Pershing Captures Bacolod Moros After Fort Battle
Manila reports Captain Pershing’s forces seized Bacolod on Mindanao island after a major fort battle. About 100 Moros were killed and many wounded. three Americans injured. Datto Panandungan was among the dead as the fort was destroyed. Bacolod residents have shown hostility toward Americans.
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Manila
Pershing
Bacolod
Mindanao
Shaw
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Patrick
Fifteenth Cavalry
Chacunci
Moros
Datto Panandungan
Moros Bacolodians
Cribbing Held on New Orleans Crevasse as Water Rises
In New Orleans on April 10, workers fastened the breaking cribbing at Hymelia with about 350 men still on site. The levee water backs the area with a plan to narrow the cribbing opening to reduce inflow while the river falls to 19.9 feet per the government report.
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New Orleans
Hymelia
Louisiana
French Troops Enter South China Sparking New Crisis
Report from Victoria dated April 10 notes a fresh crisis as French forces pour into Kwangsi from Assam after a request by Governor Wang Chi Sun. Pekin allegedly countermanded the move, but French troops remain, raising fears of territorial seizure similar to Russia in the north.
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Victoria
B. C
South China
Kwang Si
Assam
Wang Chi Sun
Pekin
France
Russia
Negro mob attacks Cleves town hall in Ohio incident
About fifty black men armed with weapons assault Cleves Ohio town hall while white revelers dance inside. The hall is demolished with boulders and bullets as whites chase the mob. several whites and one black person are injured. a patrol guards the nearby negro settlement at Coal City.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Cleves
Coal City
Abandoned Hope for Hymelia Break Repair as Water Undermines Cribbing
At New Orleans on April 10 the Hymelia crevasse repair effort was abandoned as a strong current undermined the cribbing and light piling. A river flood threat remains with the lower Mississippi river stages projected to stay high for weeks, while workers shift to protecting survivors and awaiting a possible three week high water period.
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New Orleans
Brady
Bureau
Mississippi
Red River
Weather Bureau
Hymelia
Hamilton Club Banquet Features Watterson and Other Speakers
The Hamilton club annual banquet honoring Appomattox surrender anniversary was held Thursday night at the Auditorium hotel. Speakers included Henry Watterson of Louisville Rev Thomas P Greene of Cedar Rapids and Edwin L Hamilton of Michigan. Francis Cushman of Tacoma could not attend due to his father’s death. Chicago April 10.
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Hamilton Club
Appomattox
Auditorium Hotel
Francis W. Cushman
Tacoma
Wash
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Thomas P. Greene
Cedar Rapids
Edwin L. Hamilton
Michigan
Chicago
Authority Sustained Over Cattle Tax in Indian Territory
The DC Court of Appeals upheld tribal authority to require a permit fee or tribal tax before grazing cattle in the Indian Territory by nonmembers. It also upheld Secretary Hitchcock to enforce the law by removing untaxed cattle, in Edwin T. Morris et al v Hitchcock.
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Hitchcock
Washington
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Indian Territory
Secretary of the Interior
Edwin T. Morris
Texas Cattlemen
Ethan A. Hitchcock
Governor Signs In Transportation and Cotton Belt Bills
The governor approved a streetcar rider bill requiring routes in cities over 40000 to carry children under twelve and students to seventeen at half fare. He also approved the Cotton Belt consolidation bill enabling absorption of the Texas and Louisiana line. Austin, April.
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Texas
Louisiana
Austin
Apri
Nine Sawmills Seized Near Harrington in Little River
Indian police under Muskogee orders seized nine sawmills and 2,000,000 feet of lumber valued at $100,000 in Little River country near Harrington after a lively skirmish.
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Parnell
I. T
Muskogee
Little River
Harrington
Charter Granted for Blackwell Fairmount and Southern Railroad
A charter was granted to the Blackwell, Fairmount and Southern Railroad Company with capital of $500,000 to build a 100 mile line from Blackwell to E Reno Oklahoma. Incorporators are residents of Oklahoma and Guthrie.
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Blackwell, Fairmount and Southern Railroad Company
Capital
Southern
Blackwell
E. Reno
Okla
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Man Dressed Younger Than Years Faces Suspicion
A man described as dressing younger than his age faces suspicion from authorities and the public as investigators probe his background and motives. The case draws attention to appearances and aging stereotypes within social circles.
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Smart Set
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