Shrewd Americans Bluff At Filipino Defenses
Washington dispatch reports Bayambang fall in Nueva Vizcaya after Lieut Monroe and fifty Cavalry men overwhelmed Gen Conon with ten officers and rifles. Seventy Spanish prisoners freed. American losses minimal. Monroe's advance scouts captured the rebel force and arms, while rebels believed a larger force would follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Otis
War Department
Bayambang
Nueva Vizcaya
Monroe
Fourth Cavalry
Carrangalan Trail
Cano
Manila
Conon
Lent’ Munroe
Farge
Ender
Munroe
Bin
Fitzsimmons and Julian Split After Bitter quarrel
Former boxing champion Robert Fitzsimmons and his longtime manager Martin Julian parted company after a heated confrontation at the Sherman House on December 4. Reports differ on who drew the pistol, but a scuffle left Fitzsimmons vowing to quit boxing and Julian denying the charge amid a clash over Lyric Theatre box office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Robert Fitzsimpmons
Martin Julian
Sherman House
Fitzsimmons
York City
Lyric Theater
Julian
Mons
Julian Drew &Iver
Bob
Mob of Women Forcibly Attacks Wyoming Mineops
About a week ago miners at the Diamondville Coal and Coke Company in Diamondville Wyoming demanded higher wages. After a brief idle period, 809 women and girls armed with guns knives clubs and stones marched on the mines at dawn occupying the works and driving operators and workers away. Several miners were struck and injured including a gunshot wound to a guard. The small guarding force could not stop the assault as the miners reportedly continued to import arms and ammunition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chayenne
Wyo
Diamondville Coal and Coke Company
Diamondville
Gnéman
De Oro Defends World Pool Title in New York
Alfredo de Oro successfully defended his world pool championship on December 2 at Maurice Daly's by defeating Western expert Fred Payton of Owaba in a three nights 600 ball match, final score 579 to 0. A $300 purse and gate receipts awarded to the winner. Defeater O'Brien Bankruptcy. Chattanooga, Tennessee. M J O'Brien of Chattanooga filed voluntary bankruptcy after nine years as Supreme treasurer of the Catholic Knights of America. assets include a suit of clothes valued at $23.
Wreck on Great Northern Branch Kills Three Men
A collision on the Wehart branch of the Great Northern Saturday killed three men and destroyed an engine and ten cars. The engine struck a steer and left the rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
Great Fails
Wehart
Independence Is Safe and Cuba Referents Lauded
The Patria in Havana calls Secretary Root’s Bore references “very satisfactory” and asserts independence is safe. Printing Press Inventor Potter dies at his home in Phillipfield New Jersey on December 4. A lightship incident off Asluria, Oregon sees lightsmen rescued and housed in Port Canty Hospital. Stanton Barnard, ex-Chippewa Lumber president, reportedly dies aged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
the Patria
Cuba
Root
Potter
New York
Charles Potter, Jr
Phinfield, N.J
Asluria
Ores
Tuis
McKenne Head
Port Canty
Fate of Gilmore Lt Gilmore in Vigan Military Action
Report details American Lt Gilmore and his launch party at Vigan on Nov 26 during American operation led by Lt Commander McCrackin. The squad faced four dead or wounded amid capture and a planned execution halted by Aguinaldo interference. Sonnenshein provides the first authentic account from Abra prisoner to Yorktown survivor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigan
Mizila
Oregon
McCrackin
Province of
Sand Flocos
Sundar
Ohey
A. L. Sonnenshein
James C. Ciltore
United States
Yorktown
Mr. Sonnenshein
Abra
Gil- Wore
Camyias
Gilmore
Sennenshein
Baler Harbor
W. D. Standley
Lieut. Gilmore
Get Rich Quick Firm Closes Doors in Philadelphia
The Investors' Trust home office at 1621 Arch Street, which dealt only with out-of-town patrons and promised 100 to 200 percent gains, has shut down after four years of operation. Lipman Keene and Charles L. Work led the company with Miss 31. C. Carson as cashier, reportedly attracting over $100,000 in investments as stock manipulators allegedly backed its claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Goncern
Investors’ Trust
Arch Street
Fim
Hobart Will Appoints Large Bequests To Kin And Institutions
The will of late Vice President Garret A Hobart, filed in Passaic County surrogate's office, values the estate around 2.5 million dollars. Widow Jennie Hobart gets 1 million plus half the remainder after other bequests, son Garret Hobart receives half at majority, with major gifts to St Josephs Hospitals and orphan asylums in Paterson. Secretary A A Wilcox and Col William Barbour named executors among others, with several other relatives receiving substantial sums. The document details gifts to hospitals, nurseries, and orphan asylums in Paterson and specifies amounts to individuals and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Joseph Hewerts Hospital
Sc. Joseph's Orphan Asylum
Paterson
David Hobart
Jennie Hobart
A. A. Wilcox
T. Dell
Col
William Barbour
Fire destroys Philadelphia department store and blocks
A massive blaze in Philadelphia on November 29 gutted the J.B. Lippincott & Co. building and damaged Partridge & Richardson and others on Eighth Street. Lippincott faced about 603,000 in losses. Partridge & Richardson about 700,000. Jno Lros. 830,000. Bailey’s Five and Ten Cent store 100,000. Rosenberg’s millinery 30,000, with numerous smaller shops affected by smoke and water damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pas
Richardson's
Speer
J.B. Linpincott & Co
Look Publishers
Tifio
Filbert Street
Partridge & Richardson
Eighth Street
Filbert
Jit Lros
Aisicins
Lippincott
Miners Threaten Wider Resistance to Federal Injunction
Kansas City reports James Buston of the United Mine Workers says he will move into the southeastern Kansas coalfields to follow John P. Reese’s contempt actions. He warns even if imprisoned, replacements from the national executive board would continue the effort and urge non union workers to quit despite the court order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kansas City
Williams
Scott
Kan
John P. Reese
James Buston
United Mine Workers of America
Reese
Willams
National Executive Board
Bryan Will Stay in Texas for 1900 Campaign
Texas winter visit by William Jennings Bryan and fellow—hosted by former Governor Hogg—prepares for the 1900 campaign. Bryan plans few Texas speeches, focusing on rest and strategy during his stay in Austin. A separate item notes T. D. Badewu, a 42 year old store operator on Broadway, arrested by federal agents for purchasing and selling washed revenue stamps, with $5,000 bail and alleged losses to the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star Store
Austin
Tex. Wood
Bryan
Wits
Hogg
Thut
Texas
Uncle Sam
York
T. D. Badewu
Broadway
Reveue
Famous Oleo Case Partners Sent to Prison in 1899
Joseph Wilkins of Washington DC and Howard Butler of were sent to prison on December 2 after a two year U.S. court fight over oleomargarine sale laws. Wilkins drew six months in prison and a $1500 fine, Butler four months and a $3500 fine. They were wholesale oleomargarine dealers in Philadelphia caught removing brands from packages in January 1897 and indicted by a U.S. grand jury in February that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkins
Butler
Philadelphia
United States
Joseph Wilkins
Washington, D.C
Howerd Butler
Wood approves Cuba troop removal recommendations
General Leonard Wood reached Washington on November 28 for a data conference with the secretary of war. After the conference Wood announced that his recommendations for removing troops from Cuba had been approved and orders will be issued to put them into effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Root
Cuba
Washington
Leonard Wood
Secretary of War
Hoot
Fund for Grimsler Widow Promoted by Missouri Foreman
Sedalia foreman Afiltox Barde of the Missouri Kansas and Texas shops proposes a fund of 25 000 to aid the widow of Capt Charles V Grimler who commanded Admiral Davey s ship at Manila. He suggests Miss Helen Gould become treasurer of the fund. In New York Gen Carlos Garcia eldest son of Gen Calixio Garcia notes Cuban opposition to the new government stems from a misconception of American plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gridiey
Sedalia
Afiltox Barde
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Charles V Grimler
Admiral Davey
Manila
Barde
Helen Gould
Young Garcia
New York
Carlos Garcia
Calixio Garcia
Cuba
Jie
Fatal Elevator Fight and Other 1890s Crime Notes
Factual dispatches describe a fatal elevator accident in St. Louis involving Andrew Wind, a former Sixth Missouri Volunteer, who died after being mangled during a struggle with RR Hannon. Other items cover a Houston murder, a safeblowing gang in Topeka, a premature artillery discharge injuring three in Allegheny, a St Paul grocery house fire, a Duluth attempted murder, and a note that forty five Kansas counties lack poor houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Volunteers
St. Louis
Andrew Wind
Cuba
RR. Hannon
Heer
Norman
John Barrett Suspended by Board for One Year
John Barrett of Barrett Farnum & Co faces a one year suspension from the beam of trade after a board ruling for alleged improper commercial conduct following a recent business failure. Barrett has been a longtime trader on the board, active for more than two decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barrett
Chicago
Barrett, Farnum & Co
Barrett
Yellowstone Park Lights Report Highlights Park Visitors And Needs
Acting Superintendent Brown reports Yellowstone National Park saw 9,579 visitors in the year and urges an $8,000 appropriation for improvements including roads and bridges. The park is described as a leading game reserve, possibly the greatest in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone Park
Washington
Brown
Yellowstone National Park
Hitchcock
Australian Cabinet Crisis in Melbourne Premier Resigns
Melbourne reports Premier Sir George Turner has resigned. Governor Lord Brassey has summoned A McLean to form the new ministry as political turmoil unfolds in Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Victoria
George Turner
Lord Brassey
McLean
Market quotations drift through a noisy commodity list
A dense, error-filled market report lists Chicago and St Louis quotations for cattle hogs sheep and grain including No 2 wheat red corn and oats with varied cents per bushel and prices. appears as a scrambled telegraph market wire with multiple cities and inconsistent figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ste
St. Louis
Hoss
Sheen
Detroit
New York
Butte
Dynamite Outrage at Cedar Rapids Attorney's Home
An attempted dynamite attack occurred at 1 am in December at the residence of Attorney W. L. Cron in Cedar Rapids. Two pounds of dynamite wrapped in a newspaper with about twenty feet of fuse failed to detonate as the fuse did not reach the detonating cap. Cron has many enemies, and the act is viewed as revenge by a rival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dade
W. L. Cron
Ar Rapids
Crow
Young man takes strychnine after mortgage dispute near Harlan
Shelby County farmer Sunderland, recently involved in a cattle mortgage where Donlap and Tucker of Omaha figures, ingested a large dose of strychnine in a suspected suicide attempt. He sought to settle debts, faced threats over mortgage falsification, and was found alive after doctors treated him with antidotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby County
Will Sunderland
Harlan
Tucker
Omaha
Neb
Sunderland
Dunlap
Suederland
Sanderland
Bette Westrope
Recorder’s
M. E. Campbell
Shelby Cowery Bank
Linderland
Terrible cutting affray over gambling ends in probable murder
News reports a terrible cutting affray at Schleswig on the Mondamin line. A dispute over a nickel for drinks led to a fight between Mayne brothers and railroaders Pat McDonough and Pete Gilmore. Gilmore suffered a deep throat wound, McDonough a severe abdomen injury with protruding intestines. Police feared lynching if capture occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schleswig
Mondamin
Northwestern Railway
Mayne
Ida County
Schleswis
Pat McDonough
Pete Gilmore
Maynes
Wonuki-bo Train Wrecker Arrested in Essex Case
A train wrecker case in Essex led to a four day pursuit culminating in the arrest of a suspect linked to attempts on November 28. Railway officials offered a reward of Rudy and writs were captured. The incident relates to automatic diggings and proposed gas well expansion in the Musentine region near Tiree and Williuaat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wonuki-bo
Thimatt Essex
Pitinetios
Aml
Rudy
Pris
Tlah
Iard Williuaat
Tiree
Amd
Tale Charitea
Leeds
Statewide official returns tallied by Nov 25
The governor and lieutenant governor results were sent to the state for verification while the general ticket totals show Barret Republican 2 P Holst Democrat 624 Lary Prohibitionist 501 Wirth 1 091 and other minor candidates. Supreme court vote tallies list Sherwin Republican 289269 Van Wagelyan Democrat 274231 Soins Prohibitionist 7 606. Railroad commissioner totals include Dawson Republican 2 (illegible) 579 and Danning U May be listed with other minor candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Wirth
OW. Pict United Christian
The
Supreme Court
Toby ¢. Sherwin
A. van Wageliyn
I Df. Soins
LL. J. Weller
Darner
Usted Guattering
Papor Milroad Commis Dawson
Republican
Tourst
Robert L Danning
Ba Ulist
N. Weisel
Socialist Indus
Lindley
Waited Christian
Man loses both arms in corn shredder accident near Maine
Frank Weises, worker at Blicker farm, west of Maine, was dragged into a corn shredder. Both arms were torn off just above the elbows before help could arrive. Physicians amputated stumps. he endured the ordeal with fortitude. Also noted is a town council rail ruling on injunctions between Omaha Council Bluffs Railway and Suburban Railway over street tracks on Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Weises
Blicker
Maine
Council Bluffs Street
Omaha and
Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company
Council Blags and Suburban Railway Company
Judge Green
District Court For Council
DEW Company
Broadway
Larongii Triad
Two Carpenters Die After Scaffold Collapse
Two carpenters, William Kearney and J. P. Smith, were working on a scaffold when it collapsed. Kearney was struck on the head and died of his injuries. Smith escaped with superficial injuries and no broken bones. The scaffold had given way without warning. The deceased resided in Limden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willian Kearney
J.P. Smith
Beume
Limden
Petition In Federal Case On Indian Girl Held In School
A habeas petition was filed in federal court at Cedar Rapids on November 29 by attorney J. W. Lam for Lelah Puck Kah Chee. Papers go to Judge Shiras in Dubuque for a hearing. The Indian girl has been kept in the school by the Indian agent amid tensions with the Sees and Foxes seen as stirring trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Lelah-Puck-Kab-Chee
Cedar Rapids
J. W. Lam
Shiras
Dubuque
Lelah-Puek-Kah-Chee
Mike Trouble
Boards Inspect Davenport Herd for Tuberculosis
State board of control members led by State Veterinarian J. I. Gibson arrived at the Orphan Home in Davenport on November 28 to examine the cattle herd. Assistant J. W. Griffith of Cedar Rapids and others reported indications of possible tuberculosis in several animals and that part of the herd may be surrendered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Contral
J. I. Gibson
Denison
J. W. Griffith
Cedar, Rapkis
Orphan
Davenport
Mitchellville Institution Charges Spark Silent Inquiry
Judge KKinne says the board will not comment on Miss Emily Magruder’s charges about Mitchellville management until fully informed. Her reliability is disputed, yet sensational talk spreads as coal operator John Marshall of Boone is killed in a shaft accident while inspecting machinery. Reese of Albig, national Mine Workers board member, is jailed for contempt in Fort Scott. Smallpox fears ease in northwestern Iowa, with quarantines in place. Cedar Rapids death by suicide notes a troubled life amid alcohol abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kkinne
Board of Control
Emily Magrider
Mitchellville Institution
Megruder
John Marshall
Crowe & Marshall
Boone
Boone-Ogden
Imine
Marshall
Reese
Fort Scott
Kun
John P. Reese
Albig
Bec
National Executive Board
The
Mine Workers of America
Dndga Williams
Vista
Fragmented Local Note from Missouri and Paris Area
A garbled OCR fragment mentions individuals Witter and Waller Telhmer in Missouri and near Paris. It references Ginn Gong and a late night incident with a fall and injuries, but the text is incomplete and unclear about specifics or outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witter
Runaayay
Oo Waller Telhmer
Teuil
Weiises Lotra
Missouri
Paris
Ginn
Ily Buck
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Renwick
Bayembang
Fitz
Julian Quarrel
Tainleenian Barnard Desk
Stanton Barnard
No Western Lumbermill
Chippewa Jauather and Boom Company
Chippewa
Wisy
Gilmor
WICE
Hobarms
Pennsylvania
Cleomuar
Breands
Houston
Tex
Bertie Lankford
George Lankford
Hroime
Topeka
Mid-Continent
O. M. Brill and Grane
Greeery
Natal Guard
Allegheny
Allegheny City
St. Paul
St-Paul
Griggs, Cooper & Co
Whale
Grriggs, Cooper& Co
Shu
Duluth
Jacob Selmemer
Pingree
Mich
Free Press Ay
Fingree
C.A. Joslyn
Eli BR. Sutton
Virginia
Cape Charles
Vas
Onan Adriomae County
Tiazelton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Liiting
CTL
Horace
Jefferson City
Met
American Fire Insurance Company
Pittsburg
the Insurance Company
State of New York
Alissouti
Rock Island Dee
Missouri River
San Francisco
Shafter
David H. Shields
U.S.A
Shields
Stephen W. Groesbeck
U. S.A
Cedir Rapids
Atrampr
Sioux City
fan+ford-Hazelwood Company
Tygo
St. Albini
Copenhagen
Lincoln
New
Alaska
Japan
Central
Polk County Grand Jury
Mitchellville Industrial School
Des Moines
Joseph Leiter & Son
Charley Chapp
George Hansen
Chicago & Northwestern
Samuel Sinnett
Muscatine
Witaire Hee
Musentine
Council
RY E. Conniff
State Board of Health
Fred Lund
Calar Rapids
Bea Inariits Neuns
Marsiniitown
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