Prisoner fate in Philippine conflict and ship Oregon tale
Reports detail Lieut Gillmore and seven sailors captured by insurgents near Baler. They were bound and ordered shot at San Isidro, but Aguinaldo intervened. Gillmore and companions later confined at Abra, with limited rations. Other items note Lawton and MacArthur movements, and a December Union Pacific station move in Omaha.
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Manrla
Lawton
Bambong
Rayombong
Caygayen Valley
Mawana
United States
Oregon
McCrackin
Vigan
South Ilocos
A. L. Sonnenshein
James C. Gillmore
Yorktown
Baler
Luzon
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Gillmore
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Luna
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MacArthur
Payambang
Bayamban
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Gen
Wheaton
San Fabian
Tayug
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Dedication of South Carolina Industrial Home for Negro Children
The South Carolina Industrial Home for Negro boys and girls near Columbia was dedicated on Thursday. Rev. Richard Carroll led the project begun last April to provide basic education and thrift habits, with four teachers and two trained nurses. Donations funded property purchases and furnishings, with goals to expand to a colored nurses training school and a home for aging ministers.
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South Carolina
Columbia
Richard Carroll
10Th
Immunes
Tuskegee
Booker T. Washington
Carroll
E. P. Little
Bloomfield
Carpenter Heights
D. A. Carpenter
Northfield
J. Lewis Crozier
Upland
Albermarle
Woman’s Baptist Home Mission Society of
Chicago
Julius H. Walker
Central Bank
Man Shoots Woman Then Kills Himself In Street
Nicholas Putz a laborer shot Mary Wielgosznska after she resisted his advances and then turned the gun on himself Thursday. The woman was wounded in the neck and will recover. Putz shot himself in the chest and is not expected to live. Ten days earlier he threatened to kill her unless she married him and was arrested. she refused to prosecute. At 9 50 PM he accosted her at Adams and Superior streets, fired at her in a cigar store, then killed himself as bystanders intervened.
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Mary Wielgosznska
Putz
Miss Wielgosznska
Adams
Superior
Orange River
Belmont
Graf Pan
University of Chicago
Brown
Chicago
Lord Wolseley
London
South Africa
Second Army Corps
Cape
Jacob Schneider
Duluth
Minn
Shillito
Olson
Galveston
Norfolk
Aarhaus
Stavanger
Rome
King Humbert
Ambassador Draper
Texas
Sigsbee
Brunswick
Southeastern Fair Association
Silver Republicans plan eastern push in anti imperialism move
In Caiiaco the silver Republicans meet to ally with Edward Atkinson followers and seek to use anti imperialism to gain influence in eastern states. The aim is to make the group a national force to pressure Democrats toward Bryan's 16 to 1 position.
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Caiiaco
Silver Republicans
Edward Atkinson
Bryan
Griggs Cooper Co Wholesale Building Burns in St Paul
Fire struck the Griggs Cooper Co. wholesale building on East Third Street closing the after building. The blaze caused damage to the structure and stock estimated at 159000 dollars.
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St. Paul, Minn
Griggs, Cooper & Co
East Third Street
Afte
Union Depot
Weather Storm Off Washington Coast Raises Puget Sound Winds
The Weather Bureau reports an extensive storm off the Washington coast on Thursday. High winds swept Puget Sound and the straits with no casualties reported.
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Seattle
Wash
Weather Bureau
Washington Coast
Puget Sound
Straits
Seat of War Reports Methuen Wounded at Graspan
London December 1 reports indicate General Methuen received a non serious wound near Graspan with temporary withdrawal from personal command. Lieut Col Stopford’s death marks a prominent career end and Lieut Long of the second Yorkshires is among those killed. Lord Wolseley orders a new division to embark at once.
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London
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Dadysmith
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Col. Colville
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Lord Wolseley
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Graf Pan
von Hugel
Travers
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Hill
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Flint
Lancashires
Earle
Ottley
Fox
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Neilson
Argyll Highlanders
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Annual Weather Bureau report outlines 1898 work and storms
The annual Weather Bureau report by Prof Willis L Moore highlights upper air explorations, kite and cloud observations, and warnings that prevented major damage. It notes the November 26 27 1898 Massachusetts coast storm with at least 200 deaths, plus extended 48 hour night forecasts and West Indies hurricane warnings.
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United States‘weather Bureau
Massachusetts
Weather Bureau
West Indies
Lesser Antilles
Barbadoes
Government Exhibit Materials Sail for Paris Exposition
Commissioner general Ferdinand Beck met President McKinley in Washington and left for Chicago. The steamer Prairie will depart Baltimore and Norfolk next week with the first government exhibit shipment to France and return in January for a second shipment.
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Washington
Ferdinand Beck
McKinley
Chicago
Prairie
Baltimore
Norfolk
France
Remains of English actor Coghlan interred in vault
The remains of Charles Coghlan were placed in a vault in Galveston Texas on Thursday. Mrs Coghlan traveled to Montreal to join a gravely ill daughter before plans to ship the body to New York for cremation. In Indiana Maud Porter wed Frank Burke on Thursday, daughter of state official and a Newcastle businessman tied the knot. A saw mill boiler explosion near Alfordsville caused serious injuries to Ira Horrall and damage to the plant.
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Galveston
Tex
Charles Coghlan
Wasnixeron
Ind
Dee
Alfordsville
Ira Horrall
Ferns Knocks Out Callahan in First Minute Bout
Jim Ferns of Kansas City knocked out Sammy Callahan of Buffalo in the first minute of the first round at the Hawthorne club Thursday night. Also, K M M Latta aged 80, longtime Northern Indiana practitioner, was found dead in his GosuEeN office chair Thursday night.
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Burrao
N. Y
Jim Ferns
Kansas City
Sammy Callahan
Buffalo
Hawthorne Club
Gosueen
Ind
K. M. M. Latta
Indiana
Farmer George Neithermer Dies in Lake Erie Crossing Wagon Accident
Lafayette Indiana reports George Neithermer an elderly farmer was instantly killed when his wagon was struck at the Lake Erie crossing Thursday morning. He was likely asleep at the time of the crash.
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Lafayette, Ind
George Neithermer
Lake Erie Crossing
Miscdrnee
Samuel Sinkett
Iowa
Dublin
Transports sail from San Francisco to Manila for 42d Infantry
Reports from the era note the transports Donnyvostock and Columbia departing San Francisco Thursday evening with the 42d Infantry aboard. Other items mention Tipton's funeral in Washington and Rock Creek interment, a Victoria transport loading animals in Seattle for the Philippines, and a deadly deer season across Michigan and Wisconsin regions with 11 killed and seven wounded.
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Columbia
San Francisco
Manila
Thomas R. Tipton
Nebraska
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Rock Creek Cemetery
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Seattle
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Michigan
Lake Superior
Wisconsin
Minnesota
National Capital
White House
Thomas Lipton
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London
Charles Keresford
United States
Columbia Eleven Falls to Carlisle Indians at Manhattan Field
In New York on Thursday the Columbia football eleven lost 45 to 0 to the Carlisle Indians at Manhattan field before about 16,000 in attendance inside and as many on the viaduct.
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Cornell
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Franklin Field
New York
Columbia
Carlisle Indians
Manhattan Field
Annual Report May Expand Tropical Cultivation Programs
Secretary Wilson reports progress across the agricultural department including expanded weather service for Caribbean storms, fig fertilization on the Pacific coast, and plans to grow India rubber gutta percha crops in island possessions. He notes irrigation and seed distribution work, with prospects to raise tropical products in Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines and to extend experiment stations to new regions. He cites hog cholera trials, dairy export inspections, and new rice varieties from Japan.
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Weather Bureau
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Merchant Marine
Pacific Coast
Mediterranean
India
United States
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Hawaii
Philippines
Sea Island
Department
Alaska
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Summerville
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Zaid
Japan
Louisiana
Pan-American Congress
Life-Saving Service Yearly Report Details Coastal Stranding
Washington reports the life-saving service ended the year with 265 stations and 428 disasters across Atlantic Gulf Great Lakes Pacific and Ohio falls. 3,903 aboard vessels, 3,847 saved, 56 lost, total property imperiled 8.1 million, 6.26 million saved, 1.84 million lost. 751 shipwrecked rescued, 1,460 days relief. 72 vessels lost entirely. 294 small- craft casualties, 671 aboard, 664 saved, 7 lost. 129289 saved, 9250 lost. 367 vessels saved with cargoes, 2,968,255 valued, 382 other distressed vessels aided. grateful letters received.
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Great Lakes
Pacific
Falls of the Ohio
Louisville
Mrs Myers Sues Ft Wayne Gas for 810000 Damages
Mrs W H Myers files suit against Ft Wayne Gas Co seeking 810,000 for alleged inhalation of leaking gas on Wayne Street. She says fumes destroyed her blood corpuscles leaving her a nervous wreck. her husband is a leading local doctor and the case attracts attention.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
W. H. Myers
Ft. Wayne Gas Co
Wayne Street
Indiana Couple Arrest to Return From Louisville
Mrs Benepe wife of Dr John L Benepe and John L Floyd a Culver Academy teacher were brought back from Louisville after a Tuesday arrest. Mrs Benepe daughter of the late Maj Doxey of Anderson inherited about 550000 after her father's death. The couple had been well regarded in Indianapolis social circles.
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IndianaParis
Ind
Mra Benepe
John L. Benepe
John L. Floyd
Culver Military Academy
Lake
Maxinkuckee
Louisville
Indianapolis
Terre Haute Sets One Day Revenue Record At $116000
In Terre Haute Indiana Internal Revenue collectors reported a one day revenue total of 116577.17 by 3pm Wednesday with other offices awaiting figures. The record surpasses prior totals since the district office opened in the seventh district by over 5000 dollars.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Internal Revenue
D. A. Henry
Havre
Jap Poore
Schmidt
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