Record of the Week: Cabrera Capture in Philippines War Zone
News in brief reports Colonel Cabrera captured in the Philippines near Batangas by Second Lieutenant Walter Grant of the Sixth Cavalry. Cabrera and six aides, plus other insurgents, held power in southern Batangas and Barangka areas. Separately, surrenders by Colonel Panganiban and Colonel Policarpio with small detachments are noted, with oath of allegiance given and rifles returned. General Chaffee praised the developments. Ohio Valley writers to meet in Cincinnati September 17 for a reunion and electrical parade during the fall festival, with Murat Halstead chairing and notable participants listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Walter Grant
Sixth Cavalry
Taal
Batangas
Aguinaldo
Grant
Martin Cabrera
Cabrera
Batanwas
Barangay
Panganiban
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Cincinnati
Watterson
Wallace
Halstead
Markbreit
McLean
Taft
McRae
Cincinnati Traction Company
Troftley
Music Hall
Murat Halstead
Sheriff Wields Steel Against Lynch Mob at Tuscaloosa Jail
A mob of about fifty men stormed the Tuscaloosa jail aiming to lynch Henry Pratt and another prisoner accused of rape. Sheriff Kyle, asleep, obtained the keys from the sheriff’s safe and armed himself with a shotgun before confronting the crowd and driving the men away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Henry Pratt
Kyle
Jim
Fire destroys Indiana village Landess in drought drought-fueled blaze
Fire consumed Landess a small Indiana village between Marion and Van Buren. The Oxtd Fellows block was first struck as a brisk wind spread flames through the dry frame town with no fire protection and cisterns empty. Losses are reported as heavy though not yet estimated. Landess has about 400 inhabitants.
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Indiana Village
Landess
Marion
van Buren
Ind
Bucket of Dynamite Found in Evansville Home
Evansville general acknowledges a large candy bucket at a White County resident’s home contained dynamite with wired fuse leading to the top. If the top exploded, a blast would follow. Police and detectives investigate as the case develops. Boers Capture by British Force reported from Pretoria says fifty French scouts were surrounded and surrendered. one killed and three wounded, Captain Bethelheim among the injured.
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Evansville
Ind
Ackman
White County
Hinois
Cirmi
British War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Bethesda
Theron
Bethelheim
Navy orders Ranger to Panama to protect American interests
The Navy Department acting for the State Department orders the gunboat Ranger at San Diego to proceed at once to Panama to safeguard American interests during the ongoing Colombian revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
State Department
Ranger
San Diego
Panama
Colombia
Population rise in Canada census. Dominion hits 5.39 million
Ottawa report states the first official census bulletin shows Canada’s population at 5,388,883, up 505,644 from 1891. Strong growth reflected across provinces as demography records updated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Trade With Germany Grows as U S Exports Rise
Treasury figures show US Germany commerce rising from 1890 to 1901 with imports from Germany increasing from 27 million to 100 million and US exports from 12 million to 191 million. Growth strongest in last five years with coal tar colors and dyes and chemicals leading import gains while steel embroideries and sugar also rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Stu
Vna
Satsut Int
Philippine Army to Be Cut and Forces Reduced
War Department plans another reduction of U S forces in the Philippines with Gen Chaffee's input awaited. Remaining artillery units will be brought to the mainland by way of the Suez Canal and stationed at Atlantic coast posts. MancArthur and Chaffee agree artillery was misplaced in the islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Philippines
Department
Chaffee
MancArthur
Gen. Chaffee
Otis
Suez Canal
New York
Atlantic
Six Hoosier Girls Kissed Music Teacher Foss
Six young women of Noblesville Indiana confronted music teacher Robert Eb Foss in the public square after he boasted no girl had touched his lips. They allegedly restrained him and kissed him repeatedly, leading Foss to file affidavits against them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oatd
Foss
Tie
Italian anarchist Gianotti confesses to regicide aiding Humbert
A Rome dispatch reports Luigi Gianotti, an anarchist charged in Milan as Bresci's accomplice in the murder of King Humbert, has confessed his involvement. He says he left Paterson New Jersey with Bresci and traveled to Monza near Milan. Gianotti allegedly caused a street disturbance at Monza to mislead police while Bresci attacked the king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gianotti
Humbert
Rome
Luigi Gianotti
Milan
Bresci
Kingumbert
Efe
Paterson, N. J
Bresei
Monga
Neur Milan
Ginnwni
Monza
Ning
Mint Clerk Faces Charges in $40,000 Theft
Walter N. Dimmick, former U S mint chief clerk, is under a warrant issued by San Francisco court officials at the request of a U S Secret Service agent. He is accused of embezzling $40,000 in gold coin, the loss found early last month. The case centers on the mint during his tenure as chief clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Dimmick
San Francisco
United States Court
Ileacock
Secret Service
Greorge W. Hazen
Walter N. Dimmick
United States Mint
Dimmick
Woman Leaves Nebraska Family for Philippine Teaching Post
Mrs. Minnie Wadsworth of Mellwood Nebraska accepts a teaching post in Manila after a dispute with her husband George who says the War Department should not separate the couple. He protests but the transport is sent and she sails from San Francisco.
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Acnut
Nebraska
War Department
Philippines
Mannie Wadsworth
Mellwood
Neb
Boston
Mellwoost
Fannie Wadsworth
George Watheworth
Kansas
Manila
San Francisco
George Wadsworth
Jannie Wadsworth
Boat Explosion Kills Two on Pleasure Yacht Quail
Eighteen injured when boiler tubes blow on yacht Quail on the Monongahela River near Peters Creek. Robert Criswell and Iarry Osborne of McKeesport are fatally burned and likely to die. Passengers leapt into the river and were rescued by campers along the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. N. Campbell
Monongahela River
Peters Creek
Robert Criswell
Iarry Osborne
MelKeesport
Ames
Hypnotism Fails to Cure Hiccups in Washington Woman
Miss Loretta Kemp of Washington D C suffered 144 hours of hiccups before a sudden relief from ice swallowing ended her ordeal. Hypnotism failed to provide lasting relief. after each session the hiccups returned leaving her weak and nervous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta Kemp
Washington, D. C
Miss Kemp
Fire Claims Ten At Cleveland Water Crib Disaster
A fire at the Cleveland water crib two miles offshore killed ten workers. Ten men perished while thirteen others escaped by taking shelter in a tunnel 200 feet below the lake surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Harney Tells of a Bribe in Healy Case
Judge Edward W. Harney of Butte Montana asserts he was offered 250000 to rule for Amalgamated Copper Company in the Minnie Elealy mine dispute. He says coercion was used to secure a favorable decision and defends Mrs Brackett while dismissing letters in the case as forgeries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Healy
Edward W. Harney
Butte
Mont
Minnie Elealy
Amalgamated Copper Company
Amalgamated
Brackett
South Dakota Railroad Rates Deemed Illegal by Judge Carland
Judge Carland of the U S Court at Sioux Falls rules the state maximum rate schedule for freight and passenger transportation violates the U S constitution. He says the rates would confiscate railroad property without due process or just compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carland
South Dakota
United States Court At
Sioux Falls
Indian Chief Slain in New York Farm Fight
Jesse Jamison longtime Seneca chief on the Cattaraugus reservation was killed while Richard Crouse was seriously wounded in a bloody clash on the Crouse farm near Gowanda New York. The incident echoes broader tensions among eastern tribes and the region’s Native leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jesse Jamison
Cattaraugos Reservation
United States
Richard Crouse
Crouse
Gowanda
N.Y
Market Prices Across U S Cities Show Cattle Hogs and Grains
The report lists live cattle hogs and sheep values in numerous hubs including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and New York with price ranges for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes. Notable figures include Buffalo shipping steers 3.00 to 5.90 and New York cattle 3.75 to 5.60 with various grain quotes across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Gulf Coast Storm Wrecks Havoc Nineteenth Century Tide
A massive Gulf Coast storm devastates coastlines from Pensacola to Port Eads. Ports, rail lines, and rice fields suffer wide damage as Mobile and New Orleans face flooding and isolation. Reports speak of ships sunk or lost crews, and thousands feared dead in a tidal wave reminiscent of 1893.
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Gulf of Mexico
Gulf States
Mobile
Ala
Western Union
Associated Press
Dixie Lumber Company
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Alabama
Texas
Goinsville
Nashville
Gulf Coast
Pensacola
Cobden
Reese
O'Brien
Port Eads
Buras
Velasco
l'Outre
Passea
Cheniere Caminada
Grand Isle
Louisiana
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The
Philippine Army
France
Walter Wellman
Mediterranean
Channel
North
China
Hong Keone
Kwang Si
Wu Chau
Takhing
Shining
Samshul
Shaffer
Joliet
Amalgamated Association
Cadillac
Lake Michigan
Fiukeel Invader
Thomas Watts
Negaunee
Mich
Cornwall
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Caney
Ind. T
Lawton
Tunica County
Mississippi
John Littlejohn
Charles Jones
Jones
London
Harney
Senator Tillman
Columbia
J. Young Jones
Tillman
Venezuela
Weekly Weather Bureau
Missouri
Halifax
George's Island
Boston Harbour
Pension Department
Weather Bureau
Hanston
Kan
Invader
Kesorta
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