Killed in a Railway Wreck Near Pittsburg and Other Briefs
A Fort Wayne Railroad wreck at Jack's Run below Pittsburgh killed two men with one more gravely injured and destroyed an engine and ten freight cars. losses about 25000 dollars. The cause remains a mystery. MacArthur's division pressed toward Malolos from Manila as Aguinaldo faces a last stand. Ex Secretary Sherman arrives in Norfolk aboard the Chicago, greeted by supporters. he travels to the Chamberlain Hotel with medical staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Jack’s Run
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Malolos
Manila
Geo. MacArthur
Manilao
Bocave
Mavilao
Aguinaldo
Marvelos
John Sherman
Norfolk
United States
Chicago
Sherman
Lampton Roads
Shereman
Chamberlain Hotel
McGall
Racial clash at Dolumite near DLir minghat Alabama
After midnight on Tuesday a confrontation erupted between Black miners and a camp of white winery workers near Dolumite ten miles from DLir minghat Alabama. Several Black workers were hurt as firing continued through the night. Twenty deputies responded and twenty four Black people were arrested and jailed. The unrest was sparked by three discharged Black soldiers who urged resistance to arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolumite
Dlirminghat
Ala
Manila
Americana
MacArthur
Gen. Wheaton
Army
Yorktown Captures Hundara Off Lingayen Gulf
The US gunboat Yorktown arrived at Manila with the Spanish steamer Hundara, owned by Mendezona. After a long chase in Lingayen Gulf about 245 miles north, the Hundara headed seaward and was overtaken after Yorktown fired two shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
United States
Yorktown
Mendezona Company
Gulfet Lingayen
Gulf
Boy Killed in Impromptu Boxing Match at Center
Autopsy shows Charles McCoy died from a heart blow during an informal contest in front of his father’s store at Center. The blow ruptured the main artery causing internal hemorrhage. Carl Comer has not been arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McCoy
Carl Comer
McCoy
Young McCoy
Coner
MacArthur Likely Appointed Brigadier General
War Department plans promote Arthur MacArthur from Major General of volunteers and lieutenant in the regular army to Brigadier General in the regular service for his gallantry and prudent campaign against insurgents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
War Department
Arthur MacArthur
Watson May Succeed Dewey Asiatics Station Chief
A Washington dispatch reports Rear Admiral Watson as a candidate to succeed Admiral Dewey in command of the Asiatic Station. It notes he may be sent to Cavite and, once Dewey is relieved, would take command of the squadron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson
Dewey
Washington
New York Herald
Admiral Dewey
Asiatic
Cavite
Fort Wayne Masonic Temple Listings and Boston Opera Dates
Fort Wayne hosts attractions including Mr Beane from Boston on April 3 and What Happened to Jones on April 14. The Span of Life is shown on April 4 with further shows on April 1 11 1H 43 14 featuring the Boston Lyric Opera Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Fort Wayne
Mr. Beane
Boston
Jones
Boston Lyric Opera Company
President and party reach Washington resident after special term
The presidential party led by the President and Mrs McKinley along with Postmaster General Smith arrived in Washington on Tuesday afternoon after their special term bearing the executives reached the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McKinley
Smith
Spain to Pay Interest on Craban Bonds Decree Approved
The Spanish Cabinet approved the Queen's decree to pay April interest on Craban bonds. EL. Alexander of Jhak tas Texas Consolidated Electric Street Railway announces Dallas Street Car Line sale to Des Moines capitalists syndicate. Sale price reported as $000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Dallas
EL. Alexander
Jhaktas
Texas
Consolidated Electric Street Railway Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Mr. Alexander
Notable Deaths and Disasters Across Several States
Horace Wall dies by suicide in New York. Anne Hayes Alexander dies at 101 in West Charlton New York. Fertilizer firms rumored to form a combination in Newark New Jersey. Rachel Esterbrook dies at 87 in Plainfield New Jersey. John Butler, nearly 101, dies in Huntington California. Silver Creek New Jersey bank assigns assets to H W Allen with about 100000 in liabilities. Lafayette Hotel fire attempt in Philadelphia. American Beet Sugar Company files incorporation in Trenton New Jersey with 20000000 capital. Hepburn Pennsylvania church incident causes many to sleep. Mrs Newell Dwight Hillis undergoes appendix surgery in Philadelphia. DuPont plant explosion at Carney Point New Jersey kills three and injures others. William Dailey slashes throat after gambling loss in Brockport New York. Frederick Clark shoots wife then kills himself in McKeesport Pennsylvania. Buffalo smelting works bonus raises wages by ten percent. Pittsburg window glass factories strike impacts eighty wad boys. Locomotive boiler explosion near Reading Pennsylvania kills Oscar Leisy and injures others. Fort Wayne Chicago line wreck near Dittsburg fatal for Bracken and Lowe. Brandenbaugh hurt. other damages. Leadville mine rescue reunites two pump men Reuss and Frey. Cincinnati knife fight ends with death of Charles Priesteh. Samuel Crow murdered near Oregon Missouri for robbery. Central Trust sues Ohio Mining to appoint receiver for Ferry County Coal. John Moore confesses to killing five children in Hutchinson Kansas. Fires destroy Dangler Stove Cleveland and Cleveland Machine Screw works. Lt Roth killed in wreck. Thomas Wiggs, Indiana teacher, fatally wounded by Wesley Hurt in a school dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Wall
New York
Anne Hayes Alexander
West Charlton
N. Y
Newark
N. J
Rachel Esterbrook
Plainfield
John Butler
United States
Huntington
L. A
Silver Creek
Heines’ Bank
H. W. Allen
Lafayette
Philadelphia
American Beet Sugar Company
Trenton
Sai
United Evangelical Church
Hepburn
Newell Dwight Hillis
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
EK. I. Dupont
Carney Point
Wilmington
Del
Clark
Buffalo Smeltings
Calumet and Hecla Mining Company
D. C. Cunningham, Cunningham & Co., Limited
Phillips & Co
Pittsburg
Philadelphia and Reading
Reading
Oscar Leisy
Lyman Emerich
George D. Zimmerman
Fort Wayne and Chicago
Dittsbur
Jones A. Bracken
James T. Lowe
Dittsburg
C. FL Brandenbaugh
Wallace Logan
Charles Reuss
Burt Frey
Bon Air
Leadville
Colo
Cincinnati
Richard A. Roberts
Charles Prietseh
Oregon
Samuel Crow
Crow
Central Trust Company
Columbus
Ohio Mining and Manufacturing Company
Ferry County
John Moore
Hutchinson, Wican
Moore
Dangler Stove and Manufacturing Company
Cleveland
Cleveland Machine Screw Company
Lieut. Roth
Fire Company No. T
Roth
Thomas Wiggs
Joseph W. Wiggs
Pike County
Ind
Wesley Hurt
Wiggs
Carbon
Tlurt
Hurt
Bac
Fires, deaths, and upheavals sweep multiple towns
A string of incidents crosses the Midwest and West including a blaze destroying J. J. Krieger’s grocery stock in Atopfastings and a Ohio livery stable fire killing 48 horses. In San Francisco a jockey was stabbed, a gasoline launch exploded, and a building endowment fund aimed to relocate Washington University faces delays. Several political and social items touch Honduras, milage, and labor wage talks while a noted humorist and church head are mentioned in Pasadena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Mills
Chicago
Minn
J. J. Krieger
McCoy
Oe Choyneki
San Francisco
Kansas City
Honduras
Guatemala
Northwest
Milwaukee
Fostoria
Ohio
Smith
Ann Katy Suodsrass
Milford Center
Blewie
United States
Albert Trifith
Young Griffe
Jefferson
John Epperson
Nexarkana
Bessie Lee
James
Gilligan
Wes Heen
Washington University of St. Louis
Forest Park
Dolson Street Wharf
San Fratcisco
George Neldls
Acta Oon
Bisparvck
James Wo Cole
Sophrania Ford
Caie
Robert J. Burdette
Dhumorist
Choa B. Baker
Pasadena
Burdette
River Presbyterian
Hngeh
Ice Road
Hitman
Broad Array of Disasters Hit Regions Across United States
The report lists crop frost damage delaying Georgia peach shipments, a Montana University fire, a Georgia hotel fire, a tornado devastating Liberty Tennessee, a Texas court shooting, a Cray West Virginia assault, a fatal Atlantic Coast Line wreck near Augusta, powder explosion in Dewitt Arkansas injuring children, and notable deaths including geologist Jer Hooter and Cadbury executive Richard Cadbury with a London railway tragedy and other events across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jer, Hooter
Gherning Peivy Ceuduneil
Richard Cadbury
London
Countess Daialvashi
Eyinersasxa Teriskan
Naepolean TE
Mentor
Prontiers
Great Britain
Peseren
Jamies A. Spurgeon
Trey
Charles EE Spurgeon
West Africa
Samo Lave
Berlin Protest Over Chief Justice Chambers Retention
Reports describe a petition to the foreign office in Berlin protesting the retention of Chief Justice Chambers. Other items note Italy demanding concessions at San Mun bay and varied international gesturing alongside military actions in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Office
Berlin
Chambers
China
Italy
San Mun Bay
O. W. H. Reif
Dresden
Germany
Caloocan
Aguinaldo
Spain
Jules Cambon
Washington
United States
Switzerland
South America
State Department
Ridgely
Geneva
Industrial woes and market swings ripple through 1890s era notices
Articles report soap manufacturers in Milwaukee unable to buy tallow from packing houses and warn other soaps may halt production. Quinine prices surge amid war demand and plague history. A Klondike discovery yields a preserved mammoth, and migrants in Jersey City face destitution after failed Liberia contracts. Dun & Co notes broad industrial expansion despite stock volatility and a weekly tally of US and Canadian business failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Gross
Milwaukee
Dealera
India
Dawson
Lower Dominion Creek
Klondike
Jersey City
Liberia
International Migration Society
R. G. Dun & Cols Weekly Review of Trade
Pew
Wall Street
New York
Bessemer
Viutsburg
Gray
Southern
Chicago
Boston
Washington
London
Philadelphia
United States
Canada
Market Report: Chicago to Western Grain and Livestock Prices
Regional commodity quotes list cattle hogs sheep and grains by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with price ranges for cattle hogs and grains, noting No 2 red wheat and No 2 white corn values and butter and eggs. The compilation reflects market conditions across major hubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Taconta
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Soho
New York
Move Upon Malolos Continues After Three-Day Fight
American forces under MacArthur and Wheaton press toward Malolos amid harsh heat and rough terrain. Filipino defenders retreat from Polo and Malinta as bridges fall and rivers block progress. Forty Americans killed and about two hundred wounded. Col. Egbert among the fallen. Rumors mount on whether Malolos seizure ends the war or if insurgents sustain a long guerrilla campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polo
Wheaton
Malinta
Malabon
Ihis
Col. Egbert
Twenty-second Infantry
San Juan
den. Wheaton
Aguinaldo
Washington
Malolos
Antalde
Spanish Aid The Rebels Strengthens Insurgents
War Department sources confirm a 30,000 Aguinaldo force and Spanish prisoners released on condition to fight alongside rebels. Gen Otis reports Spaniards in insurgent hands publicly joining against American advances, with Corbin acknowledging long-held suspicions of this arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Washington
Aguinsttde
Otis
Con. Corbin
Almerictg
Iupinos
Corbin
Aguinallo
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N. M
Thor
Western
The
Georgia Fruit Growers’ Association
Montesnuma University
SACNH
Thomasville
Offer
Piney Woods
Liberty
Tenn
Sweetwater
Woodruff
Dawyer
Poleney
Cochran
Watts
QO. HL Skinner
Cray
W. Via
Skinner
Augusta
Mack
Denmark
Dewitt
Ark
S. J. Leslie
I. G. Eguert
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