Philippines Insurrection Near Complete Collapse Reports Say
Cablegrams from General MacArthur in Manila indicate major surrenders. Tinio capitulates at Sinait delivering all men and guns. Callao and Katibac surrender at Lipa with 23 officers and 108 men. Malvar’s forces reduced. Cailles remains at large as the chief target. General Hare arrives in New York announcing the swift close of the conflict and noting ongoing military policing and return home for sick soldiers.
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Washington
War Department
Gregorio Katibac
Malvars
Jacob Kline
Lipa
Tinio
Alejandrino
Luzon
Gilmore
Kline
Lawton
the &Ght
Zapote River
Philippines
Cailles
Manila
MacArthur
Juan
Blas Villamore
Abra
Bangued
Aligpay
Ilocos Norte
Lauzon
Laoag
Tolstoi Defies Excommunication In Sharp Reply
Paris dispatch reports Count Tolstoi’s Moscow dated reply to his excommunication. He condemns the decree as illegal and arbitrary, warns of death threats from ignorant followers, and denounces church practices as injurious lies and superstition eroding Christian doctrine.
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Paris
The
Tempts Today
Count Tolstoi
Moscow
Fatal Jump of Dude Esterbrook Near Tuxedo
Thos Esterbrook once with the New York baseball club jumped from a moving train near Tuxedo while en route to Middletown state hospital for the insane He died at the hospital He was known as Dude Esterbrook and played as third baseman for the Metropolitan club and later for the National league club in New York.
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Middletown
N. Y
Thos, Esterbrook
New York Baseball Club
Tuxedo
Middletown State Hospital
Esterbrook
Dude
New York
Reed Trial in Manila News of Beef Shortage Bribe Case
The Manila trial of Captain James C. Reed, ex-depot commissary, continues as witnesses allege bribes and misconduct. Thomas Harries testifies that Robinson paid Reed 881 dollars. Fred Macondray says commissions were arranged on troop vegetables. Barry Baldwin, Macondray shipping merchant manager, reports intimidation attempts and cites a $200,000 beef contract. Arlington testifies Reed claimed Major Servis was short 1,500 pounds of beef. Reed admits receiving funds later linked to shortages.
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James. C. Reed
Manila
James C. Reed
Thomas Harries
Robinson and Macondray
Robinson
Reed
Fred Macondray
Barry Baldwin
United States
California
Macondray Company
Baldwin
Baldwin Unread. Mr. Baldwin
Captain Reed
Pan-American Directors Restore Sunday Admission
The Pan American Exposition board reverted Sunday pricing to 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children under 14, aligning with the original mortgage bond agreement. Ramon Pando, son of Bolivian president, and Bolivian minister Fernando Guadalla arrived in Buffalo as special commissioners for the exposition.
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Buffalo
Ramon Pando
President Pando
Bolivia
Fernando E. Guadalla
Washington
German Forces Fall Back After Chinese Resistance
Berlin reports the main German expeditionary force in China withdrawing to its former position and leaving a garrison at the great wall pass. French nonparticipation is attributed to late arrival, not Paris orders. No further expeditions are planned unless the Chinese require them. Officials doubt Beijing ordered Liu to resist.
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Berlin
China
Great Wall
Paris
Liu
Public Becoming Too Wise In Naval Board Debate
The naval board of construction at Washington discussed new ships authorized by congress and general naval architecture questions. A decisive resolution ordered members to hold no communications with the press on subjects under discussion. The new chief constructor appeared with plans for several ships and the battery issue remained a focus.
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Washington
Naval Board of Construction
Congress
Cherokee Treaty Defeated in Oklahoma Territory
Muskogee Oklahoma May 1 indications are that the Cherokee treaty has been beaten by a large majority Chief Buffington home gave 300 majority against the treaty Buffington led the fight against the treaty Defeat means enforcement of the Curtis law and much litigation
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Muskogee, I. T
Buffington
Venezuela apologizes over Barcelona consul arrest incident
A Caracas dispatch states Venezuela regrets the arrest of Ignacio H. Badiz United States consul at Barcelona as a case of mistaken identity. Consul Goldsmith at La Guaira sent a letter to Mr Russell the American charge d affairs here noting the error. The matter is described as settled and affairs are quiet.
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Venezuela
New York
Herald
Caracas
Ignace H. Badiz
United States
Barcelona
Goldsmith
la Guayra
Russell
Trial of Capt Reed opens in Manila fraud case
Manila April 30 The trial of Capt James C Reed former Manila depot commissary for alleged commissary frauds began with defense objections on jurisdiction and wartime status. Key testimony shows Reed paid 1050 to Alhambra factory manager Schindler as 2 percent commission on cigars sold to the department while Major George B Davis was depot commissary.
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Manila
James C. Reed
Reed
George W. Davis
MacArthur
Washington
Schindler
Alhambra Cigar Factory
Davis
Garlington
Land Company in Trouble over Beaumont land sale
Holland stockholders of the Port Arthur Land company filed a petition in Kansas City seeking an injunction to halt sale of an undivided half interest in 28,000 acres near Beaumont to J S Cullinan & Co and John Searles. The sale was arranged by trustees E L Martin Arthur B E Stillwell and J M D Trimble, in the interest of Standard Oil.
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Standard Oil Company
Uncle Sam Sues Laws Officers
Des Moines Iowa April 30 Geo A Reed a lieutenant of the Fifty first Iowa acting commissary at the Presidio in 1898 and 1899 has been made defendant in a suit for 22492 alleging he failed to render a satisfactory accounting The action was instituted by Lewis Miles attorney for the southern district of Iowa and is based on the report of I Rittman auditor of the war department It is alleged supplies valued at 211117 passed through Reed s hands Reed is in the harness business in this city He declares that a supplemental accounting by him will explain the apparent shortage.
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Sam
Des Moines
Geo. A. Reed
Fifty-first Iowa
Presidio
Lewis Miles
Iowa
I. &. Rittman
War Department
Reed
Germans Face Harsh Mountain Passes in Shan Si
Dispatches from Pekin report German troops struggled to breach Shan Si passes. Steep mountain tracks limited routes while Chinese forces commanded ridges and rolled rocks onto advancing Germans. Germans suffered casualties including an officer and seven men, and eighteen quick firers were captured.
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Berlin
Pekin
Shan Si
McKinley and party begin 10000 mile southern journey
President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley departed from Washington on schedule for a cross continental trip. The Olympia carried the president, Mrs. McKinley, and a large retinue including Gage Root Hanna McKenna Miles Corbin Sternberg Dawes Bates Livingston and many cabinet circle members. The crowd cheered as the train moved at 10 30 am with Mrs McKinley smiling from a decorated private car and the president on the rear platform.
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McKinley
Rixey
Gage
Root
Hanna
Justice McKenna
Miles
Corbin
Sternberg
White
London
Evans
Dawes
Bates
Livingston
Olympia
Hitchcock
Washington
German General Reports Fervent Clash With Chinese Forces
Berlin April 30 General Ketteler reports that Chinese troops did not quit the province until forced. His brigade met the enemy on April 23 inflicting heavy losses though exact figures are not given. German casualties include one officer and three soldiers killed and twenty eight wounded. Chinese forces were forced to withdraw and were demoralized. French authorities had claimed Chinese crossed the border on April 19, suggesting a different sequence of events.
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Berlin
Ketteler
Kuo Lu
Henry Bolln Freed. Will Return to Omaha
Henry Bolln, freed from prison, will return to Omaha with Hon. Howard Baldrige to join his wife and family. He was convicted as a defaulter while treasurer of Omaha and sentenced May 25, 1897, to nineteen years. The term included four, five, and ten year sentences. four years served, one year thirty days of the five year term. governor pardoned the ten year term and released the rest of the five year term.
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Omaha
Lincoln
Neb
Henry Bolln
Howard Baldrige
Bolln
Not Guilty in Cudahy Kidnapping Case Riles Judge
James Callahan is acquitted of complicity in the Edward Cudahy Jr kidnapping after a week in Judge Baker's court. The jury faced with evidence drew a remarkable verdict, provoking a stern rebuke from the judge who discharged the jury and Callahan on the robbery charge.
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Omaha
James Callahan
Edward Cudahy
Callhan
Donahue
Pat Crowe
Callahan
Death of James Douglass Reid Father of the Telegraph
New York April 29 James Douglass Reid known to telegraphers as the father of the telegraph died at his city residence after illness lasting several weeks. Reid's contributions to telegraphy were widely acknowledged in the industry.
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New York
James Douglass Reid
Choctaw Train Robbers Arrested Near Memphis
City Marshal Quinn of Greenville Mississippi has arrested two men at Memphis suspected of complicity in the Choctaw train holdup at Bridge Junction near the city. The detainees identify themselves as Woods and Woodson Woods claims Cincinnati as his home and is described as a suspect in the crime.
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Memphis
Live Stock Market Quotations from Omaha and Kansas City
The live stock market shows little change from yesterday. Cattle remain steady with quality stockers and calves selling around 5.10 for 406 pound stockers, hogs trading steady to a shade higher, and sheep and lambs offered at steady to slow demand with buyers cautious on common grades. Packers led bids early, but prices edged up as hogs moved toward the sale, while the day opened slow for the lighter classes.
Kansas City Market Cattle and Sheep Report
Cattle prices steady with dressed beef cattle at 5.25 to 5.15 dollars per hundredweight for choice and good. Stockers and feeders around 4.10 to 5.05, western fed and Texans 4.25 to 5.15. Cows 3.35 to 4.50, calves 4.50 to 6.00. Sheep and lambs steady with western lambs 4.75 to 5.00, ewes 4.10 to 4.50, rams 3.50 to 5.00, western yearlings 4.65 to 4.90.
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Kansas City
Texas
Bulls
Western
Cabinet meeting elicits optimism on Cuban commission report
Washington insiders describe a somber cabinet session as officials discussed the Cuban commission. Root outlined interview objectives while ministers weighed objections and aims. Most members voiced cautious hope that the convention will accept broader terms following the commission's forthcoming report.
Deaconesses' Orphanage Land Worth 200000 in Indiana
A northern Indiana conference reports the Deaconesses' Orphanage holding two hundred seventy land units valued at $20,000, highlighting its geographic and financial status within the regional church organization.
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Indiana
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