MacArthur Report Summaries Losses and Philippine War
The annual report on the Philippine campaign covers May 5, 1900 to June 20, 1901 with 1,026 encounters between American troops and insurgents. American casualties total 853. insurgent losses run high with thousands captured and many killed. The capture of Aguinaldo is highlighted as pivotal. gun possession by insurgents grows, while authorities hope future unrest remains political rather than civil war. In Batangas, Capt Brown’s cavalry repels an insurgent attack, several enemy positions are taken, quarters burned, and casualties are reported on both sides.
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Washington
MacArthur
Philippines
War Department
United States
Aguinaldo
Manila
Brown
1St
United States Cavalry
Batangas Province
Malavar
Bryan urges Ohio Democrats to back ticket amid platform doubts
In an August 4 message from Sofia, delegates in Bulgaria call for King Ferdinand’s removal and a Bulgarian republic. Meanwhile in Texas, a new major well by Mahtay foes Git Company was drilled, described as a first-class city component on the Hoge Gwayne syndicate tract.
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Benooncen
Linvain
Ng Artithe
Bryan
Tecdar Credittre
Ohio
Wall Street
Sofia
Bulgaria
Cartle
King-Perdmend
Fenn Sont Beaumont
Tex
Mavhatfoes Git Company
Finfals
Cieiy
Hoge.Gwayne Syndicate
Archbishop Ireland Seeks Mediation in Steel Strike
Archbishop Ireland travels from New York to Hartford and perhaps to Washington to mediate the iron steel and tin workers strike with President McKinley and Senator Hanna, aiming to obtain union support and a settlement. President Gompers arrives in Pittsburg for talks with Amalgamated Association leaders as mills resume partial operation under tense conditions.
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Chearch
McKinley
New York
Ireland
St. Paul
Michael Walsh
Walsh
Fort Hamilton
Archblakcp
J. P. Morgan
Ateel Corporation
Labor Union Pushes Rigid Chinese Exclusion Act
Federation of Labor leaders in New York August 1 urge swift passage of a strict federal Chinese exclusion act. President Samuel Gompers appeals to American workers to unite against Asian immigration and to pressure Congress, with Pacific Coast unions already endorsing renewed legislation.
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Federation of Labor
New York
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
United States
Pacific Coast
Unionn
Beets Wile gad Hesbald Denver Angum & Mrs Phil Hitech
Mrs Hitch cork shot Mrs Roberts in a candy shop on Nth street and then shot Roberts as he followed her to the sidewalk. He died at the scene. Mrs Hitch cork was arrested. The incident's exact motive and shooter details are unclear from the fragmentary text.
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Denver
Phil Hitech
Cork
Jan W. Roberts
Nth Street
Roberts
Hitchcork
French airship collapses near Eiffel Tower during Santos-Dumont test
Paris August 9 reports Santos-Dumont's airship collided with wind near the Eiffel Tower while circling the tower. He escaped serious injury after a six-story building caught the craft as it fell. He hung perilously for half an hour before being rescued by ropes and brought to safety.
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Santee-Dumont
Paris
Eiffel Tower
M. Santor Dumont
M. Santos-Dumont
Parc de St. Cloud
Aerostat
Santos-Dumont
Sartos-Dumront
Deutach
Eiffel Tonce
Windsor Orders Out U S Official Over Trade Disruption
August 2 Windsor Ontario United States Treasury special officer Alvin T Gregory is expelled for allegedly harming local merchants by tailing women crossing the river to Detroit to buy contraband silk and lace then returning with duties unpaid. Detroit patronage reportedly worth half a million yearly, Gregory forced to wait outside shops and follow buyers to Detroit. Ottawa to be informed. other item notes cigar production in New York with projected shifts to 1904.
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Calted Statea
Treasury Hoeller
Windsor
Ur Alvin T Gregory
United States Treasury Department
Gregory
Detroit
Detrodt
Caele Sam
Oder
Elliott
Tad
United States
Morris
Ottawa
Petition seeks price cut for clears to $2.50 a pound
Havana union of art petitions to Washington on August 9 asking reduction of clears price to $2.50 per pound to sustain economic support from the United States.
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Havana
Washington
Kitchener Proclamation Demands Surrender of Burghers
London August 10 a parliamentary paper publishes General Lord Kitchener s August 7 proclamation defining South Africa war rules. It orders all burgher leaders in the former republics to surrender by September 15 or be banished from the region and their families’ maintenance charged to them. Officers in Amsterdam report mixed reactions to the measure.
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Bok
London
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
Gornets
Orange River Colony
Transvaal
Orange Free State
South African Republic
Open Up the Three Reserves in Lawton District
Lawton Oklahoma voters urge the Interior Department to open three government reserves totaling about 532.5 a. com on 3 280 quarter sections. Home-seekers hope to buy the land outright after it is opened, arguing cattlemen need grazing options in Kiowa-Comanche country.
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Seeekers
Ressreed Oklahome Lande
Lawton
O. T. Auguard
Interior Department
Texas
Peculiar Pension Case Spurs Major Records Mixup
A Pension Department inquiry reveals Edward Adams and Anton Edwards, neighbors from Germany, enlisted together in the Civil War. Adams settled in New York and operated a saloon with Edwards, who later moved near Grand Tower. Edwards assumed Adams’s name and pension, but later confessed the swap after Adams sought benefits. Both men are now elderly and without pensions.
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Dean Mouvt
Anniber
Pension Department
Grand Tower
Edward Adams
Anton Edwards
Germany
New York
Adams
Bowery
New York City
Edwarda
Syracuse
Edwards
Labor union aims and wage conflict in Chicago plants
A chaotic report claims manufacturers backed by the National Founders Association plan to replace union machinists and iron molders with non union workers paid 400 dollars and 4.70 a day, targeting Chicago as the launch city for a large scale shift. The piece also notes a Wabash railroad grievance dispute, a Paris Illinois reunion of Civil War veterans, and a Chicago probe into impure ice for domestic use by the State Pure Food Commission.
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Becaue
National Founders’ Association
Wate
National Founders' Association
Éta
Chicago
Paris
John McArthur
Courtrous Lawn
Grant
Fort Henry
Fort Donelson
Shiloh
Live Stock Market Prices and Rates Summary
The report lists live cattle hogs sheep and related stock prices across grades and weights. It notes cattle steers medium beef and calves with prices around 3.00 to 4.50, hogs midweights 4.35 to 5.05, and sheep lambs at 4.00 to 5.00, with various stockers and feeders and regional terms. Also included are prices for bulls, veal, and poultry items with scattered figures for weights and markets.
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Atock
Abe Wai
Fas Helfors
Aspere I. Sce
Yeedora
Condensed Telegrams From The Front Lines And Homefront
A stream of concise reports notes 19 dead Captain Branley of Dallow Tex and 1e dead Mrs Farnbaker of Cairo Ill. Emancipation Day celebrated by Missouri villagers in Sedalia. Sons of Confederate Veterans form new camp at St. Joseph Mo. A Marine Hospital surgeon predicts rough times as Pekin troops withdraw. Public mood grows hostile toward Americans and Europeans amid street confrontations. Judge William H Clasgett, prominent lawyer and ex Senate candidate, dies. Erie streetcar strike ends with workers agreeing to return after company actions.
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Pittsburg
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Alexandria
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Nevada
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Oerel
Muecert
Monett
W. T. Flourney
Marionville
Coursd-fichopp Fruit Company
St. Louis
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Memeey
Ramsey
K Wabash
C F Maroney
CA Kippenbrock
St Louis
Ramesy
the Market Report
Rupert
Bacoge City
Liveestour
M. Lante
Atovic
Cholce State
Elgin
Frank Branley
Dallow, Tex
Mra. T. N. Farnbaker
Promper
Cairo
Missouri
Sedalia
Sons of Confederate Veterans
St. Joseph, Mo
Marine Hospital
Pekin
Wiliam H. Clasgett
Duke End Washington
Menate
Erie
Abla, Nee
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