Filipino Peace Proposals Foresee End To War
A Manila dispatch says definite peace propositions are imminent as Filipino leaders seek settlement terms with General Otis. Aguinaldo reportedly plans to sue for peace within two days. four fifths of natives favor ending hostilities. Peace commission members Buencamino del Pilar Arguelles Torres Pamprones Paterno and Herrera were named May 6. Aguinaldo is said to be at Cabantuan north of Ban Isidro.
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New York
The
Herald
Manila
Filipino Peace Commission
San Isidro
Lawton
Otis
Balinag
Aguinaldo
Peace Commission
Buencamino del Pilar
Arguelles
Torres
Pamprones
Paterno
Herrera
Cabantuan
Ban Isidro
Dewey to Sail Tomorrow and Refit at Manila
Admiral Dewey is to leave Manila on Saturday the 20th and aims to reach here Monday morning. The Olympia will be dry docked on arrival for a thorough bottom scrape and complete overhauls. Machinery will be overhauled new trim appended gingerbread work replaced and the ship will be coal and provisioned before a record breaking voyage.
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New York
Journal and Advertiser
Hong Kong
Dewey
Manila
Olympia
Indian Ocean
Casualty List Casualties Listed By General Otter
Washington May 19 General Otter reports a last casualty list with May 18 Killed Corporal Henry Langford Twenty second Infantry. Wounded May 5 Sergeant Peter Coxgrove Privates Carl Carlson Simon Schneller May 11 Private W E Tew Thirteenth Minnesota Second Oregon Private Frank Hutts thigh slight.
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Washington
General Otter
Henry Langford
Twenty-second Infantry
Peter Coxgrove
Carl Carlson
Simon Schneller
W. E. Tew
Thirteenth
Minnesota
Oregon
Frank Hutts
Luna Fears Them Manila Crisis Warns Officials May 19
General Luna seeks to restrain educated Filipinos from contact with Americans and even orders arrests of Encamino and Herrera, two prominent officials traveling from San Isidro to aid. Meanwhile San Francisco reports a meeting aimed at advancing commercial organizations and their plans.
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Manila
Luna
Encamino and
Herrera
San Isidro Toay
Gersis
San Francisco
Bankers and business leaders host 200 delegates in July
Bankers and leading business men of this city entertain delegates from the country for the annual conference of the American Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. The meeting is set for July fifth to seventh with a two week post tour through California to study agricultural advances.
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Association of the American Agricultural Colleges and Experimental Stations
California
Bids For Beef Furnished For War Department
Chicago reports proposals to supply more than 5.4 million pounds of beef for troops in Cuba and Porto Rico starting July 1. Bids total about 500000, split 1.02 million pounds for Porto Rico and 4.02 million for Cuba, with five Chicago firms bidding. Names and prices withheld under department rules.
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Chicago
War Department
Cuba
Porto Rico
H. G. Sharpe
F. F. Nye
Department of Porto Rico
A. L. Smith
Department of Cuba
West Indies
Islands
Contested Estate Sparks Court Battles In Iowa And New York
Pittsburgh and New York reports detail a sprawling estate dispute involving H. E. F. Boardman of Marshalltown Iowa, with a widow seeking recovery of funds from a nephew and a feebleminded daughter. A New York case charges Martin Victor with homicide suspicions tied to his missing wife Eadie. Meanwhile Western Pennsylvania appoints F. L. C. Wadsworth director of Allegheny Observatory to assume duties in 1900.
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Chicago
Chronicle
Marshalltown
Saya
H. E. F. Boardman
Towa
H. E. J. Boardman
Della L. B. Conover
Annette Gookin Boardman
Boardman
Conover
C. H. EB. Boardman
Annette
Denver
Belle Plain
Here
New York
Martin Victor
Yorkville
Emma Froglich
East Sixteenth Street
Eadie Victor
Victor
Thin City
Pittsburg
University of Western Pennsylvania
F. L. Co. Wadsworth
Yerkes Observatory
Allegheny Observatory
J. ER. Keler
Lick Observatory
Wadaworth
Rome
Temperance Work Drives Presbyterians At Assembly
At the Minneapolis assembly on May 19 the temperance committee urged stronger Prohibition support and bans on teachers with occasional alcohol use. Financial reports show the permanent temperance fund at $1,445,098 and total mission receipts near $463,743, with 4,308 churches contributing. The home and foreign missions boards report 2112 missionaries and substantial field expenditures.
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Minneapolis
Presbyterian Assembly
Permanent Committee On Temperance
Church Temperance
South
General Assembly
Congress
Board of Relief For
Board of Foreign Missions
Philippine Islands
United States
Manila
Korea
China
Board of Home Missions
Condemnation Adopted by San Francisco Labor Council
The San Francisco labor council passes a resolution condemning the governor of Idaho and other officials and General Morr for their conduct during the miners strike. The miners union is praised for defying mandates by General Merriam and Idaho officials. Delegates are instructed to seek federal action on the grievance.
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Condem
Labi
San Francisco
San Fran
Canada fails to pass Uniform insolvency act
A Montreal report says Canada's boards of trade fail to secure passage of a Uniform insolvency act. Ottawa rejects Fortin's bill amid farmer exemptions and creditor opposed preferences. Government wary of new bankruptcies and political backlash against the ruling party. In a separate case, a 9 year old boy named Willie Manters was kidnapped from Hamilton Ont. and found wandering in St. Louis after a trip through Chicago. Police telegrams go to Hamilton as they search for the kidnapper.
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New York
the Tribune
Montreal
Boards of Trade and Commercial Bodies
Canada
Ottawa
Fortin
Boards of Trade
United States
Great Britain
St. Louis
Market Street
Willie Manters
Hamilton
Ont
Chicago
Raat &J. Louis
Will
Judge Grossoup’s Mines Health Report
Judge Grossoup’s condition in Ashland on May 19 shows gastro enteric fever with possible typhoid risk. Temperature dropped to 99, heart weakness caused concern but patient has rallied and improved.
Dewey Fund Passes One Thousand Six Hundred
Telegraphic briefs report ongoing fundraising in San Francisco for the Dewey home fund reaching 1608 dollars. Other items note a Oklahoma horse thief shooting, a Buffalo freight handler strike reprise, a London bishop’s permit, and a violent riot in Enid Oklahoma stemming from a negro cake walk fight.
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San Francisco
Dewey Home Fund
Wichita
Kan
Dr. Edmond
Posse
Bill Watson
Shawnee
Oklahoma
Buffalo
Inkeling Men
Quigley
Btrikers
London
Earl of Malmesbury
Royal Iriah Rifles
John Mitchell
Canada
Sydney
Berlin
Cologne
The
Hague
McKinley
Washington
Chas. Farris
Army
Algervaya
Brooke
Armain Custady
War Department
Enid
Opera House
Braley
Thrasher
Anity Tendon
December in May Snow Visibly Returns In Butte
A vivid scene recalls the famous image as snow blankets streets and landscape in December like May, with the old man and the long white locks noted in passing. Bright signs of spring are missing as the season buckles under white cover, transforming familiar scenery.
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Butte
Men Mackintosh Coats On Sale In Various Styles And Prices
Uniform sale offers Mackintosh coats in many grades from $3.50 to $30.00. Cape and full length Hodgeman driving capes are highlighted. Black and tan Cheviot and Tricot Cloth options with sizes stated and prices shown for different cuts and features.
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Mackintosh
Hodgeman
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