Miles Denounces Claim Volunteers Caused Army Sickness
Gen Miles at a Medal of Honor Legion reception denounces as false the idea that volunteers caused sickness in the camps. He praises the bravery of U S troops in the Spanish war, noting disease, not bullets, inflicted heavy losses and rejects blame on soldiers and officers.
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Washington
Chandler
New Hampshire
Gen. Greene
Senor Agoncillo
Spain
Philippines
Luzon
Manila
Germany
Miles
Medal of Honor Legion
Ralse
United States
Leader of Missouri Pacific train gang arrested in Kansas City
Kansas City police have captured the alleged gang leader eight miles south of Westport and brought him to the city. Detectives say other members will be jailed within 24 hours and that the gang's identity will not be revealed until arrests follow.
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Kansas City
the Times
Missouri Pacific
Leeds
Westport
J. D. Smith
Halstead
Kan
Santa Fe
Populists Seek Court to Put State Ticket on Ballot
Jefferson City Mo Sept 30 The middle of the road populists sue for a writ of mandamus to force Secretary Lesueur to place their state ticket on the official ballot Their petition declares they are the regular populist party and entitled to a ballot spot.
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Jefferson City
Frank E. Ritchey
Supreme Court
Lesueur
Clothesline saves many lives in Chicago fire
Chicago September 30 a clothesline attached to a window saved the lives of a number of people in a four story apartment at 201 West Erie street when fire cut off egress. A dozen persons including women and children slid down the line to escape while seventeen others were rescued by firemen with ladders. Five persons were injured by flames or jumping from windows.
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Chicago
West Erie Street
Editors on a Pleasure Tris Kansas City
In Kansas City Missouri on September 30 editors report on a pleasure trip as part of a local city scene with brief notes of leisure and civic life. The item hints at figures and dates but details are fragmentary.
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Kansas City, Mo
Missouri Press Association Members Travel to Omaha Exposition
Members of the Southwest Missouri Press association passed through Kansas City yesterday en route to the Omaha exposition. Many were accompanied by their families. They all return to their homes Monday.
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Southwest Missouri Press Association
Kansas City
Omaha Exposition
National League Ball Games Summary
National League games featured Washington defeating Washington and New York by forfeit or incomplete score, Boston topping Philadelphia 11 to 10, St. Louis beating Cleveland 7 to 2, Baltimore defeating Brooklyn 13, and Louisville-besting Chicago 10 in a compiled slate of scores.
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Washington
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Brooklyn
Chicago
Louisville
France reports McKinley instructions to peace commissioners
Paris dispatch describes divergent positions in Madrid and Washington on Philippine terms. The French press cites McKinley’s instructions: Spain to retain Luzon absolute sovereignty, other islands ceded only with liberal government, church and state to be separated, and no other islands to be ceded.
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Paris
Gil Blas
Manila
Luzon
Spain
McKinley
Philippines
Forest Fires Rage Across West as Timber Burns
Idaho Springs Colorado reports forests burning on the west side of the divide beyond control. Smoke and flames push onward threatening livestock and property. Debris and wildlife move east as timber losses mount and water sources for irrigation dwindle.
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Idaho Springs
Col
Postal Reports From Washington on Colonial Mail
Reports arriving at the post office department detail colonial postal business and operations from Washington dated September 30, outlining mail routes, rates, and service updates.
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Colonial Postal Business
Washington
Reforms in Army Hospital Service Tied to Secretary Alger Tour
Testimony next week as Secretary Alger studies hospital needs after inspections of Camp Wikoff and Camp Thomas. Letters from soldiers’ relatives cite food and care. plan calls for mixed division hospitals with tent sections and regimental doctors while keeping high quality nursing and central support. Also notes funeral of actress Fanny Davenport with pallbearer Joseph Jefferson in Boston.
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Alger
Washington
War Investigating Committee
White House
Honolulu
Division
Fanny Davenport
Trinity Episcopal Church
Boston
Joseph Jefferson
Spain Faces Harsh View of Late 19th Century Diplomacy
The Gil Blas warns that negotiations beginning October may fail to satisfy Spain, as the United States is urged to grant equal commercial privileges to the most favored nations including Spain, while guarding against aiding foreign powers without American consent.
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America
United States
Spain
Gil Blas
Gill Nominated by Democrats in St. Louis for Congress
Michael J. Gill a glass blower was nominated by Democrats in the Tenth district to oppose Republican Richard Bartholdt. Gill formerly served in the Illinois legislature in 1893 and authored a law taking parochial schools in Illinois from state government.
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Richard Bartholdt
St. Louis
Michael J. Gill
Mr. Gill
Illinois
Mixed Jury Fails to Agree in Fort Scott Case
In Fort Scott Kansas on September 30 the innovation of mixed juries with six negroes and six whites was tried but failed as six black jurors hung the panel by demanding the acquittal of Ed Henderson a prominent negro charged with wronging a 13 year old white girl.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Ed Henderson
Sick Soldiers Return From Leavenworth Homeward
The sick soldiers of the Twenty first Kansas regiment arrived in Topeka from Leavenworth after suffering typhoid and malaria. Eighty six men were transported in Pullman sleeping cars and departed the Santa Fe depot at noon yesterday to their homes.
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Topeka
Kan
Twenty-first Kansas Regiment
Leavenworth
Pullman
Santa Fe
Small Fortune Awaits Her
Detectives search for Miss Minnie Norton a stenographer heiress to land worth 12000 and jewels and cash totaling 3000 as $15000 awaits her in Kansas a letter from Mrs. R S Trimmer of Centralia Kansas prompts the inquiry in Chicago September 30.
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Chicago
Minnie Norton
Kansas
R.S. Trimmer
Centralia
Kan
Miss Norton
Forest Fires Suppress Northwestern Colorado Ranching Areas
Reported fires sweep across Routt Rio Blanco Grand Larimer Garfield Eagle Pitkin and Summit counties threatening timber streams and game. Ranchers blame Ute Indians and note forced removal and return to reservations amid ongoing cattle and hunting tensions.
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Utah
Routt
Rio Blanco
Grand
Larimer
Garfield
Eagle
Pitkin
Summit
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Cumberland
Rice Lake
Cedar Lake
Knapp Stout Lumber Company
Clear Lake
Almena
Poskin
Soo Line
Gentry Defeats Patchen in Fast State Fair Match Race
At the state fair in Springfield crowds of 60,000 watched John R. Gentry defeat Joe Patchen for a $5,000 purse. The first heat finished in 2:04.1 and the second in 2:03.9, marking the fastest race of the year and the best times for Star Pointer Jack Patchen or Robert J. in consecutive heats.
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Springfield
Lil
John R. Gentry
Joe Patchen
Star Pointer
Robert J
Philippine Republic Proclaimed in Malolos Festivities
Manila reports the ratification of independence at Malolos with a troop review, speeches, and recitations. Aguinaldo delivered the featured address as foreign attendees were present, while no American officials attended the state ball held in the evening.
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Manila
Malolos
Aguinaldo
Eastern Star Officers Elect Grand Chapter Leaders
The grand chapter election in Washington on September 30 named Most Worthy Grand Matron Mrs. Kattie E. Ewing of Massachusetts and Most Worthy Grand Patron Nathaniel A. Geargart of Duluth Minnesota. Right Worthy Grand Secretary Mrs. Loraine J. Ritkin of Chicago was re elected.
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Eastern Star
Washington
Grand Chapter
Kattie E. Ewing
Massachusetts
Nathaniel A. Geargart
Duluth
Minn
Loraine J. Ritkin
Chicago
Letters Seek Specific Witt Charges About Camp Thomas
A congressional committee reviews complaints urging precise Witt charges and whether statements are from personal knowledge or reports. Dr. Sims of Chattanooga writes that Camp Thomas site and hospital facilities were adequate, while hospitals expanded from limited beginnings. Testimony to begin next week with Gen Wheeler among first witnesses and inquiries into Pacific and Atlantic war department conduct.
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Sims
Chattanooga
Ohio
Camp Thomas
Wheeler
War Department
Pacific
Atlantic
Gen. Merriam
Department of the Pacific
Otis
Philippines
Gen. Merritt
Merritt
Manila
Merriam
Hawaii
Miss Carrie Walker Killed by Piano Fall
Trenton Missouri reports the death of Carrie Walker a former maid of honor at Ton Ton events in Kansas City. While sweeping she attempted to move a piano and it toppled onto her causing a broken leg and internal injuries leading to death.
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Trenton
Carrie Walker
Kansas City
Zinc price jumps toward record in Missouri mining region
Joplin Missouri reports zinc futures leaped from thirty to fifty three dollars per ton, nearing a record high set four weeks earlier. The advance marks a sustained surge in zinc prices since the ore’s discovery in southwest Missouri, with figures unmatched in recent months.
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Zine
Joplin
Missouri
Rebels Attack Barn Offices in Formosa Burn Villages
Rebels attacked barn offices on Formosa, set a building afire where they hid, then fled as troops approached. Troops pursued, attacking the district and burning several villages.
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Formosa
Yokohama
Shafter Suffering Malarial Fever at Camp Wikoff
Gen. Shafter remains in ill health at Camp Wikoff. He has malarial fever with several chills but no serious complications anticipated. He has not left his headquarters at the clubhouse.
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Shafter
New York
Camp Wikoff
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Falee
Colorado
North Dakota
Ratin
South Dakota
Notah Dakota
Secretary of the Interior
Representative Knowles
Black Hill
Fort Meade
Deadwood
S. D
Black Hills
Jacksonville
Fla
Gallagher
Nebraska
Cuba Libre
Mark Hanna
Ponce
Porto Rico
Santiago
Guba
Col. Bryan
William J. Bryan
James Shahan
Sixth
Missouri Regiment
Ohiq Street
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