Kansas 20th Likely to Start for Manila June 23
From the State Journal summary: readers learn that the 20th Kansas volunteers near Camp Richmond face pay delays and suspension of pay until Monday. Captain Watson and Lieutenant Callahan anecdotes plus camp life details cover officers, meals, pay tensions, and a pay day prank. The piece notes vaccination plans, tent use, and impending Manila deployment with Utah and California troops.
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Soldier identity sparks debate at public event
Col Little clashes with a heckler over civil life identity. The exchange centers on whether the subject was a regular or a fighting soldier who served globally in wars. The dialogue highlights public interest in pedigree and military background.
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Merchants Federation Favors Tax on Premium Stamp Schemes
The Merchants Federation met in Weber's hall to consider king action on premium stamp schemes. The group declared the schemes harmful to merchants and customers and urged the city to levy a license tax of not less than $00 per month, with immediate effect after passage of the ordinance.
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Tablets Defaced at Washington Monument
Washington reports from Col. Bingham show vandalism at the Yakdallam guarded monument with two tablets broken from the 270 foot landing. May visitor totals reach 12,212 to the top, while 1,490 used the axe exit and 2,569 the railing. Public buildings work includes renewed furnishings in the executive mansion parlor, new drapery, Wilton carpet, tron guards on 22 windows, and extended greenhouse operations with 1,507 car nations planted and 299,159 tropical and bedding plants set in parks.
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Licenses Refused Amid Richmond Camp District Protests
San Francisco police commissioners reject saloon licenses in the Camp Stound area as residents rally against dance halls and gambling dens. In the Richmond district, 31 saloons operate within the bordered strip with nine license applications paused this week. Troops arrived at the old track locality, and protests grow as residents warn of a second Barbar coast amid renewed enforcement.
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Enchanted Mesa Party Heads for Flagstaff Investigation
A party of Stanford scientists led by David Starr Jordan departs San Francisco for Flagstaff Arizona to explore the Grand Canyon region and the rumored Enchanted Mesa. The group includes Mrs Jordan Milner Roberts J C Branner Emery E Smith and others as they begin a field survey of Santa Fe subdivisions and the petrified forest.
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Omaha Exposition Opens June to October at Main Valley Access
The notice promotes a grand exposition in Omaha from June 1 to October, excluding the World’s Fair. It claims easy access via cheap routes serving the Missouri and Mississippi Valleys and advertises through tickets and stopovers. The Burlington Route is promoted as the preferred path with Ellliott as General Manager in St. Louis. Watson's offers top horse and buggy care.
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Chinese in Court Over Exposition Slavery Claim
In Omaha a habeas corpus case targets forty or more Chinese girls said to have been brought for an exposition village. Wah Lee seeks release from confinement at Thirteenth and Chicago, claiming the girls are held for sale as slaves, with seven already sent to San Francisco and others offered at 1500 dollars. A rival Chinese society is blamed for the dispute.
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Soldier to Marry Delayed by Soldier’s Furlough
In Oil City Pennsylvania Vernon B Swisher son of O P Swisher of the National Transit Co and Miss Sarah Thomas daughter of D Thomas of the Allegheny Valley Railroad were to wed this month Invitations were sent but Swisher was called to defend the country with the 16th Regiment at Mt Gretna A furlough approved by President McKinley was granted for 30 days and he is expected home soon.
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Arson charge filed against Chicago landlord John Spillard
In Chicago on June 14, John Spillard, said to own $50,000 in west side property, faces arson charges after a warrant by tenant Mrs. Kate Kane Rossi. He claims a smoking chimney near an unfinished building led him to cover the chimney with boards to aid relief, while Rossi alleges an attempt to smoke her out, risking the building. Also note: a horse, buggy and harness were advertised for sale at $100.
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