Peace prospects shadow American prep for war in Philippines
Manila dispatch details general orders to slow advance during peace talks with Antonio Luna's emissaries, while General Lawton's forces clash near San Rafael. Reports note 75,000 refugees north of San Fernando, smallpox spread, and continued American fortification of bridges and lines as negotiations proceed.
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Lawton
San Rafael
Manila
Antonio Luna
Otis
Angut
MacArthur
San Fernando
Dean ©. Worcester
United States Philippines Commission
Calumpit
Manuel Argueleses
Worcester
Argueleses
Associated Press
Aguinaldo
Wallace
Fleet
Montana Regiment
Adams
Shields
General Luna
Cordial
Lana
Wheaton
Arguelesen
Bernal
Jacob O. Schurman
United States Commission
No Word From General Otis Stirs Manila News
War department officials report no official news from Manila on May Day. No halt in hostilities. Otis may allow rebels time to consider terms while preparations for an advance continue. Transit ships Grant and Sherman reached San Francisco. Sherman completed a 4000 mile, 26 day voyage. Additional Nebraska casualties reported from Manila. Captain Woodbury orders readiness to move, destination unknown. Krupp shipyard fire at Kiel damages warehouses and workshops, cost about £100000. two German battleships under construction survived.
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McKinley
Argnostases
Schurman
Grant
Appomattox
My. Schurman
Associated Press
Argueloses
Alma
Philippines
Otis
Lawton
Angat
War Department
Washington
Manila
War
Navy Departments
Luna
San Francisco
Sherman
Sixteenth
Louis
Woodbury
United States Infantry
Jefferson Barracks
Wardner
Ida
Pire
Krupp
Kiel
Prussia
Germania
California
China
Battles in Samoa and Navy Letters Stir Officials
News from Apia reports severe fighting between native factions with casualties under twenty and no European injuries. In Washington Admiral Kautz’s private letter about Samoa creates consternation yet is seen as family correspondence. Raleigh reaches Philadelphia for Grant monument ceremonies as monetary legislation plans move forward. Denver and Montana Railroad incorp, Crosby trial begins, Iowa backs Henderson for Speaker, church trustees settle, Transvaal gold output rises.
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Kautz Orestes
Washington
Kautz
Samos
Navy
State Departments
Coghlan
Judge Chambers
Samoa
Altgeld Critically Ill Faces Last Political Battle
Ex governor John P Altgeld is gravely ill and despondent but shows faith in his principles. Dr Nicholas G Senn says he has fought his last political fight due to a deteriorating condition of locomotor ataxia and general prostration. If he recovers, he will not wage further campaigns. May 1.
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Wellef
John P. Altgeld
Nicholas G. Senn
Senn
Altgeld
Alger
Detroit
Michigan
United States
McMillan
Senate
Senator McMillan
Perry Belmont
Sloane
New York
Jessie A. Sloane
Henry T. Sloane
Greenwich
Conn
Walter M. Barrows
Second Congregational Church
Belmont
Washington
G. H. Howland
Savannah
Negro Lynched In Arkansas Missouris May 1
Information reached Memphis that Willis Lees a Black man about 80 was dragged from the Oxceola Ark jail Sunday morning and hanged in the jail yard by a mob. Also Captain Coghlan remains in command of the Raleigh during President McKinley’s Philadelphia visit next Friday with a possible censure letter from Secretary Long. the ship will be decommissioned soon for extensive repairs.
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New York
McKinley
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
W. 8. Hawk
Arkansas
Misouis
Tenn
Memphis
Willis Lees
Oxceola
Ark
Coghlan
Washington
Raleigh
Cruizer
Philadelphia
Navy Department
Long
Swift's Specific touted as cure for cancer
A promotional testimonial claims Swift's Specific cures cancer and other blood diseases thought incurable. It recounts a Boston area patient who says eighteen bottles cured a hereditary malignant cancer after doctors failed, urging readers to request a company booklet and more testimonials.
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Swift
Mars
8. M, Inc
Winston
N. C
Atlanta
Georgia
Mrs George Free After Not Guilty Verdict In Saxton Murder Trial
The not guilty verdict for Mrs Anna E. George in the 22 day trial over George D. Saxton’s death prompted cheers and congratulatory telegrams from sympathizers nationwide. She was released from jail after seven months. attendants greeted jurors and the courtroom atmosphere included cheers despite cautions against demonstrations.
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Crosbys
Chicago
Thomas George Crosby
Marjorie Crosby
Frank E H. Nye
Nyse
Young Crosby
Crosby
Vom
Canton
Oaxton
Anna Ei. George
George D. Saxton
Mrs. George
George
Clark
Seach
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Otto Kastenberger
Charles Schwartz
Martin O. Legg
Francis Hanson
Maynard Sayres
Orpheus
Mar Bate
A. T. Marvin
Piavo
Atlantic
Iowa
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Grant Monument
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Plana
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N. J
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House of Representatives
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Denver and Montana Railroad Company
H. D. Alee
Burlington System
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J. O. Saylor
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H. D. Aleo
G. W. Loomis
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Montana
Henderson
Des Morins
Dolliver
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Des Moines
Trecumsen
St. Andrew's Catholic Church
Father Sperlein
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Oroker Sugnseda Bonner
Edward F. Croker
Richard Croker
Fire Department
Hugh Bonner
Scannell
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ELY Brothers
Warren St
New York City
John Reid
Great Walls
Mont
Francis W. Poole
Central Press Church
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Warren Street
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Clinton & Jackson Sts
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Erling Remedy Co
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