Secretaries Alger visit sparks Savannah to Atlanta troop plan
Colonel W A Hemphill and Captain Evan P Howell met Secretary Alger in Savannah on March 2 to urge that troops returning from Cuba be quarantined and rested in Georgia. Alger agreed that volunteers to be mustered out would be handled in Savannah while those remaining would camp in Atlanta, with possible diversion to avoid stringent local quarantine.
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Atlanta
Hemphill
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High Seas
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Howell
Homphill
Mayor Myers
Myers
Savannah
Georgia
Central of Georgia Railroad
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Mission Accomplished They Say After Long Trip
The two travelers insisted they had fully achieved their objective and expressed satisfaction with the journey after their smooth arrival and departure. Both men confirmed no further delays or detentions occurred and they felt their mission was complete.
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Hemphill
Howell
Secretary Alger Pleasure Trip Visit To Cuba
Secretary of War Alger and party made a quick connection in Savannah on March 23 for a Cuba visit. They boarded the Ingalls transport after a late dinner at the De Soto Hotel and planned a three week trip across the country, with Detroit executives M L Smith and A M Henry among companions. The voyage set from Havana to Cienfuegos, then inland, before returning to the ship.
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Cuba
Savannah
Florida
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de Foto
Myers
Savannan
Ingalls
Cienfuegos
Ares M &. Smith
Hig Business
Detroit
A. M. Henry
G. Meredith
War Department Clarifies Command Authority under Alger Order
The War Department, Washington, issues an order dated March 2 1899 defining supreme authority in the department. Secretary R A Alger states no chief non acting chief of staff can avoid duty without his approval. The move settles long held questions about control, noting past tensions with Lincoln Sheridan era and Breckinridge in Cuba.
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Washington
Alger
War Department
Ume
Jefferson Davia
Scott
Arthur
Lincoln
Sheridan
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Secretary of War
Milea
Biles
Garlington
Inspector General
Breckinridge
Cuba
Belmont Replies To Teller Discouraging Discord Claim
New York March Perry Belmont president of the Democratic Club says Senator Teller of Colorado is trying to sow discord. Belmont's written statement accuses Teller of leading the Billyer Republicans and backing Bryan to unite with him against the Chicago platform.
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New York
Perry Belmont
Democratic Club
Teller
Colorado
Belmont
Fauke
Commonwealth summons witnesses for Quay trial
Philadelphia reports that the Commonwealth will call fifty to sixty witnesses in the upcoming trial of former United States Senator Quay and his son Richard R. Quay, set to begin April 10 before Judge Battler. Assistant District Attorney Clement handled summons of two Pittsburg bank cashiers.
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Philadelphia
The
United States
Quay
Richard R. Quay
Clement
Pittsburg Bank
Battler
Nineteen Dead in Windsor Hotel Fire as Remains Are Found
New York reports the Windsor hotel fire claims nineteen lives with thirty four still missing. fragments unearthed west of the Forty seventh street ruins include a spinal column piece and ribs. A charred leg bone was recovered near the elevator shaft and a forearm bone found on Forty sixth street side.
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Antex
Forty-seventh Street
Forty-Sixth Street
The
Euing
Heavy Fire for Americans at Toile River Sighting
Mania reports an 18th United States Infantry assault against Paola rebel riflemen on March 18. Seven companies and Tennessee volunteers faced heavy fire north of Jaro, with three Hotchkiss guns. One American killed. several wounded. Miller estimates about fifty rebels killed and one hundred wounded.
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Paola
Eighteenth Regiment
United States Infantry
Tennessee Volunteers
Miller
Jaro
Aftasa
Ifty
Actress Shoots Herself On Stage In Full View
Vienna correspondent reports actress Lolo Banzolla attempted suicide on stage during a CIM Syria performance in London on March 4. She fired a revolver in front of the audience and was removed in a dying condition.
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Vienna
The
Standard
Ular
Lolo Banzolla
Cim
Syria
Oldest Woman in Relief Corps Dies at 103
Aunt Katy Snodgrass dies at Milford Center Ohio aged 103. She was the oldest woman in the Ladies Relief Corps in the United States. Funeral details not available in the fragment.
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Women's Relief Corps
Ohio
Milford Center
Katy Snodgrass
Gmp
Womans Relief Corps
United States
Moore Admits Guilt in Kansas Filicide Statement
John Moore of Hutchinson signed a confession claiming he killed his five children with a hatchet and knife before burning the house. He says a quarrel with his wife preceded the act and describes a foggy spell and dreamlike recollection, insisting he loved his children and moved northward afterward.
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McPherson
Kas
John Moore
Hutchinson
Moore
Moors
Howe
Baggage Fumigation Sparks War and Treasury Dispute
War and Treasury depts clash over fumigation of the Olivette baggage at Tampa after the Second South Carolina volunteers. SurgeOn General Wyman says fumigation approved. Acting Secretary Marklejohn supports the treasury action but allows soldiers ashore. Olivette officers seek Savannah or Charleston. mayors refuse entry until regulations are met.
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Treasury Department
Washington
Thera
Treasury
Coldiers
The
Olivette
Savannah
Charleston
Preparing for the President in Tallahassee
In Tallahassee on March 2 preparations are underway to welcome President McKinley and his party tomorrow. Governor Bloxham state and city officials, commercial groups, and societies will greet the presidential visitors when they arrive by special train at noon.
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McKinley
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Floran
Race War Turmoil Rages in Texarkana County
March 2 Texarkena Arkansas reports a lynching spree over two days amid a feared white mob. Seven black victims are known with bodies found hanging or dumped. dozens more sought as conspirators alleged in a plot to spark a race war. Names linked to the violence include General Duckett Edwin Goodwin Adam King Joseph Jones Benjamin Jones Morea Jones Joe King and John Johnson while others fled toward Texas. The situation centers near Little River county with heavy armed mobs scouring the countryside and vigilante justice continuing.
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Tuttle River
Moba
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Edwin Goodwin
Adam King
Joseph Jones
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Morea Jones
Joe King
John Johnson
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Indian Territory
Texas
Tila
Richmond
James Stockton
Duckett
Stockton
Elso John Johnson
Tedy
Goodwin
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Howie County
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Tex
Hurricane Bend
Jon King
Moses Jones
Hovseates ' Curve
Jackson
Miss
Silver City
Yasco County
Kazoo River
Minor Wilson
C . Reed
Wills Boyd
Yazoo City
Sharkey County
Sharkey
Sylvester
Rescue
Lynching and unrest grip New Boston area after racial clashes
Reports from New Boston Texas describe vigilante violence with lynchings across the river and in nearby areas. Citizens fear retaliation as dozens of Black residents disappear or are found dead or hanged while authorities struggle to restore order.
City Agrees To Meet Railroads On New Depot Plan
The City Council backs twelve foot clearance under elevated tracks at Whitehall Pryor and Loyd streets to allow streetcars to pass. A spur freight track may stay at street level near Wall Street to aid shippers, while railroads must report to the State Railroad Commission today.
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Loyd Streets
Whitehall Street
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Consolidated
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State Railroad Commission
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Loyd
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Green T Dodd
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Loyd Street
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Whitehall Atriet
Pryor and Loyd Streets
Atlanta
Union
Whitehall, Pryor and Loyd Streets
Preor
Union Depot
Bradford Gilbert
Whitehay, Pryor Or
Loyd and
Pryor Streets
Alabama Street
Zaespaeseaeger
Famine in Russia Sparks Typhus and Scurvy Deaths
Reports from Samara and other famine districts in European Russia describe extreme starvation and a growing typhus and scurvy outbreak. Red Cross aid is nearly exhausted as peasants scavenge garbage and die in cold, damp camps. urgent government relief is demanded to avert повторение past famines and massive mortality.
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Russia
Samara
Red Cross Society
Volga
Sherman Improves on Santiago Cruise Deck
Ex Secretary Sherman shows marked improvement as physicians report his condition better. He sits on the Paris deck in Santiago as the Chicago cruiser is due by daybreak. Relatives’ anxiety subsides with the anticipated transfer to the battleship.
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Santiago
Sherman
Paris
United States
Chicago
Parla
Pope Feeble Yet Active Amid Conclave Talks
Rome correspondent reports the pope taking medicines and continuing duties though greatly weakened. He may not attend the next consistory as secret negotiations about a conclave intensify.
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London
Rome
Daily Chronicle
Pope Sanores
Work of the Last Condo Enrolling Clerk Shows Bills Passed
Washington report from March 2 notes Pratt, the Senate enrolling clerk, releases a figure summary of the last congress. It shows 1,457 bills and joint resolutions became law out of 18,463 introduced in both houses, with 1,708 House measures and 5,855 Senate measures enacted.
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Senate
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B . Pratt
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