Advance on Cavite War Front Marks Filipino Losses
Manila June 12 The Cavite occupation was broken and American forces now control Paranaque and Las Pinas with a line of insurgent trenches cleared. 2,000 to 4,000 insurgents fled at night while American troops suffered casualties including 1 killed and several wounded across the Thirteenth and Ninth Infantry and First Colorado regiments. Officers reported heavy fighting along a broad isthmus stretch as gunboats Napidan Monadnock and Hiclena bombarded Paranaque and Las Pinas.
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Manila
Cavite
Paranaque
Las Pinas
Thirteenth Infantry
Ninth Infantry
Fourteenth Infantry
Colorado Volunteer
Laguna de Bay
Napidan
Tajruig
Monadnock
Hiclena
Bas Pinas
Gees
Paranaguor
Wheaton
Twenty-first Infantry
Colorado Regiment
United States
Luoneta
Otis
Washington
War Department
Maalia
Central Schuetzen Bund Tournament Slated in Dubuque
The Central Schuetzen Bund of North America will hold its tournament in Dubuque Iowa from June 22 to 25. About 1 000 sharpshooters from states between the Ohio River and the Pacific will compete for more than 5000 in prizes. The association includes 35 societies with nearly 4900 members.
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Dubuque
North America
Ohio River
Pacific Coast
Two Drowned On Mississippi River Excursion
Fulton June 12. William and Iferman Loffman Chris Gropp and Henry Albright excursionists from SF5eamore Al. from Alabama went sailing on the Mississippi river Sunday afternoon. The boat capsized. Iferman Loffman and Henry Albright died while Loffman tried to save Albright. Loffman’s body was recovered. Both leave large families.
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Fulton, Jr
William
Iferman Loffman
Chris Gropp
Henry Albright
Sf5eamore, al
Mississippi River
Albright
Loffman
Seventeen Miners Killed in Kimberley Explosion
Seventeen native miners were killed and 20 injured Sunday in a Kimberley mine in the Transvaal region by what is believed to be a dynamite magazine explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
Kimberley
Griqualand West
Dane County Bank Suspends Operations in Stoughton
The Dane county state bank halted business on Saturday. Capitalized at $60,000, it was one of only two banks in the city. O. M. Turner served as president and O. N. Falk as cashier.
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Wisconsin Bank
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Stoughton
Wis
Dane County State Bank
O. M. Turner
O. N. Falk
Children killed by lightning strike in heavy storm
George S Truitt aged 20 and Ida Truitt aged 8, stepchildren of John S Rogers, were killed by lightning during a heavy storm near Frankfort Delaware. The incident occurred on June 12 as the storm passed over the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Del
Georges
Ida Truitt
John S Rogers
Ere
Shot Him Dead in Manchester Feud Shootout
Tom Baker, leader of his faction, was shot and killed in the Manchester Kentucky courthouse yard after a venue change for the Baker murder case. Shots reportedly came from Sheriff Beverly White’s house as militiamen responded to unrest. authorities and spectators fear further violence in the Baker Howard feud.
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Manchester
Tom Baker
A. King Cook
Bakers
Barbourville
Howards
Baker
Beverly White
Cook
London
Sheriff White
London Depot
Col. Williams
Wiley
Jim Dee
al Baker
Mountain
Tarbourville
Butch Storrs
Wilson Howard
White
Boys In
Blue
Kentucky
John G. White
Winchester
William White
Clay County
Remains of Augustin Daly Arrive in Southampton
The body of Augustin Daly, who died in Paris, arrived in Southampton from Havre. The casket bore A. D. New York and was moved to Empress dock for shipment to the United States aboard the steamer New York. Mrs Daly travels on the same steamer. Hon Mrs Eric Farrington accompanies the party.
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Southampton
Augustin Daly
Paris
Havre
A.D. New York
Empress Dock
United States
New York
Bank of England Buys Gold for Reserves
London reports the Bank of England bought £500000 in American eagles to bolster its reserve. Most arriving gold is devoted to this purpose while a separate report that Russia is buying gold in New York is viewed as significant.
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Bank of England
London
Russia
New York
Riots in Tinnevelly District Claim 100 Lives
Serious riots between religious sects in the Tinnevelly district result in village attacks, looting, and about one hundred murders. The violence escalated on June 12 in Bombay reporting locale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Tinnevelly
James J Jeffries Defeats Fitzsimmons in Eleven
James J Jeffries defeated Robert Fitzsimmons in eleven rounds at the Coney Island Athletic Club in New York. Jeffries, a West outsider, dominated with speed and size, finishing the match in whirlwind fashion and earning recognition as the superior fighter over the former multi class champion.
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New York
James J. Jeffries
West
Jeffries
Modern Woodmen of America opens grand Kansas City convention
Kansas City hosts the biennial Modern Woodmen of America gathering with 10 000 members present and crowds expected to swell to 75 000 for Thursdays parade and Bryan address. Delegates debate a proposed reserve fund with 12 yearly assessments and surplus to the fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
William J. Bryan
Modern Woodmen of America
Northcott
Committee On Reserve Fund
Jeffries Wins Historic Heavyweight Clash in Front of 9900
The bout between Jeffries and Fitzsimmons drew 9,900 spectators in a dramatic, orderly fight. Referee George Siler oversaw a clean match with no police interference as Jeffries, 24, from Columbus, claimed the world title by defeating Fitzsimmons for the first time in 23 contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tie
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Carson City
America
Sharkey
Jeffries
Columbus
George Siler
Chief Devery
Capt
Kenny
Train derailment injures dozens near Grandview
Forty seven passengers were seriously injured and three perhaps fatally when southbound train No. 4 derailed three miles south of Grandview Missouri at 9 30 p m. The derailment was blamed on track conditions caused by heavy rains as the train approached from Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Rumor of US Mediation Between Britain and Transvaal
The Westminster Gazette reports a well informed source says a proposal has been made in responsible quarters for the United States to mediate between Great Britain and the Transvaal. It is thought the idea is under consideration and mediation may even be undertaken.
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London
Westminster Gazette
United States
Great Britain
Woodmen of America choose St Paul for 1901 meeting
The head camp report notes a June 10 vote in Kansas City selecting St Paul as the 1901 meeting site. Grand Rapids received 163 votes to St Paul’s 129, the only other candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Woodmen of America
St. Paul
Grand Rapids
New York Sees Heat Spike After Cooling Flurry
The City faced a high Thursday as temperatures reached 91 degrees at 1 PM, seven degrees below a recent record. Fatal prostrations declined slightly from Wednesday with 19 deaths in New York and vicinity on Thursday, including four women. There were 21 prostrations admitted to hospitals, with the week’s totals rising to 52 deaths after Tuesday and Wednesday tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Murder in Chicago: Swiss resident Martin Meier slain at sixtieth street home
Martin Meier an aged Swiss resident of Chicago was found Wednesday morning bound gagged and strangled on the pantry floor of his home at No. 1550 West Fifty-seventh street. Police say the attackers ransacked the cottage seeking wealth. Meier was reputedly wealthy with real estate valued between 370000 and 100900 and a large amount in a safety vault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Martin Meier
West Fifty-seventh Street
New York Endures Record Heat Day With Seven Dead
New York on June 7 logged seven deaths and 23 prostrations due to the hottest June day on record. At 3 pm the thermometer hit 97 degrees, within two degrees of the 1395 peak, with a dry heat that kept deaths relatively low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Scout Killed in Morong Reconnaissance Action
Twenty five American soldiers reconnoitering in Morong hills are attacked by about 300 insurgents. The detachments fight their way back to safety while inflicting heavy losses on the attackers. The chief scout accompanying the unit is killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Morong Friday
Aguinaldo Proclaims Himself Dictator in Manila
Manila reports that Emilio Aguinaldo has dissolved the Filipino congress and proclaimed himself dictator. The dispatches from London note the dramatic shift in leadership during the Philippine conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Manila
Aguinaldo
Governor Pingree Vetoes Mining Firm Capital Bill
Lansing June vetoed senate bill amending mining company law to allow doubling the authorized capital from two and a half million dollars and authorize consolidations. The governor objects that the measure permits stock watering benefiting speculators and harming innocent investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Pingree
Senate
Outlook Bright for Reciprocity Treaty with British Guiana
Negotiations for reciprocity with British Guiana have progressed briskly and officials express confident hope that a treaty will be signed next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
British Guiana
St Paul and Buffalo Baseball Clubs Acquitted
The St. Paul and Buffalo baseball teams arrested for violating the Sunday law were tried by jury on Tuesday and acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
St. Paul
Trade Rise Pushes Prices Across Key Industries
R G Dun reports a week of unprecedented price gains with iron goods up 8.2 percent and pig iron 4.8 percent. Cotton and cotton goods rise about 1 percent, wool and boots up, leather and hides down. Firms warn of danger from speculative demand and delivery constraints while quotes reflect orders several months old. Bradstreet notes firm prices, steady industrial activity, and strong breadstuff shipments amid crop concerns and rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Iron and Steel
Death on the Trail in Yukon rush claims many lives
Seattle reports rising western prospectors perishing on the Edmonton trail to the Yukon. Scores drown in Great Slave Lake and river rapids, with 25 dying from scurvy and many more exposed or frozen. Relief expeditions underway. large-scale government action deemed necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Yukon
Edmonton Trail
Alaska
Great Slave Lake
Laird
Wrangel
Huteson Barge Company
Northwest Mounted Police
Telegraph Creek
Rioting Resumes as Railroad Move Is Met by Disorder
In Cleveland on June 13 crowds block tracks as the Big Consolidated Railroad attempts to move cars. Nonunion workers and strikers clash with police, with blocks, tossed debris, and property damage limited. Women supporters persuade workers to quit. state board arbitration is refused.
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Cleveland
Big Consolidated Railroad Company
State Board
Dunham Avenue
Funeral of Capt Henry Nichols Monitored Death at Cavite
The funeral of Capt Henry Nichols commander of the Monadnock was held at Cavite after he died from sunstroke. He had stayed aboard to see Parananque fall and the coast cleared while the Monadnock shelled trenches and rebel forces near Paranaque Las Pinas and Cavite. Nichols expressed satisfaction at progress shortly before his death.
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Manila
Henry Nichols
United States
Cavite
Nichols
Paranaque
Aranaque
Monitor
Las Pinas
Commision member Schurman sails for southern Philippines
Prof Schurman of the United States Philippine commission travels from Manila on Friday aboard the gunboat Lennington for a three week cruise among the southern islands. The Petrel is also available to assist. He plans to visit Lloilo Cebu Negros and Sulu to study local governments and meet leading natives. Homeward bound in July. The other commissioners will stay longer.
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Manila
Schurman
United States Philippine Commission
United States
Lennington
Petrel
Lloilo
Cebu
Negros
Sulu
Boston architect Gridley Bryant dies at 83
Gridley James Fox Bryant dies at the home for aged men in Boston aged 83. Once supervising architect of the United States treasury, he designed and oversaw numerous public buildings nationwide. Born in Boston in 1733, his father built the first railroad in America for the Quincy quarries to move stone for the Bunker Hill monument. He died impoverished after a period of wealth.
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Boston
Gridley
James Fox Bryant
United States Treasury
America
Quincy
Bunker Hill Monument
Waiting on Britain over Alaska boundary modus vivendi
Washington reports ongoing hope London will accept a proposed modus vivendi on the Alaska boundary. Canadian acceptance was hinted but not officially confirmed. The dispute centered on a narrow land strip unrelated to the tidewater question.
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Washington
London
Tidewater
Fires Ravage Japanese Provinces Killing and Wounding Dozens
Advices brought by the Empress of Japan report large fires in China and Japan. In Rijiy village Kitami Province a fire destroyed the settlement. 17 men were killed or injured. Naoi village Sorachi district lost 70 houses. Shiraishi Kantz Gori Miyagi prefecture fire burned 65 houses with two dead and 70 to 80 injured.
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Vancouver
B. C
China
Rijiy
Kitami
Naoi
Sorachi
Shiraishi Kantz Gori
Miyagi
Cable to Germany Ready for Laying This Summer
Final arrangements completed for the US Germany cable, including government message handling and toll rates. Work to begin this summer with first message expected to pass over the line in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Germany
Augustin Daly Dead at Sixty After Sudden Heart Failure
Noted dramatist and manager Augustin Daly died suddenly in Paris on Wednesday afternoon aged 60. The death was caused by heart failure and he arrived here just last Saturday.
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Augustin Daly
Paris
Daly
Dairy and Creamery Practice Advised by Iowa Dairy Report
From the twelfth annual Iowa dairy commissioner report. It notes the effort difference between milking a hard milker and easy milkers, urges selling difficult cows, recommends scald covers and can covers in freezing weather, and calls on dairymen to produce and deliver the best, sweetest milk to the factory in prime condition.
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Iowa Dairy Commissioner
Electricity replaces steam on Italy's Milan to Monza railroad
Electricity has superseded steam on the Milan to Monza railway, Italy’s oldest line opened in 1819. Storage batteries supply power from Adda river turbines at Paderno. Tyndall’s water purification using electric currents has been tested in the Burges canal, Belgium, yielding pure palatable water after 1000 volts.
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Milan
Monza
Italy
Adda
Paderno
Tyndall
Burges Canal
Belgium
Loubet's Grand Prix Visit Met Heavy Security Show of Support
Paris on June 12 reports President Loubet's post outrage reception at Longchamp where crowds cheered Vive Loubet and the Republic. Police, dragoons, and 15 000 troops secured routes from the Elysee to the racecourse as crowds gathered along Champs Elysees.
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Paris
Loubet
Auteuil
Longchamp
Elysee Palace
the Elysee
Ontmartre
Belleville
Avenue Des Champs Elysees
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne
M. Loubet
Tornado Kills Three in Salix Area. Malloy Family Among Dead
A Sioux City dispatch reports a cyclone near Salix two miles southeast of the town on Sunday killed three Malloy family members and left another child and parents badly hurt. Bessie Malloy, 11, is not expected to survive after a skull fracture. A passing freight conductor aided injured victims to Sioux City hospital. A revival tent in Homer, Nebraska, was toppled with an unknown woman fatally injured.
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Minneapolis
Minn
The
Tribune
Sioux City
Salix
John Malloy
Harry Malloy
Bessie Malloy
Thomas
Pat Malloy
Dick Malloy
Malloy
Woodbury County
Homer
Neb
A Beer Trust Rumor Aims to Own All Breweries
Indianapolis June 12 report says a brewing trust with 1.9 billion dollars in capital is forming to buy every major brewery in the United States. The plan allegedly gained momentum at a Detroit brewers convention with secret discussions. If it proceeds, many capitalists back the scheme and the beer market could be controlled by one body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Milinia
Detroit
Colorado Tragedy Ends in Double Homicide Suicide
Canon City Colorado June 12 Samuel Roberts shot and killed his wife and her mother Mrs George Lewis then killed himself at Mrs Lewis home. The couple had been married about 18 months and had recently separated with Roberts blaming his mother in law for their troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Canon City
Col
Samuel Roberts
George Lewis
Roberts
Permanent Apostolic Delegation Planned for Canada
Rome reports the Pope will establish a permanent apostolic delegation in Canada. In other dispatches, three youths confess to a Peru post office robbery in Illinois and a navy telegram notes Admiral Kautz arriving Honolulu June 4 en route to San Francisco.
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Rome
Il Cittadino
Genoa
Canada
Neves
Kautz
Washington
Navy Department
Honolulu
San Francisco
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Ieferies
Robert Fitzsimmons
Coney Island Athletic
New York City
Nevada
James Jeffries
Dun and
Bradstreet
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Capt. Nichols
Britain
France
A Beer Trust
Post Office
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