Atrocities Reported By Spanish General Estruch
Rumors claim evacuation orders clash with U S demands as Admiral Sampson and General Blanco act. Estruch forms a secret police to kill about 30, desecrating the isle with daggers. Victims include Candido Epalederon and Ventura Castanedal as families flee and officials weigh disbandment of volunteers.
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Ignacio Estruch
Secret Service
Blanco
Havana
Washington
Associated Press
B Solerano
Arguelles
Castillo
Cachaso
Habana
Admiral Sampson
Sampson
Santo Espiritu
Ignatius Estruch
Estruch
General Aguirre
Marvo Garcia
Santa Clara Provine
Garcia
Aguirre
Jancaro Trocha
Americans Tour London as Peace Commission Explores City
London observers report the peace commissioners and their party enjoying Westminster Abbey St. Pauls and a Thames steamboat ride. The Hotel Cecil bustled with Americans calling on officials while hotel guests discussed the mission and its work sparking chatter among passersby.
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London
Westminster Abbey
St. Paul's
Thames
Cecil
Transatlantic Passage Details From Early Vessel Log
The text lists ports such as Gine cogne Havre Edam Amsterdam and Bologne Rotterdam Ha logne Queenstown and Liverpool and mentions Etruria sailing to New York from these origins. It reads as an arrive and sail sequence with multiple European port calls. The fragmented OCR suggests a shipping item noting vessel movements and destinations rather than a full narrative.
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New York
Ginecogne
Havre
Edam
Amsterdam
Bologne
Rotterdam
Halogne
Queenstown
Salled
Etruria
Liverpool
Garcia's Version Of It Delivers Cuban Army Dispute
General Garcia disputed claims of a personal quarrel with General Shafter. He said Shafter promised joint entry into Santiago, resigned his Cuban command over Cuban officials in Santiago, and cited U.S. protection as the path to rebuilding a free Cuba. He noted he would have remained until settlement but felt his work was done.
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New York
Merald
Santiago
General Shafter
Garcia
Shafter
Gomez
United States
Cuba
Horrors of the Klondike Region
Montreal syndicate members Brindley Mills and P Grant arrived in Seattle after four months seeking the gold country via the Ashcroft trail. They tell of a missing English nobleman Sir Arthur Curtis, starvation dangers, and deceptive routes with Indians aiding a search for the body while demanding a $1000 reward. They report lost horses and worn outfits near Telegraph Creek and Teëseraph Creek.
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Ashcroft Trail
Seattle
Wash
Vancouver
B. C
Brindley Mills
P. Grant
Quesnelle
Sir Arthur Curtis
Mud River
Arthur
Milla
Mills
Telegraph Creek
Mills and Grint
Téelseraph Creek
Emperor Dead Conjecture Tied to Regency Edict
Hong Kong report says no confirmation yet but strong evidence indicates the emperor died on September 21 after issuing the regency edict. Yang and Chang Yon Hoon, former minister in Washington in 1858, are not believed to be involved in the poisoning.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Hong Kong
Wiring Sunday
Yang
Chang Yon Hoon
Washington
Cantonese rival Chang Yen Hoon arrested in Beijing
The Times Pekin correspondent reports Chang Yen Hoon, rival of Hung Chang, charged with harboring Kang Yu Wei, now under trial by the board of punishment. He faces removal from office. Empress Dowager’s return is welcomed by officials, while the people remain indifferent. Kang Yu Wei is charged with conspiring against the empress dowager and has been declared an outlaw with arrest ordered.
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London
Times’ Pekin
Youthful Soldier Dead in Philadelphia Hospital
A young private from Company A of the Firet Marvining volunteers died in St Joseph's hospital of pneumonia after arriving from Camp Meade two weeks ago. He was said to be eighteen years old, though he had previously given a different age to enlist. The body will be taken to Annapolis for interment.
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Philadelphia
Joan J. Taylor
Marvining
St. Joseph's Hospital
Piewmonia
Taylor
Camp Meade
Annapolis
Aguinaldo
Associated Frese
Hwy
Eugene Blanco
Associated Press
de Boys
Marhate
Rurisan
Abbey
Batengast
United States
Ugh McCulloch
Manila
Utle
Spanish Peace Commissioners Begin Talks in Madrid
Madrid September 2. Reports say peace commissioners from Spain and allied nations arrived for talks. The briefing notes that negotiators will seek a swift accord, with sessions planned for this week at the capital.
Khalifa's Army Defeated at Gedur Last Stronghold Falls
Cairo Sept 25 General Kitchener returns to Omdurman after posting men at Fashoda and on the Sobat river. Suakim reports say 1,300 Egyptian troops under Colonel Parsons rout 9,000 Khalifa Dervishes at Gedur on Sept 22 after three hours of fighting. Three British officers wounded. 37 Beyouan soldiers killed and 59 wounded. A Dervish steamer is captured.
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Gedorf
Kitchener
Omdurman
Cairo
Fashoda
Sobat
Suakim
Gedur
Parsons
Clash at Fashoda with British French standoff
Cairo dispatch reports General Kitchener met French forces at Fashoda and demanded they withdraw from territory Britain claims. Major March refused to retreat without government order. No combat occurred as diplomacy proceeds. Kitchener left a British garrison including the 11th and 13th Sudanese battalions and the Cameron Highlanders under Colonel Jackson.
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London
Pully Telegraph
Cairo
Kitchener
Pashoda
Major Marchand
Marchand
I Girrison
Cameron Highlanders
Jackson
Secretary Alger in Jacksonville Sees Army Making History
Secretary of War Alger and party visited the Seventh Army Corps camp in Jacksonville Florida. He praised the rapid organization and equipment of a 240000 man force and credited the surgeon general and quartermaster for miraculous work amid scarce initial supply. He lauded unity of the North and South and foresaw an enduring national record of achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Alger
Sternberg
Ludington
Seventh Army Corp
Lee
Surgeon General
Quartermaster's Department
Secretary of War
War Department
Five Men Drowned When Lighter Monitor Foundered
In St Marys River Salt St Marie five men from this city and West Bay City perished when the lighter Monitor foundered while towing a load of iron ore from the stranded Carrington. Diver recovered their bodies this evening as the vessel sank in the river near Pony Aux Pin.
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Salt Ste. Marie
Mich
St. Mary's River
Monitor
Joseph Prior
William Corbler
John Robaire
Emanuel Robaire
John Foley
West Bay City
Wis
Bruce
Carrington
Pony Aux Pin
Slate Named For Republican State Convention Leaders Say Tuesday
Saratoga N Y Sept 4 The slate for the Republican state convention includes Theodore Roosevelt for governor and Timothy L Woodruff for lieutenant governor with John T McDonough as secretary of state William J Morgan as comptroller John P Kaegel as state treasurer and John E K Davien as attorney general The convention is expected to last one day with Sereno F B Payne named temporary chairman Horace G White permanent chairman Chauncey M Depew to name Roosevelt Delegates Cullinan Farnham and Wallace will second It is uncertain who the Black delegates will nominate
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Saratoga
N. Y
Theodore Hoosevelt
New York
Timothy L. Woodruff
Kings
John T. McDonough
Albury
William J. Morgan
Erie
John P. Kaegel
Cajan
John EK. Davien
Oneida
Molecuii
Hinck
Sereno FB. Payne
Cayuga
Horace G. White
Syracua
Chauncey M. Depew
Mr. Roosevelt
Cullinan
Cawego
Farnham
Orange
Wallace
Queens
Olga's Strange Voyage Ends With Deadly Scurvy Onboard
The German bark Olga, arriving at the Delaware breakwater from Samaranga Java with sugar, brings a tale of numerous deaths from scurvy among her officers. Captain Dreyer died after days of agony and was buried at sea. the ship pursued repairs and reached St Michaels for aid before continuing its voyage.
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Philadelphia
Olga
Delaware
Samaranga
Java
Dreyer
Far East
Sourababaya
Mite
St. Michaels
St. Michaela
Bnward
Rev McIntyre Mental State Examined in Navy Case
Denver experts on nervous diseases examined Chaplain P McIntyre of the ship Oregon regarding his nervous and mental condition at the request of the chaplain’s brother and legal adviser. The finding may delay his court martial for criticizing Admiral Sampson and Captain Evans after the July 3 battle off Santiago.
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Denver
Colo
T. J. Eskridge
H. T. Pershing
P. McIntyre
Atiicahip
Oregon
Sampson
Cattain Evans
Bantiago
Collision Claims Loss in Cape Villano Passage
A British steamer from Huelva to Lisbon collided with the Spanish vessel Olpraluir near Cape Villano on Sept 2. The Kheubina sank with all hands except the captain and one crewman, who were rescued at Gibraltar.
Volunteer Sixth Massachusetts Men Sail To Porto Rico
Twenty two members of the Sixth Massachusetts volunteers arrived in New York on the City of Lowell from Boston and proceed to Governors Island to await orders from Quartermaster Colonel Kimball before heading to Porto Rico.
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New York
Miasvachusett
Lowell
Boston
Porto Rico
Governor's Island
Kimball
War Department Investigation Opens with General Dodge Lead
Washington September 2 The McKinley appointed committee to probe the War Department for Hispano American War conduct organized with General Greenville M Dodge as president Richard Welgthman secretary and Major Stephen Milla recorder The president seeks a rigid exhaustive inquiry covering all army branches and aims to hold wrongdoers accountable through a full public examination of records and administration.
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Washington
McKinley
War Department
Greenville M. Dodge
Richard Welgthman
Stephen
Milla
Regular Army
Allio
White House
Spain
Feld
Wir
aesiv#ianece
Tle
Forbearance Sought as Evacuation Rumors Hit Havana
The morning issue notes calls for restraint from General Aguinaldo with rumors about Havana evacuation. It mentions the Khalifa's organized forces and an active war department probe. Also covered are tin-plate industry news and local church services in Scranton.
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Aguinaldo
Havana
Chahed
War Department
Troops in Cuba face fever and malaria toll rising
In Guantanamo Cuba Sept 26 two soldiers died from yellow fever one from pneumonia and twenty five likely succumbed to malaria among Colonel Rays troops and Third volunteers totaling 640 The troops show mild improvement after fresh meat purchases Colonel Rays unit plus arriving Cuban forces receive rations Residents face shortages with less than 1000 rations in city and districts lacking clothing and medicines Red Cross aid is sought while disbanding orders linger
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Guantanamo
Cuba
Ray
Perez
Red Cross
Killed the Klu Klux Klan Author Dies in Wisconsin
Lancaster Wis Sept 2 General Joan B Calle a Civil War veteran died last night. After the war Calle went to Huntsville Ala as assistant commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau and was later elected to Congress from that district. In Congress he introduced the original resolution that led to the Klan bill aiming to root out the organization.
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Lancaster
Wis
Joan B. Calle
Iha
Callis
Hunteville
Ala
Freedman's Bureau
Conurese
Unknown Soldier Killed Fleeing Train Near Princeton Junction
In Trenton officers report an unknown member of the Third Pennsylvania regiment died today at Princeton Junction after falling from a freight train. The boyish male, about two years old, bore the initials A. M. L. on his arm and his body rests in the Trenton morgue.
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Trenton
N. J
Pennsylvania Regiment
Princeton Junction
Death on the Steamer La Gascomne in Havre Voyage
A passenger registered as M. Paige aboard the steamer La Gascomne from Havre was found dead in his cabin on the morning of September 1. He had died by his own hand, hanging himself. He was about years old and left no identifying marks to reveal his identity.
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New York
M. Paige
Tragic Double Fatality In Prospect Tunnel Brooklyn
A man and a woman, both middle aged, were instantly killed today in the Prospect tunnel of the Brighton Head railroad in Brooklyn. Their identities were not learned at a late hour. The couple were walking through the tunnel, which is six hundred feet long and unlighted.
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New York
Bent
Prospect Tunnel
Brighton Head
Brooklyn
Congress of Mothers to Feature at Omaha Exposition
A congress of mothers under the national organization will be held at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha on October 8, 9, and 10 by invitation. All interested in the movement are invited to attend. A meeting of the national board of managers will follow at the close of the congress.
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Washington
National Organization
Mana
Omaha
National Board of Managers
Reverend Brady Attacks Camp Care at Chickamauga
In Philadelphia, Rev. Cyrus T. Brady libels the medical commissary, quartermaster, and ordnance departments for neglect at the Chickamauga camp. He testifies soldiers suffered without proper medical care amid fever, rain, and unskilled attendants, while praising First regiment officers for efforts to ease conditions.
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Philadelphia
Cyrus T. Brady
Protestant Episcopal Diocese
Eastern Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanian Volunteers
Chickamauga
Tls
Agchdeacon
Speskeralew
Dreyfus Case Again Splits Paris on Revision Fears
Paris protest meeting denounces M Clemenceau and revision supporters with calls for revolutionary action. Deroulede warns that if Dreyfus returns he would be lynched and announces a plan to reconstitute the league of patriots. London reports Esterhazy interview and denial of avowals with Observer connections.
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Paris
Paul Dergulede
Dreyfus
M. Bliss
M. Clemenceau
France
M. Deroulede
The
Observer
Beer
Fay
Comte Esterhaaty
Count Baterhasy
London
Colombia Relents Recognizes Italian Interests In Bogota
A Bogota dispatch reports Colombia has reconsidered its decree severing diplomatic relations with Italy. The British minister is now recognized as representing Italian interests in Italy's absence. Consular officers of friendly nations may act similarly throughout Colombia.
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Colon
Colombia
Bogota
Italy
Bryan in Washington awaits discharge request from War Dept
Colonel W. J. Bryan of the Third Nebraska remains in Washington awaiting a decision from the War Department on his request to discharge the sick men of the regiment. He will likely depart tomorrow for Jacksonville.
Aguinaldo's Great Task Faces Tax Dispute and Intrigue
Manila reports Aguinaldo weighing a land tax to fund the insurgent army as native provinces resist new levies amid suspicions of Spanish agents stirring unrest. Aguinaldo seeks a fair self government path while denouncing conspirators aiding American aims and detailing recent naval actions near Manila Bay.
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Manila
Pampang
Ilocos
Maty
Pantusinan
Lsland
Nocok
Zambales
Aguinaldo
Maria Teresa Wreck Salvage Near Guantanamo Bay
Wrecking company under Lieutenant Hobson boats the cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa. The vessel was towed by Potomac and Newark to Guantanamo Bay where cheers and whistles greeted the float. Newark Captain Goodrich aided in salvage as the cruiser is prepared for a northbound voyage by repair ship Vulcan.
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Piasa del Este
Cuantanamo Bay
Cuba
Hobson
Potomac
Newark
Rearpion
Guantamaro Bay
Goodrich
Maria Teresa
Vulcan
Spaniards Refuse to Live Under American Flag
Madrid reports that 19100 Boanlarnis in Porto Rico reject living under the American flag and demand repatriation to Spain at government expense. The repatriation issue has been referred to the state council.
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Madrid
Porto Rico
Spain
State Council
Weather forecast for Washington and Pacific coast
Weather text indicates a mixed forecast with partial cloudiness for Washington and inland areas and brief mentions of winds along the western regions. Data appears garbled with month and location misspellings and time references.
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Washington
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