Between Miles and Alger Looming Clash Over Santiago Campaign
Washington dispatch accuses War Department of smothering a dispatch authorizing Gen Miles to command the invasion. Miles and Alger feud traced to Tampa and Shafter's Santiago push. Shafter led campaign despite Miles orders, race riots and violence tied to camps in Porto Rico and New Hampshire. Alabama arrest reported as Capt Bookman jailed for accusing Lieut Col Day of lying over horse feeding.
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New York
Washington
The
Journal
Miles
War Department
United States
Ponce
Tampa
Tei. Shafter
Santiago
Hla
Shafter
Herald
Washington Dispatch
Alger
More Charges Against Army Medical Arrangements
Cecl A. B. Coit of the Fourth Ohio writes from Guayania dated Aug. 15 criticizing Porto Rico hospital plans. He claims soldiers sent to the general hospital face neglect and starvation, though regimental surgeons protest. Col Case and Surgeon Shaw are arrested for opposing the plan. Coit says he is not.
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Columbus
A. B. Coit
Ohio
Porto Rico
Guayania
General Hospital
Cuban Commission Arrival Sparks Havana Tensions
Anxious Havana awaits the Cuban commission due next Monday. A city journalist arrives with an escort causing excitement among volunteers, while police suppress any hatred. Press censorship is strict and the public remains split on annexation with Spaniards readying to depart. Commerce resumes as ships bring provisions and cattle despite high prices. About 0,090 people in Havana are starving.
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Havana
Wavana
Cuba
Spain
Dewey ships Manila as transports arrive and depart
The transports Rio Janeiro and Pennsylvania reached Manila with uneventful voyages and low sickness. The St Paul is not sighted yet. Raleigh to Hong Kong Thursday for docking and cleaning, Olympia to follow Saturday. In Olympia's absence Baltimore becomes Admiral Dewey's flagship. Transports that blocked the bay are released and Zeal anda heads home with others to follow promptly.
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Manila
Rio Janeiro
Pennsylvania
St. Paul
Raleigh
Hong Kong
Olympia
Baltimore
Admiral Dewey
Stoned to death by soldiers at Chickamauga camp
In Chattanooga Tennessee on August 25 a mob of soldiers from the Ninth New York regiment stoned a Negro peddler to death and injured two others after an earlier assault on Quartermaster-sergt Jacob Frank who was knocked under a train by a Negro man named Cattrole.
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Chickammauga
Chattanooga
Tenn
Jacob Frank
Ninth New York
Cattrole
New York Regiment
Powell Returns to 168th Indiana Regiment in Cuban Duty Debate
Aust. George W. Powell reports the 168th Indiana regiment is well fed and cared for after returning Thursday afternoon. He notes officers have done all they can to ease soldiers lives despite complaints from the south about garrison duty in Cuba. Col Smith defends following orders and rejects petitions for pay or altered duties, awaiting higher command guidance.
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George W. Powell
168Th
Indiana
Col Smith
Cuba
Adduraiay
Tie
Myers
Glass thrower joins White Wings army on Court Street
A dusky youth pedalling west of Pennsyl vania Avenue Wednesday afternoon threw a liquid from a flask causing a commotion. Paul Wrauss witnessed the scene and issued a proclamation to clear the wreck while bystanders assisted in cleaning the alley.
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White Wings
Africa
I. Court St
Pennsylvania
Paul Wrauss
Straightway
Warrel
Woman Accuses Farmer of Assault Near Poor Farm
Mary Anderson, a 45 year old widow, claims John Graham a white farmer near the poor farm assaulted her after she visited his home. She says he kissed her in the kitchen and later she walked three miles home fearful. She seeks support and asserts her reputation as a domestic worker.
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Mary Anderson
John Graham
Bridge Accident Kills Mills. Injures Darnell and Owens
On Wednesday at the Chicago and Alton railroad a swinging trestle gave way when jarred by a passing train. Mimmett Mills of Louisiana Missouri was killed instantly while Jacek Darnell and Frank Owens were badly injured.
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Carlimvilile
JIL
hMimmett Mills
Jacek Darnell
Louisiana
Frank Owens
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Mills
Local Merchant Alleges Fraud In Goods Sale
Chas. S. Darnell files a complaint seeking 200 dollars alleging he sold a stock to Granville and Whags Allison and took a note for 200 in part payment. He claims a 2990 endowment insurance policy was to cover the balance which Granville said was nearly due. Darnell states Granville had no such policy.
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Chas. S. Darnell
Granville
Allison
Darnell
Grinuville
Methodist ministers decide on 560000 endowment for Derauw University
At a meeting presided by Bishop Bowman the Indiana Methodist church approved dividing the 560000 endowment intended for Derauw University at the start of the new century among the state conferences according to their membership.
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Bowman
Methodist Church of Indiana
Derauw University
Transient barber jailed over tools found in pawn shop
George Griffin, a short term worker for C A Carlin, left town with many tools not his own after three weeks. Bike cops Jaancaster and Hauser traced him to a 4 Avenue pawn shop where the goods were recovered. Judge Cox fined him and set a brief jail term.
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George Griffin
C. A. Carlin
Massachusetts
Jaancaster
Hauser
Cox
Quigley Thanks Merchant Police for Parade Help
Supt. Quigley expresses gratitude to merchant police for valuable voluntary aid in crowd control during the kK. of P. parade.
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Quigley
Merchant Police Force
Summers loses or is robbed of $65 in Indianapolis
E B Summers of Putnam county stopped in Indianapolis Wednesday night for Lyons Kansas. Dr MacIvor from the city dispensary treated Robert Conkey a K of P from Peoria Illinois overcome with heat at 1034 EH Washington street. He will recover.
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E. B. Summers
Putnam County
Indianapolis
Lyons
Kas
MacIvor
Washington St
Robert Conkey
Peoria
Lap Dusters and Fly Nets and Acetylene Lighting Ad
An 83 Monument-place advertisement for Strawmyer and Nilius promotes Lap Dusters and Fly Nets. It also touts Acetylene Gas lighting as safer than coal oil for country houses and stores, presented by C HB Walcott of 143 N Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Strawmyer & Nilius
C. HB. Walcott
Pennsylvania
Sweeping Changes Hit Knights of Pythias Officers Salaries
The Knights of Pythias supreme council debates postponing officer elections amid an ongoing investigation into past records. A proposed salary cut from 4000 to 5000 dollars and other reductions target overall council costs. The chapter plans to lift elections to Friday at 2 pm while committees review the judiciary report.
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Fee
James Watson
Sep Torr
Cosgrove
Wittson
Gette
SO Fe Ui
Supreme Chancelor
Fesclutor Tribunals Ative
Iansas Coning Toway
Supreme
Poisoning Case Shadows Mrs Botkin as New Clues Surface
In San Francisco Aug 25 new details emerge in the Dunning case. A Stockton candy shop salesman testifies a woman matching Mrs Botkin described asking for a candy box to fill with chocolates. the box bore only ben ben. The box traces from San Francisco to Omaha, then Dover, with postal officers noting a possible English speaking woman. In St Louis reports say John K P Dunning’s past includes a Salt Lake City stop with a mysterious Norwegian woman, Countess Adelearde Torstmann, amid rumors of domestic trouble and ties to San Francisco relations.
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Gattrell
Ben Ben
W. A. Kuhn
San Francisco
Station
Omaha
Dover
Abs. Botkin
ST. Louis
John KP. Dunning
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Dunning
Ite
Dumning
Countss
Adelearde Torstmann
Fires Rage Across Two NYC Plants Wrecking The East Side
Two large fires struck early Thursday in New York causing an estimated loss of 200 000 to 309 000 dollars. One blaze destroyed the Oriental brewery owned by Jacob Sfottman after a bomb filled with ammonium exploded. Max Stein fell down an air shaft and was fatally injured. The second fire started by an incendiary in a large tenement on the East Side forced 40 people onto ladders as stairs burned and 200 occupants woke to find their building ablaze.
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New York
Max Stein
Oriental Brewery
Jacob Sfottman
Dimage
Remarkable Bass Catch Off Georgian Bay Island
Lawyers Scott and Judges Carter and McMaster trip to waters off Georgian Bay yielded 109 black bass two days. They used grasshoppers frogs and cut perch when bait ran short. Largest fish weighed about three and a half pounds. Water depth visibility described as crystal clear with bass seen 12 to 1 foot below the surface.
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Scott
Carter
McMaster
Court House
White River
Lake Huron
Emperor William helps at Wilhelmshohe fire scene
At Wilhelmshohe, a palace near Drs sel, Emperor William joined the local fire brigade, seizing a captain’s helmet and leading the effort as a flue fire threatened the historic castle. The emperor’s hands on approach boosted the crew’s energy and the blaze was brought under control.
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Berlin
William
Wilhelmshohe
Drssel
Mrs. William Craig Dies in North Indianapolis Home
Mrs. William Craig, about 50, dies Wednesday night at her North Indianapolis home from paralysis and softening of the brain. She is the daughter of Marion county pioneer William Culberson.
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William Craig
Indianapolis
William Culberson
Marion County
Lest or Found Sun’s liners aid losers and finders
A brief note promotes the Sun’s liners as helpful to both the person who loses and the person who finds, inviting readers to try them and judge usefulness for themselves.
Norge Sinks French Schooner La Couquette Off Grand Banks
The Norwegian liner Norge collided with the French fishing schooner La Couquette near Newfoundland in thick fog last Saturday. Sixteen sailors died. captain and eight crew were saved. The Norge continued to New York with most passengers unaffected.
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New York
Norge
Bayonne
Grand Banks
Christiansland
Newfoundland
Knudson
Coamen
Aton Thease
Tragic Death Follows Husband's Final Wish on Wife
William Margason died after being struck, with a heart disease noted by a coroner. He reportedly urged his wife to prevent a post mortem attack, saying he would die suddenly and warning of a knife use on her body if she died first. Burial planned in an afternoon service on the western prairie.
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Margason
William Margason
Bart
Mateison
Miargasen
Oardinia
Magnificent parade signals push toward Omdurman from Wady Hamed
Dispatches from Wady Hamed camp report an immense Anglo Egyptian expedition parade of over 20 000 troops forming a 4000 yard line with artillery and camel camps at center. The force plans to advance on Omdurman Thursday with two marches toward rebel Kagan as dervishes offer little resistance.
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London
Wady Hamed
Omdurman
Cervishes
Fro Bona Cigar Advertises at The Kershner
An early 20th century ad promotes Fro Bona cigars at The Kershner, 140 E Market Street. The note references Dustless Oats and a 10 cent smoke option with meals including breakfast, dinner, and supper priced 15 cents. It highlights casual daily use items in a local shop.
War department orders mustered out manpower lists
Frye and Davis two of the Peace Commissioners report the war department has ordered a large group of volunteer light batteries and regiments from multiple states to be mustered out. The list includes Rhode Island Indiana Missouri Pennsylvania Wisconsin Oregon Kentucky and New York units among others awaiting discharge.
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Washington
Louisiana Volunteer Light
Ios
Wisconsin
Oregon Light Bnirreries
Kentucks
Tonrsylvania
New York
Conference with the President on American-Spanish peace
Senator Frye of Maine and Senator Davis met with President McKinley at the White House to discuss the American-Spanish peace commission. They conferred long on commission work and policy, with only Assistant Secretary Allen present. The commission’s final two members were not yet named.
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Washington
Frye
Maine
Supreme Bench
Yracey
Harrison
Counnsel
Venezuela
Tribunal of Arbitration
Mink
Police
White House
Davis
The
State Department
Day
Removal of Federal Troops From Fernandina Ordered
Secretary of War urges immediate troop redeployment from Fernandina to Huntsville or nearby. Units affected include First Florida Second Georgia Fifth Massachusetts Third Pennsylvania Indiana Sixtyninth New York and Third Ohio. Huntsville Lexington Knoxville camps cited as healthier. further moves possible to protect health and safety of commands.
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Washimgtus
Alger
Fernandina
Cappinger
Huntsville
Florida
Georgia
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Indiana
New York
Ohio
War Department
Lexington
Knoxville
Secretary Alger Visits Montauk Hospitals in Stormy Rain
Secretary Alger avoided sleeping in Gen Wheeler's tent and sought shelter in President Baldwin's car as storms approached Montauk Point. He toured hospitals amid conflicting counts of patients. Surgeon Forwood ordered an official headcount revealing 50 officers and 583 men in the general hospital, 370 in the annex, and 22% in the detention hospital with 370 more in the annex later increasing to 62 by late afternoon.
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Forwood
General Hospital
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