Manila Invasion Report From Philippines Campaign
Advance unchecked Malolos the point aimed at about all the towns between Manila and Aguinido have been captured. In the Manilao fight United States troops suffered six killed and forty wounded including three officers. Filipino commander Antonio Luna posted circulars at railroad stations ordering spies shot and looters ravishers burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Aguin Sido
Manilao
Washington
Philippines
United States
Pelo Ani
Antonio Luna
Movement of Army Near Mani?a and Malolos in Philippines War
Washington reports on the third day of fighting north of Mani a with General Otis noting heavy combat and American forces advancing to Marilao while Aguinaldo’s insurgents retreat toward Malolos. The engagement shifts from strategic movement to pursuit and a likely fourth day of fighting.
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Washington
Mani'a
War Department
Otis
Marilao
Agunaldo
Manila
Malolos
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Dewey
Uns
Malabon
Election returns show varied town results across Iowa in March
Municipal elections across towns including Oskaloosa Boone Mason City Marshalltown Waterloo Grinnell Webster City Ottumwa Williams Creston yielded mixed outcomes. Mayors Wrey Brett Crandall Pierce and others won while party gains and losses featured Republicans Democrats and third-party tickets amid light turnout and saloon issue impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Will H. Wrey
Byron V. Seevers
Citizens
Boone
Mason City
George W. Brett
D. M. Tiffany
Marshalltown
Frank G. Pierce
Waterloo
Grinnell
Webster City
Crandall
Ottumwa
Phillips
Williams
Law and Order
Creston
Racine Strike Situation Intensifies with Citywide Work Stoppage
Over 300 workers are idle in Racine as 250 from J. I. Case Threshing Machine and 70 from Beebe Manufacturing join possible carpenters on strike. International union leader Mulholland arrived to push a settlement as local control shifts to the international body. Majer O Conner also reached Racine seeking an optimistic resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine, Wis
J. I. Case Threshing
Beebe Manufacturing
J. F. Mulholland
International Union of the Bicycle Workers
Beebe Company
International Union
Localnion
Majer M Chit O'Conner
Tragic double tragedy and civic notes from March 28
In Joliet Matthew Orsini killed his wife and himself after a dispute about alleged infidelity, with a baby and three other children present. the wife wounded but may recover. Across the country bishops, elections, steamer arrivals, and state appointments fill the day’s briefs with civic and official updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Ill
Matthew Orsini
Federal Steel
Orsini
Political lineup and corporate taxation debate from Havana to Illinois
Representative James Hamilton Lewis predicts party tickets for 1900 with McKinley and Roosevelt for Republicans and Bryan and Schley for Democrats. He argues against Hobart renomination, supports Roosevelt as vice presidential timber, and defends corporate taxation as a public duty. Harvey resigns from the Democratic Ways and Means leadership. Bishop Rademacher’s mysterious removal fuels a Indiana diocese prayer vigil.
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Atlanta
James Hamilton Lewis
Washington
Havana
Lewis
McKinley
Roosevelt
Bryan
Schley
Republican National Committee
Mark Hanna
Gorman
Hobart
New Jersey
Democracy stressed in wartime ticket talk and a murder tied tale
Col Lewis cites calculations on a Democratic ticket with Schley as a war hero to unite the party while noting Gorman could guide national affairs. The piece shifts to a fatal Sunday quarrel ending in multiple gunshots and Ike Scott, charged with murder, remains at large.
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Gorman
Bryan
Vce
Schly
Schley
Santiago
National Committee
Ndsey Duncan
Ike Scott
Krends
Scott
Roosevelt urges study of corporate tax fairness in New York
Governor Roosevelt asks the legislature to appoint a joint committee to investigate public franchise taxation by corporations and report next session. He argues that farmers market gardeners mechanics and small business owners bear an excessive tax burden while large corporations escape fair treatment.
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Bryan
Sehley
Mobart
Lewis
New York
Harvey
O & Street Railway
Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Victim Honored After Acid Attack Trial Session
At Palmer House in Fond du Lac about forty friends attended a reception for Pat Lynch, victim in a sensational acid-throwing incident and complainant in the Rose Sharp case now in circuit court. The program included musical numbers and a recitation by Lynch. The trial resumed with Miss Jennie Herald testifying about Lynch’s office visits and business, while the defense suggested Lynch dated other girls. Rose Sharp sat through the day with her eldest son Robert. Also noted, Cambridge won the Oxford-Cambridge boat race, marking Cambridge’s first win in ten years and twenty-four wins in fifty-six races.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Patch Lynch
Oconto
Rose Sharp
Circuit Court
Palmer House
Landrrd Taylor
Ecke
Lynch
Wisconsin
Rose A. Sharp
Jennie Herald
Leach
Miss Herald
Cambridge
Brutal Cuban Police Whipping of Chicago Soldier
Advices from Havana recount a brutal punishment of Frank Day of Chicago by Cuban police. Day and comrade Charles Dean were jailed after a fare dispute, beaten with a cane and water doused, leaving Day with eleven bruised stripes and extensive injuries. Castresanas, a tall lieutenant, led the assault and appeared proud of it. Day was released later with Dean.
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Washington
Havana
Frank Day
Chicago
Day
Charles Dean
Hackman
Lovelock
Castresanas
Haift
Virac
Major Treat
Tie
Leutenant
Vespasian Warner
George W. Smith
Mlinois
Dean
Calf Bones Mistaken for Kidnapped Boy Found in Kentucky
Dillsboro Indiana reports Roy Trenton, a 14 year old, found in Kentucky after being held for ransom by the O Neil family. Calf bones were mistaken for the boy in Apey cave. Suspects Owen and Emmit Williams saloonkeepers, claimed to have hidden him to obtain a ransom. The boy left Gilleland’s home in April 1898 and says he was hired by a man from Gilleland’s employ. Also noted: burglaries in Oshkosh Wisconsin, charity meeting in Burlington Iowa, suicide in Joliet Illinois, and death of Bishop Peter Duggan in St Louis.
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Dillsboro
Ind
Gilleland
Roy Trenton
Kentucky
O'Neil
Apey
Owen
Emmit Williams
Olean
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