Peace talks fail as Filipinos push for armistice
Manila May 3 Negotiations for peace have collapsed as Col Arguelies and Filipino envoys arrived at the palace to meet Gen Otis who refused a three months armistice. Filipinos are strengthening their lines while American offensives by Lawton and Hare signal a possible forward movement in the northern provinces. Edl. Kuem.
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Manila
Col Arguelies
Gen. Otis
Otis
Asuinaldo
Luna
Lawton and Hare
Seven Are Missing From Dewey Report at Manila
Washington May 2 Following from Admiral Dewey was received at the navy department Wednesday Manila May 3 Prisoners in insurgent headquarters at Fanifedro Lieut Gilmore Chief quartermaster Wm Walton mail-mater's mate Paul Vandoll Coxswain John Ellsworth apprentice third class Albert Peterson Landsman Bilvio Brisclose Landsman Lyman Paul Edwards Landsman Fred Anderson Provisions have been sent them by Otis Continuing inquiry as to fate of other seamen Not accounted for are Gunner's-mate R J mygard Seamen W H Rynders O W Woodbury Apprentice D F Vanville Seaman O B McDonald Landsmen J Dilten C A Morrisey
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Washington
Dewey
Navy Department
Manila
Yorktown
Fanifedro
Gilmore
Wm. Walton
Paul Vandoll
John Ellsworth
Alher Peterson
Bilvio Brisclose
Lyman Paul Edwards
Fred Anderson
Otis
R. J. Mygard
W. H. Rynders
O. W. Woodbury
D. F. Vanville
O. B. McDonald
J. Dilten
C. A. Morrisey
Praises Volunteers as War Correspondents Share Tales
London May 3 United States minister to Manila Barrett recounts anecdotes from volunteers and war reporters. He recalls a colonel letting a detachment finish a job, a card game amid firing, and reporters like Creem and Keen oscillating between the line and the cable office as waves of war press travel.
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Barrett
London
John Barrett
United States
Biam
Manila
Jimmy
A Didlet
Admiral Dewey
Dooley
James Creeman
Keen
Scripps-McRae Press Association
Collins
Lawton Drives North as Filipino Forces Surrender Parley
General Lawton resumed the northward march from Balinag to Pulilian near Calumpit. Wheeler’s Fourth Cavalry met a small Filipino force which waved a white flag and agreed to a parley as armistice talks began. A Spanish prisoner claims Hale’s brigade inflicted heavy losses at Quinga, with over 200 Filipinos killed. The Cleveland supply ship has arrived.
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Manila
Lawton
Balinag
Pulilian
Calumpit
Wheeler
Fourth Cavalry
Hale
Quingua
Cleveland
ED L. Keen
Endowment policy holders await ruling on surplus share
In New York May 3, judges may expand policyholder rights to a company surplus. Justice Woodward’s appellate ruling could award millions to holders, changing the mutual life industry. Major firms report surplus funds ranging from about 1.38 million to 55.5 million, as insurers vow to fight to the end.
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New York
Mutual Life Companies
Justice Woodward
Supreme Court
Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York Life Insurance Company
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Assurance
Emil Greef
Mr. Greef
Equitable
Hayes Wins Baltimore Mayor Election in Democratic Victory
Full returns show Thomas G. Hayes Democrat leading William T. Malster Republican by 8712 votes for mayor in Baltimore. Democrats gain comptroller and second council branch while securing 18 of 24 seats in the first branch amid a largely Republican opposition. The campaign featured heavy spending and charges of racial politics, with Republicans accused of entrenchment and using funds freely.
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Baltimore
Thos. G. Hayes
Wm. T. Malster
Shot Down in the Street in Rhode Island Street
Lizzie Sharp a colored woman and Fred Fields stood near Athon and Rhode Island streets Tuesday night when a shot fired wounded Lizzie. Fields accused Jim Johnson of firing. Johnson fought Fields and fled, while Bike-cops Streit and Lancaster investigated but found no witnesses. Johnson remains at large.
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Lizzie Sharp
Fred Fields
Athon and
Rhode Island-sts
Blake and
Lizzie
Fields
Jim Johnson
Johnson
Streit
Lancaster
Narrow trolley near miss on Monon tracks in Brightwood
A Brightwood car narrowly escaped demolition by a freight on Monon tracks Tuesday afternoon. The trolley derailed at the center of the tracks as the freight approached, causing mostly women passengers to flee and faint, one with a sprained wrist. The conductor strapped the trolley back onto the wire just in time, and he says the flagman signaled the track was clear.
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Brightwood
Monon
Board of Works Affairs Seventeenth Street Improvements
The board rescinds all proceedings for the Seventeenth street improvement between Central and College avenues. Estimated property along the line is 33600 dollars. asphalt and cement work would exceed 25 percent of that. Eugene Sheehan won a Hillside avenue sewer bid at 2 dollars 65 cents per linear foot. Remonstrances on benefits and damages for Nebraska street opening were heard, including a claim by the Pennsylvania Railroad of 12 dollars damage. A remonstrance opposed Napoleon street vacation and sought opening from Iowa to Gresham. Indianaans water company instructed to lay on Bloy avenue from Hillside to Rural, and a new fire plug was ordered for 8 Meridian street near the Belt.
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Seventeenth-st
Nebraska-st
Madison-ave
Chestnut-st
Pennsylvania Railroad
Indianapolis Water Company
Meridian-st
Suit Seeks Injunction In Street Car Franchise Transfer
Catherine Darnell filed a suit Wednesday to block transferring the City street railway franchise to Indianapolis street railway. Both Randall Morgan and City are defendants. she seeks an injunction and a receiver for the City company. She alleges she paid 576.56 for paving, believing a 289 refund from the company would follow, which never arrived. Interrogatories about stockholders and franchise terms accompany the complaint.
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Catherine Darnell
City Street Railway Company
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Randall Morgan
City
N. Tilinoisst
City Railay Company
William N. Harding
Nhumes
City Company
Volunteers asked to host Epworth League delegates
T L Lewis, chairman of the Epworth League convention committee, appeals for citizens to open their homes to 30,000 expected delegates on July 20. Hosts are asked to send names, and a uniform lodging rate of 81 a day or 235 cents is proposed.
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T. L. Lewis
Epworth League
Lewis
Kern's Opinion on Board of Public Safety Contract
City attorney Iern approves Deputy Bell's view that the Board of Public Safety cannot bind beyond the current appropriation period. With funds covering Jan 3, 1898 to Jan 1, 1900, and the contract from July 7, 1894 to July 1, 1900, only six months remain contractually enforceable, trimming the agreement to end Jan 1, 1900.
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Iern
Bell
Board of Public Safety
Got His Money's Worth Little Charley Howard Weds
Niles Michigan May 3 Prescott report Charles Howard 34 and Mabel Grace Hamilton 30 wed Tuesday. The groom is described as the smallest man in the state weighing 8 pounds while the bride weighs 384 pounds.
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Charley Howard
Niles
Mich
Prescott
Charles Howard
Mabel Grace Hamilton
Explosion sinks Paul Jones. hull found with fatal loss
The hull of the Paul Jones has been recovered showing the craft was sunk by an explosion. Miss Florence Taggart, daughter of the mayor, died in the launch accident and her body was never recovered.
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Paul Jones
Florence Taggart
Weather forecast for Indianapolis area May 4
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity covers 36 hours to 8 p m May 4 with occasional showers expected Wednesday night and Thursday. Temperature readings note 7 am 65 degrees and noon Sd at 2 pm 2.
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Indianapolis
New York man bound over for grand larceny
Joseph Cohen, described as a Jew from New York, was bound over to the grand jury on Wednesday charged with grand larceny. He allegedly stole a watch and pin from Brown S. Meridian senior, who had sheltered him, claiming to be penniless until Brown was robbed in turn.
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Joseph Cohen
New York
Brown
S. Meridian Sr
Cohen
Tiuken
Two Wills Probate Names John Isensee and Mary Howard
The will of John S V Isensee probated Wednesday leaves his estate to his widow Barbara for her lifetime with the remainder to their ten children. The will of Mary D Howard leaves her estate to her sisters Kate Howard and Martha H Weldon upon death.
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John SV. Isensee
Barbara
Mary D. Howard
Kate’ Howard
Martha
H. ‘Weldon
Toon
Alma Wheeler Sues Street Car Company for 5000 Dollars
Alma Wheeler sues the street car company for 5000 dollars claiming the car’s E. Tenth Street car started suddenly as she alighted, throwing her to the pavement and causing permanent injuries. The suit proceeded in superior court on Wednesday.
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Alma Wheeler
Superior Court
Anti-philistine cures debated at physio medico society
At the Wabash college convention region in Indiana a lively debate on tissue remedies and psychic influence unfolds. Dr. Snow touts magnesia phosphate while Dr. Bedford and others argue cures depend on nature's sealing powers or even mere suggestion. A plan to study a case of paralysis treated by a private method is proposed.
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Physio-medical Society
Alabama
Northwests
Snow
Bedford
Dedford
Outland
Hodgin
Deeror
Trade Trust Debate Marks Key Chamber Talk
At the Chamber of Commerce dedication in Cleveland on May 2, J G W Cowles ex president urged regulating trusts through free trade. He argued infant industries gain foreign access while tariffs keep prices up, insisting competition must reassert itself even without a protective tariff. The remarks echo Hanna’s recent hints that free trade is coming, signaling possible shifts in policy.
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Cleveland
Chamber 3 of Commerce
J. G. W. Cowles
Winley Republican
Cowles
Hanna
Morgan County Grants Electric Railway Franchise
Morgan County commissioners granted a franchise for an electric railway to Martinsville via the Indianapolis and Martinsville Railway Company. The company list includes P. H. Fitzgerald Sterling R. Holt J C Tarkington and Joseph J Elliott Jr led by Elliott. The action mirrors a recent Marion County grant to the same firm.
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Morgan County Commissioners
Martinsville
Indianapolis
Martinsville Railway Company
Marion County Commissioners
P. H. Fitzgerald
Sterling R. Holt
J. C. Tarkington
Joseph JT. Eliott
Mr.Elliott
Wedicansy
Fetter Pleads Guilty For Selling Drinks Without License
Poseys Wilds deputy marshal Jesse Peck brought George Fetter from the Wabash bottoms in Posey county to Indianapolis on Wednesday. Fetter pleaded guilty before Fudge Baker and was sentenced to 20 days in jail and a $10 fine.
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Posey’s
Wilds
Jesse Peck
United States
George Fetter
Indianapolis
Wabaeh Bottoms
Posey County
Fetter
Fudge Baker
Sells the best hats at Vanderpool’s Meridian store
Local ad fragment notes Vanderpool at 223 Meridian Street selling hats at three dollars each. The garbled text references prices and a sales point but lacks complete details.
Wealthy Maj Smith to personally examine National Guard recruits
Maj. Smith surgeon of the first Indiana has been commissioned by the governor to examine every man seeking admission to the Indiana national guard. He will visit each company for a free physical, aiming to improve selection and quality. The governor calls his offer heroic and valuable to ensure fit recruits.
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National Guard
Maj. Smith
First Indiana
Indiana National Guard
Smith
Delphi
Dr. Smith
Preyed on an Orphan by a Young Man at State Street
Edmondson, 21, employed by Smith photo enlarging, faced a charge of assault and imposition after a visit to 226 N State where he allegedly forced himself on a pretty orphaned servant girl. He received a fine and months in the workhouse after a stern rebuke from Judge Cox who warned men against preying on young women. The incident occurred Friday afternoon and the accuser filed an affidavit after the assault.
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Pick” Edmondson
Smith
Voncern
Stevenson
Jouage Cox
Rwdmoendson
H. T. Reynolds
N. State St
Alaumie Warner
Ed@monsor
Cass
Ice War Rumors Hover Over Indianapolis Ice Market
A Schmidt’s brewery ad offers ice at 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 cents per 100 pounds sparking speculation of an ice war. Dithmer of Polar Ice says rates 12 2 to 25 cents hold firm. City Ice Co. expects no price changes, contracts with hotels and saloons largely set for the season.
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Indianapolis Brewing Company
Schmidt
H. L. Dithmer
Polar Ice Company
Trust
City Ice Company
Dithmer
Brewing Company
Senator Loses Large Sum in Faro Game in New York
A western United States senator reportedly lost 372,000 in a faro game in Manhattan’s Tenderloin district. The session began Thursday evening and continued with brief pauses until Monday morning. He started by winning 12,000, then lost steadily, ending with a cash payment of 23,000 and a postdated 41,000 check to the bank.
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New York
United States
Caldwell Named Humane Inspector Candidate
The Humane Society recommends John H. Caldwell to succeed the late Richard Orlopp as humane inspector.
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The
Humane Society
John H. Caldwell
Richard Orlopp
Kothe May Run for Mayor Preferentially Said by Allies
Friends of Billy Kothe expect him to enter the mayoral race with his name possibly used for the nomination. Earlier reports suggested he declined, tied to conflicts with the firm he was connected to, but allies indicate a reconsideration and a renewed push toward political candidacy.
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Billy” Kothe
Marching Out to Battle in Coeur d'Alenes Fortify Defile
Union miners march in force on Twenty fourth Infantry colored company arriving today. Gen Merriam orders intrenchment and hold fort until Wednesday reinforcements arrive. Governor may declare martial law. Merriam to take control and arrest in wholesale fashion. Merriam heads to Coeur d'Alenes with Troop F escort. A union sympathizer warns of violent clashes and bloodshed if arrests occur.
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Upseateh
Fanaa
Twenty‘ Fourth Infantry
Merriam
Lorcders
Wardener
Merrin
Coeur d'Alenes
Fourth Cavalry
Boise Barracks
Boise
Bunker Hill
Otis praises Funston and recalls Caloocan action
Brigadier General Harrison Gray Otis, in San Francisco, away to Los Angeles, wires recommendations for Calistron Funston's promotion and lauds Funston as the army’s greatest dare devil. He recalls an incident at Caloocan where Funston led a bold charge, losing men yet driving Filipinos back, with 20 suspected dead and wounded carried off as the enemy broke.
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San Francisco
Harrison Gray Otis
Los Angeles
Cal
Funston
Winston
Otis
Caloocan
Cocaie
Funston Simpl
McMillan says Alger may be asked to run for president
In Washington McMillan of Michigan denies a public declaration by Secretary of War Alger that he will retire at term end. He hints that conditions could arise demanding Alger to seek re election. If anti McKinley delegates push to convention, Alger may join the effort to support the president and potentially enter the gubernatorial race.
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Washington
McMillan
Michigan
Alger
Pingree Endorses Alger in Interview as McKinley Admin Blame
Detroit May 3 Gov Pingree states Alger is a candidate for the United States Senate. He accuses Kinley of bias, says Alger bears no fault for McKinley’s administration, and denounces attempts to saddle Alger with admin blame. May 3 1900s Detroit parlance notes political maneuvering in a candid interview.
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Detroit
Mich
Pingree
Alger
United States
Ana
Kinley
McKinley
Old Glory wrapped consul McCook urged removal
A border editorial from The Nugget calls for Consul McCook’s removal amid disputed actions. The piece critiques lingering tensions and prescribes a health tonic promotion, while unrelated ad notes reference Union Co-operative Laundry and horse feed products.
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McCook
Union Co-operative’ Laundry
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