Admiral Schley Installed Loyal Legion Commander in New York
Rear-Admiral Winfield Scott Schley was installed as commander of the Loyal Legion at Delmonico’s in New York with about 500 members present. He received applause and the oath of office as flags decorated the room and Geneva Burnett praised him as the hero of Santiago. In his remarks Schley credited others and called the Santiago action a team effort, noting luck and opportunity but praising the man behind the gun. D G Smith, a Brenham Confederate veteran, died in Texas the same day.
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Dewey backs commission plan for Philippine governance
Admiral Dewey endorses President Schurman’s view of US control via a civil commission with broad local authority for 60 plus tribes. He notes Manila sessions start early November and cites movements of the commission team including MacArthur sailing from Yokohama. Rice and hemp price gains aid insurgent arms imports while a focal blockade is pursued.
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Delay for Schley Tells Navy Repairs To Chicago
Washington reports from Captain P S Cooper show the Chicago requires six months of repairs and will not sail south until late November. Schley will hoist his flag after the work, while Rear Admiral Sampson resumes command at Hampton Roads. Captain A S Barker is ordered to assume command of the Asiatic squadron.
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Navy to Reinforce Manila With Brooklyn and Gunboats
President directs immediate dispatch of the cruiser Brooklyn and gunboats Marietta and Machias to the Philippines after Admiral Dewey’s briefing. Warships Badger to join from Mare Island. Bancroft at Boston awaiting orders. New Manila cruiser Miss Harrison resigns as Missouri Equal Suffrage leader cites mining ventures.
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Murder conviction and arson charge in Twenty-Five Years Texas
Andrew Dozier was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to 25 years in the penitentiary for the murder of Annie Brigance. He faces an arson charge as part of the case. Also reported, Colonel Charles Page Bryan, US minister to Brazil, was a passenger on a German steamer from Rio Janeiro to Washington, and a separate stabbing in Paris, Texas left Alex Aikin wounded near the heart.
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Dust Kills Hogs Reported on River
Paris Texas October 5. F 5 Lynch gives his opinion that the hog fatalities on the river dying of cholera are due to smothering rather than cholera in this isolated report from the field.
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