Alger Fixes Blame on Camp Commanders at Chickamauga
Lexington dispatch reports Secretary Alger seeks accountability for Chickamauga camp hardships. Generals Sanger Waite and others accuse Camp Hamilton and Quartermaster Lee and Ludington of supplying failures leading to typhoid fears and unsafe division hospital conditions. Alger vows full inquiry with Washington.
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Washington
Sanger
Waite
Lexington
Camp Hamilton
Alger
Ju Idington
Burgeon Genereral Stern Org
Indeep
Daly
Warth
iBook
Pers
Commissaut
Sreckiurpe
Camp Ham
Sternberg
Genvtu Aaites
Lee
Quartermaster Tee
War Department
Grevas Waites
Quartermaster Luodington
Wattes
Alger Inspects Camp Poland and Addresses Officers
Secretary of War Alger visited Camp Poland in Knoxville Tennessee on September 22. He reviewed the troops, inspected hospitals and headquarters, praised General McKee, and told commanding officers he came to learn conditions and hear recommendations to improve the camp.
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Knoxvill
Tenn
Poland
Alger
General McKee
Mustering Out of Volunteers Ordered by War Dept
President plans swift mustering out of volunteers as officers resign to simplify service. War Dept issued orders to notify adjutant general of absences and have troops examined by medical officers. Detained detachments to be discharged with final pay and certificates routed through paymasters and commanding officers. Soldiers sleeping car incident near Indianapolis and Greenfield details indicate operational friction and rail disruptions.
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War Department
Dirdtien
Sevtary of War
Insurgent Chief Rodrigues Clashes In Cuban Naval Skirmish
Disturbances rise between Cubans and Spaniards in Havana area with insults and violence on Sunday night near San Lazaro, including Rodriguez striking a Spaniard and a nose severed in the melee. Divided boats fled the Resolute after clashes. no arrests reported. Evacuation plans dominate colonial cabinet talks led by Captain General Blanco as Madrid presses queries ahead of peace conference.
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Havana
Key West
San Lazaro
Sasoon
Regia
Rodriguez
Tursdas Migat
Bianco
Supreme Court
Quest
Pubh
Mairid
Repatriation Ships Sail From Porto Rico
On Sept 22 a flotilla of 400 men left Porto Rico for Havre aboard the French steamer Chateau Lafette. The contingent included 200 sick and 200 engineers. An additional 800 Austrian infantry departed yesterday aboard the steamer San Francisco.
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Juan
Porter
Rico
Engineer Corps
Havre
Chateau Lafette
Austrias Battalion
San Francisco
Bloomington Hosts Peace Jubilee for Returning Soldiers
Bloomington yesterday welcomed returning troops with a grand peace jubilee. Loaded excursion trains arrived as streets were lined with festive crowds and decorations. A parade began at 10 o clock and moved through the business district to Miller Park.
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Bloomington
Isis
Miller Park
Last Sixth Regiment Units Depart Camp Lincoln for Home
The final detachments of the Sixth regiment left Camp Lincoln in Springfield by early yesterday with most sick soldiers also moving homeward. Eleven were deemed too ill to travel and remained behind.
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Springfield
Ill
Camp Lincoln
Thaxton Soldier Dies at Philadelphia Hospital
Private Chas H. Snow of Company F Fifth United States Artillery died at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia from typhoid fever. His home was Itasca, Illinois.
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Thinolis
Philadelphia
Chas. H. Snow
Fifth
United States Artillery
Jefferson Hospital
Itasca
G A R Post Grants Escort for Davis Daughter Remains
Narragansett Pier Rhode Island September 22 Mrs Jefferson Davis accepted a G A R post offer to escort the coffin of her daughter from the hotel to the railway station. The local post commander extended the honor and the offer was accepted.
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G. A. HK
Narragansett Pier
R. I
Jefferson Davis
G. A. R. Post
Cuban Commission Silent on Evacuation Delays
Cuban affairs report no public reply from American commissioners to Spain on the island evacuation. Dr Congesto sails to Europe to carry documents as Porter plans a Trinidad visit for a full US report on tariffs port charges taxes and income sources in Cuba. Conditions in Matanzas remain dire with hunger deaths and a white man found dead. Matanzas Railway to rebuild stations and resume service with two daily trains beginning October 1.
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Paris
Congesto
Cuba
Europe
Sampson
Robert P Porter
United States
Trinidad
Havana
Cienfuegos
Porter
McKinley
Matanzas
San Sebastian Street
Pana Mines Unlawfully Run condemned by state inspectors
State Mine Examiners Walton Rutledge and John Willams filed affidavits condemning three Pana mines and declaring operations in violation of state law. A proposed board to settle disputes between workers and operators was discussed, with final decision by the board to be binding. Penwell refused to act. Overhelt and Bruch reserved judgment.
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Ilwards
Penwell
Overhelt
Bruch
Rumors on China's Empress Dowager Tutelage Over Emperor
Circulating rumors claim the empress dowager has regained ascendancy over the emperor and that he is largely under tutelage, altering the state of affairs in Pekin.
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Pekin
China
Tobacco Plant Sold to American Tobacco Company
In St. Louis on September 21 a deal closed in which the Brown tobacco plant became property of the American Tobacco Company for 1 million 250 thousand dollars. Miss Jessie Schley at Home reports travel from Havana on the steamer Santiago with passenger Miss Jessie A Bechley of Milwaukee aboard.
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St. Louis
American, Tobacco Company
Jessie Schley
New York
Havaina
Jessie A. Bechley
Milwaukee
Parade of the Odd Fellows Draws Massive City Parade
The third day feature of the sovereign grand lodge meet saw ten divisions of lodges from across the U S and Canadian provinces marching in uniformed brigades along Commonwealth and Massachusetts avenues with crowds lining the routes. Grand Sire Frederick Carleton of Austin Texas reviewed the parade with Governor Wolcott and Mayor Quincy observing from a President’s stand. Afterward visiting cantons and encampments were hosted by local lodges.
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Sumner Street
Grand Sire
Frederick Carleton
Austin
Tex
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Hotel Vendome
Wolcott
Quincy
Beacon and
Joy Streets
Lehman and Bride Welcomed at Riverside Residence
London report describes the arrival of R. C Lehman, Harvard rowing coach, and his bride Miss Alice Marie Davis of Worcester, Massachusetts. A welcoming arch near Bournind Duckinghamshire hosted Lord Curzon and distinguished oarsmen. The couple were received with a hometown address praising ties between nations and rowing kinship.
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London
Thames
Bournind
Duckinghamshire
R. C Lehman
Harvard
Alice Marie Davis
Worcester
Maass
Fieldhead
Oxford
Cambridge
Lehman
Lord Curzon
Enforce Antitrust Law Across Illinois Corporations
Attorney General Akin plans action against many Illinois corporations for noncompliance with the annual anti trust certification. Some 9 000 to 10 000 defendants are reported in Cook County alone as the state enforces bans on pools trusts and conspiracies in restraint of trade. Shafter at Constantine for Nineteenth Michigan reunion draws large crowd and campfires.
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Springfield
Akin
Illinois
Cook County
White Pigeon
Mich
Real Estate Transfers Listed Across Rock Island Area
Sept 3 to Sept 14 transfers record multiple parcels in Rock Island, Moline, Cordova and Le Claire from sellers including Pettifer, Atkinson, Phillips, Humphrey and others. Buyers include John D Little, Oscar Prescott, Frank Herbst, Thomas Armstrong, Massie, Eckerman, Sinmon, and many more with prices ranging from 50 to 4,800 dollars.
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Sarah Pettifer
John D. Little
Martin Wright
Oscar F. Prescott
Milan
George Herbst
Frank A. Herbst
Nourse
Moline
Andrew Engman
Thomas Armstrong
Chicago
Lower Add
Rock Island
Frederick M. Harris
John G. Massie
Sweel
F. M. Harris
Sarah M. Atkinson
Richard Payton
Atkinson Park
Molne
Poultnn Waemer
Louisa Alimend- Inger
Metes and Bounds
le Claire's Reserve
John S. Phillips
Mars Humphreys
Brigham’s
Wm. G. Marshall
Mary Humphrey
Cordova
Anna M. Phillips
Brigham's
Jasper Forsyth
Clara Sage
Harriet H. Sage
Old Town of
Rock Island County
John J. Ingram
Mary A. Johnson
Black Hawk
Julius Peters
Hannah DeGear
Old Town
Margaret Bollman
Thomas Bollman
Webb
Erne Fellstrom
Emil Benson
W. Wheelock
M. Schoonmaker
RP. Wait
Village of
Reynolds
Mamie Donovan
Building Loan & Savings Association
Briggs
South Rock Island
Benjamin Bleuer
Richard M. Buckley
James Hays Jr
Belg
Simon Dexter
John C. Matlock
Guyer’sa
Etta M. Armstrong
G. W. Anson
Moline Water Power Co
Deere & Co
John Moore
Wm. A. MacBeth
Moore
Hood's Sargaparilla Claims Health Benefits
Advert claims Hood's Sargaparilla cures scrofula dyspepsia rheumatism and blood diseases. It says the tonic strengthens weak tired women and other ailments. Blood's Pills are advertised as the best family cathartic and liver tonic, gentle and reliable.
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Hood
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