Deserter David Fagin Killed by Native Scouts in Manila
Native scouts in Bengabon Nueva Ecija fatally decapitate American deserter David Fagin of the Twenty-Fourth Infantry after identifying him by a ring thought to belong to Lieutenant Altstatter. The insurgents also seize his commission. Autopsy of Torres case ongoing as General Chaffee disapproves the hanging sentence for Gen Isidoro Torres. Authorities discuss Patterson’s case before the Supreme Court during Manila civil governance talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Dec
Bengabon
Nueva Ecija
David Fagin
Twenty-fourth (Colored) Infantry
Fagin
Frederick W. Altstatter
Isidoro Torres
Corporal Fieldner
Twelfth Infantry
Malolos
Buluacan
Chaffee
Torres
Orbnat
Patterson
Sixto Lopez
United States
Supreme Court
W. Morgan Shuster
Philippines
Press Club of
Wright
A Ren Ae
Suesis
Pines
Wilfley
Refuse Mexican silver sparks Manila monetary tension
In Manila the US Philippine Commission authorizes the insular purchasing agent to pay suppliers in gold as merchants refuse Mexican silver. Officials consider a shift to gold payments and taxing imported silver dollars until a Philippine currency is issued. Superintendent Atkinson directs Rizal Day observances in schools and Paterno calls for scholar and parent contributions for a Rizal monument.
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Manila
Dec
United States
Philippine Commission
United States Congress
Atkinson
Pedro Paterno
Jose Rizal
Rizal
Paterno
Washington
Native of Mindanao Writes Home From Frontline Service
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Richmond Ind Dec. s One Wayne county youth in the Philippine service Lawrence Phelps of Fountain City shares vivid letters from Colto Balto Mindanao P I describing landing on a U S transport and mud Wow he notes tribes with many wives, knives and spears fighting for women and wealth while U S authority remains distant He adds the rainy season rough seas near Borneo and three days sail from Australia mentioning rubber mining and cattle trade as key local concerns
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Wayne County
Lawrence Phelps
Fountain City
Colto Balto
Mindanao
P. I
United States
Buford
Korneo
Australia
Soueines
Island promise of riches amid relics and limited trade
A narrator praises a remote island as a future money making hub while noting a law caps relics per person. He describes frequent boats, living conditions, abundant chicken meat selling for 3 to 4 cents each, and ripe fruit available everywhere.
Wonderful natural cave discovered near Butte
A new vast natural cave in the Jefferson canon east of Butte is reported as one of the largest known. It spans ten miles explored to a thousand feet depth with a river and cataract for miles. Stone copper utensils and bones, possibly human, were found in a large chamber. Evidence suggests prehistoric habitation and a past earthquake may have sealed the entrance.
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Butte
Mont
Jefferson
Northern Pacific
Serum for Tetanus Report from Pittsburg Doctor
Dr A Leteve of Magee Mercy Hospital reports a serum treatment showing success against tetanus. After animal tests, three human cases including a boy and two adults received injections. Initially they suffered spasms and convulsions, but within five to six days they returned to health, with the doctor cautious about universal cure but confident the problem may be solved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg, Pa
A. Leteve
C. I. Magee Pathological Department
Mercy Hospital
Leteve
Martinelli's Successor Probable in Papal Delegation
Washington December reports say Scalabrini of Piacenza is unlikely to replace Cardinal Martinelli as papal delegate in the United States. Scalabrini is esteemed among Italian ecclesiastics, has led Piacenza diocese for years, and declined a cardinalate to stay with his people. Officials expect Cardinal Martinelli to remain until spring.
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Washington
Mgr. Scalabrini
Piacenza
Italy
Cardinal Martinelli
Mar. Scalabrini
Mint coinage for fiscal year ends June 9 with large gold and silver output
The director of the mint reports the last fiscal year produced 176,999,132 coin pieces valued at 136,349,751 dollars. Gold, silver dollars, fractional silver and minor coins led the totals, with Philadelphia handling 225,000 gold pieces for Costa Rica. Silver bullion stock declined while coinage accelerated to retire treasury notes and meet retail demand.
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Washington, Dec
George E. Roberts
Mint
Philadelphia
Costa Rica
Treasury
San Francisco
New Orleans
Coe
Denver
Great Britain
United States
North America
Peace Protest in Chicago Over South African War
A large Chicago Auditorium Theatre audience heard W Bourke Cochran and others urge end to British war methods in South Africa. Resolutions called for a committee to present the sentiment to President Roosevelt. Funds from admissions will aid Boers and their women and children.
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Chicago
Dec
W. Bourke Cochran
Hiram Thomas
People's Church
Theodore Brentano
Murray F. Tuley
American Transvaal League
Cochran
Pretoria
House of Commons
England
Great Britain
South Africa
Canada
Mr. Chamberlain
Transvaal
Entreaty to United States on Transvaal conflict
A plea argues that British conquest of the Transvaal could ruin England, urging President to speak to the English nation to avert war. It warns of compulsory service, celebrates constitutional freedom, and calls for American moral influence to restore peace and justice among burghers.
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Transvaal
Great Britain
England
United States
Murdered by a Squire Preacher Waylaid by a Justice of the Peace
In Brookside Alabama Rev J W Bradford a Methodist minister was shot and died two hours later by Justice of the Peace R D Coffman who fired twice at his doorway Coffman a former church member surrendered to the deputy sheriff and a murder warrant was issued Coffman had been expelled from Bradford s church and bitter feeling existed between them
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Brookside
Ala
J. W. Bradford
R. D. Coffman
Coffman
Bradford
Armstrong
A T. Sellers
WRECKED AND BURNED One Dead and Twenty Injured Trains Wreck
A Central of Georgia passenger train from Savannah to Atlanta wrecked on entering Macon. One person killed Julia Boynton colored of Columbus. Twenty injured including Lee Jackson Lafayette Ind and James Freeman passenger agent F A Stafford mail clerk. Mall saved but badly damaged. Passengers from Walter Mains circus aboard.
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Macon
Central of Georgia
Savannah
Atlanta
Walter Mains
Julia Boynton
Columbus
Lee Jackson
Lafayette
Ind
Tomlinson
Detroit
Mich
C. W. Dowd
Geneva
Berry Howard Brought From Bell County to Frankfort Jail
Sheriff Broughton and three deputies delivered Berry Howard of Bell county to Jailer Lawrence in Frankfort. Howard, indicted for complicity in the Goebel murder, has been a fugitive over a year and is assigned a cell with Caleb Powers and James Howard. He denies guilt and seeks an immediate hearing or bond. Howard served Bell HarLan Perry and Leslie counties as a Democrat in the Kentucky General Assembly in earlier years.
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Frankfort
Broughton
Bell County
Berry Howard
William Goebel
Lawrence
Howard
Caleb Powers
James Howard
Mountain
Bell, Harlan, Perry
Leslie
General Assembly
Goebel
Kenton County
Local Banker Dies After Train Collision in Kansas
Sherry W. Marshall, a longtime receiving teller at the National Bank of Commerce, Kansas City, was struck by a Frisco passenger train at Lacygne, Kansas, after alighting from the train following a hunting trip. He died today of his injuries.
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Kansas City, Mo
Sherry W. Marshall
National Bank of Commerce
Lacygne
Kan
Mr. Marshall
Secret Session of the Executive Council Convenes
Delegates to the American Federation of Labor in Scranton discuss committee work amid secrecy. W D Mahon of Detroit leads street railway strike talks as meetings plan conciliation with rival unions and the Metal Trades Federation debates jurisdiction and autonomy across trades.
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Scranton
American Federation of Labor
Great Britain
Canada
W. D. Mahon
Detroit
Amalgamated Association of
Malton
Mitchell
Executive Council
Allied Building Trades of
Philadelphia
Mahon
Amalgamated Association
Phileee Street Railway Employes’ Association
Metal Trades’ Federation
Metal Trades
United States
National Metal Trades’ Association
American Federation of Labor Convention
Roosevelt
Federation
Atlanta
Buffalo
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Orleans
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Officials Mohred. Scranton Deputies Attempt Arrest Night Riot
In Scranton Pennsylvania three deputy sheriffs tried to arrest youths who were throwing stones at cars on South Main Avenue. The incident occurred around dusk, with deputies pursuing the suspects in an attempt to quell the disturbance and restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
South Main Avenue
Labor Clash and Union Movement Across States
A large mob attacked officers in what appears to be a nonunion labor clash, injuring two deputies S F Cosgrove and B T Reiley while J J Landers went home. Later, a mob on Capouse avenue attacked five deputies, dispersing after a stone barrage. Across the page, reports from Sydney and New York outline new arbitration laws, civic federation plans, and a McKinley memorial trades union effort in Illinois.
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S. F. Cosgrove
B. T. Reiley
J. J. Landers
Capouse Avenue
Chicago
McKinley
McKinley Trades-union Memorial Association of Illinois
Improvements in Wireless Telegraphy by Weather Bureau
The annual report by Prof Willis Moore shows progress in wireless telegraphy for weather data. Government stations reach Virginia and North Carolina coasts and will link Farrallon and Tatosh islands to mainland coasts. Forecast work expands to British Isles Europe Azores Nassau Bermuda Turks Island with daily wind and weather maps for early steamship routes. The cotton region service extends to Oklahoma and Indian Territory with plans for California fruit and wheat service. The Weather Bureau operates a wide crop data network with 14,000 reporters and nearly 42,000 farming families receiving forecasts via rural delivery.
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Washington
Willis Moore
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Virginia
North Carolina
Farrallone Islands
Tatosh Island
British Isles
Europe
Azores
Nassau
Bermuda
Turks Island
American
England
Cotton
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
California
Fruit and Wheat Service
Moore
Missing Nellie Cropsey Probes Continue In Elizabeth City
In Elizabeth City North Carolina the search for Nellie Cropsey continues amid reports of abduction or murder. The Pasquotank river is being dragged more thoroughly as police pursue leads from Norfolk and a possible sighting of a woman matching the description in Baltimore is considered unlikely to be Cropsey.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Nellie Cropsey
Pasquotank
Miss Cropsey
Dawson
Norfolk
Baltimore
Children of Deceased Heroes Highlight Home for Orphans
Knightstown’s Home for the Children of Dead Soldiers and Sailors discussed as central theme in institutional work led by Mrs. Julians Conklin. The Dependent Little Ones emphasized in caring program.
Charity meeting at English's Opera House shortened by weather
Governor Durbin presided at the Charity Organization Society annual meeting in English's Opera House. Unable to attend were A J Graham and Rev Joshua Stansfield. Amos W Butler spoke on Our City's Outside Care of Neglected Children. Mrs Julia S Conklin acted in place of the superintendent. The session opened with prayer by Rev J Cumming Smith.
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Charity Organization Society
English’s
Opera House
A. J. Graham
Julia, S. Conklin
Westfield
Joshua Stansfield
Meridian-street Methodist Church
Amos W. Butler
State Board of Charities
Durbin
J. Cumming Smith
Charity Devotion Praises Indianapolis Meeting Address
Governor Darben praises charity work at a meeting introduction, commending Indianapolis as a city with a strong moral atmosphere and low poverty. He cites independent wage earners, prompt relief, and community support as keys to welfare, urging sustained generosity and benevolent action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darben
Harrison
Indianapolis
Cateena
Byron
Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home Admiration Speech
Governor Durbin hears Mrs. Conklin extolling Knightstown Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home. She states it is neither a poorhouse nor a prison but a parental home for veterans’ children, with 600-plus youths cared for annually and a focus on education, moral formation, and Christian home life.
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Durbin
Ft Iu
Union
Hove
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Ike Young
Porter
Ida Jones
Out For
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Sydney
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National Civic Federation
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