Indian Outbreak Reassuring Report from Walker
Washington dispatches say the Indian uprising may be over with General Bacon in command at Walker Minnesota. He notes the Chippewa bands showed white flags and reports no massacre danger while confirming 200 troops remain nearby and an official investigation will fix responsibility for the revolt. Local Indian leader Gus Beaulieu corroborates a small outbreak involving about 30 Indians.
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Washington
War and Interior Departments
Bacon
Walker
Harbach
Jones
Gus H. Beaulieu
Walker, Minn
War Department
Interior Department
Minnesota
Adjt
Corbin
Jdncon
Fourth Infantry
Fort Sheridan
Chicago
Seventeenth Infantry
Columbus Barracks
Storm toll rises across Georgia with many drowned
Savannah reports a rising death toll from the coastal storm. Fernandina may have 50 drowned, Campbell Island largely wiped out, Brunswick four dead, Jesup one killed. Butler's Island yields 80 bodies, total near 100. Cotton damage estimated at 5 million as winds and rain persist. telegraph lines remain down and coastal towns isolated.
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Savannah
Fernandina
Campbell Island
Brunswick
Jesup
Morning News
Martin Anderson
Darien
Butler’s Island
Atlanta
Georgia
Hinesville
Liberty County
Riceboro
Saint Catharine Island
F. M. Wetherington
Bear Island Chiefs Aid Suppression Amid Leech Lake Unrest
Chief Caywuche Waybinung and Mache guhbow of Bear Island along with Wah bununnee of Leech Lake village work to quell the outbreak. Chief Playmouth arrives at Leech Lake with supporters to oppose the disturbance as Indians register at the agency and subsidence follows. Major Wilkinson is killed in Wednesday’s fighting, with many others wounded as tension rises among Bear Island Pillagers and agency Indians.
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Caywuche Waybinung
Macheguhbow
Bear Island
Wahbununnee
Leech Lake Village
Playmouth
Leech Lake
White Earth
Red Lake
Mille Lac
Milville Wilkinson
William Butler
Lowe
Olmstead
Wallenstocker
Zebell
E. E. Antonello
Levy Ayers
Richard Boucher
Edward Brown
John Daily
Charles Francis
Godfrey
Charles Jelsen
Albert Schuyler
Charles Turner
George Wicker
Edward Harris
Walker
Joseph Oscar
Jennie
T. J. Sheehan
United States
Tinker
Henry Walters
Tug Ennie
Sultan Withdraws Troops From Crete Order
Ismail Bey the civil governor of Crete said the sultan would pull Turkish troops from Crete following a collective note from Britain Russia France and Italy. The powers demanded withdrawal and set a one week deadline for an answer.
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Canea
Crete
Ismail Bey
Mussulman
Great Britain
Russia
France
Italy
General Staff Orders Move Lee Command to Savannah
Orders from the War Department direct Maj. Gen. Sitz Hugh Lee to move his command from Jacksonville to Savannah and prepare to embark for Havana by month’s end. Gen. Lee departed Friday night for Savannah to arrange preliminary steps to carry out the orders.
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Lee
Washington
Sitzhugh Lee
War Department
Jacksonville
Fla
Savannah
Havana
Georgia coast storm leaves hundreds dead and huge losses
Reports from Brunswick indicate 30 to 100 lives were lost in Sundays storm that struck Georgia and Florida coasts. The national quarantine station was destroyed and all inmates are presumed dead, with at least 1 million dollars in damage reported.
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Macon
Brunswick
Georgia
Florida
Army Corps Redesignation and Stationing
Washington Oct 8 a general order reorganizes the army corps designates the First Second and Fourth corps under Maj Gen Breckinridge Maj Gen Graham and Maj Gen Wheeler with headquarters in Macon Georgia Augusta Georgia and Huntsville Alabama the Third Fifth and Sixth corps are discontinued.
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Washington
Breckinridge
Graham
Wheeler
Macon
Augusta
Huntsville
Ala
Witnesses Testify On War Investigation Findings
Three witnesses before the war investigation commission acknowledge some individual suffering but say most complaints are exaggerated. General Greene notes Ma nila involvement, Col. Lee discusses Camp Thomas provisioning, and Maj. Hersey recalls Roosevelt Rough Riders. They insist the US army was unusually well supplied in the Spanish war.
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Washington
Gen. Greene
Manila
Col. Lee
Camp Thomas
Maj. Hersey
Roosevelt Rough Riders
Spain’s peace reply to Cuba and Puerto Rico outlined
At the joint peace commission session in Paris the Spanish reply to America’s demands for Cuba and Puerto Rico was described as eminently satisfactory. It addressed protocol matters only and did not mention the Philippines, which were excluded from that instrument.
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Paris
Joint Peace Commission
Spain
America
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Philippines
University of Pennsylvania receives $400000 gift for women’s education
At a trustees meeting in Philadelphia on October 5 Col. Joseph M. Bennett the late merchant and philanthropist bequeathed to the university a group of properties valued at over $400,000. The funds are to be used for the advancement of women’s education.
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Philadelphia
The
University of Pennsylvania
Col
Joseph M. Bennett
Ten Thousand Houses Burned at Shanghai Fire
Reports from Han-Kow relay that a Sunday fire in Shanghai destroyed 10,000 houses. The blaze damaged about two miles of built-up areas and caused losses estimated between 5 and 8 million taels.
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Shanghai
Han-Kow
Williams Hanged for Murder in Salem Jail
Alfred C Williams was hanged in the Salem jail for the murder of John Gallo an Italian farm laborer. The crime occurred Friday and robbery was the motive.
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Salem
Mass
Alfred C. Williams
John Gallo
Gallo
Bear Island Indians warned to surrender or be hunted
Gen Bacon demands 20 Bear Island men surrender or face extermination as federal and state forces mobilize. A government communique warns that armed hostiles will be hunted by soldiers if they do not surrender, with troops positioned around Cass Lake and Leech Lake areas.
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Bacon
Cass Lake
Minneapolis
Minn
Bear Island
Arthur W. Tinker
Bear Islanders
United States
O’connor
St. Paul
Charles Wright
White Cloud
White Earth Agency
Wright
Minnesota
Fosston
Leech Lake Reservation
Col
Johnson
Maj
Schaeffer
Holmes
Winne
Surgeon Dorsey
Baker
Brisbin
Smiley
O'Brien
Quartermaster Coxe
Farris
Bemidji
Duluth
Asea
Leech Lake
Fort Snelling
Minnesota Volunteers
Great Northern
Merriam Park
Camp van Duzee
Pioneer Press
Here
Redskins
The
Tribune
Walker
Gen. Bacon
Funeral for George D. Saxton Held in Canton
In Canton Ohio on October 11 funeral services for George D. Saxton were conducted at M C Barber residence by Rev O B Milligan and Rev Dr Manchester with McKinley family in attendance. After short rites the cortege traveled to West Lawn cemetery. Anna I George charged with Saxton murder was arraigned and pleaded not guilty in court. The preliminary hearing was set for Tuesday at one o clock.
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Canton
George D. Saxton
M. C. Barber
O. B. Milligan
First Presbyterian Church
Saxtons
C. EB. Manchester
First Methodist Church
McKinley
Milligan
Manchester
George
Mary
William
Ida Barber
Joseph Saxton
Will G
Helen Saxton
William A. Goodman
McWilliams
Chicago
Maria Saxton
Conrad
Webb C. Hayes
Barber
West
Pomerene
Justice Raigner
Mrs. George
Inventions Claim Cement From Slag and Rail Sleepers
An Ohio iron mill yields cement from furnace slag with a new toughening process. Glass may be molded into lengths for railway sleepers. A German inventor patents a telephone clock with adjustable minute levers. A tankless water heater replaces stovepipe with a double iron section. An English inventor patents a sea life vest with inflatable pockets and air tube.
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Ohio
Secrets of Long Life Health Rules from an Old Advice Column
Eight hours sleep and sleeping on the right side. Daily outdoor exercise and living in the country if possible. Keep a bedroom mat, open window at night, and short holidays. Limit meat, avoid milk for adults, bathe at body temperature, and keep pets out. Watch water damp and drains and curb ambition and temper.
Governor Clough Threatens Militia Aid To Settlers
Minnesota reports detail Gov. Clough's anger over war department orders revoking Duluth and St Paul militia mobilizations. He warns he may call volunteers and arm settlers to protect communities near Leech Lake and Fosston, amid reports of Indian threats and Bear Island killings.
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Minneapolis, Minn
War Department
Washington
W. I. Street
Bemidji
Cass Lake
Red Lake
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota National Guard
Deer River
Duluth
I. C. Libbey
St. Paul
Kentucky Rail Coach Segregation Deemed Constitutional
The Kentucky court of appeals rules the 1892 law requiring separate coaches for Black passengers constitutional. The decision in an agreed case upholds the railroad segregation statute as valid.
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Frankfort
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Kentucky
Kelley Wins License To Wed After Short Divorce
Cincinnati report states trainer John Kelley famed for guiding John L. Sullivan obtained a marriage license to wed Miss Jane Kahn. He had been divorced from Nora H. Kelley two days earlier after living with her only one day.
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Cincinnati
John Kelley
John L. Sullivan
Jane Kahn
Kelley
Nora H. Kelley
Regulations Approved to Integrate Curtis Territory
Secretary Bliss approved rules to carry Curtis Indian territory into effect in the Choctaw Chickasaw nation. Inspector J George Wright will lead the mission and depart for the territory in a few days.
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Washington
Curtis Indian Territory
Bliss
J. George Wright
Female Outlaw Dora Cox Arrested in Wichita
A becum seh report states Dora Cox, a noted female outlaw and horse thief, has been jailed in Wichita after recently escaping from Kingfisher jail.
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Wichita
Kan
Becumseh (O. T
Dora Cox
Kingfisher
Lynching Threat In Lexington After Provost Guard Killing
In Lexington Kentucky Oct 11 soldiers from Twelfth New York and First Territorial regiments threaten to hang Alvie Kitchen after he shot and killed Private Henry Nygran of the Twelfth New York. Jailed amid guarded streets, crowds clash as police are battered and ringleaders arrested while provost guards and Kentucky troops patrol.
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Lexington
Twelfth New York
Alvie Kitchen
Henry Nygran
Kentucky
Camp Hamilton
Delaney and
Hanley
New York
Kitchen
Delaney
Gaines
Nygran
Riot Threat Follows Pay Night in Pana Illinois
On October 11 in Pana Illinois a pay night for Springside and Penwell coal mines bred tension as circulating black workers in town provoked fear with loud conduct and insults. City officials intervened after clashes at Habekest’s saloon with militia and Battery B disarming and dispersing the crowd to prevent a broader labor riot.
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Pana
Ili
Alabama
Springside
Penwell
Illinois
Charles Habekest
Thomas J. Smith
Habekest
Louis French
Henry
Smith
Battery B
Camp Site Selected for Troops Near Guanajay
The American commission chose a hillside camp near Guanajay in Pinar del Rio after visiting Guanajay and Mariel. Troops are expected to arrive around November 10. Rail engineers report roads in very good condition. Generals Wade and Claus, along with Capt. Hart and Lieut. Wade, met Capt. Gen. Blanco.
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Havana
Guanajay
Mariel
Pinar del Rio
Wade
Col
Claus
Capt
Hart
Lieut
Gen
Blanco
Two Springfield Men Arrested in $14,000 Robbery Case
Albert Stanley and George H Ritter were arrested in Springfield on charges of robbing Frederick Leka of 14000. Leka, a wealthy retired farmer living with the Stanleys, allegedly hid his wealth in the barn yard. Stanley confessed as police noted Mrs. Stanley reported the crime.
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Springfield
Ill
Albert Stanley
George H. Ritter
Nicholas Ritter
Frederick Leka
Stanley
Lela
Stanleys
Ritter
Wisdom from the Swede in a Denver Times Sun column
The piece sketches Ole Yonson offering proverbs on politics and life. It likens prudent speech to sending missionaries among politicians and shows wit about wives, work, and faith. It blends humor with reflections on wealth, duty, and contentment.
Newport News Launches Illinois Battleship with 40000 Spectators
The battleship Illinois slid into the water at Newport News amid cheers from nearly 40,000 onlookers. Miss Nancy Leiter of Chicago sponsored the launch as Gov. Tanner and many Chicago dignitaries attended the ceremony. A grand banquet for 600 followed, with toastmaster C. B. Orcutt and speakers including Gov. Tanner, Rear Admiral Howell, Mayor Harrison, and Gov. Tyler.
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Newport News
Illinois
Newport News’ Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
Nancy Leiter
Chicago
Gov. Tanner
J. G. Hamlin
Shelbyville
Ill
War Investigation Highlights Camp Thomas Disease Causes
Washington Oct 7 The war investigating commission held two sessions. Gen H W Boynton testified on disease at Camp Thomas attributing the rise near the end to poor regimental and brigade care of sinks. Gen Fitzhugh Lee described Jacksonville camp conditions and denied war department mistreatment. He said he preferred Havana duty and noted the president would have asked him to lead an assault if needed.
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Washington
War Investigating Commission
H. W. Boynton
War Department
Howell
Havana
Lee
Knights Templar Conclave Opens in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, October 7 reports Grand Commander H. H. Kuhn of Pennsylvania arriving and Monongahela house serving as headquarters for the triennial Knights Templar conclave. Knights and commanderies from distant places are en route, aiming to arrive by Saturday with an expected attendance near 30,000 as preparations continue.
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Pittsburgh
H. H. Kuhn
Pennsylvania
Monongahela House
Knights Templar
Reports on Chinese emperor death rumors improve credibility
Dispatches from Washington indicate the state department has received information casting doubt on poisoning or death rumors about the Chinese emperor. The department relies on sources it considers reliable, though no definitive confirmation is available.
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Washington
State Department
China
Sudden Death of Ex Judge Sidney Smith of Chicago
Ex Judge Sidney Smith a long time Chicago resident since 1856 and prominent Cook County bar member died suddenly Thursday at age 69 after years of feeble health. In 1884 he was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for mayor against Carter Harrison SOD.
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Chicago
Sidney Smith
Cook County
Buried in a Sand Bank Near Rockport
A cave–in at a sand bank injured three farmers near Rockport Missouri Lloyd Henderson age 16 Joseph Henderson age 18 and Frank Dorst age 35 were buried when the bank collapsed and were dead upon extraction about an hour later Dorst was married and the two Hendersons were brothers.
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St. Joseph
The
Daily News
Lloyd
Joseph Henderson
Frank Dorst
Rockport
Hendersons
Dorst
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