American Forces Defeat Filipino Rebels at Las Pinas Morning
A major battle near Las Pinas pits 3,000 U S troops against entrenched Filipino forces. Fierce fighting rages all day with heavy losses on both sides. Lawton’s troops regain ground then retreat under overwhelming fire before a counterattack rallies them. The scene recalls historic clashes at Zapote and Cavite with high casualties reported by official dispatches and later estimates.
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Las Pinas
Lawson
Philippines
Pheilipinos
Elena
Fourteenth Infantry
Lanwton
Dover
Ninth Infantry
Twelfth
Twenty-first Re Mont
Donovan
Sonnelly
Tio del Pilar
Arias
Mamnil
Lawton
Otis
Aas Pinas
Paranagna
Cavite
Priesday
oMeta Dispatch
Bert Bet
Mt Dress Dispatch
General Luna Assassinated at Aguinaldo Headquarters
General Antonio Luna, a fierce opponent of Americans in the Philippines, was assassinated by guards at Aguinaldo's headquarters in Kabanatuan. The killings followed Luna's recent opposition to Aguinaldo and his demand for greater authority. Luna had just been promoted to major general and was lured to the door, where he drew a revolver but was seized and stabbed. Luna died minutes after the attack, while reports say discord and power struggles fueled the act.
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Aguinaldo
Antonio Lua
Philippines
Lunia
Iis
Timk
Otto
Luna
Kabanatuan
Ite
Ney
Sail
Taina
Manila
England
Lord de Rosins
de Ros
Trenry Iit
Lord de Ros
Prince Consort
How the War Fund Was Spent in the Spanish War
Treasury figures show 50 million dollars allotted by Congress before the war with Spain largely remained unspent by July 1. Allotments exceeded this by 58 thousand dollars, with the War Department holding about 3 million on hand. Navy allotments totaled 8.58 million, War Department 2.62 million, for a combined total around 11.08 million. Navy spending covered ships, ordnance, powder, and repairs. War Department funding covered barracks, equipment, and miscellaneous support costs.
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Congress
Spain
Treasury
War Department
Army
Navy
Sox
Navy Department
Treasury Department
Otis to Have 85 000 Troops In Philippines Plan Set
President McKinley and War Department aides approve raising the American fighting force in the Philippines to 85 000 regulars by the start of the dry season. The increase, planned to deter insurrection, will draw 5 000 more troops than earlier estimates and leave one third of each infantry regiment at home. The arrangement aims to supply adequate force without diminishing Otis’s command or war aims. Separate notes mention tensions between Schurman and Otis and martial law actions on a jail case.
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McWhinley
War Department
Philippines
Otis
Medinley
Western colleges report banner year in face of war
Western institutions announce a record year with higher enrollments new buildings enlarged curricula expanded and stronger endowments. Wisconsin Illinois Lake Forest Drake Armour Institute and Minnesota list notable gains with Purdue reporting 157 graduates and a surge in engineers amid wartime service and postwar plans.
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Western Institutiona
West
Alleghans
United States
Chicago
University of Wisconsin
University of
Hobart to retire from public life as 1900 campaign nears
Vice President Hobart will not seek renomination next year due to physical incapacity. The retirement of Hobart sparks talk about successors with Gov Roosevelt of New York and Senator Lodge of Massachusetts among favored candidates. A Chicago paper noted Western Republicans favor a running mate from the West and discussed possible picks including Henderson and several Nebraska and Colorado figures.
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Hobart
Roosevelt
New York
Lodge
Massachusetts
Chicago
Mississippi River
Henderson
Davis
Minnesota
Thurston
Nebraska
Walcott
Colorado
Manderson
Preparing for the Census Directors Ready to Instruct Supervisors
Director Merriam has formed a census bureau to train supervisors and plans to drill the corps before Congress meets in December. The supervisors will oversee enumerators in districts and maps and statements are being prepared to show how many enumerators are needed and how they will be paid. The government will recruit about 2,000 workers with Democrats allotted a share.
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Merriam
Congress
Senate
Texas Express Derails Near Geneseo Illinois
The Texas Express on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad derailed near Geneseo, Illinois, Sunday night. About a dozen passengers and trainmen were hurt, two chair cars and a smoker were wrecked, the engine overturned, and the mail car split. Conductor Huntington suffered the most serious injuries and was taken to a hotel. aid was provided by Geneseo residents. Investigators suggest train speed and a possible rail spread caused the crash.
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Assengers
Geneseo
Texas Express
Chicago
Ric Island
Vpacifie
Geneses
Huntington
Call for Soldiers by Gen Corbin for 2600 Men
General Corbin issues orders Friday for immediate consolidation and expansion of the regular army. The plan adds 2000 men in several divisions, with adjustments by the Treasury Comptroller affecting hospital corps manpower and transfer of personnel to federal employment programs.
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Corbin
Corlin
Congress
Emiploye
Arma
Government crop report on spring and winter wheat conditions
The government crop report lists average spring wheat condition at 61.4 and winter wheat at 67.3 with oats acreage down seven tenths of 1 percent from last year. A court of inquiry is ordered to investigate the accident to the cruiser Brooklyn. Wheeler is elected a member of the Spanish War Veterans in Boston.
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Brooklyn
Wheeler
Spanish War Veterans
Boston
Queer Cures and Curious Medical Theories Across the Century
The piece surveys bizarre and often unscientific medical practices from late century medicine. It cites fright, freezing baths, bees in Malta, whale blubber beds in Australia, barefoot dew walks, sun baths, ice on the spine, and hair cutting as cures or reliefs. It newscasts on London standards, Lebanon notice about quitting liquor, and other odd notes from science, travel, and industry. It also notes Yale students selling tailoring, Labrador expeditions, and Klondike comparisons with Amber forests and possible metals.
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Malta
Australia
Adam
England
London
Lebanon
Hunters’ Improvement Society of Great Britain
Paris
California
United States
el Dorado
Capriforn
Pamina
Marshall
Sutter's Mill
Polk
Yale Divinity School
Theological Cours
West Divinity Hall
Labragon
Klondike
Fifty incorporators of cotton company all negroes in Mississippi
The Mississippi Cotton Manufacturing Company is chartered with capital of 250000 and consists entirely of black incorporators described as the state's best known and most substantial men of their race. Other items note rapid post deliveries, troop cafe plans, fire department cautions, and push for the metric system.
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Mississippi Cotton Manufacturing Company
Tavis
Berlin
Tes Cc. A
Army Y. M
Porto Rico
Henry
Royal Academy of Science of
Amsterdam
London
Dangers of Marconi System Disrupted by a Drunken Witness
A intoxicated man near State and Madison streets claims Marconi wireless telegraph caused a chest shock. He stubbornly demands arrest of Marconi as he shivers and protests a "dangerous outrage" while a policeman weighs the odd claim.
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Air Invalis
State
Madison Streets
Marconi
Shir
iUs
Chicago Inter Ocean
Bishop Plans More Beneath Midlands Sermon
A London Chronicle note reports a bishop preaching a mission sermon in a Midlands church. After a woman dropped half a crown into the collection plate she whispered that if she had known the preacher was three bishops she would have brought more.
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Midlands
London Chronicle
Maryland Oysters Harvest in 1807 Shown
Maryland waters yielded seven and a quarter million bushels of oysters during 1807. A speaker notes the persistent belief of male superiority despite calls for equality. The piece adds a satirical line about patriotism and its adverse effects on eyes, hair, and feelings.
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Maryland
Naming of Medicine Hat Origin Told By Guest
The Chicago Unter Ocean recounts a tale from Medicine Hat explaining the town’s name via a Blackfeet chief whose luck relied on a sacred “medicine hat.” A wind scattered the hat into the Saskatchewan River, spurring loss of faith in luck and prompting the town’s future.
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George W. North
Medicine Hat
Palmer
Inek Halt
Buck
Ife
Saskatchewan
Eyes Like Telescopes and Ancient Queens in Text
A mosaic of travelogue notes contrasts bushmen sight lines and a lion sighting with reflections on ancient Egyptian female rulers. It touches on South African perspectives, gender roles, and a jab at a Dublin pipe claim, weaving disparate fragments into a single archival snapshot.
Did you say I lied deliberately quote in print
A Philadelphia North American variation presents a quarrel line about truthfulness with the remark that a deliberate truth cannot be told. The exchange frames a discussion over intent and honesty in reporting.
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Philadelphia
North American
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Philippine Commission
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Marconi System
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