Peace talks stumble as Filipino envoys reach Manila
Filipino commissioners led by General Gregorio del Pilar and Senor Graciagazaga arrive in Manila by special train from Malolos to press for armistice terms. Otis rejects negotiation, while American gunboats shell insurgents near San Luis and troops march along a wooded road amid cautious natives.
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Gregorio del Pilar
Lawton
Alberto Barretto
Zealcita
Aguinaldo
Senor Graciagazaga
Florentino Torres
Pablo Campo
Theodore Yanco
Manila
Malolos
Barry
Ianch
Capitan
Ayun
Ag Jnaldo
Jamient
Otis
City Hall
Oregon
Bay
San Luis
Canadaba
Seventeenth
Carriarge
England
Grant
Laguna de Bay
Robbe
San Isidro
MacArthur
San Fernando
Nebraska Regiment
Paigning
Calumpit
Jones French Relieved River Advance Near San Isidro
General ion ordered Jones French and the Twenty-seventh Infantry down the river miles from San Isidro to engage the enemy. They drove the foe from position with four American losses reported. Rio Grande reportedly clear of guerrilla activity. Dewey sails Manila for Hong Kong aboard the Olympia on May 20, signaling a shift in operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones French
San Isidro
Rio Grande
Gente
Washington
Admiral Dew
Navy Department
Olympia
Manila
Hong Kong
Horrifying Sights From Queensland Hurricane Coast
Vancouver reports devastation along the north Queensland coast after a hurricane wrecked the pearl fishery fleet. The cutter Mystery finds 58 bodies, 18 identified, 40 unidentified including 36 natives. Coast vessels wrecked. 885 lives lost.
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Vancouver
B. C
Sydney
Mystery
Cookstown
Queensland
Lake City postoffice restoration urged after mayoral murder
Columbia South Carolina reporter notes James Norton seeks to restore Lake City post office closed after Postmaster Baker was killed. Three hundred residents must fetch mail at the railway station three miles away. Norton cites postal boycott harming merchants and hindering mail to trains.
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Columbia
8. C
James Norton Isington
Lake City
Baker
Congressman Norton
Despondent widow takes her own life in Centralia
In Centralia on May 20, Mrs. Joseph, a despondent widow, committed suicide at her home by swallowing a poison. She was described as wealthy and distressed, reflecting a tragic self-inflicted death.
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Joseph
Centralia
Droll
Illinois Volunteers Muster Out and Prison Term Given
Augusta Georgia May 20 The Ninth Illinois volunteers under Colonel Campbell were mustered out leaving only the Sixth Ohio to be discharged May 26 and a few cavalry at Camp McKenzie. St Louis May 20 Charles Humes alias Johnson pleaded guilty to assault and robbery of Miss Ethel Harkey and was sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary.
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Augusta
Illinois Volunteers
Campbell
Ohio
Camp McKenzie
St. Louis
Charles Humes
Johnson
Ethel Harkey
Klein
Gui
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Climax
Johnson Creamery
C. M. Proctor
Herbert Campbell
Randy Kitchen
Kandy Kitchen
Lowney
Gunther
Dewey
Postoffice
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N. M
Washington, D. C
Iesnesma
Eben Green
F. M. Green
Urbana
Mansfield
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
Cedar Gap
Pine Bluff
Ark
Mattie Phillips
John B. Mikes
Telephone
Garth, Howell & Webb
Chattanooga
Denver
Tenn
Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly
Bryan Water, Ice, Light and Power Company
Selec
Dixie Mosquiage
James & Castles
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