Lawton Leads 4500-Strong Force in Manila Campaign
Near Manila June 11 reports say Lawton commanded 4500 troops including Twenty Ninth and Ninth Infantry regiments and Nevada Cavalry against rebels near Paranque south of noon. Fierce fighting left officers dead and soldiers wounded as American lines pressed rebels from trenches and crested ridges along the isth. The push driven toward Paranque and Las Pallas, with Napidan gunboat shelling from Taguig, marked a day of hard contrasts as insurgents yielded ground.
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Firj
Retress
Lawton
Nevada
Cen Wieston
Wight
Colorado
Nevada Cavalry
Phirsal Pourteenth
Billeide
Anex
Thirteenth Infantry
Sam
Fourteenth Infantry
Testertay
Degunsa de Hay
Bar
Napidan
Strike spreads as union meetings back 1 cent wage rise
June 11 report notes strike handlers at Erle advance of 1 cent discussed at a Handlers union meeting. A sympathetic strike of officers or house workers is ordered in Tosht houses, signaling wider labor action.
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Erle
Tosht
Cattle Tuberculosis Probe Moves Across Illinois Institutions
Governor Tanner orders immediate inspection of all cows used for milk in state institutions after tuberculosis germs found in a herd providing milk to his family. About 150 cows at the Kankakee and Elgin asylums and the Lincoln Home for the Feeble Minded will be tested to determine infection levels. Colonel Robert P D Loose explains discovering infection after two tested cows for a Chicago visitor baby.
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Tanner
Tllinois
Kankakee
Eigin
Lincoln
General Assembly
Robert PD. Loose
Chicago
Tiffany
Jeffries Wins World Heavyweight Title At Coney Island
James J Jeffries defeats Bob Fitzsimmons in eleven rounds to become the world champion heavyweight pugilist at the New York New Club in Coney Island. Fitzsimmons admits the opponent was too big and strong as the crowd notes the clash ended with a decisive knockout. Chief Devery and police stay clear as Captain Kenney clears the ring after a brutal but orderly bout.
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New York
James J. Jeffries
Puginier
New Sporting Club
Coney Island
Bob Firesimmons
Pitzsimmons
Bins
Jeffries
Fitzsimmons
Chief Devery
Captain Kenney
Four Large Lake Vessels Ordered by American Ship Co
Contracts with American Ship Building Company finalize four 500 foot steel carriers for 8,000 tons capacity each, costing about 1.4 million dollars. A. B. Wolvin arranged the deal, likely for American Steel and Wire Company, to haul iron ore. Built at Lorain Ohio, they debut by April 1 1900, feature fifteen hatchways and triple expansion engines with 40 inch stroke, promising higher speeds than current freighters.
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Chicago
American Shipbuilding Company
A. B. Wolvin
Duluth
American Steel and Wire Company
Lorain
Ohio
American Company
Lake Shipbuilding
Samuel F. B. Morse
Bessemer Steamship Company
Rockefeller
Morse
Liner Paris Near Break Up Off Coverack
Coverack Cornwall June 9 The American liner Paris grounded May 21 off the Manacles. A heavy easterly swell broke the cables and buffeted the steamer. Water in creased one foot in her holds and fore and aft, fires extinguished, deck hands called as fear grows she may break up unless weather improves. Athens dispatch notes Mussulmans rioting in Crete and a Turkish inhabitant’s attempt on Prince George’s life in Crete.
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Coverack
Cornwall
Paris
Athens
Mussulmans
Crete
Prince George
Island
Michigan lawmakers pass income tax bill over $1000
Both Michigan houses have approved an income tax bill. The measure imposes a quarterly scale atop all income over $1,000, with rates rising to 1 1/4 percent for amounts above $20,000. Exemptions include the first $1,000 and certain passing provisions, but the bill's drafting faces Senate scrutiny over potential double taxation.
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Michigan
Lansing
Midh
Senate
Sayre
House
Aldrich
Salicylic Acid in Beer Stirring Chicago Testimony
In Chicago a food investigation hearing on salicylic acid in beer drew brewers and mineral water reps. Theodore Oehne, president of the Chicago and Milwaukee Brewing Association, admitted past antiseptic use but cited Pasteurization and noted corn and rice lightened beer. Herman Plantz testified salicylic acid was used only in beer for Germany export.
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Chicago
New York City
Pure Food Investigating Committee
Mason
Stringfield
Theodore Oehne
Chicago and Milwaukee Brewing Association
Herman Plantz
Germany
Mid-State Coal Dealers Form Regional Price Union
Nearly 200 mine operators coal shippers and merchants from Arkansas Missouri Kansas Indian Territory and Oklahoma met in Kansas City to form the Mid-State Wholesale and Retail Coal Dealers Association. It aims to fix coal prices across the region with fines for selling outside the scale and a member boycott to enforce compliance. Harry Taylor of Lyons Kansas was elected president and a secretary will be appointed.
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Kansas City
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Harry Taylor
Lyons
Bakers Prepare to Clash With Kentucky Military near Manchester
In Kentucky at Manchester on June 6 and in London June 7 Colonel Williams’ troops move toward the mountains north of Manchester after Bakers fail to appear for trial. The Bakers are camped in two guides and well protected. A spy’s tip reveals positions and a plan of attack is under study. The troops expect a battle as preparations to strike begin early this morning with the aim to close in if the troops enter the area.
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Manchester
London
Williams
Standard Oil methods described in trust investigation
Washington reports the industrial commission hearing a former Standard Oil employee recount alleged anti competitive practices. He testifies the company manipulated grades and prices, created a fake independent outfit, issued rebates, and used threats to drive competitors to ruin while distributing adulterated and inconsistently priced oil across Marietta Columbus Springfield Urbana Newark and beyond.
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Washington
Industrial Commission
Standard Oil Company
W. H. Clark
Ohio
Marietta
Standard
Standard Company
Clark
Columbus
Shoemaker Ou Company
Springfield
Urbana
Newark
Oll
Switzerlands Railroads Describe Vast Network
Switzerland covers about 15,981 square miles and possesses nearly 2,500 miles of railways. The system includes twenty eight main steam trunk lines, twenty four broad gauge lines, ten cog wheel railways like the Rigi and Pilatus routes from Interlaken to Jungfrau, twenty cable lines such as Lausanne to Ouchy, and twenty six streetcar lines.
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Switzerlana
Switzerland
Rigi
Pilatus
Interlaken
Mediynige Platte
Laussanne
Ouchy
United States Power for Good and Its Global Role
A distinguished historian cites America as a benevolent colonizing power with immense influence over Europe and predicts a humane outcome. The piece links this view to the proven efficacy of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters noted for curing indigestion constipation and systemic tone. A brief cartoon gag about a neighbor and a cat ends the fragment.
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United States
Tuberculosis Alarms Leavenworth Prisons Heil Efforts
Convicts in both Federal and Kansas State pens show rising tuberculosis as winter toll grows. Fort Leavenworth records six years of death counts with eighteen from tuberculosis. most victims from Indian Territory inmates. Kansas pen reports over half of ten year deaths due to lung disease, linked to prior ventilation flaws now fixed.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas State
Federal Penitentiary
Fort Leavenworth
Civil Penitentiary
M. F. Thomas
Federal Prison
Indian Territory
Kansas State Penitentiary
Floods Ravage Texas Towns and Areas Near Austin
Flood cloudburst swelled rivers causing massive property loss. Initial counts claim at least twenty five dead, with San Saba and Manardville heavily flooded. San Saba reports eight drownings as the town lies submerged and the river near one mile wide. Manardville sees thirteen houses swept away and more casualties feared as the river rises further.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
San Saba
Manardville
Here
Otis Dispatch From Manila Reports Filipino Movements
General Otis cabled from Manila describing operations in the Philippines. Probing Moro provinces drove insurgents into mountains and captured Antipolo and nearby towns. The waterway bay area remained garrisoned while most forces advanced, twenty five enemy dead, four U S killed with minor wounds. Local inhabitants seek protection and many wish to move to Manila as insurgent leaders ask for family safety.
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Washington
Philippines
Otis
Manila
Morong
Antipoli
Bay
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