Order of Railway Telegraphers pushes for 6 percent raises and a minimum pay boost to match prior scales. A strike against the Santa Fe is threatened if wage talks stall, with union chief Powell in Denver coordinating with counsel Delpaite to secure a new wage schedule. A decision on action awaits the committee’s return and further talks.
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Order of
Railway ‘Telegraphers
Sarita Fe
Codtereh
Mudge
Wong
W. ¥. Powell
Ohief
Denver
Delplaite
Endenvert
Rade and Soothers
Wise
Homeward Bound Transport Thomas Arrives Newport News
The United States transport Thomas formerly the Minnewe rka arrived from Senanga with the Twenty third Kansas regiment colored Infantry aboard. Lt Colonel James Beck commands the force as it moves toward Fort Leavenworth. The ship faced rough weather on the voyage and will likely be sent to a dry dock for rope work. No serious illnesses occurred during the trip.
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Newport News
United States
Thomas
Bminhewerka
Sena
Kansas Treiment Colored Infantry
James Beck
Cheranenke
Ohio
Fort Leavenworth
Kay
Sansingo
Pollen
LONGLEY APPOINTED AS VICKSBURG PARK ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Coffeyville March 7 Captain E Lingley a prominent AWFR member has received official notice of his appointment as assistant secretary on the Vicksburg National Military Park Commission. Also noted are corporate filings for Continental Cement company with authorized capital and dividend details.
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Coffeyville
G. A
Vicksburg Park Commission
E. Lingley
AWFR
Vicksburg National Military Park Commission
Notice of Wage Advance at Salem Cotton Mills
Workers at Nuamkeng steam cotton mills in Ife place find a posted notice announcing an advance of wages to take effect April 1. The advance is framed as a restoration of January advances, with impacts anticipated for Labour Will.
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Salem
Masa
Ain “Nuamkeng
Ife Place
All Mills
Vance
Waies
Laathau
World Skating Champion Arrives for Indoor Championship Series
St Louis on March 7 John Nilson world champion skater has arrived from Halifax N S to face John and Jonson and Harley Davidson in three races at the fee palace this week for the indoor world championship. The first race of the series is tonight.
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John Nilson
John &. Jonson
Harley Davidson
Fee Palace
Halifax
N.S
Snowstorm Ravages Georgia and Neighboring States
A sweeping March storm brings heavy snow and wind across Georgia and East, damaging crops and property. Monroes depot and Monroe Ol company buildings were blown apart. farmers report widespread destruction and livestock losses as blizzards hit Cleveland Rome Quitman and Opelika with drifting snow and cold.
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Monroe
Monroe Ol Company
Rome
Quitman
Opelika
Chinese student permit ruling eyed by Judge Morrow
In San Francisco on March 7 Judge Morrow of the United States circuit court of appeals ruled that Chinese youths entering the U S on student permits must have been students in their homeland before departure. The two sons of a Eugene Ore laundryman faced deportation after a district court found them exempt. the ruling reverses, sending the boys home with possible immediate return to the United States as students. The decision underscores immigration eligibility tied to preexisting student status.
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Morrow
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Eugene Ore
United States
Hong Kong
China
America
United States District Court of Oregon
Clase
Distriet Court
Kansas Flour Popular Abroad Says Glasgow Miller
Kansas Flour is popular with bakers in England and Scotland. Davil McConnell of McConnell & Rei Glasgow and A F Langdon of London travel through America to source flour. Langdon cites growing use of American flour in Britain with Kansas mills well known. Glasgow bakeries use large sacks of flour weekly and blend hard soft American wheat with Hungarian flour for finer crusts.
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Kansas City
Davil McConnell
McConnell & Rei
Glasgow
Scotland
A. F. Langdon
London
America
Coates
Langdon
England
Mr. Langdon
Kansas Four
McConnell
Kansas Mills
Minnesota Mills
Kipling to Be a Peer Reported for 1900 Elevation
New York says Rudyard Kipling will be elevated to the peerage on January 1, 1900. Dr Nell MacPhatter of Edinburgh, visiting the Windsor hotel, reports having heard the news from Sir Walter Besant, though she cautions it may be common gossip among London literary circles.
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New York
Rudyard Kipling
Nell MacPhatter
Edinburg
Scotland
Windsor Hotel
Walter Besant
London
Kansas City Boy's Stomach Headed for Poison Test
Kansas City authorities and Frederick Sowers pursue a poison theory after exhuming the stomach of Charles A. Sowers, the boy found on the Memphis road tracks in Wyandotte county last October. City chemist Carter analyzes the stomach contents for poison to support or refute murder suspicions. If poison is found, the result will be added to evidence for the grand jury in April.
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Carter
Express
Charles A. Sowers
Memphis
Wyandotte County
Frederick Sowers
Wichita
Hate
Reed
Airy beer garden near Ellinwood busted by marshal
United States Marshal Pred Trice returned from Ellinwood where he arrested a man named Harney Iourdollar for operating a roaitine liquor sale without license. Charles Howard internal revenue collector found two beer gardens ten miles north of Ellinwood serving drinks under a grove of hickory trees. The operation used fake bar crates and advertised farm products on chips redeemable for beer, as a scheme to dodge licensing and evade limits.
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Ellinwood
Wichita
United States
Pred Trice
Ellinwool
Harney Iourdollar
Charles Howard
Internal Revenue Collector
Barney
Bryan Still Firm on His Dem stance in Texas
Guthrie reports Col W. Bryan spent a few hours in the city en route to Austin where he will be in the next national Democratic convention. He pledged to press the bimetallic issue and oppose diverting attention from the people's issue.
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Guthrie
Col W. Bryan
Austin
Tex
Col. Bryan
Man Marries Widow and Returns with Family in Perkins Wagon
Guthrie March 7 John Covell of Oklahoma started for Joplin with a big load of market peanuts. Near Carthage he met widow Margaret Frye and after a brief courtship they wed the next day. The couple returned to Perkins in Covell's wagon with her seven children joining the new union.
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Guthrie
John Covell
Joplin
Carthage
Margaret Frye
Perkins
Look Out For the Icicles
A recent accident in the west bottoms killed a young man when an icicle fell from a frosty roof. At Convention Hall on Thirteenth Street pipes project above the sidewalk and yesterday three spouts dropped icicles up to three feet long, threatening passersby.
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West Bottoms
Convention Hall
Thirteenth Street
Governor Travels by Boat From Mansion to Capitol
Newport and surrounding areas endure a night of discomfort as a flood floods Newport and parts of Kentucky. The governor uses a boat to reach the state capitol while residents flee rising waters and losses reach about a million dollars.
embattled Kansas killer confession shocks Emporia to Topeka
Cooper from Clay County, Kansas, confessed yesterday to killing his wife and four children. He described choking two children to spare further suffering and asked for fair treatment, hinting at a lynching threat as locals react to the brutal act.
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Kansas City
Star
Emporia
Kansaya
Gilbert in Topeka jail after wife and four children murders
John Gilbert, described as degraded and unsettled, is jailed in Topeka after confessing to killing his family during a period of alleged debts and mental disturbance. He denies responsibility, claims others influenced him, and requests return to county confinement to retrieve money and hire a lawyer.
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John Gilbert
County
Perth
Bette
Brepeeis
Santa Fe Gains Control of Kansas Oklahoma Line
Coffeyville March 7 The Santa Fe Railway Company has secured control of the new Oklahoma Central and Southern railroad project extending from Coffeyville to Vernon Texas. The move consolidates regional rail capacity and expands service toward the Texas border. Local officials and investors welcome the development as a boost to commerce and regional connectivity.
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Coffeyeitte
Coffeyville
Oklahoma Central and Spa
Coffeyvlle
Vernon
Texas
Governor vetoes bill amid medical practice clash
Governor Stanley vetoes the specksdeneistry bill amid controversy with Dr. R A Thomas of Colby and others urging access to certain grounds, labeling it special legislation of a dangerous kind. Admiral von Knorr resigns as Berlin reports his stepping down.
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R.A. Thomas
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von Knorr
Berlin
Admiral von Kage
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Lust
Utunem
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