Destructive FloridA Storm Affects Fernandina and Brunswick
Savannah dispatch reports extensive flood and wind damage across Fernandina, Darien, and Brunswick. Islands flooded, wharves wrecked, ships damaged or lost, quarantine station swept away, and multiple vessels adrift or wrecked near Cumberland Sound and St Johns region. Casualty count early estimates vary with fears of many drowned off Camp Island and Old Town.
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Nandina
Fernandina
Gladiator Isound
Centre Street
Northerica
Ida E. Latham
Marsh
Rs Dave
Laura Anderson
Sound
Frances Eliza
Cumberland Sound
Ferdina
Fly
Old Town
Rches
Hundred Lost In Recent Coast Storm Toll
Brunswick dispatch reports eight bodies found on Butler’s Island from the Hessie wreck. Combined with twenty previously reported at Campbell Island, the total reaches one hundred fatalities. Further returns likely as vessels move through rice fields and waterways. Property damage around Brunswick and Darien estimated at one million dollars. Jekyll Island clubhouse and cottage damage placed at thirty thousand.
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Brunswick
Martin Anderson
Hessie
Darien
Butler's Island
Campbell Island
Jeky Island
Quay Arrest Warrant Issued in State Funds Conspiracy
Warrants issued in Philadelphia for U S Senator Matthew Stanley Quay his son Richard and others over alleged use of public funds for personal speculation. John Hopkins, former bank cashier, implicated. Hopkins killed himself before the bank failed. Bonds posted. Quay and son surrendered and await hearing. Haywood and McKee are reportedly abroad.
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Philadelphia
United States
Matthew Stanley Quay
Richard R. Quay
Benjamin J. Haywood
Charles H. McKee
Pittsburg
Lyon
John
Hopkins
The
People’s Bank
Senator Quay
Atlantic City
Jermon
David H. Lane
Haywood
Montana
McKee
New York
Graham
Charles F. Myers
District Attorney's Office
Myers
Thomas W. Barlow
MccManes
McManes
Thomas A. Barlow
Tts
Barlow
Brunswick Flood Destroys Town as Storm Lashes Georgia Coast
A Sunday storm drenched Brunswick Georgia for eighteen hours starting at 4 AM with wind and rain aided by a high tide. Water flooded streets, inundated hundreds of homes and most businesses, causing widespread losses estimated up to a half million dollars. Three deaths were confirmed with more expected as damage tallies rise.
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Brunswick
Mortality at Manila Reports from General Otis
War department dispatches from Manila detail troop deaths in July August and September. Four officers eighty three enlisted men died total with eight killed in action and twenty five enlisted men in September. Causes include typhoid fever accidents and other diseases.
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Otis
War Department
Manila
Washington
Philippines
Bryan Leaves Washington After Ten Day Visit
Colonel William J. Bryan departed Washington on Monday after a ten day stay in which he conferred with the president and war officials on the future of his regiment. He also suffered a touch of malaria but now appears recovered. Mrs. Bryan accompanies him for a rest in Virginia before rejoining the regiment in Florida.
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William J. Bryan
Washington
Bryan
Virginia
Florida
Southern Peace Jubilee Move Aims Atlanta Celebration
Atlanta leaders push a Southern Peace Jubilee to mark the Spanish American War end. Mayor Collier to appoint a preliminary committee. subcommittees will handle details. Notables like General Fitzhugh Lee and General Joe Wheeler urged attendance. President McKinley hoped to attend.
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Atlanta
United States
Spain
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Collier
South
Fitshugh Lee
Cuba
Joe Wheeler
McKinley
Prohibition Vote Reduced in Canadian Election
Advices from Quebec report strong dissatisfaction with the prohibition result. Prohibition won by about 10,000, but vote fell from previous years when anti liquor forces led by nearly 100,000. Quebec public sentiment opposes prohibition and city liquor rules likely unchanged. Returns studied by Canadians, enforcement hindered by scarce funds.
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Quebec
Canada
Rice Crop Losses From Charleston Storms Escalate
A Charleston special reports two recent hurricanes and a 1893 storm causing heavy rice losses. Planters and brokers estimate 30 to 50 percent damage due to excessive tides and easterly winds. Waterlogged fields, blocked drains, and bank breaches on the Pou Pou Ashepoo and Combahee rivers have wiped out entire crops in affected sections.
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Charleston
Tts
Ashepoo
Combahee
Cambon's Successor Named for U S Post
The Figaro reports Count d Aubigny acting French chargé d affaires at Munich will replace M Cambon as minister to the United States and Cambon will be sent to Madrid. The cabinet decided the changes at Monday's meeting.
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The
Figaro
Paris
Count d’Aubigny
Munich
M. Cambon
United States
Madrid
Hay's New Assistant Secretary of State Named
President McKinley appoints Dr. David J. Hill of Rochester as first assistant secretary of state to replace John Bassett Moore. Hill, president of Rochester University, is noted for international law expertise and prominence in New York politics. He is in Holland and will return soon to assume the post.
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McKinley
David J. Hill
Rochester
John Bassett Moore
Dr. Hill
Rochester University
New York
Holland
Southern Army Camps Grow as Troops Move South
The war department plans more troops to Porto Rico and Cuba with camps set in Georgia and South Carolina. Georgia will host seven camps in Atlanta Augusta Athens Albany Americus Columbus and Mason. South Carolina camps will be in Columbia and Greenville Spartanburg. Authorities expect volunteers to be furloughed and mustered out after service, with Congress bearing duty for garrisoning new possessions.
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Washington
War Department
Porto Rico
Fifth Regular Cavalry
Huntneville
Ala
United States Volunteer Infantry
Chickamauga
Forty-seventh
New York
Fort Adams
Eighth United States Volunteer Infantry
Indiana Colored Volunteers
Fort Thomas
Sixth Volunteer Infantry
Camp Meade
Cuba
Georgia
South Carolina
Atlanta
Augusta
Athens
Albany
Americus
Columbus
Mason
Columbia
Greenville
Spartanburg
Congress
Cube
Chaplain Mintyres Plea In Naval Court Martial
At Denver a court martial for Rev Joseph McIntyre of the battleship Oregon heard his chaplain testify to irresponsibility for his August 8 lecture. He described the Oregon voyage, heat and cold, nervous strain, blockade stirring the crowd, and a July 3 battle leading to a nervous collapse. He said he reluctantly lectured for Young Man's Christian Association and declined proceeds. He could not recall his exact words though he remembered intent.
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Denver
Joseph McIntyre
Oregon
San Francisco
Cape Horn
Spaniards Ask for Time on Madrid Talks
A Paris dispatch reports the American Spain peace commission met briefly. Officials say the four day adjournment to Friday was to allow secretaries to draft a work schedule. The Americans reportedly demanded pauses to consult Madrid authorities before proceeding.
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Madrid
Paris
Indians Massacre Troops Report Raises Alarm at Leech Lake
Reports from Bear Island and Leech Lake describe fierce clashes between U S troops under General Bacon and Pillager and White Earth Indians. Rumors of a massacre circulate as officers confirm casualties and dispatch orders for reinforcements to Minnesota.
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St. Paul
Minn
Bacon
Leech Lake
Department of the Dakotas
Third Regular Infantry
Santiago
Bear Island
Walker
Marshal O'Connor
White Earth Reservations
Uni States Court
Duluth
Nelson
Bog-Ah- Mah-Ge-Shirk
United States
Third Infantry
Brill
St. Louis Pioneer Press
Beaton
Minneapolis Tribune
Department of Dakota
Washington
Sick list soars in Porto Rico army reports
A Ponce dispatch notes the medical staff of the American army in Porto Rico urging removal of volunteers north due to rising sickness. More than 2,700 men are hospitalized out of a 10,000 strong force, over 25 percent of troops on the sick list.
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Ponce
Porto Rico
General Wheeler Testifies on Cuban Campaign Conduct
General Joseph Wheeler testifies before the war investigating committee detailing his Tampa departure for Cuba on June 14 and the subsequent campaign moves. He describes battles at La Quasina and El Caney, the San Juan river crossing, and logistics such as rations and medical shortages, noting Cuban collaboration issues and the harsh climate after Santiago. He praises officers and troops, recalls tents and lack of mounts, and discusses supply gaps and disease factors.
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Washington
War Investigating Committee
Joseph Wheeler
Beaver
Wheeler
Tampa
Cuba
Shafter
Jagaracita
Castillo
la Quasina
Santiago
el Caney
San Juan
Navana
Denby
Howell
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Atlanta, Ga
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Count d'Aubigny
France
Hay
D. J. Hill
State of Georgia
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