Filipinos Seek Peace as Otis Rejects Government
Manila reports say Col Manuel Argueleses and Lieut Jose Hernal claimed insurrecto leaders Luna and Aquino requested truce talks with Gen Otis. Otis refused to recognize a Filipino government, promising another conference as congress may decide on peace terms. Infantry and officials await ceasefire and negotiations.
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Manila
Pescu
Col
Manuel Argueleses
Jose Hernal
MacArthur
Gen
Otis
Luna
Aquino
Suumoning
Congress
Gen. Otis
War Department
Bandit Atrocities Reported Near Havana and Guanajay
Alarming bandit activity reported around Guanajay and nearby locales. Three travelers robbed and killed by brigands. depredations increase on property near Colma and St Nicholas. Road travel discouraged as mills in Toledo form a near million dollar price‑control combine excluding MacClaren & Sprague.
Smallpox Outbreak Evident Among Negroes in Kansas City Kansas
A negro with smallpox broke out in delirium and roamed the streets of Kansas City Kansas before police captured him. The incident indicates the disease is epidemic among local African Americans. An unknown man was killed by East West Shore Railroad cars near Fairport New York, his body found along the tracks two miles east of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
West Shore Railroad
Fairport
N. Y
Pen Argyle Valley
Pen Argyle
Edward Harding
Joseph D. German
MacArthur Crosses Rio Grande Drives Filipinos From Stronghold
American forces under General MacArthur crossed the Rio Grande in the Philippines and routed the Filipino defenders. The pursuit forced a rapid retreat and saw villages burned in retreating action. Separately, news arrived of the death of New York financier Robert Goelet at Naples Italy from heart failure.
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MacArthur
Rio Grande River
P. I
Robert Goetet
Robert Goelet
New York
Mr. Goelet
Naples
Italy
Trade Signs and Market Resilience Amid Weekly Failures
Dun and Co reports heavy trade with profits, noting no major money-market risks. Spain payments affect exchange little. industrial depression unlikely. Iron markets show robust orders, coke near max, London tin at 244, copper strong at 18.14. Failures: 181 in US, 22 in Canada, vs 204 and 20 year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RG. Dun & Co
R. G. Dun & Co
Spain
London
United States
Canada
Fatal Explosion at Philadelphia Chemical Works
An explosion at Pleer’s chemical works in Philadelphia kills two men and a woman, leaves two men missing, and injures about a score of workers and nearby residents. The factory and surrounding buildings are wrecked with extensive damage to windows and structures within a wide radius. Only six workers were present. one man was found dead at a distance from the mill and another fatally burned.
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Pleer
Philadelphia
Aosgare
Wally
Victoria
B. C
Chan-Fu
Kino Chow
Germn
Kiao Chou
Germany
Tsung-Li-Ramen
Attempt to blow up trains in Missouri derailments
The Burlington lines near Nodaway Missouri faced two dynamite incidents on the tracks as trains, the Denver flyer and Omaha express, suffered shocks and window damage. Officials traveled by special train, with no robbery motive evident amid the wrecks.
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Missouri
Burlington
Nodaway
St. Joseph
Denver Flyer
Omaha Express
Earthquakes in California cause brief tremors felt at Fort Bragg
Earthquakes in California produced about three second shocks with heavy rumbling heard at Fort Bragg. In Pennsylvania a boxer named Kid Levelle who was injured in a Homestead bout with John Cavanaugh died at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh.
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California
Fort Bragg
Cal
Kid” Levelle
Chester
John Cavanaugh
Homestead
Mercy Hospital
Pittsburg
Atrocities in China Prompt German Measures
A German correspondent reports attacks on German subjects in Shen Tung China. Riots spread near Lehoufou Feihein and Shen Shan with Catholics killed and two burned publicly. Germans retaliate with force and pursue punitive action amid continued unrest.
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Hong Kong
Gerang
Lehoufou
Shen Tung
Ivhottow
Snys
Feihein
Shen Shan
Oith
Cheek
Windstorm Wrecks St Edward Neb Injures Several
A fierce windstorm roared through St Edward Nebraska causing major damage and injuring multiple people. The storm hurled hail two inches deep, toppled two foot trees, and wrecked the McCutchin farm house. Mrs Sprague of Sioux City and Mrs McCutchin, along with her mother, suffered serious injuries. The Russell home was destroyed as the family fled to a cave for safety.
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St. Edward
Neb
al Qiext
Russell
W. A. McCutchin
Sprague
Sioux City
McClutchin
Lookout Inn Sold to National Railway Conductors
Lookout Inn near Chattanooga Tennessee has been sold to the National Order of Railway Conductors. Deeds signed in Chicago complete the transfer. The order plans a home and school plus a sanitarium for disabled members, with a magnicent male university to serve the order nationwide. The hotel cost about 800000 dollars and sits atop Lookout Mountain commanding four state views.
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Lookout Mountain
States of the Union
Asp delivered by mail targets New York firm secretary
An asp sent by mail was addressed in faded ink to George FE Sterry Jr secretary of Weaver and Sterry in New York. The venomous snake touched his hands when the box was opened but he escaped injury with quick action. Detectives handle the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George FE. Sterry, Jr
Weaver & Sterry
New York
Sterry
California Murderer Convicted at Riverside
Gual Vasquez convicted of murder in the second degree for the slaying of G Almandavez near Riverside. Vasquez and an accomplice shot the victim at night and dumped the body on a Santa Fe track, where a train mangled it.
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California
Riverside
Gual
Vaten Vasquez
G. Almandavez
Vasquez
Double murder suicide attempt shocks Camden family
Edward Walkle an instrument maker of Camden New Jersey killed his wife and eight year old daughter then tried to take his own life by cutting his throat. A surviving daughter aged nine escaped by fleeing into the street.
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Edward Walkle
Camden
N. J
Battle near Malolos Leaves Eight Americans Dead
In the Quingun engagement near Malolos eight U S soldiers were killed and 48 wounded as rebels pressed the lines until reinforcements arrived and the insurgents were routed. Mme Calve orders tombstone from Paris sculptor Denys Ruech depicting Ophelia pulled toward the void. exhibit planned for 1900.
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Malolos
Quingun
United States
Calve
Mme
Emma Calve
M. Denys Ruech
Paris
Ophelia
Tragic Kansas shooting ends with fatal fall at shaft
In Kanapolis an Italian man fatally wounds a husband and wife and a boarder. The killer then plunges into a salt works shaft 1,000 feet deep while escaping after the wife sounds the alarm. The boarder dies from throat wounds. the husband dies in the shaft.
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Kanapolis
Kan
Italy
South America
Wanapotla
Chicago Sweetheart Prostrated After Death of Kansas Bridegroom
James Duff master mechanic of the Burton Car Company Chicago died suddenly in a Wichita hotel the day before his planned marriage to Miss Sarah Wright of Chicago. Miss Wright arrived after his death and was prostrated. She is a niece of C J Fellows, the company’s general manager, and they had been engaged for a year.
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Chicago
Kansas
James Duff
Burton Car Company
Wichita
Ikan
Duff
Sarah Wright
Wright
C. J. Fellows
Market Reports Chicago to New York grain and livestock prices
A roundup of regional market figures shows cattle and hogs trading across multiple cities with price ranges for wheat, corn, oats, rye, butter, eggs, and potatoes. Notable entries include Chicago and Milwaukee cattle and hogs, St Louis and Cincinnati wheat and corn, plus Detroit and Buffalo dairy and grain quotes.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Ste
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Allver Jubilee Session of Eastern Star Held at Fort Wayne
Indiana state news notes the grand elaptor Order of Eastern Star meeting in Fort Wayne with large attendance and routine business. Officers elected include Grand Matron Sara E. Gardiner Terre Haute Grand Patron Edwin W. Barrows Indianapolis and other officers. Indianapolis chosen as next meeting site.
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Order
Eastern Star
Grand Eliptor Order
Fort Wayne
Ars
Sara E. Gardiner
Terre Haute
Edwin W. Barrows
Indianapolis
Alice Stewart
Marion
Daniel McDonald
Plymouth
Nettie Ransford
Carrie W. Fanning
Butler
Laura J. Breckinride
Lafayette
Susie M. Davis
Scottsburg
Minor State Stctrite Greensboro will reincorporate
Wayne County druggists organized. James Halpin of Evansville committed death by own action. Brown County out of work and hopes for a railroad. Two-inch gas mains planned from Greentown to Chicago. Anti booze rule enforced on Lake Shore Road. A buzzard with a sheep bell found near Shoals. Eight year old son of Lincoln Iek e Mishawaka drowned in a cistern. Mrs. K. Ui. Keltner Mishawaka badly burned in gasoline explosion. Westerman-Stewart Rolling Mills Marion to raise wages ten percent.
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Greensboro
Wayne County
Hiave
James Halpin
Evansville
Brown County
Greentown
Chicago
Lake Shore
Lincoln Ieke
Mishawaka
K. Ui. Keltner
Westerman-Stewart Rolling Mills
Marion
Gladys Wall
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Maerion
Kokomo
Porto Rico
Buda Leppert
Victor Mann
Elkhart
Indiana
George
Edgar Hollis
New Albany
John H. Brown
William Piper
Connersville
Bedford National Banc
Bedford
Brazil Rapid Transit Street Car Company
Terre Haute and Brazil Electric Street Car Company
Boston
Terre Haute
Gov. Mount
State Board of Education
Joseph J. Mills
Harsham College
William T. Scott
Franklin College
Enoch G. Machan
Lagrange County
Joaquin Millar
Liberty
William R. Dunn
Alton
Vetar B
Ensley
Columbus
Charles Haeske
South Isend
Glenn &. Howe
Jerome T. Kelso
John E. Kennedy
H.L. Kennedy
Charles J. Kiefer
Alfred B. Schantz
Attica
James Weathers
Grant County
Evan
Ara
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Che Tribune
Denver, Mnd
Norris & Woolley
Publishere In
Grant
Gen. Grant
Fairmount Park Art Association
Rosemary Sartoris
McKinley
Mra. Grant
Reserve
J.B. Covhran
Raleigh
Planing Mills
MacClaren & Sprague
North Dakota
Williamsport
James
Joe Caldwell
Fast Mail
Chicago and Northwestern Fast Mail
Baraboo
Wis
Kittie Marshall
Valley
Benjamin Yabbs
Milton Junction
Nellie Welch
Elroy
Frank Donald
Dead Man's Island
Messrs
Stewart and Wells
Gordon
Vancouver
Thomas Kain
No Cleveland Hospital
England
Kain
Maj
Francis 8
Dodge
China
Lookout Inn
Jane Tettaton
Malden
J. HL. Tetratin
Tetraton
United States Worsted Company
American Plumbing Supply and Lead Company
Trenton
Conmon
Byers
Otto Goette
Brown
Goette
Constantine Tromato
Leonore
Eighth United States Cavalry
Porto Principe
Toledo Carpenters
Kingman Implement Company
Omaha
Indiana State News
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