Reinforcements Planned as Regulars to Reach Manila
The U S War Department outlines sending fourteen thousand regulars to reinforce General Otis in Manila with the first unit, the Seventh artillery. Reinforcements aim to lift total U S forces in the Philippines to about 21 728 then to 35 000 by autumn, replacing volunteers and countering insurgent leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Otis
Manila
San Francisco
Philippines
United States
Aguinaldo
Filipinos Ready to Seek Mercy as Aguinaldo Talks Truce
In London Senor Lopez, the Filipinos’ envoy, says troops are tired of fighting and must accept American mercy. He expects Aguinaldo to authorize negotiations in Washington and asserts direct authority from Aguinaldo, denying Agoncillo’s influence and hinting at party discord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor Lopez
London
Senor ‘Lopez
Agoncillo
Paris
Aguinaldo
Aguin
Aldo
Washington
Gen Lawton
Ambus
Senor Agoncillo
Agon
End of War Report From Washington on Filipinos
Washington officials cite a London interview with Senor Lopez indicating Filipino forces are discouraged and nearing surrender to American troops. Adjutant general Corbin and General Otis corroborate, predicting a conclusion within days or weeks and calling it the beginning of the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
London
Senor Lopez
Corbin
Otis
Spanish Forces to Evacuate Mindanao and Sulu Islands
Manila April 20 General Rios informed General Otis that Spanish forces on Mindanao and the Sulu islands will evacuate next week. Scouts from the Minnesota regiment had a brush near Guiguinto Thursday. one American was wounded. ED L. KEEN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Rios
Otis
Mindanao
Sulu
Minnesota
Guiguinto
Filipino agents report declarations against United States
In Paris on April 20, cables indicate Filipino agents shared latest declarations by W. Aryan and others opposing U S actions in the Philippines. Messages also transmitted comments from a New York correspondent and remarks from Dr Apacipel, leader of the Filipino junta in Hong Kong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
W. Ie Aryan
United States
Palley
The
Philippines
Dr. Apacipel
Hong
Kong
New York
Ondon’ Ti Ahd
Describ
Aguinaldo Hints at Blockade Impossibility and Insurgent Funds
Fragmentary text notes Aguinaldo saying a blockade is impossible and mentions insurgent facilities. It references a large daily demand of 3,000 francs and cables from Agoncillo related to finances, suggesting funding pressures and communications during the conflict.
Americans Engage Filipino Forces Near Manila
A Washington volunteer scouting party near Taguig on Thursday repulsed 200 insurgents after engaging them. Reinforcements arrived and the Filipino forces were driven off. Filipino casualties were 12 killed and several wounded, while American losses stood at three wounded.
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Manila
Washington
Taguig
Cablegram From Manila Orders Regiment Home At Once
ST PAUL Minn April 20 The cablegram from Manila says the regiment must be ordered home and mustered out of service at once signed Officers of regiment The governor says he knows nothing of the cause and this is his first communication on the subject
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Paul, Minn
Manila
Gove Lind
Igned
Volunteers Return in Order Reached Manila
The war department will honor the order to send volunteers home in the sequence they arrived in the Philippines. General Otis plans the first departure for May 4, beginning with the California artillery detachment, as ships capable of carrying a full regiment are scarce. The outbound list follows the San Francisco to Manila flow: California, Oregon and California artillery detachment A and B, Utah artillery, Tenth Pennsylvania, First Colorado, First Nebraska, First North Dakota, Thirteenth Minnesota, First Idaho, First Wyoming, First Montana, First South Dakota, First Washington, Twentyeth Kansas, First Tennessee, Fifty-first Town, Nevada cavalry, and First Wyoming battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Washington
Corbin
Otis
War Department
Philippines
California Artillery
San Francisco
California
Oregon
Utah
Pennsyyvania
Colorado
Nebraska
North Dakota
Minnesota
Idaho
Montana
South Dakota
Kansas
Tennessee
Nevada
Wyoming
Terrible Queensland hurricane reports reach Vancouver
Details from the northeast coast of Queensland recount a deadly March hurricane. Fourteen whites and 400 colored people drowned, six schooners and eighty luggers wrecked, and trees show six-inch stone embedded marks. Ships Sagitta Silvery Wave and Admiral lost on Flinders and Melville islands. Many bodies recovered and buried. Widespread debris covers beaches with fish and boats. Estimated damage reaches 250000 dollars.
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Vancouver
B. C
Queensland
Flinders
Melville Islands
County reports on feebleminded wards' placements
State charity agent William B Streeter told county commissioners on the disposition of Grace Baker Rosa Holman and Ella Clements sent to the Fort Wayne school for feeble minded. Grace Baker is placed with John Mahan in Villonia Indiana Rosa Holman with John Brockamp in Richmond and Ella Clements with John Ball in Arctic Indiana. The children are reported contented in their new homes.
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Wiliam B. Streeter
Grace Baker
Rosa Holman
Ella Clements
Fort Wayne
John Mahan
Villonia
Ind
Rosa Jolman
John II
Brockamp
Richmond
John Ball
Arctic
Weather Outlook for Indianapolis and Vicinity
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending at 2 p m on Thursday. Cooler with showers tonight, then partly cloudy and cooler Friday. Temperatures reported: 60 at 7 a m, 74 at noon, 75 at 2 p m.
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Indianapolis
Carriage Dealer John Sohn Cleared in Sidewalk Case
A. J. Sohn, carriage dealer at Alabama and Chiosts, was charged in police court with obstructing the sidewalk. Accused as vehicles blocked the lawn between property line and curb, Judge Cox withheld judgment, noting many ordinance violations and lack of general enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
A. J. Sohn
Alabama and
Chiosts
Cox
Rough-and-tumble clash involving police officers and a dealer
Patrolman George Dutis and Peter Frickman now special officers clashed with Emanuel Frickman a sausage dealer at Washington and Illinois streets early Thursday. All three men appeared in police court where Dutis was fined ten dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dutis
Peter Frickman
Washington and Illlinoissts
Frickman
Emanuel
Dilts
Nokomis Public School Building Fire Report
Fire at Nokomis Illinois public school caused losses of 26040 dollars while nearby Gregory's saw mill in Biddeford Missouri was destroyed incurring 345000 dollars. Eighty men were left without work.
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Nokomis
Gregory’s
Biddeford
Governor Johnson Calls May 2 Legislature for Voting Law Repeal
In Birmingham on April 20 Governor Johnson issued a proclamation summoning the legislature to meet May 2 to repeal the act allowing voters to decide on a constitutional convention for negro suffrage. He condemns the Democratic Convention for making the issue partisan and forecasts Bitter political discord, with many Democratic papers denouncing him as a traitor amid a party split and pledges from a majority of legislators to repeal the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
State
Democratic Convention
State Democratic Convention
Democratic Party
Sparks cause two blazes at 514.75 Georgia and Excelsior laundry
At about 11:15 a.m. Thursday sparks from a locomotive set fire to a brick dwelling at 514.75 Georgia Street, occupied by Mrs. Rogers, with $10 loss. A second spark fire followed after noon causing $5 more. The house belonged to the Indiana Bicycle Company. A furnace fire at 12:30 p.m. in the Excelsior laundry at 178 Capitol Avenue caused $25 loss. Major Taylor owned the laundry and the Masonic order the building.
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Georgia St
Rogers
Sparks
Indiana Bicycle Company
Excelsior
Capitol Ave
Major Taylor
Masonic Order
Pretty stenographer married to millionaire employer
In San Francisco on April 20 Shelby M Hutchinson of Sperry Hutchinson and formerly of New York City wed his stenographer Clara Belle Usinger. The bride is described as 18 years old and pretty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Shelby M. Hutchinson
New York City
Sperry & Hutchinson
Clara Belle Usinger
Poisoned Coffee Leaves Ryland Family in Peril
J W Ryland and family of Weiner Arkansas drank coffee that contained poison. One son is dead. The father is dying and Mrs Ryland Gravely ill with little chance of recovery. Authorities are investigating the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weiner, Ark
J. W. Ryland
Death of Mrs Clara Warrick in Englewood church funeral
Mrs Clara Warrick aged 20 of 702 Madison avenue died of peritonitis and blood poisoning on Wednesday noon. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Theodore Leonard she was active in church and society. Wife of Ed H Warrick who runs a Madison avenue store. Funeral from Englewood Christian Church Friday at 1 pm with interment at Crown Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Warrick
Madison-ave
Theodore Leonard
Ed H. Warrick
Englewood Christian Church
Crown Hill
Levy Released After Passes Found In H. E. Wright Name
Detectives Morgan and Gerber recovered three railroad passes in the name of H. E. Wright on Harry Levy. Levy claimed he sold a blood medicine. Larceny could not be proven. Levy was discharged in police court on Thursday with a promise to leave town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Wright
Morgan and
Gerber
Harry Levy
Levy
Wanted at Shelbyville Burglar and Larceny Suspect Locke Up
Alfred Estes alias Johnson is sought at Shelbyville for burglary and grand larceny and is currently imprisoned at police headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Alfred Estes
Johnson
Incorporation filings in Jamestown and nearby towns
The Citizens' telephone company of Jamestown Boone county filed articles of incorporation at the statehouse on Thursday with capital stock of 500 dollars. The Port land manufacturing company seeks 2500 dollars to make threshing machines. The M. and J. Schnaible company of Lafayette appears with 35000 dollars capital stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Telephone Company
Jamestown
Boone County
Statehouse
Portland’ Manufacturing Company
M. & J. Schnaible Company
Lafayette
No Morphine Eater Says Dr Eyman in George Trial
Dr H C Eyman, superintendent of the Cleveland insane asylum, testifies in the George case on morphine addiction. He describes early effects, including loss of moral tone and unreliability. Defense hopes to use alibi and the testimony suggests possible acquittal or hung jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eyman
Cleveland Insane Asylum
George
Canton
H. Cc. Eyman
Pomerene
Attorney Welty
Saxton
Mary Barber
Supreme court restores Potter damages in rip saw case
The supreme court reverses a lower decision in Wm Potter versus McFarland carriage company, awarding Potter $2000 for a hand injury. The court holds the employer liable from the time it was informed of the defect and notes a promise to repair implies breach of duty. The ruling affirms a prior line of co employees liability but finds no negligence by Citizens' street railroad in Frank Thompson's case.
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Wm. Potter
McFarland Carriage Company
Supreme Court
Hadley
Rush County
Appellate Court
McCabe
Rush Circuit Court
Potter
Frank Thompson
Marion
Is Newitt Crooked
Philadelphia April 20 The arrest of Harvey K Newitt on bribing US secret service detectives in counterfeiting of the 100 and 50 certificates shocks the city He was an assistant US district attorney under Harrison and a rising political figure He allegedly acted for Kendig Jacobs Burns cigarmakers who directed counterfeit money and held the plates engravers Arthur Taylor and B S Bregell are in 10000 bonds Jacobs Kendig Burns bonds set at 45000 and 25000 respectively More arrests of notable people expected in days
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Philadelphia
Harvey K. Newitt
United States Secret Service
Newitt
United States District Attorney
Harrison
Kendig, Jacobs & Burns
Lancaster
Arthur Taylor
B. S. Bregell
Jacobs
Ikendig
Burns
Bryan visit sparks mass meeting plan in Syracuse
In Syracuse on April 20, Thomas Coleman invites about 40 African Americans to greet William J Bryan at a reception and attend the mass meeting. Local Democratic leaders oppose the plan as the negroes promise to meet Bryan in a body, while observers doubt the turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
William J. Bryan
Bryan
New York
Thomas Coleman
Mr. Bryan
Labor Unions' Orders Questioned In Peculiar Suit
In Chicago on April 20 a suit challenges the right of labor unions to order strikes to enforce demands. Winslow brothers company, an ornamental iron firm, sues Building Trades Council Architectural Iron Workers' Union and Levi Z. Leiter to stop canceled contracts and to bar unions from blocking work or fining workers. The bill also seeks protection for nonunion workers and freedom from threats and intimidation used by unions to halt operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Winslow
Brothers Company
Trades Council
the Architectural Iron
Workers’ Union
Levi Z. Leiter
Leiter
Murderer Hotema and eight Choctaw accessories face charges
Solomon E. Hotema, jailed at I. T. for the Cold Springs killings on April 14, confesses guilt and blames his actions on his controversial creed. He was part of a group described as "witch hunters" whose religion is believed to have unsettled his mind.
Rice Sentenced for Petit Larceny in Court
Thomas Rice drew a one to three year term after pleading guilty to petit larceny. He admitted telling another man he could secure a night watchman job at Alfree Manufacturing if a $7 deposit for a uniform was paid, a sum Rice kept.
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Rice
Thomas Rice
Alfree Manufacturing Company
Deaths and Fire Fatalities Reported in Brief
Mrs. Catharine A Gilbert, a police matron in St Louis, died from morphine overdose given to induce sleep. Sergeant Chas E Brown of the Ninth Infantry, in San Juan Porto Rico, died of tuberculosis. In Stone Gap Kentucky Grant Rose was burned to death in his home and officials believed murder with arson used to hide it. Go Marys for hand painted china and a cut glass. The prices are right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Chas. E. Brown
Nineteenth Infantry
San Juan
Porto Rico
Stone Gep
Grant Rose
In the State House Acts Sent to Forty One Counties
The acts have been sent to 41 counties and receipts received from four clerks. It is likely they will be declared in effect by May 1, according to the labor commissioner McCormack.
Combination at Chicago on bar rel makers trust
Makers of material for barrels including staves hoops and heads meet in Chicago to form a mutual benefit combination. Proposed ice trust faces resistance in Cleveland as companies resist adherence. New York capitalists join Mexican City financiers to form a $20,000,000 firm to manufacture wire goods iron safes sewing machines and typewriters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ice Trust
Cleveland
New York
Mexico
Free Daily China Salad Dish Offer Arrives
Free imported china salad dish available tomorrow and Saturday to purchasers of either item for 50 cents each. Disproportionate value highlighted to attract shoppers, with emphasis on limited offer timing and price.
Promised to Marry Chicago Girl Sues Doctor in Federal Court
Miss Cora Cromer of Chicago sues Dr. Michael A. Jordan of Logansport for breach of promise seeking one third of his fortune and $30,000 in damages. The 20 year old alleges ardent wooing from 1895 until his marriage in January 1899, claiming mental anguish and a failed plan to wed. The suit argues Jordan, a prominent physician and early electric railway promoter, promised to marry but chose another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael A. Jordan
Logansport
Cora G. Cromer
Chicago
Jordan
Bloody Chinatown Brawl Leaves Three Dead in Fresno
In Fresno's Chinatown on Wednesday night a gunfight between rival highbinder groups left three Chinese dead and two wounded. Wounds identified as Wong Duck and Chin Chi. Police say one victim killed a man before being shot by an officer in fleeing. Nine suspects arrested amid a raid. authorities recover coats of mail and a small arsenal.
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Fresno
Cal
Chinatown
Wong Duck
Chin Chi
Epworth league meet eyes Indianapolis welcome
The general committee for the International Epworth League convention in Indianapolis meets at the Denison to plan for July. They anticipate 40 000 to 50 000 leaguers and several special speakers and singers, with strong citizen cooperation expected. Key subcommittees will handle billeting decoration and finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Indianapolis
Denison
W. A. Quayle
J.B. ‘McNeely
W. C. van
ATs+ del
Road Will Be Straightened In Pike Township
County commissioners consented to straighten a short stretch of road in Pike township, petitioned by Amos Shover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike Township
Amos Shover
Gunboat Nashville to Leave New Orleans for St Louis
Dispatches report Missouri river flooding streets in Forbes Missouri track washout on St J K C B railway. Bon Terre Missouri man Frank Yaeger killed his wife then died from razor wound. Keenan disputes Potter ex-Pittsburg ties. Alger declines Manila dispatch. Rumor Missouri ex-governor Stone may lead national committee. New railway transport firm formed in Chicago seeks transport solution. Penitentiary for George Allen murder case noted. Nun York cutter in speed trial near Calumet.
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Nashville
New Orleans
St. Louis
Merkline
Gay
St. J
C. B
Forbes
Frank Yaeger
Bon Terre
Keenan
S.A Nies
Potter
Pittsburg
Alger
Manila
Supeea
Guv Stone
Missouri
George Allen
New Revenue Cutter
Nun Yor
Yukon
San Mines
Calumet
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Bono
State House
McCormack
Hag
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