Yorktown Ambush Message Details Rescue Efforts
Washington reports full text of Admiral Dewey dispatches on the Yorktown incident in Luzon. Sailors missing include Chief Quartermaster W. Walton and others. Gilmore and crew presumed alive if captured or later freed. Scouting near Malolos finds rebel line. Brig. Gen. Charles King ill and ordered home.
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Washington
Navy Department
Dewey
Manila
Secretary of the Navy
Yorktown
Baler
Luzon
Philipine Islands
J. C. Gilmore
W. Walton
J. Ellsworth
H. J. Hygard
Wendgit
W. H. Rynders
C. W. Woodbury
W. A. Venville
A. J. Peterson
F. Brisolase
B. McDonald
L, T. Edwards
F. Andersen
J. Ditlon
C. A. Morrissey Dewey
Wilcox
Laozon
Gilmore
Department
Sosace
Iloilo
Malolos
Charles King
Yorktown crew and officer vanish near Luzon coast
Admiral Dewey alerted to the disappearance of Lieutenant J. C. Gilmore Ensign W. H. Standley and fourteen Yorktown crewmen after a mission upriver from Baler Bay on Luzon Island where a Spanish garrison faced Filipino forces. A volley was reported at the river mouth as Standley landed to contact Spaniards.
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Manina
Dewey
J. C. Gilmore
United States
Yorktown
Baler
Luzon
Gilmore
W. H. Standley
Baler Bay
Rosign Standley
End of Pennsylvania General Assembly After Senate Battle
Harrisburg April 20. The 189 session adjourned after over three months without electing a US senator to replace Matthew Quay. Failure to pass a 3.5 million deficit fix and ordinary expenses may trigger an extra session. Bills on ballot reform and capitol completion failed amid partisan battles between Hassan and Quay factions.
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Harrisnure
General Assembly
United States
Matthew Stanley Quay
Stone
Pennsylvania
United States Senate
Commonwealth
Keator
Martin
Hassan
Quay Republicans
Choctaw man confesses to triple murders linked to witchcraft
Solo mon E Hotema, a full blood Choctaw, confessed to killing a man and two women near Gold Springs. He claims the slayings followed his belief in witchcraft and his acts were a sacrifice for the Lord's cause, though officials deem his religion unbalanced.
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I. T
Solomon E. Hotema
Gold Springs
Wrecking Tug Rescue Fitted for Santiago Tow Reina Mercedes
The wrecking steamer Rescue of Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Co is being equipped in New York for a May 15 voyage to Santiago de Cuba to tow the raised Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes to Norfolk Virginia. The vessel is the largest wrecking ship afloat and has orders to sail to assist the cruiser. John Flora, jailed for murder, was injured in his cell during a jail disturbance in Papu Ind. As a result, guard actions left him fatally injured.
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Santiago
New York
Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Company
Santiago de Cuba
Reina Mercedes
Cervera
Norfolk
Blain
Papu
Ind
John Flora
Jessie Burton
Maniac
Sherman Wall
Insans
Flora
Fighting Around Manila Intensifies As Rebels Lose Men
Reported fighting near Manila cites three battalions from South Dakota and Minnesota clashing with about 500 rebels two miles from Bocave, rebels retreat three miles, heat saps troops, one wounded. Rebel trenches near Malolos Calumpit. fires east of railroad hint at evacuation. Wireless tests by Professor Groen show signals over 2.5 miles with iron-heavy towers, reception hampered by metal framework.
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South Dakota
Bocave
Minnesota
Guiguinto
Malolos
Calumpit
Marconi
University
St. Mary's Academy
South Bend
Notre Dame
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Professor Green
Groen
Rebels Attack Washington Regiment Outposts Near Pasig Field
About 200 rebels struck the Washington regiment outposts near Taguig south of Pasig and Patras. After two hours of fighting two American companies pressed the enemy and routed them. Twelve rebels were killed and several wounded. Americans suffered three wounded while gaining Mauser rifles and other weapons.
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Manin
Washington Regiment
Taguig
Pasig
Patras
Regulars For Otis Detailed In New Washington Note
A Washington dispatch says about 9,000 regulars of the 14,000 ordered to General Otis for summer service have been selected. The war department expects to secure the remaining 6,000 in time. The 9,000 include three infantry regiments, two artillery units, one cavalry, and extra companies of the Fourteenth Infantry. regiments listed: Twenty-fifth Infantry, Eleventh Infantry, Seventh Artillery, Seventh Infantry, Fourth Cavalry, First Artillery, and Two companies of the Fourteenth Infantry, totaling 8,373. The First Artillery may be rearmed as infantry with one battery possibly receiving field pieces. On long-range wireless tests two miles apart reportedly succeeded in transmitting signals.
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New York
Washington
Otis
War Department
Porto Rico
Cuba
Manila
Fourteenth Infantry
Alaska
Settlement Reaches Nichter Home After Gas Explosion
Mrs. Mary Nichter of Hendricks Street receives 2250 from Fort Wayne Gas Co through Henry C. Paul plus 195.50 from fire insurers for the loss of her home. The deal, negotiated by attorney F H Kibenkamp, covers property damage and medical expenses but excludes personal injury for her son Albert, who remains in St Joseph hospital.
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Mary Nichter
Hendricks Street
Fort Wayne Gas Company
Henry C. Paul
Fas
Nichter
Albert
St. Joseph Hospital
New Six Room School Planned for Zanesville
Trustees from Union and Lafayette townships announce a six room brick school in Zanesville, on the county line, costing about 8000 dollars with 180 pupils planned, equal cost sharing and extended high school benefits for both townships. Avston April 19. Marriage notice: Miss Maude Lash weds Fred W. Baker editor of the Avilla News in Avilla, both prominent locals. Royal Bradley burned by carbolic acid in a porch accident, boy 4, severely scalded and missing details of the incident.
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Union Township
Wells County
Lafayette Township
Allen County
Zanesville
Avston
Ind
Maude L. Lash
Fred W. Baker
Death ends the struggle for Allen County farmer Sylvanus F. Baker
County Commissioner Sylvanus F. Baker died at his Monroe township home after a long, exemplary life as a pioneer and farmer. He was married to Delilah Crable and is survived by daughter Emma. Funeral will be at Flat Rock Lutheran church with Rev. D. F. Kain preaching, burial at Monroeville. Pallbearers include A. Ferguson and William Moyer Jr. et al.
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Ohifo
Baker
Delilah Crable
David Crable
Emma Baker
Flat Rock Lutheran Church
D. F. Kain
Monroeville
A. Ferguson
William Moyer, Jr
A. ER. Melching
Edward O'Rourke
L. C. Hunter
Thomas Greer
Death of Sylvanus F. Baker Prominent Allen County Official
The obituary honors Sylvanus F. Baker a long time Allen county resident born May 1 1831 in Starke county Ohio. He served as Monroe township trustee and was county commissioner after being nominated by the Democratic party in 1894 and re elected in 1898. Baker owned over 800 acres and died after months of illness at nearly 68.
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Baker
Allen County
Court House
Mr. Baker
Starke County
Ohio
Sylvanus F. Baker
Monroe Township
German Naval Officer Arrested for Supplying Arms in Mataafa Conflict
A Winnipeg dispatch reports the arrest of the commander of the German warship Falke at Apia for supplying arms to Mataafa. The arrest was made by a British commander, with confusion over whether the target is a planter or the ship commander.
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Victoria
Falke
Reversal in Crawfordsville Gas Overheat Case
The Indiana Natural and Illuminating Gas Co. v New Hampshire Fire Insurance Co. ruling reverses a verdict over a Crawfordsville house fire caused by an overheated stove. Judge Wiley notes consumer control over gas flow and limits on company liability unless conditions are identical across stores.
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Indiana Natural and Illuminating Gas Company
New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company
Crawfordsville
Wiley
Slattery
Fort Wayne Gas Franchise Fight Affects Bluffton
Bluffton residents may benefit from the Fort Wayne gas dispute as the city faces a halt on new wells. The gas company has paused drilling for next year, awaiting developments and potential supply shortages.
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Fort Wayne
Bluffton
Bloody Chinatown clash leaves three dead in Fresno
A fierce highbinder war in Fresno Chinatown erupted at dawn with up to twelve casualties. Three killed, nine jailed, and two mortally wounded amid factional fights between Bing Kong and Suey On Tongs. Police captured Wong Dack. further arrests followed as officers seized coats of mail and a small arsenal.
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Fresno
Cal
Chinatown
Herafron
San Francisco
Rapelji
Tulare Street
Wong Dack
Mores
Chin Chi
Morsa
Bing Kong Tongs
Suey On Tongs
King Vick Company
Ah Tai
Chin Chee
Lea On Tong
Tai Choy
San Quentin
Gees Wing
China Alley
Ges
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Edwin Bradley
Brearis
S. F. Baker
Bylyanus F. Baker
Samoana
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Matania
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Bluttton
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