Lawton Captures San Isidro in Philippines Campaign
Despatches from Manila dated May 4 and May 17 recount General Lawton's forces driving insurgents from San Isidro, with Summers' command taking the town and extended pursuit. Major Kathe's expedition joins Lawton, river flotilla supports, and native civilians return to towns under American lines amid rail repairs.
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Manila
Washington
Lawton
Balkan
San Ilr
Kabbeo
Rio Grands
Summers
Oregon
San Isidro
Bummere
Twenty-second
Minnesota
North Dakota
Scott
Baluarte
Kathe
Third Artillery
Seventeenth
Calumpit
Rio Grande
Arayat
Grant
Aguinaldo
Macarillo
San Fernando
Sonsiorade
Apalit
Macabebe
Hii
Pasig
General Obie May General Obie Manila War Department casualty list
May general obie list from the war department reports killed and wounded. Names include Private James Harrington Second Oregon and Private Albert Erickson Minnesota among others with injuries described as thigh chest and severe. The document appears to be a military casualty bulletin dated in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Obie
Manila
Haw
War Department
Adjutant General
Utah
Bigrant Ford Fisher
Oregon
James Harrington
Pir
North Dakota
I William
Trolock
Els
Ian William I. Young
Thirtenoth
Minnesota
Albert Erickson
Th. K
Marty Howard
Alimhi
Associated Press elects directors at annual meeting
The Associated Press annual meeting elected directors including William McLean of the Philadelphia Inquirer and A J Barr of the Pittsburgh Post with advisory boards for regional divisions. The body endorsed supporting Admiral Dewey's Dewey House fund via newspaper subscriptions and approved sending funds to the national committee. A banquet at the Auditorium Hotel featured Lt. Clair Kelway and other dignitaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Associated Press Today
William & McLean
Philadelphia Inquirer
Clayton McMichaele
A. J. Barr
Pittsburg Post
L. M. Markbrekt
Cincinnati
Volkeblat
Clark Howell
Atlanta Constitution
Associated Press
Brooklyn Eagle
Admiral Dewey
National Capital
Dewey House Fund
United States
Auditorium Hotel
Clair Kelway
The
Thomas M. Anderson
Charles Tavier
Boston Globe
James FE. Eckels
Currency
Steven O'Meara
Nteston Journal
L. M. Arkbreit
Cincinnati Volksblat
Revolutionists Are Arraigned
A May 17 report from Cleveland notes a severe storm across northern Ohio with high winds and heavy rain. Norwalk recorded four inches of rain and downed telegraph lines while Upper Sandusky and Bucyrus saw large hail and damaged properties. In Montpelier a tornado wrecked a schoolhouse at West Unity, likely fatal to several children, with many injured.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Norwalk
Upper
Sandusky
Jacob Miller
Bucyrus
Montpelier
Weet Unity
Mount Morrigton Summit By Steepel In Formosa
News from Vancouver reports Steepel the explorer reaching the summit of Mount Morrigton the highest Formosan peak after many failed attempts Heat was extreme and he barely escaped wild beasts and hostile men He encountered a previously unknown tribe of cannibals of Malayan origin described as skull hunters and blind to outsiders He witnessed cannibalism while hidden in the brush
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Vancouver
B. C
Empress of India
Mount Morrigton
Formosa
Steepel
Omaha
Mexico
Stoepel
Bloodshed in Cienfuegos as Cuban officers clash with laborers
In Cienfuegos province May V1 a Cuban officer killed a Black worker during protests by Cuban duck laborers demanding back pay. Twenty five soldiers guard the customs house as Major Dempsey fears anti American demonstrations amid agitation for independence. Water rationing continues as aqueduct work proceeds and officials haul water fifteen miles by rail.
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Cienfuegos
Santalara
Dempsey
Storm at Altoona Drenches City and Halts Shops
A severe rain storm drenched Altoona on May 17 at 1 o’clock, flooding lower areas and basements. Merchants faced heavy losses as rail shops flooded for the first time, forcing shutdowns. the Tape hotel was struck by lightning.
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Altoona
Tape Hotel
Bethlehem Hosts Open Air Band Concerts All Summer
The article notes Bethlehem will host open air band concerts twice weekly this coming summer. It mentions local civic plans and nearby events including a Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry reunion at Gettysburg and Memorial Day speaker Major General Daniel Butterfield. It also reports Allentown's effort to open a new hospital, a York silk mill forming with 1 million capital and officials L. Bioner as president, a Posterties closure in Pinola Franklin County due to rural mail delivery expansion to Rhippensboro, and a hearing for John Price Wetherill on trout fishing charges at Stroudsburg.
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Bethlehem
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Gettyapure
Daniel Butterfield
Gettyaburg
Allentown
York
L. & Bioner
Pinola
Franklin County
Rhippensbore
John Price Wetherill
Stroudsburg
Military Plea for Cavalry to Quell Idaho Disorder
Secretary Alger received a telegram from General Merriam requesting two troops of cavalry for Idaho to aid Durke and Mullan amid unrest. Troops will be drawn from Fort Meade and Fort Robinson. The War Department supports the action limited to aiding state authorities.
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Alger
War Department
Fort Meade
Fort Robinson
Washington
Merriam
Wardner
Idaho
Durke and Mullan
Merriarny
South Dakota
Nebraska
First Cavalry
Wallace
Mayhew
Pardons Recommended by Harrisburg Board of Pardons
The Harrisburg board of pardons, in executive session, recommended pardons for James L. Orr Allegheny felonious rape Duane Ward McKean robbery Frank Witticka Lancaster assault and battery and Patrick Finherty Allegheny felonious assault and battery.
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Harrisburg
Board of Pardons
James L. Orr
Allegheny
Duane Ward
McKean
Frank Witticka
Lancaster
Patrick Finherty
Joseph Hollinger
Dauphin
Edward Heck
Thomas C. Weatherly
Philadelphia
Samuel Miller
Herman Kohlman
Lehigh
Annie Bovie
James Fagan
Cornelius Shew
Susquehanna
James Sullivan
Charles Hoyt
William Devlin
Ralph W. Wireback
Lancaster County’ Court
Clemmer Sentenced to Hang and Begs for Last Night
Jamese A. Clemmer, an accomplice in the 1896 murder of Emma Kaiser, faces execution in Norristown jail tomorrow. He bid farewell to his wife and met with his attorney and Judge Weand, then spent his final hours in grief near the gallows and the notorious Lingle DeKalb, serving two years for accessory to murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
Jamese A. Cemmer
Emma Kaiser
Jalis
Clemmer
Weand
Clommer
Lingle DeKalb
Woman In Black
War department dispatch from Havana reports quiet conditions
General Wood reports from his May 1 dispatch that the department is quiet and peaceful with no foundation to brigandage rumors. People are working everywhere and similar conditions exist in other departments. Bienes Bracke and communication lines noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Havana
Wood
American Tobacco company files certificate in New Jersey
A certification filed with the secretary of state states FE taid Honal stock authorized in Moreh laws to be kept, $2,000,000 paid in, total capital stock $65,000,000. The Sela shows $21,010,000 in dividend stock and the remainder in preferred stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton N. W
Secretary of State
American Tobacco Company
Sela
Eight Victims Buried After Ex eter Wreck in Norristown
Norristown mourns as funerals for eight victims of last Friday night wreck on the Philadelphia and Reading railroadare held. Fire department leaders and Philadelphia, Reading, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Harrisburg, Allentown and West Chester firemen attend. Memorial services at the opera house and court house precede further burials planned tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
Exeter
Philadelphia and Reading
Samuel McCarthy
Henry Colston
William H. Lewis
Franklin Od. Sowers
Norristown Engine Company
Fifty-first Regiment
Beaver Tribe
Merers
McCarthy
Lewis
Knights Templar
Charles White
William Camm
Norman Holmes
Reading
John F. Hartranft
Anna
Marion
Samuel Hartranft
Roman Alumni Gather for Fifteenth Annual Rome College Meeting
Prominent U S Roman Catholic prelates attended the Alumni Association of the American College in Rome in Philadelphia for its fifteenth annual meeting. About eighty five of two hundred members were present on the fortieth anniversary. Pope Leo sent a special blessing. Officers elected include President Very Rev Edward Pace and vice presidents William Harrington and Edmund Shanahan. The next meeting will be in Rochester.
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Philadelphia
United States
The
American College In
Rome
D. D
Catholic University
Washington
William H. Harrington
Rochester
Edmund
Shanahan
William G. Murphy
New York
Thomas F. Kennedy
J. J. Hann
Edward Tearney
V. G
Richmond, Va
Joseph Miller
Message Found in Keg Reveals Suicide Note
A note written by G. Sinington of the United States Navy was found on the lid of a cigar box and carried by Edward Fowler in Tridgeton New Jersey. The letter, dated Riverside Way 6 1899, states a drowning in the creek and asks that money and belongings be sent to relatives in Stonington Connecticut. Coroner Wells will investigate after a strange man was seen near Riverside and last seen near the Pennsy railroad bridge over Rancocas Creek.
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Tridgeton
N. J
Bree
Delaware River
Edward Fowler
Riverside
Stonington
Conn
Sinington
United States Navy
Penneylvania
Rancocas Creek
Wells
Count Fadrni’s Secret Suicide Attempt Shocks Vienna
Vienna reports Count Fadrni former premier attempted death by own action. Secrecy surrounds the event with authorities suppressing details. Count Badeni, once Galicia’s governor, is a young Pole who rose to power in 189% amid a forged path from modest birth. He inherited wealth from his aunt, Anna Wierer. Last year he was wounded in a duel with Dr. Wolff, a German nationalist leader.
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Vienna
Fadrni
Badeni
Galicia
Baden
Anna Wierer
Wolff
Lowe confesses in murder case near New Milford
MUSH Lowe, a Susquehanna county man awaiting trial for criminal assault, has confessed to the district attorney to complicity in the murder of William Dale. Dale’s body was found on railroad tracks near New Milford three years ago. Lowe accuses four New Milford youths as his accomplices. some arrests have already been made.
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Susquehanna
Lowe
New Milford
Susquehanna County
William Dale
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Judge Affirms Verdict in Accident Insurance Suit
Philadelphia May 1 Judie Kinkan filed an opinion in the United States circuit court of appeals affirming the circuit court verdict at Plinhburg for HSL in favor of Mudwell Dolphieuinet. National Accident Bactory of New York represents recovery on a life insurance policy on Samuel Dolph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Judie Kinkan Trek Today
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Plinhburg
HSL
Mudwell Dolphieuinet
National Accident Bactory of
New York
Samuel Dolph
Storms Hit Ohio as Wreck Claims Twenty Four
A severe storm sweeps Ohio causing 24 fatalities in a collapsed building and widespread property damage elsewhere. Large hail also reported. In Pretoria Transvaal on May 17 seven men, accused of high treason, were arraigned and remanded for two weeks amid claims of two thousand men being recruited for Natal action. Government lines up Kruger Milner talks and reform plan to Volksraad ahead of a Bloemfontein meeting.
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Pretoria
Transvaal
Natal
Rand
Johannesburg
Krueger
Cape Colony
South Africa
Alfred Milner
Bloemfont
Volksraad
Weather and War News Drive Morning Paper
The morning issue highlights cool unsettled weather and global tensions with reports on Lawton capturing an insurgent capital and England forward in China. Local notes cover abstainer conventions, letter carriers plans, and church unity discussions amid regional suspense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
China
Idaho
Ohio
State Medical Convention Sets Wilkes-Barre Annual Meet
The fiftieth annual State Medical convention in Johnstown decided to meet next year in Wilkes-Barre in September to avoid conflicting with the American Medical Association. The nominations report named Guthrie as president and Towler Sheridan Hartsell and others as vice presidents and officers. Papers discussed stomach treatment by mechanical means and cancer treatment by electricity, sparking debate. The closing session is tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Wilkes- Barre
American Medical Association
George W. Guthrie
Wilkes-Barre
8. Towler
Marionville
Forest County
John C. Sheridan
W. A. Hartsell
Allentown
Klingen Smith
Blairsville
C. L. Stevens
Athens
J. V. Duckman
Millerburg
E. 5. Montgomery
Philadelphia
W.G. Wagner
Enfield
Bradford
Massey
Keene
After the Bribes Seizure of Evidence for Bribery Probe
Philadelphia representatives Few and Voorhees submitted to District Attorney Millar the legislative committee’s bribery evidence. The papers include the house resolution for prosecution and the cage papers. Millar will study the material before acting on alleged bribe offers to lawmakers. The committee offered its services to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Few and Voorhees
Philadelphia
House of Representatives
United States
McCarrell
Millar
House
Ths
Fitzsimmons Jeffries Bout Set For June 9 At Coney Island
New York May 17 The scheduled Fitzsimmons Jeffries match at Coney Island Athletic Club was fixed for June 9 with George Filer of Chicago named referee. Decoration Day caused opposition among sporting men leading to a meeting of club and fighter managers. They agreed to postpone the event to avoid splits in gate receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jim Jeffries
Coney Island Athletic Club
George Filer
Chicago
Ex Senator Charlies Buckalew Drafts at Home
Bloomsburg Pa May 17 Ex United States Senator Charlies Buckalew lies dying at his home in Shis oly After a slight heart failure a general collapse followed He has grown worse and his deathhourly expected Today his condition is slightly improved but his age gives little hope for recovery
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Bloomsburg
United States
Charlies Buckalew
Iit
Shisoly
Limestone firms merge to control major quarry output
Holidwyshburg reports that the over Limestone company has merged with the Pittsburg Limestone company limited, formed under Car nels Steel of Pittsburg. The new combine owns large Blair county quarries and will command ten percent of this stone output in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holidwyshburg
Over Limestone Company
Pittsburg
Senate Rejects Woman Suffrage Measure In Connecticut
Hartford Conn May 1 The senate today voted 12 to reject the measure providing for woman suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Senate
Watchman Assaulted at Bellevue Breaker
At 12.90 last night three men approached Bellevue breaker watchman John Apgar, demanded tools, and bound him after one brandished a pistol. They took a brace and chisels, then fled. Police arrived promptly, but the suspects had not been captured as of press time.
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Bellevue Breaker
Bellevue
John Apgar
Apear
Jewelry Thieves Arrested in Philadelphia Case
Harry Brooks age 60 and Sarah Brooks age 23, both colored, were arrested in Philadelphia on charges of stealing 2600 dollars worth of jewelry from Mrs. Annie Wright of New York. Detectives spotted a diamond pendant valued at 475 dollars and traced the burglary to New York authorities. Sarah Brooks had worked as a chamber maid for a week. Most jewelry was recovered except rings valued at 20 dollars. They remain held for requisition papers.
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Philadelphia
Harry Brooks
Sarah Brooks
Annie Wright
Weet Forty-eighth Street
New York
Central Station
Metropolis
Sarah Brookes
Mre. Wright
Faith Curists to Fight Indictments in Westchester Case
Westchester Christian Scientists implicated in Charlotte Barguet death by faith cure face grand jury indictments. The church plans to hire top counsel. Coroner Bausch seeks probe of medical council and Koch Lung Care, with Philadelphia branch. Officials cite a sale of a poison-laced remedy to a sick woman and value the bottle at about nine cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Christian Scientists
Westchester County
Bottl
Rebels Occupy Suwan City Amid Salt Smuggling Fears
Report from Hong Kong says Sam Chun was occupied yesterday with no casualties. British officer Major Brown back in Hong Kong says Chinese unrest stems from fear Britain will ban salt smuggling to Canton, while the French threaten changes in the Foo Chow arsenal.
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Suwon
Hong Kong
Sam Chun
Suwon City
Vancouver
B. C
Orient
Emspress
India
Brown
Canton
Avenir du Tonkin
Lord Beresford
Pekin
Foo Chow
England
Fokien
Shanghai
Policeman in Fatal Shootout With Armed Men
A police officer, John Baginsky, shot and killed one man and seriously wounded two others during a struggle when attacked by armed assailants. The dead man, Vhageo Llo, died soon after from chest wounds, while Savro Lilo and Frenk Leon were gravely wounded with chest and abdominal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tollans
John Baginsky
Faye
Bishop Quigley Seeks End to Buffalo Grain Strike
In Buffalo on May 17 Bishop Quigley urged striking grain shovelers and allied groups to end the dispute. He addressed several large meetings and promised actions tomorrow to bring the strike toward a cessation, aiming to improve the troubled outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Quigley
Die
Storm at Johnstown Sweeps Conemaugh Valley
A May storm in the Conemaugh Valley brought torrential rain and heavy lightning. Ebbensburg reported property damage though overall impact lessened by the heavy rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Conemough Valley
Torrente
Ebbensburg
Haale and Others Arrive at New York Harbor
Shipping arrivals list shows Haale Naples and Rainer Prinderich among passengers landing in New York on May 27 along with arrivals from Southampton Bremen Southwark Antwerp Liverpool and Teutonio.
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New York
Haale
Naples
Southampton
Rainer Prinderich
Bremen
Paul
Southwark
Antwerp
Teutonio
Liverpool
Japan May Aid China in War Urgency Reported
Empress of India mails report that China and Japan sign secret alliance to aid each other if Germany seizes Bhan Tune. Chinese prep for war intensifies with mandarins ordered to concentrate troops, arsenals urged to speed industry, Viceroy Liu placed in charge, and navy readied for emergency. German activity in Shan Tung, Russian smuggling, and Port Arthur dredging noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
1. C
Empress of India
Japan
China
Germany
Liu
Shan Tung
Kohe Herald
Port Arthur
Du Marais Probable Fate Sought in Baltimore
Baltimore May 17 The Philadelphia based Duke of Du Marais brother of Baron A BR Du Marais travels to Baltimore seeking news on Adjutant General Corbin missing since inquiries to General Otis. Doubts persist whether Corbin was killed or held by insurgents after Calumpit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
T. B. Or Marais
Philadelphia
A. BR. du Marais
Insurgenta
Manila
Corbin
Otis
Lana
Calumpit
Cantonel
Manilla
Marnala
Dewey Sampson and Schley referenced in Norfolk incident
In Norfolk Virginia last night a woman named Jehan O Keefe prevented her husband and son from harm as authorities cited Dewey Sampson and Schley in the related tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Sampson
Schley
Norfolk
Jehan O'Keefe
Weather Outlook for Washington May 17
Forecasters predict unsettled conditions with periods of rain in parts of Pennsylvania and surrounding areas. Expect fresh to brisk easterly winds that will be variable and cooler, with continued potential for fair spells Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
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Ralpi Cowles
Mt. Morrison
Explorer Steepel
Alexander Bergman
A. ©. Frick
Edward Kirkman
Cornelius Kenny
J. E. Morris
Michael F. Maloy
Milton Haler
William Huff
Jonas Preston
Chester
William H. House
Pittebure
the Tobacco Trust
Roman Alumni
Austria
Atlantico
Hatton
West
Scranton
State Medical Convention
House Committee
Senator Buckalew III
Sam-Chun Occupied
Concen
DU Marais
Weather Forecast
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