Fighting Joe Wheeler Takes Command in Manila
Intelligence dispatch notes Gen. Wheeler ordered to report to Gen. MacArthur and assume command of Gen. Funstell's brigade. Wheeler projects rapid progress with more troops, disputes health of the country, and cites San Angelo recovery and MacArthur moving HQ. In Santo Domingo, Gen. Popin's forces lose a battle at Cape Haytien with thirty killed and forty captured. a convoy of provisions is abandoned amid further clashes near Monte Christi.
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Joe Wheeler
Manila
Wheeler
MacArthur
Funstell
Col. Liscum
San Angeles
Gen. MacArthur
Santo Domingo
Cape Haytien
Hayti
Poppin
Monte Christi
Brainard Relieved by Manila Chief Commissary
Capt David L. Brainard chief commissary at Manila seeks relief due to ill health and is replaced by Major C M Smith. Smith will sail from San Francisco aboard the Sherman on September 10. Rioting and disorder erupted in Cleveland over the Big Consolidated Street Railway strike as four cars were damaged and crews fled. thirty policemen led by Capt. Bradley restored order.
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Brainard
David L. Brainard
Manila
Gen. Otis
C. M. Smith
Major Smith
San Francisco
Sherman
Cleveland
Consolidated Street Railway
Bradley
Fire destroys Terre Haute canning plant and Langdon gun stock factory
A major blaze in Terre Haute, Indiana, nearly wiped out the Terre Haute Canning Company plant and the H. A. Langdon d and Co gun stock factory, the country’s largest gun stock maker. Losses exceed $50,000, fully insured.
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Terre Haute
Terre Haute Canning Company
H. A. Langdon d& Co
Ind
Wall Collapses at Koons touring mill in McConnellsville
A Wall in the Koons touring mill brick building collapsed after a large wheat stockpile, spilling over 2000 bush els of grain. Several workers narrowly escaped, and the mill faces heavy losses from the incident.
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Koons
McConnellsville
Ohio
Notable Deaths and Legal Edicts in Early 20th Century News
Ex judge Henry Hilton of New York dies at Woodlawn Park while Yale receives 75000 from Dr Charles J Stille for political economy at the University of Pennsylvania. In New Jersey three killed and three injured after a railroad collision near Seabright. Greenwich Point’s Albert Golden and Hempstead’s Furman Hicks drown sailing in Hempstead Bay. New York court allows exclusion of negro pupils from public schools where whites attend. Concord New York shaken by SE to NW earthquake lasting several seconds. James & Rappe, 11, travels 1204 miles to attend the Grand Army encampment in Philadelphia. Two youths found shot in New York, Landauer and Engel. Clayton Mason dies in Washington from morphine overdose. G A R encampment parade invitation reviewed by President Roosevelt. Juanita Torrey Terry, 13, killed by a train in Seabright. heir to large Cuban estate. American Automobile Company formed to unite kerosene or gasoline driven vehicles across nations. Caspar Bubert, famed sculptor, dies of apoplexy in New York studio during Dewey arch work.
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Henry Hilton
New York
Woodlawn Park
Saratoga
Yale
Charles J. Stille
University of Pennsylvania
Seabright
N. J
New Jersey Southern Railroad
Albert Golden
Greenwich Point
Furman Hicks
Hempstead
Hempstead Bay
Long Island
Supreme Court of
New York State
Concord
N. Y
Grand Army of the Republc
Jas
Rappe
Marinette
Wis
Philadelphia
John Landauer
Josephine Engel
Ttver Avenue
115Th Street
Landauer
Clayton
Mason
Milan
Tlineis
Washington
Capitol
Mel Ninley
Juanita Teressette Torry
N.d
Juan Pedro Terry
Fires and violence ripple across cities in scattered incidents
Fire damages in Chicago Conneaut Ohio Armona California and Milwaukee cause losses totalling around 150000. Executions occur in Mashogee Territory while investigations press Mayer Ensor resignation in South Omaha. A double drowning near Winds River ends tragically as brothers perish in the river. Police report three separate homicide and assault cases including a fatal shooting in Higgins Port Ohio.
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J. Burton & Co
Chicago
William Schuyder
Higginsport
Ohio
Merriam
Conneaut
Armona
Cal
Cyris A. Brown
Matthew Criig
South Omaha
Neb
Mayer Ensor
Joplin
Marguerite
Phoebe Hearst
Deadwood
S. D
Homestake
Abrig Fuel Company
Forest Liyaber Company
Milwaukee
Great Northern
Evert
Las
Duluth
South Pakota
St. Louis
Aspeedad
Peacwoords
Sta
John Swift
Pretty Eagle
Noisy
Henry Marron
Powen
Ferris Casey
Casey
Pirperye
Greorge Hall
John B. McLean
Claempati Rcquirer
Thhrough Coc. Buivers
Harry
Joseph Becker
Winds
Grafton
Notable crimes and escapes overshadow Ohio and Idaho news
The report chronicles a string of violent incidents including a wife shooting her husband in Cleveland, possible motives tied to a desertion, a feud in Day County Oklahoma Territory ending in a duel, an escaped Wardner prison case aided by a bribed guard, a bank robbery suit in Lima against bank officials, a Milwaukee robbery chase leading to one capture, a Metamora youth accidentally shot but recovering, and a Newtown man’s failed murder attempt followed by arson of his house.
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Hugh Herr
Cleveland
Herr
Harrison Hamilton
Ira Cooper
Day County
O. T
Crawford
Fifth United States Cavalry
Wardner
Idaho
Sis
Lima
Ohio
American National Bank
N. L
Martin Nessler
First National Bank
Milwaukee
William Barrett
Albert Schener
Metamora
Newtown
Jacob Christman
L. D. Drake
Christman
Drake
Mississippi Democrats Nominate A H Longino For Governor
Mississippi Democrats nominate A H Longino of Washington County for governor. The era’s headlines report a fire destroying the Clay mansion near Paris Kentucky, a New Orleans Brewing Association sale at 860000, and a deadly assault in Kentucky involving Martha Daniels. North Carolina coast wrecks claim thirty deaths as eleven vessels lie ashore. Mexican prisoners in Hidalgo County Texas allege torture by officials, appealing to President Diaz for aid.
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Mississippi
A. H. Longino
Washington County
Clay
Paris
St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans
Martha Daniels
Kentucky
Thacker
W. Va
Belle Collins
North Carolina
Sailorn
Hatteras
New River Inlet
Hidalgo County
Texas
Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
Navy weighs against Constitution in Dewey parade
The Navy Department disfavors using the historic warship Constitution in the Dewey demonstration in New York. Treasury opens condemnation for lot 36 in Indianapolis to build a public building. Capt Francis W Dickins to command the battleship Indiana, succeeding Capt HA Taylor. Canadian Senate redistribution bill dispute decided against the Senate. Maj Arthur K Woodson of the Ninth Cavalry resigning as agent for the Cheyenne and Arapaho at Darlington Oklahoma. Charles King mentioned as probable successor.
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Navy Department
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Indianapolis
Francis W. Dickins
Bureau of Navigation
Indiana
HA. C. Taylor
Senate
Charles Russell
Dominion
A. KE. Woodson
Ninth Cavalry
Darlington
Yen
Charles King
Fatal accidents and international political actions reported
In the Tyrolese Alps three deaths occurred including a proprietor Mauree and a guide. A pistol duel at Lem berg Acintelay killed Lieuts Spreng and Urabi. A passenger train plunged into the Mapocha river in Santiago with many lives lost. The Sultan of Sulu acknowledged U S supremacy over the Sulu archipelago. Morocco will destroy native boats on the Riff coast and establish a gunboat service to protect foreign shipping. The Peruvian revolution at Wu Amuco led by Senor Durand has intensified.
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Tyrolese Alps
Mauree
Lemberg
Acintelay
Lieuts
Spreng
Urabi
Santiago
Chile
Mapocha
Sulu
Gen. Bates
United States
Sulu Archipelago
Morocco
Riff Coast
Wu Amuco
Senor Durand
Acre Declares Independence Amid Regional Tensions
Information from Para reports Acre inhabitants have proclaimed independence and formed a new South American commonwealth amid greater regional concern than the Iquitos rebellion. Harvard astronomer Pickering travels to Jamaica seeking a site for a world’s largest telescope in Cambridge to study a new planet approaching Earth in about eighteen months. A Birmingham firm won a 14 million Mauser cartridge order for South Africa with secrecy on destination, Boers using Mauser rifles. St Petersburg notes Vonderweiss’s suspension hits the market, his fortune estimated 50 to 60 million rubles, leaving below 6 million after debts.
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Iquitos
Para
Acre
Brazil
Bolivia
Edward Charles Pickering
Harvard Observatory
Jamaica
Cambridge
Birmingham
England
South Africa
St. Petersburg
M. Vonderweiss
West Indies hurricane death toll and distant mine sale noted
News briefs report a predicted ten deaths from the West Indian hurricane and a Hearst interest in one third of the Homestake mine sale in London next month. Also noted are a Toronto delegate’s suicide, Cuban combat with casualties, a ship abandoned at sea, and wage increases for railroad engineers.
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Hearst
Deadwood
S. D
London
Smith
National Association of Mexican War Veterans
Indianapolis
Market Reports from Midwestern and Eastern Grain Centers
Regional price summaries cover cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with commodity quotes for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes and clover seed. Values show varied ranges by market and grade, including No 2 red wheat 77-70 cents and creamery butter 17-22 cents per pound.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
HEAVY ARCHES FALL AT CHICAGO COLISEUM SITE
A 5 PM collapse of arches at the Coliseum site on Wabash avenue and Fifteenth street Chicago killed nine men and injured thirteen with five missing. Pittsburg Bridge Company workers oversaw lowering when arches trembled and fell trapping and crushing laborers beneath iron and timber debris. Officials seek blame as losses could reach thirty thousand dollars amid uncertain cause and possible investigation.
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New Coliseum
Wabash Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Chicago
Pittsburg Bridge Company
McCabe
Coliseum Company
Royalty Pastimes and Personal Tastes Revealed
The excerpt lists various European royals and nobles enjoying hobbies and luxuries. Emile Zola pursues amateur photography. Crown Prince Gustaf uses a car. King Oscar fishes for salmon. Henry Labouchere favors oleomargarine over butter. Russian imperial family members ride bicycles. Baroness James de Rothschild owns Europe’s finest fan collection. Duke of Buccleuch houses top miniatures. Princess of Wales dabbles in golf but dislikes it. Abdul Hamid consumes large amounts of ice cream in summer. Prince Arthur of Connaught, at sixteen, is taller than his father.
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Emile Zola
Crown Prince Gustaf
Sweden
King Oscar
Henry Labouchere
James de Rothschild
Europe
Duke of
Abdul Hamid
Prince Arthur of
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