Shelling the Towns and Expedition Failures in the Philippines
Military action along the San Fernando river reports Grant and MacArthur failing to join. gunboats shell Sosiman and Guagua driving rebels from fronts, capturing a uniformed captain and a native officer. Destruction at Guagua, arm and flag captures at Bosmian, and raids on a rail line near San Fernando. Casualties listed for several units in Washington dispatches.
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General MacArthur
Grant
Watter
San Fernando River
Manila
Laguna de Bay
Cuvadonga
Caaptain Grant
Guagua
MacArthur
Huhbionte
Sosimoan
Bosmoan
San Fernando
United States
Nebraska Regiment
Doty
Mls
Glassblowers Strike in Cumberland Works Showdown
In Bridgeton New Jersey May 29 non union glassblowers arrived to work for Cumberland Glass Works replacing strikers. Strikers claim less than half will report for work tomorrow as flint blowers from the West. Officials say they will stock the bottle factory with blowers in a week. Police kept order after a small disturbance near the boarding house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeton
Cumberland Glass Works
Flint
Cumberland Company
Charlies and Whittemore Lead Clinton Cull Company Board
Harrisburg grants charter to Clinton Cull company with principal offices listed. Directors include Turek Woven Charlos A Sinclair from Portaynouth Amos W Blandin Bath No M Parker H Whittemore and others. Govern and Whotwae Thixter of Heaton among directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Department
Clinton Cull Company
Turek Woven
Charlos
A. Sinclair
Portaynouth
Amos W. Blandin
Bath
Death of Sir Joseph Stockton Bahoonmaker in New Jersey
New York May Sir Joseph Stockton Bahoonmaker died at his home in Jain field New Jersey today of apoplegy aged 54. He was born in Pittsboro and spent most of his life in that neighborhood. He served in the Fourteenth Pennsylvania volunteers during the Civil War under Colonel J. M. Achoonmuier of Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Stockton Bahoonmaker
Jainfield
N. J
Tie
Pittsboro
Pennsylvania Volunteers
J. M. Achoonmuier
Pittsburg
President McKinley to vacation week or ten days at Hot Springs
President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley depart Washington for a private vacation of a week or ten days at Hot Springs Virginia. They travel in a specially equipped train on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad with Cleopatra private car and other cars Atlantic Patagonian and accompanying staff. The party includes George B. Cortelyou and Mrs McKinley’s party, with health and rest cited as the reason for absence and arrangements made for handling official business from the White House during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, May
Mia Mckinney
Viet Springs
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
The
Springs
McKinley
Cleopatra
Patafonia
Atlantic
Alsa
George B. Cortelyou
Brand Mus. M. Rixey
Barnes
White House
White Honee
Gage
Alger
Wilson
Corbin
General Miles Defers Comment On Wade Inquiry Findings
Washington May 28 General Miles refused to comment on the Wade court of inquiry report saying the president is commander in chief and he has no statement to make. He denied arranging protests or investigations and stated his duty is to health lives and integrity of the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
May
Wade
Miles
Congress
Mike
Transfer in Silver to Vaults on New Mint Site
Philadelphia moves eleven million dollars in silver held at the mint and post office to the new vaults as work begins tomorrow. The stash sits in sixty five thousand boxes valued at one hundred dollars each, weighing about five hundred thousand tons, with six wagon loads per day and one guard per wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
May
Mint
Opinion of Cubans by Rev James A Warden
Rev James A Warden secretary of the Sabbath school department of the Presbyterian board of publication says Cuba’s people are not yet fit to govern themselves and a generation must pass before self government. He urges the United States to establish a protectorate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
James A. Warden
Sabbath School
Presbyterian Board of Publication
United States
Cube
Cuba
Jeint
Fighting at Unyoro yields major Nile clash report
London dispatches say from Unyore Colonel Evatt attacked Chief Kabar enka on the Nile east bank in April S and routed the enemy. About 300 were killed, Kaborega was severely wounded, and King Mwanga Worthken captured. Colonel Byratt's forces suffered seven casualties with two dead and twenty wounded Ugandan soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
May
Foreign Office
Hig
Unyore
Evatt
Kabarenka
The
Nile
Kaborega
Mwanga
Byratt
Uganada
Supreme Court Decision Incomprehensible Criminal Rulings Noted
Fragmented OCR records indicate a late Supreme Court decision with reversed judgments and new venire de novo. Notices reference Columbia township and related names, with firmed and dismissed appeals, and a railroad company involved in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Columbia
Headford
Commonwealth Va
Heidler
Berry
Bugar Noteh
Lusenre
Rusher Holtava
New York
Chicago and
Mosleton mill to recruit fifty workers in new plant
The Mosleton board of trade announced the retirement of the Duplan textile mill. The new mill project will create about 50 jobs and start work in a few weeks, pending final negotiations.
State ticket discussions during Quay visit to Philadelphia
Senator M. S. Quay and Colonel Quay visited Philadelphia meeting Lawyers Shields and Chapely, then President Thomson, and later U S Senators Penrose Bingham and Elkin along with state officials to discuss the coming state ticket while the Beaver Statesman declined to speak for newspapers. The party plans a fishing trip to Avalon New Jersey where Quay will stay with ex State Senator Kilwond Hecker. The convention date is believed to be decided during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
M. &. Quay
A. G. Curtin Quay
United States Army
Washington
Quay
Shields
Chapely
Frank Thomson
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States
Penrose
Bingham
Elkin
Farr
Port Thomas
Insiurance
Durham
Ware
Colonel Quay
Hoover Statesman
Avalon
N. J
Kilwond Hecker
Messrs
Ekin
Tetta
Prison Labor Debate at Industrial Commission Hearing
Washington May 8 Hon John T McDonough secretary of state of New York and former labor commissioner told the industrial commission the constitutional change banning prison labor products from open market has benefited New York and reduced inmate numbers He urged labeling prison goods and federal action to bar interstate transport Ex president Adolph Strasser of the International Cigarmakers Union opposed trades writers joining the union noting risk of court liability and denying use of tobacco substitutes in cigars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John T. McDonough
New York
Industrial Commission
McDonough
Alr
Adolph Strasver
International Cigarmakers' Union
Strasser
PUDDLERS ASK AN INCREASE AT ANNUAL MEETING
Pittsburg May 9 President T J Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers today named wage scale committees to act on lodge recommendations and report to the national convention in Detroit next week. The panels will meet to set the wage scale for $0 000 skilled workers nationwide with a proposed rise in the puddlers department of at least fifty cents per ton. Demand for puddlers is rising as markets show vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
May
T. J. Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, of America
Detroit
Mich
Walcott Stops Johnson in Ten Round Fight at Athens Club
Joe Walcott of Boston knocked out Charley Johnson of Philadelphia in the tenth round at the Ariel Athletic Club in Athens suburb. Johnson could not continue and was defeated as Walcott, in prime shape, outboxed him through the ten rounds. About 1,500 spectators witnessed the light, the first at the club in over a year after a fatality had led to a shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Joe Walcott
Boston
Charley Johnson
Ariel Athletic Clubs
Athens
Johnson
Sandusky Commandant General Manning Dies at Home
A General Manning of the Ohio soldiers' home in Sandusky died this afternoon. He joined the army as a lieutenant, rose to brigadier, then major general, and served over twenty years in Cincinnati. He was a judge of the Superior Court and repeatedly named for governor or Congress, but declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Forge
Ohio Soldiers' Home
Brighdder
Wedble
Lie Regnuiluis
Tie
Cincinnati
Superior Cour
Congress
Steamship Arrivals Report May 4
Shipping arrivals list for New York shows vessels from Rotterdam and Bremen. ships named include Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and Friedrich der Grote arriving via Southampton and Liverpool. Other entries note sailings to Genoa Naples Antwerp and New York with vessels Umbria Cevic and Kensington among those documented.
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New York
Rotterdam
Clearel
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Bremen
Boulhampton
Cherbourg
Gibraltar
Paresi
Shale
Genoa
Ponta Merraria
Naples
Genoua
Antwerp
Kensington
Friedrich der Grogee
Bouthampton
Liverpool
Umbria
Sailou
Cevic
Heidler Must Hang: Supreme Court Upheld Murder Conviction
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court today dismissed Edwin D. Heidler's appeal and affirmed the verdict of first degree murder in the killing of Levi H. Kreider. Heidler, a Fairview Township farmer, killed his brother-in-law after Kreider refused to advance funds from his mother’s estate to Sheidler’s wife. Heidler and his wife sought the money to buy their homestead and settle encumbrances. Heidler shot Kreider when the creditor refused to sign a note. Heidler was convicted September 22, 1887, and sentenced to hang. The high court affirmed the judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
State Supreme Court
Edwin D. Heidler
Fvlje
Levi H. Kreider
Heider
Kreider
Heidler
Fairview Township
Mine County
Heldler
Supreme Court
Twelve Hundred Italians Strike at Jerome Park Reservoir
In New York on May 8 twelve hundred Italian workers struck for $1.00 a day at the Jerome Park reservoir. Police guarded the site amid threats and dynamite stored nearby. Indignation meetings and investigations followed as officers patrolled to prevent further trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jerome Park Reserve
Alait
Sa- Joong
Dumping Ground Claim in Adulterated Foods Probe
Graeme Stuart of William Hoyt company testified before the pure food committee in Chicago arguing the United States acts as a dumping ground for adulterated foods from Germany and Brazil. He urged a national food law to protect merchants and consumers from inferior foreign products entering the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Graeme Stuart
William Hoyt Company
Stuart
Germany
Brazil
Brasil
America
Navy to relieve Dewey with new Asiatic Fleet commander
The Navy Department announced a successor to Admiral Dewey to command the Asiatic station. Rear Admiral Watson is detached from Mare Island yard and ordered to report to Dewey at Manila to relieve him when possible. Rear Admiral Kempf, then on waiting order, is assigned to succeed Watson at Mare Island yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson
Washington
May
Navy
Dewey
Mare Island Navy Yard
Mouitain
Kempf
Chicago Arrives at Tangier to Press U S Claims
The United States cruiser Chicago arrived at Tangier to back U S claims against Morocco. Rear Admiral Henry L. Howilson and U S consul Samuel Ek accompanied gunners who visited Morocco's foreign minister Sid Mamed Ben Musa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
United States
Chicago
Sultanate of Morocco
Henry L. Howilson
Samuel Ek. Gunners
Morocco
Sid Mamed Ben Musa
Probate gives estate to local church and family
Easton Pa May The will of the Rev George J Fox who recently fed rooently and who left an estate valued at 0 was probated here today Among his bequests one is 400 to the Fire Baptist church of the city of which he was pa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easten
George J. Fox
Weather and events dot Scranton morning edition
Fair and warmer today. Germany proposes tougher measures on the US. Republican leaders meet in Philadelphia. Knights of Malta convocation. Gala day planned for Scranton and visiting firemen. Coroner reports on a notable case. Shorter course adopted for the training school. Journal roundups cover West Scranton and suburbs.
Big Vanderbilt Railroad Trust Expands Control Between New York and Buffalo
A high official reports a major railroad consolidation near completion adding lines from Boston to Chicago under Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania, and Baltimore and Ohio control. The plan seeks efficient routing, prevent rate-cutting, and mirrors the old Joint Traffic association aims across New York, Buffalo, Cleveland, and Philadelphia corridors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Vanderbilt
City
Boston
Chicago
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Tiinole
Pennsylvania Company
Baltimore and Ohio Company
Vanderbilts
Thuffalo
Erie
Lackawanna
Lehigh Valley
Vanderputs
Morgans
Burlington and Ohio
Nickel Plate
Vanderbilt Inc
Akron
Columbus
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Cleveland, Canton and
Burlington and His
Cherm Creek Road
Philadelphia
Reading
Pittsburg
Joint
Trafic Association
Go-As-You-Please Race Opens at Grand Central Palace
A seventy two hour go as you please race starts at 1 o clock in Grand Central Palace with sixteen entrants. Runners will cover twelve hours daily through Saturday night and prizes total 400 200 100 75 and 10 dollars for the listed places. Evening attendance improves though most crowds come after 10. Demming withdraws while early leaders show mile counts and standings at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grand Central Palace
Demming
Hegelman
Cox and Guerrero
Glick
Day
Hansen
Edwards
Dawson
Barnes
Craig
Geary
Martin
Tracey
Noremac
Governor Stone Vetoes Multiple Bills in Harrisburg
Governor Stone announced vetoes on several measures including a bill to transfer judgments and mortgages at maturity, a Northampton county treasurer salary fix, and a tax exemption for certain theater and circus buildings. He approved one bill aimed at remedying evils from past land purchases and related payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
May
Stone
Northampton County
Grim double burial report and suicide at home
A farmer and his relative Ned May and a man named Detunee were buried today in the same grave. A visitor to the Vilick home entered the death chamber and shot himself, dying instantly after claiming a dire conviction about a lost cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beemer
Ned
May
Joseph Harntby
Mary Vinod
Dell Detunee
Trijnby
Vilick
Pedler Hattie Watkins Killed by Train in Avondale
Hattie Watkins a pedler was killed when struck by a Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad train at Avondale. The incident occurred near tepleews and involved the D L & W line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre, Maye
Hattie Watkins
Nation
Delaware, Lackawann and Werter
Avondale
Tepleews
Cotton Mill Strike Near Norwich Faces Small Turnout
An effort to reopen Ponemuh company mills in Norwich Connecticut failed to attract workers. Only one union man showed up and most employees did not join the strike, with several quitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Conn
Ponemuh Company
Tatterlie
Titty
Noo
Germany's Meat Bill Rejected by Reichstag Committee
Berlin May 8 reports say the Reichstag committee favored a bill favoring American interests but the measure was rejected in its present form. It would require strict inspection of American meats, threaten trade, and dampen reciprocity talks under the Dingley act. Officials fear minimal chance of passage and broader diplomatic impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Berlin
Haichstag Committee
Reichstag
Imperial Cabinet
United States
Andrew Dpd. White
Cuba
Reichstege Committen
Germany
Germain
Strike at Buffalo fails to settle over contract abrogation
The Buffalo strike remains largely unchanged as workers demand abrogation of Contractor Connor's contract and the lake carrier's cancellation. Bishop Quigley agreed to meet delegations from affected interests but no agreement emerged. About 2,500 grain shovelers and freight handlers paraded despite no parade permit. no trouble reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Connor
Quigley
Swift Justice in Cumberland Killing
May 8 Cumberland Maryland report of William Parish an 18 year old Black man shot and killed by John Meyers white after Parish allegedly threatened Aaire Kate Haier of Sulphur Spring Hollow Ar Vorish fled Meyers fired killing Parish Meyers claimed he was warned Parish attempted a felonious assault earlier in the afternoon but was frightened off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
William Parish
John Meyers
Meyers
Aire
Kate Haier
Sulphur Spring Hollow
Ar Vorish
Pariah
Weather forecast for Washington area shows warmer, fair conditions
The forecast for Washington calls for improving weather with warmer temperatures and fair skies through the period. Winds remain light, and no precipitation is expected, making for pleasant late spring conditions.
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Aar
Otis
Minnesota
Fred Buckendof
James Barrett
H. L. Heath
Sixth Artillery
William Detzold
Hth
George Shannon
Kansas
Arthur K. Moore
William Schermerhorn
General Otis
Varlola
Edward Vaughn
John P. Smith
Fourteenth Infantry
William J, Higgins
Ninth Infantry
Harris W. Mallory
Myron Stearns
Nebraska
James S& Lynch
John
Hoover
Gue Hehergale
John A, Moore
Fourth Infantry
Glassblowers
Bridgeton, N. J
Wade Court of
Iuqury
Unyoro
Col. Evatt
Kabarega
Senator Quay
Beaver Statesman
General Manning
Jerome Park
Admiral Howlson
George Fox
John Gowland
Philipsburg
Manderies
Knights of Malta
Order
Malta Temple
Washington Avenue
Grand Commandery of
Knights of Malta of
Grand Commandery
Beranton
Knights of Malta Commanderies
Grand Commandery of Pennsylvania
North
Bauer
Jermyn
George A. Pierce
Charlies W. Maester
Sunbury
Cretentials
Malta
Anthracite Commandery
Phillipsburg
Frank M. Williams
G. C. Pittsburg
Cgeneral
Bare Hall
Reeulia Financial and Commercial
Scranton
BIG Vanderbilt Railroad Trust
New York City
Veto Axe
Swift Justice
Wm. Parrish
Weather Forecast
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