Aguinaldo Proposes Armistice Through Envoy Letters
A Manila dispatch reports Aguinaldo sent envoys with a peace overture to General Otis proposing an armistice until the Pilipino congress decides on surrender. Otis declined stating the Filipinos must concede to American demands before any return. A Montana man dies of wounds. the crews of the Yorktown are heard from.
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Yorktown
Montana
New York
Manila
Aguinaldo
Arsuelezes
Otis
Arguelezes
Glacier to sail from New York for Manila on May 15
The Navy Department announces the vessel Glacier will depart New York for Manila on May 15. The move tightens stationing and supply routes for U S forces in the Pacific theater.
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United States
DEWEY
Navy Department
New York
Manila
Funston Promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers
Washington May 2 Colonel Frederick Funston of the Twentieth Kansas has been named brigadier general of volunteers. The appointment came on strong recommendations from Major General MacArthur and General Otis in a dispatch received yesterday.
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Washington
Frederick Funston
Twentieth
Kansas
MacArthur
Otis
Yorktown Prisoners Safe Say First Information Released
Manila reports first authentic information on Lieut. J. C. Gilmore and 14 U S gunboat Yorktown men captured by Filipinos April 12. Gilmore signs a list of missing men stating he and his party were brought across mountains from Baler. General Luna received the note from General MacArthur via Major Shields and Lieut. Hayne as they carried a flag of truce.
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Manila
J. C. Gilmore
United States
Yorktown
Arguelezes
Luna
Gilmore
Baler
MacArthur
Major Shields
Hayne
Long list records deaths from April 24 action
Washington reports numerous deaths from wounds and diseases in the April 24 action. Names include Otto Kastenberger and Charles Schwartz of First Nebraska, L G Dean of First South Dakota, and many others across First California, First Washington, First Idaho, Twentieth Kansas, and more, with causes ranging from wounds to typhoid fever and dysentery.
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Washington
Otls
Otto Kastenberger
Nebraska
Charles Schwartz
L. G. Dean
South Dakota
Morita Jensen
Fritz Bumeller
Utah Artillery
Martin O. Legg
George Lichmaer
Oregon
Francis Hanson
Henry Morrison
Kansas
Clyde Woods
George W. Hovey
Albert Terry
Patrick ,Manning
Seventeenth Infantry
Frederick Landon
California
James Kennedy
Montana
M. Wilson
Twelfth
Maynard Sayres
Oliver Davis
Richard Carroll
John Sheehan
Robert Carter
Herbert A. Hopkins
William Burgess
Idaho
William Clark
Eighteenth Infantry
Dewey Cables Uncertain Details on Gilmore Party
A cablegram from Manila dated May 2 reports Admiral Dewey cannot obtain further information about Gilmore and his party. He promises to telegraph once new data arrives. A March 20 Guam message says inhabitants are quiet, with other details not yet clear.
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Washington
Admiral Dewey
Navy Department
Manila
Navy
Gilmore
Guam
Insurgent Commissioners Return With New Cessation Propositions
A Manila dispatch to the Herald reports insurgent commissioners who left Manila on Saturday have returned from insurgent army headquarters bearing new propositions for a cessation of hostilities.
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New York
The
Herald
Manila
Troops to Wardner under Lt Lyon depart Fort Harrison
Special to Inter Mountain Helena May 2 troops from Fort Harrison D company 2th Infantry ordered to Wardner Idaho will leave tonight 65 strong under Lieut Lyon with 100 rounds per man and 15 days rations General Merriam at Boise ordered the move. Also Lutheran Synod news from St Louis and Chicago diocese church matters. Des Moines wedding plans for Count Alex Carl Wachsmieter and Beulah Cooper Hubbell with 50 relatives expected.
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Inter Mountain
Helena
Fort Harrison
2Th Infantry
Wardner
Idaho
Lieut
Lyon
Merriam
Boise
Tes Moines
Alex Carl Wachtmeister
Chicago
Beulah Cooper Hubbell
F. M. Hubbell
Des Moines
Sheep Ordered Off Uintah Forest Reservation
Forest Superintendent May reports federal land officials have ordered sheep from Utah and Wyoming kept off the Uintah forest to protect timber. The action follows a long summer pasturing practice. telegraphic notice was sent to stock owners. Episcopal clergy show opposition to ordaining Dr. Charles Briggs, with charges of heresy planned to delay the ordination until he clears himself. Bishop Potter supports Briggs amid clergy opposition in the diocese.
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Denver
Colo
W. T
May
Hermann
Land Department
Uintah Forest Reservation
Utah
Wyoming
New York
Charles Briggs
Potter
Briggs
Sea Lions Killed to Reduce Coast Fisheries Menace
In San Francisco on May 2 a large number of sea lions at the Point Reyes rookeries were killed since last Friday by subordinates of the state board of fish and game commissioners. The aim is to reduce the herds so they will no longer threaten coastal fisheries.
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San Francisco
Point Reyes
State Board of Fish and Game Commissioners
Squadron Sighted Near Highlands on West Indies Cruise
A squadron commanded by Admiral Sampson returning from the West Indies was sighted off the Highlands at 11:19 a.m. The sighting confirms the fleet's return route and timing as reported by observers.
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New York
Admirai Sampson
West Indies
Highlands
Cessation of Hostilities In Samoa Sparks Elation and Turmoil
Advices report powers ordering a ceasefire in Samoa but rebels control main food supplies near Apia and claim victory over British and American forces. German and American officials condemn the halt. Rebels strengthen defenses near Robert Louis Stevenson house as Lieut Gaunt's brigade enters Vailima unopposed. rumors of armed rebel boats loom.
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Wellington
N. C
Samoa
Apia
Reuter
Falifa
Vallima
R. A. Gaunt
Porpoise
Vailima
Sturdee
Cave
Robert Louis Btevenson
Vaili
Prisoner of War Released in Caroline Islands
A May report from Washington states that Melinder, a naturalized American merchant trader held as a prisoner of war since last summer, has been released by the Spanish garrison at Ponape in the Caroline Islands. Secretary Hay was formally notified of the release after the London and Irish governments intervened, with the British ambassador presenting the case to Spain.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Hay
Ponape
Caroline Islands
Melinder
Carolines
Lil
Rome
San Francisco
State Department
Io Lsh
Spain
Amercan
Postmaster Orders Seizure of Anti-Imperial Pamphlets
Washington May 2. The postmaster general directs San Francisco to remove three Edward Atkinson pamphlets from the mails for Manila. The ban aims to prevent despatch to the Philippines, citing discontent and mutiny among troops as the pamphlets’ alleged purpose. Also reported: J W McAndrews, once a noted minstrel, and Haverly’s “original watermelon man,” committed to the insane hospital after a fall.
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Washington, D. C
San Francisco
Manila
Edward Atkinson
Boston
Anti-Imperianatic League
Philippines
Elgin
J. W. McAndrews
Haverly
Chicago
Chicago to Ban Sunday Baseball by City Council
The Chicago Chronicle reports that at the next Monday council meeting Alderman Frank T. Fowler will introduce an ordinance to prohibit playing baseball on Sundays, signaling a public restriction likely affecting local teams and venues.
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Chicago
the Chronicle
Frank T. Fowler
Dewey Day Celebration Draws San Francisco Crowds
The first Dewey day celebration in San Francisco drew large crowds as the city turned patriotic. Government salutes fired from harbor posts and a Corregidor island gun was manned by an American crew. Parks filled with schoolchildren and veterans held picnics in the mountains as festive airs played.
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San Francisco
Columbia Square
Corregidor Island
Glen Park
Golden Gate Park
Sons of Veterans
Santa Cnna
Answer to Corrigan Letter Ties to Americanism Debate
New York May 2 Archbishops Corrigan letter to the pope thanking him for his anti Americanism declaration drew an immediate reply from Cardinal Secretary of State expressing great satisfaction. The archbishop reportedly had the letter reviewed by 10 New York provincial bishops before sending.
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New York
Ce Man
Corrigan
Cardinal Gibbons
Holy Father
Archbishop Chapelle
New Orleans
Father Hecker
Father Elliot
Steel Combine Formed in Major U S Steel Merger
Reports from New York and Omaha describe a sweeping steel industry consolidation led by John W Gates. The plan envisions a nationwide combine with 700 to 800 million dollars in capitalization, linking the country’s largest steel concerns. The Omaha Smelting and Refining property transfers to the American Smelting and Refining Company, with Nash advancing to president as the new firm organizes in New York City.
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New York
the Times
John W. Gatex
Ute American Steel and Wire Company
United States
Gates
Omaha
Nev
Omaha Smelter
Omang and Front Smelting Company
The
American Smelting and Rtefining Company
Nash
New York City
Telegraphic Briefs From May 2 Across Several Cities
News items report Queen Victoria sailing for England, a $6000 contract in Louisville for the Kentucky battle ship silver service, a large turnout of amateur musicians at St Louis for a six day convention, the US cruiser Chicago departing Punta Gada for Africa via Suez, a jail escape in Napanee Ontario by Pare and Holden who testified in a Dominion bank robbery case, Senator Jones sending a diplomatic letter in Washington, and the death of Rev Thomas Carman at Bradley Beach due to canned meat poisoning.
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Niles
England
Louieville
Kentucky
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Musical Clube
Punta del Gada
Axore Tidis
United States
Chicago
Africa
Suez Canal
Napanee
Ont
George Pare
W. H. Holden
Dominion Bank
Queen
Toller Holden
Washington
Europe
Jones
J. G. Johnson
Kansas
Democratic National Committee
Bordentown
Thomas C. Carman
Bradley Beach
Methodist, Episcopal
Thomas Carman
Hennessy Dress Goods Dept in the Rockies
Those who travel know the good treatment at Hennessy. A dress goods department in the heart of the Rockies offers goods personally selected by buyers in New York and Paris with prices claimed to be the lowest. The store cites its big business as proof of value.
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Hennessy
Rockies
New York
Paris
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Lutheran Synod
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Hy Wunder
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August Rohrlach
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Steel Combine
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