Colonel Stotsenburg Killed At Quengua
In an April 23 engagement near Quengua four miles northeast of Malolos seven Americans were killed and 44 wounded. Killed were Colonel John M. Stotsenburg of the First Nebraska Regiment, Lieutenant Lester E. Sisson, and five privates from Nebraska and the Fourth Cavalry. Filipinos retreated with small losses.
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Manila
Quengua
Malolos
John M. Stotsenburg
Nebraska Regiment
Sixth Cavalry
Lester E. Sisson
Nebraska
Fourth Cavalry
First
Stotsenburg
Lester E. Sis
Washington
Iowa
Utah Light Artillery
Otis
Stotsenburg Killed Leading Charge at Quengua Trench
In a Quengua engagement near Manila on April 23, Colonel Stotsenburg of the Nebraska regiment and Lt. Sisson were killed as American forces attacked a horseshoe trench. Major Bell and Major Mufford led rescues. the Nebraska regiment suffered heavy casualties while repelling insurgent fire. The townsmen held the second trench with artillery support arriving to shell the enemy works.
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Bell
Nebraska Regiment
Mufford
Stotsenburg
Manila
Casualties Reported At Quengua In Malolos Area
General Otis transmits casualty figures from Quengua with 49 total casualties including both officers and enlisted men. He notes additional losses at Quengua from a reconnaissance battle led by Major Bell, with four infantry battalions and four artillery pieces engaged and reports Colonel Stotsenburg and Lt Sessions among the dead.
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Washington
Quengua Place
Malolos
Bell
Quengua
Stotsenburg
Sessions
Nebraska
Gallant Indiana Native Led First Nebraska in War
Colonel John Miller Stotsenburg, born November 4 1858 in Indiana, rose from cadet to colonel of the First Nebraska Infantry. He commanded during the Manila campaign and faced early mutiny over his discipline, later vindicated as his unit saw combat in the Philippines.
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Stotsenburg
Manila
First
Nebraska
Nebraska Volunteer Infantry
Pratt
Cheap Talk Hurts Cannon and Reed's Toga
Washington dispatch reports ongoing Philippine hostilities with Gen Otis commanding near Malolos. Detailed commentary blames penny politicians and anti imperialists for emboldening Aguinaldo while noting limited enforcements and a push toward direct settlement with the insurgent leader.
Archbishop Ireland to Speak at Orleans May 8 Ceremony
Washington reports Archbishop Ireland will deliver the principal discourse at the May 8 Joan of Arc celebration in Orleans. The event blends religious and national observances with pilgrimages from Europe and a papal benediction, aiming to clarify misunderstandings about Americanism per Hecker.
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Washington
Ireland
Europe
Orleans
Father Hecker
Victim All His Life Ailing Man Committed Inmate
Joseph Kidd, who tried to murder his brother in Harrison County on Monday, was declared insane and sent to the asylum on Thursday. He has endured multiple severe injuries since childhood including a head wound at age three, a truck accident at nineteen, and a fall from a roof at twenty-eight, with lasting dementia after the latter incident.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Joseph Kidd
Harrison County
Cherbourg Oak Block Hidden Parchments and Medals Found
A Cherbourg workmen’s chopping block collapsed revealing old parchments money medals and portraits of Louis Philippe stored within. The curious find is linked to a ruined building fragment discovered at the site in April. Nearby news notes political shifts in France including Mme Bionchini’s appeal and Loubet’s potential sentence commute.
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Chicago Tribune
The
Commercial Tribune
Paris
Cherbourg
Louis Philippe
Mme. Bionchini
Loubet
Krantz Leygues
Tunis
Jules Ferry
Academy of Moral Political Sciences
Francois Joseph Audiffre
Marchand
France
Sybra
Grace Corneau
Coghlan Defends Remarks On Dewey Speech and Kaiser Verse
Captain Coghlan of the Raleigh explains that his comments attributed to him were misrepresented. He recalls dining at a private club where he heard a German flag remark and recited a Kaiser doggerel later copied in English papers, stressing he meant no offense and that Dewey did not speak for him.
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Olympia
Coghlan
Dewey
William
Prince Henry
Sydney
Australia
Hongkong
Manila
Wildman
The Burned Negro Hose in Georgia at Newnan
In Newnan Georgia a mob of about two thousand hounded Sam Hose a Black man accused of killing Alfred Crawford and assaulting his wife. Hose was taken from jail and burned at a stake in a public road as crowds purchased his remains and officials pleaded for restraint. Governor Atkinson and Judge Freeman urged law full process but the crowd pressed on toward Palmetto.
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W. Y. Atkinson
Georgia
Atkinson
Hose
Crawford
Palmetto
Macon
Candler
Jones
Central of Georgia
Atlanta
Griffin
Newnan
Jones Brothers
Campbell County
Brown
Sam Hose
A. D. Freeman
Elijah Strickland
Alfred Crawford
Strickland
Revenue agents seize nearly 10000 cigars in Evansville raid
Internal revenue officers sweep Evansville in search of contraband cigars bearing false stamps. About 10,000 cigars were confiscated today, with officials noting the haul originated from Pennsylvania and the operation only just started.
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Commercial Tribune
Evansville
Ind
Internal Revenue
Pennsylvania
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Naissance At
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Toga
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