Enlistment Begins Soon for Ten New Regiments in Philippines War
Washington announces the start of volunteers for service in the Philippines with seven colonels appointed to command the regiments and eight majors named. Recruiting stations will open nationwide next week with state lines obliterated and volunteers mustering first. Regiments here and in the Philippines will be numbered Thirty-sixth onward, adding 650 officers and 17 667 men.
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Washincton
Philippines
Otis
United States
Washixgton
James M. Bell
First Cavalry
James S. Pettit
First Infantry
Fourth Immunes
Edward E. Harding
Second New York Volunteers
Spain
L. A. Craig
Sixth Cavalry
Luther R. Hare
Seventh Cavalry
William A. Robbe
Cornelius Gardner
Nineteenth Infantry
Rice
Bell
Pettit
Harding
Gardner
Craig
Hare
Robbe
Kobbe
Destructive Brazos Flood Claims Dozens Dead in Texas
Houston dispatch reports floods swelling the Brazos to ten miles wide. Dewey Texas washed away with 18 drowned and hundreds at risk. A relief train with boats and physicians left Houston for Brookshire while Calvert refuses outside aid.
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Houston
Tex
Brookshire
Brazos
Waller County
Dewey
Robertson County
Calvert
Mrs Ada Herr Suffering From Female Disorder
Mrs Ada M Herr of 39 North Charlotte Street Lancaster Pennsylvania suffered grievously from a female disorder as reported in a local notice. The brief item lists her address and condition with no further medical details.
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Ada M. Herr
N. Charlotte St
Lancaster, Pd
Seven New Colonels Named for Volunteer Regiments
The president appointed colonels for 7 volunteer regiments with assignments to regiments numbered twenty six through thirty five. Recruits organized under act of March 2 1899 will be drawn from Illinois Missouri Kentucky Texas and other states. Service ends June 30 1901. General Horatio G Wright buried at Arlington with full military honors. president and Adjutant General Corbin attended.
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Dakotas
United States
Cominy Free
Great Northwest
R Taral
of South Dakota
Poe
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Fort Thomas
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennnessee
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Texas
Fort Logan
Colo
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Arizona
New Mexico
Vancouver Barracks
Wash
California
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Alaska
Wasu Hinchon
Horatio G. Wright
Arlington Cemetery
Corbin
Arlington
Tragic Rural Accident Claims Mother and Infant
Topeka Kansas July 7 Willie Porter nine years old found a revolver in the hired man’s room at Coates and discharged it while the baby girl sat on her mother’s lap. The bullet went through the infant’s head and struck the mother in the heart, killing both instantly.
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Topeka
Kan
Coates
Willie Porter
National Editorial Association Holds 14th Convention
The 14th annual National Editorial Association meeting gathered in Portland Oregon with Governor Geer and Mayor Storey welcoming delegates. Joseph McCabe of Boston, president of the association, delivered the response on behalf of the group.
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National Editorial Association
Portland, Or
Geer
Storey
Egdn
Portland
Joseph McCabe
Boston
Memphis Fire Destroys Paper Plant. Two Chiefs Injured
A blaze at the Memphis Paper Company on Gayoso and Front streets destroyed the business, the Gayoso hotel, and caused one death. Ex-Fire Chief Cleary suffered a likely fatal spine injury and Assistant Fire Chief Ryan was seriously hurt when a falling stone broke his leg. An unknown Black man died under collapsed walls.
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Memphis
Tenn
Memphis Paper Company
Gayoso
Front Streets
Cleary
James Ryan
Blumenthal
Ryan
James E. Cleary
Explosion near Odessa Mines Kills 44, Injures 20
A dispatch from Odessa reports a dynamite cart ridge exploded during coal mine excavation near Berlin. Forty four people were killed and twenty injured in the incident.
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Odessa
Berlin
Bicyclist Shot Dead While Attempting Cabin Break-In
In Bozeman Manitoba on July 6 a cyclist thought to be W. F. Rhodes of Sparta Wisconsin was killed trying to pry open a cabin two miles northeast of Chesten. A spring gun set for thieves fired as he attempted to shelter inside.
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Bozeman, Man
W. F. Rhodes
Sparta
Wis
Chesten
Volunteers to be enlisted under act of last Congress
The War Department plans recruitment of volunteers under the latest act. Recruiting officers in major cities will issue blanks and guidance to begin enlisting at Washington's word. Nine regiments are planned, each with 1,326 men, totaling 11,934. This exceeds the 80,000 effectives Otis says are needed.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Otis
Japanese priests escape insurgent camps reach Yokohama
A July report from Yokohama via The Japanese Times describes two Sparish priests arriving with hopes that Aguinaldo's power will be broken once American troops garrison key towns.
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San Francisco
Yokohama
Aguinaldo
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Paar
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Lancaster, Pa
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Dr. Williams Medicine Company
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N. Y
John CC. Milme
Third St
Huron, S. D
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D. WV
Huron
DIETZ
Matteo
R. E. Dietz CO
Fouce
CO Laight Street
New York
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Union Fence Coo
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General Wright
Sherwin-Williams
Dunning & Lowestatt
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