Banditti Rampage in Puerto Rico Amid U.S. Troop Actions
Reports from Utuado Puerto Rico describe bandits described as Black Hand near the island’s unsettled areas. They loot burn and threaten, wearing American flags and claiming U.S. commission. Sixth Regiment patrols, rescues and evacuates sick, with many soldiers affected by typhoid fever. A new hospital system and medical staff are being organized as detachment details continue across rough mountain routes.
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Atuado
Puerto Rico
Porto Rico
Rice
Utuado
Butler Ames
Braxton
Greig
Lowell
Lares
Pearson
Sixth Regiment
San Juan
Arecibo
Ponce
Massachusetts
W. F. Irish
C. Story
Burrill, Crockett
Mano Negra
Harry Thayer
Andrews
Quartermaster Sweetser
James E. Jordan
Cervantes
Baldorioty Street
General Pavia
Massachusetts Avenue
Jesus Y Maria
Sherman Street
San Felipe
Miles Street
Carlos Tercero
Lincoln Street
Magallanes
Wilson Street
Pizarro
Admiral Sampson
Santa Isabel
Liberty Street
Santiago
Morgan Street
Santa Rosa
Newspaper Row
San Rafael
Gral
Maceo
Lealtad
Maximo Gomez
Rosario
Betances
Cruz
Stone
Mendez Nunez
Contreras
Herman Cortes
Calixto Garcia
San Fernando
Ruiz Rivera
Calle del Puente
Pig
Vergara
Perez Freytes
Plaza Mayor
McKinley Square
Plazuela de la Magdalena
Independence Place
de San Ildefonso
Lafayette Place
Id Corregimiento
America Place
Marina
Liberty Place
Deaths and furloughs mark camp routine at Camp Dalton
Typhoid claims three Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers, Private Thomas Eagan and Private Owen Smith die at Framingham Hospital while Private John Canty succumbs at the local hospital. Army pay and uniforms proceed, guards withdrawn, and Bay State hospital ship passengers arrive home.
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Ninth
Massachusetts Volunteers
Thomas
Eagan
Saxonville
Owen Smith
East Weymouth
Company C
Smith
Camp Meade
Santiago
John O’brien
John Canty
Ninth Massachusetts
Sixth Regiment
Boston
Bay State
W. F. Howland
Arthur Yates
Albert R. Ordway
Sylvester F. Sullivan
Herbert EB. Tuttle
Joseph Williston
C. H. Lincoln
Hart’s Son Dies in Puerto Rico Typhoid Fever
Concord reports the death of Private Carl Hart in Utuado Puerto Rico from typhoid fever. Hart, member of Company I Sixth Regiment, is the son of Charles S Hart deputy superintendent at the Massachusetts Reformatory. The father received a cablegram this morning confirming the death.
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Concord
Charles
Hart
Massachusetts Reformatory
Ponce
Porto Rico
Carl Hart
Utuado
Miss Davenport to Be Buried From Trinity Church
The funeral of Fanny Davenport will be from Trinity Church at noon Thursday. The body will travel to Boston from Duxbury on a special morning train. Music will be by members of the Bostonians. Pallbearers include Joseph Jefferson and Isaac B. Rich among others. Ushers listed are Henry W. Daniell, Ben Stern, Frank Williams, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny Davenport
Trinity Church
Boston
Duxbury
Bostonians
Joseph Jefferson
John B. Schoeffel
Isaac B. Rich
H. H. Beach
A. A. Folsom
B. Wolff
W. T. W. Ball
Henry W. Daniell
Ben Stern
Miss Davenport
Frank Williams
Joseph R. Grismer
Robert Edison
Charles F. Kellog
George Phillips
East Boston High School contract awarded to Mead Mason Co
The school committee voted to award the East Boston High School construction contract to Mead, Mason & Co. for 203 006 after reconsideration. A bid by James Coulson was rejected for financial reasons. the committee emphasized awarding to the lowest bidder.
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Mason Street
East Boston High School
Mead, Nason & A
Huggan
A. L. Lowell
Mead, Mason & Co
Coulson
Eaton
Committee
Building Trades Council
Woman Suspected of Murder Arrives in Liverpool guarded
Detectives await the Vancouver passengers landing at Liverpool to arrest a woman described as suspected of having committed a murder in Canada. Authorities keep her identity secret while she boards a train toward London under guard. Inspector Lamoine trails in another compartment ready to detain her if she heads to a specified house.
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Liverpool
Vancouver
Montreal
Canada
London
Lamoine
Spaniards Press Philippine Fate as Peace Talks Open
Washington dispatch reports Spain’s foreign minister and the Spanish peace commissioners signaling firm aims on Luzon and Palawan. US officials warn against insurgent betrayal, require guarantees for natives, and fear ceding islands to any power.
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Washington
Almodovar del Rio
Philippines
United States
Luzon
Spain
McKinley
Manila
Peace Commission
Palawan
China
Australia
South Pacific
State Department
America
Judge Day
Philippine Islands
Cuba
Suspected Dr Nancy Guilford Tracked to London
State Attorney Samuel Fessenden reports a Liverpool telegram says a woman matching Mrs Dr Guilford left the Vancouver for London under police surveillance. Governor Cooke and the State Department arranged for provisional arrest in London pending requisition papers. Fessenden says detectives' information points to the London surveillance target as Dr Nancy Guilford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford, Conn
Samuel Fessenden
Liverpool
London
Fessenden
Cooke
State Department
Washington
United States
Bank Wrecked by Bold Indianapolisis Robbers in Flora
In Flora Indiana a private bank was dynamited at 3 o clock by unknown robbers. Cashier William Lannum was wounded in the face and one eye blown out. The safe was blown to pieces and the robbers fled on a handcar toward Sedalia. Amount stolen between 12000 and 15000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Times-Star
Frankfort
Ind
Flora
William Lannum
Lannum
Sedalia
Here
Cheeky Ned Walker to Be Released From Clinton Prison
Robert Walker known as Thomas E Hardman James Smith and Cheeky Ned faces arrest after the Clinton New York state prison term ends October 10 Inspector Harris of Boston to escort him to this city. Chief Watts sought Walker’s capture since 1895 due to past offenses in Boston and Albany. Walker’s release was delayed for misbehavior extending his sentence to October 10. He was indicted by a local grand jury in 189% with warrants pending.
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Robert Walker
Thomas E. Hardman
James Smith
Cheeky
Ned
Clinton
New York
Harris
Boston
Watts
Walker
Albany
N. Y
Two West Quincy Men Held After Crossing Tender Death
Frederick I Hayden and Daniel Fitzgerald were arrested for the killing of Michael Saville. At court the government sought a one day continuance and may switch the charge from murder to manslaughter though observers doubt the latter. some think only assault may be supported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Frederick I. Hayden
Daniel Fitzgerald
West Quincy
Michael Saville
Thomas F Ring Dies Leader in Charities and Saint Vincent Work
Thomas F Ring, vice president of the Associated Charities and president of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of New England, died at his home in Boston. He joined the Holy Cross conference as an original member on March 9, 1864, later serving as secretary, president, and Central Council president. He sat on the Board of Overseers of the Poor of Boston and held multiple advisory and relief posts through 1898. He was active in public institutions, children's care, and civic committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Ring
Associated Charities
St. Vincent de Paul Society of
New England
Victoria Street
Holy Cross Conference
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Central Council
Boston
Citizens’ Relief Committee
Quincy
Oxley Held on Manslaughter Charge in Gill Case
Bridgeport police arraigned Albert H Oxley on a manslaughter charge as an alleged accessory in the Emma Gill death from the Yellow Mill Pond mystery. No testimony was taken and bonds were set at 3000 dollars, keeping the case open until Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Albert H Oxley
Emma Gill
Yellow Mill Pond
Fatal Bicycle Accident in Beverly
William Poole of Beverly died after a bicycle collision with a team shaft on Es sex bridge. He fell, was taken to a store and hospital, dying at 2 30 p m from internal hemorrhage. The driver of the team was arrested pending investigation. Poole was on the wrong side of the road with his head turned away.
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Beverly
William Poole
Essex Bridge
J. A. Hind
Salem
Poole
Burglary at Murray Bros Grocery in Haverhill
Police report a professional safe-breaking at Murray Bros wholesale grocery near Winter street railway crossing in Haverhill. Detectives suspect the same crew as recent breaks in Maine and New Hampshire, noting skeleton keys and dynamite used. missing $20 and a $30 check imply a careful, quiet entry.
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Haverhill
Murray Bros
Winter Street
Maine
New Hampshire
Yellow Jack Found in Wilson Parish Quarantine Declared
Washington reports Surgeon General Wyman received a message from the State Board of Health about an API outbreak in New Orleans. Twenty six cases of mild yellow fever are listed in Wilson, Louisiana. Town and parish are quarantined with the source of infection untraceable.
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Washington
Wyman
State Board of Health
New Orleans
Wilson
Aldermen Nominate Pettingill and Rust for Sinking Funds
The Board of Aldermen in a brief session renominated A. K. Pettingill and Nathaniel J. Rust for sinking fund commissioners, replacing Samuel Johnson and Rust respectively. A vote is slated for the next meeting. The body also authorized a $36,000 school building improvement appropriation and approved land for a Dorchester Heights monument site. The Election Commissioners may acquire four U S voting machines for fall elections.
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Board of Aldermen
Quincy
A. K. Pettingill
Nathaniel J. Rust
Pettingill
Samuel Johnson
Rust
Maine
Boston
8. M. Pettingill
New York
United States
Mechanic National Bank
Public Buildings Department
Dorchester Heights
George Washington
Board of Election Commissioners
Notorious swindler Walker and associates jailed and jailed again
The article recounts Walker a long-time con artist with a city office who swindled victims including a piano renter, jewelers and a milliner. He used forged checks and small frauds, totaling about $1000, and faced multiple arrests from 1892 to 1894 including a ten year sentence and a year in Joliet. He worked with Carrie Tord and was linked to various thefts and badger games nationwide.
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Walker
New England Piano Company
Garfield National Bank of New York
Merchants’ National Bank
State Street
Boston
Herbert W. Richardson & Co
Washington Street
J. J. Grace
Carrie Tord
Philadelphia
Charles Petit
Chicago
Eastern
Joliet
Milnois
Washington, D. C
Sheepshead Bay Race Track
California Pete
Peter Raymond
California
Baltimore
Sailor John Coan Killed by Brighton Trolley Car
John H. Coan of Fall River Massachusetts Naval Reserve died after being struck by a Newton streetcar near Cambridge and Elko streets in Brighton. Motorman Herbert Reed and conductor Fred Munday describe the collision, with Coan sustaining fatal injuries and dying at City Hospital at 5 55 PM. Coan had served six months aboard the U S S Prairie and was reportedly elated to return home before the accident. This marks the second naval reserves death since departure for the front, following Lynn French who died of typhoid near Cuba.
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Jackie
U. S. S. Prairie
John H. Cohn
Massachusetts Naval Brigade
King Philip Street
Globe Village
Fall River
Coan
Newton
Cambridge
Elko
Brighton
Allston
Herbert I. Reed
Harvard Avenue
Elko Street
Cambridge Street
Elko Stret
John
Fred Munday
Brackett Street
Rice
Ambulancs
City Hospital
Lynn French
Cuba
New England Mutual Accident Assn Under Department Review
The New England Mutual Accident Association faced a state insurance department examination. The company, incorporated in 1837, is led by President A P Martin with a $500 nominal capital and no dividends. Assets total about 65,744 after deductions, with 256,988 in income since 1898 and 188,186.61 in disbursements, leaving a 68,801.87 balance at Aug 8, 1898.
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New England Mutual Accident Association
Insurance Department
A. P. Martin
New England
F. J. Moore
S. 8. Coats
O. R. Maynard
J. A. Follett
B. H. Ticknor
W. R. Gray
H. H. Earl
W. A. Robinson
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Company Ll
Company I
Day
Company L
Utuada
Total
Company
Pital
Wi Wilson
Sign OF the Tremont Row
Eagan, Canty and Smith
Lawrence
Walter A. Savage
Frederick A. Carr
Common Council
Trinity
England
DR. Guilford
Ube
Fulton
North Carolina
South Carolina
H. B. Kirk
8. 8
Pierce Co
Ohio
OXLEY
Yellow Jack
Election Board
Lilias Cheeky
Se Long
John Hl. Goan
Fall River Naval Reserve
Cerin Brighton
Motorman
Motorman Reed
Fender
Saies
Beecham
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