Shafter Lands at Montauk Amid Mixed News From Cuba
General Shafter arrived via City of Mexico and landed near Montauk with staff. General Wheeler and the cavalry saluted on shore, while reporters noted the detainment hospital and Camp Wikoff preparations. Shafter praised nurses’ work and discussed health, supply moves, and the Cuba situation with cautious optimism.
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E Transport
Mexico
General Fter
Tank Point
Thorsand
Pond Bay
City of Mexico
General Shafter
Ter
Santiago
Montauk
Rago
Cervera Ordered Home from Annapolis
Orders from the president direct Admiral Cervera to move his officers and men to Madrid at once. Sailors received the news with enthusiasm and are expected to depart without delay. Captain Eulate departed for New York on Wednesday afternoon.
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Annapolis
Cervera
Spain
Saleh
Grasse
Eulate
New York
Miles Faces Inquiry Over Dispatches and Interviews
Washington reports say General Miles may face a military or private inquiry upon his return to the capital regarding interviews and dispatches he published. Secretary Alger refuses to discuss the matter while Miles is away as the war department weighs consequences for army discipline and potential congressional fallout.
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Washington
Miles
War Department
Alger
Department
General Miles
General Shafter
Kansas City Star
Congress
Sickness in Porto Rico report from relief commission
The May arrived Philadelphia from Porto Rico with a report by national relief commission representatives who oversaw supplies for sick soldiers. They note army surgeons request money for milk ice and canned goods and say needs were met. About 16 000 American soldiers in Porto Rico with over 1000 sick on August 23d. Half need prompt treatment and authorities warn of rising sick list without barracks and transports.
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Philadelphia
Porto Rico
National Relief Commission
War Department
Army of Occupation
Yellow fever news with no new cases reported
Dr. Wyman, surgeon general of the marine hospital service, reports encouraging yellow fever news from Key West and Galveston. Key West shows no new cases in three to four days and likely no more cases. Galveston has no new cases and the quarantine is raised there, though Fort Point remains under quarantine where troops are quartered. Overall the situation is very satisfactory.
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Key West
Galveston
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Fort Point
Inquiry Demands Changes at Camp Wikoff Amid Typhoid Toll
President may sanction reforms not sought by Secretary Alger as General Ames to probe Camp Wikoff conditions. Ten soldiers died from typhoid. transports Berlin San Marcos and Specialist brought 1900s troops from Cuba with varying sickness, while nurses, hospitals and logistics face sharp criticism. The Rough Riders and regulars demand better treatment and quicker return to garrison posts. An imminent presidential visit heightens pressure for action.
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Camp Wikoff
Berlin
San Marcos
Cuba
Illinois
Bates
Wheeler
Adelbert Ames
Kent
General Wheeler
General Ames
New York City
McKinley
Alger
Transports Foundered As Spaniards Flee To Escape Natives
Hong Kong Daily Press reports 900 Spaniards aboard three transports sunk when Leyte gunboat towed them toward Manila after insurgent pressure near an island. A storm forced the tow to Manila for aid. next day the Leyte was captured by American forces and the transports vanished with all on board.
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Hong Kong
Leyte
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Manila
Pampangas River
Naval Promotion Board to Consider Meritorious War Services
Acting secretary of the navy appoints a board of officers of the highest rank to meet at the navy department and report on cases of officers deserving reward for specially meritorious services during the war with Spain, excluding those already recognized by promotion.
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Navy Department
Spain
Officers Fight Within Fourth Tennessee Regiment
A court martial is expected after a sensational clash among senior officers in the Fourth Tennessee volunteers. Major Wright of Memphis, commander of the Second battalion, and a younger lieutenant allegedly fought in Knoxville, resulting in the loss of part of the latter’s nose. The incident is being kept secret as an investigation proceeds.
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Tennessee Regiment
Tennessee Volunteers
Wright
Memphis
Knoxville
Lieutenant Morgan Drowned Rescuing Ship Crew at Tybee
Lieutenant Henry B. Morgan of the United States engineer corps drowned near Tybee Island while leading volunteers to rescue the crew of the grounded Italian bark Noe during a coastal storm. Smith, a seaman, also died. five fort personnel volunteered, their boat capsized, Morgan and Smith perished, others rescued. Morgan, a Valdosta native, graduated near top of West Point class and had led fortifications work on Tybee.
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Savannah
Henry 8. Morgan
United States Engineer Corps
Smith
Tybee Island
Tybee Fort
Morgan
Henry 8
Valdosta
Lowndes County
West Point
Henry G. Turner
Engineer Corps
Tybee
O. £. Gillette
Seized Mine Officials Seized by Miners in Pana Illinois
A mob seized Springside mine officials D J Overholt and L Overholt at Pana on Thursday. They were dragged from a buggy toward the mines after calls to surrender black miners. Deputies and union leaders intervened, the officials were kept briefly, threatened with hanging, then released and traveled home exhausted.
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Pana
David J. Overholt
Lewis Overholt
Springside
Millard
Overholts
Aius
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Miners’ Union
D. J
Coburn
John Mitchell
Henry and Accomplices Force French Military Resignations
Paris reports Colonel Henry died by his own hand triggering shock across France. It is believed other top generals including General Boisdeffre and General Gonse will resign. War Minister Cavaignac suspects Henry forged incriminating documents and sent letters to both ministers protesting the act.
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Paris
Henry
France
Boisdeffre
Gonse
M. Cavaignac
Crematory to Improve Chickamauga Sanitation
General Boynton of the National Park Commission plans immediate sanitation work at Chickamauga after the Second Corps leaves. A large crematory will burn accumulated refuse and crews will be deployed across the reservation.
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Boynton
National Park Commission
Chickamauga
Seocond Corps
McKinley Heads to Canton for Canton Trip
President McKinley and party left Cleveland on Thursday morning aboard a special Cleveland Terminal and Valley Railway train. A small crowd gathered to bid farewell as the president planned to remain in Ohio for negotiations and would not attend the Grand Army of the Republic reunion in Cincinnati.
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McKinley
Cleveland
Canton
Cleveland Terminal and Valley Railway
Ohio
Grand Army of the Republic
Cincinnati
Storm on Georgia Coast Destroys Vessels and Property
A Savannah special reports a fall cyclone off Georgia coast causing extensive damage. Winds peaked at 80 mph with 6.29 inches of rain in 30 hours, destroying roofs and trees, crippling resorts, and injuring vessels. No lives were lost. troops aided in relief.
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Savannah
Georgia
Weather Bureau
Second
North Carolina Regiment
Tybee
First Baptist
Breamer
Demarara
Maria Raffo
Noe
Daufuskie Island
Savannah River
W. F. McCauley
Savannah Yacht Club
Thunderbolt
Alpha
Coretta
Deaths on transport Allegheny mark grim passage to Montauk
Fourteen members of the Ninth Massachusetts died during the voyage from Santiago to Montauk Point aboard the Allegheny. The regiment carried more sick than others and many died en route, with the ship described as a cattle transport unfitted for the mission and in frightful condition before and during the trip.
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Santiago
Montauk Point
Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers
Ninth Massachusetts Regiment
McGrader
Montauk
Dreyfus Case Reopened as War Ministry Probes Deepens
Paris reports say the Dreyfus affair will be revisited after Minister Cavaignac orders a thorough review. Col Henry allegedly forged the incriminating letter and later admitted fabrication. Weary confessed forgery to aid proving Dreyfus guilt. A public revision and cabinet action are anticipated.
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Paris
Hetry
Dreyfus
M. Cavaignac
Chamber of Deputies
Henry
Ministry of War
General Boisédeffere
Weary
Zola
Picquart
Fogero
Prohibitionist Fight Shapes South Carolina Primary Race
In Columbia reports show prohibitionists strong in SC primaries with Featherstone poised to challenge Governor Ellerbe. Vote counts: Ellerbe 9,000. Featherstone 7,242. Scumpert 8,758. Tillman 3,918. Archer 682. Watson 3,341. Whitman 102. Congressional returns lag behind, with Lenord Latimer and others leading in several districts.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Ellerbe
Archer
Featherstone
Scumpert
Tillman
Watson
Whitman
Congress
Latimer
Boggs
Johnston
Donaldson
Wilson
Henry
Barber
Finley
Kennedy
Pollock
Norton
Stokes
Brantley
Steamer Hope Returns from Greenland Expedition
The steamer Hope arrived at St Johns Newfoundland on Saturday bringing back the Peary exploring expedition from Greenland. At Foulke Fjord Lieutenant Peary and the Windward parted and Peary will establish winter headquarters at Sheard Osborne Fjord with sixty dogs and ten Eskimo men and women aboard. Captain Bartlett reports all well.
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Hope
Greenland
St. Johns
N. F
Peary
Foulke Fjord
Sheard Osborne Fjord
Bartlett
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Mmander
Peter
Wikofeneral
Shafter
Wikoff
Madrid
National Relief Association Committee
M’kinley
Dreyfus Gse
Razor
Col
Prohibition
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