Deser ting Wikoff Camp to Close as Troops to Barracks
Despatches report Camp Wikoff to be broken up under Gen Miles and troops moved to former barracks. Thousands of soldiers to be transported to Fort Sheridan Fort Leavenworth Forts Niagara Porter. Alger denies friction claims. Gen Manderson declines army board post.
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Alger
Miles
Wikoff
Bates
Tzhe
New York
General Hospital
Transportation Bureau
Quartermaster’s Department
Fourth Infantry
Fort Sheridan
New York Central
Seventeenth Infantry
Columbus
Baltimore & Ohio
Forts Niagara
Porter
Ontario & Western
Camp Wikoff
Signal Corps
Fort Snelling
Minn
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Detroit
Mich
United States Promises to Stop Manila Insurgent Vessels
The U S government will send envoys to persuade the Togalog leaders to honor the suspension of hostilities and halt ships leaving Manila with insurgents aiming to propagate rebellion in other islands. An Oakland murder mystery reports a young woman’s severed arm found in Lake Merritt by two bystanders.
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Madrid
Washington
M. Cambon
Spain
Philippines
United States
Manila
Oakland
Cal
Lake Merritt
Eighth Street
Mystery Head Found in Bay Prompts Murder Probe Near Berkley
A grim discovery of a woman's head afloat in the bay near Berkley suggests a murder has been committed though the case remains unsolved. Police investigate the spectacle as leads emerge from the ghastly find.
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Berkley
What It Cost Spain
A Washington dispatch notes Spain has spent about 584.8 million dollars on colonial expeditions, with 180,431 soldiers, 6,223 officers and about 700 generals, while only 5.6 million was used to bolster the naval force. The figures come from navy department information via naval attaches.
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New York
the Herald
Washington
Spain
Navy Department
Actual War Expenditures Reported by Secretary Gage
The Treasury secretary states that actual war expenditures up to August 31 totaled 105,030,000 dollars. The discussion notes the war appropriations and funds available for the six months ending December.
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Washington
Aguinaldo Signals Independence as Dewey Sees Critical Front
Manila reports Rear Admiral Dewey calling the situation critical while Aguinaldo hints Americans may withdraw leaving him to rule. He claims 67,000 insurgents with 9,000 military prisoners and a 28 province provisional government, as Filipinos press for full independence and resist American lines.
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Manila
Dewey
Germany
Spain
Ilocos
Laguna
Luzon
Cavite
Associated Press
Aguinaldo
Philippine Islands
Hale
Lafayette
America
Otis
Bryan not expected in Nebraska campaign
Lincoln Nebraska reports Col Bryan will not be in the state in time for the fall campaign. Fusion campaign managers are exasperated by the turn of events as many privates and all officers in Bryan's command are fusion politicians of varying influence.
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Lincoln, Neb
Col. Bryan
Nebraska
War Expenditures Totaled to August 31
War expenditures paid up to August 31 amount to 7361 000 000 in round figures. The appropriations were made with the expectation the war would last that long, and some funds may not be fully expended.
Judge Thomas M. Cooley Dies at Home in Ann Arbor
Judge Thomas M. Cooley, famed jurist and constitutional scholar, died at his home in Ann Arbor after a decline following a stay at a Flint sanitarium for mental weakness. He had recently become comatose and had long foreseen his passing.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Thomas M. Cooley
Flint
President to Pay Hospital Expenses for Wounded in Cuba and Porto Rico
Washington September 15: the president will arrange the payments allowed by new law for private hospital care of soldiers injured in Cuba and Porto Rico. Army rules deny furlough hospital costs, but those requiring treatment will be treated as active service and surrender their furloughs.
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Sam
Washington
Cuba
Porto Rico
Army
Aguinaldo Comments on Independence and Allied Fates
Aguinaldo spoke on Filipino independence and alleged sincerity of annexation supporters. He deflected questions on Manila and a possible American protectorate, and warned of potential risks to the alliance. Meanwhile Gov. Holcomb pressed for the Third Nebraska silver battalion’s mustering out, with the War Department delaying until formal peace.
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Holcomb
War Department
Nebraska
Washington
Spaniards Go Home After Santiago Disaster
Portsmouth New Hampshire September 15 Most sailors and marines who survived the Commodore Cervera fleet disaster at Santiago July 3 were taken to the steamship City of Rome by nine this morning Admiral Cervera with his son made farewell visits to navy yard officers before boarding He praised American treatment of Spanish prisoners and himself saying he would carry home many happy recollections of officials and citizens alike.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Admiral Cervera
Santiago
Rome
Navy Yard
Revolt in the Caroline Islands Seizes Spanish Garrison
San Francisco dispatch reports a native revolt in the Caroline Islands led by two rival kings. Spanish forces concentrated at Ponape were overwhelmed. garrisons slain, and a gunboat sent to Guam reportedly captured by locals. Carolines are described as three groups with large populations and local republican structures.
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San Francisco
Caroline
Spain
Honolulu
Carolines
Ponape
Quiros
Guam
Yap
James Wilder
Hawaii
Philippines
Peleios
Wheeler foresees extended conflict after Spanish American War
Gen Joseph Wheeler in Decatur asserts fighting not over and predicts continued trouble with Spain. He cites McKinley’s doubt about peace terms and the Philippines as a complex barrier to immediate settlement. Wheeler notes Spanish ministers insistence on retaining the Philippines and McKinley’s grave concern over the issue.
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Decatur
Ala
Joseph Wheeler
Thomas H. Wheeler
Spain
McKinley
Peace Commission
Philippines
Manila
Polavieja Proposes Neutral Party to Clear Spanish System
Gen Polavieja former governor of Cuba and the Philippines declares in a manifesto his readiness to head a neutral party in Spanish politics and denounces evils in the current system calling for cleansing across departments.
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St. Madrid
Polavieja
Cuba
Philippines
Clara Barton Reaches Washington After Tampa Trip
Miss Clara Barton and party arrived in Washington from Tampa Florida. She plans to present to the president a detailed account of the Spanish authorities拒 denying the Red Cross landing cargoes of supplies at Havana.
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Miss Barton
Washington
Clara Barton
Tampa
Fla
Red Cross
Havana
Currency Convention Opens At Exposition
Omaha Nebraska September 13 The opposing forces for the great battles of the moneys are arriving and preparing with oratorical ammunition for the national currency convention. The event begins at the exposition today and will run three days.
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Omaha
Neb
For Duty in Cuba. Washington Sept 13 Gen Mile
A brief dispatch reports General Mile in Washington on September 13 as part of military updates from Cuba. Details are sparse in the fragmented OCR segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Washington
Mile
Postmortem details of Austria Empress assassination
Geneva reports reveal the Empress of Austria was fatally wounded by a weapon that pierced the heart, the blade penetrating about 3 inches, with a wound roughly one sixth of an inch wide. Despite the injury she walked 50 yards to the steamer, credited to exceptional willpower and energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Austria
Soldiers to Parade Through Kansas City in Uniform Order
Soldiers from the Third and Fifth regiments now at Fairmount park will march through Kansas City in heavy marching order. Commanding officers will bring them to the city Wednesday morning for a joint parade. Parade forms at ten o'clock.
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Kansas City
Fairmount Park
McKinley Demands Return of Land Title Records from Cuba
President McKinley, incensed by reports that Spanish authorities in Havana and San Juan were sending land title and property records to Spain, ordered military commissions in Cuba and Porto Rico to investigate. If true, no peace treaty will be declared until all records are returned or accounted for.
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McKinley
Washington
Havana
San Juan
Spain
Cuba
Porto Rico
Americanizing Santiago Health Reform In City
Santiago by Sept 13 shows health gains after Gen Woods introduces American municipal methods. Refuse disposal to five hundred cubic yards daily, widespread disinfectants, and fines for uncleanliness and failure to report unsanitary conditions and deaths. At Borden City 700 cotton weavers strike over wage cuts.
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Verte Rico
Ponce
Porto Rico
Henry
Brooke
Santiago
Woods
Ott's Drug Store Braces with S.K. Soda Water
The National Drink is Soda Water and Ott's Drug Store at 312 Ohio Street promotes its own soda S.K. as a delightful bracer. The ad touts high popularity and says syrups are made from pure fruit juice with delicious flavors and urges readers to try a glass when buying drugs or toilet articles or filling prescriptions.
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S.K
Ott's Drug Store
Ohio Street
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Army Investigating Board
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