Americans Capture San Mateo After Galling Filipino Resistance
U S troops enter San Mateo amid heavy fighting near Manila as 300 to 400 insurgents are estimated defending the hills. The push includes Major Cronin’s column from Novaliches and Captain Rivers’s force, with 3 American deaths and 13 wounded.Colonel Burt’s colored troops see first action and perform well. Liutenant Gilmore and Yorktown crew held by insurgents are reported safe at Vigan.
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San Maten
San Juan Reservoir
Manila
Leutenant
Twenty-first Infantry
San Mateo
Cronin
Twenty-Fifth Infantry
Novaliches
Rivers
Fourth Cavalry
Parker
Tywelfth
New York Volunteer Regiment
Twenty-first
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Captain Rivers
Gronin
Captain Parker
Burt
General Young
Santa Rita Taken Without Resistance by U S Troops
Ad vices from Calulut dated Aug 3 report General MacArthur moved Ninth Regiment a battalion of the ventrect and a detachment of the first artillery from Calulut to Santa Rita near Bacolor yesterday. The town was entered with no opposition as insurgents fled. The march covered 10 miles with some waist deep wading and many exhausted troops rested in Santa Rita before continuing their advance.
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Calulut
MacArthur
Ventrect
Santa Rita
Bacolor
Gas strike on Robert Lee farm near Muscatine
Natural gas in great quantities has been struck on the farm of Robert Lee near Muscatine Iowa. The vein lies 170 feet below the surface and is described as large and productive. The discovery occurred near the city during August.
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Iowa
Muscatine
Robert Lee
Labori Wounded in Paris Murder Attempt Near Rennes
In Rennes two assailants ambushed Maitre Labori, defending Dreyfus, firing a single shot that struck him in the back as he walked to court. He fell in the road and was left dying by the river Vilaine. Doctors fear he will die from the wound.
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Maitre Labori
Dreyfus
Labori
M. Labori
Lycee
Vilaine
Transvaal mobilization planned with Netherlands rail link
The Transvaal government reportedly provisionally arranged with the Netherlands South African Railway Company for mobilization on short notice. Large stores of provisions and war materials have been gathered at Pretoria. Rumors say orders have been issued to mobilize the artillery reserve and a passport law may be introduced to prevent foreigners from leaving without permission in wartime.
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Johannesburg
South African Railway Company
Pretoria
Goverment
Port Arthur Welcomes First Steamship Through Canal
Port Arthur Texas celebrates as the magnificently decorated steamship Oswald becomes the first vessel to pass the new ship canal. Crowds line the canal as residents hail the completion after years of doubt about the project. The Oswald records a speed of about eight knots as it traverses the channel amid widespread rejoicing.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Oswald
Cuban Filibusters Organized in Cuba to Invade Santo Domingo
In Santiago de Cuba on August 15 the military reports strong evidence that Santo Domingo revolutionists via their agents are forming expeditions in the province. Some have departed with substantial military supplies. General Amaldo Gomez is said to lead the filibuster operations as General Leonard Wood dispatches the gunboat Baracoa and an armed tug to patrol the north coast.
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Santo Domingo
Amiaximo Gomez
Leonard Wood
Militar
Baracoa
Robbers torture man to force treasure reveal
Four masked burglars bound John Miller and family at their home three miles west of Plymouth and burned Miller’s feet to force disclosure of hidden treasure. The raid yielded two gold watches and only two dollars.
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Mensfield
John Miller
Plymouth
Miller
Cavalry Horse Purchase Steps in for Philippines
Major Aleshire of the quartermaster's office arrives in Cincinnati to buy cavalry horses for the Philippines. Demand is tight as suitable horses under 1000 pounds, of solid color and geldings are scarce. Price for accepted animals is eighty four dollars.
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Cincinnati
Major Aleshire
Quartermaster’s Office
Philippines
awful hurricane devastates san juan and surrounding towns
Meager reports from Puerto Rico describe a nine hour hurricane sweep that leveled hundreds of homes. Drowning natives, destroyed oil plant, ruined records, and widespread food shortages trigger government relief as the Slocum rescues passengers and many districts report millions in crop losses.
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San Juan
Ponce
Aibonito
United States
Fl Cayey
Catano
Standard Oil Company
Bayamon
Carolina
Cagnas
Humacao
Eben Swift
Nifth
United States Cavalry
King
Eleventh Infantry
North
Las Piedras
Junco
Slocum
Thomas
Mayaguez
Single
George W. Davis
War Department
Global unrest and crime report from Aug 9 dispatches
A Zanzibar revolt on Great Comoro Island prompts a gunboat action. Peasants in Bessarabia rally amid famine. The Sanspariel sank the Hast Lottman. one drowned. Lynching reports in Jasper Florida and Clem Georgia. Turkish, Cuban, and Argentine notes include deaths, indictments, and a Havana bishop controversy.
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Great Comoro
Bessarabia
Black Sea
Sanspariel
Hast Lottman
Lizzard
Blue Cross Society of America
Chicago
Lynshings
Roca
Hio de Janeiro
L.s. Pope
Fremont
Neb
J. Jerome
Simon Burns
Glass Workers’ Association
Chambers
Hail Storm Destroys Minnesota Crops
Halstead Minnesota reports hail from Kelso North Carolina to Georgetown along a 10 to 15 mile wide path. Crops in the storm’s course suffer 25 to 75 percent damage with windows shattered and streets piled with hail.
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Halstead
Minn
Kelso
N. C
Hendrum
Perrye
High Wind
Shelly
Georgetown
Reed aide denies Henderson letter to Reed on speakership
A Dubuque source reports a Henderson friend denies a Washington dispatch in the New York Tribune claiming Henderson wrote to ex Speaker Reed about the speakership and committees and received no reply. The friend says Henderson has not written to him since becoming a speaker candidate.
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New York
Dubuque
Washington
New York Tribune
Reed
Suspect in Santa Clara sextuple murder identified in Louisville
Louisville investigators identify the man held for two weeks as Chris S. Netherfield of Warren, Ohio, not James C. Dunham. He will be released from custody.
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Louisville
James C. Dunham
Santa Clara County
California
Chris S. Netherfield
Warren
Samoan commissioners travel from Selkirk toward U S cities
Baron Von Sternberg the German Samoan commissioner and Bartlett Trip the American commissioner arrived in Banff N W T after visiting the Selkirk glacier. They plan to continue to the United States visiting St Paul Minneapolis Chicago and other cities on their eastward journey.
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Baron von Sternberg
Bartlett Trip
Selkirk
United States
Samoa
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago
Governor declines to intervene in Kirves case
Columbus Ohio August 15 Governor Bushnell refuses to intervene in the case of Bruno Kirves a Dayton man sentenced to death for killing his daughter Kirves is scheduled for execution Thursday night by electric chair under orders of the court.
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Bushnell
Bruno Kirves
Dayton
Kirves
Republican campaign opens in Akron with Roosevelt and Nash
Columbus report states the Republican drive will begin in Akron on September 28 with Governor Roosevelt of New York and Judge Nash as speakers. No other Republican meetings are planned for that date as efforts focus on the Akron gathering.
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Akron
Roosevelt
New York
Nash
Fourth class German cruiser arrives at San Francisco
The fourth class German cruiser view reached San Francisco. Panphote, a French schooner, sank after colliding off Lowestoff, with five drowning. Port Townsend dispatches report a whale fishing season deemed a total failure. Six Canadian vessels near Point Roberts were ordered released by the state department. Solomon Quinten of Reading, Pa., shot his wife and her lover Edward Kitsmiller yesterday. The American Protection League of Albany congratulated Governor Chandler of Georgia on his stance against lynching. Delegates to the International Typographical Union's 45th annual session at Detroit were informally received.
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San Francisco
Panphote
Lowestoff
Port
Chandler
Georgia
International Typographical Union
Detroit
City News Roundup Aug 15 Highlights
Contributions to the Dewey home fund reach 18530 dollars. Ex Secretary Alger donates 1000 dollars to Porto Rican relief. Lisbon reports earthquake shocks with heavy rain. The torpedo boat Fox built by Wolff & Co is accepted by the government. A Beara Ohio fire destroys 21 businesses from a gasoline explosion in a bicycle shop, loss 100000. A man from New Orleans, William L B Hartman, 35, is killed by a B&O train near Kaen Station, Md. France to strengthen New Caldonia coast defenses with multi million francs. Washington dispatch notes 80 more volunteers needed to fill ten regiments under the vice president’s call.
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Alger
Porto Rican Relief Fund
Lisbon
Portugal
Fox
Wolff & “Wicker
San Francisco
Beara
William LB. Hartman
New Orleans
Baltimore and Ohio
Kaen Station
New Cledonia
Washington
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