June 1900 - June 3, 1900 (Sunday)

June 3, 1900 (Sunday)

• William Howard Taft arrived in Manila on the USS Hancock as Governor of the Philippines, replacing Gen. Arthur MacArthur, the last military governor. Taft would say later, "I cannot describe the coldness of the Army officers and the Army men who received us any better than by saying that it somewhat exceeded the coldness of the populace."
• The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) was founded in New York.
• In Germany the most comprehensive meat inspection laws in the world, to that time, took effect.
• Adventurer Mary Kingsley, who had written two bestsellers about the various peoples of West Africa, died of typhoid fever at the age of 37 in South Africa.
• The railroad line between Beijing and Tianjin was cut by Boxer rebels.