Filipinos Seek Peace as U S Forces Hold Manila
News from Manila reports Filipino envoys Arguelez and Bernal failing to win a truce with General Otis while U S troops press a jungle fight near Taguig. Washington regiment and Twelfth regulars repulse advancing insurgents with casualties. In Philadelphia, McKinley praises MacArthur’s troops and proceeds to New York for a brief nonofficial visit.
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Manila
Manuel Arguelez
Jose Bernal
MacArthur
Otis
Lana
Aguinaldo
Filipino Congress
U. S
Washington Regiment
Taguig
Insurgenta
Pasig River
Calworth
Washington
Filipinos Seek Peace as Insurgents Move to Talks
General Otis reports insurgent authorities have ordered a suspension of hostilities pending negotiations to end the war. MacArthur’s division crossed the Big Grande river after hard fighting at Calumpit, with Funston and Wheaton directing a disciplined River passage. Insurgent officers, including the commanding general, are en route to Manila, while Lawton’s forces near Angat await supplies. Casualties are reported as light with exact numbers to be confirmed. President McKinley telegrams congratulations from Philadelphia as news reaches Washington.
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Philippines
Philadelphia
Otia
Manila
MacArthur
McKinley
Bellevue
Raleigh
Lea
Delaware River
Janeh
New York
Washington
Mrs. Gage
Mra. Grant
Manhattan
Otle
War Department
Star
Otis
Follo
Calampit
Big Grande
Akill
Funston
Wheaton
Ourles
Taguig
Washington Regiment
Court of Cassation Favor the Reopening of the Case
A London dispatch reports German protests over the Dreyfus affair. The German government warned France to conclude the Cassation proceedings swiftly while French authorities moved to continue a supplemental inquiry. Eighteen judges of the Court of Cassation are involved.
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Court of Cassation
London
Ernest Vizetelly
Westminister Gazette
Dreyfus
M. del Caste
Forings
Count von Muenster
France
Vittelly
M. Dupuy
Vizevelly
Mrs Anne E George Declared Innocent In Canton
The jury found Mrs. Anne E. George not guilty of the murder charge against George A. D. Saxton. She entered the courtroom with her sister and a friend, received cheers from the audience despite a court warning, and personally thanked each juror after the verdict.
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Anne E. George
Canton
Anna E. George
George A. D. Saxton
Mrs. George
St. Clair
Aguinaldo aims to trap Otis in Manila conflict
A Manila dispatch reports Aguinaldo seeks to trap General Otis by diplomacy while Congress authority is debated. Only about sixty of 800 Filipino Congress members have pledged oath to the constitution, signaling fragility in their government.
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Otis
Manila
Aguinaldo
Congress
Owis
Maylaye
Aguitalio
Gom_ missioners
Madini
Camvedio
Debate Over Drevins Case Sparks Judge Vote Split
The article notes a division among readers and judges, with in favor and fifteen opposed to opening the Drevins case. Vizetelly suggests it is probable that one more vote from the United Court of Causation will yield a majority for the Revisionistes.
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Chamberlain
Worcester Enterprise
Sean
W. A. Stroud
Popomoke City
Mad
W. A. Brown
Druggiet
Manila Harbor Readied for Action Says Kiel Dispatch
A Kiel dispatch reported by the Vossische Zeitung quotes Kiel naval officers who describe Admiral Von Diedrich's reply to Admiral Dewey as merely clear for action. They say the maneuver involved quietly steaming into Manila Harbor to test American lines, signaling readiness to engage.
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Manila
Bayes Ounte
Berlin
Kiel
Vossische Zeitung
Joseph B. Coghlan
Union League Club
von Diedrich
Dewey
Cattle Markets and Local Murders in Spring News Brief
SCATTERED market reports from Chicago Kansas City and Omaha show steady to firm cattle and sheep prices with varied arrivals. A Sharon Mass wife fatally shoots her husband during a quarrel, while drug ads and remedies pepper the column alongside consumer health notes and local business notices.
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Chicago
Texas
Kansas City
Lamlm
Omaha
Denver
Ban Francisco
Silver
Sharon
Mass
John P. Ross
Mary E. Ross
Murder Suspect Harry Wilson Sought. Ing ham Trial Under Way
Disjointed dispatch reports Harry Wilson, a Black man, sought by San Francisco police amid rumors linking him to multiple murders of women in several cities. Bail on prior larceny charges failed. bonds proved bogus. In Philadelphia, Ing ham and Harry P Newitt face conspiracy charges over bribery in revenue stamps case. McManus testified about offers totaling 2 000 dollars.
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Milver
San Francisco
Harry Wilson
Police Department
Denver
New York
Wilson
Bonda
Philadelphia
United States
Ellery P. Ingham
Harry P. Newitt
W. J. McManus
Secret Service
Edmunds
W. J. McManun
District of the Secret Service
Newitt
Mac
Tornado tears through Kirksville area leaving heavy casualties
Destruction from last evening's tornado near Kirksville Missouri leaves about fifty dead and 400 to 600 injured. Rescue teams, doctors from Osteopathy College, and ambulances work through the night amid downed telegraph lines, collapsing homes, and widespread debris. Names of some victims, including Henry Lowe and three children, are reported. Newton and nearby areas suffer severe damage.
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Bilver
Kirksville
Kirkaville
Osteopathy College
Lanterna
Dave
Henry Lowe
Newton
Sullivan County
Kirkeville
W. W. Green
Bessie
Audrey
Ella Weaver
Joseph Weaver
Samuel
Webster
Blue Parschott
John McCall
Eapling
John Gebgardt
Henry Nichol
Mise Whaley
Surgeona
A. J. Glave
Rey
Theodore Brigham
Brigham
Hunter
Iowa
Adair County
State Normal School
American School of Osteopathy
Wabash
Quincy
Omaha & Kansac City
Mr. Anderson
Beal
Ed Beenan
Dr. Billington
H. Billington
M. Bowman
T. Brigham
Mra. Conder
J. Cunningham
C. A. Gibbs
A. Gibbs
A. G. Glaze
Mee
Mies
Bessie Grown
Mra. Heiman
Hills
William Howells
Colonel Little
Ry Lowe
Mre. Tammehbry
Mra. Mitchell
Harry Mitchell
Jean Poneholt
A. W. Rainschott
Stevenson
Mra. Sherbourn
Alma Williams
Wind Swept Newtown Tornado Toll Reported In Mo
Tornado hit Newtown causing extensive damage. Reports from Chillicothe indicate about twenty people killed and thirty to forty injured, some fatally. Names listed include Bedford and wife and five children. Continued on page four.
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Chillicothe
Newtown
Bedford
Expansion is Condemned by Prominent Republicans
In St Louis on April 28 Dr Emil Preetorius editor of the St Louis Weat Lyce Post, a long time Republican, said the German press aims at opposing McKinley expansion and that Missouri German paper leaders gathered this week to oppose imperialism militarism and jingdom within the party. He warned the issue will reach the next National Republican Convention and a defeat there could lead to a new party formation.
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Louis
Post-Dispatch
Snys
Emil Preetorius
St. Louia
Kinley
Republican Party
Preetoriue
Recruits, relief camp program mark San Francisco notes
San Francisco reports 3,000 recruits and 20 officers to be brought to the Presidio as a recruiting rendezvous. Campfire program outlined for May 1 at Armory Hall with choir, solos, recitations, and dances. Also notes DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve and local civic notices amid Kirksville tornado damage reports and casualty list.
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Bilver State
San Francisco
Presidio
Harbach
Third Infantry
Hardin
Eighteenth Infantry
Relief Corpa
Armory Hall
Dewey
Mra
Della Brewster
Bert Reed
Tanner Eva Case
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