War Crimes Inquiry Visits Fort McPherson Hospital
The war investigations commission toured Fort McPherson, reporting 322 patients and noting lax care of clothing and petty pilfering by soldiers. Chaplain Nave cited frequent loss of clothing and cases of surgeons drinking, with the panel departing for Anniston after midnight.
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Atlanta
War Investigation Commission
Southern Railroad
Nave
Winich
Wilson
Anniston
Precious Metals Production Report for 1897
The director of the mint reports 1897 gold production valued at $57,565,000 in the United States. South Africa leads globally with $57,633,861, Australasia $55,684,182, and Russia $25,245,763, with notable world growth over 1896. The United States increased by $4,275,000.
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Sentinel
Washington
Mint
United States
South African Republic
Australasia
Russia
Mexico
Colorado
California
Montana
Alabama
Iowa
Maryland
Minnesota
Tennessee
Vermont
Virginia
Peace Commission Edges Toward Cuba Debt Decision
Paris Oct 22 joint peace session ran 2 pm to 4 30 pm with Spaniards submitting more written argument to shift Cuban debt to the United States. No definite conclusion reached. next session Monday. Seven joint sessions held, four on the protocol, two weeks with no result.
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Paris
Peace Commission
President McKinley Visited Indianapolis Amid Vast Welcome
President William McKinley spoke to a large crowd in Indianapolis after arriving from Chicago. Senator Fairbanks introduced him as he praised national unity and the flag, recalling Indiana's republican leaders and noting the war’s swift, successful outcomes.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William McKinley
United States
Chicago
University Park
Capital Grounds
State House
Fairbanks
Woo
Amy
Patriotindo
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas A. Hendricks Goth
Peculiar Situation Develops at Muscogee Creek Execution Statute
A Creek murderer faces legal limbo as a Muscogee court wrestles with the statute governing execution. The piece notes the hands of the court are tied by ambiguous provisions and outlines the jurisdictional questions surrounding the case.
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Muscogee, I. T
Creek murder punishment barred by judge ruling
Federal Judge Springer holds no lawful way to punish a Creek Indian for murder or other crimes committed before January 1 1898 and notes no officer can enforce a death sentence on Creek territory. The ruling cites the Curtis Bill and depicts a troubling legal situation in the Indian Territory.
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Sentinel
Muscogee
Ilc
Springer
United States District Court
Iridian
West
Judge Springer recalls Creek remand paradox in air law case
The judge notes the Creek authorities may not exist under Curtis bill and warns remanding the petitioner would be impossible and pointless. He argues no court has jurisdiction and an order to execute the sentence would amount to murder, not judicial action.
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Court of Appeals
Settl
America
Cuba
Barden
Spain
United States
Seventh Army corps bound for Cuba to occupy Havana
Washington reports preparations to move the Seventh Army corps to Cuba with the aim of occupying Havana and other cities. By November 1 some U S troops may already be in Havana as transports are fitted for the operation.
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Washington
Seventh Army Corps
Cuba
Havana
United States
Private Charles Kenn’s Furlough Record Remarkable
Lexington Kentucky reports Private Charles Kenn of Company E Second Missouri arrived from St. Louis with a notable furlough record. He left on a ten day furlough, faced a charge for restraining a negro found in his home, and was acquitted. Noted for prompt returns and timely service despite a disputed incident.
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Lexington
Charles Kenn
Missouri
St. Louis
Going Back to Spain. Havana Evacuation of Western Cuba Begins
Havana reports the evacuation of western Cuba started yesterday as authorities moved civilians and property to safer areas amid rising tension. The effort aims to reduce casualties and maintain order during the unfolding crisis.
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Spain
Havana
Cuba
Hospital Commission Report From Fort McPherson
Commissioners toured the general military hospital at Fort McPherson noting no patient complaints and praise for care. Maj. Blair P. Taylor described supply delays from New York and Washington, while Rev. Orville J. Nave reported gratitude from recovering soldiers and overall good conduct at the hospital.
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Maj
Blair P. Taylor
General Military Hospital
Orville J. Nave
Maj. Taylor
Washington
St. Louis
Taylor
Atlanta
Fort McPherson
Unappropriated Public Land Totals in United States
A General Land Office statement lists 579 million acres of unappropriated public land in the U S exclusive of Alaska. About 546 million acres lie in 13 desert lands states and territories, with 552 million acres deemed desert lands lacking sufficient moisture or forage for profitable crops without irrigation or grazing.
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United States
Washington
General Land Office
Alaska
Missouri grand lodge elects officers in eighty-seventh session
The seventy eighth session of the Missouri erand lodge A F and A M closed with officers elected: Grand master E F Allen Kansas City. deputy grand master C d H Briggs Fayette. grand senior warden Campbell Wells Platte City. grand junior warden J C Finagin St Louis. grand secretary Rev John D Vincil re-elected. grand treasurer S M Kennard St Louis re-elected. Next meeting to be held in Kansas City.
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St. Louis
Missouri Erand Lodge
A. EF
A. M
E. EF. Allen
Kansas City
C. d H. Briggs
Fayette
Campbell Wells
Platte City
J.C. Finagin
John D. Vincil
S. M. Kennard
Women barred from singing in Queretaro churches
The Catholic bishop of Queretaro issued a circular prohibiting women from singing sacred music in religious ceremonies, banning piano use in churches, extemporizing organ performances, and playing worldly music that distracts from devotion.
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Queretaro
Mex
Disgraced Yale Graduate John Phelps Remains in City
John Phelps of the Second Missouri regiment, publicly discharged at Camp Hamilton yesterday, stays in the city and patrols his shame. Friends say he regrets the publicity and intends to reform. He graduated Yale in 1895 and spent six months at Annapolis.
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Lexington
John Phelps
Missouri
Camp Hamilton
Yale
Annapolis
Officers and men ordered to Philippines on Indiana
General Merriam orders Col. Funston Maj Whitman Metcalf Surgeon Rafter Assistant Surgeon Smith Adjt Walker Quartermaster Hull Chaplain Schliemann and NCOs and band of Twentieth Kansas plus companies C D E G H I L M totaling 231 officers and 750 enlisted men to sail on the Indiana within a week.
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San Francisco
Merriam
Philippines
Indiana
Frederick Funston
Whitman and
Metcalf
Rafter
Smith
Walker
Hull
Sehliemann
Kansas
No bian's Land law shifts tribal courts in Indian Territory
The Curtis law abolishes tribal courts effective July 1 1898 and transfers pending civil and criminal cases to U S courts. Creek jurisdiction would return if the Creek treaty is adopted November 1, with Chickasaw Choctaw and Creek until October 1, 1893. Writs of habeas corpus challenged Judge Springer’s ruling that tribal offenses fall outside U S constitutional reach.
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Nobian
Curtis
Indian Territory
Springer
United States Court
William Tiger
Wilem Tiger
Sprieger
United States
United States Court of Appeals
Congress
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Eeeae Paley
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Ed L. Peexham
Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway Company
Secretary of the Interior
Chiloceo Indian School Reservation
Oklahoma Territory
Blackwell
London
Madrid
Standard
Senor Montero Rios
Senor Sagasta
Almodovar de Rios
Porto Rico
Alminaldo
McKinley
Uncle Sam
the Sentinel
Suissouri
Phelps
Colon
Jonlin
John Black
Aurora
Aurora, and Mr. Black and Another Damehter
God
Ott’s Drug Store
Ohio Street
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