Taft Named Civil Governor in Philippine Islands
Secretary Root issues order establishing civil government in the Philippines with Taft appointed civil governor. Executive authority shifts from military to civil administration from July 4, under War Department oversight and commission advice. In rebel or unstable districts, military power remains in effect until order and order restored.
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Washington
Jiume
Root
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Secretary of War
United States
Philippine Commission
The
Elihu Root
Photographer in Balloon Fall at Chicago Stockyards
George R Lawrence, photographer, ascended in a balloon at the Chicago stockyards on Friday afternoon to capture a bird’s eye view. At about 50 feet above ground the cross bar broke and he fell. He landed amid telegraph and telephone wires, suffering scratches and a nervous shock but no serious injuries. He had taken four negatives before the mishap and his equipment was not seriously damaged.
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Chicago
George R. Lawrence
Stockyards
Lawrence
Filipinos enlisted as scouts for Philippine army
Washington June 29 Gen Corbin will oversee enlistment of natives as scouts in the Philippines under a law allowing up to 12 000 Filipinos to be officered by Americans. Current force is about 5 000 in 40 companies across the islands. they come from multiple tribes and regions.
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Washington
Corbin
Philippines
Alaska and Columbia Departments to be Unified Under Gen Randall
Washington notes a new arrangement linking the department of Alaska with the department of the Columbia under Gen Randall, with the Columbia department retained and headquarters set at Vancouver barracks Washington.
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Department of Columbia
Vancouver
Washington
Department of Alaska
Department of the Columbia
Randall
Alaska
Vancouver Barracks
Stabbed to Death of Former Japanese Minister in Yokohama
Boshi Toru once minister of communication to Ito cabinet was fatally stabbed at a Yokohama city assembly meeting. The assassination is linked to political enmity. In Washington his ministerial service is noted from 1566 to 1598 with a vigorous but controversy ridden career.
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Yokohama
Hoshi Toru
Ito
Washington
Japan
The Strike Situation in Mimzo County
Williamson West Virginia June 22 The strike situation in Mimzo county grows more tense with word that non union miners operated at Maritime and another mine. Strikers plan to meet with delegations from all local operations and may move to force workers from company owned houses by Monday.
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Williamson
W. Va
Mimzo
Maritime
Asiatic Station Vessel Distribution near Philippine Islands
Washington June 22 Admiral Rodgers, senior squadron commander, reports ships deployed around the Philippines. Frolic at Zamboanga and Zafiro at Pollok station, Gen. Alava inspecting light houses at Mindoro and repairing at Cebu. Co-operating with the army against insurgents in Samar are Princeton, Don Juan de Austria, Villalobos, Avat, Leyte, Lascu, Pampanga and Pompey.
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Washington
Adm. Rodgers
Asiatic
Navy Department
Philippines
Frolic
Zamboanga
Zafiro
Pollok
Gen. Alava
Mindoro
Cebu
Samar
Princeton
American Envoy Grand Reception in Paris Attended by 2000
In Paris on June 22 Gen Horace Porter the American ambassador hosted a grand reception postponed earlier due to Mrs McKinley's illness. Attendees included Paul Loubet Francis Loomis the American minister to Portugal and many ministers diplomats and military officers about 2000 people in Charlemange Tower.
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Horace Porter
France
Paris
Germany seeking higher indemnity from China
Berlin reports Germany officially aims to raise indemnity against China from 12 million to 14 million pounds to cover May July expenses. Britain is said to back the move. In Mena Arkansas the body of Louis Hoyos, a Mexican restaurant keeper, was found in a well with a broken neck and multiple bruises, with Mrs Sanders, Mrs Springer, and Margaret Davis arrested for examination.
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Berlin
Germany
China
Great Britain
Mena
Ark
Louis Hoyos
Eggleston
Sanders
Springer
Margaret Davis
Boer Rebellion Expands in Cape Colony Report
The Daily News reports a spreading rebellion in Cape Colony with about 6000 residents, mostly farmers' sons, joining Boer commandos. The note comes from a pro-Boer perspective.
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London
The
Daily News
Cape Colony
Ladies to Remove Their Hats in Church Services
Omaha church issues resolution by First Methodist board asking ladies to remove hats after entering pews at all public services noting modesty etiquette and church decorum in June.
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Omaha, Neb
First Methodist Church Board
Fire works explode killing many in Paterson store blaze
Fireworks stored in Abram M. Rittenberg’s Paterson store exploded causing at least fourteen deaths and many injuries. A boy a half block away was thrown by the blast, a trolley car was singed, and several residents perished while attempting to escape. Fire officials cited a string of blasts and a cellar detonation with total losses near thirty five thousand dollars.
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Paterson
N. J
Abraham M. Rittenberg
Dizer
Miners Enjoined in Flat Top Coal Region Dispute
Judge John J. Jackson issued a restraining order against Lodge No 555 United Mine Workers of America and two other lodges, prohibiting interference with miners in Flat Top area Thacker West Virginia and naming 20 miners as alleged members. Complaints claim conspiratorial acts to disrupt operations at several coal companies including Thacker Coal and Coke Co Lynn Coal and Coke Co Logan Consolidated Coal and Coke Co Red Jacket Coal Co Lick Fork Coal Co and Maritime Coal and Coke Co.
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Parkersburg
W.va
John J. Jackson
United States Circuit Court
Lodge No. 555
United Mine Workers of America
Thacker
W. Va
Thacker Coal and Coke Co
Lynn Coal and Coke Co
Logan Consolidated Coal and Coke Co
Red Jacket Coal Co
Lick Fork Coal Co
Maritime Coal and Coke Co
Postal affairs stamps issue rises 36 percent since 1896
Washington reports that 5,711,764,689 postal articles were issued in the present fiscal year to U S post offices, including stamps stamp books envelopes and cards. The total value reaches 105,150,338 dollars, up 33 percent from 1896 and 25,972,237 dollars higher.
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Washington
Madden
Post Office Department
Swenson Heads to Washington Over Danish West Indies Sale
London reports the American minister L S Swenson has left Copenhagen for Washington amid discussions about the sale of the Danish West Indies. The telegram from the Daily Mail correspondent notes the timing as June 22.
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London
Copenhagen
Daily Mail
L.S. Swenson
Washington
Danish West Indies
Doctor Victor Hopper Suicide After Arrest
San Francisco reports that Dr Victor Hopper of this city committed suicide by taking carbolic acid shortly after being arrested on a charge of having ... The incident occurred in San Francisco on June 22, according to local newsroom records.
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San Francisco
Victor Hopper
Deaths and fires blot Hoosierdom briefed
In Chico Miss Violet VanOrnum dies at a receiving hospital after a stated incident. In Athens a farmer named E M Montgomery fatally stabs neighbor James Hawn over a wheat cutting contract. In Victoria a department store and a grocery suffer a $100000 blaze with light insurance. Other local notices summarize Hoosierdom happenings.
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Athens
Tenn
E. M. Montgomery
James Hawn
Infatuated boarder shoots woman then himself in Indiana
Albert Towne, staying at the Granger home in Frankton near Anderson, shot Mrs. Granger through the temple and then killed himself. Infatuated for months Towne pleaded for elopement after she rejected him. the couple’s actions left both gravely injured.
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Mr. Granger
Towne
Granger
Brakeman Evansville Tragedy Ends In Suicide
Evansville Indiana June 22 R A Brown a brakeman on the Evansville and Terre Haute railroad killed himself Friday evening just as he prepared to run. He fired a pistol to his head on the train steps before passengers and fell at their feet. Despondent over a love affair he was in love with a Petersburg society girl and feared she did not return. He was 26, nephew of ex Congress man Frank B Posey and descendant of Gov Jennings, and a trusted railroad employee.
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Evansville
Ind
R. A. Brown
Evansville and
Terre Haute
Brown
Petersburg
Frank B. Posey
Gov
Jennings
Railroad Ecompany
Unexplained Mystery in Gentryville Case Deepens
In Gentryville Indiana on June 22 the Spencer county prosecutor and the coroner discuss the George Walters case after a pistol bullet ended his life. Mrs Walters remains at Gentryville and may not be arrested. A special grand jury is reportedly planned for Monday to probe the matter. Walters wills his estate to his sister Mrs Medcalf of Owensboro Kentucky and Mrs Walters intends to contest the will. Officers refuse to comment.
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Gentryville
Ind
Spencer County
George Walters
Medcalf
Owensboro
Suicide by shooting at Elmwood Cemetery in Columbia
J Frank Clayburn, 25, son of the late Col Clayburn of Lancaster and former commander of the 12th South Carolina volunteers, killed himself at the Confederate soldiers lot in Elmwood cemetery in Columbia on June 22. No reason is known.
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Columbia
D. C
J. Frank Clayburn
Steamer Havana Passengers Quarantined at Hoffman Island
Nineteen passengers arriving from Havana on the steamer Havana were transferred to Hoffman Island for observation after their Friday afternoon arrival in New York.
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New York
Havana
Hoffman Island
Salt Lake rider sets new one mile amateur mark
Eddie Smith of Salt Lake established a new amateur record for one mile at the Salt Palace on June 22, clocking 1.59% for the distance in competition. The previous record stood at 22-5.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Eddie Smith
Salt Palace
Whitney's Horse Wins Alexandra Plate at Ascot
London reports William C Whitney's Kilmarnock II, bred in the United States, ridden by L Reiff, won the Alexandra Plate at Ascot on June 22.
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Whitney
London
William C. Whitney
United States
L. Reiff
Ascot
Tornado Toll Hits Families in Naper Neb
A violent tornado near Naper Nebraska on June 22 killed four from the Anderson family and injured others including Grace Greening, Dr and Mrs Greening, and two badly hurt adults. The Greening father was found mangled away from the wrecked home. A severe hailstorm accompanied the twister, with ten inch stones reported. Insurance unclear. the Bismarck monument draw and weekly failures noted in broadcasts.
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Neb
Jacob Greening
Dr. Greening
Grace
Anderson
Ida
Clara
Mary Anderson
Bertha
Theodore
Jacob Berg
Metz
Herman
Quarantine Lift Recommended for Cuban Passengers
Havana reports no yellow fever outbreaks for nearly two months and mild cases this year. Maj. Glennon of the marine hospital service corps advises lifting quarantine for travelers from Cuba to destinations north of Maryland's southern boundary. No cases exist in Havana or other island regions.
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Havana
Maj. Glennon
Marine Hospital Service Corps
Cuba
Maryland
Disease strikes horses in New York as 10000 suffer
New York reports a new disease resembling the grip killing horses rapidly says Superintendent Hankinson of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Initial discovery last Saturday and reports from leading veterinary surgeons indicate about 10,000 horses are now affected.
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New York
Hankinson
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Compress and Cotton Burned in Houston Fire
The compress owned by Inman, Nelms & Co. in Houston, Texas, burned on June 22 destroying the plant and 2,300 bales of cotton. Loss estimated at 125,000 dollars.
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Houston
Tex
Inman, Nelms & Co
Woman and Child Cremated in Lamp Explosion
Rovers Texas June 22 Mrs Miley Calhoun and her three children were burned to death when a kerosene can she was filling for a lamp exploded after a child struck a match. Mr Calhoun was badly burned.
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Rovers
Tex
Miley Calhoun
Calhoun
Man sues glass company for malicious prosecution
In Windfall Indiana on June 22 George Myers an employee of Lafayatte Plate Glass Co. hauled away gas pipe from a freight car by mistake. He was indicted for grand larceny and acquitted now sues the company for 35000 damages for alleged malicious prosecution.
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Ind
George Myers
Lafayette Plate Glass Co
Brewers End Pony Kegs In Indiana After July First
Indianapolis June 22 brewers announced a move to end pony kegs of beer. The State Brewers association resolved to halt saloonkeepers after July 1, enforcing a tighter control on beer distribution.
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Indianapolis
Ind
State Brewers’ Association
Hog cholera scare farms inoculations fall to misled farmers
In Hagerstown Indiana on June 22 farmers near Losantiville were persuaded by traveling fakers to inoculate hogs with a miracle preparation claimed to prevent cholera. The treated hogs began dying in large numbers, alarming local residents and prompting concern over fraudulent remedies.
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Hagerstown
Ind
Losantiville
Peck and Branham Resign as U.S. Marshals
Indianapolis announces the resignations of deputy U.S. marshals Jesse D. Peck and G. E. Branham. Peck will become chief of detectives at Evansville, detailing a personnel shift in law enforcement leadership.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Jesse D. Peck
G. E. Branham
Unite States
Peck
Evansville
Death of Vincennes politician Robert P. Mayfield
Vincennes Indiana reports the death of Robert P. Mayfield a prominent political figure who served as assistant auditor in the pension department under President Cleveland He died Friday afternoon in June at Vincennes.
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Vincennes
Ind
Robert P. Mayfield
Pension Department
Cleveland
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