Mexican-American War Era Casualty Reports From Manila
Troops patrol Cascoes island near Manila Bay. 135 American troops drive insurgents from Mantilupa after shelling. ten insurgents found dead. enemy losses estimated at 35. Volunteers suffer sickness across regiments. Nebraska, Kansas, Montana, South Dakota, Washington, Oregon regiments report high casualties. Regulars suffer 123 killed or wounded in Third Cavalry.
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Manila
San Francisco
Newport
Nebraska
San Fernando
South Dakota
Montana
Kansas
Washington
Morong
Laguna de Bay
Oregon
Third Cavalry
Dynamite Pneumatic Guns Headed for Philippine Campaign
A Washington dispatch reports on July 14 that six Sims Dudley dynamite pneumatic guns will be sent to General Otis for the fall campaign against the Philippines. Trials at Sandy Hook reportedly were satisfactory and Cuban insurgents previously used a similar gun to force towns to surrender. Gatling guns and six pounder rapid fire guns will also be sent aboard army transports to deter insurgent attacks.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Ordnance Department
Otis
Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
Garcia
Emigration Talks Arising From Japan to Philippines
The American Bible society reports from its Japan agent Rev Loomis that a prominent Japanese figure says opening for laborers to the Philippine islands is being studied and many will go if a fit opportunity exists. Japanese voyages to Hawaii continue. Rev Jay C Goodrich, first society appointee to the Philippines, plans to sail with his wife within weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Bible Society
Loomis
Japan
Philippine Islands
Hawaii
Jay C. Goodrich
Otis Requests 2500 Horses for Philippine Cavalry
A Washington dispatch reports General Otis asking for 2,500 horses to form a cavalry brigade in the Philippines after the rainy season. Secretary Alger plans careful selection, preferring light, tough, wiry mounts from southern states.
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Washington
Otis
Philippines
Manila
Alger
Progress of Enlistments in Volunteer Regiments
Washington July 14 79 1 men enlisted in volunteer regiments after recruiting at regular stations War Department calls result very good. By regiment numbers include Twenty-sixth 141 Twenty-seventh 134 Twenty-eighth 86 Twenty-ninth 21 Thirtieth 118 Thirty-first 181 Thirty-second 75 Thirty-third 9 Thirty-fourth 24 Thirty-fifth 2.
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Washington
War Department
Costly but unsuccessful marriage thwarted by two special trains
In Fort Worth Texas on July 14 two specially hired trains from Weatherford attempted to stop a wedding between James M. Brannon and Edith Bowie, claimed Catholic objections. The couple wed after eluding the pursuing father and brother, then fled to a private boarding house.
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Fos. Worth
Tex
Weatherford
James M. Brannon
Edith Bowie
G. M. Bowie
Henry
Miss Bowie
Brannon
Fort Worth
Baseball Scores From Yesterday's League Games
Chicago recap lists results with Philadelphia 5 over Philadelphia 1, Boston 9 over Chicago 4, Brooklyn 8 over St Louis 2, New York 9 over Pittsburgh 5, Washington and Baltimore rain, Western League games show Kansas City 4 over Detroit 3, Minneapolis 1 over Columbus 0, St Paul 4 over Buffalo 0, Milwaukee weather affected play.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Boston
Brooklyn
St. Louis
New York
Pittsburg
Washington
Baltimore
Kansas City
Detroit
Minneapolis
Columbus
St. Paul
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Cyclone cellar planned at Olivet school yard
Spring Valley Wisconsin July 14 Olivet village residents back a cyclone cellar project from the annual school meeting The cellar to hold the entire school of over 100 pupils will be built in the school yard and may be used to store potatoes this winter.
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Spring Valley
Wis
Olivet
Northern Pacific Wins Land Grant Suit Over Ashland Terminus
The United States circuit court of appeals rules Ashland as the terminus, granting the Northern Pacific control of over 1,000,000 acres in the government’s case to void part of the road’s land grant.
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St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Duluth
Ashland
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Suspect Adkins Captured in Carbondale for Tennesse Murder
Thomas Adkins, sought for the murder of Henry Scott in Newbern Tennessee, was captured in Carbondale Illinois by Chief Robertson and turned over to Deputy Sheriffs Pitts and Dunlay of Dyer County. Adkins killed Scott with a club at a barbecue last Saturday evening and does not deny the killing.
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Carbondale
Ill
Thomas Adkins
Henry Scott
Newbern
Dyer County
Tenn
Robertson
Pitts and
Dunlay
Adkins
Scott
Eminent Men at Winona Assembly in Indiana
Ex President Cleveland will attend the Bible conference at Winona Lake on August 20. President McKinley will be here the same day.
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Winona
Winona Lake
Ind
Cleveland
Assembly Grounds
McKinley
Notable Early 20th Century Notices From The New York Ledger
The marchioness of Salisbury has a slight paralysis but is not in danger. William H. Peak, famed Swiss bell ringer and harpist, dies at Belvidere Illinois aged 68. Fifteen die of lockjaw in New York from July Fourth blank cartridges. Samuel J. Tilden's estate totals $8.5 million per the executor's final account. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Davis of New York travel to San Francisco by automobile. Mexico's $25 million in gold bonds drew $20 million in subscriptions within 24 hours. A Chicago man is robbed of his gold watch by a sad-faced stranger while ordering a square meal. Passaic New York dye house workers strike for higher wages. O F Lackey recovers from yellow fever after serum treatment in New York. A US steel tube and pipe industry consolidation valued at $80 million is completed in New York. Secretary Long receives a letter from Oscar F Diegnan declining a naval academy appointment. The Alaska flyer Humboldt arrives in Seattle with 150 Klondikers and about $500,000 in gold dust. richest aboard is C A Wos Keller of Chicago. William F Blair bought bonds for $4 at a Chicago sale. authorities say the bonds are worthless.
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Salisbury
William H. Peak
Belvidere
New York
Samuel J. Tilden
John D. Davis
San Francisco
Mexico
Chicago
Battery Worsted
Passaic
N. Y
O. F. Lackey
United States
Long
Oscar F. Diegnan
Naval Academy
Humboldt
Seattle
C. A. Woskeller
William F. Blair
Chicago Custom House
Council Bluffs
Pension Inquiry Ends After White House Talks With McKinley
The pension committee of the G A R finished its three day inquiry in Washington and met with President McKinley at the White House. It debated pension laws rulings and changes, with no final report to be released until the Philadelphia encampment.
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Washington
Pension Committee
Johnson
Pensions
Evans
Brown
White House
McKinley
Interior Department
Pension Bureau
Philadelphia
GAVR
Internal Revenue Proposes Taxes on Patents and Exchanges
Washington July 14. The internal revenue bureau’s next annual report will likely propose extending the war revenue act to tax patent protected articles, express and telegraph exchange offices, and mutual insurers. Officials cite possible revenue gains and fairness compared with bank taxes, while noting coal tar extracts remain untaxed.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Congress
Internal Revenue
Express
Telegraph
Treasury
Fire
Life
Canada
United States
City Council Railroads Detroit Franchises Stir Public
Detroit residents rally as council pushes a Pingree-Johnson security franchise granting Johnson and partners a 48 year city railway monopoly with 3 cent fares promised, new commission backed by Gov Pingree aims to pay 17 million for the property, sparking calls for injunctions and accountability.
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Detroit
Mich
Pingree-Johnson Security
Thompson
Johnson
Citizens’ Committee
Supreme Court
Pingree
Elliott G. Stephenson
Jere C. Hutchins
Brewer Reveals Civil Service Row Averts Case
Concord July report shows Commissioner Mark Brewer defending his conduct in the Gallinger affair. He describes resisting pressure, cites McKinley’s urging to serve, and recalls threatening Chandler with expulsion to silence him. Brewer says he did not want the case and would quit if ordered.
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Chandler
Kentucky
Concord
N. H
Civil Service Commission
Gallinger
Mark
Brewer
Urewer
Kagte
Buatel
Galtlinger
Washington
Busiel
New Hampshire
Commissioner Harlow
Wales
William McKinley
President McKinley
Senator Chandler
Kentucky Republicans Nominate Taylor Slate At Convention
Lexington July 14. The Republican state convention nominated a full ticket headed by William S. Taylor for governor and John Marshall for lieutenant governor. The body adjourned after a long session with broad support for Taylor and civil service reform not endorsed. The platform backs McKinley, war in the Philippines, and Deboe while denouncing Goebel's faction. In Iowa the colored Masons elected I C Brown as grand master and A A Bland as secretary, with E L Shaw as deputy and other officers to be named.
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Lexington
William 8S. Taylor
John Marshall
Caleb Powers
Clifton J. Pratt
John 8. Sweeney
Walter R. Day
John Burke
John W. Throckmorton
Deboe-Taylor
Taylor
H. Stone
Pratt
Republican State Committee
Chicago
McKinley
Philippines
Bradley
Deboe
Goebel
Davenport
Grand Lodge of Colored Masons of
Iowa
I. C. Brown
Marshalltown
E. L. Shaw
Ottumwa
C. Wheeler
A. A. Bland
Keokuk
William Coulson
Des Moines
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Qus
Cascoes
Mantilupa
Sims-Dudley
Gear
Creston
George S. Allyn
Mount Ayr
Hepburn
Allison
Tennessee
Bureau
Guatemala
Blaine
Herr Rose
Apia
Samoan
Samoa
State Department
Hay
Hill
St. Joseph
Robert Wagner
Wagner
Indiana
Black River Falls
Frank Thompson
Lottie Turner
Vietin
Frank Stiner
Joseph Karus
North Green Street
Karas
Louisa Schrader
Karns
Vandyke Allen
Here
John von Herlich
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Wichita
Kan
von Herlich
Royal Baking Powder OO
Commissioner Brewer
THE
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph K Bock
Prestpen
Chas. H. Keck
Casmien
Prank Stewart
Vick
Casey Bros
Feed and Sale Stable
Hotel Allen
EE. M. McConaughy
St. Klein's Clothing Store
J. R. Burroughs
Southeast Corner Square
Columbia Corner
Wasmiagton, LA
ORS
J. H
H. C. Hull
Physicians and Surgeons
Priics
Washington Nat'l Bank
East Matereet
P. W. McElwain
Lowa
Marsh W. Bailey
Orie
C.J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Oeelor
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
Washington, Lowa
W. EF. Anderson
M. D
Homeopathist
Kleto's
Frank Rogers
Candy Kitchen
Schneider
R.A, Riley
G. H. Prat
Lyes
L. Klein
West DeLong's Grocery
T. T. Keeley
W. Washington Street
H. Sanford
T. J. Dempsey
BES Coffee
J. H. Young
Pres
W.kererey
Vice Press
Anderron Cash
J.T. Anderon
Washington County Savings Bank
Jon Kew
A. Wuick
Cashier
H. Keck
V. BP
M. Keck
Ass't
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wallace
Jeph Keck
D. H. Keck
L. D. Robinson
B. Stewart
J. F. Henderson
W. H. Butterfield
Crall
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