Aguinaldo Hiding in Cavite for Major Move South
Describes shift in pursuit from northern Philippines to Cavite where insurrection strength remains high. Aguinaldo rumored to join Cavite forces with 3,000 insurgents in Imus and Bacoor. American patrols, deserters, and local loyalties complicate efforts as General MacArthur and Lawton advance in western routes. News notes British Boer theaters with Kimberley sorties and Buller heading to front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Manila-Daupan
Grant
Angeles
Subig
Bell
Mangatarem
San Clementine
Hood
Lawton
San Isidro
Pilar
San Mateo Valley
Fire destroys Nolde & Horst hosiery mill. one dead
Reading Pennsylvania fires devastate the Nolde and Horst hosiery mill killing Louise Clay aged 48 and injuring about sixty workers. The four story plant employed nearly 600 mostly women and girls. Many leaped from windows as ladders and rescue efforts saved others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Nolde & Horst Company
Louise Clay
Steamer Ramapo Reports Wreckage Sighting on Lake Erie
Detroit December 8 reports the steamer Ramapo passing through wreckage in Lake Erie about twenty miles below Long Point. The debris included a portion of a cabin with no distinguishing marks observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ramapo
Lake Erie
Long Point
Rural free delivery route set. Occident post office to close
A third rural free delivery route is laid out in Rush County Indiana, running northwest from Rushville to cover twenty six miles. The Occident post office will be discontinued as part of the changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushville
Ind
Occident
Quiet Along the Line Methuen Murmurs with Kimberley
London dispatch reports Methuen in nightly contact with Kimberley using searchlight signals as the principal development from South Africa. No major fighting noted and communications continue along the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Methuen
Kimberley
London
Widener Plans Industrial Home for Crippled Children
Street Railway magnate Peter A. R. Widener announced he purchased thirty six acres of land at Logan Philadelphia to build and endow a $2,000,000 home hospital and school for crippled children. The Widener Industrial Home for Crippled Children will provide medical surgical care general education and industrial training for self support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Dec
Peter A. R. Widner
Logan
Widener
Ashbridge
Widener Industrial Home For
Porto Ricans in College at Michigan State University
Two Porto Ricans study pharmacy at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. One is a son of Fidel Guillermoty of San Juan and a Barcelona University graduate. The other, Mr. del Vaile, is a ward of Guillermoty with studies at the San Juan Institute. Both have worked in pharmacy including Saginaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
Porto Rico
School of Pharmacy
University of Michigan
Fidel Guillermoty
San Juan
University of Barcelona
Spain
Barcelona
del Vaile
Iowa Falls Survey Begins as Illinois Central Backing Mentioned
A surveying party for the Des Moines Iowa Falls and Northern road starts work from the Ili nois station and plans to cross the Iowa river on the Illinois Central bridge. The move fuels belief that Illinois Central backs the project and aims to enter Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Dee
Des Moines, Iowa Falls and Northern Road
Ilinois Station
Iowa River
Illinois Central
Des Moines
Illinois police arrest man in murder charge from Virginia
Springfield authorities detain Charles Riley Apperson who confesses to being wanted in Marlington Pocahontas county Virginia for the murder of Julia Simons by shooting. Apperson denies the crime claiming his partner Andrew Lowdermilk committed it in his presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ills
Charles Riley Apperson
Marlington
Pocahontas County
Julia Simons
Apperson
Andrew Lowdermilk
Great Northern poised to gain Sioux City and Northern
Railroad men claim no doubt the Great Northern will secure the Sioux City and Northern at foreclosure on December 12. The Sioux City and Northern and Pacific Short Line are to be absorbed into the Great Northern system, according to a usually reliable source. In Wisconsin, Frederick O'Brien admitted to a Nov. 17 dynamite blast at his home to frighten his wife and pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit great bodily harm, facing a $200 fine or six months in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Great Northern
Janesville
Wis
Frederick O’brien
Fostered quarrel ends in manslaughter charge
William Flowers and Jesse Myers, convicts at the Illinois state reformatory, fought and Myers struck his head on the concrete floor dying during the night. A coroner's jury returns a manslaughter charge against Flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac, Tls
Wiliam Flowers
Jesse Myers
Illinois State Reformatory
Myers
Flowers
Pana Man Ratliff Captured After Long Escape History
William Ratliff, sought since a 1894 Pontiac reformatory escape, was tracked to his father’s home near Pana Illinois by Chief Kieley and Deputy Sheriff C Henry after drawing a revolver on officers. He previously escaped detention in Indiana and Vera Illinois while serving terms for larceny and burglary. Separately, Akron Rubber Goods plans consolidate Peoria Illinois operations with the India Rubber company in Akron, moving machinery and adding nearly 1000 jobs with a new plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pana
Ills
William Ratliff
Kieley
C. Henry
Ratliff
State Reformatory
Pontiac
Coles County
Indiana
Danville
Vera
Frozen River
Michigan City
Ind
Akron, C
The
Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company
Rubber Trust
Peoria Rubber Company
Teoria
Akron
India Rubber Company
Peoria
Roberts of Utah Calls Out House Actions on Oath and Trial
Roberts of Utah denounces the House actions over his failure to be sworn in and the creation of a partisan committee. He warns the move threatens representation for Utah and other states, cites speedy trial rights, and argues the procedural shift endangers liberties amid political strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Virginia
House
House of Representatives
Justice of the Peace Court
Roberts
Bill on Civil War amnesty aims to clear deserter charges
Senator Cul lom introduces a bill granting general amnesty to Civil War veterans by removing desertion records, enabling pension eligibility. The measure argues many charges are clerical or outdated, with over thirty years passed and innocent veterans suffering alongside real deserters. Other bills seek pensions for Mexican War veterans over 75, while Senate adjourns with routine House actions and personnel moves noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dec. S
Cullom
War Department
Congress
Association of Veterans of the
Sugar Refining Co. Denied Rehearing in Glucose Trust Case
In the supreme court yesterday the Sugar Refining company was denied leave to file suggestions in support of a petition for rehearing in the glucose trust case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Uls
Dec. S
Supreme Court
Sugar Refining Company
Glucose Trust
Five Men In The Job Rob Mukwonago Bank Heist
Five masked men robbed the Mukwonago Wisconsin bank at dawn using nitroglycerine to blow the safe. Sheriff notes suggest a professional crew possibly linked to a separate Thi onis operation. haul reported as only 60 dollars.
Stamps on Official Bonds Spark Legal Move
Des Moines collector Kirkpatrick arrives with orders to force Attorney General Remley to affix a documentary revenue stamp to his official bond. Remley refuses, citing that a government document cannot be taxed, and vows to fight the principle. About 500 similar violations exist. Remley targeted first due to prominence. Moville Iowa Dec 8 Miss Sarah McDermott shot herself in peculiar circumstances in front of her sweetheart Hank Stevenson after handing him a revolver later loaded. a self-inflicted bullet struck near her heart. Stevenson says he did not see the shot. Chippewa Falls Wisconsin Dec 8 Frank Stewart, who confessed to defrauding J W Duganne, is revealed as a fake and old-time hobo. he sought lodging rather than crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines, Dee
Kirkpatrick
Department
Remley
Tie
Indiana Supreme Court
Moville
Sarah McDermott
Hank Stevenson
Stevenson
Chippewa Falls
Wis. Dee
Frank Stewart
J. W. Duganne
Eau Claire
Higgins
Kenosha
Wis
Dee
Cheney
O'Hare
W. Raymond
Thomas Martin
Raymond
Harvard
Racine
Janesville
Alderman McKey
Clinton
Feldt
Myansville
Wisconsin
Chicago
Elgin
Ills
David B. Cheney
D. B. Cheney
First Baptist Church
California
Franklin S. Cheney
J. Loran Cheney
Clergeland, O
R. I’. Bennett
Mary ©. Clark
San Francisco
Hattie Vail
Stillwater
Minn
LaCrosse
West Superior
Market Report from Chicago St. Louis Milwaukee and Detroit
Daily livestock and grain prices and receipts across Chicago St. Louis Milwaukee and Detroit on December 7 with hogs cattle and sheep quotes and ranges for each region. Includes exact bid ranges for hogs cattle and lambs and grain futures or cash prices across multiple exchanges and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Buffalo
St. Louis
Milwaukee Grain
Racine Shooting Case Draws Wide Police Hunt
Two men arrested in Kenosha linked to the Cheney shooting while authorities spread through Racine Milwaukee and Chicago areas. Chief Johnson led a large search with searches of barns and outbuildings as residents faced threats of lynching and concern over a Chicago gang operation.
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Aguinaldo
Cavite
United States
Manila
Imus
Bacoor
Sam
Fourth Infantry
Maoji Batchelor
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Bayombong
Cagayan Valley
Luzon
Aparri
Cagayan River
Benguet
Vigan
Pretoria
Kattirgrams
Joubert
Pietermaritzburg
Buller
Woolson
John Simson Woolson
Federal Court For
Southern
Iowa
A. F. Lynch
Tomah
Manston
William Welzel
Michigan State University
Proud
Saginaw, Mich
Mackinaw Street
UAI
U'ah
Himself
Tavier
Cuotlam
Pension
Kelis Capital City News
Richardson
Taylor
Ohio
Senate
Overstreet
Dalzell
Grosvenor
Bailey
Committee On Rules
Greene
Nebraska
W. HH. Gilbert
Frederick Weyerhauser
St. Paul
White Pin
H. C. Frick
Pittsburg
Carnegie Steel Company
Trust
Mukwonago Bank
Waukesha
Mukwonago
Prank Wood
Wood
Thionis
Chicago Grain and Produce
Milwaukee
Northern
Detroit Grain
Chicago Board of Trade
Hutter
Illinois
Henry PF. Corbett
Lake Avenue
Mra Chieney
Purster
J. W. Jolson
Rein
Milwakee
Johnson
Frank Marshall
College Avenue
Twelfth Street
Mr. Cheney
Pradkhnin
Germany
England
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph Keck
Chas. H. Keck
Cassisr
M. Krck
I. M. Sproull
Casey Bros
Feed and Sale Stable
Wiest
Hotel Allen
E. M. McConaughy
Klein's Clothing Store
P. W. McElwain
Wastington Lowa
J. R. Burroughs
Orrick
Southonet Corner Square
Columbia Corner
Washtonton, TA
W. E. Anderson, M.D
Klein's Clothing
Washington, Towa
J. F. Poage
Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
Reoma
First National Bank
Marsh W. Bailey
J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
Washington, Liowa
Gann
West DeLong's
C. S. Lemmon
L. D. Robinson
East Side
Mr. Lemmon
Burlington
New York
K. G. Fox
H. Sanford
Test Stables
T. J. Dempsey
Side Square
Capital
purLus
Oes
W. KR. Jeffrey
Prof
A. Anderson
J.T. Anderson
Aga't Cash
Washington County
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wallace
D. H. Keck
J. ¥. Henderson
W. H. Butterfield
Crall
Lowa
T. T. Keeley
W. Washington Street
City Feed Store and Feed Yard
Mason
Ulty
Frank Rogers
R. F. Riley
Smouse
Racine Hardware CO
Racine, Wiss
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