General Lawton Captures Santa Cruz Laguna de Bay
General Lawton's forces seize Santa Cruz the Laguna de Bay capital after sharp fighting. American casualties are six wounded while insurgent losses total sixty eight killed, many wounded and several captured. Dispatch from Otis confirms the victory and pursuit to follow.
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Maina
Lawton
Santa Cruz
Washington
Puo- Wah
Laguna
Bay Lagoon
Manila
Lake Laguna de Bay
Wasumetox
Otis
Higher wages for many Pittsburg Plate Glass Company workers
The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company approved wage advances affecting about 1,000 employees in Creighton Tarentum Ford City Charleroi Kokomo Elwood and Crystal City with the raise taking effect May 1. Also notes California freight car and locomotive orders, Admiral Dewey declining candidacy, and a roundup of recent patent activity and filings.
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Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Creighton
Tarentum
Ford City
Charleroi
Kokomo
Ind
Elwood
Crystal City
Sacravanto
Cal
California
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Soldiers in a Wreck at Avesta and Greek Collision at Tripoli
In Avesta Georgia on April 19 a crowded streetcar collision injures several Second Illinois regiment soldiers after an inbound and outbound car crash on Augusta street railway near Camp MacKenzie. Also April 1 at Alexandria the British steamer Kingswell reports collision with Greek coaster Maria off Tripoli. Maria sinks with forty five missing. Kingswell rescues crew. A London ball outbreak prank claims an explosion in the city but proves false.
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Avesta
Chicago
Second Illinois Regiment
Augusta Street
MacKenzie
Demolicij
Iaver
Mediterranean
Naira
Stearminer
Kingsweil
Chmrhrers
Tueslar
Maria
Tripoli
Kingswell
Alexandria
Evpatarie
Jealous Lover Fires at Woman Then Kills Himself in Lehigh
In Lehigh a jealous lover shot at his sweetheart Mae Bee bee 17 from St Louis where he had been working on enlarging pictures. After a heated confrontation with her and rival suitor Mall he wounded the woman and then shot himself, dying about twenty minutes later after being told by constable Cutting he was under arrest.
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Fort Conan
Lehigh
Wim. Snelson
St Lunes
Mae Beebee
Miss Beerbee
Mall
Constable Cutting
Snelson
State refuses to fund Agricultural Society damages bill
Governor rules no state authority to advance the claim against the state though $200 of a $2,000 to $4,000 bill is approved by the government board of survey. The Agricultural Society faces a funding shortfall to repair fair grounds, secure attractions, and host the year’s fair. Directors may borrow on personal notes or issue warrants if other sources fail.
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Agricultural Society
GovernorsShaar
Government Board of Survey
Ag— Jcicultural Society
BE IN CAMP FOR A MONTH FOR IOWA TROOPS
Forty Iowa volunteers will remain on shipboard for five days off Savannah before landing. They will likely stay in Georgia camp for a month after returning from Cuba. Mustered out in Savannah, each man gains pay for twenty miles per Des Moines distance plus two months extra under foreign service provisions.
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Iowa
Savannah
Georgia
Cuba
Des Moines
Fatal Accident at Clarinda Claims Corning Woman
Isabel Frederick of Corning was killed when a freight train backed into the side track at the Q depot as she crossed near a passenger train. Charles S. Tomlison of Clarinda was slightly injured in the incident. Mine Inspector Thomas Dead. other notices of deaths and missing persons follow from Iowa communities.
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Corning
CrapmDon
Isabel Frederick
Charles 5
Tomlison
Glorinda
Supreme Court Clarifies Ballot Identification Validity
The court rules that ballot marking to identify a writer can render a ballot invalid only if clearly intended. Each ballot is a fact issue for the jury, with outcomes decided case by case. Cedar County contest over a sheriff's race influenced the ruling, which endorses district court and jury findings in general terms.
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Supreme Court
Maries
Cedar County
Sherif
District Court
Fatal accident and other Iowa news items from Des Moines
Fatal accident near Des Moines claims fireman Derrik after wheel crush and head injury. Also, James Easton convicted of fraudulent banking in Decorah, awaiting appeal. Other briefs: death by well fall near Kingsley, extra pay for Frith battery volunteers, Populist and Democratic state conventions slated for August, Muscatine fire destroys huge livery barn, supreme court ruling on liquor storage entrances, child scalding death at Fort Dodge, and Edward Rakes injured near Burlington.
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Easton
West Asiox
James H. Easton
Decorah
District Court
Des Moines
State Central Committee
Muscatine
Otto Snyder
Trenty
Des Moines Dispatch
Supreme Court
Gen. Robinson
Ean Clare
Wis
Edward Rakes
Burlindon
Jowa
Chiprera
Jowa Board of Centres of Stain Institutions
Towa
Ambush at Samoa Leaves Sailors Dead in Field
Reports from Auckland and Apia describe a brutal engagement near a German plantation. American and British crews retreated after heavy resistance by Mataafa forces. three US officers and four sailors were killed, marines lost four, and Mataafa’s side suffered forty dead. Survivors were buried with honors as tension rises over extraterritorial rights and a German suspect’s detention.
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Stmnon
Auckland
Nwz
Benely
Lansdale
Insign
Monahan
United States
Philadelphia
Freeman
Mataafa
Death of Chief Justice Stephan Meld after illness
Reported death of Chief Justice Stephan Meld at his home on Sunday after a decline in health following retirement two years earlier. Meld, born in 1664, served longer on the supreme bench than any other justice, with a noted vitality prior to recent illnesses. He fell ill after a drive in March and was treated by Dr. Curtis for a severe cold and kidney disorder.
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Sapean
Stephend Mield
Meld
Supreme Court
Curtis
Wield
Justice
Supreme Bench
Ben G
Lincoln
Dnteen
Riot at Pana Ignores Calm as Deaths Mount
In Pana Illinois two white men three black men and one black woman were killed with eight wounded in a riot that erupted between white and black miners. Deputies intervened and governor's orders followed to deploy troops as martial law was proclaimed within a one mile district.
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Pana
Senmermap
Govrernor Tanne
Maria
Filipinos Active as American Lines Hold Wana and Malolos
April 12 American forces report rebels cutting telegraph lines between here and Malolos. Outposts of Minnesota and Oregon regiments were attacked near Ligao Rocare Marilao and Malolos with several Americans killed and wounded. Rebels reportedly suffered greater losses as roads were damaged and restored for traffic. April 13 General Otis says Lawton dispersed insurgents in the lake region and captured large vessels, while Wheaton and Tainton suffered few casualties. Spain pledged to evacuate Polo and Mindoro.
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Wana Moasita
Here
Matinos
Minnesota
Ligaa
Rocare
Malolos
Killig Imoquun
Oregon
Marilao
Mandla
Wasaingtox
Otis
Lawton
Santa Cruz
Wheaton
Tainton
Spain
Polo
Mindoro
Peace Is Official Now As War With Spain Ends
April 12 summary: The United States and Spain completed peace by ratifications yesterday, ending a war that began April 21, 1898. President McKinley issued a proclamation declaring peace, and Bellamy Storer was named U.S. minister to Spain. The key ceremony occurred at the White House with the exchange of ratifications at 2 pm and the protocol signed at 2:28 pm.
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United States
Spain
McKinley
Bellamy Storer
White House
Cambon
Tar
Gold Find at Greenwo od Town Site Sparks Legal Threats
April 13 report from Greenwood notes a major gold discovery along a creek channel opened by town site owners and the Columbia & Western railway. Claims span miles. owners threaten legal action against miners who plan to continue mining with pans and rockers.
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Greenwood
Peundary Creek
Columbia & Western Railway
Ubis
Rebels on the Run Toward Mountains Near Santa Maria
General Wheaten Chasen Khem leads the Tenth Tennessee and Second Oregon with two guns from Masia toward Santa Maria to drive rebels from the area. Light resistance is reported. one wounded. Rebels retreat amid shelling and village burnings as about a thousand are said to be concentrated at Santa Maria.
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Wheaten
More Bad Beef. Havana Relief Rejects 30000 Cans Beef
Havana April reports Captain Neil Gaines in charge of relief refuses 30,000 cans of beef from the government, claiming the meat is spoiled. Philippine unrest persists as hundreds of Filipinos return home seeking peaceful life, despite US commission efforts and a general predicting large future American forces.
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Srimoz Lake
Oshie
Minnewasilta
Delavan
Okeboji
Havana
Neil Gaines
Maxi.a
United States Philippine Commission
Revens
Philippines
Janda
Army Beef Inquiry Reports From Spain War Era
Army beef inquiry details letters from Armour & Company to the commissary general about fresh meats and the Powell process. Testimony covers meat preservation, transport to Tampa, and questions of spoilage, with officials and doctors recounting observations from Cuba and Puerto Rico campaigns.
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Armour & Company
Tony
al Saad Thant
Thii Powell
al Festian
Tampa Maida
Letley
Cepecal
Cepecal 2Ivan
Swift & Company Droukt
Sno
Eagan
Davis
Swhfgener
Ghanes
Wilnesa
Wasntacios
Army Beef Inquiry Board
Army
Spain
Miles
Lee
Cuba
Foto Rico
Dying Editor Claims Genepiracy Conspiracy Tied to Attacks
A dying editor of the Maaryville Daily Review said he believed he was targeted by a conspiracy of Mary men he had attacked in his paper. Prosecuting Attorney Martin noted the state’s theory hinges on this claim, which has been disputed. Volunteers May Return Home as wartime ends spur discharges and return to peacetime routine. A 3-year-old in Reading, Indiana died after ingesting laudanum and arsenic while playing doctor in a family accident in which he was left without his mother.
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Admiral Dewey
New Yor
Manila
Dewey
Canary Islands
John G.angele
Pocomoke City
John Trish
New Jersey
Ai Shaw
A. B. Powell
New York
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Maaryville Daily Review
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Martin
Iis
Gome
Wasaixeros
Philippines
Cuba
Perto Rico
Tace
James Nushes
Reading
Nin Brothers
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