McKinley and Alger Visit Camp Wikoff in New York
President McKinley and Secretary of War Alger arrived by special train at Camp Wikoff on Saturday in New York. Generals Wheeler Shafter Ludlow and others greeted them as the party toured detention camps and hospitals. A luncheon at Gen Wheeler's headquarters followed, with hopes to depart by 2 pm.
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Camp Wikoff
N. Y
McKinley
Alger
Third Cavalry
Wheeler
Chaffee
Williston
Ludlow
Ames
Sumner
Mc Jxinley
Luddington
Kegan
Gen. Wheeler
Finbart
Maj. Hayes
John Addison Porter
Wikoff
Nurse Confronts McKinley Over Vacant Beds at Hospital
On Sept 3 at Montauk Point President McKinley toured a general hospital annex. Nurse Mrs Hugo Lange urged him to notice four beds not in use, claiming more soldiers lay dying in regimental camps. The president appeared startled. Col Forwood and Secretary Alger offered no immediate clarification.
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Montauk Point
McKinley
General Hospital
Hugo Lange
Lange
Col. Forwood
Alger
Shafter Illness Forces Tent Stay At Montauk Point
Gen. Shafter is confined to his tent with chills and fever at Montauk Point as Gen. Wheeler remains in command. The attack follows the same pattern seen in many veterans after landing, likely triggered by sudden weather changes. physicians say he is not in danger but will stay put until recovered.
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Montauk Point
Shafter
Wheeler
Gov Black Says Chickamauga Hospitals Well But Division Short on Supplies
SOMEBODY WASHINGTON Sept 3 Gov Black of New York reports at Chickamauga regimental hospitals are in good condition yet the second division hospital is not as well supplied and faces adequacy issues in medical provisions.
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Washington
Black
New, York
Chickamauga
Clemans
North Manchester
Tampa
Criticism Acknowledges War Camp Conditions
A speaker notes that fault lies in not fixing conditions, criticizing the secretary of war for camp and hospital problems while admitting not all details can be managed personally. The speaker suggests someone closer to the scene bears responsibility for ongoing issues.
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Secretary of War
Ffe
Alger Blocks General Miles Plan For Parade
NEW YORK Sept 3 Gen Miles plan to have 4600 Porto Rico volunteers parade in New York after rest is blocked by war department. Troops arriving in port will be landed in Jersey City and sent to their states to be mustered out. Army officers question whether this signals another phase of the Alger Miles controversy.
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Alger
New York
Miles
Porto Rico
New York City
War Department
Jersey City
Alger-Milea
Ohio hospital train delays hinder long journey south
The Ohio hospital train, passing Lexington at midnight, faced four hour delays at Cincinnati for truck repairs and Erlanger for regular trains. The 187 mile first leg took ten hours. Governor Bushnell ordered the ejection of two uncredentialed press representatives in Cincinnati. The train now has 19 cars and 73 passengers excluding crew as cheering crowds greeted it through Kentucky towns.
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Lexington
Ohio Hospital
Cincinnati
Erlanger
Kentucky
Gen Wheeler reports transports arrive at Montauk Point
Washington dispatch notes City of Washington Berkshire Orizaba and Neuces arriving at Montauk Point while Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Michigan depart. Dr Senn praises hospital care and convalescents living luxuriously, saying patients were better tended than in any other hospital he had seen.
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Washington
Wheeler
Adjutant General
Montauk Point
Berkshire
Orizaba
Neuces
Michigan
Senn
Gen Young breaks arm at Montauk while aiding camp
Gen S B M Young a famed Army figure could not attend President McKinley’s reception at Montauk Point after he tripped on wire Friday evening and fell, breaking his right arm. He will stay in his tent for several days. Young began as a private and earned a Civil War commission, fighting at Santiago.
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Montauk Point
Young
Santiagea
Pando’s Escape With 12 Million Francs Sparks Clamor
Gen. Pando, after signaling a Spain bound voyage on the Philadelphia, secretly sailed for his homeland aboard Notre Dame du Salut with 12,000,000 francs. The motive remains unclear though the transfer risks widening strikes as army back pay lags and civil funds deplete. Some say the wealth came from Pando’s own fortune, others from officers' savings.
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Pando
Woman sustains cut. doctors suspect knife wound
Dr. Foutz is summoned to 520 Fulton Street Friday night and treats a woman with a severe hand cut. While residents claim it occurred at a broken window, the physician suspects possible assault. Bike cops Holtz and Wallace order a warrant for the alleged attacker. In a separate matter, Mrs Simpkins quarrel with a 520 resident over missing 325 in money.
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Dr. Foutz
Fulton St
Tartier
Holtz and Wallace
Mrs. Simpkins
Sunday Band Concerts and Knights of Honor Meeting
Notices report Garfild and Monday evenings for Sunday Band concerts at Victoria lodge No 22 Knights of Honor. Sept Johnson says the state institution for deaf mutes opens Sept 14. Dr Lucas speaks Sunday on The work of the church in the morning and The greatest work in the evening. Lewis Leitner 13 of 53 McLain Street lost an arm under a train at Harding Street and the Varidalié tracks Friday. He is in hospital and will recover.
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Victoria Lodge
Knights of Honor
Johnson
Lucas
Lewis Leitner
s.McLain-st
Harding-st
Varidalié
Marching Malaria and Medicine at Camp Mount Twenty-Eighth
Fort Wayne report from Camp Mount details the 187th Indiana regiment awaiting quinine calomel and other medicines as malaria and fatigue linger. About a third of the men sought relief while furloughing begins Monday and visitors are expected Sunday at the camp.
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Camp Mount
Florida
Fernandina
Fort Wayne
Weight loss among Indiana soldiers at Tampa camp
Report from the Knox company of the 187th Indiana describes severe weight loss among soldiers sent to the Tampa camp. Many men shed 40 pounds or more, with specific cases from Chas Wolfenberg to Capt. Gilbert noted. Heat, fever, and harsh conditions in the palmetto swamp near Tampa are blamed for the drastic declines as veterans recount the experience.
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Knox Company
Indiana
William Wash
Chas
Wolfenberg
Wallerton
William Draper
North Judson
Ea Fawley
Mentone
D. C. Walters
Ora
Spencer Koontz
Walkerton
Fren Kincel
Goshen
Capt. Gilbert
Angola
Political pulls kept 157th Indiana from dispatch
Capt Gilbert of Angola argues political influence shaped regimental dispatch decisions. He cites transport collisions and selective pressure at Washington, noting Col Hulings led a Porto Rico advance while no similar push aided the 137th. Governors and senators faced mixed results, with Camp Mount leadership disputes shadowing Indiana’s 157th.
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Gilbert
157Th
War Department
Chickamauga
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Washington
Col. Hulings
Col. Huling
Porto Rico
137Th
Col. Studebaker
Clem Studebaker
Camp Mount
Druggists Debate Central Union's Tactics at Meeting
At a Friday druggists meeting the alleged attempts by Central union to block contracts with New telephone were condemned. Druggist Lewis Gable sued Druggist Arthur Timberlake over a contract obtained under false pretenses. Timberlake, president of the association, denied soliciting subscribers for Central union with company knowledge. Vail stated Central union sees no reason to join suit and Timberlake has no ties to the company. rates are unchanged.
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Druggists’ Association
Central Union Telephone Company
New Telephone Company
Lewis Gable
Arthur Timberlake
Timberlake
Central Union Company
Dr Roberts Fined For Practicing Medicine Without License
Dr Roberts was fined 25 by Justice Walpole on a Saturday morning for practicing medicine without a license. The prosecution cited Dr Howard, a cancer specialist, as the witness and as the physician whose patient was treated after receiving a circular from Dr Roberts. The patient later returned to Dr Howard, claiming harm rather than benefit, prompting the affidavit filing.
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George W. Roberts
Howard
Short Measure Fined in Police Court
L. F. Applegate commission merchant fined 50 dollars and costs for short measures and 1 dollar and costs for failing to display vehicle numbers. Denteds and false bottoms made measures almost an eighth short. He appealed. Darnell Sent to Grand Jury. Owen Darnell who fired at Crabtree and others in a defense of his patch was sent to the grand jury from police court on own recognizance. Court doubted indictment likelihood.
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L. F. Applegate
Darnell
Grand Jury
Owen Darnell
Thomas Crabtree
Mrs King Dies at 66. services planned at home
Mrs John King aged 66 died Friday at 9915 N Meridian Street. Her husband and several children survive. Funeral arrangements likely from the residence Sunday morning by Fanner and Buchanan with burial at Crown Hill.
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John King
John Icing
Meridian St
Fanner & Buchanan
Crown Bill
Pro Bono Cigar Offer and Miscellany at The Sun
A fragmented notice promotes a 5 cent pro bono cigar option and various offerings by The Sun including oats for horses, meals labeled breakfast dinner or supper at 15 cents, and a vague call to readers about will services and business at 140 East Market Street. The text is garbled but centers on a local shop advertisement and service mentions.
Grand Army of the Republic encampment prepares in Cincinnati
The Grand Army of the Republic will be welcomed in Cincinnati next week with festive decorations, arches and white-tented Camp Sherman at Chester Park. Leaders include Col W C Johnson selected as Cincinnati sponsor for senior vice commander and I B Mack contending for commander in chief from Sandusky. Veterans from 1898 may join the 1861 group with hopes of First Ohio and Sixth regulars attending. crowds gather early as city readies for a large encampment amid hot weather.
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Cincinnati
Grand Army of the Republic
Queen City
Camp Sherman
Chester Park
Col
W. C. Johnson
Shaw
Watertown
J. Sexton
Chicago
Navy pays lump sum for restoration of four steamers
The steamers St. Paul St. Louis Yale and Harvard, taken from commission after 133 days of use costing 1 330 000, will receive a lump sum restoration payment believed to be 50 dollars per ship. While serving as army transports they were disfigured by volunteers carving names in mahogany woodwork, with most decorations to be replaced.
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Washington
St. Paul
St. Louis
Yale
Harvard
Navy
August Weather Review Shows Slightly Hotter, Drier Conditions
August ran a bit hotter and drier than the 28 year average with a mean of 75 and rainfall at 2.63 inches. The wettest year in the period was 86 with 6.70 inches. the driest was 87 at 0.42 inches. The eight preceding Augusts mostly posted unusually dry totals, save for 96 with 3.91 inches.
School board rejects compromise on dog tax judgment
The board declined Township trustee Makepeace's proposed settlement of the court judgment for dog tax. It adopted a resolution to take half before Sept 7, 1898 and the remaining half by Sept 1899. Manditory proceedings have been brought to compel settlement of the court judgment.
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Makepeace
Indianapolis forecast for 36 hours ending Sept 4
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity calls for fair weather through Saturday night and Sunday, with possible thunder showers and a brief cooler spell on Sunday afternoon. Early readings show 7 a.m. temperature at 17, noon at 89, and 2 p.m. at 93.
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Indianapolis
Bismarck Memorial Service Draws Indianapolis Lineup
The German societies of Indianapolis held a memorial for Prince Bismarck at Mannerchor hall on Friday night with over 1200 attendees. A varied music program and tableaux entertained as flags adorned the room. William Rapp of Chicago, editor of the Illinois Staats Zeitung, spoke, praising Bismarck for shaping the German Empire.
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Indianapolis
Prince Bismarck
Mannerchor Hall
William Rapp
Chicago
Illinois Staats Zeitung
Greenmans license at stake over third Nicholson law violation
Jacob Greenman saloon keeper at 407 Massachusetts avenue is under arrest for selling liquor to minors. He has two prior Nicholson law convictions and faces license revocation if convicted a third time by Judge Cox.
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Jacob Greenman
Massachusetts Ave
Cox
Acetylene Gas Promoted For Homes And Stores
C H Walcott of 143 N Pennsylvania street promotes acetylene gas as safer than coal oil and less troublesome to light a house than one lamp, suggesting a practical alternative for country houses and stores.
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C. H. Walcott
Pennsylvania St
Lap Dusters and Fly Nets
Strawmyer and Millus at 37 Monument Place advertise lap dusters and fly nets in a brief classified notice.
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Strawmyer & Millus
Monument-place
Heat Deaths and Prostrations Sweep Cities
New York reports 28 deaths and over 100 prostrations from an intense heat wave on Friday. Chicago records a death and multiple prostrations with three suicides linked to the heat. Elizabeth, N J factories closed, about 7,000 workers idle. Washington notes a regional temperature drop with a trough bringing cooler weather expected by Sunday night or Monday.
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New York
South Dakota
Chicago
John Derndt
John Murray
Elizabeth Rooney
Elizabeth. N. Jr
Staten Island Sound
Washington
Middle Plateau
Rocky Mountain
Taras
Lake
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Man Held Over Self Defense Claim After Terre Haute Arrest
George White, accused of severely cutting ex-policeman George Wallace in an Indiana Ave saloon, waived examination and stood for the grand jury from police court Saturday. He was arrested in Terre Haute Friday and brought back by Detective Kinney. White says he acted in self defense.
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Terry Hut
George White
George Wallace
Indiana Ave
Terre Haute
Kinney
White
Heatwaves Dominated Indiana September Beginnings
The piece recalls a scorching sequence where a rare breeze offered relief on a hot Saturday. The prior torrid night amplified danger as heat bore down, challenging locals who hoped for cool nights typical of September. The author jokes about milkmen noting unusual nocturnal habits.
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Indiana
Heat Record Looms in Afterhours Gauge
The article lists hourly temperatures from midnight to 2 am showing a swing from 7 to 93 degrees. It notes an unusually hot night with a steady rise after midnight and odd claim of 400 degrees behind a building where wind and sun combined.
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Mercury
Frigid to scorching: late September heat breaks records
Fragmentary text recalls a Friday afternoon in September 1897 with extreme heat. Mentions two degrees, a city street scene, crowds, and thermometers failing under relentless sun as people and animals moved through streets amid record heat.
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President McKinley
Ghst
Dr. Senn
Gen. Young
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Key West
Spain
Philadelphia
City Life
Prk
City
St. Vincent’s Hospitals
187Th
157Th Indiana
Uncle Sam
Dr.” Roberts
Janes
Willin
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