General Henry W Lawton Killed at San Mateo
Major General Henry W Lawton was shot in the breast and died instantly while leading a small force against insurgents in San Mateo. He rode at the front with his staff through rough terrain and heavy rain, his death marking a pivotal moment in the campaign around Manila Bay.
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San Mateo
Lawton
Manila
Henry W. Lawton
Min‘ta
Cay Iry
Cav
Lockhartien
Coone Sargent
Gercnimo
Torouga Manguiva Valley
Geronimo
Uiis
Garrson
Pearth Cavaly
la Loma
Can
la Mateo
Pinghot
General Lawton mortally wounded in Philippine fighting
General Lawton was shot while soldiers lay under cover near a stream as insurgents pressed at close range. Colonel LonketT assumed command after Lawton fell. Lawton, born in Toledo Ohio and raised in Indiana, had a long Civil War record and later led troops in the Spanish American War, including the push toward Santiago and the capture of Caney. His actions earned praise from President McKinley.
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Lawton
M Mountains
Lonkett
Toledo
Indiana
Ninth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Ile
Forty-first Infantry
Spain
McKinley
Fifth Army Corps
Shafter
Caney
Santiago
Philippine Islands
Grant
Philippines
MsKinley
San Isidro
Courtroom shooting ends murder trial in Texas
In Waco on December 19, 8 M Jenkins faced charges of murder and abortion when Hugh Wheat, brother of the victim Mary Wheat, shot Jenkins in the back as the trial began. Wheat fled. John Halligan fired at Wheat but missed. Halligan bonded later. Jenkins’ family mourns as Wheat remains silent.
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Waco
Tex
M. Jenkins
King Mary Wheat
Austin
Holland
Bell County
Hugh Wheat
Mary
Wheat
Dr. Jenkins
John Halligan
Jenkins
Halligan
Dr Jenkins Better After Shootings Delays Trial
In Waco Texas a criminal operation and murder case against Dr M Jenkins is delayed due to the defendant being shot. The judge and jury await guidance in a novel case. Doctors say Jenkins should recover from a non vital wound with skin paralysis. shooter Hugh Wheat is out on $2500 bail.
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Waco
Tex
M. Jenkins
Jenkins
Hugh Wheat
Polk Contempt Case Before Railroad Commission
The Texas Railroad Commission met to consider citation of Colonel L J Polk general manager of the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway for contempt over letters. A decision could impose a fine of zero dollars, with Polk reportedly paying the amount. A separate item notes an attempted murder case from Bridgeport, Texas dated December 20.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
L. J Polk
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company
Polk
Rae
Injury and Reward in House Collapse Incident
A chaotic scene in Wisconsin involved a family home collapse with one person dead and several injured. A Mexican national among the wounded is reported, and authorities offer a $100 reward for the arrest of those responsible. Judge Gaines of the supreme court, traveling near Austin, was bucked by a runaway horse and sustained facial and leg bruises but is not seriously hurt.
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Ely
Austin
Dec
Caief
BR. Gaines
Supreme Court
Kadekef
Police order halts boxing counts after fatality at Fourteenth Street theater
St Louis police board orders Chief Campbell to stop all boxing counts following the Neise death at the Fourteenth Street theater last week. The move targets theater boxing events pending investigation and safety reviews.
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St. Louis
Campbell
Fourteenth Street
Two Women Killed Crossing Railroad Near El Paso
A doubleheader freight crashed into a hack at the east crossing near Matfa Hriday in El Paso Texas killing Mrs Lucy Duncan Krupp and Mrs William Goalson and leaving others injured. The injured include a girl who survived though badly hurt and Mrs John Krupp, wife of a Houston man, who with Miss Schoermann of Houston, was wintering on the Duncan ranch en route to town for shopping.
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el Paso
Tex
Matfa Hriday
Lucy Duiaen
Krupp
William Goalson
Lucy Duncan
John Krupp
Houston
Miss Schoermann
Duncan Ranch
National Republican Convention Set for Philadelphia
The Republican committee chose Philadelphia as the site for the national convention to be held Tuesday, June 19. Chicago Saint Louis and New York were also considered. The Payne resolution to reduce southern delegates was shelved.
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Washington, D.c
Philadelphia
National Republican Committee
Chicago
Louis
New York
Payne
Man Fatally Crushed After Track Attempt Near Pacific Crossing
George Debeau lien was mowed down by a passenger train as he tried to step onto the track in front of an oncoming engine. A watchman grabbed him but Debeau lien broke free and leaped onto the rails, dying under the wheels.
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Houston
George Debeaulien
Pacific
Judge Sues Railroad for $95,000 Over Smallpox Spread
Greenville report says Judge H D Wood filed suit in district court seeking 95000 damages from the Missouri Kansas and Texas road. He alleges the disease was brought to the area by two Black residents who were discharged from Sedalia hospital and came there last summer.
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Greenville
HD. Wood
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Cewt
Sedalia
Damages Awarded in Rail Crash Case in San Antonio
Blanche Smith and her children won a judgment of 17500 against the Southern Pacific Railroad for the death of her husband when a locomotive overturned. The trial alleged the rails were too light for the new heavy engines recently added to the line.
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San Antonio
Blanche Smith
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
El Paso Youth Dies in Farm Wagon Accident
Sidney Kingdon King, son of Henry Kingdon, of El Paso, was accidentally shot and killed on a brother’s farm four miles northeast. He rode in a wagon with a gun when the team bolted, tossing him from the wagon as both loads discharged into his side.
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el Paso
Ills
Sidney Kingdon
Henry Kingdon
Here
Senator Jones Sets Feb 2 Meeting for Democratic Convention
Senator Jones chairman of the Democratic national committee calls a meeting at the Raleigh hotel in Washington to fix the time and place of the Democratic national convention next summer.
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Washington
Jones
Democratic National Committee
Raleigh
Supreme Court Rules Fee Law Valid in Clark v Finley
Chief Justice Gaines delivers mandamus decision upholding the fee law passed at the Twenty-fifth Legislature's called session in Sterling P. Clark v. R. W. Finley Comptroller.
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Austin
Supreme Court
Gaines
Sterling P. Clark
R. W Finley
Ten Years for Murder in Stewart County
Dover Isaac Rozer received a 10 year sentence in the penitentiary from the circuit court for fatally shooting two women at Bear Springs Stewart County in November. Terrell Boo Scott was killed by a shotgun blast seven miles southeast of here. a party surrendered to Sheriff Kellar at Kunigpan.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Dover
Isaac Rozer
Bear Springs
Stewart County
Terrell, Tex
Dez
Here
Boo Scott
Sherif Kellar
Kunigpan
Currency bill passes House with 150 to 199 vote
The currency bill cleared the House by 199 to 150 after lists of voting Democrats were read. Names included Clayton, Denny, Driggs, Fitzgerald, Ruppert, Scudder, Levy, and Underhill of New York, Thayer of Massachusetts, Wilson of New York, and McAleer of Pennsylvania. Adjournment followed news of Bland’s death. later reports note committee actions and mileage allocations for members.
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Washington
House
Clayton
New York
Denny
Maryland
Driggs
Fitzgerald
Ruppert
Scudeer
Thayer
Massachusetts
Wilson
Levy
McAleer
Pennsylvania
Underhill
Bailey
General Wheeler
Committee On Ways and
Senderson
Bland
Missouri
Grow
Philippines
Leil
Coorado
Gaines
Tennersze
Voin
Senate debate signals broad Philippines legislation questions
Washington December 19 The Senate weighs possible legislation on the Philippines as multiple resolutions address relinquishment to Fujino governance proposals and various measures on trusts and naval officer promotions are considered. Memorials from Hawaii seek territorial law extension and feeling for South African war grows. ThurltonNebaska oath of office and a joint resolution to grant the Commercial Cable Company rights to lay a cable to Cuba are noted.
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Washington
Senate
Philippines
United States
Philippine Islands
Tillman
South Carolina
Bacon
Georgia
Fujino
Morgan
Alabama
Judiciary Committee
Navy
Marine Corps
Spain
Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Paciic Islands
Porto Rico
Mason
Illinois
Great Britain
Thurston
William L. Green
Nebrask
William V. Allen
Nebraska
Thoroton
Nebraka
Stewart
Nevada
the Righ
Cuba
Congress Poised to Adjourn for Holidays
Washington report notes Congress nearly ready to quit until after the holidays with the only major item of importance being the immediate passage of pending measures as it closes for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Mportance
Nominations sent to Senate include federal posts and naval promotion
The president sent nominations to the Senate for Horace Speed United States attorney Oklahoma Territory. George W. Melville named engineer in chief and chief of steam engineering in the navy with rear admiral rank. F L Bradley for Gilmer Texas postmaster. W Kelley for Lockhart Texas postmaster.
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Washington
Senate
Horace Speed
United States
Oklahoma Territory
George W. Melville
Steam Engineering Department of the Navy
F. L. Bradley
Gilmer
Tex
W. Kelley
Lockehart
Gill Nomination Confirmed for U.S. Judge Post
Joseph A. Gill of Kansas was confirmed as judge of the United States Court for the Northern District of the Indian Territory, replacing the vacant seat. The nomination was approved by the Senate after review of his qualifications and legal experience.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph A. Gill
Kansas
United States Court For
Northern District of the
Indian Territory
Brumby Dies of Typhoid in Washington at 44
Lieutenant Thomas M. Brumby, flag lieutenant to Admiral Dewey during the Manila campaign, died at Garfield hospital in Washington after a typhoid illness that began November 27. He was 44, unmarried, and had served since 1873 with a large portion of the last two years with Dewey. Dewey commended his gallantry and the Navy approved his promotion, pending Senate confirmation.
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Washington
Thomas M. Brumby
Dewey
Manila
Garfield Hospital
Bromby
Georgia
Admiral Dewey
Artle
Navy Department
Navy to honor Lt Brumby with naval funeral in Washington
The Navy Department plans a naval funeral for the late Lieutenant Brumby. A marine company with the Marine band will march from the barracks to Garfield hospital under Commander McCrea to escort the remains to the railway station for transport to Atlanta Georgia for interment.
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Washington
Navy Department
Brumby
Garfield Hospital
McCrea
Atlanta
New Mailpox Cases Reported in Avatin
Two new mailpox cases were reported bringing the total to five. The patients are described as negroes and reside in Avatin. Medical officials warn residents to take precautions and monitor for symptoms.
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Avatin
The Old Year’s Retirement Is Marked by Farewell
A brief retirement notice lauds Old Yeoury as he exits business life and anticipates continued patronage for his smart successor in the new year. The passage notes warm regards and grateful sentiment from patrons.
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Yeoury
Accomplished Gentleman Quipped About by Washington Star
A young woman comments on a man’s many accomplishments saying he may lack real achievements. Miss Cayenne agrees noting he has so many to his name that leisure for substance seems absent.
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Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Fever Folly in Cleveland Plain Dealer Letter
A fragment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer features a dialogue about illness and pride. Mrs Saddén richts complains of a low fever but refuses extreme remedies, insisting on no high fever or none. The piece showcases humor and social tone of the era.
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Cleveland Plain
Deater
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