Who Will Be the Commissioners
A brief note asks who will fill the commissioner posts, mentioning two senators as possible candidates. The item frames the transition as of public interest, with emphasis on leadership changes and local governance.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1898
Page
1
Commission to select US peace commissioners reported
Washington reports progress in peace talks with the president turning to naming three commissioners led by Secretary Dey with Senators Allison of Iowa and Gorman of Maryland mentioned. Plans edge toward a temporary Cuba and Puerto Rico government under military supervision until congress acts with a possible November senate session for treaty review. A military governor would oversee Puerto Rico, while Cuba may see a staged, temporary regime before a local convention decides its future. Three soldiers die at Fort McPherson. Deadwood tragedy ends with three men dead and a dying woman. China questions address Beijing concessions as Britain backs British investments in rail schemes within China. Hobson appointment forms part of the day’s Washington dispatches.
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United Staes
Dey
United States
Allison
Iowa
Gorman
Maryland
Congress
Senate
Cuba
Spain
Porto Rico
Canada
Santiago
Drunken policeman kills family then himself in New York
Policeman Henry H. Hawley of the Tenderloin station shoots his wife, his mother, and his two children before turning the gun on himself. He dies at Bellevue hospital. relatives rushed to New York hospital as onlookers view the bodies. A wife’s statement blames drink for the tragedy. Witness Owen Gallagher reports Hawley's deadly outburst.
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New York
Henry H. Hawley
Tenderloin
Bellevue Hospital
New York Hospital
Hawley
Owen Gallagher
Gallagher
Henry Hawley
Wrong body buried at funeral after casket mix up
Railroad and expressmen say robbers took nothing but authorities suspect significant loot was taken. In Cincinnati a corpse mix up led to Elizabeth Winkleman funeral remains being shipped to her city while Captain W D Sherman’s body, wounded at Santiago, arrived for burial in uniform. A wrong casket was opened at the grave. In Beaumont Texas Frank Fuller was shot in the leg in an altercation at Hollister.
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Cincinnati
Elizabeth Winkleman
New York
W. D. Sherman
Fuller
Beaumont
Tex
Frank Fuller
Hollister
Missouri Train Robbery Holds Up Express Car
Five to six armed men halted the Omaha flyer near St Joseph at Dug Hill just north of the city at 9 pm. They seized the Adams Express safe, rolled it into a wagon, and dumped it on the highway. The safe was recovered two hours later unopened. No passengers were harmed.
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Omaha
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Dug Hill
Here
Adams Express Company
Hoff
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