A Running Fight and a Soldier’s Cure in Detroit
Comrade Myers, a Grand Army of Veterans member and ex First Missouri Cavalry rider, recounts in Detroit how he chased Quantrel’s guerilla band for months during the Civil War. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring his health after liver and kidney trouble, testifying in 1897 before Notary Isaac M Bates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Michi
Springfield
Sea’s Ford
Missouri
First
Missouri Cavalry
Quantrel
Myers
Dr. Williams
Josefh B. Myers
Joseph Hr. Myers
Isaac M. Bates
Corrade Myers
O. M. Poe
Samoa Crisis Deepens as Fire Becomes Bloodshed
At Apia Samoa on March 28, the United States cruiser Philadelphia and British ships Porpoise and Royalist bombarded native villages after Mataafa and provisional chiefs defied the king's election. Fires spread, several sailors were wounded or killed, and authorities held a council aboard the Philadelphia. German consul Rose backed the provisional government, while Mataafa evacuated to the interior and tensions rose between loyalists and rebels.
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Apia
Samoa
Via
Auckland
N. Z
United States
Philadelphia
Kautz
Porpoise
Mataafa
Mulinun
Herr Rose
Royalist
Malinuu
Washington
London
Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
Casualty List From General Otis Reaches Adjutant General
General Otis forwards to Adjutant General Corbin a March 27 casualty list. Killed are several First South Dakota officers and privates, TWENTIETH Kansas soldiers, and TENTH PENNSYLVANIA members. Wounded include many from First South Dakota, First Montana, TENTH PENNSYLVANIA, and other units. The report also notes entries for First Nebraska, THIRD ARTILLERY, and other detachments.
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Otis
Washington
General Otis
Corbin
South Dakota
Jonas H. Lien
Frank Adams
Sidney Morrison
James Nelson
Matthew Ryan
Harry Keogh
Lewis Chase
Peter Ryan
Frank A. Shrader
Twentieth
Kansas
John Shear
Carroll
Williams
William Finney
TENTH
Pennsylvania
J. O. Kline
First
Paul D. McClelland
Sidney C. Cordella
George A. Moore
Ray Washburn
Isaac Johnson
Ernest Madden
Arthur A. Northrup
Frank E. Wheeler
John Staube
William G. Pankey
Warren Crosier
Benjamin Strodle
Peter v. Tierney
Guy P. Squire
Alexander Hardy
William Amos
Homer Stockmeyer
Will May
Ray S. Nichols
L. A. Meyers
Fred Brungere
Matt Schuebel
Charles H. Jackson
Charles H. Preacher
David Elmo
MontaNa
Harry Athey
B. J. O. Bolkey
F. Joseph Lorenz
G. William Yost
H. Frank Gibson
I. Addison Seymour
A. K. Lundseenan
Shelling of Samoan Villages Shocks Officials Worldwide
News that the U S cruiser Philadelphia and British ships bombarded Mataafa’s Samoan towns arrived suddenly, shifting focus from Manila fighting. Officials noted a delicate balance among Washington London and Berlin, hoping no rupture between powers, amid German support for Mataafa and mounting international tension.
Americans Press Toward Malolos Capital in Philippines
Washington reports the American advance beyond Marilao toward Bulacan and the insurgent capital Malolos. Officials expect a battle within 24 hours as rivers bridges and entrenched defenders hinder progress, with rebels fighting desperately to defend the city.
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Washington
Malolos
Marilao
Bulacan
Quiet at Iloilo and losses in action near insurgent lines
Adjutant General Corbin reports from General Otis that Iloilo remains quiet with Smith's troops welcomed at Enrique and California Second Battalion deployed to protect locals from hill robber raids. Negros establishes local government under Smith. Prince Loewenstein with Wheaton's command took supplies to officers of Second Oregon on the firing line. he and a companion were killed in action and their bodies turned over to friends in the city.
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Washington
Corbin
Otis
Iloilo
Smith
Enrique
van Vallah
California
Negros
Prince Loewenstein
Wheaton
Oregon
Also Mentioned on This Page
First Missouri Cavalry
Quantrell
The
Evening News
Detroit, Mich
NEW York Weekly Tribune
National Family
Huron
N. Y
Weekly Tribune
U. 8
Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Harper’s New Books
Bismarck
Otto
Prince von Bismarck
A. J. Butler
Trinity College
Cambridge
Asia
Sven Hep
Forbidden Land
Tibet
Dr. Wilson
Peshkar Karak Sing-Pal
A. Henry Savad Lanpor
J. Larkin
Government of India
W. M. Thackeray
Anne Thackeray Ritchie
Mexico
Charurs
F. Lummis
Frederic Remington
Marcarer Delano
John Ward
Howard Pyte
Richard Voss
Mary A. Ropinson
Harper & Brothers, Publishers
New York
Washington Upon Receipt
Manila
War Department
Frost
Aguinaldo
Lien
Adams
Morrison
McClelland
MacArthur
Bulacan River
Luna
of the
Santiago
Sherwin Williams
Canada
Guy’s and Westminister Hospital
England
Main St
Duppalg
B. Alford
Hur
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