No Canteen System Faces Yet Another Pay Day Trial
Reports from Fort Wadsworth Fort Schuyler Fort Hamilton Fort Wood and Fort Hancock detail increased drunken incidents amid pay day as no canteen policy returns. Officers say discipline holds overall, while soldiers describe liquor smuggling and rising tavern trips near posts.
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Department of the East
New York
Fort Wadsworth
Fort Schuyler
Fort Hamilton
Fort Wood
Fort Hancock
John I. Rodgers
W. R. Hamilton
J. L. Tiernan
Brooke
Armed resistance ceases in Mindanao coast area
Rear Admiral Kempff reports from Samar on April 19 to 27 that armed resistance to American authorities along the north coast has ceased and insurgents have surrendered except for a band near Oraquita. The district commander allows trading by vessels and favors infrequent patrols with regular coast visits.
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Washington
Kempff
Navy Department
Samar
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Oraquita
Judges Appointed by the United States Commission
The United States Philippine Commission named Supreme Court Justices including Chief Justice Cayetano Arellano Florentino Torres ex Attorney General J F Cooper Gen James F Smith Charles A Willard Victorina Mapa Fletcher Ladd and appointed L R Wilfley as Attorney General with a native assistant and solicitor to be named.
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Manila
United States Philippine Commission
Supreme Court
Cayetano Arellano
Florentino Torres
J. F. Cooper
Texas
James F. Smith
California
Charles A. Willard
Minnesota
Victorina Mapa
Sorter
Fletcher Ladd
New Hampshire
L. R. Wilfley
Missouri
Transport to Sail with 570 Instructors July 23 Ordered
Acting Quartermaster General Bird directs General Long in San Francisco to fit the transport Thomas for a July 23 sail if Sherman is unavailable. The Thomas will carry 570 teachers, 170 female and 400 male, to the Philippines. Judge Taft approves 230 teachers to sail the Thomas, while 156 teachers sail on Buford and Logan on July 1 and 16.
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Washington
Bird
Gen. Long
San Francisco
Thomas
Sherman
Philippines
War Department
Taft
Buford
Logan
Philippine mail clerk arrested for mail theft in Cavite
The Postmaster General was notified of the arrest and trial of Monifide Manalac Reyes a Cavite Post Office native mail clerk in the Philippine Islands. He was caught stealing from letters and packages and more than 400 items were found in his room. Reyes received a two year prison term and a $1000 fine.
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Washington
Monifide Manalac = Reyes
Cavite
Philippine Islands
Time and Cost of Oregon Repairs
A San Francisco dispatch states repairs to the Oregon, newly arrived from the Orient, after Gulf of Pechili wreck damage, will take about six months in dry dock and cost roughly $250,000.
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Oregon
San Francisco
Orient
Gulf of Pechili
Increase in Philippine customs receipts reported
The War Department Division of Insular Affairs announces that customs revenues in the Philippine Islands rose by 940 515 in the first quarter of 1901 from the same period in 1900. Total revenues for the quarter reached 2 199 394.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
Division of Insular Affairs
War Department
Post Office Inspectors report arrest of two Juana Diag bond sureties
Chief Inspector Cochran received cable news from Porto Rico that B Franceschi and Rafael Vasquez, sureties on the Juana Diaz postmaster bond, were arrested for alleged violations of federal money order laws.
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Washington
Cochran
Post Office Department
Porto Rico
B. Franceschi
Rafael Vasquez
Juana Diag
Governor Miguel A. Otero Reappointed in New Mexico
The President reappointed Miguel A. Otero as Governor of New Mexico after a delegation pressed to oppose him. The Interior Secretary considered the matter and confirmed the reappointment despite opposing representations.
Indian tribes protest land opening in Oklahoma
Lone Wolf and about a dozen Kiowa Comanche and Apache leaders met Secretary of the Interior to protest settlement of tribal lands under a recent act. Judge Springer introduced them. the secretary said the protest could not be acted on while court cases were pending. Also noted is a report on Mrs McKinley’s condition not being presented to the President.
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Washington
Lone Wolf
Secretary of the Interior
Oklahoma
Congress
Judge Springer
Springer
Hitchcock
McKinley
Cuba's New Administrative Changes Under Wood Direction
Washington June 15 The Cuban Commission told Secretary Root the Cuban government may not be organized before February 1 due to constitutional procedures. War Department expects smooth shift from American military to Cuban civil control with Gen Wood's civil service largely Cuban. Wood issues govern marriage, finances, and education orders. mining tax suspended. Miranda and Aramburu appointed to Guanajay Board of Education. Elections of 1903 slated.
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Washington
Root
War Department
Civil Service
Wood
Gen. Wood
Cuba
United States
Plac
Municipa
Department of Finance
Canon de Minas
Salvador Miranda
Board of Education of
Guanajay
Joaquin N. Aramburu
Cuban Teachers Invited to Harvard Summer School
Havana report says President Eliot of Harvard University invites 100 Cuban teachers to attend the summer school there.
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Harvard
Havana
Eliot
Harvard University
President Grants Pardons In Eleven Applications
The President denied two pardons and granted one to restore civil rights. Pardons and commutations were issued in eight cases, including J. P. Greenwood who embezzled Post Office funds as Goldfield Colorado postmaster. He was fined $643 and jailed six months in Denver. The Attorney General recommended mercy, citing no intent to defraud.
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Washington
J. P. Greenwood
Post Office
Goldfield
Col
Denver
Patriotism in Porto Rico Celebrates Flag Anniversary
San Juan marked the 124th anniversary of the American flag with a march of 2,500 students at the Plaza and a salute by forts. Commissioner Brumbaugh distributed 2,000 flags. Festivities continued in other towns as San Juan hosts a twenty day patron saint celebration with pyrotechnics and parades. The governor will form a committee for July Fourth observances.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Commissioner of Education
Brumbaugh
Suspect to sue for damages after arrest over $6000 package
Luis Moret Munoz, arrested on June 4 on arrival from New York for failing to deliver a package to Gen Uribe Uribe, the Colombian insurgent leader now in New York, reportedly intends to attach the package and sue for $10,000 damages for illegal arrest.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Luis Moret Munoz
New York
Uribe-Uribe
Mrs McKinley Improves Amid Ongoing Illness
Washington dispatch reports Mrs McKinley’s condition improving with steady progress though not yet out of danger. Doctors held their forenoon consult and the President met numerous visitors, including Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and several lawmakers.
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Washington
Gaines
Tennessee
Nathan_Goff
West Virginia
Livingston
Georia
Taylor
Ohio
Jusice McKenna
Elkins
Boreing
Kentucky
H. Clay Evans
Deadwood settlement event invitation presented at White House
Washington June 15. Commissioner Herman of the General Land Office and William S. Warner of the Black Hills Pioneer Society visited the White House to present an invitation to attend the twenty first settlement tee to be held at Deadwood on July.
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Washington
Herman
General Land Office
William
Warner
Black Hills
Commissions For Cadets At Naval Academy Urged
The Navy reports the Board of Visitors says discipline and management at the Naval Academy are excellent. It urges restoring the title midshipman, giving cadets commissions immediately after graduation, and notes cadets on two year cruises cannot receive pensions for line of duty disabilities. The board also suggests using Admiral Farragut's Hartford as a practice ship and protecting academy flags from fire.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Board of Visitors
Naval Academy
Summer Naval Manoeuvres Off Massachusetts Coast
Boston reports that the Navy Department plans extensive summer maneuvers for the North Atlantic Squadrons off the Massachusetts coast. The agenda includes establishing a shore base, landing Marines and light guns, unloading ammunition and coal, and practicing embarkation and minefield protection in simulated battles.
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Boston
Charlestown Navy Yard
Navy Department
Massachusetts
Signal Corps officers receive honorable discharge
The War Department orders honorably discharging from the volunteer service several Signal Corps officers. Capt Edward B Ives and First Lieutenants John J Ryan William O Bailey Frederick M Jones Victor Shepherd Richard O Rickard William Celt William E Davies John C Wessels Henry W Stamford are released. Second Lieuts Charles M Duffy Charles O Hastings Burt E Grabo Peter Bartsch Rushi Wheat Earle W Binkley Harry W Capren Otto B Grimm also discharged.
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Washington
War Department
Signal Corps
Edward B. Ives
John J. Ryan
William O. Bailey
Frederick M. Jones
Victor Shepherd
Richard O. Rickard
William Celt
William E. Davies
John C. Wessels
Henry W. Stamford
Charles M. Duffy
Charles O. Hastings
Burt E. Grabo
Peter Bartsch
Rush
Navy to Sell Transport Rawlins After Valuation
The Navy Department notified the War Department it cannot use the transport Rawlins. A board of officers will appraise its value, and it is likely the vessel will be offered for sale.
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Washington
Navy Department
War Department
Navy approves chapel project at Naval Academy
The Navy approves a chapel at the Naval Academy with a cost of 400000 dollars. The building will match the style of other fine structures under construction at the academy.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Academy
Appointments to Annapolis
Washington announces new cadets to the United States Military Academy at Annapolis including Nathan Horowitz of New York Clarence I. Nyman of Hilo Hawaiian Islands G Herly T Bevigin of McIntosh Florida and Philip Matthews of New York.
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Annapolis
Washington
United States Military Academy
Nathan Horowitz
New York
Clarence i. Nyman
Hilo
Hawaiian Islands
G. Herly T. Bevigin
McIntosh
Fla
Philip Matthews
Four new Brooklyn postal sub stations to open July
On July 1 four new postal sub stations will be established in Brooklyn for money order and registry business and sale of postal supplies. Sub stations numbers 86 817 88 and 89 will be at 244 Flatbush Avenue Humboldt Street and Nassau Avenue 140 Sixtieth Street Blythebourne and 1027 Third Avenue.
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Washington
Brooklyn
Flatbush Avenue
Humboldt Street
Nassau Avenue
Sixtieth Street
Blythebourne
Third Avenue
Carter Dropped From Rolls At West Point Graduation Meet
West Point June 15. At the Association of Graduates meeting the name of ex Captain Oberlin M. Carter class of 1880 was dropped from the rolls by unanimous consent. General John M. Schofield was reelected president Capt W C Awers secretary and Capt Charles P Echols treasurer. Captain Charles G Treat relieved Col Otto L Hein today as commandant of cadets.
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West Point
Association of Graduates of the
Military Academy
Oberlin M. Carter
John M. Schofield
W. C. Awers
Charles P. Echols
Harles G. Treat
Otto L. Hein
Julian Phelps Resigns as U S Consul in Germany
Washington June 15 Julian Phelps United States Consul at Crefeld Germany has resigned He was appointed from Iowa and served in the consular post amid the wartime period reports state officials and diplomatic circles in Washington.
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Julian Phelps
Washington
United States
Crefeld
Germany
Army officer movements and duty assignments detailed
Capt. George W. Kirkpatrick of the Fifteenth Cavalry will proceed to Columbus Barracks Ohio and report to the post commander for assignment to lead a recruit detachment for the Twenty-eighth Infantry to Vancouver Barracks Washington. After duties with the recruits he will join his regiment at The Presidio of San Francisco. Capt. Howard R. Perry of the Twenty-ninth Infantry will join his regiment. Capt. Charles D. Roberts acting Judge Advocate is recorder of the examining Board convened May 2. Second Lieut. George C. Broome of the Porto Rico Regiment will report to the Commanding General Department of the East on June 25 for temporary duty before joining his regiment.
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George W. Kirkpatrick
Fifteenth Cavalry
Columbus Barracks
Ohio
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Vancouver Barracks
Washington
Presidio of
Francisco
Howard R. Perry
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Charles D. Roberts
Gelieved
George C. Broome
Porto Rico
United States Volunteer Infantry
Department of the East
Navy Lieutenants Ordered to Shipyard and Vessel
Navy announces Lieut. E. H. Dur is ordered to Bath Iron Works on June 24 and Lieut. C. M. Tozer to the Vermont on June 37.
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Navy
E. H. Dur
Bath Iron Works
C. M. Tozer
Vermont
Naval Vessel Movements Reported From Washington
The Navy Department received cable notices of Admiral Remey aboard the Brooklyn arriving in Sydney after a courtesy visit to New Zealand. The Brutus reached Aden, the Scorpion arrived at Vicksburg, and the Dolphin reached Washington. Dixie sails from Rio de Janeiro to New York via St Lucia and is due June 2. Indiana with a crew arrives at Newport News, and Leotiidas reaches Norfolk yard.
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Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Remey
Brooklyn
Sydney
Australia
New Zealand
Brutus
Aden
Scorpion
Vicksburg
Dolphin
Dixie
Rio de Janeiro
New York
St. Lucia
Indiana
Naval Code
Newport News
Norfolk Yard
Fourth-class Postmasters Appointed in Connecticut
Today William W. Clarke is named postmaster at Wood, with Philip Ventry and Tunie also listed as fourth-class appointees in Connecticut.
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Washington
Connecticut
William W. Clarke
Wood
Philiip Ventry
Tunie
Wash Waterfals Offer Pretty Summer Dresses at Low Prices
Advert promotes new season dresses and fabrics including 46 cases of fine printed batiste in multiple colors and 30 inches wide with fast colors. It touts value with dresses affordable for many, noting dotted mull fabrics and other cottons at significantly reduced prices. Main Floor Centre 19th St.
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19Th St
Summer Price Reductions at Phot Gallery
Summer price cut on high grade photographs boosts sales in a busy gallery. One dozen cabinet cabinet photographs usually $3.50 now $2.00 this week only. Special elevators at Main Entrance.
White Linens at Bargain Prices for Monday Sale
Read: 5,000 yards of Linen Color Batistes and Grass Linens offered at deep discounts. White India Linens and Victoria Lawns appear at prices well below regular value. Claims of quality and seasonable appeal target the most exacting shoppers with yard prices around 15 to 29 cents.
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Victoria
Polka Dot Hat Decoration Fabric at Bargain Price
Popular summer hat trim in navy blue and lavender polka dots, 36 inches square. Previously $1.25 elsewhere, now offered at a reduced price of 5.
Floor coverings sale offers mats rugs at low prices
Advert provides a large list of floor coverings including Chinese Japanese mattings Smyrna and Royal Wilton rugs with sale prices. Describes heavy Chinese mattings at five dollars per 40 yard roll and assorted sizes and designs on offer tomorrow.
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Fort Scuyler
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Throgg’s Neck
Westchester
Company 11 Field Artillery
Coast
Post
Eleventh Field Artillery
Fifty-first
New York Tips
Philippine Supreme Court
United States Commission
Teachers For the Philippines
Yshair
Stayne
Macy's
Munoz
New York Times
Carter
the United Service
Army
Acity Yin Iself
America
Oxfords
P. Rielly & Son
Newark
Messrs. P. Rielly & Son
India
Rogers
Evans
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