Red Tape The Ruler Application Needs War Dept Rule
Washington Sept 26 The War Department warns against improper discharge requests by volunteers in the Philippine and Cuban theaters. It outlines proper channels from subordinates to superior officers and notes public policy blocks discharges for men serving in the Philippine islands Honolulu Cuba or Puerto Rico. It cites transport and peace talks as reasons. It also reports on Aguinaldo poisoning rumors and Manila labor strikes affecting wages and tramways amid insurgent tensions.
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US plans 40,000 troops to Cuba garrison
Washington reports the admin intends to send about 40,000 troops to Cuba as a permanent garrison in addition to General Lawton's forces in Santiago. First 10,000 to sail by Oct 10, with subsequent arrivals. Half expected to be volunteers. Authorities foresee no need to wait for Spanish evacuation, anticipating several months before sovereignty is relinquished. The rainy season ends soon and officials promise health measures to prevent illness among troops.
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Alleged Atrocity By Cubans Reported By Times Reporter
London Times publishes a Havana letter warning Cuba drifts toward anarchy as insurgents loot and terrorize in western provinces. The correspondent says US neglect worsens hardship and cites a censored tale of insurgents attacking the Providencia sugar factory near Gaines with a violent raid to seize wealth.
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Insurgents Take Inclosure Before Spanish Arrival
Insurgents entered the inclosure and found many réconcentrados. They stripped the women and forced them into line, preventing factory defenders from returning fire as the guerrillas advanced.
More Soldiers Ordered to Manila from San Francisco Camps
Washington ordered over 6,000 troops from the Presidio to Manila including the Fifty-first Iowa Twentieth Kansas First Tennessee First Washington and a detachment of the Second Oregon. Californians mourn the move while Tennessee troops celebrate with rebel yells bands and brisk morale.
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Evacuation Commission Members Arrive in Havana
All members of the American evacuation commission came ashore from the Resolute and are settled at the Trocha hotel Vedado. Major Allison sprained his ankle but it is not serious. Rear Admiral Landero is replaced by Admiral Manterola due to illness and will sail for Spain.
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Camp conditions reported at Jacksonville Florida
Lieutenant Colonel L. M. Maus chief surgeon Seventh corps submits to General Lee a favorable report on the Jacksonville camp. Three division hospitals care for 569 patients with only a few serious cases mainly typhoid fever. Water supply described as perfectly pure.
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Typhoid caseload swells at Camp Meade division hospitals
Camp Meade in Middletown Pa reports over 100 typhoid fever patients in division hospitals. Red Cross wards have doubled in size to treat this group. More than half of new cases were brought by New York regiments from Camp Black.
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Hospital Inspections Find Fort Thomas In Excellent Condition
Secretary Alger and generals Sternberg Ludington and others reported after inspecting Fort Thomas hospitals that conditions were excellent and there were no serious cases.
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Sixth Regiment Gets Greenbacks at Springfield
Springfield Mississippi September 20 Major Bige Jow and his assistant paid the Sixth regiment yesterday Two months pay or about sixty thousand dollars was disbursed
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Death of Herbert Schupert Reported from Santiago
Washington reports on September 20 listing Herbert Schupert private hospital corps First Illinois among deaths reported from Santiago yesterday.
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City names mix in terse transcontinental snippet
A fragmented OCR line lists three major cities San Francisco Louisville and New York in unclear order, suggesting a dateline style snippet or caption fragment without a clear event, date, or attribution. The text presents only locations without context or action.
Enlisted Hope and Pleasures of a Volunteer Life
A New York Sun excerpt describes a dinner club talk on wartime enlistment and the ironic quiet lives of a neighbor couple after one husband deserts the front. The tale shows a wife praising a volunteer and a man defending his noncombatant experience, ending with social foibles about yachts, fishing gear, and Adirondack trips.
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Emperors Edicts Reform China Open Trade and Posts
Pekin reports a sequence of imperial edicts signaling a shift toward Western practices. The emperor states that western civilization has merit and will be adopted where beneficial, including a new postal service and broader right to memorialize the throne. Monthly public accounts are ordered.
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Pekin
Manifesto by Duc dOrleans on Dreyfus affair sparks reactions
Paris report says the Duc dOrleans denounces the Dreyfusites in a harsh manifesto criticizing ministers for seeking a revision and vowing to resist what he calls occult influence. The piece notes no new feature in the affair, mentions Gen Cha noine planning a full staff overhaul, and M Pressence being summoned before a Legion of Honor council for leading antiarmy gatherings.
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Duc d’Orleans
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Dreyfus
France
Gen. Chanoine
M. Pressence
Legion of Honor
Spain Shifts To Peace Effort After Europe Urges Disarmament
Madrid reports the queen regent backs Count Muravieff's disarmament plan and will send a delegate to a proposed conference. Senor Montero Rios met the regent after a peace conference with the queen. Also in Madrid a hurricane devastated Seville and Granada provinces killing six and injuring many. Many deaths attributed to American hospital conditions for arriving Spanish troops. Coney Island match ends in Ruhlin victory as referee stops fight in 22nd round.
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Peace Commission
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Seville
Granada
Guadix
Homeseekers Excursions and New Train Service Announced
Railroad notices detail homeseekers' excursion sales by Chicago Great Western and North Western lines to many western states with a one fare plus two dollar round trip, 21 day validity, and dates of sale. A new Freeport to Milwaukee train schedule is provided with daily service except Sunday, plus through coaches linking Freeport, Rockford, and Milwaukee. An Omaha exposition promotion offers round trips from Freeport at thirteen dollars and thirty-five cents, with a fifteen day return limit.
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Hair Work in All Its Branches Mrs A C Thomas
Mrs A C Thomas of 254 Galena Street offers a full range of hair work services from frizzes and curls to wigs and styling options. Specialties include custom cuts, braiding, and accessories for all ages and occasions.
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