Camp mutiny at WaMpKin jey prompts action by officers
Petitioners in Des Moines Indiana request intervention by Representative Captain J A T Hull to forward a War Department reprimand for Captain D L How ell of the Seventh infantry after a reported assault tied to a soldier named A W Larson. Two soldiers vow to work in hospital as Cap Olmstead seeks discipline from Colonel Lambert. if no plan is made Olmstead will act.
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War Department
D.‘L. Howell
Seventh Infantry
Aston
A.w.larson
Des Moines
J.A.T. Hull
Camp
Wa MpKin
Olmetead
Lambert
Newton
Olmstead
Metropolitan Hotel
Bryan
Holcomb
Nebraska
Jacksonville
Metropolitan
Tincoln
Neb
Evacuation of Spanish troops begins in Porto Rico
San Juan, Porto Rico September 23. Repatriation of Spanish soldiers begins with 400 men sailing to Spain aboard the Cbateau La Fette, including 200 sick and 200 engineers. Eight hundred infantry of the Austria battalion to sail tomorrow on the San Francisco. Crowds line the waterfront as engineers march to the wharf. Captain General Macias greets officers and men with handshakes, no speech. Spanish guns on board raise questions about disposition. Spanish troops ordered to retreat from Abonita Barangquitan Barros Sunday and from Humacon Guamani Onyey Monday. our troops will occupy towns as evacuated. The Spanish position in the city to be replaced upon transport arrival.
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San Jouax
Porto Rico
Engineer Corps
Spain
San Francisco
Macias
Abonita
Barangquitan
Barros
Humacon
Guamani
Onyey
Miller Goes to Manila Reinforcements to Philippines
Washington Sept 22 General Miller now commanding at San Francisco will lead the reinforcements ordered to Manila Batteries A and D of the California artillery accompany the expedition Miller seeks Krag Jorgensen rifles for the troops under his command The department will act on the Krag armament order while the Manila commander decides which regiments receive them General Merriam arrived from Honolulu and will submit his report by mail on camping grounds and broader military matters in Hawaii
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Philippines
Washington
Miller
San Francisco
Manila
California
Honuolulu
War Department
Gentral
Honglulu
Rose of Hilo to Be Carnival Queen in Topeka
Miss Annie Rose, nicknamed the Rose of Hilo, travels on the Alameda to Topeka Kansas to serve as queen of the upcoming carnival. A reception is planned before her departure, per a former Kansas resident.
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Hilo
Francisco
Alameda
Annie Rose
Rose of
Sailors Ordered to Manila Reinforcement
The navy department orders 400 sailors to join Admiral Dewey's Manila squadron. Sailors will sail from San Francisco aboard a merchant steamer with most drawn from the Pacific coast. Lieutenant Commander Vail in Chicago will recruit 110 sailors, replacements for those whose terms have expired.
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Manila
Wasniseton
Navy Department
Admiral Dewey
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Vail
Chicago
Garcia to Visit United States in Two Weeks
Washington Sept 22 It is expected by Cuban delegates that General Calixto Garcia veteran of Cuban forces will travel to the United States within the next two weeks touring New York Baltimore and Washington His role in the Santiago operations and the later clash with General Shafter are noted as reasons for interest in his visit
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Des Morins
Iowa
United States
Spain
Des Micmien
Cambon May Go to European Mission Rumor
Paris reports that Ambassador Cambon will be transferred to Vienna are not credited by the French embassy. Diplomatic quarters think he will soon take a mission in Rome Madrid or Constantinople, though a transfer to Vienna is unlikely.
Platt Calls on McKinley in War Dept Inquiry Talk
Sept 22 Wasnixeton New York Senator Platt was the president's first caller today from 10 to 1. He said he discussed New York politics with the president and doubted General Anson G. McCook would join the committee to investigate the war department.
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Platt
McKinley
Wasnixeton
Senator Platt
New York
White House
Anson G. McCook
War Department
US commissioner Peck honors Lafayette tomb in Paris
Ferdinand W. Peck, United States commissioner to the 1900 Paris exposition, with his staff, laid a gold wreath on Lafayette’s tomb. The wreath was inscribed to General Lafayette in memory from the United States commissioner.
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Lafayette
Paris
Ferdinand W. Peck
United States
General Lafayette
Colonel Edwards Dead in Cleveland Driving Circles
Colonel Edwards, president of the Cleveland Driving Association and honorary president of the Gentlemen's Driving Club, a prominent turf figure, died suddenly at his home after returning from a drive. Mexican War Veterans: National Association meets in Louisville with about 15 surviving members who served under General Zachary Taylor.
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Colonel Edwards
Oneveland
Cleveland Driving Association
Gentlemen’s Driving Club
Louisvitz
National Association of
Secretaries prepare inquiry into Camp Hamilton scandal
A high level tour of southern camps by Secretary Alger, Quartermaster General Ludington, and Surgeon General Jernberg is expected to reveal charges against medical and quartermaster departments and several commissaries. General Waite accuses quartermasters of criminal neglect over supplies and typhoid cases, as shortages led to boil-water orders and deaths.
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National Administration
Camp Hamilton
Alger
Ludington
Jernberg
Waite
Washington
Breckinridge
Sanger
Sternberg
Chickamauga
Lee
War Department
Quartermaster Ludington
Quartermaster Lee
Lmdington
Porto Rico report on politics education and finances
General Wilson returned from Porto Rico with an exhaustive staff report led by Captain Gardner. It covers political options for American rule, education, religion, and finance including taxation, revenue, church relation, and autonomist government. It notes 240 Podesta positions and annual public cost about $120,000.
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Porto Rico
Wilson
McKinley
Gardner
United States
Hoe
Garcia visits Santiago in first return since temper flare
General Garcia arrives in Santiago with his son Colonel Ossixto Garcia and Cuban officers. General Wood, General Lawton staff and 200 Cuban cavalry escort him into the city as 10,000 locals fill the plaza. Night reception at San Carlos club hosts prominent Cubans and American officers. Train robbers strike near Kansas City on Missouri Pacific line, wreckage and little treasure reported. Twenty-fifth regulars to Colorado department. Fifteenth to Huntsville then Cuba. Aguinaldo envoys Agoncelo López may meet President McKinley in Washington en route to Paris.
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Cuba
Ossix
Garcia
Wood
Lawton
Ossixto Garcia
San Carlos Club
Youbang
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
Kanena City
Leeda
Union Depot
Dodson
Moore
Pacific Express Company
Telegraphic briefs sweep across era of war and politics
General Graham and General Coppin near retirement age. A new division forms over Spanish American War pension claims. Sheriff Simmons arrives in Winchester with Charles Cadwalader, the alleged cashier defaulter. Chile and Argentina agree to boundary arbitration south of 26:62:45 latitude. A cyclone hits Mount Airy, NC, wrecking buildings and a 100 foot rail trestle. Senator Quay seeks probe of post office sale charges in Lehigh PA. The Radkin and Casatawba rivers in NC boom after a cloudburst. trains delayed and crops ruined. Spaniards may not take the floating dry dock sent to Havana for the Maine rescue. The First Georgia regiment leaves Knoxville for Macon to be mustered out. Fourth Tennessee and Thirty-fourth Michigan remain in the First brigade. Madame Pawlmier, wife of a deputy, shoots M Ollivier amid Dreyfus case fallout.
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Coppinfill
Nsion
Simmons
Winchester
Ind
Charles Cadwalader
Chile
Argentina
Mount Ashy
N.C
Senator Quay
Lehigh County
Pennsylvania
Radkin
Casatawba
North Carolina
Havana
Maine
Georgia
Knoxville
Tenn
Macon
Tennessee
Michigan
Dreyfus
Madame Pawlmier
Ghot
M. Ollivier
Spanish peace commission named for strong cross party balance
Washington dispatch reports the announced Spanish peace commission list to Senor Cambon and the U S with Montero Rios as chair, Abarzaza and Villa Urrutia among seniors, Cerrero as army expert and Garnica a court official, forming a broad, trusted body. The American panel has three senators and no army representative. Buffalo Bill shows improvement after nervous strain admissions to All Saints hospital. Mrs Cody arrives from North Platte, Neb.
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Spanish Peace Commission
Senor Cambon
United States
Presid
Enor Montero Rios
Senate
Senor Abarzaza
Paris
Spain
O Cerrero
Senor Villa Urrutia
Brussels
Senor Garnica
Court of Cassation
Supreme Court
Cerrero
Buffalo Bill
Kansas City
William F. Cody
All Saints’ Hospital
Joplin
Cody
Worth Its Weight in Gold Dr Kay's Renovator Ad
A Mrs D A McCay of Omaha Nebraska reports relief from constipation indigestion and sleepless nights after using Dr Kay's Renovator She claims sleep improved and recommends sending for free advice a sample and a 68 page Home Treatment book along with Lung Balm and a recipe book Address Dr B J Kay Omaha Neb for details
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D. A. McCay
Omaha
Neb
Indy
Train Mississippi Exposition Special Days Preview
A sanitized program excerpt lists special days at the exposition with reduced railroad rates including Swedish American Day September 28 and New York Day July 7, plus events for Knights of Pythias, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Denver Day and others. Grand Court display on the Midway promises impressive electrical illumination.
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Pennsylvania
Society
New York
Knox College
Iwin City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Knights of Pythias
O. F
Tennessee
Order of United Workmen
Denver
Grand Court
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