Miles at a reception denounces officials blaming soldiers
Washington special General Miles denounces claims that soldiers caused their sickness in war with Spain. At a Medal of Honor Legion reception Miles says volunteers were brave and faced disease, not bullets, and condemns insinuations against soldiers and officers. Debate over responsibility continues as investigation nears.
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Miles
Washington
Medal of Honor Legion
United States
Spain
Santiago
Corbin
War Department
Shafter
Alger
Emperor of China alleged to have died by own action
A Shanghai dispatch reports telegrams claiming the Emperor Hwanti died by his own hand on September 21 after decrees making the Dowager Empress head of affairs. Secretaries and Foreign Office officials are said to have been seized and banished. The source notes Hwanti was born in 1871 and became the ninth Manchu emperor after E'ung-chi, with succession shaped by court regents and Prince Ch'un.
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London
Shanghai
China
Foreign Office
Hwanet
Ch’un
Hien-Feng
E'ung-chi
Ts’ing
Ming
Hwanti
T’ung-chi
Gramming
U S Plans for Cuban Evacuation and Occupation
A Washington dispatch says Cuba could be evacuated by December 31 with American colors raised nationwide in the new year. Spain may not delay, transports holding 25 000 prisoners return to Cuba, 60 000 to 75 000 troops expected to sail to Spain while 50 000 to 60 000 stay as island citizens. Secretary Alger envisions 50 000 to 60 000 U S troops across several sites, four infantry divisions and one cavalry division, and the Seventh Army Corps may be kept separate.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Cuba
Military Commission
Havana
Spain
Santiago
Alger
United States
Seventh Army Corps
Fitzhugh Lee
Spaniards In Porto Rico Fire On Americans Killing One Soldier
Report from Aguadilla near Maya guez states a Porto Rican resident asked protection from both American and Spanish troops against outlaws. Kentucky soldiers arrived first. Spanish guards arrived later and confusion led to fire hitting an American, killing one. Red Cross aided the dying man.
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San Juan de Porto Rico
Aguadilla
Mayaguez
Red Cross Society
Dying request follows death of private in Denver
Frank Ficks of the Seventh United States Infantry dies in Denver from typhoid fever contracted in the Santiago campaign. He declares before death that he was ill treated since becoming ill and asks not to be buried in his uniform.
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Denver
Colo
Frank Ficks
Seventh United States Infantry
Santiago
Governor shot at by inmate near headquarters
Seesee ernor Smith of the National Sol Home was shot at while near headquarters. Albert Grey, an inmate for five years, fired five times. one bullet hit under the right shoulder blade and one through the right arm. Doctors fear internal injury but no external bleeding. Grey was arrested. the governor rests easy. Bradley’s mental state is questioned.
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Seesee
Ernor Smith
National Sol
Albert Grey
Bradley
Riots and Masked Miners Rampage in Washington Indiana
A Washington Indiana dispatch reports armed masked coal miners from Pana Illinois attacked colored miners, ran fifty men from town at gunpoint, with police powerless and Chief Cannon threatened as crowds gathered. A New York note covers a McCoy Corbett corridor clash with names exchanged and a kick delivered.
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Washington
Ind
Indianapolis Journal
Pana
Ill
Fair Grounds
Union
Anderson Cannon
New York
James J. Corbett
tJid
McCoy
Gilsey House
Warbett
Judge Hackney Withdraws From Race for Rail Job
Judge Leonard J. Hackney of the Supreme Court withdraws from the Democratic primary and signs on as associate counsel for the Big Four Railroad at $6,000 annually for a multi year term.
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Leonard J. Hackney
Supreme Court
Big Four Railroad
Senator Hanna Predicts Spain Must Relinquish Philippine Sovereignty
Cleveland special quotes Senator Hanna as saying Spain will lose sovereignty over the entire Philippine archipelago and that the United States should grant the islands a stable, enlightened government. He notes a shift from basing Manila to freeing all islands and stresses the U.S. duty to guardianship and trusteeship for the insurgents.
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Philipippine
Ines
Hether
Congress
Spain
Goncillo
Aguinaldo
Paris
United States
Philippines
Hanna
Cleveland
Washington
McKinley
Luzon Island
Philippine
Manila
Columbus Exhumation in Havana Cathedral
At 8 o clock Monday morning the official exhumation of Columbus took place in Havana. General Blanco Secretary Gavin civil governor bishop and cathedral dean attended with other authorities. The public was barred from the cathedral at the hour and guards controlled the crowds.
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Havana
Columbus
Blanco
Gavin
Olden Publico
Peace Commission Arrives in Paris for First Session
The United States Peace Commission reached Paris on Tuesday and was greeted by the U.S. embassy at the railway station. The group held its first session on Wednesday morning with proceedings not released to the press.
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United States Peace Commission
Paris
United States
Spain’s government reports funds released and volunteers to disband
Premier Sagasta declares all financial difficulties solved as Madrid forwards 35,000,000 francs to Captain General Blanco for disbanding volunteers. Government signals willing to send unemployed Spaniards in Cuba back home with free passage.
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Madrid
Sagasta
Blanco
Cuba
Roosevelt Heads New York Republican Ticket at Saratoga
The Saratoga special reports the New York Republican convention nominated Theodore Roosevelt for governor with 733 votes to 218 for Governor Black. Williams J Morgan J C Davies and other state officers were chosen with the party endorsing McKinley and the 1896 St Louis platform.
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Saratoga
Roosevelt
N. Y
Republican Convention
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
New York Democrats Nominate Ticket At State Convention
The Democratic State convention at Syracuse nominated a ticket and adopted a platform, rejecting the Chicago platform. The silver faction plans its own ticket, and its impact on the fall election is uncertain. The ticket details follow.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Chicago
New York City
New York State Officials Named for 1900s Leadership
For Governor Augustus Van Wyck of King's County Lieutenant Governor Elliott Danforth of Chenango County Secretary of State George Y W Batten of Niagara County Controller Edward S Atwater of Duchess County State Treasurer E P Morris of Wayne County Attorney General Thomas F Conway of Clinton County Stateengineer and Surveyor Martin Schenck of Rensselaer County
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Augustus van Wyck
King’s County
Elliott Danforth
Chenango County
George Y W. Batten
Niagara County
Edward S. Atwater
Duchess County
E. P. Morris
Wayne County
Thomas F. Conway
Clinton County
Martin Schenck
Rensselaer County
Henry George Heads Independent Democratic Ticket in Chicago
At a meeting of the Chicago platform Democrats Henry George son of the single tax advocate was nominated to head an independent Democratic ticket. Eliott F. Danforth was indorsed for Lieutenant Governor. The ticket includes Governor Henry George, Secretary of State Gideon J. Tucker, Controller J. McDonough, Treasurer M. C. Caton, Attorney-General Ole F. Snyder, Engineer and Surveyor Gen. James A. Lee.
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New York
Chicago Platform Democrats
Henry George
Eliott IF. Danforth
Syracuse
Gideon J. Tucker
Kings County
J. McDonough
Buffalo
M. C. Caton
Ole F. Snyder
James A. Lee
Rockland County
Death of Hon Thomas F Bayard Former Senator and Secretary of State
Delaware native Thomas Francis Bayard died at his daughter's summer home near Dedham Massachusetts after a six week illness. Born October 29 1828 in Wilmington he served three Senate terms and later as Secretary of State and ambassador to the Court of St James. He leaves a wife and seven children.
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Thomas F. Bayard
Delaware
S. D. Warren
Dedham
Mass
Thomas Francis Bayard
Wilmington
Del
Governor Tanne Promised Troops For Pana Strike
Springfield special reports Governor Tan ner spoke by phone with Sheriff Colburn of Pana about the striking miners. Colburn warned of possible outbreak and bloodshed, saying he had exhausted all resources and requested State troops. The governor promised immediate troops to protect life and property.
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Springfield
Ill
Tanner
Colburn
Pana
Tanne
Alger plans unified division and regimental hospitals
Secretary Alger completed a tour of military camps and drafts a plan to amalgamate hospitals. The proposal preserves division hospital strengths with female nurses and centralized facilities while granting regimental units their own sections.
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Washington
Alger
Pittsburg Tragedy Early Morning Killing and Suicide
Bertha Beilstein, twenty, killed her mother Sunday then shot herself, leaving the motive stated as a wish to die and to spare her mother further sorrow. Doctors say recovery is impossible after a .38 caliber bullet wound. The family’s patriarch Frederick Benstein had died months earlier. neighbors call Bertha temporarily insane. Paris dispatch notes the U S peace commission taking rooms at the Hotel Continental with clerical staff organized and English translations provided.
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Pittsburg
Bertha Beilstein
Frederick Benstein
Allegheny
Bertha
Devastating Niagara Peninsula Storm Strikes Ontario
A severe storm swept Niagara Falls and surrounding Ontario towns near Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. It carved a 300 foot wide swath, badly hitting St Catherines Meriton and Graham with six bogs lost and extensive property damage expected.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Niagara Peninsula
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Welland Canal
Tonawahda
St. Catherines
Meriton
Graham
Evacuation of Cuba Slow Despite Edicts
New York reports on the steamer City of Washington from Havana arriving with Dr Jose Congosto of Blanco's cabinet who says Spain's island evacuation is pending due to over 6,000 sick. He avoids detailing reconcentradoes and notes Spain may build a larger navy. Also aboard was German Red Cross member Ventor von Hollenstein, released from Havana imprisonment, now crippled and ill.
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New York
City of Washington
Havana
Jose Congosto
Blanco
Paris
Cuba
Spain
Congosto
Ventor von Hollenstein
German Red Cross Society
Washington
Indiana Proclaims Lafayette Monument Drive for School Subscriptions
Governor Mount issues a proclamation calling for a Lafayette monument funded by popular subscription. He designates Wednesday October 19 as the day to receive student donations across Indiana colleges and schools, with D. M. Geeting overseeing the effort. The text praises Lafayette’s sacrifice and forms part of a larger plan tied to a Paris exposition in 1900.
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Mount Thursday
Lafayette
Indiana
Marquis de Lafayette
Petit Picpus
Republic of France
General Lafayette
Q Congress
United States
Paris
D. M. Geeting
Gomez Appeals for Aid From Cuban Insurgents
Telegrams from Key West, via Washington, report General Gomez saying Santa Clara province faces famine as vegetables run low and mules and horses die. He appeals for aid, protects the armistice, and warns of potential consequences if relief is not forthcoming.
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New York
Key West
Washington
Gomez
Santa Clara
United States
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Porto Rico
Hanna Wich
the Peace Commission
Timothy L. Woodruff
William J. Morgan
Erie County
John T. McDonough
Albany County
John B. Jaeckel
Cayuga County
Edward A. Bond
Jefferson County
John C. Davies
Oneida County
Black
St. Louis
Democrats
Augustus C. van Wyck
Independent Democrats
T. F. Bayard
Secretary OF War
Rue de Rivoli
Rue Royal
Tuilleries Gardens
Eugenie
Peace Commission
Weyler
Gov. Mount
Indianapolis
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