Calumpit Calumpit Calumpit Calvary Operation
Information from the war department indicates General Otis plans a two pronged assault on Calumpit Insurgent capital near Malolos Philippines. Major General MacArthur will advance from Malolos while Major General Lawton moves northeast with a flying column toward Narcosy then Calumpit Tir. operation to begin soon with MacArthur close to engagement and Lawton’s ten day flank move.
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Acubaldo
Calumpic
Wshington
War Department
General Otis
Calumpit
Malolos
Aguinaldo
MacArthur
Lawton
Narcosy
Calumpit Tir
Malabon
Nortagay
Richard J. Oglesby dies in Elkhart Illinois
Former four time Illinois governor and US senator Richard J. Oglesby died at his Elkhart home following a fall caused by vertigo. Born July 25, 1824 in Kentucky, he rose from farmer and carpenter to law, civil war service, and multiple terms as governor and senator, shaping state and national politics.
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Illnois
United States
Elkhart
Ills
Richard J. Oglesby
General Oglesby
Oldham County
Willis Oglesby
Decatur
Ill
Kentucky
California
Hliinois
California Fig Syrup Co remedy promising gentle relief
The advertisement touts Syreur or Fies as a pleasant laxative made from figs senna and aromatics by the California Fig Syrup Co San Francisco Louisville New York and other outlets. It claims a safe gentle cleansing of the system curing constipation and easing colds headaches fevers without irritation, with price six cents per bottle.
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Syreur
Cavirorsia Fig Syroup Co
Carrornia Fie Syrep Co
Strickland Lynched After Trial Seeked By Employer
In Palmetto Georgia on April 23 the body of Lige Strickland a Black preacher linked to the Cranford murder was found hanged near a persimmon tree. The mob cut off ears and severed a finger and pinned a blood stained note reading We must protect our ladies. Major W W J Thomas pleaded for him but the mob hanged Strickland after three attempts to confess. The case ties to Sam Hose the Crawford killer. A coroner’s verdict blamed unknown parties. a new manhunt for Albert Sewell followed.
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Palmetto
Strickland
Crawford
W. W. J Thomas
Coweta County
Hose
Lige
Alfred Crawford
Lise
Thomas
Walen
Major Thomas
William Thomas
Albert Sewell
German View of Coghlan Causes Transatlantic Friction
Berlin April 25 A U S secretary of state objected to a speech by Captain Coghlan of the U S cruiser Raleigh, angering German officials The foreign office noted Washington promptly disavowed the utterance and kept distance from the officer Several German papers mocked Coghlan reflecting tension over U S actions in the Philippines and with Spain.
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Kaiser
Berlin
John Hay
United States
Washington
von Tholleven
Joseph 3. Coghlan
Raleigh
Avetal
Cordan
Foreign Office
von Diedrichs
Admiral Dewey
Lokal Anzeiger
Coghlan
Boersen-Courier
Germany
Vossiche Zeitung
Spain
Victims of Whitney wreck and other April events
Reports from New Smyrna and Oak Hill detail the Whitney wreck aftermath with embalmed bodies returned to their homes and others buried nearby. Survivors identified include Samuel F. Phillips Jr and J Van Jam erson among listed crew. Captain Hawthorne and chief engineers among those who landed.
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New Smyrna
Fla
Hawthorne
Morgat Line
Whitney
H. Sullivan
General Whitney
Oak Hill
Coronado
Samuel F. Phillips, Jr
J. van Jamerson
Mike Conroy
John Shrippel
Charles Olsen
J. W. Hawthorne
E. M. Titcomb
David Townsend
James Milter
Ernest Leadman
Phillips
Sensational arrests unfold in Lancaster counterfeiting case
Philadelphia April 26 The secret service busts widen with the arrest of ex US District Attorney Ellery P Ingham and ex Assistant US Attorney Harvey K Newitt for conspiracy to bribe to reveal agency secrets Ingham held on 10000 bail with hearings set Jacobs Downey and others are taken into custody Chief Wilkie confirms government insiders were targeted and notes counterfeit currency stamps on cigar shipments causing a $140000 government loss with further actions anticipated in the probe
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Philadelphia
Iuda
Internal Revenue
Langaster Charan
Lancaster Clear Manufiernrors
Secret Service Bureau
United States
Ellery P. Ingham
Harvey K. Newitt
Secret Service
Ingham
Edmunds
Newitt
Wilkie
Burns
Lancaster
Downey
Foster
Jacobs
Saat
Taylor and Bredell
Treasury
Kendly
Arrest of Downey in Grey Counterfeiting Case
Samuel B Downey a deputy revenue collector was arrested in Lancaster Pa on $10000 bail for allegedly supplying information to counterfeiting conspirators for cash He confessed and investigators say he aided engravers Jacobs Kendig and others by passing details to them prior arrests and entrapment efforts span months with Downey previously praised by a Democratic collector and retained by a Republican one later in office. Bud Cook was whipped 160 lashes in Rico Gu for urging negroes to ignore pins on doors.
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Lancaster
Burns
Secret Service
Samuel B. Downey
Downey
Brown & Hensel
Jacobs & Kendig
Downer
Captain Burns
Jacoba & Kendig
Newitt
Philadelphia
Raymond E. Shearer
Hershey
Rico, Gu
Bud Cook
A Successful Business Woman Mrs Ida V North
Mrs Ida V North of Baltimore the only woman in the United States to win a government contract for making tents in the Spanish American War. She submitted a trial tent to Fort McHenry, earned a 400 shelter tent contract delivered in seven days, finished early by two days, and soon secured additional orders requiring many workers.
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Ida V. Nortil
Ida V. North
Baltimore
United States
Spain
North
Croker to Europe as Mazet committee wraps up session
Yesterday's Mazet committee session focused on police benevolence and subsidies rather than reform, with John Proctor Clarke questioning witnesses. Croker was not called and will return to the country, while the panel plans a May 9 resumption and May 9 preliminary report to the legislature.
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Rhian Agata
New York
Manet
John Proctor Clarke
Albany
Croker
Hingland
Mazot
Market Report From Philadelphia And Baltimore Prices Listed
Flour and wheat prices mixed with firm corn and oats in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Beef and pork markets show slight movements while dairy products hold steady. Livestock markets in New York and East Liberty reflect firmer calves and higher lambs with mixed hog prices.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
Lord Weak
New York
Pennsylvania
Western
Southern
S.c
T.e
Thitt
Inc
Sheen
Wales
East Liberty
Court of Inquiry Deliberates on Garlington Report
Washington April 26 The Wade court of inquiry investigating Major General Miles testimony in the Spanish War era has spent ten weeks hearing witnesses in Chicago Omaha and Kansas City to inspect packing house operations The panel refused to admit Lt Col Garlington’s 80 page report noting it relied on concurrent inquiries and offered no new conclusions Major General Miles' representative summarized the case against canned beef and alleged fraud in labeling while Major Breckenridge and Major Reade gave contrasting findings The court will decide whether to call further depositions and whether to refer potential crimes to judicial authorities.
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Washington
Wade
Miles
Spain
Chicago
Omaha
Kansas City
Bess
Garlington
Inspector General‘s Office
Breckenridge
Davis
Philip Reade
Lee
Recorder
Florida
Cuba
Porto Rico
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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Daifimore Stock Exchange
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Frederick, MD
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F.G Thomas & Bon
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Arriddawiy
Irving S. Biser
Fira Insurance
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Church St
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Yee
Little Rock
Ark
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Arkansas
Indian Territory
North Carolina
United States Court
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Sebastian County
Meiklejohn
Philippine Islands
Strickland Streng OP
Tita
Keo E Senstor Thomas
Nore’ Life
Pluntly
Assembly
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Charleston
D. C
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Windsor Hotel
Philipsburg
Wilson
Miners’ Organization
Clearfield
Cumberland
James Beatty
Clendenning Pennell
Barnes Gap
Fulton County
Pennell
Towson
Clementine M. Reckard
Burke
Baltimore County
Wilmington
Del
Charles Harris
Harris
Toledo
Toledo Pastors’ Union
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Kid Lavelle
Chester
John Cavanaugh
Homestead
Cavanaugh
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Major Lee
Miles Inn
Ronse O
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