Capture of Aguinaldo Revealed in Funston Report
The War Department released Brigadier General Funston's May 6 report on the capture of Aguinaldo. It details forged letters used to deceive the insurgent leader, the Macabebe troops at the scene, and Placido seizing Aguinaldo as American forces arrived to secure the prisoners.
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Washington
War Department
Funston
Aguinaldo
Northern Luzon
MacArthur
Neral Funston
Gapan
Netiva Ecija
la Cuna
Bulae
Panaranda
Alejandrino
Segovia
Reninaldo
Villa
Alhambra
Santiago Barcelona
Placidio
General Funton Praises Expedition and Navy Aid
The passage notes General Funton praising all who shared in the expedition and giving high regard to the assistance provided by the navy for the operation. It mentions a soldier wounded by a gunshot to the forehead.
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Funton
Navy
Elks Karnivalisk to Dazzle Dubuque in July Week
Dubuque Iowa hosts the Elks Karnivalisk the week of July 22 promising the largest fun event in city history. Exhibitions will be safe for ladies and children with no male escorts required as soldiers from Iowa encamp nearby. Rail lines offer excursion rates into Dubuque.
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Dubuque
The
Elks
Iowa
Y M C A Conference Opens at Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva Wis July 13 a no table conference of Y M C A volunteers opened today and will run ten days. Men from many professions discuss plans to advance Y M C A work spiritually socially and financially with morning sessions on vital topics and afternoons for recreation.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
Shaffer Delivers Ultimatum On Looming Steel Strike
In Pitsburg on July 13 the Amalgamated Association gears up for a possible strike as Shaffer demands a settlement within hours. He warns that failure to agree by evening will trigger a strike affecting about 60,000 workers across the American Sheet Steel, American Tin Plate, and American Steel Hoop firms, with thousands of unorganized workers ready to join.
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Amalgamated Association
Pitsburg
American Sheet Steel Company
American Tin Plate Company
American Steel Hoop Company
Shaffer
S Srike
Santos Dumont Wins Grand Prix For Airship Navigation
Paris July 13 Santos Dumont in a trial trip for the De L Aero club grand prix used a new airship to cover the course from Park Mendon around the Eiffel Tower and back in 35 minutes five minutes over the allowed time. The club awarded him a prize of a hundred thousand francs for proving the value of the inversion and solving aerial navigation.
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Paris
Santos Dumont
de L Aero Club
Park Mendon
Eiffel Tower
Pennsylvania Triumph Over Dublin Crew in Ideal Race
In Killarney Ireland on July 13 the Pennsylvania crew defeated the Dublin team before a crowded crowd of about 300 spectators including 30 American visitors. The weather was fair with light clouds and a slight wind aiding the race.
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Killarney
Ireland
Dublin
Pennsylvania
Fire sweeps Linwood Cemetery in Dubuque heat wave
In Dubuque Iowa July 18 extreme heat peaked at a government reading of 163 as a high wind whipped through the area. The fire department fought multiple blazes with the worst fire at Linwood cemetery where twenty acres burned and many trees and monuments were damaged before crews brought the flames under control.
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Dubuque
Linwood Cemetery
Burlington Hosts State Swedish Epworth League Convention
The annual Epworth League gathering opens in Burlington with a substantial attendance from across the state. Delegates receive a series of addresses on topics of interest to the group as the conference proceeds.
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Burlington
Lows State
Fruit in No Danger Yet Says Wesley Greene
Wesley Greene secretary of the state horticultural society notes in Des Moines that heat will not cause material fruit loss. He cautions excessive heat dries raspberries and blackberries and may shrink apples and cause drops, though overall damage remains limited despite drought.
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Wesley Greene
Nes Moines
State Horticultural Society
Iowa
Conrac
Centerville awards contracts for new library church and residence
Centerville awards three contracts totaling 56 116 97 for a new public library church and Gouverneur Drake estate Stridevant residence. The library costs 23 521 97 not including furnishings and site. The church costs 24 395 excluding seats organ and basement furnishings. The Stridevant residence will cost about 8 200 complete.
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Centerville
Senday
FF. M. Drake
New Christian Church
G. W. Sturtevant
J. W. Sanderson
Burlington
Stridevant
Drake
Drake Avenue
Conger Wife Forcing Publication Of Denial In New York Paper
Mrs Conger forced the Evening Journal to publish her denial of a China looting charge. The paper had accused Mrs Conger and Lady McDonald of ordering store rooms opened in the Peking palace. After delays she filed a $50,000 suit, then withdrew after a prominent apology and publication of her letter. Read the want column.
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New York
Conger
The
Evening Journal
China
Lady McDonald
Peking Palace
Boston
Christian Builders' Union to be launched in Chicago
A meeting at Western Avenue Methodist church will launch the Christian Builders' Union an organization to enroll Christian men from evangelical churches and unite architects contractors and laborers for mutual aid and efforts against the saloon.
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Chicago
Western Avenue Methodist Church
Christian Builders’ Union
Des Moines Hosiery Mills Doubles Capital and Capacity
Des Moines Hosiery Mills Company filed amendments to its articles of incorporation, doubling capital stock from 10,000 to 200,000 dollars. The move prompts immediate plant expansion to raise daily output from 300-490 to 660-800 dozen stockings and socks as the enlarged facility is finished.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Hosiery Mills Company
Body of Lee Wing boiled for evidence in murder trial
Lee Wing a Chinese immigrant murdered last March by highbinders was boiled in an iron cauldron last night by county authorities to extract the sixteen bullets fired into him. The bullets will be used as evidence in the trial of Look Lee, alleged assassin.
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San Jose
Cal
Lee Wing
Look Lee
Man Dies From Heat Near Solon Iowa
Henry White of Solon Iowa was found dead by the roadside two miles north of Solon by passersby shortly before noon. Authorities deem the death a heat related fatality with the victim appearing to succumb to high temperatures.
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Henry White
Solon
Iowa City
Iowa
Roseberry Denies Duchess Engagement Report
Albany July 13 Leard Roseberry denies reports of an engagement to the Duchess of Albany in a London interview.
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London
Leard Roseberry
Duchess of Albany
Wapello Socials Share Heat Wave and Local News
Wapello residents report a hot spell with little rain and worries over crops. A baseball match with Mediapolis is set for next Friday at the fair grounds. Community notes cover visitors, health updates, a death in Burlington, and local student activities.
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F. D. Gardner
Marshalltown
G. Stone
Sherman Stone
Stephen Martin
Davison
Arthur Childs
Grinnell
Wahington
Louis Otto
John Evans
Mediapolis
Wapello
Fair Grounds
H. O. Weaver
Mary Frances
Centerville
Our City
Frank Wright
Court Home Park
The
Christian Church
Hanna seeks estranged wife in New York chase
Dan R Hanna son of a senator arrived in New York and hurried to the Savery hotel to find his divorcée wife and three children. He enlisted detectives and searched the Cunard line pier for her aboard the Compania but she sailed on the Menominee with the children escaping the pursuing party.
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New York
Dan R. Hanna
Cleveland
Ohio Court
Savery Hotel
Hanna
Cunard Line
Cmpania
Wholesome Sign on Law Violations and Fear of Account
The quotation notes that wrongdoing provokes fear of pursuit and that even the aware wicked flee. It comments that those who know they violate the law are cautious about being called to account, framing it as a wholesome attitude.
Assault on Grace Davis Sparks Citywide Fear
Kansas City July 13 The assault on Miss Grace Davis left eight city blocks in alarm as two leaders were driven to county jail, while the principal assailant remained at large or hidden by authorities. Officials fear further disturbances tonight.
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Kansas City
Bearching
Lex and
Superintendent-elect Chevalier proposes changes to Muscatine schools
The incoming superintendent met the board and suggested removing text from fourth grade lessons, initiating semi annual promotions, adding a high school business course, expanding history and English, adding grammar in hiding rooms, introducing mental arithmetic in eighth grade, and consulting with high school principals before finalizing plans.
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Chevalier
Board of Education
Muscatine
Fire destroys hotel in Butte. guests injured by jumping
A morning blaze at a Butte hotel destroyed the building. Several guests were injured by jumping from windows, including English and John Devine who sustained serious injuries, with many others lightly hurt. Firemen rescued numerous guests using ladders as flames spread from the basement. Loss estimated at about one hundred thousand.
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Butte, Moat
Butte Hotel
English
John Devine
Bank Receiver Values Seventh National Assets at Eighty Cents
Washington July 12 Comptroller Dawes received the receivers report on the Seventh National Bank of New York indicating assets recoverable will yield depositors eighty cents on the dollar.
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Washington
Dawes
Seventh National Bank of New York
Market Takes a Drop in Chicago Corn Prices
This morning in Chicago both corn and a soy market slipped with September corn opening at 314 and closing around 5914 while the July date for soy opened at 32% and finished near 30% in the session.
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Chicago
Town Weather Forecast Indicates Warm Weekend
Fair and warm conditions expected in Chicago tonight and Sunday. Indications point to continued warmth with generally fair skies for the period.
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General Funston
Official Report
Baldomero
Emilio Aguinaldo
Tsabela
Hilario Placido
Jaen
Maccabebes
Placido
Dubuque, Iowa
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Young
Dublins
Ing
Unique Union
Chinaman
Wes
Roseberry
Duchess
Albany
Grimes
Eastern Star
Sol
Tel and Steamship
Grace Davis
New York National
Indica
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