Rebels Routed At San Fernando In Strong American Advance
General Otis confirms Manila dispatch describing MacArthur with 4000 men attacking an insurgent force of about 6000 around San Fernando. By 10 am the rebels were driven five miles toward Angeles with few casualties. Heavy rains and floods hindered movement and repairs on the railway north from Angeles.
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Washington
D. C
Otis
San Fernando
Manila
MacArthur
Angeles
MacArthur advances beyond San Fernando with base shift
Manila reports details of General MacArthur's advance nine miles past San Fernando in five hours, reaching six miles along the railway by 2 p m and resting three miles from Angeles, chosen as the northern base. The march blasted through rice fields and bamboo thickets amid knee-deep mud, with 30 to 40 casualties and several sharp engagements by the Twelfth and Seventeenth regiments.
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Manila
MacArthur
San Fernando
Angeles
Tico
Porci
Iowa
Pell
Sixteenth
Fourth Cavalry
Deems
T Toops
Immean
Hall
Calamba
Steamer Saturnus Bombarded and Wrecked at San Fernando
Manila Aug 9 The Saturnus of Campania Martima flag coasted under the American flag was found Aug 2 beached at San Fernando near insurgent trenches. An armed boat’s crew boarded it and passengers were removed while merchandise and 100000 dollars in specie were looted. Attempts to tow failed as Yorktown bombarded the port and the steamer lay wrecked.
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Manila
Pampanga
San Fernando
WIFE MURDER CHARGED IN NEW YORK POLICE COURT
Nathan Kronek was cited in police court on charges related to the alleged murder of his wife. Further arraignment details and potential bail were not disclosed in the fragment.
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New York
Aug. C
Nathan Kronek
Kronman Charged in Wife Murder at Home
Kronman, a well to do commission merchant, faces murder charges after his wife Annie was found dead with a crushed head in their home. Henry B. Hicks, a colored man, testified Kronman stood in the doorway between 1 and 2:30 PM with blood on hands and clothing, and Annie Kronman died hours later at Roosevelt hospital.
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Annie
Kronman
Henry B. Hicks
Hicks
Roosevelt Hospital
Van Wyck Boomings in Saratoga At Democratic Meet
New York Aug 9 W F Harrity ex chairman of the democratic national committee ex Senator Gorman and Col L Victor Baughman were at the Fifth avenue hotel last night. They talked of a Pattison boom but gave no confirmation. Mayor Van Wyck and a southern delegation discussed his growing strength and opposition to Bryan with plans to launch a Van Wyck presidential bid next year. Ex Senator Butler and ex Ambassador Eustis expected Monday to join Willetts in Alabama to push the effort. The southern democrats in Saratoga press Van Wyck’s rise and oppose Bryan.
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New York
W. F. Harrity
Democratic National Committee
Gorman
Maryland
L. Victor Baughman
Baltimore
Fifth Avenue
Pattison
Pensylvania
Tribune
Saratoga
van Wyck
New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Justice
South
M. C. Butler
South Carolina
Bryan
J. B. Eustis
Louisiana
Joseph J. Willetts
Alabama
Fight at New York platform Democrats meeting
In Syracuse the Chicago platform Democrats of New York state opened with 50 delegates attending. A floor fight split anti-trust and anti-imperialism factions from ultra free silver. Odell and Wheelock led anti-trust rivals Cantwell and Forest led silver side. Resolutions urge opposition to trusts and imperialism as top 1900 campaign issue and direct election of U.S. senators.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Chicago Platform Democrats
New York State
Samuel Odell
Auburn
Austin Wheelock
Geneva
Thomas W. Cantwell
Albany
Jay W. Forest
Niagara Falls
Odell
United States
Miller Kanne Miller Wedding at 170 Madison Street
Tuesday afternoon at 170 Madison Street, Miss Caroline Kanne married Ulysses Grant Miller of Bucyrus Ohio. Rev J S Ainslie presided as family guests attended and a wedding dinner followed. The bride is highly esteemed. the groom is a successful Bucyrus businessman. The couple will reside in Bucyrus after visiting the bride's parents.
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Madison Street
Caroline Kanne
Ulysses Grant Miller
Bucyrus
Ohio
J. S. Ainslie
Plymouth Congregational Church
Mob Kills Echo Brown in Amite City Riot
In Amite City Louisiana on August 9 a mob entered a house and abducted Echo Brown and brothers Edward and Edgar Barr. Echo Brown was fatally shot while Edward and Edgar Barr were severely flogged. The colored men were charged with numerous crimes.
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Amite City
Adolphus
Echo Brown
Edgar
Edward Barr
Edward
Edgar Barr
Echo
Liberty
Fort Wayne Doctors Lead Health Conference in Bluffton
Bluffton Indiana August 9 special. Fort Wayne physicians prominent at the Northern Indiana health conference in the circuit court room. Dr J N Hurty state health officer delivered an illustrated lecture to a large audience. Tuberculosis topic sparked broad discussion. Dr Carl Proeger urged transmission awareness and home care, and cautioned against climate immunity. Dr W P Wherry advocated public sanitation reform through education and gradual change. Damaging gossip arose as Talbot and Talbot filed a 25000 breach of promise suit against ex Senator Heller, a Republican and longtime St Joseph County figure.
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Bluffton
Ind
Indiana
Circuit Court Room
J. N. Hurty
Carl Proegler
Fort Wayne
W. P. Whery
Della Chamberlain-Fox
C. C. Chamberlain
Talbot & Talbot
General Assembly
St. Joseph County
Northern Indiana Notes Local News Roundup
A survey of Elkhart and surrounding counties reports injuries from a porch fall, a kidnapping reward claim, a child’s death in a grain elevator, and deaths of elderly residents in Wells and Adams counties. Smallpox vaccination progress and a rattlesnake incident are noted, plus a Soldiers and Sailors reunion in Walkerton. Ex-State Senator Chris Holler figures prominently in a South Bend intrigue.
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John Lindermann
Elkhart
Della Berger
Rochester
Marshall Maurer
Servia
Adams County
Peter Reeg
Whitley County
Washington Township
That County
Lemuel Qo
Wells Coll
Ashtabula County
Ohio
Wells County
Chris Holler
South Bend
Della Fox
Valparaiso
Harlan Ferry
Lafayette
Lon Latta
Jefferson Township
Elkhart County
Indiana
Southern Michigan
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Association
Walkerton
Nellie Wright
Christian Holler
Six Hundred Under the Ban Excommunication Enforced
The decree of Bishop Janssen excommunicating St. Patrick's congregation of East St. Louis for opposing a German priest's appointment to succeed the Irish-American rector takes effect at noon. The congregation and many parishioners refuse submission, protests echo across the Belleville diocese as months of tension culminate in open defiance. About GOD persons fall under the ban.
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St. Louis
Janssen
Belleville
St. Patrick’s Congregation
East St. Louis
St. Patrick’s
Jenssen
Father Cluse
General Torral Acquitted by Supreme Court Martial
Madrid reports the supreme court martial acquits Generals Torral and Pareja of surrendering Santiago de Cuba without exhausting all means of defense. The verdict orders an additional inquiry to find responsibility for the lack of defense that led to the capitulation of the fort.
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Madrid
Supreme Court Martial
Torral
Pareja
Santiago de Cuba
Owyhee Beats Royal Baron in Canadian Pace Show
In Buffalo on August 9 Royal Baron, Hubinger’s trotter, fell to Owyhee owned by T. E. Keating after two heats each. Spear’s horse faltered near the wire, allowing Owyhee to claim the decisive heat. Searchlight posted the fastest pacings in Canada, with the third heat at 2:03 14. Frank Bogash took second to Anaconda in the 2:20 class trot.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Royal Baron
Hubinger
Detroit
Owyhee
T. E. Keating
Spear
Baron
Searchlight
Canada
Frank Bogash
Anaconda
Darknight
McCarthy
Bogash
McHenry
Bessie Bonehill
Gr m
Dicke- Som
Borough Park
Starr
Erie County
Cracksman
Latimer
Perren
George Carney
W. H. Cassidy
Rockwood
Venus
Millard Saunders
Merrifield
Sadie M
Dorothy S
Nell Gwynne
Viola and
Letah §S
Abductor Nellie Berger Hidden From Peru Jail Mob
Roy Jones, accused abductor, was spirited away to Kokomo as a 5000‑strong mob planned to lynch him in Miami, Fulton, Cass and Pulaski counties. Governor Mount ordered guards with a gatling gun. militia proceeded to Peru but halted when Jones was moved.
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Peru
Ind
Roy Jones
Nellie Berger
Kokomo
Indianapolis
Jones
Dunn
Mount
Miami
Fulton
Cass
Pulaski
Investigation follows double shooting of Bond and McConkey
Displaced George Bond wounded in the street by a bullet and Goldie McConkey found dead blocks away with two gunshot wounds to the breast. Bond denies murder, claiming an unknown assailant fired at them both. Burns on clothing suggest close range fire.
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George Bond
Uater
Goldie McConkey
Bond
Miss McConkey
Four Firemen Die In 2000 Volt Live Wire Incident
Omaha witnesses a deadly blaze at Mercer Chemical on Eleventh and Harney streets as a 2000 volt live line killed four firemen fighting a small upper floor fire. Names listed include Adams, Benson, Geiseke, Hopper, with others injured or fatally struck as rescuers attempted to lower an extension ladder. The blaze began in a storeroom on the sixth floor amid chemicals.
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Omaha
Neb
Mercer Chemical Company
Eleventh
D Harney
Adams
Joseph
Wao
Benson
George
Pipeman
Geiseke
Otto
Tillerman
Hopper
Charles
No. 3 Engine Company
George Farmer
Albert Iavingston
The
Chemical Company
Geiseka
Marriage Unites James Maberry and Minnie Cook
Justice Bullerman joined James Maberry and Minnie Cook in marriage in his office on Thursday afternoon. The couple, well known in colored society, received warm congratulations from friends. A note to mothers promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as the best remedy for teething children.
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Justice Bullerman
James Maberry
Minnie Cook
Tragedy of Two Lovers Near River Front Park
A Denver report from August 9 details a double tragedy caused by a quarrel between lovers near River Front Park. Residents heard cries and a fatal confrontation early today, with authorities starting investigations into the deaths.
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Denver
River Front Park
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