Filipino Congress Reports Quiet Meeting and Peace Hopes
Manila May 11 dispatch says the Philippine congress held a meeting with no quorum but business was transacted by Aguinaldo loyalists. Major General MacArthur may stay at San Fernando until fresh troops arrive. 8 000 Filipino riflemen guard Bacolor and US forces can hold the city. The Philippine commission weighs a uniform provincial constitution for Negros modeled after California to grant natives self government within military rule.
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Manila
Insurgen Ung
H Ft Sinr
Sarbeido
M Lartisans
Aguinaldo
MacArthur
San Fernando
Bacolor
United States Philippine Commission
Island of
Negros
Smith
California
Philippine Commission
Schurman
Charles Denby
D. C. Worcester
Efficient Signal Corps Aids Philippines Commanders
General Greely cites a Manila report detailing how the signal corps built lines through native districts damaged by fighting. Rockets and other signals bridged gaps, with telegraph messages peaking at 1,209 on the battle day and 30,534 for the prior month. The system reaches 29 offices, limited by volume and priority needs.
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Philippines
Washington
General Greely
Manila
Signal Corps
A Excellent Combination Syrup advertisement history
An advertisement touts the California Fig Syrup Co remedy Syrup or Figs as a pleasant laxative toned for taste and system cleansing. It claims gentle promotion of kidney liver and bowel action, cures constipation, with figs used for flavor and senna based medicinal extract, and lists the company addresses San Francisco Louisville and New York and a price per bottle.
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California
Califorsia Fig SyRup Co
California Fig Syrup CO
SAN Franci&soo
Louisville
York
N.Y
Compromise Near in Buffalo Grain Shovelers Dispute
Buffalo May 11 The grain shovelers and Lake Carriers reach a possible settlement after talks at Bishop Quigley's home. A general superintendent to oversee unloading at the port is proposed, with Conners to draw commission only through year end. Leaders shift from firm stand to readiness to accept reasonable terms.
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Buffalo
Many
Conners
Quigley
Lake Carrie's
Lake Carriers
Bishop Quigley
Lake Carriers’ Association
President Improves After Tot Baths in Va Visit
Reports from May 11 in Spotsylvania detail President Kinley’s improving health as baths at Tot Springs Va aid recovery. Admiral Kautz’s Samoan peace news reassures the tripartite commission on the islands. The president signs several commissions, mainly army promotions, while his health returns to better form.
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Springs
Hot Springs
Apia
Kautz
Tripartite Commission
Islands
Kinley
Island
Mill Workers Wage Scale Pushes for Fast Detroit Settlement
Pittsburg May 11 Manufacturers press for early wage conference after Amalgamated Association talks end around May 30. They seek to abolish the summer suspension and keep mills open to avoid lost orders, aiming for steady summer employment for workers. Races Sentenced For Five Years. Wilmington Del May 11 William N. Boggs a Dover National Bank teller was sentenced to five years in state prison and ordered to pay 6500 and costs. He showed emotion but accepted the ruling and was taken to Trenton.
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Pittsburg
Iron, Steel and Tinplate
Detroit
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tinplate Workers
Wilmington
Del
William N. Boggs
Dover National Bank
United States District Court
Trenton
Borges
Papal Consistory to Nominate Ten Cardinals in Rome
A papal consistory is planned in Rome for late June to name ten new cardinals. Hon. George Earle, former first assistant postmaster general under President Grant, died in Washington last night. Wages at Winds Steel plants in Chicago and Joliet have risen again this year. Kang Yu Wei met Sir Wilfred Laurier in Ottawa. Iowa Supreme Court bars collection of certain notes in board of trade deals. Alex Vollrath of Sheboygan and H D Elvers of Baltimore drowned near Franklin Wisconsin.
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George Earle
Rant
Washington
The
Winds Steel Company
Chicago
Joliet Mills
Kang Yu Wei
Wilfred Laurier
Ottawa
Iowa
Supreme Court
Board of Trade
Alex. Vollrath
Sheboygan
H. D. Elvers
Baltimore
Franklin
Wis
Miles counsel comments on Miles case in Cincinnati interview
H R Probasco, former U S district attorney and Miles ally, criticizes the court of inquiry report as illogical. He says beef ration history shows canned meat failed, favors meat on the hoof, and blames Secretary of War and Adjutant General for resisting General Miles.
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Miles
J. M. Les
Florida
West Indies
Washington
Secretary of War
Powell
Daly
Serjeant Mason
Lacutenant Gampher
Dr. Castle
Lakeland
Fla
Cuba
General Miles
Probasco
General Funston's State Pride and Kansas Band Wagon
Brigadier General Frederick Funston writes from Stanford University about a possible political career and his record in the Philippines. He says Kansas can be counted on to “take a place in the vicinity of the band wagon” and recalls stiff battles where troops behaved splendidly.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Stanford University
Cal
Star
Frederick Funston
Kansas Regiment
Philippines
3. L. Kellogg
Kansas State University
Republican Party
People of
Funston
Molineux case goes before grand jury again
In New York on May 11 Justice Jerome heard Bartow Weeks for Roland B. Molineux argue that grand jury already decided the issues and requested bail relief. Weeks would waive examination to present the case to the grand jury again, while the district attorney signaled readiness for trial. The grand jury’s prior failure to indict is expected to recur. French Navy to study American coal for ships. Lieutenant De Faramond noted American coal produces slightly more smoke but less ash and clinker than Cardiff coal.
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New York
Roland B. Molineux
Harry Cornish
Jerome
Court of Special Sessions
Bartow S. Weeks
Molineux
Weeks
Washington
de Faramond
Cardiff
Confederate Veterans Indorses Grave Care Proposal
The ninth annual Confederate Veterans reunion opened in Charleston with Stephen D. Lee presenting a resolution urging federal care for Confederate graves. The measure stalled as it was referred to an unresolved resolutions committee. Attendance was 26,000 to 30,000, led by General Gordon and General Walker, with Mrs Stonewall Jackson appearing and a large parade through Charleston. Delegates also report a forthcoming reunion site contest among Louisville, Norfolk, Baltimore, St. Louis, and New Orleans. London and The Hague trip notes for Mahan and Low accompany the report.
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D. C
Sts
Veterana
Stephen D. Lae
Kinley
Atlanta
Committee On
Cour
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Reunfort
L. Walker
South Carolina
John B. Corden
Dixie
Walker
Jones
McSweeney
Smith
Gordon
General Gordon
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
Wade Hampton
Benale
Old Town
Wheeler
General Moorman
Association
Louisvlle
Norfolk
Baltimore
St. Louis
New Orleans
Kentucky
Powerful Spanish Gun Reported by Madrid Dispatch
London May 11 reports the Spanish government has ordered 20 samples of a newly invented rapid fire gun. The device is said to pierce 26 centimeters of Harveyized steel at a distance of 2000 yards.
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London
Madrid
Daily Mail
Railroads and mines face testimony on competition impacts
Washington May 11 Industrial commission heard from R d Brooks of Shabton Pennsylvania and Walter Mullin of Wooster Ohio. They alleged railroads owning coal mines pushed down independent mine prices and transported at high rates, while labor groups moderated prices but miners’ wages fell about 12 percent in 16 years due to rising output.
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Transportation Companiee
Washington
D! Brooks
Shabton
Walter Y. Mule In
Wooster
Industrial Commission
Brooks
Mullin
Cominaionoces and Base Ball Wrap May 11
Admiral Kautz reports three commissioners from the United States Great Britain and Germany landed at Samoa. Marines withdrawn from shore as no longer needed. Michigan approves anti trust bill with double damages for injured parties. Miles praises western troops at Cincinnati banquet. National League scores include Philadelphia 4 New York 3 after 11 innings and other results.
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Samoa
Washington
Navy Department
Kautz
Bil Lansing
Mich
Senate
Michigan
House
Miles
New York
New York Society of the Cincinnati
Sherry
Neldon A. Miles
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Boston
Baltimore
Brooklyn
Chicago
Louisville
Cleveland
St. Louis
Wilkesbarre
Paterson
Scranton
Allentown
Produce Markets Show Varied Movement Across Cities
Philadelphia and Baltimore report mixed commodity prices with flour, rye, corn, oats, hay, and dairy items varying in strength. Live stock in New York and Jer sey markets show steady to rising trends for cattle, sheep, and hogs amid regional price shifts.
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City Mills
Myalle
New York Dairy
Eges
New York
Western
Southern
Jersey
Waitbe
Swige
Mav
Liberty
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Irving S. Biser
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J. T. Pyles
West
Patrick Street
Frederick, MD
Marzidly
Ernest Helfenstein
Filipino Congress
Congress
Hazleton
A. C. Jones & Co
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West End Electric Light Company
West Hazleton
Electric Light and Power Company
Freeland
Alvin Markle
C. W. Kline
Edison Company
Miss Jones
Hallie D. Jones
Albert Jones
Mt. Airy
W. H. Probasco
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United States Navy
Seth Low
Columbia University
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Hague
Joseph H. Cavote
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