General Breckinridge Urges Better Accommodations for Troops
Inspector Breckinridge returns from Cuba and Porto Rico with recommendations to improve housing and clothing for American troops. He finds Cuba tents common, urges barracks before rain season, favors blue striped Spaniard style uniforms, notes beef spoilage at Havana depots, pushes more vegetables and sugar ice, and reports tent flooring elevation plus canvas thickness to cut heat and improve health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cuba
Porto Rico
Breckinridge
War Department
Havana
Ready to Depart: San Francisco Transports for Manila
The Brutus finishes coal loading and will sail for Guam while the Arizona, Newport, and Scandia prepare at Hunter's Point dry dock and Union Iron works. Troops from the east arrive in Oakland and Presidio garrison duty is planned as transports near Manila readiness. The Twenty-first and Thirteenth infantry move toward Manila aboard transports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States
Brutus
Guam
Hunter’s Point Dry Dock
Arizona
Newport
Union Iron Works
Manila
United States Light Infantry
Oakland
Presidio
Honolulu
Twenty-first
United States Infantry
Plattsburg
Scandia
Raleigh to Be Honored in New York Welcome
The cruiser Raleigh is expected to arrive in New York after sailing from Hamilton Bermuda on Thursday. A 500 strong reception committee will greet Captain Coughlin and crew with a dip in the North River, a salute at Grant's tomb, and a parade along Riverside Drive. A banquet and events for the crew are planned with other entertainments.
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New York
Raleigh
Hamilton
Bermuda
Coughlin
Lower Bay
North River
Grant
Thirty-fourth Street
Coghlan
Riverside Drive
National Guards
Navals
Astor Battery
Manila
Quay and Son on Trial in Conspiracy Case
Philadelphia April 10 ex-Senator Quay and his son Richard go on trial before Judge Biddle on charges of conspiring to misuse People's Bank funds. The courtroom tight with guards and limited access. Shields meets with Quay as the jury panel is called.
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Philadelphia
United States
Quay
Richard
People’s Bank
Biddle
Mestreza
A. 8. L. Shields
Richard R. Quay
Sath
Mr. Quay
Attorney Shields
News in Brief Highlights Murky Nationwide Incidents
Summary of brief items including an attempted trestle wreck near Ardmore Santa Fe train, West Point cadets fight in New York, injuries to soldiers and railroad workers, Rajah the circus elephant killing a keeper in Kansas City, deaths of Havemeyer sugar firm founder Thomas Havemeyer and Dodd publisher Moses Dodd, Bonham Texas electric plant completion, and suicide or murders by Edward Van Schmidt and others.
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Ardmore
West Point
N. Y
A. S. Grant II
George A. Ransom
Indianapolis
Ind
Hobart
Newport News
Charles Wilkerson
Rajah
Lehman Bros. Circus
Kansas City
Thomas J. Havemeyer
Havemeyer Sugar
Bonham
Tex
Edward A. van Schmidt
Almeda
Cal
Moses W. Dodd
Dodd, Meade & Co
New York City
City Directory and Local Church and Fraternal Listings
City officers and county officials listed alongside church pulpits and fraternal orders. Includes pastors for Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian and Christian churches with service times, Mass at St Joseph, and numerous lodge, camp and order details with meeting nights and officer names.
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Exchange Hotel
E. D. Beach
Hall's Drug Store
Weryan, Texas
NEW Oi Bakery
EB. Griesser
Webb Bros
Colorado
Denver Road
Fort Worth
Denver
Boulder
D. B. Keeler
Profil
Ft. Worth
Denver City
Ry. Ft. Worth
Texas
Philippines
The
Herald
Paris
Figaro
Bra
M. Cambon
State Department
Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Railroad Company
Peoples’ Bank
James B. Gibson
Colorado Springs
West
Gibson
Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital
I. T
Douglas
Purcell
Townsend
James Williams
Chronicle
Williams
Dayton
Detroit
Cartagena
Colombia
Limon
Manoubta
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Manoubia
Trans-Atlantic Company
Anso d’Arnault
United States Supreme Court
Justice Field
Bartlett Tripp
South Dakota
Austria
Norfolk
Navy Yard
Pana
Ills
Tabor
H. A. W. Tabor
City Directory
cCrry
A. G. Board
G. W. McMichael
Chas
Gainer
J. J. Adams
R. M. Nall
Nunn
A. W. Buchanan
R. J. Deens
Lee Edge
Felix Phillips
P. H. Arrington
Baptist
R. D
Wilson
Methodist
J. B. Cochran
Epworth League
St. Andrews’ Episcopal
Herbert E. Bowers
Navasota
J. D. West
Free Communion Baptist
A. M. Stewart
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Father Pelnar
Brazos Camp
W. R. Johnston
Joe B. Reed
Bryan
J. HH. Mawhinney
R. K
Bryan Lodge
W.T. James
National Aid
W. W. Griffin
T. R. W. Downard
Ivanhoe Commandery No
Knight
A. M. Rhodes
E. C
H. G. Rhodes
W.T. Austin
N. B. Cole
H- P
Sec’y
Brazos Lodge
A. F
A. M
W. H. Nall
W. M
C. C. Carr
Sec
Y. Brazos
K. of
K. J. Jenkins
C. C
D. C. DeMaret
Vulcan Lodge
A. W. Hollman
M. W
Ww. J. Walker
Recorder
K. of H
A. Emden
A. J
Platner
W. (. Fountain
DFE Nulisst
Rhodes
W. J. Christian
J. Christian
Just Life Insurance Company
Penn Mu
Life Insurance
Penn Mutual
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Victor C. Barringer
Hicks B L'G
San Antonio
Tex Gen
South Tea Aa
F. W. McConnico
Willis & Coleman
Bryan, Texas
Corris
Seana
John M. Caldwell
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