Members of Philippine commission named from U S Supreme Court
Special dispatch lists the American members chosen for the Paris commission to decide the Philippines future: Day of Ohio Davis of Minnesota Frye of Maine Reid of New York and White of Louisiana. White accepted after consult with the bench and the President. They plan to depart for Paris mid September and visit Washington to align on policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
United States
Minnesota
Senate
Congress
Frye
Maine
Reid
Judge Day
New York
New York Tribune
Horace Greeley
Mr. White
Supreme Court
Cleveland
United States Senate
Ags
Day
Supreme Bench
Justice White
Commission
Paris
Washington
Philippines
Documents Ready for Commissioners Meeting at White House
The first meeting of the American Peace Commissioners occurred at the State Department with Secretary Day and Senators Davis and Frye. They discussed Paris plans and set a September start between the 15th and 20th while reviewing prepared documents, treaties, and maps for use abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Secretary Day
Davis
Frye
Commission
White House
Moore
Paris
McArthur
Madrid
Woodford
First Chinese Pensioner Granted by Pension Office
The Pension Office grants Ah Cum a pension as widow of Pascal Martin, a US Navy sailor married in Shanghai in 189% with three children. She will receive $8 monthly, the children $2 each. China previously had no pensioner for Uncle Sam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ah Cum
Pascal Martin
United States Navy
Shanghai
Uncle Sam
China
Martin Irons in Charity Ward at Little Rock
Martin Irons, leader of the Gould strike of 1886, lies ill with fever in a charity hospital in Little Rock Arkansas after the strike turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Irons
Little Rock
Ark
Martin
Trons
President to Visit Camp Meade for Marching Review
Major General Graham received word that President McKinley will make an informal visit to Camp Meade on Saturday. About 12 000 troops are in camp, with 6th Pennsylvania joining tonight and the Second Division arriving within 48 hours. The President may tour Camp Meade by special train before heading to Camp Wikoff. Pennsylvania Railroad adds a stop, with excursions from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh planned. A nameless Spaniard was caught selling whisky in camp and handed to Middletown officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Graham
Alger
McKinley
Camp Meade
Lusk
Pennsylvania
Camp Alger
Camp Wikoff
New York
Diplomatic Corps
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Chief Burgess
Ransom Denies Engagement To Baron Von Norde
Mrs. Mary Shreve Ransom writes from Hyde Park Hotel Chicago to deny rumors of engagement to Baron von Norde of the Austrian Legation. She calls him a good friend, notes his illness, and says they will depart soon for Saratoga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Shreve Ranson
Baron von Norde
Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Mary Shreve Ransom
Chicago
Hyde Park Hotel
Saratoga
Shafter's Army Moves From Cuba to Montauk Point
The War Department received a dispatch from Santiago via Hayti noting unified embarkations. The Twenty fourth Infantry detachment and parts of the First Illinois and Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers sail tomorrow. General Butt coordinates with the Berlin and Berkshire transports carrying 350 convalescents.
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Santiago
Hayti
United States Army
Washington
Twenty-fourth
United States Infantry
First
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Ninth
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Butt
Berlin
Berkshire
Montauk Point
Mexico
Orizaba
Illinois
Saratoga
Freedman
Fifth Infantry
Knickerbocker
Shafter
Prince Seeks Princess Chimay in Roumanian Forest Proposal
Paris reports Princess Chimay formerly Clara Ward has received a marriage proposal from Ghica of Roumania. The offer promises to enrich her and end her current entourage including Rigo, with a vision of a peaceful life in his Roumanian forests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ghica
Roumania
Chimay
Miss Ward
Daughters fall out in Fourth Kentucky Regiment camp
Jealousy between two girls labeled Daughters of the Fourth Kentucky Regiment leads to estrangement. Miss Genevieve Farley and Miss Mattie Marion rarely speak after Lieutenant Murray introduced Farley to the regiment, omitting Marion. Marion refuses to share a tent and Col. Colson promises separate tents at Camp Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Mattie Marion
Genevieve Farley
Fourth Kentucky Regiment
Murray
Miss Farley
Miss Marion
Colonel Colson
Hamilton
Court Martial Likely for General Miles Amid War Department Tension
Washington reports a possible extraordinary court martial for General Miles over criticisms of the War Department and alleged garbling of his messages. Alger or Corbin may press action. Miles supporters frame his moves as bold defiance to force accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Miles
Alger
Corbin
War Department
Kansas City Star
Secretary of War
Adjutant General
General Miles
General Corbin
Shefter
Disobedience to Sanitary Regulations Charged
Washington dispatch reports on August 2 stating that the charge concerns disobedience to sanitary rules. General authorities are cited in the brief item as handling the case and potential penalties.
Alger Cuts Red Tape at Camp Wikoff
Secretary Alger toured Camp Wikoff Montauk Point praised progress and pledged furloughs and direct purchase of supplies. He urged longer 30 day leaves, equal treatment for regular volunteers, and criticized the detention hospital while noting nine deaths from heat and 1,120 sick in the general hospital plus 385 in detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Camp Wikoff
Montauk Point
Alger
Wheeler
Clark
Second Massachusetts
Department
General Alger
Thue
General Hospital
Ohio
No Ultimatum to Russia Rumor Denied by London Papers
London papers deny a New York Post story of an ultimatum to Russia. Cabinet members are away, ambassadors are abroad, and no officials are in position to send or receive such a document. Dispatches suggest gossip, not facts, as two British ships withdraw from Chinese waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
France
Commercial Tribune
New York
London
New York Post
Russia
Balfour
England
St. Petersburg
Lord Salisbury
Thomas Sanderson
Foreign Office
Great Britain
M. de Staal
Sixth Ohio Leaves Camp Thomas for Knoxville and Lexington
Regiments of the First Corps prepare to move from Camp Thomas by Sunday or Monday. The 158th Indiana heads to Knoxville, followed by the Third Brigade of the Kirn Division under Brigadier General Andrews with the Ninth Pennsylvania, Second Missouri and First New Hampshire bound for Lexington. The Kentucky cavalry squadron also ordered to Lexington despite crowded hospitals and fever patients, with death rates remaining very low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickamauga Park
Camp Thomas
158Th
Indiana
Knoxville
West Virginia
Ohio
Andrews
Lexington
Pennsylvania
Missouri
New Hampshire
Kentucky
Vigilancia carries Twenty third Regiment to Santiago
The United States transport Vigilancia departed Sandy Hook at seven this morning bound for Santiago. She carries the Twenty third Regiment of colored infantry from Topeka Kansas aboard for duty overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Vigilancia
Sandy
Twenty-third Regiment of
Colored Infantry
Topeka
Kan
Santiago
Looks Bad for Mrs Botkin in Poisoning Case
Dover reports show Attorney General White and Delaware prosecutors building a web of evidence against Ada Botkin of California. Handwriting matches and a sequence of anonymous letters tie Botkin to the Dunning case, with a possible three week window for a preliminary trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Dover
Del
White
Deane
Dunning
Ada” Botkin
California
San Francisco
Witsil
Frisco
Pennington
Botkin
Cooper
Governor Tunnel
Hughes
John B. Pennington
Bernard J. McVey
Chief Lees
Claims of divorce surface as state officers view woman
The woman, sometimes saying she would divorce her husband, is described by State officers as a very weak woman.
Botkin Wife Remains in Custody at Cadiz Prison
Mrs W Botkin stays in Cadiz Prison not a cell, enjoying the matron's quarters. Her husband visits, brings breakfast and sweet peas, while officials pursue extradition and monitor letters from John P Dunning tied to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Botkin
San Francisco
Commercial Tribune
W. Botkin
Cadi Prison
McVey
Lee
Chief Munro
Post Office Inspection Bureau
John P. Dunning
Mendham to Face Grand Jury in Reynolds Case
Dr Samuel J Kennedy to be held for grand jury action with no bail as Coroner Bausch resumes inquest into Dollie Reynolds murder next Tuesday. Prosecutors expect Mendham's connection to surface. Abraham Hummel says Mendham will make a statement to the Coroner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
New York
Samuel J. Kennedy
West Side
McIntyre
Bausch
Dollie Reynolds
Maurice B. Mendham
Abraham Hummel
Mr. Hummel
Gov Claude Matthews Struck By Paralysis at Old Settlers Meet
Ex Governor Claude Matthews collapsed during a Shawnee Mound address near Lafayette, Ind. Doctors say a ruptured blood vessel in the left brain caused the stroke. He is in critical condition, unable to move or speak, after being removed to Isaac Meharry’s residence for care. He has been living on a Vermilion County farm and recently appeared in good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Settlers
Shawnee Mound
Matthews
Isaac Meharry
Dr. Albans
Wingate
Olin
Elmdale
Vermilion County
Negroes Leave Pana Amid Miner Tensions
In Pana Illinois August 25 striking white miners, reinforced by state and national union leaders, urged that blacks depart as a lawless action is refuted. Sixty five negro workers left Springfield mine camp. thirty seven were sent to Chicago, twenty returned to Alabama, others wandered. State Mine Inspector Rutledge inspected remaining Alabama workers finding only some competent miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Rutledge
Alton
Ana
Springside
It Was Murder Says Kennan
Colonel C L Kennan of the Fifth Ohio Volunteers reports dire illness among troops in the South and says lack of medical supplies nearly cost lives. He praises 75 volunteer nurses and foraging for milk and eggs to aid the sick, condemns sending fever patients home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Kennan
State of
Ohio
157Th Indiana
War Dept Allows Delicacies for Ill Soldiers
Acting Secretary Meikeljohn ordered all military hospitals to spend sixty cents per day per man for delicacies and comfort for sick soldiers. He noted Ft Myer hospital had not used funds and warned surgeons nationwide, estimating a potential three thousand dollars available. The allowance is to be pooled into a general fund with strict accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Meikeljohn
War Department
Pver
Meikelsohn
Ft.Myer
Ft. Myer
Mrs Miles Arrives As General Plans Immediate Return
The transport Obdam arrived from Charleston with Mrs Miles and her daughter wife of Col Rice. General Miles will return to the United States at once. The Fourth Pennsylvania Third Wisconsin and Third Illinois Volunteers are to be sent home without delay due to rising sickness. General Ernest's brigade departs for San Juan via Guayama today.
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Ponce
Puerto Rico
United States
Obdam
Charleston
Miles
Rice
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Ernest
San Juan
Guayama
Schley Heads for Washington After Illness Recovery
Admiral Schley, returning from Bridgeport to New York, departed at six o clock for Washington after spending the day aboard his flagship Brooklyn. He appears fully recovered from his illness and is en route to the capital.
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New York
Schley
Bridgeport
Conn
Brooklyn
Washington
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Bench
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Cushman K. Davis
William P. Frye
Whitelaw Reid
Edward Douglass White
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Dav
America
Thoroughfare Gap
General Shafter
Shafters’ Army
Cuba
The
Rigo
New York Journal
W. R. Hearst
Princess Chimay
Clara Ward
Kentucky Regiment
Gen
Montauk
Army
Algar
Basquiri
Siboney
First Corps
Immanies
Tunnell
Delaware
Attorney General
Denver
Mencham
Gov. Mathews
Lafaydbetth
Ind
Claude Matthews
Pana
Pana, IL
John Mitchell
Spring Val
O. V
Fernandina
Hal D. Landon
C. L. Kennan
Fifth Regiment
Cochran
Cleve
the White
Georgia
W. W. Gordon
Savannah
Gordon
Seventh Army Corps
Mrs. Miles
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