Filipino Forge Surrenders Americans Among Prisoners
General Conon surrenders 800 officers and men including several Americans and 70 Spanish prisoners at Bayombong Nueva Vizcaya to Lieutenant Monroe and 50 men of the Fourth Cavalry. Otis reports Washington that the interior advance continues vigorously as American troops push back dispersed bands. Captain Warwick of the Eighteenth Infantry is killed at Pasi Iloilo province on November 27.
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Manila
Conon
Ritles
Bayombong
Nueva Viscaya
Monroe
Fourth Cavalry
Otis
Washington
War Department
Interior
Warwick
Eighteenth Infantry
Pasi
Llo Ilo
Assassination and Occupation Shake Mindanao Insurgency
Manila reports detail Calixto’s assassination at Tetuan by mayor Midel, Alvarez’s leadership collapse, and the occupation of Zamboanga by Commander Very. The Castine and Manila reinforce American control as Alvarez resigns and Midel assumes the insular government amid armament transfers and tense negotiation.
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Manila
Salvador
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Very
United States
Castine
Alvarez
Calixto
Luzon
Midel
Tetuan
Michel
Dato Mandi
Datto Mandi
Jolo
Twenty-third Regiment
Nichols
Mandi
Alvarea
Insular
Bates
Mercels
Spain
Wood Plans Return to Cuba Next Week
General Leonard Wood will return to Cuba next week. He says he intends to stay in the army as long as he lives and is allowed to remain.
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Wood
Cuba
Washington
Leonard Wood
Vast Oregon copper claims eyed as world’s greatest mine
The Baker City Democrat reports three immense copper claims near Baker City tied to Des Moines investors, boasting 4500 feet of twin ledges across a 160 foot wide vein and surface ore averaging 3 percent copper with gold and silver. Depth promises richer ore as development proceeds.
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Lewis
Baker City
Oregon
Atlantic
Pacific
China
Calumet & Hecla
Anaconda
Des Moines
Robbery on Southern Express and Khalifa Death Report
A masked white man robbed two express messengers near Branchville, taking 1700 dollars with eight thousand left in a locked safe. In Cairo, reports say the khalifa died after confrontation with Anglo-Egyptians, shot in head and body with his emirs and guards killed. Wingate forces did not initially recognize them.
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Charleston
D. C
Branchville
Ramsey
Rhodes
Messener
Khalifa
Cairo
Wingate
Wecott Wreck Claims Two Lives Off Humboldt Bay
The steamer Wecott lay wrecked on Humboldt bay south jetty after striking rocks. Of 24 aboard all were saved except two, Mrs. Carmichael of Ferndale and seaman Gus Nelson. Carmichael perished in a lifeboat basket, Nelson died from a falling spar.
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Eureka
Cal
Wecott
Humboldt Bay
Carmichael
Ferndale
Gus Nelson
Nelson
Storm Toll Rises in Texas Gulf Coast
Reports from Rockport and gulf counties recount greater storm damage and loss of life. Missing fishing crews, bodies recovered in St Charles bay, and thousands of sheep and hundreds of cattle drowned. Rancher Brundett lost over eight thousand sheep. Hail and ice chunks five inches fell in Refugio and Aransas counties, with over 700 cattle killed near Lumar.
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Texas
Rockport
Tex
Gulf
James Sanders
St. Charles Bay
George Brund
Cure for Leprosy in Venezuela Shrub Trials Begin
Honolulu reports experiments with a Venezuela shrub called tantua said to cure leprosy. Sur gveon-General Wyman sent samples to Dr. Carmichael at the US Marine Hospital Service for testing amid Washington orders. Secretary Hitchcock releases pension figures with 991,519 beneficiaries and an average annual pension of 132.74 dollars. A proposed 200 million-dollar sugar trust could consolidate the American Sugar Refining Company and independents.
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Honolulu
Victoria
B. C
Surgveon-General
Washington
Venezuela
Hitchcock
New Rock Island Line Opens Through Wheat Territory
The Enid and Tonkawa railroad in Oklahoma from North Enid to Billings is now open for traffic. About 26 miles long with three stations Cropper Garder and Billings, it boosts wheat growth and promises strong returns for the Rock Island. Week by week 50 cars of wheat have been moved, and towns with elevators rise at the stations.
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Enid and
Tonkawa
Rock Island
Oklahoma
North
Enid
Billings
Oregon
Washington
Tacoma
Pacific Sheet Metal Works
Fairhaven
Lake County
Wash
Grants Pass
Great Northern
Brooks Locomotive Works
Walloa Junction
Grange City
Aberdeen
Seaborg
Baldy
Whatcom Shingle Manufacturers’ Association
State Association
Trade review notes strength with mixed grain demand
Tradstreet reports general price strength with cereals showing variation as foreign demand and supplies shift. Wheat and corn weaken while other cereals and woolen goods stay firm. Hog receipts push down provisions though lard stays steady on export demand. coffee and hardware markets show rising tendencies. weekly wheat shipments total 3 699 490 bushels. U S business failures rise to 171, while Canada records 25.
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Tradstreet
Review of Trade
Brazil
United State
Dominion of Canada
Pacific Coast Trade Prices From Seattle Market
Onions new at $1.00 to 1.25 per sack. Potatoes new $16 to 20. Roots 75 to 85c per sack. Turnips 60c. Carrots 50c. Parsnips 75 to 85c. Cauliflower 75c per dozen. Cabbage 75 to 95c per 100 lb. Peaches 65c. Apples 1.25 to 1.50 per box. Pears 1.00 to 1.25 per box. Watermelons 1.50. Butter creamery 82c per lb. Eggs firm 33 to 35c. Poultry dressed 11 to 18c. Timothy Puget Sound 12.00. Eastern Washington 17.00 to 18.00. Corn whole 28.00. cracked 28. meal 23. Barley 21 to 22 per ton. Flour patent 3.35 per barrel. Straights 3.10. California 3.25. buckwheat flour 6.00. Wheat flour 3.10 to 3.80. Millstuffs bran 16 per ton. shorts 17. Feed chopped 20.50. middlings 22. oil cake meal 35 per ton.
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Seattle
California
Say
Puget Sound
Washington
Shorts
Portland
Walla Walla
Valley
Oregon
America
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