Engagement of Fourth Infantry Near Manila Ends With Skirmish
A battalion of the Fourth Infantry marching from Imus toward Paranaque was ambushed in the rear by native auxiliaries claiming friendship. Five Americans were killed and about twenty five wounded as heavy fighting and ammunition shortages persisted for hours. General Wheaton narrowly escaped when his force advanced to reinforce, with aid from the Second battalion and artillery. The action took place about twenty miles from Manila, as rebels pressed in the woods and abandoned pine arms were recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Infantry
Manila
Imus
Wheaton
Peres Das Macnis
Paranaque
Macoor
Fount
Dae Marinus
Reinforcements Arrive in Manila As Sherman Lands In Philippines
The U S transport Sherman carrying 1500 men and 7 officers under Brigadier General Frederick B Grant arrives in Manila after a rough month long voyage from San Francisco. Troops head to Negros to relieve California volunteers Clem Ard Bates while General Otis awaits reinforcements. General Hale and General Funston eye return with their regiments as ships Hancock Senator and Jodla carry units home for routine refits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Sherman
San Francisco
Frederick B. Grant
Shermain
Hale
Funston
Tul Artillery
Yeois
Hancock
Indiana
Nagasaki
Japan
Washington
Otis
War Department
Edwin L. Gavett
Kelley
Honolulu
Youle
Yollo
Californiana Negron
Jodla
Namisaki
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Utah
United States
Californline
Colorado
Sherman Jett
Francisen
Bates
Comnel Kellogg
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Grant
Hololo
Negros
First
California
Iloilo
Philippines
County Commissioner Nominee Emerges After Long Ballot
At Bronsbhurg the Toya County Democratic convention settled the county commissioner contest after eight ballots. Delegates gave Kiivere Louie Dounwaux of Wellebors and N White of Wellsboro to John Kelley of Charleston on the eleventh ballot, sending White’s delegates to Kelley. John Kelley won the nomination, while Lewis M. H. Kiibourne of Wellsboro was named county auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellaboro
Juno
Toya County
Bronsbhurg
Kiiweren
Louie Dounwaux
Wellebors
N & White
Wellsboro
John Kelley
Charleston
White
Keiley
Vole Fiood
Kelley
Doumaur
Lewis MH
Kiibourne
Fragmentary note on bank payments and timber project
A garbled OCR fragment notes payments and banking involvement tied to a timber project. It mentions Chritiona and Cheietophermin referencing a 2000 Krone sum and multiple banks. Details are unclear due to the damaged text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chritiona
Cheietophermin &6
Ymullur
Riots in Montserrat Leeward Islands over police search abuse
Reports from Kingston say Montserrat in the Leeward Islands faced renewed riots in the northern district and capital Plymouth. Rioters opposed police use of domiciliary search laws, clashes with marines followed, leaders arrested after British cruiser Talbot intervened. Similar turmoil continued in Guadeloupe with incendiary fires on plantations following threats to governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
Antigua
British West Indies
Montserrat
Leeward Islands
Plymouth
Talbot
Guadeloupe
Point-a-Pitre
Championship boxing match articles signed between Jeffries and Sharkey
William A Brady and Tom O Rourke signed articles for a world championship bout between Jim Jeffries and Tom Sharkey. The 25 round fight is set for October 2, 1899 with Queensbury rules, catch weights, and substantial forfeits and deposits to secure adherence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William A. Brady
Tom O'Rourke
Jim Jeffries
Tom Sharkey
New York State
George Siler
al" Smith
Matt Clune
Athletic Club
Coney Island Sporting Club
Bucknell Commencement Features Ivy Oration by Miss Sprague
At Bucknell University Lewisburg the senior class ivy on the main building was planted and Miss Myra Sprague of Factoryville delivered the ivy oration. The Ninth Regiment band from Wilkes-Barre played a twilight campus concert. Graduates include Myra Amy Sprague and Bertha Celestine Watkins for Bachelor of Arts, with John Morris Evans and David William Thomas noted as preparatory school graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
Bucknell University
Myra Sprague
Pactoryville
Ninth Regiment
Wilkes-Barre
Myra Amy Sprague
Bertha Celestine Watkins
John Morris Evans
David Wiliam Thomas
Automobile Men Arrested In Chicago For Defying Motor Curfews
Chicago June 1 H G Gebhorne and Co Gi Wels prominent business men were arrested today for distributing wet automobiles on the Southside boulevards in defiance of the order of the South Park board forbidding motor curtailages in its territory. The gentlemen deliberately violated the order and will be prosecuted in court as a last resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
H. G. Gebhorne and Co
Gi Wels
Moent
South Park Board
Drowning in Wisconsin River Tragedy Near Portage
A boat accident on the Wisconsin River at Portage kills Julius Grotake 21 Johmobinnon 15 Minnie Schieffelbein 4. Three other passengers survive after the canoe capsized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portage
Wis
Julius Grotake
Johmobinnon
Minnie Schieffelbein
Wisconsin
Daring Robbery in Broad Daylight at Philadelphia
A group of masked thieves invaded the Fairmount Park Transportation office in Belmont. They bound staff, blew open the safe with dynamite, and escaped with about 5 056.47 dollars in cash and receipts for two days. Police pursue as Porter suspects former employees aided by expert cracksmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Fairmount Park Transportation Company
Belmont
Fairmount Park
Frank Levan
Frank Watson
Henry B. Whitehouse
James Cavanaugh
Power House
Philip Faves
William Cadmus
Cliy Detective Force
Republican State Convention Date Set
Republican State Chairman Elkin proposes August 24 for the state convention in Philadelphia. He has asked the state committee to approve the date and will issue the formal call once a majority agrees, which is expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Elkin
State Committee
Traction merger talks reach decisive stage in Philadelphia
Negotiations continue between the American Railway company of Philadelphia and the Consolidated Traction company of Pittsburg with United Traction interests and local utilities. State Senator Magee and Recorder Von Bornhurst met P. A. Widener to push toward a final deal, with completion seen in days or hours. Key players include W. L. Hiking, A. A. McLeod and William Hurrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
American Railway Company
Consolidated Traction Company
Pittsburg
Philadelphia Company
United Traction Company of
Magee
Deedy von Bornhurst
Allenheny County
P. A. Widener
American Railways Company
S Hows
W. L. Hiking
A. A. McLeod
William ¥. Hurrity
Nelson Dingley Succeeds by Rockland Candidate
Rockland Maine June W Charkex B Littlefield Republican today elected to Congress to succeed the late Nelson Dingley defeating Democrat John Seow by a large majority. He carried fewer votes than against Dingley in the last election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
W—Charkex
Littlefield
Congress
Nelson Dingley
John Seow
Heatt
Dingley
Cannibalism and Death in Yukon Trek End of Four Seekers
Three Rhode Island men Daly Ediar and Provost perished after desertion from Dahl river to Jim town on the Yukon trail. Their bodies were found seventeen miles from Old Man's creek. Daly died after eating part of his own roasted flesh. Four hundred dollars were hidden on the bodies. seven wintering boats at Dahl river named Rideout St Michael Reindeer Monch Vans Mary Graif Leum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle City
Alaska
San Francisco
Yukon
Dahl River
Jimtown
Michael Daly
Victor Ediar
M. Provost
Providence
BR. A
Woonsocket
R. L
Brockton
Mason
Old Man's Creek
Jimton
Daly
St. Michael
Monch
Mary Graif
Leum
Rideout
Coal shovelers return to work in Buffalo strike
In Buffalo on June 19, coal and ore shovelers at Erie freight houses resumed work as talks with city labor committees stalled. Erie officials refuse wage hikes, offering fifteen cents an hour plus twenty-one cents overtime, while other lines pay fifteen cents regular with no overtime raise. Lackawanna shovelers also returned to work. rail policy aims to reduce lake operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
The
Erie
Brunn
Lake
Connora
Lackawanna
Erle
Rle
Erte
Erte Peone
Alaska Boundary Dispute Update Suppresses London Rumor
The Colonial Office in London released a Washington despatch via a New York paper denying Canada has forced Britain to choose between the United States and its Dominion over the Alaska boundary. A verbal modus vivendi was reaffirmed as final details are settled, with the boundary to follow White and Chilcoot passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Colonial Office Today
Washington
New York
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Alaskas
White
Chilcool
Mission of Doctor Zorn and Arbitration Plan
Dr. Zorn, German delegate, returned from Berlin to Scheveningen after briefing officials on arbitration board plans. The conference leans toward an optional arbitration tribunal. if Germany declines, others may still draft a scheme. Government circles seek a guarantee the plan harms no German interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
the Hague
Dr. Zorn
Count von Munster
William
Scheveningen
Zorn
Foreign Office
Organization of Arbitration Board
Kalger
Berlinger Tageblatt
Dunbar Defeats Judie on Seventh Round Foul
Jim Dunbar of Syracuse wins a decision over Steve Judie of Scranton after a seventh round foul during a ten round bout at Falls Field Athletic Club. Judge was down in the third from a hard right, but Dunbar dominated with cleaner, heavier blows. Referee Pat Ready officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Tribune
Rochester
N. Y
Jim Dunbar
Syracuse
Steve Judie
Scranton
Falls Field Athletic Club
Dunbar
Pat Ready
President McKinley Visits Mount Tom via Holyoke Trip
President McKinley arrives in Holyoke after a Northampton stop and Lunch at the Whiting home. The party tours Mount Tom by palace car to the summit then returns to Holyoke late. Evening plans for Mt Holyoke College dramatics are canceled due to the late hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holyoke
Mase
McKinley
Northampton
Whiting
Mount Tom
Mountain Park
Mt. Holyoke College
Beth Hem Steel Ships Armor Plates for Alabama Battleship
Nearby 2000 worth of finished armor plate for the government was shipped tonight by Beth Hem Steel company to ramps Shipward Philadelphia for the battleship Alabama. A W inch breech loading mortar was also shipped to Sandy Blook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hethleehem
Bethhem Steel Company
Philadelphia
Alabama
Sandy Blook
Shipping News Item From Port Records
New York voyage notes show arrivals and departures including La Hrotagne arriving Havre and Kisiner Friedrich via Southampton. Eddy traveled Rotterdam to New York while Cherbourg vessel Kuer and Bismarck linked Mambure and Southampton on passage to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Havre
Kisiner Friedrich
Mremen
Southampton
Eddy
Rotterdam
Cherbourg
Kuer
Bismarck
Mambure
Deaths of a Day in Various Cities
Norman Williams a Chicago lawyer died in Trampton New Hampshire at the close of day. Mrs Merritt wife of General Merritt Jehia Waughter was at the bedside in Wheeling West Virginia. Captain Lorenzo Dunford a sixth term congressman from Ohio died at his country home near St Clairville. Elis death due to heart disease he was 52. He was a friend of President McKinley. John M Ensmainger writer for the Munhelm Bentine died in Lancaster Pac aged about 54 after fifty four years with the Sentinel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
McKinley
Lancaster
Pac
John M. Ensmainger
Munhelm Bentine
The
Sentinel
Stax Arrives in France With Captain Dreyfus
The French cruiser Stax, carrying Captain Dreyfus, anchored off St Vincent Cape Verde at 2 PM Sunday. The commander reports all well on board. After coaling the ship will head to the Azores for a brief stop before continuing. It is reported Madame Dreyfus asked to see her husband but was refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Stax
Dreyfus
France
St. Vincent
Cape Verde Islands
M. Dupuy
Madame Dreyfus
Klondike Gold Seekers Arrive in Vancouver Ship
The eteum ir Dirigo arrived from Skagway Alaska with fifty Klondikers. Many claimed half a million dollars in gold, but the purser cites $150000 as the haul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Skapruay
Alaska
Railroad Conductor Killed by Shifting Cars at Columbia
William Manohon, a Pennsylvania Railroad train conductor from Harrisburg, was killed in Columbia when a draft of cars was shuttled into him. He was years old according to the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
William Manohon
Pennsylvania Railroad
Columbia
Nlarrieburg
Weather and World News Roundup in Scranton Morning
The morning bulletin reports weather outlook with high temperatures and a broad scan of national and international items. It notes political and industrial topics from Philadelphia to global trade, plus local Scranton coverage on city charter talks and court proceedings.
Rioting Escalates as Cleveland Street Car Strike Surges
Cleveland June 19. A mob over 2,000 attacked two Scoville Avenue streetcars near a railroad crossing injuring a non union man and a Missouri visitor. Police intervened. the crowd dispersed. A planned torchlight parade to pressure the city council drew 5,000 but remained demonstrative only. The council fast tracked an ordinance for motormen with ten days experience, while debates over franchise forfeiture and reinstatement of fired workers continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Scoville and
Central Avenues
Scoville Avenue
Pennsylvania Railrroad
A. J. Moirew
St. Louis
Chaomler
Parley
Shite
Tsi
Pheeligie
Everettenex
Duel to Death in Noanke Va Leaves Two Dead
Matthew Pratt and Joseph Raines, farmers near Pulaski Virginia, quarreled yesterday over a dispute about a deep. They drew revolvers and exchanged fire, Pratt was killed at the scene and Raines died this morning. The men had long been on bad terms and reports vary on the initial cause. Pratt’s father faced trial in Pulaski two years ago for horse stealing, linking to the current conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noanke
Mattthew Pratt
Joseph Raines
Pulaski
Pratt
Raines
Waldeck-Rousseau Declines New Cabinet Formation
Late tonight the senator Waldeck-Rousseau refused to form a new cabinet. The failure is attributed to Camille Krauts declining the portfolio of public works, a position he deems inferior to his portfolio of war. The Waldeck-Rousseau plan thus collapses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldeck- Rousseau
M. Waldeck Rousseau
Camille Krauts
Waldeck-Rousseau
Train wreck injures crew in Reading incident
In Reading Virginia near June Wh Noa Annville a Philadelphia and Reading railroad wreck occurred when a fast freight train struck the end of a wreck train. Engineers Fireman Michael Cassidy and Brakeman Michael Brady were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Annville
Philadelphia
Patrick
Michae
Cassidy
Michiel Brady
War plans of the Boers outlined by The St James Gazette
The St James Gazette claims a Pretoria source provided Joubert’s war plan for Transvaal forces. It envisions 20 000 troops with Mausers, 40 artillery pieces, and 1 000 non South African gunners to strike first into the Orange Free State and on Kimberley, with De Beers mines, rail lines, and Cape Town targets to be seized or damaged to avert British mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. James
Pretoria
Sampalen
Joubert
Bourse
Transvaal
Great Britain
Orange Free State
Kimberli
Pritieh Diame
Weet Griqualand
Cape Colony
Kinberier
Bloemfontein
Kinberies
de Beers
Shmullan County
Cape Town
Bulawayo
Port Elizabeth-Pretoria
Fimberley
Ivolve
Cam Colony
Wee Wand
Wife murderer's sentence handed down in Michigan
James Marks was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his sixteen year old wife. Jeenale Musmann, alleged to have been with Marks, remains in custody. The crime occurred near the Tenth Street Bridge with the victim's body found days later in the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marks
Jeenale Musmann
Marks
Tenth Street Bridge
Bruke
Memorial Tablet Unveiled at Lafavenie College
June 2 Faston reports an elite day of exercises at Lafavenie College on the campus. A memorial tablet to General Charles Wrecker, class of 1890, is unveiled in Pardee hall main corridor by the Class of 1890. General Jacob Breckinridge, inspector general of the American army and Wyckoff classmate, delivers the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siplaigo
Explosion in Cotsburg Mines injures two workers
An explosion of gas in the Cotsburg mines operated by James Jones & Kons, Dominik and Martin Floxena, brothers, seriously burned but not believed fatally. Both men were at work in the entry when the blast occurred. Cause remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongmela Cite
Jane H
Cotsburg
James Jones & Kons
Dominik
Martin Floxena
Unexplained Fatal Shooting in Galesburg
An elderly, unpopular resident of Galesburg was shot and killed tonight by Charles Lindewall, a man described as 1 year old. The dispute centered on an alleged debt Tivlenbach denied, and Lindewall reportedly fled after the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesbure
Bellenbach
Galesburg
Charles Lindewall
Tivlenbach
Lindewall
Weather Forecast for Wirhington June 1
The forecast calls for Tuomas and Wednesday with continued high temperatures and light southerly winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wirhington
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Gen. Wheaton
Gen. Hale
Gen. Funston
Tioga
Bucknell
Miss Sprague of
Factoryville
Trolley Company
Nelson Dingle
Klondike
Erie Company
Doctor Zorn
Judge
Mt. Tom
Sfax
Dupuy
Americine
Dom Paul
Rothery
Peace Congress
Atlantic
Digeusnen
Raphilt Regaire
West
Suburban
Scoville
Matthew Pratt
Paul
land—Transvaal
Service of the
Jackson, Mich
Lafayette College
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