Witness Testimony in Camp Wikoff Inquiry Fronts Secrecy Claim
New York reports the war investigators hearing from Mrs. Suon G Powell who said an army officer refused her nurse offer unless she would vow secrecy. Colonel A S Kimball testified on ship charters and transport costs while other witnesses challenged burial practices and embalming details at Camp Wikoff.
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Wikof
Roosevelt
Cubln
New York
Suon G Powell
Wilson
Powell
A S. Kimpall
United States Army
Long Island
Colom Kimball
Colom d
Jersey
Tehigh Valley
Roy
Roosevelt on the Stand Tells of Rough Riders Tampa Landing
Col Roosevelt recounts the Rough Riders’ chaotic Tampa arrival and early Cuba landing. He describes food purchases under "personal matter" and delays in camp setup, plus issues with transports and rationing amid Yucatan movements. He defends measures taken to feed men and horses and cites scarce landing supplies and disbursement hurdles.
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Roosevelt
Wilson
Rough Riders
Tampa
Culonel Rosevelt
Yucatan
Seventy-first
New York Volunteers
Second Infantry
Cuba
Roostvet
Loosewell
Nalquirs
Irda
Remarkable Kidney Pills Endorsement From Local Conductor
Mr Frank Ballenger of Rock Island testifies his kidneys improved after using Deans Kidney Pills. He suffered back pain and frequent kidney secretions for ten years, but after taking the remedy in 1897 he reports relief and lasting benefit. Local store ad and nationwide agents promote the product at 50 cents.
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Frank Ballenger
Seventh Avenue
Rock Island
Red Line Street Railroad
Dean
Clendenin
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U.S
Dean's
Food Scarcity at Front and Transportation Failures Highlighted
General Wilson notes insufficient food at the front though ammunition was adequate. Col. Roosevelt cites supply issues, with shortages of medical kits and surgeons, blaming transportation failures and system shortcomings rather than individual error. Some regiments suffered while others improvised rations through personal effort and purchases.
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Wilson
Siboney
Santiago
Tampa
Rueveta
Ilinos Regment
Rough Riders
Camp Wikoff
Roosevelt
Lawyer Claims Brutal Negligence Amid War Discharge Delays
Freeport attorney George Wallace testified at Camp Wikoff about soldiers discharged from hospitals being kept waiting for transport home. He blamed minor officers for careless handling, not top War Department officials. His son, returning from Cuba aboard the Berkshire, faced delays and had to pay 75 cents per meal despite medical orders.
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George Wallace
Freeport
L. I
Camp Wikoff
War Department
Wallace
Cuba
Berkshire
Assassination of George S. Harrison Stumps Madison County
Alton Illinois November 23 The murder of George S. Harrison drives Madison County into a mystery with bloodhounds and police failing to find the killer. Officials and residents vow punishment as motives remain unsettled and enemies linger amid political and personal tensions.
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Geo
Harrison
Alton
Ills
George
Madison County
Upper Alton
Tie
Case Without a Parallel in Houston Jail
Thomas Tinsesv a New York millionaire in jail for two years for contempt of court over not producing corks for the G nweed Coemetery company. The supreme court affirmed, and he faced recourse on the group. He was sent back to jail likely to spend life, in a case without parallel in the state. Secret marriage ends in divorce in Appleton Wisconsin Loyd Lake nee Strange secretly married last April in Milwaukee then separated. Divorce granted due to defendant's absence. relations had become discord. In Philadelphia B L Ackerman said Keely secret did not die with him, finding a manuscript of 2000 pages proving Keely’s system.
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Houston
Tes
Thomas Tinsesv
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Appleton, Wis
New Ft
Sto
Loyd Lake
Nee Strange
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
B. L. Ackerman
The
Keely Motor Company
Keely
Baron Shot After German Remark in Chicago
German noble Baron C E W von Biedenfeld shot and killed Constable Charles A McDonald in Chicago after a remark disparaging Germans. The baron, once entangled in gossip over marrying the adopted daughter of Columbus R Cummings, faced public scrutiny in 1892.
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Chicago
C E. W. von Biedenfeld
Charles A. McDonald
McDonald
von Biedenfeld
Columbus R Cummings
Cummings
Preacher Pleads Guilty of Bank Forgery
A telegram from Sycamore Illinois reports Rev George R Parrish formerly pastor of the Congregational church in Marshalltown Iowa pleaded guilty to bank forgery and was sentenced to the penitentiary.
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Marshalltown
Sycamore
Ills
George R. Parrish
Congregational
Thin City
Senator Hear Attacks Expansion and Philippine Rule
Boston November 23 Senator Hear spoke on the Spanish question and warned that US annexation of the Philippines to govern them as a subject or rascal state would mark the destruction of the American republic under McKinley.
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Hear
Boston
United States
Philippine Islands
William McKinley
Legger Killed by a Falling Tree in Michigan Camp
Menominee Mich Nov 23 Simon Eigenrich at work in Sol Frosts logging camp near Iron River was killed when a tree fell on him He was struck on the head and skull crushed He was brought here for burial Vance Johnson contractors drilling for coal on the Fits hugh farm outside Saginaw Michigan struck a seven foot coal vein.
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Legger
Menominee
Mich
Simon Eigenrich
Sol Frost
Iron River
Vance &Johnson
Saginaw, Mlich
Frauds in the Ring as Sharkey Wins on Foul
Jim Corbett and Tom Sharkey fought twenty rounds at Lenox Athletic Club with the bout halted in the ninth by referee John Kelly. A premeditated foul by Corbett's ally McVey led to bets being declared off, Sharkey awarded the win on a technicality, and calls for refunds followed. Corbett and Sharkey each blamed the other while McVey admitted stepping over the ropes to protest Sharkey’s clinch hitting.
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New York
Lenox Athletic Club
Jim Corbett
Tom Sharkey
John” Kelly
Sharkey
Corbett
Mercy
Tom
Suiler
O'Rourke
Corbtts
McVey
McLaughlin
Kelley
Agaf
Sharkly
Starkey
Corf
Ringedi
Don McVey
Kellay
Jim
Corlett
Fugmmons
Aetec
Tm Pheril O'Rourke
Anglo American Alliance and Irish Bond Debate
Uncle Sam would resist an alliance with Britain and urges Ireland to settle its claims before any union. In Grand Marais Michigan seven residents fall ill from cider poisoning at the Bay View hotel, four dying, with doctors alleging an overdose of sweetening cider.
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Grand Marais
Miich
Minnie McNeal
John Wallace
L. L. Scott
Messrs. Hager
Coffman
Bay View Hotel
McVey and Corbett Clash as Ring Scuffle Sparks Fury
Reported melee in a California boxing ring ends with police intervening as Corbett storms the ring amid accusations McVey acted from motive. Referee Jonn Kelly says he stopped the bout and ruled in favor of Sharkey McVey, warning of pugilism’s damage in the city.
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McVey
Corbett
Jonn Kelly
Sharkey House
Death of Judge Voyles in Jeffersonville
Judge Famucel B. Voyles of Salem died in Jeffersonville Monday afternoon. A Civil War veteran, he was reported to be 0 years old. The death closes a long public career and marks the end of an era for local judiciary circles.
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Voyles
Jeffersonville
Ind
Famucel B. Voyles
Salem
Abbreviated telegrams report fortunes and disasters
F K Simons went to Dawson Alaska penniless but emerged worth 500000 dollars and kept a hotel. Prairie fires in Indian Territory caused 250000 dollars in losses but were checked by rain. The United States of Central America has been organized and faces a revolution. The heading mill of O B Karste near Ironwond Michigan burned, logs said to be large. Michigan corn crop reduced by sudden snow after harvest delays. Burglaries at Kenosha Wisconsin netted jewels over 400 dollars. A Manston wis saloon keeper had skull fracture from a stone. Thomas W Scott arrested Cripple Creek Colorado for embezzling 1700 dollars from Sieh Pritchard Co at Union stockyards Chicago.
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F. K. Simons
Dawson
Alaska
Indian Territory
United States of Central America
O. B. Karste
Ironwond
Mich
Mich'gan
Burgars
J. J. Hoyt
Kenosha
Wis
Barney Ohmen
Thomas W. Scott
Cripple Creek
Colo
Sieh, Pritchard & Co
Union Siew Yards
Chicago
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Henry B. Bryan
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J. W. White
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Sailor Boy
Anglo-American Alliance
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John Redmond
Redmond
Irsh
Independent League
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Sherwin-Williams Co
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Cleveland
Montreal
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Wm. Ciendenin
Dolly Bros
Twentieth St
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Juniata County
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