Lawton Dies at San Mateo in Philippines Fight
General Henry W. Lawton fell after hours of fierce combat at San Mateo Luzon as American forces attacked the insurgent stronghold. He led from the front wearing a white helmet, reacted to a fatal wound, and died within sight of his troops. Donations are sought to aid his widow and four children.
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Manila
San Mateo
Lawton
Mariquina
Geronimo
Fourth Cavalry
la Loma
Lockett
Resumption Talks Rise From Produce Exchange Turmoil
Edwin Gould and Thomas A. McIntyre lead a special committee amid a failed Produce Exchange Trust. a bright prospect for reorganization hinges on Turner A. Beall and other trustees stepping down. In Manila, General Lawton is shot through the heart during a fight to clear the San Mateo district, with seven wounded and intense siege activity reported.
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New York
Produce Exchange Trust Company
Edwin Gould
Thomas A. McIntyre
Turner A. Beall
Beall
Fervent Illinois Regiment Offered for Africa Aid
A telegram from Chicago to Premier Laurier offers a regiment of Illinois men of British birth to support the British fight in Africa. The Highland association and Celto-Sexon union of Illinois pledge volunteers for justice and human liberty, with high enthusiasm.
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Chicago
Laurier
Canada
Wilfred Laurier
Ottawa
Highland Association
Celto-Sexon Union of
Illinois
Africa
Journey to Arizona and New Mexico Statehood Inquiry
A congressional and territorial group led by Senator Shoup and officials from Arizona and New Mexico depart on a western trip to gauge entitlement to statehood. The program includes a California jubilee celebration in San Jose with Pioneer Society delegates and a Sequoia memorial tree planting at City Hall Park.
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Washington
Arizona
New Mexico
Senator Shoup
Military Committee
Binger Hermann
General Land Office
Meiklejohn
Murphy
Otero
San Jose
California
Pacific Slope
New England
Society of California Pioneers of
State Capitol
Martin
C. H. Allien
Wall Street Oped Firm After Scare Despite London Sales
Wall Street steadies after a scare as the market opens firm and holds, with London acting as a liberal seller. Money stringency eases and banks stand ready to intervene again if needed, though no serious danger is seen ahead.
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New York
Wall Street
London
Dreyfus Family Plans Paris Newspaper With Clemenceau
The Dreyfus family contemplates founding a Paris newspaper with Clemenceau as editor. The proposed title is Justice or Truth.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Dreyfus
Justice
Truth
Woman Arrested in Park Row for Kidnapping Boy
A middle aged woman identified as Mrs. Maria Taymonds was arrested in Park Row at 3 AM after allegedly kidnapping four year old Joseph McAvoy, son of Porter McAvoy. She admitted taking the boy saying she had grown fond of him. Police describe her as a Bowery tramp seeking to force the child to beg. The boy vanished yesterday around 9 AM and his parents reported him missing.
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New York
Maria Taymonds
Park Row
Joseph McAvoy
Porter McAvoy
Three steamers loading at Atlantic docks for South African ports
Three steamers are loading at the Atlantic docks in Brooklyn for South African ports Norton & Son's Bechuara Bucords and the Honorious The Honorious arrived Sunday and is said to be chartered through British government interests Its cargo is canned meat and baled hay A special cash sale runs Thursday and Friday with $1.50 in premium stamps for every dollar spent Price Bros Grocers Daily Herald 15c per week
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New York
Atlantic Docks
Brooklyn
Norton & Son
Gov Pingree seeks resignations over state losses in military scandal
Governor Pingree in Lansing demands resignations of the military board and the Michigan asylum trustees after losses of 40000 dollars linked to Henderson Ames and Illinois Supply. He urges immediate action by the legislature to recover funds and General Marsh resigns from the board in response.
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Lansing
Mich
Pingree
Military Board
Michigan Asylum For the Insane
Henderson Ames Company
Illinois Supply Company
Marsh
Battle in Trans-Cedars District Leaves One Dead
A courier reports to Sheriff Richard Son that a pitched battle last night killed one person and left three wounded in the Trans-Cedars area near Athens Texas. Authorities fear the violence ties to the Murphys lynching last May.
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Athens
Tex
Trans-Cedar District
Trans-Cedar
Murphys
Collision in Mediterranean Leaves Sailors Lost and Dead
The Italian liner Perseo collided with the French steamer Meux in the Mediterranean. Several sailors drowned and one died of fright. Meux crew abandoned ship and were landed there today.
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Alicante
Spain
Perseo
Meux
Market records set as steer price hits six cents
A mixed group of common steers from the range sold today for six cents a pound, the highest live beef price in Denver in seventeen years, after September range gathering and feeding on corn and alfalfa.
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Denver
Gompers Reelected AFL President In Unanimous Vote
Samuel Gompers was unanimously reelected president of the American Federation of Labor at a morning session. Several other officers were also reelected.
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Detroit
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Golden Jubilee Celebrated by Californians in San Jose
San Jose California December 20. Twenty thousand visitors thronged the streets as Californians celebrated the first state capital jubilee featuring crowds, pageantry and civic rites marking the Golden Jubilee era.
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San Jose
Cal
Yale to Host Largest U S Scientific Meeting
Yale University in New Haven hosts a two day congress bringing together ten associations and scores of scholars from across the United States and Canada. Professor F W Putnam of Harvard will discuss the Ancient Pueblos of the Chaco Canyon as part of the program along with other notable presentations.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
America
Canada
F. W. Putnam
Harvard
Chaco
New Wage Scale Adopted by St Louis Tobacco Workers
The union tobacco workers of St. Louis will adopt a new wage scale on January 1 affecting about 3,000 workers. The scale mirrors Louisville terms and in some cases raises wages by nearly 100 percent over current pay.
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St. Louis
ST. Louiss
Union Tobacco Workers of
No river and harbor bill this session says Buron
Washington December 20 There will be no river and harbor bill this session. Mr Burton states the engineer corps has all it can do. He plans a hearing, then a committee meeting next fall to draft a bill for introduction soon after Congress opens.
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Washington
Burton
Engineer Corps
Baltimore Post Office Cashier Dies by Self Inflicted Wounding
Captain Louis N. Schlesburger, 50, cashier at the Baltimore post office, died this morning from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The act was sudden and no reason was given.
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Baltimore
Louis N. Schlesburger
Li Hung Chang Named Viceroy After French Demand
London December 20 reports from Peking say Li Hung Chang is appointed viceroy once more after Tin Kuang Tung was removed at France’s insistence.
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London
Pexin
Li Hung Chang
Tin Kuang Tung
France
Dramatic critic Hepburn Johns dies in Chicago
Hepburn Johns, dramatic critic for the Chicago Chronicle, died this morning in Chicago after a brief illness from acute pneumonia.
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Chicago
Hepburn Johns
The
Chicago Chronicle
Copper prices and visiting family noted in New York wire
Copper dull at 164, silver 594, lead 4.46. Mrs. J F Kilburn and family of Silver City visiting A W Wells on Mageftin Avenue.
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New York
J. F. Kilburn
Silver City
A.W. Wells
Mageftin Ave
Legal clash over Rio Grande navigability case heats courtroom
Special Dispatch to the Herald reports arguments between United States attorney W D Childers and Judge A B Fall as they contest whether water navigability can be proved by Supreme Court guidance and technical measurements. Proceedings discuss irrigation diversions and the burden of proof with Judge Burch and others questioning data limitations and the scope of testimony.
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Conchos River
Colorado
Childers
A. B. Fall
Supreme Court
Water Boundary Commission
el Paso
Fall
Burch
Conchos
Brownsville
Ake
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