FIERGE BATTLE WITH MOROS NEAR AMBA AND Jolo
The report recounts five days of fighting between American troops under General Leonard Wood and Moro insurgents in Mindanao and Sulu. Major H. L. Scott was wounded, Panglima Hassen led ambushes, and Moros suffered heavy losses while retreating to swamps. By November 17 American forces claimed to have destroyed the rebel presence with 76 dead and ongoing suppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manlia
P. 1
Rhren
Immde Gara
Scott
Panglima Hassen
Jolo
Hassen
Major Scott
Adambuscade
Stet Lake
Hbassen
Hagsen
Wood
Ares
Wool
Twenty-eighth Regiment
George S Sattley
Fourteenth Cavalry
Seventeenth Infantry
D. J. Rumbough
Washington, D. C
James I. Wade
Joly
Tim Jolo
Mindanag
Inger Island
Sulu
Train Crash Kills Engineer and Grakeman Near Balaam Mountain
A locomotive and twenty freight cars derailed on the Murphy branch of the Western North Carolina Railroad after descending Balaam Mountain. Engineer Guy Moore was killed, his body found beneath the wreck with a hand on the throttle. Brakeman Charles Porter also died, and the conductor, fireman, and flagman were seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
XN. C
Balaam Mountain
Murphy Branch
Western North Carolina Railroad
Guy Moore
Charles Porter
Freman
Flagman
Smelters for Mexico Signal Mining Opposition in Texas
Wealthy Mexican mining men plan two large independent smelters to challenge American Smelting and Refining Company. One to locate at Monteres with about 3 million dollars, over half subscribed. The other to be placed at Parvad in Chihuahua. The report also notes a pistol duel near Edmonton Kentucky, a private car burned at Terrell Texas, a Norwegian shipwreck off Borbjerg, a fatal explosion at Keystone Nitroglycerin Works, a Richmond lawyer’s suicide, and a theft of stock value tied to a Globe smelter incident in Denver.
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Austin
Texas
Mexico
American Smelting and Refining Company
Monteres
Parvad
Chihuahua
Notable academic notices and appointments across campuses
Cap and Gown: City Attorney Folk invited to deliver Harvard commencement oration on June 30. San Diego citizens raise funds to present UC Berkeley with a marine biology exhibit. Princeton Library shows a portrait of Dr Francis L Patton painted by John W Alexander. Clarkson Tech prof Bates linked to electric engineering at Potsdam. Michigan University Museum secures Kirtland warbler exhibit, a rare U S collection discovered 1841. California archaeology appeals for residents to assist in a state ethno archaeological study.
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Joseph W. Folk
St. Louis
Huis
Harvard
San Diego
Cal
University of California
Francis L. Patton
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton University
John W. Alexander
Henry B. Bates
Clarkson School of
Potsdam
N.Y
Han
University of Colorad
Michignn University
Wikit
Department of Archeology
University of Califoonia
Dun Mide
St In Isin Dor Onlareica
California
Bank Robberies of 1903 Statistics From Pinkerton Agency
The Pinkerton Agency reports a rise in bank thefts in 1903 with 71 successful robberies and 52 attempts ending September 30. Total losses reach $180,007.48, with only $12,966 recovered. Notable arrests include five leaders and several forgers. figures reference Becker alias The Dutchman and outlaw bands like the Wild Bunch.
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New York City
Pinketton’ Detective Agency
American Bankers’ Association
Knights of the
Jimmy
William A
Robert A. Pinkerton
Layce
John §. Brush
Charles Becker
the Dutchman
San Quentin
Wiliam Rudolph
George Collins
Ilortford
Conna
George Parker
Allan ‘Butch’ Cassidy
Tarry Lanzpaugh
Sun
Republicans Complete Senate Committee Assignments
Republicans of the Senate finished their committee assignments and top-priority expenditures. New members Burrows Scott Burton Privil eges and Elections Hopkins Public and Fulton join committees, with chairmen named for several panels including Commerce Indian Affairs and Naval Affairs.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Gillin
Keun
Commerce
Foster
Quarles
Alger
Penrose
Clark
Long
Chateman
Dillingham
Hann
Mitchell
Burrows
McCumber
Philippines
Chinirman
Penryse
Scott
Burton
Hopkins
Fulton
Sheriff Confiscates Kansas Coal Amid Shortage
Sheriff Knapp of Wichita County seizes a quantity of coal amid a western Kansas coal famine. Six cars from Kansas mines bound for Colorado were sidetracked at Lent and sold at public auction. He plans to return funds to the owner once identified. the money is deposited and awaiting claim. In Sing Sing, Carmine Galliari was executed for murder, the electric chair delivering three shocks at 1820 volts, the highest used there to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Sherif Knapp
Wichita County
Kanene
Colorado
Carmine Galmarl
Sing Sing
Josephine Santa Pairo
New York City
Gaiwarl
Patents on Electric Chair Revealed by Davis
FE. F. Davis, who supervised electric chair executions in New York since 1890, agreed to disclose his patents and device for killing murderers and to distract an officer at state prisons. The Chinese minister noted renewed recognition terms with Panama as the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Davis
New York State
Jing
Chris
Panama
Chentung Liang-Cheng
Ying
United States
Wireless Teatacome Test Between Holyteat and Wowth
A censored notice reports a wireless test between stations at Holyteat and Wowth near Dublin in Treland. The test tuned to four antennas and yielded successful results for long distance communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wireless Teatacome Censral
de Forrest Wireless
Holyteat
Wowth
Dublin
Treland
Jt Dstunes
News of the Tollers and Indianapolis work start date
The item notes the Tollers and the Indianapolis project are set to begin in January. It mentions the Minnesota State Federation of Labor planning a $100,000 rally to assist workers in Minneapolis, and reports on Sunday work abolition talks in Montreal clothing trades. It cites Rochester shoe and clothing factories, wage increases for sheep herders, and general labor adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Tid, Jabor
Minnesota
Tabor
Minneapolis
Montreal
Canada
Rochester
Ix. Y
Massachusetts
United Gator League
Alabama
London
England
Chiss
Juvlpg
Saloonkeeper life insurance rings alarm in New Jersey case
A spate of life policies on saloon patrons linked to Bayonne and Port Tolman activity raises questions. Investigators note premiums paid by saloonkeepers, with several young men dying under suspicious circumstances. Police seek to determine if policies influenced deaths or payouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mehard Galvin
Avenue FE
Galvin
Soung Wan
Michael Connors
Connors
Newark
Camie
Bayonne
Efrantanerd
Bnt
Hqnor
Soon Amt
Chenee
Mit
Hannen
Frightful murder suicide shocks Laramie man
Police found Gus Olsen an employee in Laramie Wyoming dead after a fit of insanity. Olsen allegedly killed his wife and two children before turning the gun on himself. One man named Chant also died in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Olen
Laramie
Wyo
Olsen
Chant
Omer
Denver Priest Shot at Mount Carmel Church in Denver
The Rev Felix M Lepore pastor of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Denver was shot and found dying in the church. In Salt Lake City Utah James Lynch, already convicted of Colonel Jeffreys Prowse murder, denied new trial by the Supreme Court, was resentenced and set to be shot on January 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Felix M. Lepore
Mount Caramel Catholic
Col
Pious Murdler
James Lynch
Jeffreys Prowse
Salt Lake City
Utah
Supreme Court
Munterer
Salt Cake
Wells
Peter Mortensen
James R. Hay
Mortensen
Wrntert
Mount Holly
Inter-State
Lhe
Burlington County
Team With Mig Rock Sails From Cileaga to New York
A team from Cileaga to New York hauled a freight car on the Baltimore and Ohio line. The wreck occurred near Jiestelev Dita in West View as the locomotive was damaged and a passenger was burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mig Rock
Cileaga
New York
Baltimore and Ohio
Weathered seas race plans tie to US ocean contest
Emperor Wilhelm's yacht Meteor will voyage to the United States next spring for the ocean race. Harvard and Yale crews prepare for intercollegiate competition with crews from Columbia and Penn aiming to bolster amateur standings. The American fleet, twelve teams strong, trains for the Transatlantic event in New York City's Maddog Squire Garden with a December meet in view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emperor WiUhun
Meteor
United States
Hiaseball Bos
Los Angeles
Pittsburg
Athindic Ciy Gulf Club
Nertugield
Harvard
Frestman Leainds
Yale
Cornell
the Fen
Maddog Squire Garden
New York City
Degeuber
Exports at High Mark Reach Record October Totals
October exports totaled about $160 million with New York shipments at $51.5 million. Cotton led with $80 million, while ten and twelve month totals rose beyond prior years, signaling robust export activity despite earlier stock shortages and high cotton prices.
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Washington, D. C
Careth
Department of Commerc and
Gabor
Statistes
Slunatongo
New York
Petphory
Staton
Mur Cammerce
Piro
Bogotá Awaits War Policy as Rediwest Mission Sits
A Bogota official says Colombia will wait on General Reyes Washington mission result before shaping policy toward the new Republic of Panama. Public opinion favors war but seeks a diplomatic end, with 100000 volunteers offered if a hortibides declaration occurs. United States Minister Beaupre and the American colony face strong sympathy amid Roosevelt era isthmus issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wistfen
Bozota
Washington
Reyes
Republic of
Pansama
United States
Beaupre
Natetl Tole
United States Senate
Roosevelt
Eleven Die in Dunbar Mine Explosion at Pergmon
Eleven men were killed and ten injured when gas ignited in the Pergmon mine of the Dunbar Furnace Co in Connellsville Pa. Three of the dead were Americans and the rest Slavs and Poles. The blast followed an earlier fatal fire in the Hin Farm workings and officials said the mine had been declared safe by inspectors. Jerome Found Peat, a former Columbus iron magnate, was found dead at his summer home in Butler Park Col.
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Connellsville
Pergmon
Dunbar Furnace Company
Luasnl
John B&b
Jerome
Peat
Jann L. Jerome
Colnrule Tue) and Iron Company
Butnato Park
Col
Hart P Danks Found Dead in Philadelphia Boarding House
Philadelphia pianist composer Hart P Danks famous for national reputation and once a noted singer was found dead in his bed at a boarding house in Philadelphia Pennsylvania according to local reports.
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Hart P
Danks
Hart VII
Philadelphia
Fort Gibson Fire Destroys Barracks Near Dawson
A large blaze swept Fort Gibson fire arena quarters near Dawson causing extensive loss. Firefighters lacked adequate equipment and the cause is under investigation as damages climb toward 100000 dollars.
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Fort Gibson
Fort Gibbon
Dawson
Tie Goss
Boy Hhoota Haby. Tony Cincu Shot in Connecticut
A report states Tony Cincu, two and a half years old, was fatally shot in the brain by Carlo Maresco, six years old, at New Linyven Connecticut. The summary notes a fatal incident in a household setting with two young children involved.
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Hhoota Haby
Tony Cincu
Carlo Maresco
New Linyven
Conn
Fragmentary obituary notes and names from an era
Odd assortment of biographical snippets with names and places. References include Rev BR Alden of Streator and figures linked to Germany and New York. The text mixes ages, roles, and events with many garbled terms and unclear dates or contexts.
Brooklyn Train Crash Kills and Injures Dozens in Fire
A Brooklyn elevated line crash between trains at Thirty-sixth and Thirty-sixth and Twenty-ninth streets caused a rear collision and fire. At least two crew members died, with numerous passengers injured, cars destroyed, and a chaotic scramble to escape the flames as rescue teams arrived.
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New York City
Brooklyn
Fifth Avenue
Thylleth Street
Wiliam Cook
Central Avenue
John Curtin
Navesink Iighlands
Charles Hart
Corr
Norwegian Hospital
Philip SeWang
East Fourth Street
Manhattan
Sixty-11th Street
Thirtyssiseh Street
Thirty-sixth Street
Twentyeninth Street
Hart
Cahill
Heisman
SyInc
Fasne
SF Kremen Fink
John Cabill
Fifteenth Street
Patrick Cabill
Prospect Avenue
Tain Tds
Thirty Sixth Street War
Supreme Court orders Nebr school board to enforce ruling on religious exercises
Nebraska Supreme Court issues a peremptory writ against Gage County School District No. 1 to enforce the ruling that religious exercises are not permissible in public schools. The action follows a complaint that Bible reading and singing violated the court order. In another item, gunfire injures a bank in Green Mountain Iowa with three explosions and a $1000 theft, while Holland Sugar Company official J Post reportedly dies by suicide amid business worries.
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Lavota, Neb
Supreme Court
Gage County
Green Mountain
Iowa
Green Mountain Bank
Mixed Academic and Engineering News: 19th Century Notices
The item reports varied developments from military arrests to education and science. It notes individuals connected to Harvard Law School and Princeton Theological Seminary, plus Yale forestry plans in Mil fond Pa and a university engineering reshuffle at Cas wel University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Patton
Princeton Theological Seminary
B. B. Wilson
Cohkimbhe University
Veen
Accademia Det Lingel
Rome
Yale School of Forestry
Milfond
James A,inchot
Desperado Tom Horn Hanged at Cheyenne Prison
Historical report describes Tom Horn the cattleman and killer executed at Cheyenne amid a large crowd. It details the method, witnesses, and tensions over possible rescue, noting Horn’s past as a scout and deterrent figure and his controversial murders including Willan Nickell. It also mentions Peter Mortensen shot after accepting firing squad for a Utah murder in 1901.
Murder Shocks Jersey Shore Railroad Tower
A signal operator at Beach Creek Division of the New York Central was found shot dead at Glendenan tower two miles from Jersey Shore Pennsylvania. A second operator was abducted and robbed at a distant point forty miles away, after which the assailant fled with money and escaped. The motive appears robbery as the killer knocked out the victim’s brains with a hammer and chloroformed another operator. Glendenan, twenty five, supported a widowed mother and sister and was described as reliable.
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Mensace
Jersey Shore
Brown
Beach Creek
New York Central Railroad
Uarry Clay
Wow
Glentenan
Lee
Dbout Place
Clay
Glendenyn
Glendenan
Talaw
Chlora
Brazil Gains Acre Territory and Border Provisions
The State Department received a cable from Minister Thompson stating Acre will be ceded to Brazil after Bolivia agrees to boundary terms. The treaty reportedly grants transit rights, a Bolivian customs concession, and the transfer of 66 000 square miles for 810 million.
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Ballvin
Washington
D. C
State Department
Thompson
Necropolis
Brazil
Acre
Madeira Rapids
Bolivia
Bollyis Custom House
Britailian Ports
Cedes
Fay
Paraguay
President Roosevelts Busy Year Declines Banquet Invites
President Roosevelt plans a busy year with no political speeches after January 1 and will decline invitations such as Chicago’s Lincoln banquet. He will stay in Washington often, attending events only at Oyster Bay, and rejected a February 12 invite from the Marquette Club.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Marquette Club
Chicago
Minor events of the week reflect diverse U S and colonial notes
The week’s items include Roosevelt extending copyright to Cuban authors, Alfred NM Sanchez named in the Philippines Bureau of Agriculture, and Rear Admiral Cotton preparing a Mediterranean cruise aboard Brooklyn and San Francisco. Census data on 1902 mining output is listed, plus a Texas congressman’s resignation and salary questions. Other items cover post office revenues, the Monroes reburial in Richmond, and Porto Rico trade.
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Roosevelt
Alfred NM Sanchez
Bureau of Soils
Bureaau of Agriculture
Philippines
C.W. Dorsey
Cotton
Bee
Beirut
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Mediterranean
Census Bureau
United States
Unveiling of monument to war of independence soldiers
General Fitzhugh Lee spoke at the unveiling in Paulus Hook Jersey City. The news item covers dynamiting crimes, war casualty transport, a New York arrest, fires, stock losses, and assorted international incidents in a broad country page fragment.
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Fitzhugh Lee
Paulus Hook
Jersey City
State Bank
Bessie
C. T
Edward F. Glenn
Fifth Infantry
Suwmner
New York
Philippines
Fred H. Mefice
New York City
Grand Rapids
Mich
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Rey Torrance
Pittaburg
Lillie Belle Pierce
St. Louis
Luther E. Imboden
Hunt
Geo. WV
Asheville
N.C
Andrew Young
Sanitary Bureau
Chicago Health Board
New Jersey Items: Coat Dealers Court Fight and Silk Colony Plan
New Jersey notes report Pubello in Newark seeking court restraining order against Coat Dealers' Association to preserve competition. Monmouth Auto Club outlines a stone road project from Red Bank to Matawan linking New York, Asbury Park, and Lakewood routes. The American Land Improvement and Silk Culture Association buys 17000 acres near Vineland to create a silk cocoon community with mulberry trees replacing oaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth Automobile Club
Asbury Park
Red Bank
Matawan
New York
Sumer
Raritan
Unis
Lakewood
Lin
Jersey
American Land Improvement and Sk Culture Association
East Vineland
New Jersey
Indian Girls as Servants at Reservations
Major S Campbell agent of the Tas peinte Indian agency states many Indian girls are now doing housework in decent families and giving great satisfaction. He supports the application for the girls to work, allowing entry only to comfortable and respectable homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Campbell
Taspeinte Indian Agency
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Railroad model to be shown at St. Louis Exposition
A large scale model, valued at 14000 dollars, of a railroad yard is to be exhibited in Washington DC at the St. Louis Exposition. It involves the Hattimore and Pennsylvanian railroad ware and showcases the design in the national display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattimore
Dhionod
Pennsylvania
Washington, D. C
St. Louis Exposition
Profitable Hog Raising and Poultry Ventilation Tips
A farm article urges maximizing hog profits by rapid, efficient growth and using sawdust as a clean absorbent in pens. It suggests breeding from top cows as a model for herd quality and advises using purebred sires. It also describes a simple ventilation shaft for poultry coops to improve airflow in a cost effective way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvea
Hog Remedy And A Simple Slaughter House Design
Reader asks for the best hog remedy. writer advises changes in feed and cleanliness for healthy swine, noting medicines rarely needed and pasture or root vegetables as supplements. Describes a compact hog slaughter house with a hogshead chute, sloping bridge, and windlass to ease processing and reduce labor costs. Also includes brief notes on lobster eggs and cannibalism in crustaceans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogshead
Dennis H. Stovall
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