Far From San Jacinto The Thirty Third In Fierce Fight
Manila November 14 The Thirty third infantry with insurgents fought five miles from San Jacinto in one of the war's sharpest hours. One officer and six soldiers killed plus one officer and twelve wounded. Americans seized twenty nine rifles and eighty corpses lay in trenches. Mud hampered advance as Gatling gun crews dragged gear. sharpshooters hid in trees and trenches.
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Manila
San Sabian
Nne
sAameticans
Wheaton
San
Yeuzon
Avemires
San Jacinto
Reading
Passimz
Spinos
Warr
Regi
Smemt
Bmizjor John A. Logan
Croni
Marsh
Aguinaldo and Filipino Forces Clash Near Dagupan
Dispatch reports a sharp skirmish line about a mile long as American troops under Major Marsh assault insurgent positions near San Fabian and Dagupan. Filipino losses include five killed at a bridge, with 150 insurgents driven into the hills. a lieutenant colonel’s body found. American troops earlier captured a convent flag and secured a large flag over a convent. News notes propaganda claims by Filipino secretary of war and rumors of Aguinaldo retreating toward Dagupan with an estimated 30,000 troops while supply lines falter. Colonel Wessels captures a Filipino baggage train near San Nicolas with documents and presses.
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Aguinaldo
Marsh
Dagupan
San
Manila
Wheat
Grounding of the Charleston Near Kamiguin Island
Manila dispatch reports the U S cruiser Charleston struck an uncharted coral reef ten miles east of Kamiguin Island. The bow rose out of water as heavy seas rolled the vessel. Water-tight floors failed, crew abandoned attempts to save her, launching boats and arming for loading with two Colt guns and rifles. Some officers and men wore only pajamas.
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Heryek
Manila
United States
Charleston
Kamiguin Island
Couports
Charleston Sails Run Aground After Battle
After ongoing fighting, cannon were removed before boats departed. Two hours after Charles ton struck the crew escaped, two days later reporting no salvageable items. Landing first on a rocky island, then Ermignin island, they met curious locals. Lieutenant Macdonald sailed for help and was rescued by the transport Aztec. The Charleston lies exposed with little chance of recovery of the cruiser’s paraphernalia.
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Charleston
Barron Rocks
Ermignin Island
Macdonald
Che Charleston
Cape Town Ultimatum Report Sparks Boer Spy Drama
London dispatches note scarce South African news with Ladysmith and Kimberley bombardments. Cape Town reports Dom Paul demanding release of alleged Boer spy Marks under threat of execution of six British officers. Mafeking dispatch says Cronje sent envoy under flag of truce. Baden-Powell cites Geneva Convention limits and warns Boers mined Pretoria defenses and attacked natives.
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London
Ladysmith
Kimberley
Cape Town
Dom Paul
Marks
Kruger
Mafeking
Cronje
Baden-Powell
Red Cross Society
Geneva
Red Cross
Langer
Pretoria
Granje
Goebel Plurality Narrowed in Corrected Returns
Louisville reports corrected returns showing Goebel with a one vote state plurality. The Courier-Journal notes a 1383 vote gain in Harrison County where two Taylor precincts were discarded. Contests in seven counties affect over 4000 votes with Christian county trimming 95 votes from Taylor. State board to meet in Frankfort on December 4 to hear disputed ballots.
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Louisville
Goebel
Courier-Journal
Harrison County
Taylor
State Board of Election
Christian County
Hopkinsville
State Board of Election Commissioners
Frankfort
Crumpacker to Press Census Report on Southern Voting
Lafayette Ind November 15 Representative Crumpacker will push a bill demanding the census director report on southern voting population to enforce the fourteenth amendment He will seek to reduce southern congressional representation to reflect alleged black disfranchisement and lower voting totals
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Crumpacker
Lafayette
Ind
Congress
Ife
South
Interstate Commerce hearing resumes in St Louis dispute
The Interstate Commerce Commission resumed hearings on the St Louis Business Men's League complaint against western railroads. Ex Governor Joseph Fifer of Illinois, newly appointed to the commission, was sworn in at the federal building just before sessions opened.
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St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Last of an Extraordinary Family Dies at Paris Farm
Paris Ky Nov 15 Matthew Trow ard died yesterday at his farm near Paris He was the last of a family of eleven whose combined height reached seventy feet and a half inch and combined weight 220 pounds The tallest member stood six feet eleven and a half inches while the mother was six feet and a half inch tall
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Paris
Matthew Troward
Ile
Test of Department Store Act in Kansas City
Test arrest targets legality of new department store law. W B Thaye of the Birney Bird Phayer Dry Goods company was jailed to set a test case amid industry opposition. Senate and chamber debated conspiracy cases with adjournment planned for tomorrow.
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Iansas City
W. TB. Thayey
Bhinery-Bird-Phayer Dry Croods Company
Paris
Nov. U
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Mill Worker Fatally Crushed After Belt Accident
Eddyville reports a fatal industrial accident as B. S. Miggs of A. S. Riggs & Son millers was caught in a belt. He was hurled across the room and crushed between the belt and a large nywheel, dying from the injuries.
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Eddyville, Hh
B. S. Miggs
A. S. Riggs & Son, Millers
Assessment figures values compared for two years
Springfield November 15 After the adjournment of the Cook county board of equalization a caucus named a committee to review lands lots and personal property. Personal property rose 245 percent from last year and 59 percent above last year’s equalized value. Town and city lots up 94 percent from last year and 35 percent above equalized. Land values up 67 percent from assessed and 18 percent above equalized. State total assessment 805,869,000 for 1899 versus 698,443,706 in 1898 an increase of 202,425,384. Fifty counties up 229,047,487 while fifty two counties down 26,922,053.
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Glucose Trust
Springfield
Board of Equalization
Cook County
McKnight
McKenna
Taylor
Whel
Severin
McAnsh
Obendorf
Illinois trust and Savings Bank seeks rehearing in Illinois trust case
The Illinois Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago filed a petition for rehearing in the Supreme Court on the Illinois Trust case. It claims errors in 15 points, contending material issues were treated as immaterial and that the court overlooked points not raised in the original brief. The bank asks remand to the lower court with directions to overrule the demurrer and allow responses to all allegations.
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Springfield, Lls
Illinois 'Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago
Supreme Court
Cilucoe Trust
Coal supply halt averted in Belleville district
United Mine Workers officials and local operators reached a conference outcome preventing a strike by agreeing to halt coal deliveries to Missouri and Texas lines including Missouri Pacific and St. Louis and San Francisco railroads pending mine strike results. Other items note federal rail damage suits arising from the 1904 strike and a Chicago fire at multiple properties.
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Springfield
Ills
Mitchell
Hunter
Belleville
United Mine Workers
Missour
Kansas
Texas
Tron Mountain
Misouri Pacific
St. Louis
San Francisco
Citizen Endorses Doan’s Kidney Pills in Freeport
A local resident, CG J McMurry of 47 Iroquois Street, horse buyer, praises Doan’s Kidney Pills after five years of kidney trouble and nightly awakenings. He reports rapid improvement and urges neighbors to remember the brand, sold for 50 cents per box by Foster Milburn Co. in Buffalo as US agents.
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J. McMurry
Iroquoia Street
Dean
Doan
Emmett & Burrell’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Paris Restaurant Comedy Ends With Foolish Detective Caprice
A stylish diner in Paris indulges in a lavish dinner while a grave detective arrives to arrest a supposed fraudulent banker. The plan collapses as the detective discovers nothing, revealing the scene was a staged comedy for a gourmand’s blowout. The piece ends with an ad for Ely’s Liquid Cream Balm for nasal use.
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Paris
Baron L
Figaro
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Houseboats: A Thames Icon In English Social Life
The houseboat remains a largely unknown quantity here yet dominates the Thames scene. English summer social life centers on water as owners treat houseboats with the same care Americans devote to summer homes.
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Ngland
Thames
Croup Remedy Promises Quick Relief and Rail Land Offers
Hoarseness signals impending croup and Chamberlin's Cough Remedy is touted as preventing attacks when given early or after symptoms appear. Mothers are urged to keep it on hand as a dependable, pleasant remedy. Ad copy then touts Chicago & North-Western Railway land offers, urging investment in new towns along forthcoming lines with cheap jet and timber land prices, and invites inquiries to J. F. Cleve can, Land Commissioner, Chicago & Northwestern Railway.
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Chamberlin
Eimmert & Burrell
Chicago & North-Western Railway Company
North- Western
J. F. Clevecann
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Chicago
Memphis Undertaker Arrest Sparks Body Theft Suspicions
A St Louis telegram reports Memphis undertaker Mraik Thompson in custody over four trunks of corpses en route to Keokuk for disposal. Police connect the deaths to local revocations, naming victims including Lulu Jones and Mrs Jennie Mcc Guire, while Keokuk officials deny knowledge of Thompson.
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Memphis
St. Lows
Mraik Thompson
Keokuk
Thompson
St. Louis
Rank Thompson
D. Thompson and Company
Ofice of
City Board of Health
Lulu Jones
Carrie Gray
Geo. Butler
Rufus Jack
Frank Jackson
William White
Jennie R. MccGuire
Shelby County Insane Asylum
Little Rock
KB. D. Thompson and Company
Keokuk Medical College
Young Attorney in Danville Ends Life Amid Despair
Danville Illinois November 11 A C Rudolph a prominent young German attorney shot himself in the head last evening during a personal crisis intent He is believed to die from despondency and self inflicted act authorities report a tragic suicide plausibly stemming from professional and personal strain.
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Danville
Ills
A. C. Rudolph
Market quotations from Chicago and Milwaukee grain and livestock
Chicago prices show Wheat December at 66 plass, Corn December around 78 and Oats December near 22 4. Pork and Lard futures steady with December pork at 8.05 and Lard around 4.95. Live stock receipts seen. cattle around 6000 head with varied steers and cows prices, hogs $3.50 to $5.80 range. Milwaukee wheat steady with No 1 northern 66 67 cents, rye dull, oats steady.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Burbanks
Hebrong
Cape Cod
Choier
Texas
Milwaukee
Northern
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Supreme Court Room
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Joseph Curran
Arthur G. Webster
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Rockefeller
Rochester
A. H. Strong
Rochester Baptist Theological Seminary
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Cape Nome
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Sioux City
Ifred Lerch
J. Fletcher Smith
Healy
Alaska
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Chicago Grain and Produce
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National Biscuit Company
Stover Engine CO
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