Troops for Philippines sail to Manila in waves
The war department plans four regiments of regulars to depart from Washington by transport ships Thomas Meade and Logan via New York and the Suez canal. The Seventh and Nineteenth Infantry and First and Seventh Artillery are likely, with two more regiments from the Pacific coast to follow. Otis may begin sending home volunteers soon as reinforcements reach him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasaineron
War Department
Manila
New York
Suez Canal
Thomas
Meade
Logan
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Sherman
Grant
Otis
Philippines
Nebraskans Petition For Relief From Service
The First Nebraska regiment requests General MacArthur to relieve them from front line duty. Exhausted by continuous campaigning only about 300 men remain fit for duty with 160 answering sick calls last Sunday. They state the strain from long marches and constant outpost duty prevents effective fighting and many soldiers have not washed uniforms for months. Since February 2 the regiment reports 225 killed or wounded and 59 more since Malolos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Nebraska
MacArthur
Malolos
Michigan Senate approves anti trust bill aims to shut trusts out
A bill passed the Michigan Senate to prevent trusts and monopolies from restricting trade or fixing prices. It would bar agreements that limit production or raise prices and allow injured parties to sue for double damages, with criminal and civil penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Senate
House
Lansing
Mich
Senate
Michigan
Burning of Seminole Indians on Trial Seeks Severance
In Muscogee May 12, the Seminole burning and kidnapping cases proceed with thirty defendants facing kidnapping and execution charges. Nelson M. Jones, ex-deputy U S marshal, is among those tried first. Each defendant requests severance of their cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courta. Muscoati
J. T
Lincoln McGessey
Palmer Simpson
Nelson M. Jones
United States
Combined lock and seal patent granted to C. H. Connelly
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals decision discusses inoperativeness versus imperfection and notes a granted claim for a combined lock and seal. The invention prevents key entry without breaking the fragile seal, featuring a seal box, lock casing, latch bolt, and a seal aligned with the key-hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Madison
Thomas G. Orwin & Co
Solicitors of Patents
Deemw of a Maniac. Four killed and one wounded in Michigan tragedy
In City, Michigan on May 12 Jos Harvey killed his wife and three relatives, mortally wounded his infant child and father-in-law before shooting himself. The assailant is expected to die from his wounds. Separate item notes the Sixteenth Regulars ordered to Manila with departure set for May 29 from San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howarp City
Mich
Manila
Omana
San Francisco
Discharged Soldiers Arrive in New York by Buford Transport
The United States transport Buford under Captain Stinson has arrived in New York carrying 600 discharged soldiers from various regiments. They had been on garrison duty in Porto Rico and traveled from San Juan Ponce and Santiago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Buford
Stinson
San Juan
Ponce
Santiago
Porto Rico
Iowans Lead Brisk Assault on San Fernando Foot Race
A Manila cable reports two bold charges in Gen MacArthur's San Fernando operation. The Fifty-first Iowa battalions, crossing two streams, stormed the town amid fire, driving Filipinos from the garrison and chasing them beyond town. The church, convent, and railroad station were burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Fernando
New York
Manila
MacArthur
Philippines
Hale
Fifty-first
Iowa Regiment
Huge Lake Mills fire wipes out grain facilities and more
A May 15 blaze swept Peavey elevator and coal sheds feeding into Eckert & Williams grain yards and Minneapolis & St. Louis stock yards. Townspeople fought fires near Paholt’s mill and Lake Mills lumber yards. Total losses estimated around 80 000 dollars with insurance covering Peavy’s. Origin unknown.
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Lake Mills
Peavey
Eckert & Williams
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Paholt
A. A. Saxerud
Peavy
Eckert & Co
Growth of Des Moines Daily News Affects Pages
Des Moines May 9 More than half of the issues of the Des Moines Daily News are now 8 pages, up from 4. The paper keeps a low price at 1 a year 75 cents six months 50 cents three months 25 cents a month. It is a member of the Associated Press and a first class newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Des Moines Daily News
Associated Press
Tuberculosis Found Among Cattle in Chickasaw County Farm
The county farm near New Hampton reports cattle with tuberculosis. One cow was killed after a lung examination by Veterinary Surgeon Malcolm confirmed the diagnosis. A state veterinarian will test the remaining herd, with four to five showing symptoms.
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Chickasaw County
New Hampton
Malcolm
Lou Rock Found Unconscious After Arsenic Intent
Lou Rock, 30, was found unconscious in his Fifth avenue room in Marshalltown. He had taken arsenic, apparently with suicidal intent. Doctors say he will not recover. His mother is dead. his father lives in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Lou Rock
Fifth Avenue
Fire destroys Bristow elevator and contents
A May 15 fire in Bristow wipes out the L. D. Shaw owned elevator and its contents. Building loss estimated at 2000 with 1500 insured. Grain loss about 1000, also insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristow
L. D. Shaw
Convict Burns Fatally Blows Inmate With Mallet At Prison
Anamosa prison report says Burns struck Bill Carl with a five pound mallet in the stone shed. Carl collapsed, was taken to hospital, fainted, and died two and a half hours after the blow. Carl claimed no prior trouble with Burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Burns
Bill Carl
Carl
Saul
Ellsworth Bank Robbed of 3800 in Broad Daylight
Two men robbed the Ellsworth State Bank in Hamilton county of 3800 using dynamite and nitro. They escaped in a stolen buggy and team toward Jewell Junction, leaving a saw behind and triggering a countywide pursuit led by the Hamilton sheriff. Bank President M N Brinton offers a 1000 reward for capture and conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Depar
Ellsworth State Bank
Ellsworth
Hamilton County
Jewell Junction
M. N. Brinton
Drake University Faces Heresy Charges Against Professor Morgan
In Des Moines on May 11, trustees and students at Drake University dispute Professor Oscar W. Morgan over views on biblical inspiration and higher criticism. Morgan says scripture is a human history shaped by divinely guided factors, prompting a petition from orthodox students and a trustee move to reassign him to biblical languages and Greek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake University
Drs Moines
Oscar W. Morgan
Morgan
O Blenness Strays From Des Moines Found Weak in Adel
W E O Blenness Iowa state labor commissioner wandered from Des Moines and was located in Adel in a feeble condition. He had no food, rain soaked clothing, and was under care as his guardians and unions had previously arranged to guard him during distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
W. E. O’blenness
Adel
United Workmen, Woodmen and Typographical Union
O'Bienness
Armstrong Man Charged With Murder and Body Burn
John Pender son of Armstrong has been arrested on murder charges. Dozens of clues point to Antoine Anderson, landowner east of town, who reported a farm visit by a stranger and later vanished. A spring straw stack fire exposed bones and clothing in the ashes, prompting suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong
John Penderson
Antoine Anderson
Anderson
Klondike
Fatal Crossing Accident Claims Jackson County Farmer
Clinton May 13. William Potter son a well known Jackson county farmer was run down and killed by a Milwaukee freight near Preston. He had been to the creamery delivering milk and was on his way home. The train struck the wagon as it passed the tracks. Mr Patterson was thrown onto the engine pilot and carried a distance. The wagon was wrecked and one horse killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
William Potter
Jackson County
Milwaukee
Preston
Patterson
Linseed Oil Adulteration Sparks Tests in Iowa
Des Moines reports show state health inspectors sent 288 linseed oil samples to Hugh M. Pickell for examination. Of these, 52 were adulterated and makers were warned to stop selling adulterated oil under threat of prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Board of Health
Hugh M. Pickell
Pickell
Mysterious Barn Death Near Vinton
Workmen seeking shelter from a storm in a barn near Vinton found an unidentified man dead for two or three days. The body, likely a tramp, could not be identified. An inquest was held and the death ruled as from natural causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Fire at Carson destroys livery stable and dwellings
May 12 fire in Carson consumes a livery stable with 11 buggies and eight horses and two dwelling houses. Contents of the dwellings were mostly saved. Loss estimated at 8000 dollars with only 700 dollars insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson
Child Dies After Accidental Poisoning At Home
In Atlantic on May 13 a two year old child of John McConnell died from an accidental poisoning after ingesting medicine kept within reach. Parents had been warned but failed to keep medicine away, leading to the fatal outcome before medical aid arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
John McConnell
Wade court exonerates beef supplies despite Miles charges
Washington May 9 The Wade court report on army beef findings says Miles charges about embalmed beef not sustained but his concerns over canned roast beef under tropical conditions justified. It absolves meat packers, censures Miles for delayed reporting and misgiving, and faults commissary officials for transport and delivery lapses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Secretary of War
War Department
Tropics
Eagan
Morocco Settles U S Claims and Chicago Sails
The United States and the Moroccan government settled the claims of American citizens. The cruiser Chicago left Tangier after confirming the settlement. Officials say the ship did not press payment but boosted the consul’s push for returns from cases dating four to five years. Certificates of protection for American merchant employees were involved.
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Tangiers
Morocco
United States
Chicago
Africa
nineTon
Howelson
Tangier
Well Known New York Politician Roswell P Flower Dies
Roswell Pettibone Flower former governor and financier of New York died Friday night at Eastport Country Club in Eastport Long Island after indigestion and heart failure. Born August 7 1835 in Theresa Jefferson County he rose from farm labor to defeat William Waldorf Astor for Congress in 1881 and later served as governor in 1890s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roswell P. Flower
Eastport Country Club
Eastport
Mr. Flower
New York City
Flower
Roswell Pettibone Flower
Theresa
Jefferson County
William Waldorf Astor
Congress
Town Created in a Day in Washita County Mountain View Oklahoma
Ex Reno Oklahoma May 13 Mountain View in Washita county set a new town building record by turning a prairie into a surveyed platted town site the same day The town organized officers started business and grew to a city of nearly 800 residents with a mayor treasurer police judge and councilmen. Lots sold as high as 900 dollars within minutes of staking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain View
Oklahoma
Reno
Okla
Washita County
Washita
Explosion at Kurts Chemical Works Kills Four
A major blast at Kurts Chemical Works in St Helens Lancaster County leaves four dead and twenty seriously injured. Fire from the chlorate house triggers a second boiler blast and razes the plant. Debris covers the town as losses reach about 100000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kurts’ Chemical Works
St. Helens
Lancaster County
Foreigners Ordered Out By Aguinaldo In Insurgent Lines
Aguinaldo orders all foreigners to leave insurgent territory within forty eight hours. Most are English or German traders. He aims to deny combatant rights to force belligerency recognition. Lieutenant Reyes carried a flag of truce to Manila and discussed commissions with General Otis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Lawton
Otis
Aguinaldo
Philippine Commission
Reyes
Bacolor
Mexican Cyclone Toll In Sabinas Valley
A special from Eagle Pass reports the Sabinas valley tornado worse than feared with eight bodies recovered and many injured including Superintendent McKinney. Lawrence McKinney, his son, is among the dead. Sabinas town twelve miles away lost two residents. The region had been deemed out of the tornado zone.
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Dans
Texas
Eagle Pass
Sabinas Valley
Mexico
McKinney
Lawrence McKinney
Sabinas
Fourteen-Year-Old Crosby Acquitted as Deputy Shot
In Caicaco on May 15 a jury acquitted fourteen-year-old Jommy Crosby of murder while his foster mother Margaret Crosby was found guilty of manslaughter as accessory before the fact. She received a one year sentence after Deputy Sheriff Frank Nye was shot during an ejectment attempt on Mrs. Crosby's property.
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Caicaco
Jommy Crosby
Margaret Crosby
Frank Nye
Crosby
Volunteers Return from Philippines on Pennsylvania
A cable dispatch from Otis announced that the transport Pennsylvania has left the Philippines for San Francisco. It is believed returning soldiers include Nebraskan volunteers, with the Nebraska regiment among the first to depart. The war department orders regiments to return in the order they left, making Iowa troops the last to sail home.
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Washinatown
Philippines
Otis
Pennsylvania
Islands
San Francisco
America
Nebraska
War Department
National conference dates set for Chicago on trusts
The Civic Federation of Chicago selects June 26–29 for a national conference to discuss trusts and their impact on economic conditions. It invites the country’s large industrial combines to send representatives to explore industrial, commercial, labor, and transportation combinations and their uses and abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicaco
Civic Federation
Chicago
Writing Paper Trust organizes with large capital
It is learned that twenty one mills are included in the combination of manufacturers of fine writing paper and that arrangements are advanced for organization of the new company. Proposed capital includes 12 500 000 preferred stock 12 500 000 common stock and 6 000 000 working capital and merchandise on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Writing Paper Trust
New York
Loch Sloy Wreck on Kangaroo Island Drowns Passengers
The British ship Loch Sloy wrecked off Kangaroo Island on April 24 with five passengers and twenty five crew drowned. Four escaped from the wreck and three are wandering in the bush. Two sailors later saved after wandering.
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Adelaide
South Australia
Kangaroo Island
Kipling Recovers Fully Leaves Lakewood for Morristown
Rudyard Kipling and his family left Lakewood for Morristown New Jersey as he has entirely recovered his strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipling
New York
Rudyard Kipling
Lakewood
Morristown
N. J
Plan to Free Syria Junta Promotes Armed Call in New York
A Young Syria movement proclaims Syria a free state from Istanbul rule. It asserts 25,000 supporters in the U S ready to fight, with leaders trained in naval and military matters. Ali Ferrough Bey cites the manifesto and treasury agents monitor arms shipments to Syria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arma
Syria
Secret Council
Washington Street
Revolutionary Party
Turkey
Europe
London
Paris
Washington
Ali Ferrough Bey
Hay
Treasury
Passenger Trains Crash Near Exeter on Reading Line
A collision between an express from Pottsville and an extra excursion train near Exeter six miles south of Reading injured many and killed from fifteen to twenty, with telegraph access limited and many victims mangled in the wrecks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Reading
Reaping
Philadelphia & Reading
Exeter
City
Pottsy
Harrisburg
Expr
Dewey Cabled to Return Home for Fourth of July
The navy department announced that Admiral Dewey may leave Manila immediately for the United States. Secretary Long authorized the return, and the Olympia is to mail to London. Dewey is expected to arrive in time for the national Fourth of July demonstration in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
New York
Washington
B. P. Stevens
Trafalgar Square
London
Navy Department
Long
United States
Philippine Ecommi ‘Ior
Dewey
Gomez causes a stir in Havana as Gomez abandons Quinta de Los Molines
In Havana on May 12 General Geenes orders leaving Quinta de Los Molines the captain generals summer residence and moving to a city house or with friends. Staff protest claim they have no homes work or money. Tensions rise amid anti Gomez press criticism over Cuban soldiers pay settlement.
Taunton Mills Move Toward Big Yarn Combine
Taunton Massachusetts May 12 The large yarn mill consolidation is forming with most New England mills offered sixty day options indicating a definite shape to the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taunton
Mass
New England
Filipinos Assassinate a Frenchman in Truce Negotiation
The Manila special reports insurgents killed M. Dumarais a Frenchman who crossed Filipino lines under a flag of truce. He had been negotiating for release of Spanish prisoners. The action could provoke a French demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Journal and Advertiser
Manila
M. Dumarais
France
Gold Shipment From Australia Arrives at San Francisco
The steamship Alameda Se sailed for San Francisco with a cargo of 750000 dollars in gold aboard, as reported in Supnry N. 8 W. May 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Alameda Se
San Francisco
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Ames Times
Lon. G. Hardin
Pub
AMES
U. S. Patent Office Business
Towa
Ellsworth Bank
Packers
Gomez
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