The scientific Harriman Alaska Expedition left Seattle for the coast of Alaska.
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Monday, May 31, 1999
Sunday, May 30, 1999
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Tuesday, May 18, 1999
Thursday, May 18, 1899. Republic of Zamboanga established
The Republic of Republic of Zamboanga was established in the Philippines. It quickly devolved into being an American protectorate. General Vicente Álvarez, who lead its establishment, fell due to intrigue with the American forces followed by the fall of the remaining Spanish fort.
On the same day, the US took control of Jolo.
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Wednesday, May 10, 1899. Song and Dance.
1890s, 1899, Dancing, Education, Movies, Music, Nebraska (Omaha), Omaha Nebraska, Personalities, Texas
Monday, May 10, 1999
Wednesday, May 10, 1899. Song and Dance.
Fred Astaire was born in Omaha, Nebraska as Frederick Austerlitz
Texas State University was founded.
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Sunday, May 7, 1899. Aguinaldo moves
Friday, May 7, 1999
Sunday, May 7, 1899. Aguinaldo moves
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy, President of the Philippine First Republic which was at war, or from the American prospective, an agent in insurrection against the successor to Spain, the United States, moved his Seat of Government from San Isidro, Nueva Ecija to Angeles, Pampanga as Philippine battefield fortunes were fading.
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Wednesday, May 5, 1899. The station at Khilkovo.
Wednesday, May 5, 1999
Wednesday, May 5, 1899. The station at Khilkovo.
I enclose a photo I took at the station at Khilkovo-- you will recognize all but Miss Morphew and Mrs. Hansen and you can distinguish them by Mrs. Hansen's fur cape.
Elanor Pray.
We discussed Mrs. Pray yesterday, but here too there's a warning for us moderns. Russian society of 1899 was blisteringly ignorant. That ignorance would help fuel two revolutions, the second successful, and the rise of Communism, through its adoption by populists.
A warning on populist extremism to us all.
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Thursday, May 4, 1899. The Battle of Santo Tomas and the remarkable Elanor Pray.
1890s, 1899, 1930, 1930s, China, Iowa National Guard, Kansas National Guard, Montana National Guard, Nebraska National Guard, Philippine Insurrection, Philippines, Russia, Vladivostok Russia, World War Two
Tuesday, May 4, 1999
Thursday, May 4, 1899. The Battle of Santo Tomas and the remarkable Elanor Pray.
The 1st Nebraska advancing during the Battle of Santo Tomas
The Battle of Santo Tomas was found in this day at Santo Tomas, Pampanga. The battle resulted in the complete route of the large Filipino force, its second defeat in recent days, and the wounding of General Antonio Luna, a primary Filipino commander.
Like many battles of the Philippine Insurrection, the battle was fought, on the American side, by state volunteers, who were, for all intents and purposes, National Guardsmen. In this case, the US forces consisted of the 20th Kansas, the 1st Montana, 1st Nebraska and 51st Iowa.
Elanor Pray, an American from Maine who was living in Vladavostock where her husband was posted to the "American store" sent a letter with photographs of some of the local scenes and her observations of them.
I think you will be interested in the photo of our premises here even if it does have to be curved to make the thing come together. Fred took it from the roof of the new P[ost] O[ffice] and the building half completed in front of us belongs also to the P.O."
Little known in the US, Pray's heavily photographed letters have made her well known in Russia, as her long residence there, 1894 to 1930, meant that she's chronicled, and preserved, an entire epic in Russia's history which would otherwise have seen much lost. She apparently liked the region, as she stayed on after the death of her husband in 1923 and only left in 1930 when her employer closed its facility in the area, which was also experiencing hardening Stalinist repression.
From Vladivostok she moved to China and was interned in World War Two by the Japanese, becoming part of a 1943 prisoner exchange which resulted in her return to the US. She smuggled her papers out in the process. She died in 1954 at age 85.
Manuel won the Kentucky Derby.
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Monday, May 1, 1899. Prisoners of the Philippine Republic.
Saturday, May 1, 1999
Monday, May 1, 1899. Prisoners of the Philippine Republic.
USS Yorktown.
Admiral George Dewey reported that ten officers and crewmen of the USS Yorktown were taken prisoner by the Philippine Republic, exactly one year after the U.S. Navy's defeat of the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay.
Adm. Dewey.
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Wednesday, April 28, 1899. Discussions in the Philippines.
Tuesday, April 27, 1999
Tuesday, April 27, 1899. The Battle of Calumpit
The Battle of Calumpit (Filipino: Labanan sa Quingua), alternately known as the Battles of Bagbag and Pampanga Rivers) concluded with U.S. forces under Arthur MacArthur Jr. combating Filipino forces under General Antonio Luna. U.S. forces were comprised completely of state militia units, essentially the equivalent of today's National Guard, somewhat, those being the 20th Kansas Volunteers, the Utah Volunteer Light Artillery, the1st Montana Volunteers, the1st Nebraska Volunteers and the 51st Iowa Volunteers. All were probably mustered to fight against the Spanish in Cuba, and not the Filipino's in their native land.
U.S. forces prevailed with Medals of Honor, under the original standards, going to Colonel Frederick Funston, Private (later First Lieutenant) William B. Trembley, and Private Edward White.
The Filipinos, interestingly enough, grossly over reported American losses.
A terrible tornado struck:
Portrait shows event described in Eleanor Pray's letter of April 27, 1899:
"Yesterday morning I asked Mademoiselle [Lindholm family governess] to go to the bazaar with me to take some photos, and we took Dou Kee with us. I hired a small Korean to stand in front of a stall to be photographed. The Chinese got out like lightning for they say a camera has the evil eye. The Korean wanted also to run away when he found what was up, but the Chinese were quite willing the evil eye should be cast on him so they kept pushing him back and there he stood half scared to death. In a second after I pressed the button, there were Chinese around us ten deep all clamoring to see the picture. When the small Korean found he wasn't killed, and got five kopecks for pay, he was quite in another frame of mind." Another letter, dated May 4, 1899, also mentions this event: "The group of Koreans I took near the Bazaar. They thought I was going to shoot them and the one in the edge of the picture was clearing out for his life but couldn't resist looking back to see what happened to his friends. Before that old man could get up the deed was done and I'll warrant the whole crowd cursed me by all their gods."
A statute of Grant was unveiled in Philadelphia.
Friday, January 1, 1999
Lex Anteinternet?
The Consolidated Royalty Building, where I work, back when it was new.
What the heck is this blog about?
The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?
Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book I've been pondering. And part of it is just because I'm curious. Hopefully it'll generate enough minor interest so that anyone who stops by might find something of interest, once it begins to develop a bit.
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