Revolt Gains Strength in Philippine Islands
A Manila dispatch via Hong Kong reports insurrection spreading in Negros and Cebu, once friendly areas. Wealthy residents plan departures as Cebu leaders shift to the insurgents. U S gunboat Wheeling notes insurgents occupying every village along the northern coast of Luzon.
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Manila
Hong Kong
Negros
Cebu
Schurman
United States Advisory Commission For the Philippines
Senores Liorente
Metliza
Supreme Court
United States
Wheeling
Luzon
Negotiations Stalled as Transvaal Hikes Mule Prices
Cape Town reports no reply from the Transvaal on British peace proposals. Pretoria dispatch warns the reply may disappoint and negotiations might break off. Meanwhile the Transvaal government is buying mules aggressively, paying up to twenty pounds each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
Transvaal
Pretoria
Destructive Fire Hits Berea Business District
A massive blaze in Berea Ohio destroyed much of the business section, burning twenty one storefronts. Originated by a gasoline explosion in a bicycle shop, flames spread quickly in high winds before Cleveland firefighters sent an engine on a special train. Loss estimated around $1000 with no insurance.
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Berea
Oho
Cleveland
New Rations for Army Prepared for Philippines Move
The Adjutant General cabled General Otis to confirm if emergency rations are needed for the Philippines. Chief Commissary Brainard in Manila requested 100,000 emergency rations in wrappers. Otis likely agrees to keep rations on hand should the army advance beyond immediate transport points when the campaign begins.
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Otis
Philippines
Brainard
Manila
Jealousy Ended In Double Homicide At Chicago Home
Thomas Houlihan of 285 Ohio Street Chicago killed his wife Lizzie and then himself with a revolver after jealousy sparked the act. He fired two shots both true. Houlihan was a cashier for Booth Packing Co and Lizzie operated a small restaurant they owned at 110 Dearborn Avenue. The couple had previously lived in Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Thomas Houlihan
Ohio Street
Chicago
Houlihan
Booth Packing Company
Lizzie
Dearborn Avenue
Fort Wayne
Ind
Peculiar Death In Muncie Bicycle Accident
Emile Swarbeau rode a bicycle in Muncie Indiana when the rear pneumatic tire exploded. He was thrown several feet, dashed to the sidewalk, and rendered unconscious. A physician arrived to find him dying. the explosion's report was heard far away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emile Swarbeau
Muncie
Ind
Train Kills Three Near Wernersi Isle Station
Franklin Hassler son of Highland House proprietor near Wernersi ile Pa and two Harrisburg women Hilda HW and Gertie Fleishman aged 20 and 22 were killed by the Lebanon Valley express while he drove them to the station. Hassler was slightly deaf.
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Franklin Hassler
Highland House
Wernersi Ile
Hilda HW
Gertie Fleishman
Harrisburg
Lebanon Valley Express
Mr. Hassler
Dewey Still Indisposed Delays Florence Departure
A Leghorn dispatch reports Admiral Dewey remains indisposed as officials visit the Olympia. The Admiral’s departure for Florence has been postponed.
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Dewey
Leghorn
Olympia
Florence
Transport McPherson Ships Aid to storm sufferers in Port Rico
The transport McPherson carrying a cargo of supplies for storm victims sailed from Brooklyn on Wednesday.
Notable Deaths and Disasters Across Cities in One Era
A compilation notes Robert Porterfield a famed shipping master dies in Brooklyn at 86 while Col William Sinn theatrical manager passes in Pittsfield at 65. Jennie Worrell fatally burned at Coney Island. Lightning strikes kill George Gravers 18 and Tony Rixes 21 in Baltimore. Philadelphia shoe makers form a national pact raising prices 10 to 25 cents. John Murray & Co flint glass works struck and destroyed by lightning causing $125,000 loss. Rev Walter Manning Barrows dies at Mackinac Island and Rev Charles M Lamson dies in Johnsbury at 56. Autenreith suicide confession reveals near ruin. John B Smith files for bankruptcy with $136,404 liabilities. Tinzing at West Point ends under Col Albert L Mills. Miss Mary Ellen Sigshee marries Balfour Kerr in New York. Bodies found near Colu mbia Ned on railroad tracks. white man identified as Francis. Dr J A Doyle vaccinates forty at Fountain Inn Prome stead. Andrew Abels found suffering with smallpox.
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Robert Porterfield
Brooklyn
William E. Sinn
Pittsfield
Mass
Jennie Worrell
Coney Island
George Gravers
Tony Rixes
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Flint Glass Works
John Murray & Co
Walter Manning Barrows
D. D
Greenwich
Conn
Mackinac Island
John Henry Barrows
Oberlin College
Charles M. Lamson
Hartford
New York
West Point
Albert L. Mills
San Juan Heights
Military Academy
Mary Ellen Sigshee
Chrles D. Sigstee
Maine
Havana
Balfour Kerr
Columbia
Ned
New York, Susquehanna and
Nan Umed
Noted deaths and disasters across the Midwest and West
A stream of brief items recounts deaths from illness and violence including Judge William M. Zearing of Chicago at Mackinac Island, actress Lillian Lewis in Farmington Minnesota, and George W. Blazer in Elizabeth Colorado. Storms, fires, and accidents devastate Cass and Traill counties North Dakota while explosions near Aetna Indiana and a fatal shooting in Toledo add to daily calamities.
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William M. Zearing
Chicago
Mackinac Island
Frederick W. Niblock
Pasadena
Cal
Lillian Lewis
Farmington
Minn
Emma Blunt
Minneapolis
Abbott Blunt
the Times
George W. Blazer
Elizabeth, Colo
Cass
Traill Counties
N. 1
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Albert Beers
Daniel Lininger
Toledo
Campany
Beers
Lininger
Minot
Seattle
San Francisco
Mercur Chemical Company
Omaha
Henry Marks
Guthrie
Old
Walter Steubbens
Sibley
David Elliott
Thomas HH
Elliott
C. E. Ingalls Crediteries
Nebraska
Iugalls
Woodstock
Guilford
Gralan
Dubuque
Town
Aetna Powder Company
Aetna
Ind
Gus McKengle
Gainesville
Texas
Manitou, Cab
Multiple 1900s events span fires and crimes in diverse locations
The Report summarizes a string of incidents: a Chattanooga furniture plant burned, wholesale grocers in Houston failed with liabilities about 441,071. involuntary bankruptcy filed in Charleston. violent killings in Tennessee, Louisiana, West Virginia, and Virginia. a notable death of a former Supreme Court justice in Leesburg. lynching near Port Gibson. a Chattanooga home for children arranging Cuban girl admissions. Emperor William’s engagements in Germany. Maj. Marchand offered French governorship. US-Hong Kong talks affecting Hamkow. Kaiser meets Congressman Foss.
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Chattanooga,Tenn
W. B. Cleveland & Co
Houston
Texas
TenneSsee
Charleston
W. Va
Amite City
Adolphus
Echo
Brown
Edgar
Edward Barr
Nour
Sherman Smith
Charles P. James
Leesburg
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Port Gibson
Miss
Bill Wilson
A. Steele
Chattanooga
Tenn
Fitzhugh Lee
Emperor William
Germany
Maj. Marchand
Menelik of
Abysshumn
Hong Kong
Great Britain
United States
Hamkow
Congressman Foss
Kiel
Kaiser Express
General interests in politics and global events
William C. Whitney exits politics while Alexander McDonald faces large liabilities. Canadian fishing boats seized by U S customs likely to be released. Ottawa Atlantic Railroad wreck near Coteau Junction kills seven. General Torres executes forty prisoners after nephew’s Yaqui death. Bell cleared of stealing a Carranza letter. Baltic and U S maritime tensions rise as mutiny and clashes occur aboard the Victoria. Baltimore and Ohio trains update safety and baggage cars. American syndicate buys Cuban islets La Cruza and La Raion amid iron ore talk. Zinc prices set for six months in Missouri-Kansas dispute. Dan & Co notes iron output rises. wool markets mixed. weekly trade and failures summarized.
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William C. Whitney
Alexander McDonald
Klondike
Point Roberts
United States
Ottawa Express
Canada Atlantic
Coteau Junction
Ont
Gene. Torres
George F. Bell
Montreal
le Fontaine
Victoria
Demani
Baltimore and Ohio
la Cruzao
Lia Raion
Cuba
Parana
Ameri-As
Missouri-Kansas Zinc Miners’ Association
RR. G. Dan & Co
Chicago
Pittsburg
Canada
Rumors and views on royalty and railways abroad
The report cites mixed opinions from officials in diplomacy and military affairs. It notes German American cordial ties and questions the Dewey wartime interview. It discusses Astor potentially gaining British peerage and a William III act limiting monarchs. It quotes Captain Washiero on Russia abandoning the Transsiberian railway due to construction flaws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
America
William Waldorf Astor
William III
Washiero
St. Petersburg
Russia
Tokio
Siberian
Indiana freight forecasts and national figures in market report
Market reports from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee and Buffalo show cattle hogs sheep and grain price ranges and futures across major cities. The piece blends exchange data with editorial notes on Indiana politics and war service including Gov Morton and Robert Dale Owen while mentioning national figures and recruitment trends.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
T&ce
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Lima
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Grand Island
Neb
League of American Municipalities
Post Office Department
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Canton
Ruby
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National Hay Association
James W. Sale
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John DD. Carseadon
Jersey City
BP. K. Colins
William PT. Caple
Big Consolidated Company
William Lite
Inoretia Little
Caple
Southern
Indiana
Washington
Guv. Morton
Hoosier
Robert Dale Owen
Gov. Morton
Marion Chronicle
Robert Dale Owen Studs
Owen
Wales
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Congress
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Europe
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Lincoln
Semiter Beveridge
Lawton
Gen. Lawton
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Aoniain
Lieut. Rowell
Ludiana
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Rowell
Michigan City Penitentiary
Bureau of Statistics
Center Township
Marion County
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