Treacherous Insurgents at Manila and Negros Clash
Reports from Manus on May 22 describe Captain Tilley missing after a Philippine party was fired on near Becalunta on Negros as natives attacked a signal corps detachment repairing a cable. Other dispatches note mutilation of American dead and rising insurgent aggression around San Fernando and Manila.
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Aguinala
Manila
Mie
Obio
Sknater
Thavid Ft
Lune
Mastanto
Tarlac
Macarthur
Gener Lawton
San Fernando
San Pedro
Philippine War Faces Long Conflict and Unpopular Otis
Reports from Washington describe a protracted war ahead in the Pacific with the Philippine commission unlikely to achieve much during the rainy season. President McKinley weighs recall of commissioners, while Otis faces unpopularity among troops and increased calls for rapid victory.
War News From the Philippines Includes Captain Clay’s Wound
Captain Charles D. Clay of the Seventeenth Infantry, a veteran of Santiago, deserts from Masia after being wounded near Malolos on March 25. He recalls heroic volunteers and regulars in battle, notes General Lawton’s call for 100,000 troops, and describes Manila’s large hospital burden limiting troops on the front. He aims for treatment in New York after returning to Lexington, Kentucky.
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Philippines
Chicago
Timoz-Herald
Charles D. Clay
Seventeenth Infantry
Granison
Henry Chis
Santiago
Masia
Dick Heave
Malolos
Grant
Hye
Lexington
New York
Lawton
Manila
Otis Will Retire From Philippine Territory
Washington May 29 General Otis requests reinforcements as the war department contends with a worsening Philippine crisis. Officials acknowledge the gravity of the situation and plan to abandon conquered territory for the rainy season. Continued on sixth page.
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Philippines
War Department
Otis
President McKinney Amends Civil Service Rules
President McKinney issues amendments to civil service rules, freeing about 4,000 employees from examination requirements. The changes affect Pension examining surgeons Indians in the Indian service and many War Department branches including engineer quartermaster subsistence and ordnance. The order places outer War Department positions under regulations by the Secretary of War and President, aligning them with Navy yard service.
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Washington
McKinney
Civil Service
Indian Service
Indian School
Engineer Department
Quartermaster's Department
Subsistence
Ordnance Department
War Department
Secretary of War
Navy Yard Service
Civil Service Act
Senate
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States
Corp Fecller
Treasury
Judge Advocate General
Censtal
Keverul
Engineers
Ordnance
Ansistant
Specia
Commissioner of Labor
Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries
Sutheotian Institution
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Gletriet
Secretary of the Treasury
Costes
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Board of US
Alaska
Custome
Internal Revenue Services
Internal Revenue
Collector of
Ueasiry
Commission
Alaskan Customs Service
Internal Revenue Service
Army
Penitentiarica
Prisons
Post Ofice Department
New York City
Hot Springs Reservation
Territories
Sinringinesis
Minawitty
Smithsonian Institution
States National Museum
Koepstal
Boanlcal
Gulf
Bouth Avantic
Tortufas
Reedy Iutland
Angel Island
Ans
Campa
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
United Bastes
Fand
Surveyor General
Navy Yard
Secretary of the Navy
Navy Department
Boodle suit claims pay to Text Book Board member
A civil suit will be filed in Dous County district court by W. W. Tutwiler, a Chicago book agent, to recover 400 he says he paid Frank P. Smith, a state text book board member and Lawrence schools superintendent, to back the Peabody chart. Smith denies the charge calling it a blackmail scheme and Tutwiler warns of a broader probe into textbook adoption politics.
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District Court of
Dous- 148 County
W. W. Tutwiler
Frank P. Smith
State Text Book Board
Lawrence Schools
Tutwiler
Chicago
Smith
Text Book Board
Mr. Tutwiler
Mr. Smith
JO. Evans & Co
Hicsiro
Bik Fem
Tutwiter
Geo. W. Crane
Topeka
Crang
Nelson
Yates
Stself
Frank Nelson
Commission Meeting Sparks Limited Action Across State
A garbled report notes a commission meeting with little division among members. It mentions Saul and Major Husvey of Topeka, a case to commence in Douglas county, and names several state officials including Frank Nelson, W. J. Hurd, and others from various towns, with unclear specifics about trial timing.
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Tutwiter
Endment
Tate
Saulus
Lawrence
Maj
A.M. Husvey
Topeka
Diuslas
Braun Put to Death by Electric Chair in New York
Adrian Braun, 26, a German laborer and father of five, was executed at Sing Sing for the murder of his wife. A 1,800 volt current was applied at 9:17 p.m. and again at 9:15 a.m., with physicians declaring death. The case followed a 1897 assault conviction. Braun killed his wife with a knife after luring her to the prison.
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New York
Adrian Braun
Sine Sing
Braun
Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Mra. Braun
McKinley Condemned at Memorial Services in Boston
After memorial services at Harvard Street Baptist church Joseph Hooker command No 9 Union Volunteer Union attended. Colonel Davies criticized President McKinley wearing a Confederate badge and the satan of F W Kinser post. General Wheeler to speak Tuesday.
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Boston
Harvard Street Baptist Church
Joseph Hooker
Union Volunteer Union
Colinel John Damers
Chelsea
G. A. Ry
McKinley
F. W. Kinsier
G. A. Th
Wheeler
Daviers
Hallet
Damers
Joseph Wheeler
Judge Hazen Defends Sergeant Owen Amid Political Petition
Judge Hazen rejects calls to remove Sergeant Owen amid a city political petition. He argues police should be non political and cites Owen’s efficiency and experience as essential to public safety, urging retention of capable officers regardless of party.
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J. ©. Owen
Drew
Sevevent Owen
ZT. Hazen
Lettter
Hazen Ald
Owen
Tam
Dreyfus Case Revision Hearing Opens with Guarded Pal ace
Paris May 2 The court of revision met to hear arguments in the Dreyfus case with strict guard precautions at the Palace of Justice. Witnesses for Dreyfus and others connected to Loubet election case appeared through separate doors while police and mounted units reinforced security amid a crowded public press gallery. The session opened with the president summarizing the original accusations and the defense presenting Dreyfus’s motions and handwriting evidence as the court considered whether new testimony or documents warrant a revision.
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Paris
Court of Camsmion
Dreyfus
Padare of Justice
Zurtinden
Econkiderstle
Min De~roulede
Maréel Ebert
Presi- Gynt
Teliet Holters
Tilt
Henry
M. Hulot de Henurepere
Cofont Paty du Clan
Dreytos
Stir
Paty da
Frontier Forces
Chu
Moth
France
Barre
Batot de
Change Their Minds in Havana Payoff Mass Meeting
Havana May 29. About one hundred men with rifles gathered for the satirical payment to Cubans watchers who will surrender their arms to the civil authorities. Roughly ninety men presented for the payment at the event, with a receipt for arms delivered. The majority say they have had all they want of the fight and do not care who takes the act. They receive seven dollars each, and it is likely the payment will continue here, arguing against keeping the armed men’s records.
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New York
Washington
Philippines
Prisoers
Armigas
W. Tien
Bert
United
Sure Army
Malolos
Pilipinas Plurk
OTS
Otte
Mannin
Morter
Rios
Manila
Liatfer
Spain
Eee
Malin
Willavon
Lanon
United States
Navy
East Southern Islands
Philippine Commission
Jacob Schurman
Dean C. Worcester
James H. Dinby
George Steale
Indiena Iteleea- Hen
Steele
McKinley
Luzon
Becausn
Otis
Montana
Islands
Butas
Genera Ott
Paterson N. J
Alexander Culrote
Fourth Infantry
Virturus
Culross
Rieke
Havana
Coffeyville Light Bonds Sold to Chicago Firm
Coffeyville bonds worth 917,000 authorized December 6, 1997 were sold by unanimous city council vote. John Nuveen & Co. of Chicago bid a 1 percent premium on issues from 14,000 to 17,000, raising total premium from 10 to 170. The bonds will fund a municipal electric debt and power plant project.
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Chicago
Coffeyville
Fwrehuers
John Nuveon & Co
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Negros
Tilley
U. S
F. P. Smith
M'Kinley
Judge Hazen
Court of Cassation
Palace of Justice
Coffeyville Light Bonds
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