MacArthur demands more troops to prosecute Philippine war
Telegrams report Gen. MacArthur calls for three cavalry regiments to be sent soon and asserts the Philippine insurrection is crushed with no danger of a new rebellion. In Havana, Major Rathbone remains essential. Taft says the U S will provide just government in the Philippines. Bristow estimates Cuban postal theft at 80 000 to 100 000 dollars. Neely faces possible transfer for trial as Cuban press denounces the American disgrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Maximo Gomez
Joseph Wheeler
Rathbone
Havana
Philippines
Otis
Manila
Philippine Commission
Taft
United States
Neely
Ludlow Street
New York
Diverse 19th Century Items From United States and Europe
A scattered OCR reads like a collage of 19th century notes and headlines. Mentions include June wheat, Gite Yerkes and Dr Richards, Brooklyn stores, May failures, J YW Taylor winning the British golf championship, the Derby, Michigan G A R losses, 60 000 enumerators at work, Bryan and Democrats in North Dakota, United States losses at 14 754 40, A J Holes Beaver’s predecessor, South Dakota Democrats endorsing Vetteron, Oregon election victory by 8000, a cyclone in Mina killing one, New Jersey election figures, a Virginian political shift, Queen Victoria’s granddaughter visiting, and Alma Webster Powell. The text is garbled with many misspellings and partial names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. YW. Taylor
England
Michigan
Pondia
Nori Dakota
Bryan
United States
A. J. Holes
Von
Thane
South Dakota
Vetteron
Congress
Penelorm
Uriah
James Brown Potter granted a divorce from actress wife
Various national items report divorces, appointments, elections, and policy moves including James Brown Potter's divorce from the actress, a Kansas City coal damages award, Porto Rico attorney general appointment, and progress on canal operations in Panama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Brown Potter
Kansas City
John A. Russell
Elgin
Porto Rico
Silas W. Hastings
Washington, de C
Global turmoil and plague fears headline late 19th century dispatches
Reports from around the world describe Mary Kingsley’s death, ongoing bubonic plague in Argentina and Cairo, famine and cholera in India, and the Boxer uprising near Pekin. Other items note rail and vehicle shifts in Glasgow, royal welcomes in London, and international tensions over territories and alliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary H. Kingsley
Argentina
Rosebery
Cairo
India
Glasgow
Sir Henry Irving
London
Figuig
France
Rochambeau
Vendome
Bombay
Madrid
England
Canary
Balearic Islands
Pekin Palace
Stephen Crane
Haden-Weiler
Germany
Conger
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Constantinople
Japan
Tsung-Ji-Yemen
Eisenberg
Berlin
United States
Manila
Admiral Kempf
Tien Tein
State Department
Kempf
Taku
Newark
Pekin
China Boxers Close On Tien Tsin and Peking
The government seeks assent to a Pei Ho blockade toward Pekin. The empress dowager orders defiance of Europe. Boxers approach Tien Tsin within three miles after defeating troops. Russian troops are sent to Peking to punish Boxers for two Cossack deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pei-Ho River
Pekin
China
Europe
Tien Tsin
Peking
Senate Expands Cuba Extradition and Trust Law
Congress advances a Cuba extradition bill sending suspects to Cuban courts and passes the general deficiency and river and harbor measures. The Sherman act update faces near party-line vote with one Republican abstention in the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Cuba
United States
Clay
Allison
District of Columbia
Stewart
Aguinaldo
Littlefield
Martin
Rep
Ill
Congress
United States Circuit
Department
A Smart Dog Delivers Papers in New York
Last summer a crippled wagon peddler rode through New York stations while his Scotch collie delivered papers along the route. The dog rang bells, dropped papers on stoops, or carried them into homes, seeming to understand the calls and directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Poultry Star
Impudence Rebuked by County Editor in Press Debate
An Indianapolis Press correspondent quotes a spring bonnet editor who mocks a reader asking which paper side to write on. The exchange centers on proper publication practice and a playful rebuke about writing orientation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Bonnet
Indianapolis Press
Drought and Rain Mark Wisconsin Weather Week
Wisconsin Weather bureau notes week ending June 5 shows temperatures from 70 in southern regions to 54 near Lake Superior. Drought persists in western and northwestern counties with central areas turning serious. heavy rainfall only in northeast and parts of southwest. Early corn up well, later plantings slow due to dryness. hay and pastures suffer. strawberries drying. apples and plums promising. May was dry and unusually warm with 60.6 mean at Washburn Observatory and 1.86 inches total precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Weather Bureau
Lake Superior
Grant
Lafayette
Green
Iowa
Dane
Sauk
Washburn Observatory
Buckwheat Cakes and Stonewall Jackson Legend
A Virginian recalls a Civil War detail about buckwheat cakes tied to General Stonewall Jackson. A soldier once skirmished for buckwheat flour, then cooked Jackson's breakfast cakes with a preferred Virginia sausage, maintaining the habit even after the war. If buckwheat disappears, he vows to seek it out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
Virginia
New York Sun
Aphorisms and Sayings by Classic Thinkers
A collection of brief quotations from A B Alcott Amiel Longfellow Wendell Phillips and Goldsmith. The lines emphasize perception order security poverty prejudice and the cost and value of a pleasurable life. The quotes offer moral reflections about human nature and well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Alcott
Amiel
Longfellow
Wendell Phillips
Goldsmith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mineral Point Cribune
W.H
B.J. Benyert
Publishers
Mineral Point
Wisconsin
LN Brief
Army and Navy
Imperial Yeomanry
Lindley
Kruger
Conaul Hay
Pretoria
Lydenburg
Lord Roberts
Roberts
Botha
Mra. Kruger
Hatherley
Chicago
Dr. Richards
Brooklyn
America
American Medical Association
Charles A. Reed
Ohio
Panama
Canal
Federation of Womens 'Clubs
Colorado
Walcott
Georgia
Jefferson Davis
Rockefeller
Taylor
Kentucky
St. Louis
Columbia University
William Waldorf Astor
Bradley Martin
Dewey
Boston
Detroit
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Maryland
Milwaukee
Mitchell
New Orleans
Marshall Field
John I. Blair
W. D. Ynum
Kenosha
C. YT. Hutchinson
Sayers
Texas
San Augustine
San Francisco
Health Board
McKinley
Joe Harrison
Anamosa
Immigration Bureau
Wooten
Admiral Porter
Ways and Means
Minn
Byron
Richard
Joesimmons
Nodlin
Yale
Atypheus
Edwards A. Dark
Anover Theu
Andover
Maam
Wheeley
Jack Chinn
John W. Kern
Indianapolis
Govhoe Brown
Dolliver
Roosevelt
House Liberary Committee
Missouri
A. M. Dockery
John P. Hand
Justhe Craig
State Supreme
Fifth Clinois Judicial District
Ice Trust
Morgan
New York Democraticonvention
Hill
Croker
Murphy
Augustus van Wryck
Chicago Board of Trade
West
Alzina Parsons Stevens
Hull House
Stevens
Altgeld
Hawaii
Alaska
Congressional News
Teller
Colo
Pettigrew
S. Dak
House
Spooner
Wis
Hanna
Carter
Montana
Bacon
Scott
W. Va
Admiral Dewey
Penrose
Naval Hill
Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Todd
Navy
Navy Department
Long
Commander Todd
Boards of Trade and
Maritime Exchanges
Capitol
Henderson
Hall of Representatives
Dixie
Mr. Fitzgerald
Mass
Max Min
Peubews
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