Insurrection Gains Momentum Amid Guerrilla Fighting
Reports from Manila indicate Filipino insurgents have renewed aggressive guerrilla activity along American lines. U.S. troops remain in trenches, facing daily clashes near San Pedro Macati and Manila outskirts. News notes casualties, transport moves, and a funeral for Spanish forces, with Rosa Bonheur’s death also reported.
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Malolos
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Lane
General Mascards
Tor- Jac
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Lawton
Kiote
San Fermandea
San Pedro
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Jaeres
Ant
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Morgans
Spain
Bedia
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Mage
Mottern
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Fearless Funstos Defeat 3000 Rebels Near San Anito
A St Louis Saint correspondent reports fierce fighting as U S forces clash with rebels near San Anito. Casualties include 20 Americans killed and many wounded while insurgents suffer significant losses. Americans capture rebel captains and rifles as combat continues.
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San Anito
Americans Face Stiff Filipino Resistance in Recent Campaign
The report describes renewed insurgent activity across swept and abandoned fronts. Filipino forces ambushed Third Regiment units near San Miguel and Baling, inflicting heavy casualties as Americans struggle to hold lines and supply routes. Foreign observers note high Filipino casualties and scarce medical care in insurgent hospitals.
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Americas
Ferets
MewArthur
Lawton
Eamweepyee
San Fernando
Piriran
Cepies
Ematleor
San Miguel
Baling
Aoartean
Nodistanes
Dewey to Return via Various Ports in Delayed Voyage
Washington dispatch reports Admiral Dewey will stop at several points on his way home and reach New York around October 1. The Olympia’s route is not listed, fueling hopes officials in towns along possible Mediterranean ports will note his visit to their harbors.
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Washington
Dewey
Navy Department
United States
New York
Olympia
Mediterranean
Brigands seize Sardinia control until king’s troops recover
Brigands establish HQ in Naetera and Ozerk provinces forcing landowners and officials to pay taxes. Resistance costs lives as authorities remain unable to act. King’s visit prompts a Sassari prefect to deploy troops, arresting implicated officials and fighting brigands. Seven brigands killed and fifty arrested.
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Beme
Sardinia
Naetera
Ozerk
Fed
Ave
Sassari
Lfty
Death of Senator Castelar Shocks Madrid
Senor Don Emilio Castelar, distinguished republican orator and statesman, dies in Murcia after pulmonary catarrh. Immediate cause listed as albuminaria. Emotions sweep Spain as Queen Regent and Cabinet send condolences. body to be embalmed for public burial in Madrid with Chapelle Ardente and monument in the chamber of deputies.
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Madrid
Senor
Emilio Castelar
Senor Castelar
Murcia
Albuminitaria
Spain
Chapelle Ardente
Chamber of Deputies
Murder at Arcadia: Wife shoots abusive husband in arcadia home
Mrs Myrtle Hutchenson of Arcadia shoots and kills her husband Chick Hutchenson after a brutal assault at their home. The quarrel escalates. she surrenders the revolver to authorities. Three relatives or workers killed in the blast and boiler debris found nearby.
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Noblesville
Myrtle Hutchenson
Arcadia
Mick Levi
Chick” Hutchenson
Hutchenson
Herslf
Flutchenson
Indiana patents grant to several individuals on Tuesday
Patents issued to Indiana residents include William L. Cassady of South Bend for a disk plow and Lee H. Geisendorff and M. Maguire of Indianapolis for a cutter for floor cloths. Marshall Hampton of Bowers Farm Ilc and Jeremiah J. Miller of Indianapolis for a portable journal smoothing tool. Frank Overton and C. A. McCally of Lagrange for a clothes dryer. Arthur B. Pickett and F. L. Branham of Union City for a combined bung and spigot. James T. Woshell of Paragon for a spool holding attachment for sewing machines. Isaac M. Warner, assignor to E. Conley of Elk hart, for a wire fence.
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Wiliam L. Cassady
South Bend
Lee H. Geisendorff
M. Maguire
Indianapolis
Marshall Hampton
Bowers Farm
Jeremiah J. Miller
Frank Overton
C. A McCally
Lagrange
Arthur B. Pickett
F. L. Branham
Union City
James
T. Woshell
Isaac M. Warner
E. Conley
Elkhart
Evansville Farmer Kills Son-in-law Over Family Dispute
Evansville special reports William Orwick, seventy, a farmer from West Franklin, shot and killed his son-in-law Thomas Sanders after a confrontation at his home Sunday. Sanders, intoxicated, sought entry to take his children. a brick was raised and Orwick fired twice, Sanders dying within ten minutes in the sight of Sanders wife and three children.
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Evansville
William Orwick
Mear
West Franklin
Thomas Sanders
Sanders
Orwick
Couple Weds Six Months Ago Amid Tragedy
A note states a woman between twenty five and thirty years old was married to Mrs. Hutchenson about six months ago, marking a detail in a developing report on a recent incident or circumstance.
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Marrige
Mystery of Emma Walker’s Living Father in Danville
Emma Walker, longtime in an orphans home, believed nine years ago she identified her dead father John W. Devilkiss. Recently told he might live in Danville. An old man appeared at her door Monday claiming to be her father and showed items she recognized as hers. He pledged to seek her son and brother Charles.
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Washington
Emma Walker
John W. Devilkiss
Charles
Danville
Emma
Stone’s Warsaw Honeymoon Ends in Jewel Theft
Charles H. Stone went to Warsaw Kentucky to open a jewelry store and marry Susie Griffin. They began a river honeymoon but Stone vanished with the bride’s purse. He is found to have stolen jewels from watches and duplicated them with imitations.
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Charles H. Stone
Warsaw
Susie Griffin
Lawrenceburg
Stone
Miss Harriet OBrien Weds Robert Eptn Rer in Decatur
In Columbia City a marriage began with objection from Miss OBrien's mother. After a hotel delay and repeated refusals to wed, she finally consented and a minister married Harriet OBrien and Robert Aptn Rer in Decatur instanter.
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Columbia City
Harriet O'Brien
Bourbon
Robert A. Eptnrer
Decatur
Miss O'Brien
Clugstone
Five Men Break Jail In Noblesville Escape
Five inmates at Noblesville jail escaped by tearing an iron bed, stealing rods to break a lock, and using a blanket rope to descend from the attic through a wall hole. This marks the second jail delivery in a month.
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Noblesville Special
Martinsville Sawmill Boiler Blast Destroys Mills
A defective boiler exploded at Henry Myers’s sawmill in Hynedale, Henry County, on Wednesday afternoon, tearing the mill to pieces and causing extensive damage. No injuries reported.
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Martinsville
Henry Myers
Hynedale
Fisherman Recovers Prize Catch by Dog’s Trail
A fisherman awarded a prize catch after his dog guided him to the stream where the dog led him to a second fish and a similar exhibition. The scene highlights the dog’s keen tracking and assistance in locating the prize.
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Lawrenceburg
Louis Munier
Munier
Judge halts flood of divorce filings in Muncie
In a courtroom drama Judge Leffier halted a surge of divorce cases after admonishing that filings without grounds must stop. He interrupted proceedings and called the next case as applause broke out among observers.
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Muncie
Leffier
Dewey Optimistic on Philippines Future and Peace
On the Olympia Admiral Dewey expresses strong belief in the Philippines as a key to Oriental commerce and civilization. He says the insurrection is broken, Aguinaldo is the power among natives, and American troops should press in Luzon while awaiting peace terms and a two week rest in Hong Kong.
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Philippines
America
Aguinaldo
Tagalts
Reat
Irom Aguinaldo
Peace Commission
Tagals
Luzon
Olympia
Manila
John Sherman Criticizes War and Expansion in Pittsburg
Ex Secretary of State John Sherman campaigned in Pittsburg en route to Mansfield to spend the summer, denouncing the war against the Filipinos as cruel and unnecessary while advocating withdrawal from the islands. He condemned the Edward Atkinson pamphlet ban on Philippine mails as an outrage and predicted the expansion issue would be settled within a year regardless of opposition.
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Pittsburg
John Sherman
Mansfield
United States
Spain
Edward Atkinson
Atkinson
Aunt Peggy Bailey dies at 112 oldest old maid in U S
Aunt Peggy Bailey died at her home near Huntington on Saturday. Born in Kentucky she was 112 years old last March. She had used tobacco and smoked a pipe since age eight, kept most faculties until two months ago when she became deaf damp and blind and partially insane.
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Peggy Bailey
United States
Here
Kentucky
Edinburg Boy Killed in Roller Accident
A six year old boy, son of Archie Mitchell living west of Edinburg, died after a cleated roller accident. The child fell with his father and was fatally injured when his head became caught between the roller and frame, the roller passing over him. Mr Mitchell is a well known farmer with two children.
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Edinburg
Archie Mitchell
Mitchell
Bloomfield Dr. E. E. Gray Sentenced for Miss Skinner Slaying
Dr. E. E. Gray was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Bloomfield jury at 2 45 p m Sunday for the murder of Miss Malissa Skinner last December.
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Bloomfield
E. E. Gray
Malissa Skinner
Georgia plans colony for freedpeople to Evansville
A fragmented notice notes Georgia aims to move a colony of freedpeople to Evansville. A St Joseph County worker finds broken sewing machine wheels, often padding his bill. Columbus Times claims councilmen earn more in a night than a laborer in a week. Ex Attorney General Woolen home in Franklin, once a school, is being torn down. Citizens Gas Anderson seeks 4000 acres in Adams township. farmers resist with demand or gas ban.
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Georgia
Evansville
St. Joseph County
Columbus Times
Woolen
Franklin
Citizens’ Gas Company
Anderson
Adams Township
The President's Westward Plans and New England Visit
President McKinley plans a Westward swing as far as St. Paul this summer with possible Yellowstone and coast stops depending on events. A reception for arriving regiments in St. Paul is planned, followed by a quiet tour of New England including Holyoke Springfield Smith College Mt Holyoke, and a G A R encampment in Philadelphia.
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Washington
McKinley
St. Paul
Yellowstone Park
Philippines
New England
Holyoke
Springfield
Smith College
Northampton
Mt. Holyoke
South Hedley
Philadelphia
Remains of Col Stotsenburg Viewed in Lincoln
Thousands viewed the fallen Col John M Stotsenburg late commander of the First Nebraska Regiment who was killed in the Philippines on April 23. His body lay in state at the Capitol for two hours Sunday morning, followed by memorial services at Holy Trinity Church and a train escort by a military guard. Pallbearers were former First Nebraska members. burial planned in Washington national cemetery with Mrs Stotsenburg and Lt Cavanaugh accompanying.
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Nebr
Remson
John M. Stotsenburg
Nebraska
Philippines
Capitol Building
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Washington
National Cemetery
Cuban Army Arms Payoffs Spark Havana Skepticism
Havana reports say seven Cuban privates received $75 each from the U S for disbanding arms while crowds and a guarded process kept officials hopeful but cautious. Officials note most personnel live outside Havana and will appear elsewhere for payment, with anti Gomez sentiment lingering.
Andrade's Advice on Cuban Disarmament and Independence
Senor Andrade former Cuban Military Assembly president favors disarming soldiers before reconstruction and warns against annexation unless Cubans request it. He notes Americans recognize Cuba's independence and would safeguard it, while dock strikes threaten loading and unloading processes at the wharves.
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Wavana
Senor Andrade
Cuban Military Assembly
Schley Receives Echoing Ovation in Omaha Visit
Rear Admiral W. S. Schley spent several days in Omaha Nebraska and was honored with an unusual reception culminating in a Tuesday night ovation at Boyd's Opera House that eclipsed the performance of Richard Mansfield in Cyrano de Bergerac.
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W. 8. Schley
Omaha
Nebr
Boyd's Opera House
Richard Mansfield
Indiana Township Reform Law Opinion Raises School Financing Questions
The Attorney General interprets the township reform law amid Superintendent of Public Instruction concerns over insufficient school privileges and possible student transfers. It outlines reporting, indebtedness, advisory board actions, and contract notices, clarifying limits on bonds and prior actions before September 1899.
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
Jones Aaks
Indiana
Board of County Commissioners
Windsor Castle Hosts Queen Victoria’s Eightieth Birthday
The royal gathering at Windsor Castle on Wednesday for Queen Victoria’s eightieth birthday drew four generations and many grandchildren and children, the largest such assembly in years aside from jubilees.
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Tondon Cable
Windsor Castle
Queen Victoria
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