General MacArthur Reports on Philippines Campaign
Washington reports Major General MacArthur’s annual review covering October 1900 to July 1901. He notes guerilla resistance, the success of the December proclamation, and growing cooperation with locals. Statistics show American casualties and insurgent losses, with Aguinaldo’s capture cited as a pivotal, demystifying event.
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Washington, D.C
MacArthur
Philippines
War Department
United States
General MacArthur
Ing
Luzon
Pasig River
Department of
Visayas
Samar
Mindanao
Jolo
Aguinaldo
Agguinaldo
Santos Dumont Falls In Eiffel Tower Airship Trial
Paris Aug 9 M Santos Dumont aeronaut again tried to circle the Eiffel tower. He circled successfully but winds drove the balloon down near a house, tearing wires and bursting the cover. He was uninjured and prepared to restart repairs, blaming insufficient filling and a faulty ventilator.
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Paris
M. Santos Dumont
Eiffel Tower
M. Dumont
Santos Dumont
Tare de St. Cloud
St. Cloud
Henri Marcen
Aerostat
M. Deutsch
Bois de Boulogne
M. de
Jealousy Drives Denver Shooting Rampage Ends in Flight
In Denver on Sixteenth Street a woman fired a revolver wounding Mr. and Mrs. James W. Roberts amid a public disturbance. Mrs. Philip P. Hitchcock, wife of a railway agent, claimed jealousy as motive. Roberts was grazed. Mrs. Roberts suffered a serious skull wound. Hitchcock handed the weapon to a grocer who aided police.
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Denver
Sixteenth Street
Glenarm
Tremont Streets
James W. Roberts
Philip P. Hitchcock
Wabash Railway
Nettie Roberts
Idaho Street
Regal Shoe
W. A. Kern
Bartlets
Mr. Roberts
Roberts
Irrepressible Triggs Slights Longfellow Holmes
Chicago August 9 Oscar L Triggs University of Chicago professor drew sharp fire in class by calling Longfellow poetry trivial and unworthy of consideration and making similar remarks about Oliver Wendell Holmes His remarks followed earlier comparisons of Rockefeller with Shakespeare and church hymns as doggerel.
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Triggs
Chicago
Oscar L. Triggs
University of Chicago
Rockefeller
Shakespeare
Longfellow
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Denver Market Cattle and Hogs Prices and Receipts
Denver markets report August 8 receipts for cattle hogs and sheep with year over year comparisons. Beef steer prices range 4.50 to 5.00 with grades and weights listed, hog receipts 215 last day up to 1,539 month to date with a 749 decrease, sheep and lamb figures noted alongside grain and hay prices for Colorado and Nebraska and regional feed values. An Athletes tied to a Desk profile highlights Albert Payson Terhune's adventurous career and literary collaborations.
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Dante
Moutior Ecco
Vceala Oss
Albert Payson Terhune
Syria
America
Terhune
Jeffries
Corbett
Sharkey
McCoy
Ruhlin
Fitzsimmons
Marian Harland Terhune
A Traveler's Quip About a Landlord Named Partridge
A traveler in England lunches at a wayside inn where the landlord introduces himself as Partridge. The guest jokes that the long bill suggests Woodcock, a quip said to have amused Bismarck. The piece ends with the adage that no one is strong who cannot conquer himself.
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England
Partridge
Woodcock
Bismarck
Anderson jury bribery charges to be investigated
Denver August 10. Jurors in the Anderson shooting case face bribery allegations stirring court and bar circles. Judge Mullins defends handling, while other judges debate outside involvement. Bailiff changes, affidavits accuse jurors of prejudice. Mullins vows a direct investigation with a special prosecutor, no grand jury.
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Denver
Anderson
Tammen
Bontils
Denver Post
Mullins
Johnson
Malone
Carpenter
Bar Association
Schrader
Mullen
Frank Ja
Medina A
Fleming
Taylor
Thomas
Sadlier
Milton Smith
Foreman Adams
Lovell
Haile
Halle
Adams
Palmer
Maalone
Morgan Will Move Mill Away From McKeesport
Pittsburg Aug 9 grave developments in the strike. United States Steel orders dismantling the Dewees Wood plant at McKeesport and relocating to the Kiskiminetas valley. Labor leaders pledge support for Amalgamated Association while awaiting Shaffer's general strike order. Estimates place idle workers at up to 125000 across multiple plants and states.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
McKeesport
Kiskiminetas
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Shaffer
Amalgamated
Amalgamated Association
National Tube Company
Federal
National Steel Company
Federal Steel Company
American ‘Tin Plate Company
American Steel Hoop
American Sheet Steel
American Steel and Wire Mills
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illnois
New York
Michigan
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Iowa
States
American Federation Backing Amalgamated in Steel Strike
Pittsburgh August 9 President Samuel Gompers pledged the American Federation of Labor to support the Amalgamated Association in the strike against United States Steel Corp He said the federation will aid morally and financially to uphold union rights and extend organization against the wealth of the trust in a pro labor stance.
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Pittsburg
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
United States Steel Corporation
Gompers
State Federation Reforms At Denver Meeting
Denver Aug 10 The Colorado Federation of Women's Clubs adopts major constitutional changes including a new district plan, floor nominations, and new committees. Officiating roles are reshaped with vice presidents as board chairmen, a press committee created, and the name shortened from State Federation to Colorado Federation. Membership gains include Silver Cliff Westcliffe Silverton Hesperian Denver clubs. Boulder application pending. Directors meet Sept 5.
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Denver
State Federation of Woman's Clubs
Board of
School Savings Bank
Educational and
Mothers’ Congress
Colorado Federation of Woman's Clubs
Traveling Picture Gallery
Silver Cliff
Westcliffe
Silverton
Hesperian Club of
Woman's Club of
Boulder
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