Filipino resistance and troop movements reported
Dispatch describes American forces under General Lawton repulsing Filipino resistance near Manila and reorganizing for a homeward voyage. It notes Kansas volunteers and Montana regiments in the action, with 1 killed and 12 Filipino casualties reported, amid a wider withdrawal to interior posts during the rainy season.
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Lawton
Oregon
California
Interior
E Rio Grande
San Ferrish
Oceania
Klondike Steamers to Run From Dawson to Port Town May 26
News notes from Alaska report five steamers to ply the Klondike route between Dawson and Port Town while Yukon mining rushes on. Indications point to rising river activity, iron and sluicing operations intensifying and rates likely to drop due to competition.
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Be- Bennett
Klondike
City
Alaska
Port Town
Yukon
Emor Ogilvie
Iretook
Whal Commission
Ottawa
Dawson
Lakeett
Alex McDonald
James McName
Klondikers
Tornado Ravages Brathan Titus Counties in Texas Storm
A severe tornado swept Brathan and Titus counties in Texas causing multiple fatalities and injuries. In Mount Pleasant several buildings including a church were wrecked and a man named W. A. Kauffman died. Stephenville and Stephenville suffered major damage with unconfirmed further deaths near Dublin. Trees and crops were destroyed as reports trickled in.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Cisco
Brathan Counties
Mount Pleasant
Titus County
W. A. Kauffman
Stephenville
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Methodist
Dublin
Dawson Fire Traced to Lamp Incident in Victoria
In Victoria on May 24 the Dawson fire caused by a lamp upset by a woman and companions led to arrests. A nurse suffered a head injury from a blazing log blown from a burning building. Reports claim only the Bank of British North America building burned, not the Bank of Commerce. Newsmen Riley Toklas and Humes allegedly collected funds as private mail carriers, reducing the bank’s reported loss.
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Victoria
B. C
Dawson
Bank of British North America
Chartered Financial
Bank of Commerce
Riley
Toklas
Humes
Portrait of Dewey to Be Painted for Vermont
Vermont commissions Thomas W. Wood to paint Admiral Dewey. After his New York harbor welcome he will pose for two works, a bust and a full length showing him on the Olympia bridge in white duck uniform.
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New York
Vermont
Thomas W. Wood
Admiral Dewey
Farragut
Hartford
Wood
Olympia
Montojo
Currency reform plan outlined by house GOP committee
Washington May 23 report that the house Republican caucus committee plans currency reform centering on gold redemption on demand for all government obligations. Greenbacks redeemed for gold would be reissued only as gold, with national banks allowed to issue notes equal to their government deposits and a $25,000 minimum bank capitalization. The plan is less radical but achieved parliamentary harmony.
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Washington
House Republican Caucus Committee
Treasury
Fought Over Cards Leaves Man and Son Dead in Quarrel
In Chicago a dispute over a card game led George Allen to shoot Burrel Douglas and his son Frank Douglas, killing them. Allen was also shot and lies dying. In Denver, Colorado, the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company announced a 10 percent wage increase at the Bessemer steel works in Pueblo, affecting about 1,700 workers.
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Chicago
George Allen
Burrel Douglas
Frank Douglas
Allen
Denver
Bessemer Steel Works
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Pueblo
Preparing For War Orders Issued To Viceroys
The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Mail reports orders from Peking directing viceroys and governors to put all forces on a war footing due to six Italian warships entering San Mun harbor. It is believed China plans to drive Germans from the Shan Mang peninsula.
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London
Shanghai
The
Daily Mail
Peking
San Mun
Shan Mang Peninsula
Expedition Sails to Find Missing Aeronaut Andree
A Swedish expedition under Professor A G Nathorst sails from Helsingborg aboard the Antarctic to search Greenland’s northeast coast for Andree. Eight scientists and 13 crew aim for Jan Mayen then following the ice edge toward the shore in hope of locating the missing airman. A Norwegian merchant funds nearly all costs and Nathorst hopes to meet Captain Sneverdrup’s Fram expedition.
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Copenhagen
A. G. Nathorst
Greenland
Andree
Helsinborg
Sweden
Nathorst
Antarctic
Hanmes
Cape Bismarck
Sneverdrmup
Christinia
Fram
Seronaut
Relerf
Jan Mayen
Arctic Ocean
Press the Campaign Otis Urged as Ultimatum Sets Filipino Talks
Washington reports General Otis ordered to press the campaign at all times and warn Filipino envoys not to reopen talks unless they surrender unconditionally. Troops may be sent, including the Twenty Fourth Infantry, as discussions of a broader dispatch continue. President McKinley plans a Western trip to visit volunteers and demobilized units after Manila. Admiral Dewey to sail home by Oct 1 with stops en route to New York.
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Washington
Otis
Philippines
Twenty-fourth Infantry
MckKinley
Oregon
Ife
Oregon Volunteers
Manila
Yellowstone Park
Dewey
New York
Admiral Dewey
Navy Department
United States
Olympia
Mediterranean
San Francisco
War Department
Shafter
Presidio
Coney Island Fire Destroys 20 Acre District Worth Near Million
A dawn blaze in New York at Coney Island destroyed 20 acres of the Bowery area between Tilgus Walk and the old iron pier. About 200 buildings were burned, with total property loss near 1,000,000. The New York Mutual Life Insurance Company reports its policy volume has surpassed one billion.
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New York
Coney Island
the Bowery
Bowery
Ocean
Tilgus Walk
Iron Pier
New York Mutual Life Insurance Company
No Reign of Terror Ends in Wardner Dispatch
A Wardner Idaho telegram dated May 29 signed by 55 citizens to the Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly Butte Montana thanks for May 23 sympathy but says troops ended the terror three weeks late. They report no one jailed died and declare peace and happiness reign supreme.
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Wardner
Idaho
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly
Butte
Mont
T Hug
Fears of Pestilence in Dawson Amid Spring Debris
Dawson reports renewed fears of typhoid as spring returns. Health Officer Good posts notices restricting ice and river water near Dawson. city plans drainage and premises cleaning before river break up. Doctors foresee unusually high typhoid risk due to winter filth. May 29.
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Dawson
San Francisco
Good
Yukon
Explosion at Philadelphia Dye Mill Kills Two
A steam drying cylinder exploded at James Martin & Co. dyeing mills in Philadelphia killing Daniel Huston instantly and fatally injuring William Lang who died later. Several others were injured, one likely fatally, as the blast shocked the plant. In a separate note, the Oregon overlap case remains undecided and will be carried to the October term.
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Philadelphia
Daniel Huston
William Lang
James Martin & Co
Worldwide War News and Miscellaneous From Scenes
Japan occupies Marcus Island. A Philadelphia firm builds a bridge for shipment to Japan. The Missouri legislature adjourns after 138 days. Two Americans killed near Mariquina in a rebel clash. Otis clashes with Philippine commissioners. Dewey receives ovation in Hong Kong. Washington rail grain law ruled invalid. Arabs attack in Sahara. 10 killed. Whitney brothers drown at Palouse rapids. Miss Hilton in Aurora Oregon assaulted. assailant threatens suicide. Rostario surrenders to Otis. War voyage to be comfortable and stylish. Pendleton wool receipts 250000 pounds. prices down 2 cents. Claude Branton confesses firing Linn’s death. confession published after hanging. Oregon grange meets in Portland. membership rising. Lawton finds Yorktown crew letter. demands evacuation. Buffalo wool workers strike settled. men return. McGuire’s body found in Umpqua. Grand Trunk wages strike. 800 men out. Ilwaco trestle collapse. beach train safe. Fort Mackinac skeletons found. Aetna Powder explosion kills three. Pilar says insurgents want surrender. leaders spared. Riga letters report wage clashes. fights. deaths. Queen Victoria notes throne turnover. Roosevelt refused pardon. whipping post favored. Loyal Legion elects Schley commander.
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Admiral Dewey
Hong Kong
Washington
Sahara
War Department
Pacific
Pendleton
Claude Branton
Mhugene
Lawton
San Isidro
Yorktown
Bufalo
N. Y
H. D. McGuire
Oregon
Umpqua
Grand Trunk Railway System
Sarnia
Ont
Portland
Ilwaco Railway & Navigation Company
Ilwaco
Fort Mackinac
Michigan
Chicago
Aetna Powder Company
Aetna
del Pilar
Aguinaldo
Riga
Livonia
Prussia
Rosa Bonheur Dies in London And Other Global Updates
Noted animal painter Rosa Bonheur dies in London. The North Atlantic squadron to use Newport RI as summer quarters. Cuban troops at Havana refuse the US $75 surrender offer. Counterfeit US ten dollar notes uncovered in Philadelphia. A deadly fire in Hardeeville DC kills Jacob Solomon, his wife and seven children. Russian famine reports confirm severe starvation with up to 20 million peasants affected. Spanish troops withdraw from Zamboanga after a battle with insurgents. Insurgents inflict heavy losses on Spanish forces. Starry and John Anderson drown near Astoria. Brooklyn artist Howard R. Kretz makes a dramatic uneventful river dive. An Oakland miner reports 80 missing prospectors near Copper River Alaska. London Times editorial praises US arbitration study. Manila dispatch notes guerrilla activity increasing near American lines. Colonel Summers promoted in Oregon Volunteers. Queen Victoria’s 80th birthday celebrated. Exeter train wreck coroner finds negligence by company employees. Duke of Arcos aboard Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Navy assigns Coghlan to Puget Sound station. Violent events in Griffin Georgia trigger militia. Copenhagen shell lab explosion causes deaths and injuries. Central Kansas crop damage from rain and hail. Counterfeiting labels of Cigarmakers’ International Union arrested. James Neill Gresham dies by self-inflicted gunshot in Portland. US to establish a military post at Pyramid Harbor Alaska. Paris exposition space secured for American bicycles. National Afro-American Congress calls for nationwide day of fasting and prayer.
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Howard R. Kretz
Academy of Design of
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Oakland
Cal
Copper River
Alaska
The
London Times
United States
Manila
Malolos
Summers
Oregon
Case
Queen Victoria
British Empire
America
Europe
Exeter
Reading
Duke of Arcos
Duchess
Southampton
Navy
Washington
J. B. Coghlan
Puget Sound Naval Station
Raleigh
Griffin
Kincaid Mills
Copenhagen
Kansas
Saline
Joohn Burkholder
Martindale
L. W. Frank Howser
Terre Hill
International Union
James Neill Gresham
la Grande
Perkins
Portland
Walter Gresham
Cleveland
Taylor
Tennessee
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Daily News
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France
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Canada
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H. J. Moore
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Marcus Island
Mariquina
Miss Hilton
Aurora, Or
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Roosevelt
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Winfield S. Schley
United States Navy
Rosa Bonheur
England
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Secret Service
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Starry
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