Large Army Wanted to Subdue Philippines Warfront
Manila dispatch reports General MacArthur urged 100000 troops to secure American sovereignty in the Philippines amid fierce Moros in Mindanao and Sulu. Insurgents reorganize as Americans struggle with irregular fighters and religious factions. conditions demand greater manpower and harsher measures.
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Manila
MacArthur
Lawton
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Cebu
Panay
Samar
Leyte
Mindanao
NATAR
Sulu
Luzon
Foung
Eneral
Young
Tinlo
Agupay
Noseuleda
Captain Dodd
Third Cavalry
Batoe
Aglipay
Kitchener
Khartuuum
Fresh vegetables rival love in silly cabbage joke
A Philadelphia Press comic moment features a slow young man calling vegetables his favorite, while a patient girl reveals she loves carats for an engagement ring. The punchline hinges on the head atop the young man's shoulders being a cabbage.
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Philadelphia
Plodder Roars Drunk Before Five-Year Vacation
Chicago Tribune records a remark about Plodder’s sudden drunk episode just as he prepares for a five year vacation. A juror summons interrupts the plans, noting the timing of the notification on his first vacation in years.
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Chicago Tribune
Plodder
Aguinaldo Proclaims Taft Commission Attack Feared
Washington reports intensified Filipino activity as Aguinaldo issues a proclamation denouncing the Taft commission. The note claims the commission is the president’s personal instrument, not Congress’s, aimed at subjugation. General MacArthur orders Philippine cavalry and native scouts organized with monthly pay and allowances, to serve into 1901.
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Aguinaldo
Taft Commission
Washington, D. C
Jit Fa
Philippines
Manila
Aguingido
War Department
Congress
United States
Taft
McKinley
Root
MacArthur
Philippine Cavalry
W. E. Wilder
Party Third Infantry
Caloocan
No More Troop Withdrawals From Philippines For China
Washington dispatch reports a cabinet official stating there will be no further withdrawal of troops from the Philippines for China. MacArthur urges retaining most troops. no final decision announced. Questioned on extra congressional sessions, there is no expectation of one. A separate Kan. dog tax dispute centers on a cleric’s canine claimed as church property.
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Washington, D. C
Philippines
China
MacArthur
Aly More
Congress
Cunger
Edie Paigh
Kempff
Tien Tsin
Bein
Wiksport
Manchurian
Janet
Russia
Chapman
Kan
Chinese Ministers Safe Amid Rebellion Suppression Decrees
Chinese minister Wu Ting Fang filed two telegrams with the secretary of state. Shanghai posts director reports the imperial decree assures ministers are safe as insurgents clash while Li Ming Chang moves north to quell riot. Nanking viceroy Li Kui Yi confirms all ministers except the German minister are unharmed.
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Washington
D.C
Wu Ting Fang
Shang
Shanghai
Conger
Li Ming Chang
Li Kul Yi
Nanking
Li Kui Yi
China
Li Hung Chang
Minister Conger Calls Quick Relief to Avert Massacre
Washington reports a cipher dispatch from Minister Conger in Pekin dated July 18 warns that without rapid relief from foreign powers a general massacre is imminent as Chinese forces shell the British legation. Hay and Long urge immediate action to rescue Conger and colleagues, while Consul Fowler confirms ministers are alive and awaiting rescue in Pekin.
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Washington, D. C
Conger
Pekin
State Department
Hay
Long
Rumey
Chicago Record
Huy
Tuku
Conger Himpelf
Fowler
Che Fou
Concer
Danger
Shetty
Thung- Heyanny
Eipher Felsic
Atmerevanny
Yuan
Shantung
Gondnew
Shanghai
Che Foa
Plot of the Filipinos in Manila plot exposed
Washington July 25 secret service found insurgent recruiting office in San Miguel with a room laid out as an office. Documents from Aguinaldo and insurgent chiefs detail plans to incite uprising in Manila and seize arms. A translated message urges Filipinos to fight Americans, sparing none, and asserts their liberty and resolve against domination.
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Washington, D. C
Manila
San Miguel
Secret Service Department
Charles RB
Trowbridge
Eleventh Cavalry
Aguinaldo
Pawel
Philippines
British Press Dispatches Full of War News From Cape Colony
A Tailless and garbled late 19th century dispatch reports Lord Roberts attacking Middleburg with Kruger directing the defense. It notes July 19 contact near Lindley with Dewet’s force, Dewet repulsed after dusk, and British movements toward Staten Fabriken. Prisoners and artillery actions show ongoing hostilities amid scattered typos and place names.
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London
Capetown
Lord Roberts
Middleburg
Kruger
War Office
Pretoria
Little
Lindley
Dewet
Hunter
Lilue
Middlebury
Nucl Gachelt
Greylingstad
Kyruger
Kerlin
China
Kingston
Samaican
Bormyent
Beruguda
Ashanti
Tien Tsin Siege Sends Allied Forces to Heavy Loss
Reports from Chee Foo say the July 15 assault on Tien Tsin left the Allies near ruin as Chinese fire from a mud wall and a fortified city wall repelled repeated attacks. Colonel Liscum led a doomed charge under heavy fire, ordering no retreat as casualties mounted and Japanese, American, British, and Welsh troops bore the brunt of the defense and allied confusion.
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Chee Foo
Shanghai
Tien Tsin
Pukusama
Fukushita
Dorward
Waller
Liscum
Sytail
Duick
Coronel Liseum
Regan
Noyes
Fukushina
Democratic Campaign Opens in Minnetonka Area
Minneapolis July 23 Democrats will open national headquarters in city early next week as Chair Yin Janes and Senator Jones hold conferences with Adlai Stevenson and other leaders. Party factions settle differences and prepare a fair campaign while defenders urge guarding Americans and property in China without hints of territorial aims.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Innes
Luilaty
Haraciy
China
United States
Philippines
Russia declares war as China harasses Amur frontier
Berlin reports from correspondents in St Petersburg that China, aided by irregulars, has about 120000 troops in open conflict with Russia along the Amur border. Chinese forts control Amur navigation, hindering Russian troop movements while Blagovestchensk reportedly falls. Russian censorship limits telegrams but Moscow signals a full war posture and a likely separate northern China campaign.
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Berlin
Russia
Europe
Manchuria
St. Petersburg
Siberian
Amur
Tagsblat
Harbin
Blagovestchensk
St Petersburg
China
Appeal to Wage Workers by American Federation of Labor
Denver July 23 The executive council of the American Federation of Labor issued an appeal urging all wage workers to organize and federate across trades and regions To unite regardless of sex color or religion to form unions and affiliate under the Federation of Labor for justice and republican institutions
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Denver
Colo
American Federation of Labor Today
American Federation of Labor
Federation of Labor
Alaska Diggings Report From St Michael Era
The Bristol arrived from St Michael with news of Panana discoveries on Urak creek where claims pay 25 to 40 cents per pan. A stampede to the diggings is expected. Mammalian bones and long tusks found, skulls with horns and large skeletal remains unearthed at several claims along the creek.
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Victoria
B. C
Bristol
St. Michael
Panana
Urak Creek
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Philipinos
Gonger
Col. Liscum
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