Circling the globe concise history of seven days' doings
Intelligence by Effcetric Wire from Every Quarter of the Civilized World covers foreign affairs and maps amid war news. The report notes Gen. MacArthur advancing toward San Fernandes and Maj. Gen. Lawson directing Saunier to prevent UPLCTIS from retreating from San Fe toward the mountains.
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War Department
Ots
Tis Fureses
MacArihne Straighet
Calaume
San Fernandes
Lawson
Astrana F
James Whitcomb Riley at Fort Wayne Lind
James Whitcomb Riley, famed Hoosier poet, appears in Fort Wayne Lind on May 14 under Wayne Press Club auspices. This sole Northern Indiana engagement draws large crowds with Riley reading his verses and Robey delivering poems in a promising program at the Princess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Whitcomb Riley
Fort Wayne
Lind
Jas Whitenub Riles
Indiana
Princess Lunk
Fort Way
Wayne Press
Yis
HeosienIom
Robey
Wasne
Conflagration Destroys Tribune Cleibice House
A large Jelradu fire destroyed the Tribnnes Cleibice House and damaged adjacent structures. Sparks spread to nearby buildings as the blaze grew, gutting several residences a clubhouse and four business offices before crews could gain control. Firemen Abraham Duncan and Williams Porter were injured as investigators seek the fire’s cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beri Cis
Jelradu
Tribnnes Cleibice
Allen
Sidacon
Abraham Duncan
Wiliams Porter
Turkey to Settle Taupe? Turkish pledge to pay for massacre losses
Constantinople correspondent reports the sultan authorized Oscar S. Straus to telegraph to President McKinley Turkey's promise to pay 160,000 dollars claimed for destruction of American property during the Armenian massacres.
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Constantinople
The
Loninon Chroniciie
Oscar Os. Straus
Mekintey
Turkey
Armeniin
Fire destroys 20000 barrels of oil in town blaze
A lightning strike near a pumping station in Da caused the destruction of about twenty thousand barrels of oil with losses around 50004 dollars. The blaze threatened the pumping station and nearby homes, but danger is now over.
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Cantown
Boiler Blast Ravages Hopkinsville Mill Killing Two
A boiler break at the McKnight mill in Hopkinsville, Kentucky destroys the mill and kills Jarrett and Effie McKnight, proprietors, injures Joan White and a boy, with other injuries reported as a man’s arm is blown off.
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Ato Hopkinsville
McKnight
Savemill
Metantry
Jarrett
Effie McKnight
Joan White
Lew
Meinight
Woman Dies After Fire Destroys Cortland Home
Mrs. Joannir Davern a widow aged six years died in a Cortland New York fire that destroyed her residence. She was saved once from the blaze but reentered to recover papers and perished.
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Joannir Davern
Cortland
N.Y
Mrs Childs Denies Marriage Claim Involving Wheeler
Mrs Childs Demeant authorizes Phiileiphlia Jedeer to deny statements that a marriage was contemplated between herself and Gen. Joseph Wheeler. The note asserts the claim is untrue.
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George W. Childs
Gen
Joseph Wheeler
General Grig? Thomas Anderson Takes Lakes Command
Gen Thomas Anderson, recently returned from the Philippines, has been assigned to command the Department of the Lakes in Chicago.
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Chicago
Grig
Thomas Anderson
Philippines
Department of the Lakes
Window Washer Dies After Fall From Sixth Story
John Fisher, a window washer, fell from the sixth story of the Taghery Building in Chicago and was killed instantly.
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John Fisher
Taghery Building
Chicago
Chapman Slate Co Raises Wages Near Bethlehem
The Chapman Slate Company announces a wage advance of 15 to 29 percent for workers at its large Bethlehem area quarries in Pennsylvania.
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Chapman Slate Company
Bethlehem
Denver Set for Fitzaim vs Jeffries Bout
Manager Otto C Fiotto of the Colorado Athletic Association confirms the Fitzaim mons Jeffries fight will occur in Denver with a $25 000 purse. He has received a dispatch from the principals asking him to travel to New York to finalize arrangements.
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Denver
Otto C. Fiotto
Colorado Athletic Association
New York
Akron Special Report On Gauthiers Death Rumors
Gauthiers died at Camp Mead of typhoid fever, with rumors he was kicked to death. His mother requests an investigation into the incident.
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Akron
Qlioj
Alex. Gauthiers
Camp Mead
Market mood: wheat and cotton soften amid quiet demand
Bradstreet notes favorable spring retail distribution and steady lumber markets while first hand demand for several goods wanes in the between season. Wheat and cotton prices drift lower with mixed crop signals. hog products weaken as exports show uneven activity.
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Bradstreet
Fae
Mt Tool Sa
Five AR Instantly Killed by Dupont Powder Works Explosion
Five men killed instantly and several others seriously injured when an explosion ripped through the Dupont smokeless powder works at Cartes’s Point, New Jersey. Shattered mill structures and scattered debris filled the fields as the blast collapsed the iron mill building and destroyed presses. The cause remains unknown, with theories pointing to old milling methods or a broader mill collapse.
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Dupont
Dupont Flackeless
Cartes’s Vaint
N.ob
Nueisi
Windstorm wrecks towns near San Antonio kills cowboy
A fierce wind and hail storm damaged areas around San Antonio Texas visiting Lytle Weimer and Meding. A Mexican cowboy died at SNL ranch near Lytle while City Marshal Insall and family were hurt at Weimer. Miss Minnie Slalstead injured and two pupils seriously hurt at Meding. A separate San Francisco riot alarm involved Presidio troops and local police.
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Vesus
Lytle
SNL
Weimer
Insall
Fire Destroys Pittsburg Block on Market Street
A blaze at 3:30 a.m. destroyed J. J. Welden seven story grocery, Novelty Candy Works, and several adjacent structures on Market Street and Third Avenue Pittsburg Pa. Losses total about 210600 with Welden stock 850000 building 60000 Novelty stock and building 850000 Winkel stock 12000 building 3000. Gas explosion linked as cause.
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Pittsburg
Market Street
Third Avenue
J. J. Welden
Winkel
James J. Welden
Novelty Candy Company
Winkel & Co
Revenge Murder Linked To Warranted Hanging And Jail Fatalities
News reaches Little Rock of the Van Buren County assassination of Hugh Catterson’s son by Lee Mills and Will Hardin. Mills was hanged recently and Hardin was shot in jail. A belief holds young Plastarson was killed by Hardin allies for revenge. Also a Rochester New York rail wreck killed two and injured many on an excursion train near Roches ter.
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Little Rock
Ark
van Buren
Hugh Catterson
Lee Mills
Will Tlardin
Mills
Ilardin
Young Plastarson
Hardin
Rochester and Lake Ontario
Rochester
N.Y
Not Ready for Statehood Gen Henry Opposes Porto Rico Statehood
General Henry, the American military governor of Porto Rico, tells the insular committee from Washington that Porto Ricans should not be urged toward statehood. He favors a territorial government. Mrs. George Acquitted at Canton Ohio jury returns verdict of acquittal in the olrs. George case.
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Gen. Henry
Porto Rico
Insular
Washington
George
Canton
Ohio
Olrs. George
Demand for Punishment of Gen Torres at Bluefields Strike
Officials report a demand for Gen Torres punishment due to oppressive conduct toward American merchants at Bluefields Nicaragua. The government asks the Nicaraguan authority to relieve him from duty and keep the Detroit at Bluefields to protect Americans until peace and order are restored.
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Gen. Torres
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Zelaya
United States
Detroit
Lorres
Convict Escapes Freight Box from Ohio Penitentiary
Timothy Wilson, a famed US prisoner and small time box, escapes Columbus Ohio prison by hiding in a freight box. He was concealed as the box was loaded for shipment and passed by weighers and clerks before slipping away at the destination.
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Ohio
Timnothy Woson
United States
Columbbus
Pdtowan
Logan
Benaieutes
Comin
Learing
Opeia
Hey
Qin
Jin
Dulute Street Cars Idle as Union Strike Paralyzes Duluth
Duluth street car traffic nearly stops as the local union declares a strike over alleged grievances against the receiver. Nine union men are arrested on charges of cutting wires, released when no proof is found, and an injunction restrains strike leaders from interfering with company property.
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ALD
Trafic
Duluth
Hes
Dudee Lnnsign
Baseball Umpire Killed in Alabama Game Fight
In Lowndesboro, Alabama, Samuel Powell an umpire was killed after a clash with a player from the Blues following a disputed foul call. Frank McCor of the Blues hit a home run in the seventh inning before the altercation escalated. McCoy struck Powell with a bat, ending the game in tragedy.
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Samuel Powell
Lowndesboro
Ala
Blues
God the
Teds
Frank McCor
McCoy
Powell
Bank Building Damaged in Duluth Fire
Fire damaged the First National Bank building in Duluth Minnesota injuring the roof and seventh floor. Estimated loss about 5000 dollars with the Duluth Telephone Company switchboard valued at 25000 dollars destroyed. The Duluth and Iron Range offices were gutted leaving the city without telephone service for weeks.
Water Power Stopped By Damaged Wall At Falls
A section of the retaining wall on the west side of St. Anthony Falls in Minneapolis, about 150 feet long, was carried away. The damage runs to several thousand dollars and halted water power for local flour mills, which can switch to steam to continue operations.
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San Francisco
Presidio Reservation
Cal
Presidio
Presidio Club Cafe
Twentyfourth Infantry
Ti. King
Twenty-third Infantry
Minneapolis
St. Anthony Falls
Dust Storm Ravages Kansas Plains
A severe sand storm swept central and western Kansas damaging fields at Abilene and snapping trees at Newton where winds neared sixty miles per hour. Dust clouds blocked the sun and small buildings were overturned as the storm battered the region amid wartime fundraising for Nebraska soldiers in Manila.
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Kansas
Abilene
Newton
Cut the Mississippi Levee and Missouri policing move
Seventeen farmers from J emiscot County Missouri are jailed in St Louis on a federal indictment for cutting the levee. Governor Stephens signs a law blocking non residents from deputy sheriff or police work to bar Pinkerton detectives. Rumors of a vast steel trust combo appear, with capitalization projected near seven hundred billion dollars.
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J’emiscot County
Missouri
St. Louis
United States
Louis C. Roble
Stephens
Bank Collector End His Life After Forty Years Service
J H Williams aged 76 longtime collector for the First National Bank of Upper Sandusky Ohio killed himself with a gun after years of service. Despondency is cited as the probable cause. Slain by a Dakota Woman and a separate report notes a man shot by a woman in self defense. A Peterboro Ontario engineer killed his wife and then himself in a double tragedy.
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J. H. Williams
First National Bank of
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Charles McCullough
Eunice Brown
Canton
Peterboro
Ont
John Webber
Bandits Sack Five Cuban Villages and Fight Troops
Bandits raided Saro Huti Peregrina Canclon and Sama in northern Santiago Cuba and attacked San Andres twenty miles northwest of Holguin. Cuban General Salazar pursued them in the Vijala mountains, killing one robber and fleeing. Major General Leonard Wood questioned planter complicity and downplayed outrage reports.
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Saro
Huti
Peregrina
Canclon
Sama
Santiago
Cuba
San Andres
Holguin
Salazar
Vijala
Domingo Martinez
Leonard Wood
Santiago de Cuba
Wood
Space Allocation For American Exhibits At Paris Fair
American exhibits receive 56 500 square feet in Vincennes section at the Paris exposition with 21 909 for railroads 4 300 for automobiles 8 000 for bicycles 10 400 for operating machinery and 2 700 for life saving displays. Total space for American exhibits reaches about 690 000 square feet, doubling prior grants.
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Perdimamil W. Peek
United States
Vincennesques
Madhin
Oughaald
Chilkats on the Warpath in Alaska
The Chilkat Tudians attacked white men on a forest trail near the Chilkat River in Alaska. Indians forced whites to retreat twenty miles toward Whikwath while alerting U S authorities. Sixteen soldiers were dispatched to Traines Mission to reinforce. The dispute centers on a proposed new trail.
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Plaines
Whikwath
United States
Skuasuay
Cheatmian
Desea
Fires Devastate Philadelphia Areas Widespread Damage Reported
Two blazes in Philadelphia destroyed William J. McCansland’s paper tube factory and damaged Pieming and Chapin’s yarn storehouse with losses around 4000. McCansland’s plant faced about 35000 in damages and Whitaker and Delaney’s Tavony glue works suffered roughly 100000 in fire losses. A windstorm driven by a strong gale caused more damage in the Polish district and a gasoline explosion led to the destruction of fifty tenement houses, with total property losses near 50000.
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Philadelphia
William J. McCanslands
Pieming & Chapin
McCansland
Whitaker & Delaney
Tavony
Truman
Great Britain and Russia Reach Spheres of Influence Pact
The two powers have finalized an agreement on their respective spheres of influence in the Far East, with details conveyed through St Peters bore via Teardon. An international note on the subject is reported as signed and credited to a prominent figure.
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Great Britain
Russia
ChilMepatches
St. Petersbore
Teardon
Trust in Chewing Gum Becomes Consolidated Gum Company
The chewing gum trust reorganizes as Consolidated Gum Company Inc a New Jersey corporation with a capitalized value of 9000000 Locomotive Hauls 3060 tons breaking tonnage records on the Take Shore Trailway An east bound coal train from Ashtabula Ohio with 65 cars hauled by one engine carries 600 tons Murderer Claims Self Defense Henry Gannaway a noted saw mill man is fatally stabbed near Ardmore T T by Whata Wathen Wathen surrenders claiming self defense
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Chewing Gum
Chewing Gum Trust
Consolidated (Gum Company
New Jersey
Take Shore
Ashtabula
Ohio
Henry Gannaway
Ardmore
T. T
Whata Wathen
Wathen
Body found shot near Leesburg in road
The body of Mitchell Daniel, described as a negro, was found riddled with bullets in the road near Leesburg Georgia. The second item notes that navigation remains open from Lake Superior through to Lake Huroz.
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Mitchell Daniel
Leesburg
Lake Superior
Lake Huroz
War to Death: Filipino Armistice Offer Rejected by Otis
Negotions for peace in the Philippines fail as Filipino envoys and General Otis conclude the talks with a rejected three months armistice proposal. Otis and Taamten offensive operations continue. Manila reports peace attempts collapse. The War Department prepares for renewed, vigorous campaigns with reinforcements as the rainy season approaches.
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Philippines
Gen. Otis
Dewey Day Observed Across Cities and Colleges
Across Philadelphia Boston New York San Francisco Chicago and beyond communities celebrated the first anniversary of Dewey's Manila victory. Banquets lectures and school events honored Admiral Dewey with patriotic displays and gala gatherings statewide. The nation united in gratitude as President McKinley sent a commemorative cablegram praising his fleet's achievements.
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Via
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Dewey
Manila
Girand Army of the Republic
Dewey Day” Dinner In the Banquet Hall of the Quadrangle Club
University of Chicago
Wohlsaat
Col. Turner
Charles I. Ladd
Ashland Fellowship Club
Coghlan
Long
Bob” Evans
United States
William M'Ainley
Warburth's Headquarters In Caloocan Report
A dispatch from Manila states Gen Wheaton captured Santo Lonas after a fierce fight with insurgents, routing them and fire destroying much of the town. Tranton's brigade advanced toward Muaasand, crossed the river, charged entrenched foes, and pushed them north with heavy losses. Luna's forces were scattered by a bold maneuver from Whetten and MacArthur's divisions near San Fernandes, with several officers and men seriously wounded.
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Adivices
Manila
Wheaton
Santo Lonas
Tranton
Muaasand
Whetton
Ile
MacArthur
Tun
San Fernandes
Tale
Whettton
Luna
War News in Brief from Manila Front and Texas Plans
Gen Lawton faces mapping and telegraph problems in the northeast while signals are cut by enemy patrols. Gen Wheeler will command the Texas department, not go to the Philippines. Reports claim Hale's brigade inflicted heavy Filipino losses at Quingua with over 200 killed. Generals Grant, Bates, and Young head to the Philippines. Otis resists Rios and sends American troops to lift the beleaguered Spanish garrison at Batir. Wheeler’s cavalry encounters insurgents near Pulilan who surrender and seek an armistice negotiation. a 30 minute standdown period follows.
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Lawton
Oris
Signal Corps
Joe Wheeler
Philippines
Ile
Department of Texas
Hale
Frigade
Quingua
Tred Grant
Porto Rico
Bates
Santa Chira
Cuba
Grain and livestock price ranges across multiple markets
The report lists cattle hogs sheep and grain prices in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York. Prices cover No 2 red and white wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed with ranges and shipping figures for each city and commodity.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Sparrow crusade hits Boston North Station nests
A campaign against sparrows begins at the new South Station in Boston after many birds nest in the train shed steelwork. Birds rapidly rebuild nests after demolition and some roost atop the tower awaiting removal methods. A separate Detroit burglary reports a thief stealing a piano and a stove from a residence.
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Boston
New South Station
Public Debt Increases. Treasury Net Cash Balance at 263,127,533
Public debt statement shows April 29 1809 net treasury cash of 263,127,533 with a month rise of 29,081,701 driven by a 20,000,000 payment to Spain to settle treaty obligations. Debt totals include interest bearing 1,046,048,680 and noninterest 447,727,000 plus certificates and notes offset by cash. Demand liabilities stand at 604,087,084 leaving net cash balance 263,127,533.
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Spain
Inter H
Nine Yorktown Men Reported Alive With Filipino Rebels
Reports from Col. Arguelles indicate sixteen American prisoners, including Lieut. Gilmore and at least nine Yorktown crew, are in Filipino hands after the Baler relief attempt. Maj. Shields and Lieut. Hayne carried a white flag to the lines with ten days rations for the prisoners. Capt. Rockefeller is also believed captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut. Gilmore
Yorktown
Baler
Col. Arguelles
Otis
GilMore
Lieut
MacArthur
Maj. Shields
Hayne
Gen
Luna
Charles M. Rockefeller
Ninth Infantry
Arguelles
Flood-damaged Wisconsin dams and river surge noted
High water on the Eagle Nest river in Wisconsin swept away four dams and flooded banks widening the stream by about twenty feet. Lost timber from the dams totals 6 to 7 million feet with damage estimated at 25 000 dollars. Authorities fear inundation on the Menominee as water reaches peak levels unseen since 1888.
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Wisconsin
Eagle Nest
Peshtigo
Crivitz
H. Zech
Menominee
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Corydon
Thomas & Ellie
Verson
San Antonio
Tex
John N. Hamilton
Newsy
Princeton
N.C
J. K. Mayes
Justiny
Sam- Wel Harmilton
Colo- Tadeo
Titus Woulen Nills
Trenion
Uncle Sam
Torres
Nebraska
Steel Trust
Gen. Lawton
Aguinaldo
Tana
Cons. Taanten
Wale
Warthur
Caloocan
Disturs Nz
Zululand
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