Gunboat Bennington Shells Filipino Schooners Near Panay
The Bennington and Petrel patrolled the southern islands as insurgents on Panay resist. On April 29 three schooners were found at San Jose and later moved to resistance. Bennington shelled the schooners and trenches, scattering 1,600 insurgents as Baliuag was reported captured by Lawton.
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Commercial Tribun
Manila
New York Journal
Princeton
Petrel
Flu
Amihal Dewey
Bennington
San Jose
Panay
Lawton Gals a Battle General Lawson Captures Baliuag
Washington may 2 The War Department received a cable stating General Lawtons column west of Nowagaray captured Baliuag and nearby villages scattering 1600 insurgents. Casualties are two wounded on our side and many insurgents killed wounded or captured. Communication exists with Lawton via Malolos and Hale's troops. Also a separate cable reports prisoners in insurgent hands including Lt Gilmore and seven enlisted men from the Yorktown and six from the army, two men unaccounted for.
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Washington
Lawson
Nowagaray
Baliuag Andvil
Lawton
Malolos
Hale
Sorvey
orIs
War Department
Manila
Adjutant General
Gilmore
Navy Léyt
Yorktown
Army
Rockefeler
Otis
Peace Envoys Seek Ceasefire Amid Manila Talks
Major Manuel Argueleses and Lieutenant Jose Bernal return to Manila to press General Luna’s plea for a cessation of hos tilities. They meet General Otis and say Aguinaldo cannot surrender the army until Congress acts. A Mabini letter underlines official Filipino aims.
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Manila
Manuel Argueleses
Jose Bernal
Antonio Luna
Luna
E. 8
Otis
Congress
Aguinaldo
Senor Mabini
General Otis
General MacArthur
Calumpit
Argueleses
Philippine Islands
Philippine insurgent captivity details reach Manila
Lieutenant J C Gilmore and fourteen U S sailors of the Yorktown report they were captured by Filipinos on April 12 and moved across the mountains from Baler. The listing of missing men was signed by Gilmore and delivered via Major Argueleses in Luna's staff after a noted truce message from MacArthur and Shiels.
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Manila
J. C. Gilmore
United States
Yorktown
Argueleses
Antonio Luna
Gilmore
Baler
St. Tomas
Transfers Arranged for Spain's $20 Million Payment
Madrid handles transfer of funds from the United States as the first $5,000,000 warrant is set for delivery to the City Bank of New York with M. Taigny departing Washington to oversee the process. A second set of warrants totaling $10,000,000 follows, while the final $5,000,000 warrant awaits Spanish authorities and no arrangement is yet made to receive it.
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Spain
Madrid
M. Cambon
Treasury
City Bank of New York
Cites
M. Taigny
Act
Emisy
Washington
M. Boeuve
President hints at medal for volunteers of Philippine campaign
The President told West Coast congressional visitors of his plan to reward volunteers who stayed after peace to help end the Philippine war. A separate medal, distinct from the Medal of Honor, may be recommended to Congress as a memento and token of gratitude.
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Congress
Commercial Tribune
Washington
McKinley
Whch
General Hampton Bravely Fights Fire to Save Daughter and Dog
General Wade Hampton, 81, escaped a blazing Columbia home with his daughter after believing a discharged servant started the fire. He tried to reach a trapped dog, losing eyebrows and part of his mustache in the effort. The Southern Cross residence and Hampton library were destroyed.
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Wade Hampton
General Hampton
Charleston
Hampton
Cord About Her Neck Evidence of Foul Play
Evansville Indiana May 2 Mrs Mary Storck who disappeared ten days ago near this city was found dead in a ditch last Friday evening Coroner exhumed the body and a heavy cord folded four times was found around her neck suggesting strangulation Police seek a strange man seen with Storck the night she disappeared
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Commercial Tribune
Evansville
Ind
Mary Storck
Dowie Attacks Zion Healing Mission in Findlay Visit
Dr John Alexander Dowie head of the Zion healing mission visited Findlay to install Rev S Moot as local overseer replacing Evangelist Brooks He condemned the Christian Alliance hypocrites who preach healing by prayer yet keep pills in their pockets Dowie attacked other churches and secret societies A local man Mr Nelson died under Dowie care and officials questioned the cure He left for Toledo Ohio.
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Commercial Tribune
Findlay
John Alexander Dowie
Christian Catholic Church
Zion
Chicago
Rev. S. Moot
Evangelist Brooks
Marion Opera House
Christian Alliance
Mr. Nelson
Dowie
Nelson
Toledo
Rhodes the Lion Captivates London Shareholders
Cecil Rhodes charms two vast crowds in London as he addresses British South Africa Company shareholders and a farewell audience for Lydia Thompson. He touts Rhodesia’s wealth, railway plans, and a government guarantee for the chartered company, while critics allege inflated claims and urge caution against imperial promises.
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Chicago Tribune
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
London
Cecil Rhodes
British South Africa Company
Lyceum
Lydia Thompson
Cannon Street
Duke of
Transvaal
Rhodes
Rhodesia
Coutld
Rhodesia fears overbuilding as funds lag in Transvaal
The piece notes that Transvaal cannot borrow £2,000,000 while critics warn against overbooming Rhodesia. It mentions Lydia Thompson’s benefit at the Lyceum and high prices for theater seats, including £100 for orchestra seats, with crowds waiting at the pit entrance.
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Transvaal
Rhodesia
Lyceum
Lydia Thompson
Chicago
London
H. J. Whigham
Riot on Buffalo docks ends with gunfire injuring two
A quarrel between a boss cooper and an employee sparked a dockside brawl in Buffalo. George Skinner fired five shots, injuring William Kennedy in the groin and fireman James Hennessey, who was grazed in the abdomen. Skinner and about twenty others were arrested as police restored order.
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N. Y
Cooper
Main
Ohio Streets
George Skinner
Canal Street
William Kennedy
James Kennedy
James Hennessey
Kennedy
Hennessey
Skinner
Statio m House
Bullets killed them Mrs Hassall shot Mrs Hickman then herself
In Stockton two women, Mrs William Hickman and Mrs H A Hassall, were found dead in a lodging house room. A pistol bullet ended both lives. Hassall had been obsessively infatuated with Hickman, and after inviting her to stay the night she killed Hickman and then herself. Hassall, who called herself the Duchess, had come from London. The affair echoes a Memphis case from years prior.
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Stockton
Cal
William Hickman
H. A. Hassall
Largest summer hotel seized on Put in Bay Island
Sheriff Senfert takes possession of Hotel Victory on Put in Bay Island after a $41 000 attachment for Ryan and Co. of Toledo. Appraised at 78 000, the Lake Erie landmark rises eighty feet above the water with 625 guest rooms and a 1200 seat dining hall lit by 6000 incandescent lamps.
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Commercial Tribune
Port Clinton, CO
Senfert
America
Putin Bay Island
Lake Erie
England
Ryan & Co
Toledo
Burials For 252 Cuban War Dead At Arlington
Two hundred fifty two bodies of Cuban and Puerto Rican war dead from the Crook steamer were buried at Arlington Cemetery near Washington with military honors. Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohn attended in place of Alger, as did Major General Miles and staff. Colonel Guenther and two artillery companies led the funeral with the Fourth Artillery Band. Religious services were led by Chaplain Freeland and Father Magee.
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Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Crook
Meiklejohn
War Department
Alger
Miles
Guenther
Fourth Artillery
Washington Barracks
Freeland
Fortress Monroe
Father Magee
Aged bank collector J H Williams commits suicide
J H Williams aged 76 a longtime bank collector killed himself with a large caliber revolver in Upper Sandusky Ohio this evening. He served thirty six years as collector for the First National Bank. No motive is known.
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J. H. Williams
Commercial Tribune
Upper Sandusky, C
Williams
First National Bank
Postmaster Action Bars Philippine Mailings of Atkinson Pamphlets
The Postmaster General ordered San Francisco to stop mailing three Edward Atkinson pamphlets to Manila as seditious. Cabinet discussions weighed potential penalties, with law outlining penalties for inciting insurrection. Atkinson contends the documents rely on Senate debates.
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War Department
San Francisco
Philippines
Smith
Associated Press
Manila
McKinley Returns to Washington From Trip
President McKinley and Mrs McKinley arrive at the White House at 7 40 this morning, accompanied by Assistant Secretary Cortelyou and White House staff. He calls on Vice President Hobart, who is improving, as a party of 1611th Indiana Volunteers departs on foot.
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White House
New York
Washington
McKinley
Cortelyou
Executive Mansion
Hobart
Indiana
Susan B Anthony Elected President of Suffragist Association
In Grand Rapids on May 2 the National American Woman's Suffragist Association chose Susan B Anthony as President with Rev Anna Howard Shaw as Vice President and a slate including Rachel Foster Avery Alice Stone Blackwell Harriet Taylor Upton Carrie Chapman Catt Laura Clay and Catharine Waugh Taylor as officers and auditors. The body approved resolutions protesting the word male in the Hawaiian suffrage clause and urging investigations of colonial conditions while praising Kansas voting gains and Oregon's failure to submit a suffrage amendment. A Michigan colored woman proposed extending car seating to colored women. Laura Clay opposed the move, and the measure was defeated to avoid factionalism.
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Grand Rapids
National American Woman's Suffragist Association
Susan B.thony
Anna Howard Shaw
Rachel Foster Avery
Alice Stone Blackwell
Harriet Taylor Upton
Carrie Chapman Catt
Laura Clay
Catharine Waugh Taylor
Kansas
Oregon
Peace Congress
Michigan
Kentucky
Funston Promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers
Washington May 2 The President appointed Colonel Frederick Funston of the Twentieth Kansas as Brigadier General of Volunteers. The move follows strong recommendations from General MacArthur and General Otis citing Funston's gallantry and signal skill during the Rio Grande crossing and the campaign. General Stone is also noted for his valuable leadership.
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Washington
Frederick Funston
Twentieth
Kansas
MacArthur
General Otis
Funston
Rio Grande River
Stone
Otis
Herrmann Convicted in Murder Trial at Breslau
Herrmann is found guilty of manslaughter in the killings of his three wives and suspected of causing the deaths of his twelve children. He faces fifteen years in prison and ten years civil rights loss. Prosecutors alleged cyanide poisoning in the family deaths.
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Breslau
Herrmann
Atkinson Opposes Postmaster Pamphlet Prohibition Claim
In Boston on May 2 Hon Edward Atkinson, vice president of the Anti Imperialist League, denounces a Washington dispatch claiming the Postmaster General ordered suppression of pamphlets prepared by Mr Atkinson.
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Washington
San Francisco
Manila
Edward Atkinson
Boston
Anti-Imperialistic League
Philippines
Anti-Imperialist League
Washington Dispatch
Atkinson
President Considering Indiana Soldiers Reunion Invitation
Representative Farris invited the President to attend a general soldiers reunion in Terre Haute Indiana on May 20. The President promised to consider the invitation and respond later.
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Washington
Farris
Indiana
Terre Haute
Ind
Box Route Robber Hogan Escapes From Ohio Prison
Jim Hogan known as the Kid, labeled the nation’s most notorious mailbox robber, escapes in a shipped box from a Columbus Ohio penitentiary. Guards mislaid details as Hogan fled north, with outside help suspected. his capture sparked a nationwide manhunt and Secret Service interest. Hogan previously served five year terms and has a wife and child in Chicago.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Jim Hogan
The
Francis Emerson
Hogan
Secret Service
Baxter
Tom O’neil
Peggy Humble
Garrett Fox
Westerville
Sixth Infantry Set for Manila Voyage Delayed
War Department moves to speed re enforcements for General Otis but delays depart of the transport Sherman. The Sixth and Sixteenth Infantry now await the Sherman readiness to sail to Manila, with reshipment planned for the 22nd instant.
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Washington
War Department
Otis
Sherman
Manila
San Francisco
Sixteenth Infantry
Pacific
Refused Pardon for Louisville Housebreaker Edmund Lester
Acting Governor Worthington denied a pardon for Edmund Lester a 1895 housebreaker held in Louisville. The prisoner claimed to be from a prominent New York family and was backed by many high reputation New York bankers. Lester's assumed name and alleged origins sparked wide attention in Frankfort Kentucky.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Worthington
Edmund Lester
Lester
New York
New York City
Louisville
Poison in Barnet's body linked to mercury death
Prof Witthaus reports large quantity of cyanide of mercury in H. C. Barnet's viscera. District Attorney Gardiner leads the inquiry into Mrs Adams's death. Molineaux, jailed in the Tombs, is accused of Mrs Adams's murder and connected to Barnet's death.
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Witthaus
H. C. Barnet
Gardiner
Adams
Molineaux
Barnet
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