Buys and Surrenders in Philippine Conflict Rumors
Dispatches claim insurgent Gen. Pio del Pilar offered to sell his army for 50000 dollars and aid involving Aguinaldo for 1000000 in a staged battle. Otis dismisses such offers as not to be acted on though rumors persist of del Pilar moving with 1800 to 8000 troops near the San Mateo valley.
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Manila
Otis
Pio del Pilar
Aguinaldo
Pio del Vilar
Pio del Pilir
Woud
Vic del Pilar
la Lovin
Sa Mateo Valley
Spaniards Plot to Surrender Guns Foiled by Filipinos
In Laguna de Bay district near Santa Rosa Filipino forces killed seven of ten former Spanish soldiers who plotted to surrender Krupp and Nordenfeldt artillery to Americans. Delegates to Manila were captured and three Spaniards fled to Manila while Gen. Otis refused surrender for pay. In San Mateo near Arayat Batson's Macabebe scouts drove off attackers, with several Filipinos killed and arms seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Santa Rosa
Laguna de Bay District
Otis
Krupp
Nordenfeldt
Lipa
Spain
Napidan
Batson
San Mateo
Arayat
Christmas Boxes For Philippine Officers And Soldiers
The War Department orders Christmas boxes shipped to Philippines bound recipients. From San Francisco to Maj. O F Long by Nov 20 and from New York to Maj. J Z Jones by Nov 1. Prepaid freight, 20 pound max, no perishables. Address clearly with recipient and unit. department bears no liability for condition but will strive for safe delivery.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Quartermaster General
San Francisco
Philippines
Maj
O. F. Long
Army Transport Service
Cal
New York
Maj. J. 2. Jones
Vier
Columbia
Brooklyn
N.Y
Quartermasters’ Department
Forty sixth regiment delayed by drumhead court martial
Cincinnati dispatch reports the Forty sixth Massachusetts volunteers en route to Manila were delayed by drumhead court martials for drunkenness aboard trains. Thirty offenders were sent to the Columbus barracks, with more trials at Valley Junction and guardhouse detention. Other items note Baltic and Cape Town dispatches and Ohio river improvement talks.
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Cincinnati
Forty-sixth Regiment of Volunteers
Massachusetts
Manila
Chesapeake & Ohio
Kegler
Columbus Barracks
Valley Junction
St. Louis
Finest Troop Ship Afloat Sails for New York Dry Dock
The United States transport Thomas, described as the finest troop ship afloat, has left Cramps ship yard for New York to enter dry dock for painting. She will depart for the Philippines in early November carrying over 2,000 personnel including soldiers officers nurses and crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States
Thomas
Cramps
New York
Philippines
Soldiers miss voting time for Topeka election
Topeka Kansas October 20 regret is expressed that Twentieth Kansas regiment soldiers mustered out in San Francisco October 28 cannot reach Kansas City in time to vote in the November 8 party elections. Voters must be registered ten days before the date.
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Topeka
Kas
Twentieth Kansas Regiment
San Francisco
Kansas City
Turmoil in Samoa as Mataafa Faction Tensions Rise
In Atua district natives clash over a feast as Tuisala fatally shoots two men. Mataafa adherents claim government status while Solf issues a rival poll tax proclamation. Malietoa factions face displacement from Apia amid mounting arms and pretext for further outbreak.
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Tuisala
Samoa
Apia
Mataafa
Solf
Mataata
Malietoa
Insurgents dispersed near Jose Malinas by U S troops
Capt. Mac Rae with a Third Infantry battalion and Capt. Chynoweth with a Seventeenth Infantry battalion moved to Jose Malinas to disperse about 300 insurgents led by Juan Dicarot who had harassed outposts along the Santa Ana to Arayat road. The insurgents fled toward Magalang and the area between Angeles and Arayat is now reported clear. The Democracia notes orient and European juntas plan to send a delegation to Washington on the Filipino cause led by Regidor with Agoncillo and Apacible among members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
MacRae
Third Infantry
Chynoweth
Seventeenth Infantry
Jose Malinas
Juan Dicarot
Santa Ana
Arayat
Magalang
Angeles
Democracia
Orient
Europe
Washington
Regidor
Agoncillo and
Apacible
Missing Kansas cattleman Carl Casberg linked to Germany
Carl Casberg, manager of a 1000 acre stock farm near Randolph Missouri owned by the Missouri Kansas and Texas Trust Company, has been missing since August 30 and is believed to have returned to his home in Germany. Local cattlemen say he owes about eight thousand dollars and have attached his few remaining belongings. Casberg traded cattle in the Kansas City market with papers totaling ten thousand dollars held by two firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Carl Casberg
Randolph
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Trust Co
Germany
Casberg
A Thrifty Damsel And A Secret Funeral Wreath
A young woman boards a streetcar with boxes and bundles. Another rider asks about a wedding but learns the wreath is for a teacher's funeral. She claims the wreath cost two dollars and sixty cents, but pays only two dollars, planning to let others think she paid full price.
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Detroit Free Press
Fray Over Alleged Dishonesty Sparks Public Gripe
A city alderman defends his record in a sharp exchange about pay and value. The Indianapolis Journal notes the accusation and his retort. A second quip recalls a rescued girl and a wry remark on sea buoyancy by Ally Sloper style banter.
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Rio del Pilar
Will
Aguinalde
Paterno
Arsuinalde
Calamba
Philippine Islands
the Forty-Sixth Regiment
Berlin
Gommentegsoom
Emperor William
Hamburg
Kaiser Karl der Grosse
Berliner Flageblatt
Cape Town
Cape Times
Kimberley
Mafeking
Fitzclarences
Ohio
Louisville
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Congress
Cairo
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Pittsburgh
Woman's Home Missionary Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
California
Hawaii
QuarreIx
Atua
Tie
Kormoran
Agoncillo
Just Wrath
Indianapolis Journal
Sloper
Hood
Hoods Sarsaparilly
W. L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas Shoe CO
Brockton, Mass
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Bostem
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