Battle Report from Cavite and Noveleta Campaign
Brig General Schwan's force including Thirteenth Infantry and cavalry fought near Cavite Viejo and Noveleta, with several American casualties and three Filipino bodies seen. Marines advanced through swamps to seize forts, burning huts along the road. naval gunboats shelled targets to aid the landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noveleta
Island of Luzon
Schwan
Reilly
Fifth Artillery
Lowe
Bacoor
Cavite
Viejo
Cavite Viejo
Safford
Thirteenth Regiment
Fourteenth
McGrath
Fourth Cavalry
Wheeling
Petrel
Callao
Santa Cruz
Elliott
Scouta
Wynne
Lawton
Cowles
Fourth Infantry
San Nicolas
Gold Dust From Cape Nome on Townsend Arrives
The steam yacht Townsend owned by C D Lane brings miners and gold dust to San Francisco from Cape Nome. Captain Wicks previously rescued 70 men at Kotzebue sound in July before the Townsend voyage. Eighty three others were taken to St Michael by the revenue cutter Bear. Many suffered scurvy and frostbite but are expected to recover in Cape Nome's milder climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Townsend
C. D. Lane
Cape Nome
Captain Wicks
Kotzebue Sound
Lane
St. Michael
Bear
Fall Swing Festival Opens With Presidents Guest Parade
In Chicago on October 7 the autumn festival began with President McKinley and Cabinet arrival, Vice President Mariscal of Mexico, Si Wilfrid Laurier and Canadian leaders. The first parades and banquets drew vast crowds in the illuminated court of honor as business paused through Tuesday. A bicycle procession of over 7000 uniformed riders highlighted the opening night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
McKinley
Mariscal
Mexico
Si Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
Solace Arrives in San Francisco With Sailors From Manila
United States navy transport Solace reached port from Manila and anchored off Harbor View. It will await a health check tomorrow morning. On board are 230 officers and men, many discharged sailors, plus several naval officers and a group of invalided sailors returning from the Asiatic fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States Navy
Solace
Manila
Harbor View
Custom House
Stage Robbers Bound Over in Oregon Case
Stage robbers Barr and Farrena are bound over by Commissioner Hailey to the federal grand jury in Portland on $10,000 bail for allegedly robbing the Ontario Burns stage mails on September 22. Witnesses tie Van Alexander to the crime. Alexander, a Huntington, Baker county resident, has confessed to officers. The testimony also implicates a third man beyond Barkley and Farrens. The Victoria Daily Globe has ceased publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Ore
Hailey
Barr
Farrena
Portland
Ontario Burns
Van
Alexander
Huntington
Baker County
Barkley
Farrens
Doings Through the Wen and Complete Review Weekly Dispatches
Laurier states Canada has offered to send troops to South Africa. Gen. Otis reports transport Athenian with Third Cavalry at Manila. Great Northern plans an airline between St Paul and Canadian boundary. Epidemic smallpox hits Orcas Island. Transports City of Para Zealanda Valencia sail for Manila with Twenty-ninth. Also notes Spokane Exposition, Red Cross plans, and California/ Oregon regional updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas, Crocker
Southern Pacific Railroad
Crocker
Sacramento
Otis
War Department
Manila
Third Cavalry
Cramps
Honolulu
Naunanu
St. Paul
Great Northern
Canadian
Orcas Island
Vancouver Barracks
Fort Crook
Neb
South Farmingham
Mass
United States Counsul
Dawson City
Department of State
W. H. Sutton
Minnesota
Para
Zealandia
Valencia
San Francisco
Idaho
United States
Bodfish
Edward Sewell
Arthur Sewell & Company
Bath
Sewells
Shelton Southwestern Railroad
Kneeland
Seattle
Port Harford
Spokane
Pennsylvania
Washington
Red Cross Association
Caroline
Jackson Street Wharf
Train Hits Freight Engine at Hawthorne Race Track
Chicago Oct. 7 Five people were injured when a Hawthorne race track train on the Illinois Central collided with a freight engine left on an open siding switch. The passenger train struck the idle engine and most passengers were thrown to the floor. Injured include George Bantick engineer, Mrs. Gertrude Alexander, Charles Moquade, Charles E Mooney and an unknown man. None are expected to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hawthorne
Tllinois Central
George Bantick
Gertrude Alexander
Charles Moquade
Charles E. Mooney
Hotel Delaware proprietor Fred J. Brown dies
Fred J. Brown, proprietor of the Hotel Delaware in Republic Washington, died of paralysis this afternoon after being stricken nine days ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Wash
Fred J. Brown
Hotel
Delaware
Robber Roberts Arrested in Santa Ana for Forgery
Harry Roberts, recently arriving at his father’s Peatland home, was arrested in Santa Ana on a Nez Perce County Idaho warrant for forgery. He allegedly forged A C Davidson’s name to obtain money, fled to Portland and then Santa Ana, where a telegram led to his capture within an hour of arrival. Family efforts to settle by refunding the money are unlikely to succeed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Ana
Cal
Harry Roberts
Peatland
Nez Perce County
Idaho
Roberts
A. C. Davidson
Lewiston
Portland
Roberta
Transports Rio de Janeiro Sikh sail for Manila
On October 4 the transports Rio de Janeiro and Sikh sailed for Manila carrying the Thirty-fifth United States Volunteers with 60 casuals and 2 trained nurses who will join companies upon arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Rio de Janiero
Manila
Tiger Poorman Suit Opens Over Burke Mine Sale
In Boise Idaho on October 7 a U S court action begins the second Tiger Poorman Mining case. John F Porbis representing minority stockholders alleges Charles Sweeny and F Lewis Clark conspired to push trustees to sell the mine to Buffalo Hump Mining Company for 250000, though the mine is valued at about a million dollars. An electric hose carriage is in use by the Paris fire department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boive
Idaho
United States
Tiger-Poorman
Burke
Buffalo Hump Mining Company
Charles Sweeny
F. Lewis Clark
Tiger-Poorman Mining Company
Sweeny & Clark
Tiger [Poorman
John F. Porbis
Butte Mining
Tiger-Poorman Company
Paris
Elactric Motors
Okanogan Fyne
No. 6
Camp McKinney
London
Payne
Montreal
Royal Victoria Mining Company
Mineral wealth push spans Hudson Bay and Oregon exhibits
The story traces a diary lead on eastern Hudson Bay mineral deposits near Great and Little Whale rivers and Ungava land. Osborne, backed by Boston capital, plans an expedition to explore and develop claims with a $100,000 supply, while Oregon mining exhibits under Mellis Poindexter at Baker City show rich ore from Sumpter to Seven Devils with new shafts and rising values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Osborne
Rainy Lake
Rat Portage
Osborne
Ottawa
Klondike
Lowe
Geological Survey
Boston
Mr. Osborne
Canada
Labrador
Pacific Coast
Missoubi
Moose Factory
Fred R. Mellis
Baker City
Sumpter Camp
Paul Poindexter
Oregon
Mesara
Mellis
Pointdexter
Poindexter
Sumpter
Hall Mines
Crow's Nest Pass
New York
Seven Devils
Idaho
War Eagle
Philippines
Reyes Lata
Grain crop reports from Inland Empire shift
Advices from Portland show most grain south of the Snake river threshed and 86 percent delivered to warehouses. The southern crop is about 20 percent below 1908. North of the Snake, 74 percent threshed and 50 percent delivered, with an estimated 15 percent drop from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland, Or
Snake River
Spanish government sells Havana floating dock to Vera Cruz syndicate
The Havana floating dock has been sold for 3.6 million to a syndicate of Vera Cruz merchants. Several New York firms have been asked for terms to transfer the dock to Vera Cruz, with removal planned around early next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Sald
Vera Cruz
New York
Bold daylight robbery nets 600 in gold in San Francisco
A United States paymaster wagon was looted at Market and Brook in broad daylight. The thief appeared as a workman and fled with 600 in gold. Detectives are canvassing the city with a near-perfect description and rapid reporting of the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Market and
Brook Streets
United States
Guilty of Manslaughter in Huff Case
Frank Draper was found guilty of manslaughter in Republic Washington as jurors returned verdict after a trial that began last Monday and closed late last night for the murder of John Huff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic, Wash
Frank Draper
John Huff
Pad to Protect Carpet Edges Under Furniture
A designed pad prevents carpet wear by inserting a spindle on the log end with a headed lower portion covered by a leather or rubber cap. The device secures the furniture legs and shields the carpet from damage.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aes Schwan
Northwest
Geo, Burch
Skamakowa
Charles Elder
Skagit County
Oyster Bay
North Fork
Birdwell's Toll Bridge
Shuksan
Swamp Creek
Eastern Washington Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Wematchee
Mount Vernon
Snake River Valley
Grange
Wallula
Victoria
B. C
Jack the Ripper
John Bings
British Columbia
Union of Christian Endeavor
St. Andrew’s Church
Washington County
Forest Grove
Walla Walla
Kas & Slovan Alway
Dally
South Fork
Whitewater
Bear Lake
McGuigan Bailey
Cody
Hess
Sss Bandon
Fandon
Wn Kootenay Railway and Navigation Company
Kaslo & Slocan
International Nav. & Trading Co
Kaslo & Slocan RY
Sandon
Way
Kaslo
Bandon
Kaalo
International Nav. & Trad. Co
Kootenay Lake
International
Pilot Bay
Bonner’s Ferry
Great Northern Railway
Tes
Robert Irving
Eoolo
Victoria Daily Globe
F. D. McCully
Wallowa
Marchfield
Rocky Point
Fred Woolley
Alex Steadman
Philipines
Florence
Kenyon
Wallowa River
Polk Mays
W. M. Co
Warnick Bros
Gillespie
Willamette River
Salem
Transvaal
England
Pretoria
Cronejes
Mafeking
Privy Council
Balmoral
Kruger
Chamberlain
Jalil
Teme Glenned
Republic Camp
Davis Camp
Princesa Maud Winze
Princess Maud Gold Mining Company
Coxey
Red Mountain
Montral Goldfields
Virginian
Trail
Center Star
Mt Rossland
Buffalo Hump
Buffalo, No. 3
Cuprum
Mineral
Walesa
Ohio
Columbia
Bourne
Robert Emmett
Corpucopia
Maud 8
Fort Steele
Keep
Lakeview
Lake Pend
Jnland
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