Downfall of Spanish Ministry Signals Turmoil in Manila
Madrid reports the cabinet wills press strict censorship on Cortes proceedings amid quarrels over the peace treaty. The Society for Commercial Union seeks closing of military schools and a 1,000,000 peseta annual fund for wounded soldiers. Fights in the Cortes hint at duels as conservatives grow isolated on peace terms. General Polavieja is recruiting a neutral party to restore military preeminence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Commercial Union
Madrid
Cortes
Duke Almodovar de Rio
Washington
Philippine Islands
Hong Kong
Society For Commercial Union
Cuba
Spain
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Polavieja
Yellow fever cases in Col onel Sargent's Fifth regiment
Six cases of yellow fever develop in Col onel Sargent's Fifth immune regiment near the Morro Road encampment. Surgeons declare the diagnosis correct and quarantine is imposed. Four men from the Knickerbocker voyage are recovering. General Wood issues 62,000 free rations as Cuban destitution grows and a larger depot is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago de Cuba
Sargent
Havard
Military Department of
Santiago
Morro Road
Ccity
Lawton
Wood
Fifth Regiment Infantry
Knickerbocker
Tampa
Pension Certificates Issued Amid Miscellaneous Names
A list of pension certs and beneficiaries appears with scattered names and locations including John I. Willard Northumberland Charles Miller Lugurne Alexander M. Gill Montrose Susquehanna Danial Vailoan Athens Bradford James L. Prince Athens Branford Anna Duffy Carbondale Lackawanna Abigail Avery Centermoreland Jacob Hartley North Mehoopany Wyoming and other figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bert
John I. Willard
Northumberland
Charles Miller
Lugerne
Alexander M. Gill
Montrose
Susquehanna
Danial Vailoan
Athens
Bradford
James L. Prince
Branford
Willows
Anna Duffy
Carbondale
Lackawanna
Abigail Avery
Centermoreland
Wyoming
Jacob Hartley
North Mehoopany Yoming
Deadlock in Johnstown Twentieth District Conference
Republican congressional conferees from the Twentieth district remain in deadlock as three votes shifted briefly in the afternoon. Thropp's faction backed Kooger of Somerset, while the opposing group held firm. Hicks praised Evans in a minor exchange, with no lasting change.
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Johnstown
Thropp
Kooger
Somerset
Hicks
Evans
Silver Republican rifts in Colorado conventions in Denver
Four state conventions in Colorado Springs split among Democratic Populist fusion and silver Republicans. Teller silver Republicans organized in Durkee hall with Senator Teller elected temporary chair and pledging to educate voters for silver. Anti Teller group met in Coburn hall. Democratic and Populist meet in Temple theater and Blind Institute to push 16 to 1 coinage, McKinley policy, and governor candidate Simon Guerenheimer by acclamation.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Silver Republican
Teller
Durkee Hall
Blood
Colorado
Stenry M. Teller
Senator Teller
Bryan
McKinley
Philippines
Broad
Opera House
Coburn Hall
Dison
Pueblo
Temple Theater
Charles E. Hessington
Denver
Blind Institute
T. M. Henry
Senator Walcott
Simon Guerenheimey
Preparing for the Evacuation
The Spanish government sends instructions to evacuation commissioners in Havana regarding fortifications buildings mortgages and other state properties to renounce with sovereignty in the Island. A Madrid directive aims for secrecy as the joint commission meets behind closed doors in the colonial palace. The US transport Resolute carrying American commissioners is due tomorrow to house them aboard and bring them ashore each day.
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Havana
Ciudad de Cadiz
Madrid
Spain
United States
Fire kills three at Vesey Street workhouse blast
A blaze at Max Steiner & Co. on Vesey Street in New York killed three workmen this afternoon when a barrel of spirits of alcohol exploded. The dead include William Witt, foreman of 65 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn. Rudolph Schoenbereff, alias Paul from Jersey City, residence unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Max Steiner & Co
Vesey Street
William Witt
Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
Rudolph Schoenbereff
Jersey City
Paul
Secretary Alger Returns from Washington for Midland Town Trip
Washington reports Secretary Alger with aides and family leaving at 10.40 p m by Pennsylvania Railroad for Middletown Pennsylvania The trip includes a fore noon inspection of Camp Meade and a plan to proceed to Detroit where Mrs Alger and their sick son stay after fever from service near Santhigna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Rept
Alger
Mr. Alger
Fred Alger
Hopkins, Kieal
Quarternestor Ludington
Washington
Middletown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cammy Meade
Detroit
Mra. Alger
Santhigna
John R Grant Found Dead in New York Hotel
John R Grant of the Grant Brow firm in Boston who hold a large government air bag contract for raising Spanish fleet vessels sunk off Santiago was found dead in his bed at Smith and McNell's hotel from apoplexy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John R. Grant
Grant Brow
Boston
Santiago
Smith & McNell's
British secretary of state for the volcanoes visits New York
Joseph Chamberlain arrived in New York aboard the Majestic with his wife and daughter. He departed for Boston today accompanied by his brother in law Endinott and Endinott’s wife.
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New York
Joseph Chamberlain
The
Volcnics
Majestic
Boston
Endinott
Health report from Santiago shows troop sickness rise
General Lawton reports to the war department on Sandago health conditions. Total sick 805, fever 300, new cases 49, returned to duty 7, deaths 1. Named is George Hinnen of the Second Infantry.
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Washington
Lawton
War Department
Sandago
George Hinnen
Republican state league adjourns after endorsing McKinley era
Delegates of the Pennsylvania Republican state league adjourned at noon after adopting resolutions praising President McKinley and the army, endorsing Arch H. Mackrell for president and E. E. Robathan as vice president, and naming national delegates and officers. An excursion on the Monongahela followed and delegates returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Stone
Arch H. Mackerell
Pittsburg
E. E. Robathan
Scranton
Republican State League
Sobel
Committee On
J. G. Diffenderfer
Dauphin
Henry R. Thorpe
Mercer
J. Pt. Raymond
Blair
Dr. MceMeane
Armstrong
A.C. Townsend
Beaver
J. H. Shinde
York
G. W. Rucker
Philadelphia
W. Hutchson
David Hardy
McKeesport
Levi DeWolf
C. O. Huffman
West Chester
Thomas Fehdebrand
Indiana
George Yanger
J. F. Callahan
L. R. Davidson
Virgil L. Johnston
Leste Hardevick
Erie
Harry Diehl
Allegheny
William Culbertson
8. M. Jack
W. H. Fetter
Monongahela
Beatt Signals U S Navy Ship Orders From Union Ironworks
New York dispatch quotes Irving M Beatt vice president and general manager of Union Ironworks San Francisco stating the firm will build one new battleship and three torpedo destroyers for the government. He adds contracts will come to them as the lowest bidders and that his brother Henry T Reott will supervise the start of the work in San Francisco.
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New York
Sept
Irving M. Beatt
Vicw
Union Ironworks
San Francisco
Tus
Henry T. Reott
St Josephs Hospital Train Returns With 82 Sick Soldiers
A hospital train from Philadelphia under St Josephs Hospital Toy Camp Meade returned tonight carrying eighty two sick soldiers from Champ Meade. The men suffer mainly from typhoid and malarial fever but none are in serious condition and all were taken to St Josephs Hospital.
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Philadelphia
Ambassador Bayard Weaker in Dedham Today
Ambassador Bayard Weaker, former ambassador to Dedham, is described as weaker and poorly nourished after a day of illness. He has eaten little in the last twenty four hours and shows gradual decline tonight.
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Dedham
Mbns
Bayard
St Louis man robs Chicago stockyard firm in tense loan dispute
William R. McFarland of McFarland and Evans walked into Louis Newgass and Son at the stock yards to demand a $10,416 payment. He produced revolvers, forced a cashier to draw the check, and prepared to depart before police rushed in and arrested him. He claimed the sum was owed to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William R. McFarland
Horse Commission
McFarland and Evans
East St. Louie
Louis Newgass and Son
Lewis Negas
Frank Mosely
Mosely
McFarland
Newrnss
Secretary Alger Pushes War Dept Investigation Plan
Secretary Alger has urged President to order a thorough probe of the war department. Adjutant General Corbin joins the push while Secretary Wilson and the president weigh the matter. A decision is not yet made and cabinet discussion is expected tomorrow.
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Corbin
War Department
Washington
Sept
Alger
Wilson
Bui Lt Ia
Two La Bourgogne Victims Recovered At Gloucester
The schooner William H. Moody brought two bodies to Gloucester Massachusetts believed to be La Bourgogne disaster victims off Sable Island. One is a decomposed woman, the other a large man in corduroy with heavy shoes. A book bearing religious writings and the name Antone Jonedorne was found with the man. A kerney Nebraska check, Havre to Paris ticket 16400, and a Havre to Vasel coupon were also located.
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Gloucester
Mass
William H. Moody
la Bourgogne
Sable Island
Antone Jonedorne
Ohio Invalids Arrive on Hospital Train to Cleveland
Forty seven sick soldiers of the Fifth Ohio volunteer regiment from Cleveland and nearby towns arrived in Cleveland on the Ohio hospital train under Burfeon Taylor. They came from southern camps with fever. Few are dangerously ill. most left the train and walked to patrol wagons and ambulances sent to city hospitals.
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Cleveland
Fifth
Ohio Volunteer Reebment
Ohio
Ohio Hospital
Burfeon Taylor
Spaniards Leave Annapolis for New York Transit
Spanish prisoners quartered at the U S Naval Academy departed by train at 1 10 P M for New York under Commodore Paredes. They are scheduled to reach New York around midnight. The steamer City of Rome, chartered as transport, will leave New York tomorrow for Portsmouth New Hampshire and sail Monday for Santander Spain.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Baltimore and Ohio
New York
Paredes
City of Rome
Fortsmouth
N. H
Santandere
Spain
Cincinnati elects 4th Grand Army leader
Colonel James 4. Sexton of Chicago is elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. He defeats A. D. Shaw of New York by a vote of 4 to 0. No other candidates are listed.
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Cincinnati
Sept
James 4. Sexton
Chicago
Grand Army of the Republic
Wii
A. D. Shaw
New York
Shipments Arrive From Lexington Body to South Bethlehem
The body of Frank Shaffer from Company K Ninth Pennsylvania was shipped today from Lexington Kentucky to South Bethlehem Pennsylvania.
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Lexington
Frank Shaffer
Company K
Ninth Poon
wWivanks
Bethlehem
Fifth Regiment Soldiers in South Camp Get Care
Governor Hastings receives encouraging reports from inspectors detailing Pennsylvania soldiers in southern camps. Forty at Fort Meyer hospital. others to be moved from Lexington and Chattanooga to Pennsylvania hospitals. The governor declines push for muster out, cites district claims to war department.
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Hastings
Pennsylvania
Ripple, Miner
Sweeney
Harrisburg
Frank A. Sweeney
Chester
Fort Meyer
Thoroughfare Gap
Asher Miner
Wilkes- Barre
Lexington
Kentucky
H. G. Tressler
Allentown
Miner
Cincinnati
Hera W W. Ripple
Scranton
Chickamauga
Slagle
Lewistown
West
Hollidaysburg
Elkin
State Republican Committee
Chattanooga
Richardson
State Arsenal
New York
Mississippi
Porto Rico
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Burchfield
Altoona
War Department
Ford
C. L. Magee
Pittsburg
Fourteenth
Secretary of War
Adjutant General
Army
M. J. Walsh
A. R. Arnold
W. G. Hoffman
Flw. Banks
Michael Filborn
Howard Moore
Harry Horn
Steven Lindmuth
Edgar Dogroat
Samuel Kamp
U. Daily
W. E. Shafer
Williamsport
Charles Cutlery
Seranton
W. A. Willams
Elehth
Pottsville
Notable World and Local Highlights in Brief
Morning briefing notes cover Anglo American League praise for Ambassador Hay and adjournment of a regiment’s service debate. Reports include Beranton roundups, a New Mexico trip, Handley will dispute, and a townwide street repair plan. Also: notable callers and local advertisements.
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Beranton
New Mexico
Flawn
Handley Will
Bashi Bazooks Cause Trouble in Candia
A Candia dispatch reports Bashi Bazouks causing excesses against Christians in surrounding districts. Eight warships lie in the harbor and a fresh bombardment is expected. Looting follows as hundreds of Christians and British subjects are killed amid riots and fires.
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Candia
General Miles Arrives in Washington from New York
Major General Miles arrives in Washington with Mrs Miles and staff from New York by private car. A police cordon clears the Sixth Street Station crowd as Miles greets officers, newspaper men, and cheering bystanders. He expresses no statement beyond that released in New York and proceeds to his residence with Mrs Miles.
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Washington
Miles
Army of the United States
Mausa
Michler
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sixth Street
Black
Ectaff
Morton
Pennsylvania Station
Evacuation meeting dispute delays Spanish commission
Juan of Porto Bien reports September 3 as the date. Spanish evacuation commissioners dispute delaying their meeting awaiting instructions said to be on the Alfonso AV within days. U S regrets first meeting must occur before September 2 per protocol. Cincinnati commander Captain Chester arrives from St Thomas to salute Spanish forces as flags fly over the city and churches hold mass with officials present.
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Juan
de Porto Bien
United States
Cincinnati
Chester
St. Thomas
Achley
Gordon
Sedley
Sympathy for Wheeler and family in loss at sea
Camp Willoff Montauk Point reports General Wheeler and his three daughters will accompany the remains of his son Thomas H. Wheeler to Wheeler Georgia. Lieutenant Newton D. Kirkpatrick’s body will go to Lexington Virginia. President McKinley and officials sent condolences. General Shafter visited Wheeler in Washington.
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War Department
Kirkpatrick
Virginia
McKinley
Washington
General Wheeler
General Shafter
New York
Camp Wise and Montauk Recruit Drives Highlight War Effort
The text notes large volunteer movements with Rough Riders and regular infantry linked to Camp Wise and Montauk. It mentions hundreds of recruits arriving from the south and the First District of Columbia volunteers departing tonight, signaling mobilization during the conflict.
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Montauk Paint
Lobh
Rough Riders
Reguler Infantry
Distriet of Columbia
Grand Army to Hold National Encampment in Philadelphia
In a vote the Grand Army of the Republic selects Philadelphia as the site for its national encampment. Cincinnati reports the decision to host the event in the Quaker City with Denver scoring a 2 percent measure.
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Cacinnati
Philadelphia
Denver
Grand Army of the Republic
Quaker City
Shafter Heads to Camp Meade With Staff
New York dispatch says Major General Bhal ter boarded the 7.40 train this evening bound for Camp Meade. He was accompanied by Major J. D. Miley, of his staff.
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Shafter
Camp Meade
New York
Sept
Bhalter
J. D. Miley
Sargent's Last Term at International Brotherhood Meeting
The International Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen elects Sargent as grand master at Peoria and the Illinois appointee to the state industrial commission must refuse re election at the Toronto conference next week.
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Chidage
Frank FP. Burgent
Peoria
Intrational Brotherhood of Locomotive Virewon
Industrial Commission
International Conference of the Brotherhood
Toronto
Admiration for America Echoes in Anglo American League
London sept 8 a committee of the Anglo American league headed by James Bryce presented US ambassador colonel John Hay with an address congratulating him on becoming secretary of state in Washington. Bryce praised a deep bond between Britain and the United States and hay vowed to strengthen fraternal amity and cooperation between the nations.
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London
The
Anglo-American League
James Bryce
United States
John Hay
Washington
Mr. Bryce
Colonel Hay
Great Britain
Old Glory and Union Jack at British parade halt
The Stars and Stripes and Union Jack were raised on Silishwy Plain during a troop maneuver end ceremony. Attendees included Colonel Alfred A. Hates, Henry White and Mrs White, Lord Wolseley, Prince Christian, the Duke of Connaught, and other notables. The foreign military attachés appeared surprised by the American flag display.
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London
Silishwy Plain
Cylonel
Alfred A. Hates
United States
Henry White
Enpbhisty
Prince Christian
Duke of Connaught
Stache
Grand Circuit Races At Charter Ol Punk Report
Hiurtson Cont Sam lead the grand elrenk meeting at Charter Ol punk with a 248 trot win by Jett and two other yesterday program entries. Abbott claimed the 208 trot, Timowrah set best time in the 214 and 2440 heats. Diomo won in the four fifth and sixth heats as Helen A. Duples claimed the top prize. A serious accident occurred when Joan Payne fell from a sulky injuring Dewae and causing concussion but non life threatening injuries.
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Hiurtson
Sam
Charter
Abbott
Ebbite
Diomo
Helen A. Duples
Hite Powers
Woolshed
Paola Humdiay
Joan Payne
Dewae
Weather Outlook for Friday Across Atlantic States
Forecasters predict cloudy skies across eastern Pennsylvania and New York with cooler temperatures and easterly winds. The middle states will see similar conditions with variable winds and scattered cloudiness, easing later in the day.
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New York
Herald
Middle States
Perth
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