Manila Signals Corps Wires 1551 Miles In Luzon Network
The Manila based signal corps under Colonel Al Jen reports 1551 miles of wire in Luzon and the Visayans with 160 telegraph offices, 331 officers and men, and 136000 messages monthly. Central office in Manila links eight trunk lines and plans four more while expanding to Mindanao and Leyte. A shortage of skilled telegraph operators hinders recruitment.
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Manila
Signal Corps
Philippines
al- Jen
Luvon
Wiscians
Ita. m
Manis
Tul
Aignal Corps
Tollo
Panay
Tolio
Negro Island
Negros
Cebu
Visayans Islands
Moilo
Capiz
Uoilo
Manaloa
Jamamailan
Karkat
Bamar
Leyte
Murray
Tunnig
Bahul
Samar
San Jaunito
Culbayog
Mindanao
Cebu Island
Cottabatto
Miigan
Misumio
Nakujal
United States
Strikers Arrested in Croton Valley Riot Probe
April 19 in Croton Landing marked the liveliest day of a 17 day strike as civil and military authorities led actions. Twenty six Italians are jailed awaiting examination on charges of rioting and assault. Westchester County’s Molloy aided leaders of the strikers, while authorities searched Italian neighborhoods as Judge Smith in Ging Bing issued orders last night. Many laborers left their homes during the night.
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Croton Landing
Croton Valley
Ste ‘Molloy
Westchester County
Seerch Warrate
Judge Smith
Ging Bing
Becgan
Pneumonia weakens lungs and invites consumption germs
Pneumonia weakens lungs, enabling germs that cause consumption to linger. Chronic bronchitis may follow pneumonia. The ad urges immediate use of Scott's Emulsion to drive out germs and prevent illness.
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Scott
Doug
Cuban census shows whites outnumbering blacks in Cuba
A war department cable from General Wood via General Sanger reports Cuban census results. It notes Cuba’s population at 1,797, with whites, literacy, and education levels detailed. Officials see strong native Cuban voter potential under the forthcoming suffrage plan, with 140,000 qualified voters anticipated and Spaniards largely unsettled in citizenship status.
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Washington
War Department
Cuba
Spain
Havana City
Havana
Matanazas
Pinar del Rio
Porto Principe
Sanata Clara
Santiago
Cuban Government Urges Cuban Independence Unification
Judge Russ Riverta cabinet secretary writes a letter urging all Cuban political parties to unite to press the United States for 1901 to be focused on forming an independent Cuban government that will act on its own after 1900. The letter shocks Cubans and is seen as aimed at mobilizing demand for independence.
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Havana
Russ Riverta
Agriculture, Industry and Commerce
United States
Cuba
Funeral Postponed On Bride To Be In Spokane
Milley Harr a prominent Spokane woman was reported dead on April 19 but her mother detected signs of life and the funeral was postponed. Physicians attest death yet the mother remains doubtful, making a Sunday funeral likely. She lay in her coffin in her wedding gown, with the wedding day lost to tragedy.
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Spokane
Wawh
Milley Harr
Wah
Filipino GuerrillaTrial Convicts Three At Loadamba
Manila April 19 a military commission tried three Filipinos for guerrilla warfare. All three were found guilty. two received life imprisonment and one 30 years. Major General Otis approved the findings and reduced the sentences to 11 years. The two Ludrones convicted of murder face hanging at O Donnel.
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Manila
Loadamba
Otis
Ludrones
T Ee
O'Donnel
Mob Hangs Henry McAfee Near Brownaville School
Report from Bolton states Henry McAfee a Black man accused of attempted assault on Mrs. Sandern in Hinds county was hanged by a mob in front of the Brownaville school home at Bolton.
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Vicksburg
Mins
Advicva
Bolton
Henry McAfee
Mra. Sacndern
Hinds County
Brownaville
Final Struggle Looms As Roberts Readies Move
Report from London on April 24 describes rain halting operations in the Free State while British forces make progress at Dewetsdorp near Wepener. Messages note Boer concentrations and a possible Roberts advance, with waterlogged terrain impeding action and several dispatches detailing arm confiscation actions at Aliwal North.
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London
Free State
Bloemfontein
Dewetadorp
Wepener
Dewetsdorp
Rundle
Aliwal
Brabant
Lord Roberts
Ambulance Corpsmen Join Boer Army Amid Neutrality Doubts
Washington reports Consul Hay in Pretoria cables the Chicago ambulance corps members have taken up arms with the Boer army instead of remaining with the hospital corps. Portuguese officials at Lourenzo Marques detained the party for days before allowing onward travel to Pretoria. A Miss Barton letter reportedly influenced officials to overlook the violation of faith.
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Washington
United States
Hay
Pretoria
State Department
Chicago
Lourengza Marques
Miss Barton
Ther
South Africa
Lourezno Marques
Names Presented for Ordination as High Priests
At yesterday's Session of the Latter Day Sainte conference in Lamont Indiana a long list of names from Canada and the eastern western and middle states was presented for ordination to the office of high priests by the high priest al quorum and concurred in by the conference action.
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Lamont, In
Canada
Eastern
Western
Middle States
Retirement of Porto Rico money to dollar standard
Washington April 19 The treasury department completed plans for retiring the Porto Rico peso and other island currency and replacing it with American money. James A Sample chief of the issue division and W P Watson of New York will travel to Porto Rico to oversee the exchange under the Porto Rico bill passed by Congress. Watson previously served as customs auditor from Cuba before health issues paused his work.
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Washington
Treasiny Department
Porto Rico
James A. Sample
Lasue
Roberts
W. P. Watson
New York
Watson
Cuba
United States
Con
Port Rico Currency Exchange Plan Revealed
An estimated 10 008 pieces of silver and other metallic currency in the inland are in circulation valued at five million pesos. Congress decides the exchange will be set at 0 cents per peso and all information money in Porto Rico will be addressed.
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Congress
Porto Rico
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