Raleigh Honored Return of Manila Bay Vanguard Cruiser
Crowds of 30 000 line North River and New York waterfront to greet the Raleigh returning via Sandy Hook. Capt Coghlan and officers refuse excessive honors while Dewey’s fleet and crew are honored for firing the first shot on May 1 in Manila harbor. The ship, escorted by captured prizes Sandoval and Alvarado, sails up the Hudson amid rain and salutes, with thousands boarding the cruiser at Riverside Park and Thirty-seventh Street.
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New York
Raleigh
United States
Dewey
Manila
Coghlan
Hudson
Grant
Manila Bay
Riverside Park
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Sandy
Grout
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Leigh
Snell
Maraila Bay
Tuleisre
Kuife
Ehystiy
Lawton Pursues Insurgents Across Southern Luzon
Dispatches describe Gen. Lawton's Manila return after ordering withdrawal from Luzon de Bay, with towns abandoned and territory cleared. Officials note aims to destroy insurgents and publicize the Philippine commission proclamation while prisoners are to be sent home. Some fear need for greater troop strength if resistance persists.
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Manila
Otis
Pilipinas
Luzana de Bay Country
War Department
Sehwan
Luzon
Philippine Commission
Ionders Fand
United States
Noted Rabbi Emil Hirsch Remains in Chicago After New York Offer
Dr Emil G Hirsch famed Chicago rabbi declines New York call to Temple Emanu El and stays in Chicago. The New York congregation offered him a life pastorate of twelve thousand dollars annually, but Chicago’s Temple Sinai remains his base. Born in Germany, 47, he guided Chicago Judaism toward modern, Americanized practices and Sunday services, gaining wide respect as a leading religious figure.
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New York
Emil G. Hirsch
Temple Emanu-El
Temple Sinai
Dr. Hirsch
Tle
Germany
Leipsig
Berlin
Baltimore
Louisville
Jim
Ife
Fire Panic In Cleveland Hat Factory Blaze
A devastating fire in Comey and Johnson hat factory at 7 to 19 Academy Street, Cleveland, raged for two hours, destroying property worth 1 124 000. About 850 workers, mostly girls, faced a chaotic escape as walls collapsed and panic spread, with the blaze starting on the second floor packing room.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Comey & Johnson
Academy Street
Casualties rise in Philippine war contrast with Spain. wheat crop outlook dims
The Manila campaign shows 257 killed or wounded in the Sangindo revolt area, with broader Spanish war losses likely near equal. Disease deaths pale by comparison to Cuba. The April farm report foresees winter wheat 11 percent below last decade’s average as harsh temperature swings hurt crops and livestock nationwide. Colored units and volunteers reflect integration in the Regular Army, with 2500 officers and men in specified cavalry and infantry units, while Navy figures for colored sailors remain unlisted.
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Manila
Washington
Bebodo
Otis
Aguis Naldo
Philippines
Department of Agriculture
Peace with Spain Restored as Ratifications Exchanged
The United States and Spain formally ended hostilities with the exchange of ratifications at the White House. Ambassador Cambon for France acted for Spain, and President McKinley signed the proclamation declaring peace, marking one year since diplomatic ties broke in 1898.
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Cambon
France
Spain
United States
McKinley
Meliiley
Congress
Hay
M. Cambon
America
Paris
Glisit
United States of America
Ishington
Cambor Taduina
Seceretary
Moet
Wwe
Cambou
Whiebank
Daisy
Spiro
Appomattox Day Banquet Crowns Roosevelt Speaker Kingpin
Governor Roosevelt drew the loudest applause at the Appomattox Day banquet in Chicago where Postmaster General Smith Congress member Newtucka Gen. John Black and others spoke. Roosevelt urged Americanism not peace, urged national strength and civic duty, with Smith and Black delivering vivid oratory on the Union.
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Otheechea
Isa Wes
Chicago
Geve Roosevelt
Ile
Smith
Congressi Setth
Newtucka
John Black
Lineats
Sentene
Guy. Roosevelt
Union
Grant
Robert 2
Congress
Min Settle
Koftir
Fern the Chicago merchant found dead in store
Police close Berng mystery with belief of suicide. Fern was discovered amid signs of struggle, with a pistol and belt on the floor, leading investigators to conclude the death was self inflicted and not robbery. Reports mention a 1910s tone and scattered references to other events such as ships in South America and a deer transport mission.
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Fern
Chicago
Pern
Geminiskine
Lair
Tleather
Mern
Isis
Government costs to collect revenue at 152 ports
A Treasury report shows last year’s total customs receipts $150,443,936.93 with expenses $6,776,394.67, meaning 4.6 cents to collect a dollar. New York and four other ports ran lower costs. many districts spent more than the revenue. Several ports reported no receipts and some districts had high per dollar costs, with Yaquina, Coos Bay, Georgetown and others among the costliest.
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Treasury Department
New York
Philadelphia
Dubuque
Des Moines
Chicago
Detroit
St. Paul
Waukes
United States
Yaquina
Ore
Boer Island
Ixennebunk
la Cree
Cedar Keys
Ila
Bridgeton
N. Ju
Newburyport
Port Jefferson
N. Y
Uncle Sam
Empl Beaufort
N.C. Atagutsa
Cape Charles City
Trenton
Brave drummer boy guides convoy through mob at county jail
A crowd besieged a courthouse as militia and sixty Company A soldiers arrived. A young drummer boy and a lone lieutenant led a small march to the county jail, while the captain retreated. The drummer warned, obey orders, and they faced the mob in a tense, decisive moment.
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Father
Cabbage Head Joke Triggers Cleveland Officer’s Dilemma
A Cleveland patrolman, enamored with Mary on Cedar Avenue, asks why she replied ditto when he confessed love. His mates show him a cabbage patch comparison to interpret the remark. He leaves in anger, thinking she called him a cabbage head.
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Cleveland
Jerome
Mary
George
Suror
Cedar Avenue
East End
Cabb ‘7
Fragmented quotes and observations on women and burglary
The piece contrasts a playful banter about burglar fear with social critiques of rural farm women’s labor and domestic roles. It notes women described as thoroughly domestic only when unseen, and hints at shifting perceptions of beauty and loyalty through a dog metaphor about trust after money is gone.
The Charley Ross Mystery Remembers Missing Child Case
The Charley Ross kidnapping of 1874 revived interest in the Gerald Lapiner case. The 4 year old boy from Germantown Pa. vanished while playing outside his home. Allan Pinkerton issued a confidential circular with a likeness, guiding detectives for years without solving the mystery.
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Lapiner
Gerald Lapiner
Charley Ross
Christian IX. Ross
Germantown Pa
Ross
Allan E. Pinkerton
Mosher
Allan Pinkerton
Chicago Inter Ocean
Baked beans train brings Sunday solace to exiled Bostonian
A Bostonian in New York cherishes his Sunday breakfast from the baked beans express in Grand Central. The train arrives about 6 a.m. each Sunday with a special aroma and rapid distribution by wagons. The piece notes the weekly ritual and the wish for more Sundays.
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New York
Grand Central
Gaston
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