Bloody Indian attack on Leech Lake sparks Minnesota war talk
The report from St. Paul and Walker describes a sudden assault by a large group of Indians near Bear Island and Bog Ah Me Ge Shik Point, with four soldiers killed and nine wounded. General Bacon’s force, aided by 200 more troops, fights to hold ground as reinforcements loom. The incident features multiple injuries including Walker’s ex-marshal and local officials, and notes critical equipment failures and leadership bravado amid heavy fighting.
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Minneapolis
Walker
Minn
Bog-Ah-Me-Ge-Shiks Point
Bearsland
Baron
Sbog-Ah-Me-Ge-Shik
Ed Harris
Colonel Bacon
Morrison
Old Mah-Quad
Duluth
Linker
Jennie
Humphrey
Bacon
Red Cross
Marshal O'Connor
Marshal Sheehan
Fort Ridgely
Battle Report from Walker Minnesota Feels Fierce
Telegram from Walker, Minn., dated Oct 6, says the battle is fierce and many of the soldiers are killed. Marshal O Connor reports the evening figures confirm heavy casualties, with deputies appointed, crowds crying, and a special train bringing armed citizens as the clash continues at sea and shore near Pameda.
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Minneapolis
Walker
Minn
Marshal O'Connor
Pameda
Brainard
United States
O'Connor
Bacon
O’connor
Dian
Citizens Rally After Brainard Disaster Wreckage Scene Gathers
About 149 residents including the defendant from Brainard head toward the事故 scene as authorities describe casualties and ongoing search efforts.
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de Nt
Brainard
Reds Revolt Amid Timber and Court Grievances on White Earth
At White Earth reservations the Pillager and allied Indians protest court actions in Duluth over liquor cases and timber sales under the Nelson law. They cite long standing grievances against government handling, and say ill treatment of leader Bog Ah Mah Ge hig sparked wider unrest as deputies and marshals deny claims.
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St. Paul
White Earth Reservation
United States Court
Duluth
Warrioor Bog-Ah-Mah-Gehig
United States
Gomez for President in Cuban party convention
Havana reports the Cuban party set to nominate Maximo Gomez for president with Bartolome Maso as vice president and a cabinet slate including Domingo Mendez Capote Benjamin Guerra Jose Lanuza and Calixto Garcia. Estrada Palmas is named as Cuban representative candidate in Washington. Gomez refuses office but allies expect him to withdraw opposition.
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Havana
Santa Cruz del Sur
Maximo Gomez
Bartolome Maso
Domingo Mendez Capote
Benjamin Guerra
Jose Lanuza
Calixto Garcia
Estrada Palmas
Washington
Rock River Conference Opens With Equal Representation Vote
The Rock River Conference opened at South Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church with a focus on equal lay representation. President Horton cited national figures showing 7 632 in favor and 1 400 against the proposal, as 92 of 125 conferences reported yes and 33 undecided.
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Chicago
Rock River
South Park Avenue Methodist
Horton
Chicago Volunteer Signal Corps Arrives From Porto Rico
Captain John W Mc Connell leads twenty five members of the Seventh regiment United States volunteer signal corps into Chicago. A band police escort and cheering crowd greeted them at the station as they marched to the Second regiment armory where Captain John B. Inman furloughed the men.
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Chicago
John W McConnell
Seventh Regiment
United States Volunteer Signal Corps
Porto Rico
Second Regiment
John B. Inman
Trouble Expected at Virden
A State Register special reports about 2,000 miners from Staunton Mount Olive Litchfield Gillespie Clyde Nilwood Green Ridge Girard Carlinville Auburn and Chatham assembling in Virden to block a train carrying Alabama workers into a stockade guarded by manager Lukens of the Chicago Virden Coal company.
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Virden
Springfield
Ills
State Register
Staunton
Mount Olive
Litchfield
Gillespie
Clyde
Nilwood
Green Ridge
Girard
Carlinville
Auburn
Chatham
Lukens
Chicago Virden Coal Company
Home-Going Soldiers Return From Jacksonville
Eighty one convalescent soldiers of the Second and Ninth Timels, First Wisconsin and Forty ninth and Fiftieth Iowa volunteers arrived at Dearborn station Chicago from Jacksonville. They were under Lieutenants J B Whiting and J Wilson and left for home later in the evening.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Iowa
Dearborn Station
Jacksonville
J. B. Whiting
J. & Wilson
United States Hospital Ship Missouri and Panama Arrive at Hampton Roads
The Missouri and the transport Panama tied up at Old Point dock to discharge their sick soldiers. They sailed from Ponce Puerto Rico on September 29 and October 6, bringing 20 and 256 sick and convalescing soldiers from the Second Wisconsin.
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Newport News
United States
Missouri
Panama
Hampton Roads
Old Point Dock
Ponce
Porto Rico
Wisconsin
Georgia Voting Returns Dictate Governor and Amendment
Voters in Atlanta Georgia backed Dem nominee Allen D Chandler for governor by at least a 70000 vote margin. A constitutional amendment granting electors and judges direct election by the people was approved.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Allen D. Chandler
Hogan
Dewey to Be Made an Admiral in Navy Plan
Washington reports the administration will ask Congress to revive the grade of admiral and promote Rear Admiral George Dewey to that rank. The move aims to honor his naval service and align the navy’s senior leadership with historic titles.
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Dewey
Washington
Congress
George Dewey
War Office Praises Camp Thomas Conditions Despite Criticism
General Wheeler and General Boynton testified on Camp Wikoff and Camp Thomas. Boynton defended camp organization, water purity, and hospital conditions while noting some sanitation lapses and policy challenges in policing the vast camp complex.
Camp Thomas water supply praised by General Boynton
General Boynton described the Camp Thomas water system noting three inexhaustible sources springs river and artesian wells with pure water and no contamination risk. He claimed no deaths in the park force among 2400 contract workers only seven deaths unrelated to typhoid and cited low typhoid rates in local counties.
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Zuerters
Parrett
Dr. Tabor
Senn
Wikoff
Dr Senn
Cyrus Edson
Wheeler
E. E. Smith
Smart
War Department
Dodge
Sternberg
Ordnance
Boynton
Georgia
Army of the Cumberland
Chattanooga
Camp Thomas
Park Commission
Beaver
Wold
Typhoid Fever and Camp Conditions at Camp Thomas
General Boynton testified on typhoid fever rising to about 400 cases among 60 000 volunteers at Camp Thomas noting mild illness overall and better hospital performance in the Second division. He defended supply, rations, and transportation while criticizing press scrutiny and canteen access.
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Third Corps
General Boynton
Howell
Boynton
Chattanooga
Brooke
Camp Thomas
Alger
McKinley
Washington
Fragmentary reminiscence cites general's reflections
A garbled line from a historical note records a general inviting reflections on a past event. The wording is incomplete, but implies a request for commentary or hindsight from military leadership.
Terrible L088 of Life: Bodies Found on Butler's Island
Savannah reports eighty bodies found on Butler's Island raising total deaths to 100 after the Georgia coast storm. The island area housed many African Americans, with other reports noting cotton crop damage across Georgia estimated around five million dollars from the weekend storm.
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Butler's Island
Pittsburg Combine Loses Charter Bid In Glassware Venture
Pittsburg reports indicate a flint glass tableware manufacturers alliance has collapsed after unresolved objections. The planned $8,000,000 capital central agency in Pittsburg Chicago will not file a charter immediately as intended. Meanwhile in Chicago a National Linseed Oil receiver bill was filed by John R. Evans asserting stock value and mismanagement. In Harmony Grove Georgia two negro men were killed and a third wounded at a political meeting leading to a street fight with knives and pistols. In Toledo Judge Hammond ruled for the Ann Arbor Railroad against stockholders in a wind up of its receivership.
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Pittsburg
Chicago
National Linseed Oil Company
United States
John R. Evans
Indiana
Evans
Atlanta
Harmony Grove
Miller’s Court Ground
Ann Arbor Road
Toledo
Hammond
United States Court
Ann Arbor
Ashley
Quintard
Strike Situation in Pana Remains Unchanged
Pana Illinois October 6 The strike situation here is practically unchanged with 250 expected from Alabama not arriving by midnight. Unions have not revealed future action and indicators point to a determined effort to counteract the operators victory of Tuesday.
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Pana
Ills
Alabama
Operatora
Episcopal convention opens in Washington with sermon by Bishop Tuttle
The Episcopal general convention met in Washington with Bishop Tuttle delivering the convention sermon. Attendance by bishops priests deputies and other prominent churchmen was large.
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Washington
Episcopal General Convention
Tuttle
Ballot To Print Both Senate Candidates Names
Springfield Illinois October 6 State Attorney General Akin ruled in the Tenth district senatorial nomination case that both candidates will have their names printed on the official ballot.
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Springfield
Ills
Akin
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