Americans Capture Tarlac After Overnight Advance
Manila reports Col Bell’s regiment and cavalry entered Tarlac without opposition. Aguinalay and its government reportedly fled. insurgent rear guard of about 400 retreated as the depot burned. MacArthur’s force advances toward Daniban with several towns already under American control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
O'Donnell
MacArthur
Tarlee
Thirty-sinth
Smith
Fels
Col. Smith
Meleck
Maj
Bedi
Maryland Governor-Elect to Retain Senate Seat
John Walter Smith, newly elected Democratic governor of Maryland, is expected to retain his U.S. Senate seat until his inauguration on the second Monday in January, following a precedent set by Gov TL who briefly held both offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wel Eield
Congress
Baltimore
Norris
United States Senate
John Walter Smith
Maryland
Transport Sails to Manila with 500 Horses
The transport Lennox sailed from Portland on Friday bound for Manila carrying 500 horses and mules for the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Lennox
Manila
Armpy
Jimenes Proclaimed Santo Domingo President and Vasquez V.P.
Congress declared Jimenes as president of Santo Domingo with Vasquez as vice president. They will assume office December 1 after a constitutional change. The country remains quiet and business improves. Dwight L. Broody drew 30,000 at Convention Hall in Kansas City in an eight day revival, with 4,000 turned away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimenes
Santo Domingo
Congress
Vasquez
Kansas City
Dwight L. J Broody
Convention Hall
Boer Defeat and Natal Developments Amid Ladysmith Struggle
A Durban dispatch reports Boers defeated at Ladysmith with heavy losses after four hours of fighting while British reinforcements surge to Natal. Simultaneous attacks on Ladysmith Mafeking and Kimberley reveal Boer plans faltering. British strength rises to about 19,600 at Estcourt as armored trains and troop ships bolster defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Durban
Natal
Drakensberg
Ladysmith
Mafeking
Kimberley
Joubert
Pietermaritzburg
Col. Schiel
South Africa
Estcourt
Baden-Powell
Dee Rhodes
Kimberh
Royal Dublin Fusileers
Colcnse
Hensley
Port Wylie
Herstey
Fusiliers
Sin Oereek
Trensfew
Ladyssmith
Colersa
National Republican Committee to Meet in Washington
In Cleveland on November 14 Senator Hanna and Charles F. Dick announced the national Republican committees will meet on December 16 in Washington to select the host city for the next national convention. The two day session will consider applicants from Chicago St Louis San Francisco Cleveland Minneapolis Denver Kansas City Milwaukee and Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
M.A. Hanna
Charles F. Dick
Washington
Chicago
St. Tovwis
San Francisco
Minneapolis
Denver
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Duffalo
Dick Will
Urbana dynamite attack shocks small Iowa town
In Urbana Benton county a bank and the Weekly Monitor office were wrecked by dynamite at 2 10 am on Saturday. Clarence Burrell was killed and his brother Will injured as the blast leveled buildings and fired a blaze. Authorities reported no arrest and noted a large sale of dynamite nearby with the suspect motive likely robbery deleted by the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Urbana
Benton County
Weekly Monitor
Jay D. Burrell
Clarence Burrell
Monitor
Gurrell
Young Gurrell
Will
Burrell
Lrna
Fisher
Cedar Rapids
Tolin
Treasury officials foresee money supply easing soon
Treasury officials in Washington say funds drawn from eastern financial institutions for western crop movement will soon return to New York, easing money stringency. Debts of western business men nearing maturity will drive the repayment, and no government relief measures are planned unless an exigency arises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
East
New York
West
Orlando M Barnes Dies at 75 in Lansing
Lansing, Mich. Nov 13 Orlando M Barnes a noted Michigan citizen died of apoplexy aged 75. He was the 1873 Democratic guber? natorial nominee and longtime Democratic National Committee member. He promoted the Jackson Lansing Saginaw Railroad and chaired the Jackson and state prison boards. He was renowned in criminology and a literary man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Orlando M. Barnes
Michigan
Ile
Democratic National Committee
Tle
Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw
Congress
Jackson Prison Board
Joint Prison Board
Grand jury to probe McLeod bill passage in Lansing
In Lansing on November 14 a grand jury, ordered by Judge Person, will investigate alleged improper conduct surrounding the McLeod bill. The measure allowed Detroit to buy and run its street railways and was rushed through the legislature despite protests. the Michigan Supreme Court subsequently ruled it unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Novo
Detroit
Pingree
KHL
State Supreme Court
Hartford City Thief Trainer Sentenced in Indiana Case
In Hartford City Indiana Daniel Miller known as a modern Fagin received an indeterminate sentence in Blackford County court. Wife Jane Ewright also sentenced along with two proteges Chas Hess and Will Lemon who pleaded guilty. Miller guided the boys in stealing and showed them tricks of the trade and his firearms. Mrs Ebright's will was found among stolen goods naming her husband. The couple once lived in Cincinnati Dayton and Marion. Miller reportedly has a family in Muncie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Ind
Blackford County
Daniel Miller
Jane Ewright
Chas. Hess
Will Lemon
Miller
Railway Collision Near Kokomo Injures Close to Twenty
A Clover Leaf Round collision near Kokomo damaged both trains and left nearly twenty people injured. Emergency crews responded as passengers received aid and officials began investigations into the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Died on the stage and train wrecks mark Indiana notes
Albert Watts a young printer died of heart disease while watching a Diilo Rocco Co. on stage in Lerna Anoy. A Clover Leaf wreck near Roxoro caused 29 injuries including several named passengers and crew. A Vandalia line freight wreck at Reedsville damaged engine and cars. In Derruy a court found James Ward guilty of robbery related charges and he was re arrested for additional larceny counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lernaanoy
Ind
Albert Watts
Opera House
Diilo Rocco Co
Ife
Evon
Roxromo
Tom Hogarth
Wm. Huntington
Toledo
Dan Burke
George Cowan
Frankfort
Leon Suan
Dunkirk
Camille Suan
C.F. Yenna
Greentown
Grant Highwarden
O. Fiend
Luta Feeker
Coverdale
A. E. Yount
J. Brotherton
Delphos
N. M. Stewart
West Liberty
Charles Luckey
Howard Jenkins
Richard Ruddell
Nokomo
Ed Shortridge
Leurve
Derruy
James Ward
Lenon Bank
Flora
Lanker Lenon
Enilty
Ward
Miss Ida Whittaker Sues Farmer for Damages Over Ram Incident
Miss Ida Whittaker of Wasincroy Indiana sues John Hiureham a wealthy farmer for 5000 dollars claiming a ram from Hiurehams flock rammed her through a pasture fenceless yard injuring her permanently while she stood in her yard at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasnincroy
Ind
Ida Whittaker
John Hiureham
Miss Whittaker
Nurse Susan Jleiderman Returns From Missionary Work
Miss Susan Jleiderman of North Manchester has returned from Cattle Creek Michigan where she joined a group of medical female missionaries to be sent as nurses to the army at Manila. The government would not guarantee protection, and the nurses rejected the perilous journeys beyond American lines. The War Department could not pledge safety from Filipino attacks, so the plan was not pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanasa
Ind
Susan Jleiderman
North Manchester
Cattle Creek
Mich
Manila
War Department
Fire in LUriscoe Block Devastates Uanrrronp City
Fire swept the LUriscoe block on the south side of the square in Uanrrronp City Indiana Friday morning. Firefighters battled the stubborn blaze as it threatened the business district. Loss pegged at 100000 dollars with under half insured. Ten firms left homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uanrrronp
Ind
Luriscoe
Lhoelock
Gold Bearing Ore Found Near Lavorre Indiana
Considerable excitement surrounds the discovery of gold bearing ore near the Little Kankakee river east of Lavorre where a new water works reservoir is under construction. Rock specimens are on display. silver ore evidence is noted and further exploration planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Lavorre
Ind
Nov. Il
Kankakee
Steel mill deal in Frankfort called off
In Frankfort Indiana the plan to site a large steel mill by Chicago financiers was canceled after citizens offered a $50,000 bonus and five acres of land, contingent on the citizens committee’s terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort. Ind
Chicago
Citizens’ Committee
Fatal gas poisoning at Indiana gas station
Four men at a Green town gas station in Ikokomo Indiana were overcome by burned gas. Chuchk Hrannen, leader of a pine layers gang, entered a tool room and passed out. One by one the others followed. They were found unconscious on the floor and dragged outside. Branwen remained in a serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ikokomo
Ind
Greentown
Chuchk” Hrannen
Branwen
Forces Cut Down at League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia reports a large reduction in the League Island navy yard construction and repair department. Of 1,?00 employees 192 have been discharged, with more expected. The cuts come despite ongoing work, attributed to a lack of funds rather than decreased demand. Found Dead in His Cell Milwaukee Nov 12 Hansom Wikse, who killed Mrs Maria Edgar last June and was sentenced to life, was found dead in his county jail cell. post mortem cites natural causes. Death of a Jurist Carthage Mo Nov 13 Judge John Hornbeck, 75, died Sunday after years of Democratic state and national convention involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Department of Construction and Repair
League Island Navy Yard
SIO
Linnard
Milwaukee
Hansom Wikse
Maria Edgar
Carthage
John Hornbeck
Attacks By Schoolmates Injure Young Girl
A seven year old girl from AvBUnN Ind was attacked by two white schoolmates on the way home from school. They pushed a hat pin into her ear, reportedly destroying her hearing permanently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avbunn, Ind
Thomas Proctor
Atlanta tiplate mill expansion and relocation
Noresville Indiana November 11 reports the Atlanta tiplate mill the largest in the world is being enlarged. The Middletown mill is moved to Atlanta to nearly double the capacity and six new gas wells are being installed by the company.
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Noresville
Ind
Atlanta
Middletown
Fireman’s death sparks contested burial in Evaxsville
Richard Burchell a river fireman died at his home in Evaxsville Ind on Wednesday morning. A claim by an elderly colored woman identifying herself as his lawful wife led to burial instructions but a 14 year old “Gauchter” objected. Authorities to be informed about the remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evaxsville
Ind
Richard Burchell
Lurehell
Gauchter
Ratification Reaches Chilean Claims Treaty
The United States minister at Santiago cables that the Chilean legislature has ratified the treaty providing for a renewed Chilean claims commission. The move comes as Washington reports the agreement’s formal ratification completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Santiago
State Department
Gi the Chilian Claims Commission
Croker forecasts anti imperial plank in 1909 Democrats
Richard Croker states that an anti imperial plank will lead the Democratic platform in 1909, a declaration against trusts will follow, and the money question will be deemphasized. In San Francisco two whaling ships, the Alexander and Karlak, arrived from the North Pacific with whale bone counts of 15,060 and 14,000 pounds respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard Croker
San Francisco
North Pacific
Alexander
Rkarlak
Karlak
Geitsa Life Sentence In Spencer Murder Case
Wim Wag runner, convicted of first degree murder, received a life term in Spencer Indiana for strangling his wife and placing her body in a Green County cistern eight years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Ind
Nov
Wim, Wagrener
Green County
Pot of God Unearthed in Indiana Well
Workmen excavating for a new foundation at the Jacob Tigas farm in YTirton Indiana found an iron pot containing $1000 in gold. The treasure is believed to have been secreted by the owner’s late father years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ytirton
Ind
Jacob Tigas
Peddler Samuel Winestock Dies in Indiana Heart Failure
Samuel Winestock a Cincinnati peddler died suddenly from heart failure at Stitesville near DaNnyVILLE Indiana on November 11 with details limited to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dannyville
Ind
Samuel Winestock
Cincinnati
Stitesville
Warren Cattleman Dies After Illness on Erie Express
Crown Point Indiana November 9 Charles W Warren cattle raiser of Arizona fell ill on the Erie express Sunday night and was brought to the Commercial hotel where he died Monday night He was bound for Newton Massachusetts to see his diving wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown Point
Ind
Charles W. Warren
Arizona
Erie Express
Newton
Mass
Miners Strike At Princeton Coal and Binningfo
About 125 miners walk out at Princeton Coal and Binningfo in Paracetos Indiana on November 9 over company scales. Local officials report the stoppage affects production and bargaining continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paracetos
Ind
Princeton Coal.& Binning Fo
Flint Glass Co Transfers Amid Trust Formation
Muncie Indiana reports the transfer of the Flint Glass Co of Albany to the National Glass Co as the glass trust forms. An agent canvassed Saratoga Indiana for workers while the factory faces a male labor shortage and avoids employing girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
3Fodel Flint Glass Co
Albany
National Glass Co
Flint Class Trust
Muncie Flint Glas Co
Saratero Indiana
Subterranean Passage Found in Old Quarry
Mayserz Indiana November 11 in an old stone quarry a subterranean passage was found nine feet under the ground. The passage has been explored about fifty feet before a thief slime and narrow openings blocked further progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayserz
Ind
Ex Soldier Fred Greiner Ends Life in Indiana
Fred Greiner aged 30, former volunteer army member, died by self administered morphine in Indiana on November 11. He had been drinking prior to the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franky
Griffiths and Durbin Seek Republican Nomination in Indiana
Ixpra Napolis Indiana November 1 John L Griffiths of this city and Col W T Durbin of Anderson arrived to notify Indianapolis friends they were seeking the Republican nomination for reversor of Indiana.
Expert marksman Miss Walters injured in practice
Herself Evansport Indiana November 11 Miss Jennie Walters an expert marksman fired by accident at target practice Thursday sustaining injuries. She was practicing with a rifle when a misfire occurred causing harm to herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maritim
Evnnant
Ind
Jennie Walters
Fatailly
Sarget
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