Courage of the American Soldier at Catubig
Reports from Capt. H. M. Day and First Lieut. J. T. Sweeney detail 31 enlisted men of Company H, Forty-third Infantry Volunteers, holding off about 600 insurgents for four days at Catubig Samar. Relief under Lieut. Sweeney arrived by steamer Lao Ang, rescuing 13 besieged men and recognizing Corp. Carson for sound leadership under fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
H. M
Forty-third Volunteer Infantry
J. T. Sweeney
Catubig
Samar
Forty-third Infantry
Day
Sweeney
Corp
Carson
Lieut. Sweeney
Lao Ang
Lieut
Dey
Corp. Carson
Hospital Corps Privates’ Skill Saves Filipino Woman Arm
Surgeon General reports Privates Samuel Jones and Henry Becker of the Hospital Corps carried out a complex operation in Sogod Cebu on a native woman assaulted by her husband. Jones performed the initial care and, fearing gangrene, amputated above the elbow with Becker assisting. The patient recovered well with the arm healed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sternberg
Bratton
Medical Department
Sogod
Cebu
Samuel Jones
Henry Becker
Hospital Corps
Jones
Becker
Capt. Bratton
Otis Reports Philippine Situation As War Ends
Major General Otis arrived in Chicago from San Francisco and Manila and left for Washington. He said the war is over and guerrilla fighting cannot last long, with 55,000 troops in the Philippines and 6 to 7 million inhabitants. He noted no organized Filipino force, described depredations as by robbers, and praised U S troops for restraining and protecting locals. He discussed Aguinaldo's unclear location, censorship, and his own uncertain future orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
E. S. Otis
United States Army
San Francisco
Manila
Washington
United States
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Cagayan
Luzon
New York
Two Battalions of Sixth Cavalry to Manila
Washington June 8 a change in plans sends only the First and Third battalions of the Sixth Cavalry to the Philippines to relieve volunteers homeward for discharge on June 30, 1901. A reserve battalion stays in the United States. The two units depart the Pacific Coast in two detachments around June 13 and July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Cavalry
Manila
Washington
Philippines
Pacific
Otis Commutes Death Sentences of Three Natives
Three natives condemned to hang for murder by a military commission near Tanauan are spared by Gen. Otis. He commutes the sentences to twenty years hard labor at the Presidio de Manila, citing local guerrilla influence and the crimes of the principal criminals. He warns this does not set a precedent for future cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Sergt
Albert Vothe
Thirty-ninth Volunteer Infantry
Bagbag
Tanauan
Butanges
Otis
Presidio de Manila
Gen
Funston Finds Manila Times Manila Documents in Philippines Cache
Vancouver reports The Manila Times recounts Gen. Funston discovering insurgent state papers in a cliff cavern near Bongabon and Pontabagan. He and eighteen troopers burned useless rubble, saving Aguinaldo archives and letters to Dewey Wildman and business firms, hidden under nipa in a ravine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
Manila Times
Funston
Bongabon
Pontabagan
Rio Grande de Papapamaga
Gen. Funston
Aguinaldo
Dewey
Malolos
Tarlac
Wildman
Manila
Proposals for Armor Plate From Navy Tests Large Bids
The Navy Department will issue ads for proposals to supply face hardened armor for battleships and protected cruisers. Bids will be tested in three classes of 10 000, 20 000, and 30 000 tons. If prices fall below 500 dollars per ton, Secretary Long may deem the figure reasonable or decide to build an armor plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Long
Admiral Dewey Denies Aguinaldo Letter Claim
In Detroit on June 8 Admiral Dewey rejected The Manila Times claim that archives recovered by Gen Funston’s men included correspondence between Aguinaldo and Dewey. He asserted he never wrote to Aguinaldo, stating he summoned him when needed and made no promises. He blamed insufficient troops for the trouble in occupying Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Admiral Dewey
Manila Times
Gen. Funston
Aguinaldo
Dewey
Cadets to be Added as Senate Nominations Sought
Washington June 8 Adjutant General Corbin announced preliminary plans to appoint 100 extra cadets under the Military Academy Appropriation bill. Senators may nominate one cadet and one alternate from each state, with examinations at West Point set for July 25. If a senator fails to nominate by July 10, appointments will be made without delay, likely by the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Adjt
Corbin
Military Academy
United States Senate
Secretary of War
West Point
Persident
War Department
White House
Philippines
Navy Department
Long
Naval Academy
West Point Examinations Conclude for Academic Board Review
West Point New York June 8 Examinations of the classes are finished and the Academic Board will review results. The furlough class plans a two month home visit next week while the graduating class loses the usual three months leave, restricted to thirty days due to needed service in several regiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
N. Y
Miles Commissioned as Lieutenant General in New Rank
Washington June 8 Gen Miles issued his first order in the new rank detailing the creation of the lieutenant general position and listing his personal staff Capt Francis Michler Military Secretary Capt Hobart Bailey ride de camp and First Lieut Henry Whitney aide de camp. Gen Corbin also received his commission as Major General from the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Miles
Root
Francis Michler
Fifth Cavalry
Hobart K. Bailey
Fifth Infantry
Henry H. Whitney
Fourth Artillery
Corbin
Nomi
United Service Army Navy officer transfers and detachments
A series of assignments and detachments across Army and Navy stations. First Lieut Ira L Reeves proceeds to Columbus Barracks for recruiting detachment duty to the Presidio of San Francisco. Various officers are detached from ships and stations in the Asiatic Station and reassigned to fields, ships, or hospitals including Cavite Yokohama and Mare Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira L. Reeves
Fourth Infantry
Columbus Barracks
Ohio
Presidio of
San Francisco
William N. Hughes
Thirteenth Infantry
Alfred E. Bates
War Department
M. E. Hall
Naval Hospital
Mare Island
D. M. Garrison
Kentucky
R. S. Douglas
Richmond
Kearsarge
Asiatic
C.L. Poor
Oregon
Iris
R. H. Leigh
Brooklyn
J. T. Myers
Marine Corps
Newark
J. A. Bell
Monterey
Bennington
M. ©. Reed
Concord
Calgva
W.V. Pratt
H. Laning
R. Z. Johnston
Solace
H. Minett
Monadnock
A. Hartrath
Culgon
J. B. Jones
P. N. Olmsted
H. G. O. Colby
W. B. Fletcher
J. L. Sticht
William Hopkins
J. N. Wright
J. McHuey
A. S. Williams
S. M. Ackley
R. P. Hobson
Cavite
Yokohama Hospital
Lieut
T. F. Lyons
Cuba's Corrupt Courts in Havana Fraud Case
Report from Havana details a bribery plot inside the Cathedral Court where officials sought cash for favorable rulings. A hidden detective overheard talks, leading to arrests and bail at the Vivac. Observers cite widespread judicial corruption since the American occupation, with fraud trials slated for June 25 but likely doomed by entrenched ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Sefior Baccarrisse
Baccarrisse
Cuba
Custom House
Cuban postal bills rejected amid Rathbone scandal
Havana reports rising troubles for Estes G. Rathbone former Posts Director as the Auditor's Department discards 15000 in vouchers including 8000 paid twice mostly in Muncie Indiana. Fidelity Company faces bond responsibility. Neely alleged deception. Corrydon Rich bonded as Neely case witness. threats to reveal more if forced to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Estes G. Rathbone
Muncie
Ind
Fidelity Company
Rathbone
Miller
C. F. W. Neely
Neely
Corrydon Rich
Rich
Rathbone's Ohio Property To Be Sold At Public Auction
In Springfield Ohio under an order of the U S court at Cincinnati the Rathbone block in Hamilton is appraised at 97500 dollars. Owned by Major and Mrs Rathbone the property will likely not satisfy mortgages and is to be offered for sale within thirty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Springfield
Ohio
United States Court
Cincinnati
W. F. Jones
New York
E. G. Rathbone
Cuba
Rathbone
Hamilton
Major
Cuban Teachers to Enroll in Harvard Summer Course
The Quartermaster General arranged transport for 1,443 Cuban school teachers to attend a Harvard University free tuition summer course from July 1 to September. Five transports Burnside McPherson McClellan Crook and Sedgwick will carry the teachers to the United States and back to their homes by War Department order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Washington
Quartermaster General
United States
Harvard University
War Department
Burnside
McPherson
McClellan
Crook
Sedgwick
Austrian mine official dies by own hand in Cuba
Santiago de Cuba June 8 Dominic Lindenthal Austrian Superintendent of the Guama Mines shot himself this afternoon. He formerly lived in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. Cu ban Steel Ore Company officials say there was no apparent reason for his suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago DE Cuba
Dominic Lindenthal
Guama
Pittsburg
Penn
Barbados Reciprocity Treaty Extended to 1901
Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefote signed a protocol extending the time for ratification of the reciprocity treaty with Barbados through March 4, 1901. The move preserves the trade accord while awaiting final approval from both governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hay
Lord Pauncefote
Barbados
Legal scrutiny of 10 cent fares on Coney Island lines
Justice Dickey in Brooklyn Supreme Court ordered Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company to show cause why it should not be restrained from charging a double fare on its Coney Island lines. The suit by ex State Senator Peter H McNulty seeks a perpetual injunction, arguing the 10 cent fare violates the state railroad law for a continuous ride within city limits. The case hinges on franchises and city line provisions applying to the multiple leased lines and the Culver steam franchise exception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney Island
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Dickey
Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company
Peter H. McNulty
McNulty
Montague Street
Culver
Local Railway Shares Fall After Ten Cent Fare Attack
The legal attack on Brooklyn Rapid Transit over the ten cent fare to Coney Island dampened the issue yesterday. BRT declined on 4,900 shares while Manhattan and Metropolitan shares also slipped on lighter volumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Coney Island
Manhattan
Metropolitan
Rain Brings Relief and Weather Oddities Across City
Rain and fogs followed a warm day from Castle Garden to Yonkers yesterday. Temperatures rose to 68 in the morning, then humidity spiked to 90 percent by night with 1.72 inches of rain. A lightning strike at Henry and Jersey Streets split an electric pole and surged along rails toward Jersey Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Garden
Yonkers
Lower East Side
East Side
Hlenry
Jersey Streets
New Brighton
Jersey
Disappeared in Flooded Streets at Richmond Terrace
The report notes a person vanishing as water surged around street corners at Street and Richmond terrace, with high water flooding the area and hindering visibility. Details on identities or outcomes remain unclear in the damaged OCR text.
Lightning destroys Steinbach warehouse at Asbury Park
A lightning strike at 4 PM set the Steinbach Company furniture warehouse and stable aflame and total loss. No horses or wagons were harmed as they were on routes. Estimated damage stands at 45000 dollars. Rail lines faced washouts, roadbeds flooded, and coast streets resembled rivers with strong currents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
Steinbach Company
Atlantic Coast Railway
New York and Long Branch
North Asbury Park
Storm Deluges Long Branch. Chimney Damaged at Kinney Cottage
A severe lightning and rain storm hit Long Branch on June 8 from 11:30 A M lasting all afternoon with brief lulls. Lightning struck the Kinney cottage chimney at Lincoln and Ocean Avenues Elberon, recently purchased by C T Cook of Tiffany and Co New York, causing only slight damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Branch
N. J
Kinney Cottage
Lincoln and
Ocean Avenues
Elberon
T. Cook
Tiffany & Co
New York
Weather forecast and readings for yesterday and next 48 hours
Fair and cooler with northwest winds. Showers yesterday across the Atlantic Coast East Gulf States Upper Ohio Valley eastern lake region middle and northern Rocky Mountains. Heaviest rain 2.34 inches in Washington DC. Rain likely for the Rockies and Mississippi Valley tomorrow. Atlantic showers followed by fair weather. Temperatures ranged 51 maximum and 61 minimum with a 29.83 to 29.78 inch barometer span.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Coast
East Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Eastern
Lake Region
Rocky Mountain Districts
North Pacific Coast
Washington, D. C
South Atlantic States
Mississippi
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountain
Western Lake Region
Atlantic
NEW York Times
Weather Bureau
Times
Td Weather Bureau
Shipping and Mails Ledger of Transatlantic Voyages
Shipping and foreign mails schedule lists sailings today and near-term, including vessel calls from Algonquin to Etruria, and transpacific mail deadlines via Tacoma and San Francisco. Post notices update arrivals from Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama, and Honolulu, with European and Atlantic ship movements and pier mail openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altai
Fortune Island
Algonquin
Charleston
el Paso
New Orleans
Etruria
Liverpool
Havana
Hermann
Yucatan
Envy Los
Island
Christiania
Castilian Prince
Per- Mambuco
Catania
la Plata
Concho
Galveston
Corean
Newfoundland
Laurentian
Glasgow
Mesaba
London
Ohio
Hull
Pretoria
Hamburg
Proteus
Eeeeeene Statendam
Rotterdam
St. Cuthbert
Rubberg
Uber
Demerara
Alliance
Colon
Astoria
Garethhee
St. Itis
Comanche
A. M. Cymric
el Sud
Wes As Ae
Lahn
Bremen
Leon XIII
Friesland
Antwerp - Ithaka
Tampico
Oceanic
San Marcos
St. Louis
Southampton
Vigilancia
Transpacific
China
Japan
Philippine Islands
Tacoma
Queen Adelaide
Australia
West Australia
New Zealand
Hawaii
Fiji
Samoan Islands
San Francisco
Campania
New York
Hawaiii
Mariposa
Vancouver
Seattle
Europe
Fiji Islands
Also Mentioned on This Page
Catabig
The
Gen. Otis
Annapolis
West Point Examinations
Gen. Miles
Gen. Corbin
Nated
Senate
B. Altman & Gs
Stationery Department
the United Service
Army
Navy
Santiago
Murphy
Townsend
Roe
D. J. Murphy
Foley
Sixtyninth
Col. Camp
Twenty-second
Judge Fitzgerald
Fifth Brigade
Shipping and Foreign Mails
A. M
M. S. Hook
Eore
Isi
P. M. M. S. Hook
IsI'd
Aes Puabhael
Warrimoo
van Cott
Hongkong
Shanghai
Yokohama
Honolulu
Vancoouver
Alemania
Fiuceros
Gibraltar
Jacksonville
Cyprian
Cevic
Gran Antilla
Lia Gascogne
Havre
Parama
Bordeaux
Robina
Clematis
Algiers
Camus
Georgia
Ithaka
Manitou
Adirondack
Port Limon
Batavia
EL Cid
Ethiopia
Southwark
Antwerp
Spaarndam
Advance
Comal
el Rio
Ems
Kaiserin Maria Theresa
Kansas City
Swansea
Loostakken
Neustria
Teutonic
Vincenzo Florio
Ital
Montano
Genoa
Moise
Hirzel, Feltman & Co
Bayona
Naples
Emilio Puig & Co
Flaxman
Salter, Santos, &c
Mdse
Busk & Jevons
Bar
Risk
C. HA. Mallory & Co
Sandy Hook
Columbia
Vogelgesang
Cherbourg
Hamburg-American
de Janeiro, &c
Ton Busk & Jevons
Boaz
Newport News
Norfolk
Old Dominion Steamship Co
Milano
Scharmberg
Finch, Edge & Co
Chesapeake
Delano
Baltimore
Gregory
Para
Lucania
McKay
Queenstouwn
Auguste Victoria
Kaempft
Southamgue
la Toraine
Santelli
Froehlich
Colorado
Whitton
Eckhoff
Lizard
Harnden
Trieste
Massilia
Joubert
Madeira
B. T. Robinson
Brown
Newcastle
Manchester
Goldsworthy
Hawkes Bay
Child
St. Vincent
C. Vv
Melbourne
Robinson
Young
Moville
Bristol City
Sendell
Bristol
Brow Head
Knudsen
Christiansand
Stettin
Nubia
Ceven
Kinsale
Harrassowitz
St. Michael
Macy’s
LER & Ocean Son
Broadway
USA
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