Massacre Rumor Fuels Dakota War Dispatch
Oct 6 report from Sr. Papp says unconfirmed word claims soldiers and General Bacon were massacred by Indians at Leech Lake. A Brainard operator cites the rumor as false. Late night orders call for reinforcements. 200 men depart on a special train to the scene per Adjutant General Corbin to Lt. Col. Sturgis.
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Sr. Papp
Bacon
Leech Lake
Thas
Leesh Lake
Corbin
Sturgis
Department of Dakota
Battle near Walker reports Indian surprise attack
A 100 man detachment under General Bacon lands near Bog Ah Me Go Shirks at Bear Island, repelled by a fierce Indian ambush. Ed Harris, ex-marshal of Walker, is wounded as troops and volunteers fire back from the brush and shore, with repeated volleys near the Flora and City of Duluth.
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Minyeavrouis
Walker
Minn
Bog-Ah-Me-Go-Shirks Point
Bear Island
Bog-Ah-Me-Go- Shirks House
Ed Harris
General Bacon
Major Wilkinson
Morrison
Wab-Quad
Duluth
Jennie
Mr. Chandler
Owatonna
Flora
Bear Island Fighting News From Fort Ridgely Front
Lieutenant Humphrey's men push toward the front as Krag-Jorgens fire 20 miles away. Four killed and many wounded reported as General Bacon prepares entrenchment waiting reinforcements. O'Connor and Sheehan praised for bravery amid Bear Islands danger and agency evacuations.
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Marshal O'Connor
Mouriaon
Sutherland
Nectokoven
Humphrey
Bacon
Bear Island
Walker
O’connor
Sheehan
Fort Ridgely
Morrison
O'Connor
Thistles
Leech Lake
War on Scalpers at Grand Pacific Banquet
A formal push against ticket scalping was launched by the National Association of Merchants and Travelers with a banquet for railroad men at the Grand Pacific. Over 260 guests discussed scalping’s threat to commerce, and a central antiticket scalping committee was authorized with state representations. The coming Congress session will target drastic reform. Speakers included M. Compton and Paul Morton.
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Onoaco
Grand Pacific Hotel
National Association of Merchants and Travelers
J. W. Farwell, Jr
Congress
M. Compton
Paul Morton
G. B. Daniels
Adolph Nathan
A. Y. Erling
Lafayette McWilliams
Royalty Badly Shaken Up in Balmoral Coach Mishap
London October 6 Queen Victoria her daughter the ex Empress Frederick of Germany and Princess Adolphe of Schaumburg Lippe narrowly escaped a serious accident when a coachman lost control near Balmoral Beatland The royal party were shaken but not injured as the carriage wedged among trees in the woods Guard German Legation report follows the Kaiserin Augusta sails from Kiao Chan toward Taku with 50 marines bound for Pekin to guard the German legation.
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London
Queen Victoria
Frederick
Germany
Adolphe
Schaumburg-Lippe
Sleath
Balmoral
Beatland
Benin
Kaiserin Augusta
Kiao Chan
Taku
Peiho River
Pekin
Deny Emperor's Death Denied Reports Claim Official Denial
Paris reports a Chinese legation communique denying the emperor's death. Erust Ordered Home. Powell Puerto Rico notes Brig. Gen. Ernat with the Sixteenth Pennsylvania and the Third Wisconsin ordered to depart Ponce for the United States. Both regiments report many sick.
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Paris
China
Erust
Powell
Porto Rico
Ernat
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Ponce
United States
Admiral Cervera to be life senator
A list of brief items reports Admiral Cervera will be appointed a life senator. It notes two negroes killed and a third wounded at Harmony Grove Georgia political meeting. A railway line foreclosure sale, a teen death by matches in Gonzales Texas, a youth suicide in Mount Hope Kansas, appointment of A E Forgot as lieutenant governor of the Northwest Territory replacing the late W M Cameron.
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Admiral Cervera
Harmony Grove
Galveston,LaPorte and Houston Railway
Ds L. Smith
Kansas City
Jimmie
J. H. Stephens
Gonzales
Tex
al Curry
Mount Hope
Kan
A. E. Forgot
Northwest Territory
W. M. Cameron
Take Up Camp Thomas Surges Over Food Supply Claims
Gen Wheeler testified on Camp Wikoff conditions and Gen Boynton on Camp Thomas. Boynton described water supply, troop locations, and protection measures for sick and well. He said the men wanted more food than the Army of the Cumberland at Chattanooga and praised War Department supply methods.
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Army of the Cumberland
Chattanoooga
Chattanooga
War Department
Spanish Commissioners Refuse Immediate Cuba Evacuation
Havana Oct 6 joint session of United States and Spanish military commissions reports Spaniards say evacuation cannot be immediate while American commissioners demand instant withdrawal. After two hours no agreement. Cuban general Pedro Diaz seen near Pinar del Rio greeted by locals. Insurgent leader Juan Gilberto Gomez and Col Garcia arrive as a unity commission. Captain General Blanco suspends order to disband provisional battalions Reinforcement unclear.
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Havana
United States
Washington
Pedro Diaz
Pinar del Rio
Juan Gilberto Gomez
Garcia
Calixto Garcia
Pinillos
Blanco
Pennsylvania Day At Omaha Exposition Address
On October 6 at the exposition, Hon Charles Hmory Smith spoke as Pennsylvania day orator. Smith framed the war’s outcome as enabling commercial expansion and civilizing influence, not territorial gain, urging America to pursue trade openings and a global civilizing mission. Also notes Governor Shaw’s loan issues at Camp McKinley and Iowa crop prospects.
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Oman
Pennsylvania
Charles Hmory Smith
Cuba
Porto Rico
Manila
Avarica
Orient
Notices of Appointment of Administrator and Probate
Public notices announce appointment of administrator for the estate of Charles H. Locke of Los Angeles County California and requests payment of debts and filing of claims. Also notices require appearances in Cass County Iowa to probate wills of Sarah E. Martin Niels Christian Anderson with dates in 1893 1898.
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Charles H. Locke
Los Angeles County
California
Saime
Aag A
W. Stewart
Atlantic
Cass County
Iowa
Niels Christian Anderson
Towa
Notice of Sheriff Sale in Cass County Iowa 1898
Notice declares a mortgage foreclosure sale of real estate in Cass County Iowa. It lists the North half of the northeast quarter of section 27 township 74 range 35 and a 23 feet by full lot strip in Atlantic Cass County. Sale date October 17 1898 at the courthouse in Atlantic at 10am. Sheriff P Hitt authorized by district court clerk. Also includes scattered notices about other property levies and an unrelated Klondike information advertisement.
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City of
Atlantic
Cass County
Iowa
R. D. McGeshon
Ira M. Needles
Corn -Exchange Bank of Chicago
J. S. Harlan
Ug, Weber
Ida Carlet
Court House
J. P. Hit
Said
Wig
Notice of Sheriff Sale in Cass County Iowa
Notice is given that by special execution from the district court of Cass county Iowa in a judgment dated Sept 1 1898 in favor of Theo G Steinka receiver of County Bank against D B Zentmeyer John Hoffman and Ernst Reichstein for 4554 32 and costs of 5 84 and 5 00 and interest 6 percent foreclosing mortgage and equity of redemption. Property includes lots 1 2 3 4 5 6 in block 3 and 10 11 12 13 in block 2 in Atlantic Iowa with fixtures and a flour warehouse on Chicago Rock Island Pacific Railway Company grounds. Sale April 21 1894 or placed since then, at courthouse door Atlantic at 1 pm. Sheriff of Cass County Iowa dated Sept 19 1898.
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District Court
Cass County
Iowa
Red Oak Investment Co
Daniel B. McCarthy
Daniel B
McCarthy
Lizzie McCarthy
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Section 27
Township 74
Range 35
Fifth P.m
Case County
Court House
Atelantic
Dp. Hitt
Said County
Atlantic
Theo. G. Steinka
D. B. Zentmeyer
John Hoffman
Ernst Reichstein
Hannah Raichstein
Mary Hoffman
Anna Zentmeyer
Hig
First National Bank of Atlantic
Iowan
Sam Hoffman, Jr
CIA
Towa
A. D
Attuntic
Wad BP
Notice of Sheriff's Sale in Cass County Iowa 1898
District court notices a judgment in favor of Savings Bank of Walpole New Hampshire against T W Brown and others for 3818 dollars plus 7.4 percent interest, with costs 146.63, and a foreclosure of mortgage and equity of redemption against all defendants including T W Brown and O L Brown.
Exhibition to run to end of Exposition
An ethnological exhibit funded by a $40,000 congressional appropriation will continue through the Exposition’s conclusion, extending its display and public access as a key feature of the event.
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United States Congress
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