Battle at Subig Bay unleashes fierce fire
The US cruiser Charleston and accompanying ships bombarded Olongapo while Marines landed under heavy insurgent fire. The 16 centimeter Krupp gun was silenced, with gunner Olson firing fifty rounds of guncotton. Cadet Brinzer and Captain Myers led a disciplined landing. one American sailor wounded. The operation disrupted Filipino defenses and drew reinforcements.
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Mayi.a
United States
Charleston
Monterey
Concord
Zafira
Baltimore
Cavite
Subic Bay
Olongapo
Subig Bay
Olangapo
Olson
Cadet Brinzer
Myers
McDonald
MISS GRANT WEDS A PRINCE AT RUSSIAN ORTHODOX RITE
Newport R I Sept 25 In accordance with Russian Orthodox rites Miss Julia Dent Grant daughter of Brigadier General and Mrs Frederick Grant and granddaughter of General Ulysses S Grant married Prince Cantacuzone Count Speransky of Russia last night at Beaulieu the Palmer summer residence The ceremony conducted by Father Horovitsky was simple and impressive with music by a local quartette The hour long service ended with the Russian national hymn and congratulations followed The wedding vows will be completed today at All Saints Episcopal church and the couple will at last be legally wed once statutes are conformed to
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Moore
Newport
R. I
Julia Dent Grant
Frederick Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Prince Cantacuzone
Speransky
Russia
Father Horovitsky
New York
Beaulieu
Potter Palmer
All Saints Episcopal Church
Fortunes Found in Widow's Box of Letters
Mrs Julia Richardson Benheard of Wichita discovers a 1863 bank deposit of 10 000 to her credit from her brother Lieutenant William Richardson. She plans legal action to recover principal and 25 years of interest totaling about 30 000. The bank in Trenton Tennessee was the custodian. William Richardson enlisted in 1861 in the Twenty second Indiana Infantry.
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Witchita
Wichtta
Julia Richardson Benheard
Trenton
Atenn
William. Richardson
Twenty-second Tinoia Infantry
Benheard
Missouri Suffragists Open State Convention in Chillicothe
Missouri Woman's Equal Suffrage association opens its state convention October 5 in Chillicothe with Mrs. Johnson of St. Louis acting as president due to Ella Harrison's leave to study law. reports expected from towns where national lecturers have spoken.
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Chillicothe
Carthage
Missouri Woman’s Equal Suffrage Association
Johnson
St. Louis
Ella Harrison
Preparations for Admiral Dewey reception in New York
News from New York on Sept 26 details complete preparations for Admiral Dewey’s reception. Tickets for nearly 20 000 seats allocated with 100 000 applications, stands budget over 45 000 beyond initial 80 000, and planning for municipal assembly and school child stands. Crowds already fill Broadway and Fifth Avenue as parades and arch construction proceed amid minor incidents.
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Admiral Dewey Ae
Board of Education
Committee On Stands
Municipal Assembly
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Washington
General Roe
Carroll
Deforrest Richards
Wyoming
Sampson
Schley
Deweyland
Admiral Philip
Admiral Dewey
Mr. Foster
Chauncey Depew
Richard Croker
William McAdoo
Levi P. Morton
W. C. Whitney
Miss Horlocker Returns to Face Poison Candy Charge
Miss Viola Horlocker, charged with attempting to poison Mrs. Charles F. Morey with candy, arrives from Jacksonville to Hastings and will renew bond today. She is held on 4000 dollar bond and the case may be moved to the next term for jury trial. Her lawyers say she will not contest the charge beyond asserting innocence.
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Ditember
Tiastixas
Viola Horlocker
Charles F. Morey
Hobart Illness Threatens Senate Duties and Nomination
News brief reports Vice President Hobart’s serious kidney illness may prevent him from presiding over the next Senate session and could hinder a renomination as McKinley’s running mate. Other items cover a fatal Chicago rail collision, a severe Lake Erie gale, Edmonton Trail survivors arriving in Wrangell, recruiting at Hot Springs for the Forty-fifth Infantry, the sinking of the steam barge Cleveland in Chicago harbor, a head-on collision near Parker Pennsylvania, and Elkhorn’s large shipment of Union Pacific engines fueling cattle traffic.
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McKinney
New York
Hobart
United States Senate
McKinley
Hobsatt
Telegraphic Telegrams Terse Yet Quick
Telegrams summarize rapid news from Key West yellow fever deaths to fires in Indiana. Reports note a Paris judgment on Dreyfus, a suspected Miami yellow fever case, bubonic plague in Alexandria, an Asia Minor earthquake disaster, and Australian military contingency talks. Also listed are mining resumptions in West Virginia and a Cincinnati hospital opening in November.
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American Tin Plate Company
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Ind
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Jouuust
Rennes
Dreyfus
Valencia
Montana Taglenent
San Francisco
Sun‘1
Sergeon General Wyman
Marine Hospital Services
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Mia
Alexandria
Aidin
Asia Minor
Lourenzo Marquez
Jelagoa
Portugal
Great Britain
Jewish Hospital For Consumptives
Denver
Cincinnati
New River Field
W. Va
Melbourne
Trafalgar square antiwar demo ends in arrests
London dispatch reports a pro Boer antiwar gathering in Trafalgar square devolved into chaos with thousands shouting and launching missiles. Mounted police cleared the square. 80 arrests made as speakers were drowned by boos and the crowd sang patriotic tunes. Promoters later plan a large hall meeting to press government policy.
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Loupon
Trafalgar Square
Britannia
Mr. Chamberlain
Kruger
Kansas Soldiers to Feast for Returning Heroes
Taupeka prepares a grand welcome for General Funston and the Twentieth Kansas. Statehouse offices become reception rooms, corridors banquet halls, and grounds barbecue grounds. Free meals all there for returning soldiers, with a 1000-seat banquet in the statehouse basement. Badge holders gain city-wide privileges after answering Did you fight with Funston.
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Torhea
General Funston
Kansas
Statehouse
Kansas Regiment
Fanston
Gear and Cummins to Tour Cumsinus With Open
Gear and Cummins announce a statewide stump tour with opening remarks in Charles City on Oct 7 and likely West Liberty on Oct 1. The duo aims to show ongoing political vigor, despite advanced ages, in a tour spanning Iowa locations.
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Charles City
Gear
West Liberty
Des Moinas
Cummina
Weaver
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